Symbolic start for AMU Murshidabad campus by August

The Aligarh Muslim University will open its Murshidabad campus in West Bengal from the next session in a symbolic way.

"We will symbolically start the campus from July-August and move to our own when it is ready," AMU vice chancellor PK Abdul Azis told newspersons in Kolkata.

The construction of the new campus could cost around Rs1,000 crore, Azis said, adding while the university expects Rs400 crore from the government, the remaining funds could be had from donations.

"We will raise donations from industrialists and philanthropists to run an excellent campus in Kolkata," he said.

While the university will start with courses for management, law and B.Ed, it will add several other courses including medical sciences when it moves to its own campus, he said.

Azis was conferred this year's Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of education in Kolkata yesterday.

Seven other prominent figures, including Bihar Governor D Konwar, were also conferred the award.