AGARTALA, May 16 (TIWN): With the appointment of Kolkata's Jadavpur University former Professor Gautam Bose as the first vice chancellor of the new MBB state university, appointment of other officials underway. Talking to TIWN correspondent, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty said that now all the necessary work for the commencement of the session in this current year is underway in full swing. He further said that after the joining of Kolkata's Jadavpur University former Professor Gautam Bose as the first vice chancellor now the recruitment of other administrative officials is underway. All the steps are being taken to start admission from this academic session in the historical Maharaja Bir Bikram college campus where separate infrastructure has already been built for the university along with two degree colleges and the law college.

Initially, the Varsity would start with five city based Colleges including MBB College. A proposal seeking bifurcation of five city based degree colleges has already been sent to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The state varsity is scheduled to start its maiden journey from upcoming academic session. Currently, two Varsities- ICFAI and Tripura University are functioning in the state.

It is expected that from year 2016 the new state university’s academic session would commence. MBB is one the oldest college of state Tripura and due to the extensive campus it is chosen as a site to setup the University at MBB College.