NID to be set up in Kurukshetra

KURUKSHETRA: 

A National Institute of Fashion Technology will be set up at Panchkula and a National Institute of Design in Kurukshetra, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here on Wednesday.

The state will become an education hub of international standard in a few years, he told reporters here.

Kalpana Chawla Medical College is being set up in Karnal, Rajiv Gandhi Education city at Kundli in Sonipat, a Medical College in Nalhar, Mewat, a Defence university in Gurgaon, and a central university in Mahendergarh, Hooda said.

Efforts were being made to develop Kurukshetra a tourist destination of international standards, he said.

A replica of Tirupati temple is being established in Kurukshetra, Hooda said.

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The Times of India/ PTI Aug 23, 2012, 11.59AM IST