Centre's nod for establishing JSS University in K'taka

Mysore, May 29 (UNI) The Union Human Resources Ministry has accorded permission for establishment of J S S University in Karnataka.

In a release here today, J S S Executive Secretary B N Betkerur said the University Grants Commission (UGC) had recommended to the Union Ministry in this regard and it was approved.

Various J S S institutions, including its medical college, dental colleges and pharmacy colleges in Mysore and Ooty, would come under the J S S University.

The University would start functioning from academic year 2008-09.

J S S Mahavidhya Peeth, one of the premier institutions in the state, runs more than 300 educational institutions, the release added.

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