India’s first Defense University is going to be established in Gurgaon, nearby Delhi. The Haryana State Government has agreed to acquire 200 acres of lands for the purpose of establishing India’s First Defense University.
The National Defense Universities have been established in the US and China. India had also proposed to establish such a National Defense University and so in the year 2001 Indian Government formed a committee for exploring the possibility of establishing such a university. The said committee paid a visit to US and China to have an idea on what pattern those Universities have been established, how they are functioning etc.. and submitted its report to the Indian Government.
Onn the basis of the report submitted by the committee India has decided to establish a ‘Indian National Defense University (Hindu). Besides, to establish a defense university, Indian parliament has to enact a law. A higest officer from the Army will be appointed as the Chairman and a higher official in the external affairs Ministry will be appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the proposed National Defense University.
Various defense colleges and educational institutions will be brought under the control of the Defense University, which will co-ordinate their activities.
The proposed National Defense University will be established at Gurgaon. For the purpose of establishing the said university 200 acres of lands are acquired from the village Pinola, which is 30 km away from Gurgaon.
All the above said information was revealed by the India’s Deputy Minister for defense Rao Inderjit Singh.