The hostel dedicated for girl students from North Eastern States at the Jnanabharathi campus will be ready by December. However, students from Bengaluru Central University (BCU) and Bengaluru North University (BNU) may not be allotted rooms in this hostel.
The hostel is spread over 5.5 acres, has 104 rooms and three students can share one room. The project was conceived after students from these States had alleged that they were being discriminated against and had pointed out that safety of the students was a matter of concern.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as research scholars will be accommodated in the hostel. The entire project has been funded by the North Eastern Council.
K.R. Venugopal, Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University, said that students from the university and affiliated colleges will be accommodated in this hostel. “After students from these colleges are accommodated, if there are rooms left, we will allot rooms to students from BCU and BNU,” he said. He said that 25% of the rooms will be allotted to other students from Bangalore University.
Prof. Venugopal said that the hostel will have CCTV cameras and would have an automated kitchen. He said that the university was trying to rope in Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inauguration.
