The country's first defence univer­sity — Indian National Defence University (INDU) — will be set up in Gurgaon district. Haryana gov­ernment has given the nod for acquiring land at the earliest in Binola village along NH 8.

 

Union Minister of State for Defence Production and the area MP Rao Inderjit Singh said Haryana Chief Secretary had written a letter to the Defence Sec­retary in this regard.

 

Taking a clue from the defence uni­versities in the US and China, INDU will be a fully autonomous institution. It will have courses for officers of the armed forces, civil services and para-military forces. The university campus will house some new colleges that will offer post­graduate courses. All the existing na­tional defence colleges will also be affil­iated to it, said the minister.

 

The university, said Singh, will make Gurgaon a hub of academic, strategic and professional expertise. It will also open myriad avenues for employment.

 

After approval of the Cabinet Com­mittee on Security, the Haryana Gov­ernment will initiate immediate action to acquire the land.

 

Earlier, an Empowered Group of Min­isters had reviewed defence and security management in the country and rec­ommended such a university.

 

Source: Metro Now, New Delhi.