PANAJI
The State government has permitted Gujarat based Parul University to set up its campus in Quitol village in Quepem taluka.
In a notification issued, the Directorate of Higher Education has permitted the University to operate at Survey No. 78/1, next to ONGC, village Quitol, taluka Quepem, South Goa, under the provisions of the Goa Private Universities Act, 2020, with immediate effect.
The university is sponsored by the Parul Education Foundation, headquartered in Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat.
In a bid to expedite establishment of Private Universities the government amended the Goa Private Universities Act, 2020 in the recently held Assembly session to allow setting up of transitional off-campus centres until the main campus is established.
The Goa Private Universities Act, 2020 came into force from April 1, 2020 to allow private Universities to set up their campuses in the State. Total five private Universities have so far got government consent.
During the Budget session, the government had amended the act in an attempt to vest the powers of the land acquired with the university and ensure that it is not used for any other purposes besides academic and research.
Currently, as per law, the University should be set up on a land-owning or leased out for a period of 30 years with an area of not less than 50,000 sq mts.
