New Delhi: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the Chief Minister of Haryana has approved the plan to build a 50-acre IIT Delhi extension campus in the Badsa hamlet in Haryana's Jhajjar district. As per the officials, the construction of the new campus is expected to take three years.
In a meeting with IIT Delhi representatives in the nation's capital on Sunday, November 20, 2022, Cheif Minister Khattar authorised the plan to build the famed institute's extension campus in the Jhajjar district of Haryana and pledged full support for the project.
The meeting was held in the presence of V Umashankar, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Haryana; Vijayendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Technical Education and Higher Education Department; Rajiv Rattan, Director of Technical Education; Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director of IIT-Delhi among others.
As per Manohar Lal Khattar, this proposed site would house India's first precision medicine centre. This initiative will also benefit our pharma companies as they will be able to develop new medicines for cancer patients based on research by medical experts of National Cancer Institute and experts from IIT Delhi, he added.
In addition to this, research on dental implants, senior hip protection devices, and prosthetic knee joints will be conducted on campus to investigate new technology. Khattar advised that the Sports University at Rai in Sonipat be consulted in the development of technology and research for athletes.
Prof. Rangan Banerjee was informed during the meeting that the campus' construction would take roughly three years. The statement stated that it might take three to five years to fully develop academic programmes and develop research and design facilities focusing on patients of the National Cancer Institute.
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