Higher Education Minister Dr MC Sudhakar, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, and Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Govindaraj were also present in the talks held with the Montgomery delegation led by Elrich Marc County Executive, Montgomery County (MD USA). A Karnataka business delegation had held talks with the US-India SME Council during its’ recent America visit and invited them to visit the state to identify investment opportunities.
Nandi Hills is bordered by two districts. While the project requires nine acres in Chikkaballapur district, another seven acres is required in Bengaluru Rural district. A meeting will be held with the farmers soon.
During the CM’s meeting, discussions were held about distributing laptops, tablets to the students and stipends to the Ph.D. students. CM directed the officials to take immediate action to construct a hostel to accommodate one thousand female students each of Arts and Science College in Mysore Maharani Arts College hostel premises at an estimated cost of Rs 99 crore. He said, “Rs 47 crore is available in the department, and he directed the finance department officials that additional grants should be provided in the next year’s budget.
According to sources privy to the meeting between CM Siddaramaiah with Higher Education Minister Dr M C Sudhakar on the matter, the inquiry will be headed by a senior IAS officer.
In numerous recent meetings, various security enhancement ideas were discussed. Some BU officials suggested the need to replace the existing security, which has proven ineffective in preventing poaching. Furthermore, due to the lack of adequate lighting in many areas of the campus, a proposal was put forward to install solar lights around the sandalwood trees.