Grants
In 2011, the University Grants Commission selected the university as a university with potential for excellence, under which the university gets 250 million. The university had been selected under phase 1 of the scheme in 2001-02 along with a few other universities in the country. UGC has identified the school of geology and the school of zoology of the university as centres of excellence and has allotted 32.5 million each for their development. The university is planning to use the funds to buy equipment and improve infrastructure.
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