Lucknow,

02 Sept (HS): State Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay said that in

the cabinet meeting held in Lok Bhavan, Lucknow on Tuesday under the

chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the proposal to establish Swami

Shukdevanand University in Shahjahanpur has been approved. For this, the

educational units of Mumuksh Ashram Trust will be upgraded.

At

present, Swami Shukdevanand College, Swami Shukdevanand Law College, Shri

Daivik Sampad Brahmacharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Shri Dharmanand Saraswati

Inter College and Shri Shankar Mumuksh Vidyapeeth are operating under the

trust. After the establishment of the university, these will be operated under

the university.

According to the report of District Magistrate Shahjahanpur,

the trust has a total of 21.01 acres of land available, out of which about 20

acres of land will be allotted for the university. In the first phase, an MoU

will be signed between the Higher Education Department and the Mumuksh Ashram

Trust. After this, formal proceedings will be completed under the Uttar Pradesh

State University Act 1973.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi