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Assan to set up university named after independence movement martyr Kanaklata Barua

Guwahati, June 4 (UNI) Assam will soon have a university named after martyr Kanaklata Barua at an estimated cost of Rs.400 crore which will focus on emerging subjects like AI, Quantum computing and robotics etc.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said this on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting and added that the university will be established at Bholaguri tea estate at Gahpur in Assam's Biswanath district.
He said the government has already entrusted a team of academicians from IIT Guwahati, JNU and others to prepare the curriculum for the Swagid Kanaklata Baruah university, which will be based on Industry 5.0 standard.
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