Regional
Campus Manipur
As the jurisdiction of
the university extends to the whole country, it has a
plan to open centres in tribal dominated states for
which proposals are under way according to the Act of
the University. Acting accordingly, the Hon’ble
Vice-Chancellor opened the first regional campus of
University at Manipur on 09.09.2009. It is worth
mentioning here that the Hon'ble Prime Minister had
included the opening of the campus of Indira Gandhi National
Tribal University into his first Hundred Days
express programmes. All the formalities of the
opening of the centre were completed in one month.
The Vice-Chancellor visited Imphal on 5th august 2009
regarding the study of the possibilities of the
opening of the Centre and the inspection of the site.
The Manipur State Government proposed a plot of 300
acres in Makhan village at the distance of 25 km from
Imphal on Imphal-Dimapur National Highway No 39. He
visited Imphal for the second time on 5th September
2009. In the meantime the State Government had
completed all the formalities of the allotment of the
land and on 9th September 2009 the Centre was
formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister of
Manipur. On the request of the Vice-Chancellor the
State Government has provided the services of the
Principal of United College, Chandel,
Shri Th. Oliver as
Officer on Special Duty. The Centre has started
M.Phil course in Political Science for the 2009-10.
With the declaration of the commencement of the
teaching at the Centre 46 students applied for the
course out of which 20 students got admission. The
University is going to impart Post Graduate courses
Political Science and Human Right, Sociology and
Social Anthropology, Social Work, Tribal Studies and
Physical Education at its Manipur Regional Campus
