The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the prestigious Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) campus coming up in Gopanapalli in Hyderabad. The campus will become operational by end-2013 and have about 1,500 doctoral, 700 post-doctoral students and 250 faculty members.
The campus, coming up at an investment of `2,500 crore would focus on “Light, Matter and Life” which are closed linked to applications in the areas of health, energy and communication.
The Governor, Mr E.S.L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister, Mr K.Rosaiah, Union minister for law and justice, Mr Veerappa Moily, principal scientific advisor to the Union government, Dr R. Chidambaram, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Dr Srikumar Banerjee, TIFR director Prof. Mustansir Barma and University of Hyderabad vice-chancellor, Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain were present on the occasion.
The state government and the officials of University of Hyderabad (UoH) heaved a sigh of relief as the programme went off peacefully though some student unions and teachers associations threatened to conduct demonstrations against the allotment of 209 acres on the university campus to TIFR.
“It is befitting that Hyderabad, which has emerged a a knowledge and technology centre, should be chosen as the site for the new campus of the TIFR. I would like to congratulate the AP government for inviting the TIFR to set up its campus here,” Dr Singh remarked after laying the foundation stone
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