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Delhi University Gets Rs 34 Crore For Quota Expansion Last Updated: 15-04-2009 14:49:24 IST Delhi University (DU) has received Rs 33.74 crore from the government as part of the Rs 100 crore package promised to it last year by the then finance minister P Chidambaram in his budget speech. The Rs 100 crore was a special package granted to the central university after it was declared an institution of excellence in last year's budget. The grant was allocated to the university following a communication from the Vice Chancellor's office for a faster disbursal of the same to undertake the infrastructure expansion plans in view of the OBC reservation. Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, DU, said that, work would begin on priority basis. He said that, the funds would be used to consolidate the Faculty of Management (FMS) and the building hosting the mathematical sciences. Pental also told that, a portion of the fund would help the university to implement the OBC reservation. The university has also set aside a part of the fund to equip its laboratories with new scientific equipments for M Tech courses, he added. Among other plans, following the full disbursal of the grants, the university would start investing in developing infrastructure at the teaching and research level.
