<p>Nearly 15 years after its creation, the KSOU has knocked at Governor H R Bhardwaj’s doors, seeking a direction from him to the UoM to transfer land in its favour. The Governor, who is also the Chancellor, has obliged the KSOU. <br /><br />In a written communication to UoM Vice Chancellor Talawar, the Governor has asked his University to show its commitment to a 1996 Government notification on the establishment of the KSOU. <br /><br />The said notification apparently requires the UoM to part with 50 acres of land from its 700 acre campus to help set up a full-fledged KSOU campus. So far, only 15 acres and 27 guntas of land has been transferred to the KSOU. <br /><br />In his letter, a copy of which is with Deccan Herald, the Governor has stated that “the Vice-Chancellors must observe and obey the decisions of the Government. <br />Let directions go that Mysore University Vice Chancellor hand over about 34 acres land to KSOU as per Government decision.” Bhardwaj has also asked the Vice-Chancellor to send a compliance report at the earliest. <br /><br />UoM in a fix<br /><br />The Governor has put the UoM in a fix. It has been reluctant to transfer the required land to KSOU all these years, citing its own expansion and developmental plans. Recently, the University came up with a blueprint for the construction of more buildings and other infrastructure for implementation of a project on biodiversity and bioprospecting on a piece of land available in front of the KSOU campus. <br /><br />The KSOU has its own case for the land it is seeking. According to Vice-Chancellor Prof K S Rangappa, the KSOU has proposed to start M Sc courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biotechnology from next academic year. “We plan to build state-of-the-art labs, an auditorium and a library, an administrative block and an evaluation centre. <br /><br />The KSOU requires a separate identity in terms of its campus. Hence, we have asked the Government to allocate us about 100 acres land. But, there is no such vast tracts available within 25 kms radius of the city,” he says. <br /><br />The KSOU is pinning its hopes on the land available in and around its existing campus within UoM campus for expansion. Notwithstanding the Governor’s missive, there is no certainty that the required land would be transferred to it by UoM. <br /></p>
<p>Nearly 15 years after its creation, the KSOU has knocked at Governor H R Bhardwaj’s doors, seeking a direction from him to the UoM to transfer land in its favour. The Governor, who is also the Chancellor, has obliged the KSOU. <br /><br />In a written communication to UoM Vice Chancellor Talawar, the Governor has asked his University to show its commitment to a 1996 Government notification on the establishment of the KSOU. <br /><br />The said notification apparently requires the UoM to part with 50 acres of land from its 700 acre campus to help set up a full-fledged KSOU campus. So far, only 15 acres and 27 guntas of land has been transferred to the KSOU. <br /><br />In his letter, a copy of which is with Deccan Herald, the Governor has stated that “the Vice-Chancellors must observe and obey the decisions of the Government. <br />Let directions go that Mysore University Vice Chancellor hand over about 34 acres land to KSOU as per Government decision.” Bhardwaj has also asked the Vice-Chancellor to send a compliance report at the earliest. <br /><br />UoM in a fix<br /><br />The Governor has put the UoM in a fix. It has been reluctant to transfer the required land to KSOU all these years, citing its own expansion and developmental plans. Recently, the University came up with a blueprint for the construction of more buildings and other infrastructure for implementation of a project on biodiversity and bioprospecting on a piece of land available in front of the KSOU campus. <br /><br />The KSOU has its own case for the land it is seeking. According to Vice-Chancellor Prof K S Rangappa, the KSOU has proposed to start M Sc courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biotechnology from next academic year. “We plan to build state-of-the-art labs, an auditorium and a library, an administrative block and an evaluation centre. <br /><br />The KSOU requires a separate identity in terms of its campus. Hence, we have asked the Government to allocate us about 100 acres land. But, there is no such vast tracts available within 25 kms radius of the city,” he says. <br /><br />The KSOU is pinning its hopes on the land available in and around its existing campus within UoM campus for expansion. Notwithstanding the Governor’s missive, there is no certainty that the required land would be transferred to it by UoM. <br /></p>
