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```RGUHS gears up to establish its regional centre in Mangaluru

Jaideep Shenoy | TNN | Jan 15 , 2020, 14:27 IST

 

MANGALURU:

 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) is all geared up to establish its regional centre in this coastal city. With the university acquiring 2-acres of land for this near Mary Hill here, the Bengaluru based health university plans to use it for academic and sports purposes. It will double up as a digital evaluation centre, a training centre for UG/PG students of medicines and teachers as well as a hub for cultural activities.

Dr S Sacchidanand, vice-chancellor, RGUHS said the regional centre in Mangaluru is in line with the university's vision to have such facilities in all revenue regions of the state. While the regional centre at Kalaburagi will be dedicated for public use in next two-months, the university has floated tender for its proposed regional centre in Davangere and will be finalised once certain technical issues pertaining to it are addressed, Dr Sacchidanand said.

The university is not happy with the land identified for its regional centre in Belagavi and is scouting for a land closer to Suvarna Vidhan Soudha there, he said. Each of the proposed regional centres will be headed by a senior officer at the rank of deputy registrar and assisted by assistant registrar, he said, adding these offices will help decentralise various functions pertaining to the university and expedite decision making process.

 The regional centres will become hub for digital evaluation that the university has ushered in, he said adding it will also act as training centre for teachers as well as under-graduate and post-graduate students of medicine. These centres can be utilised to hold continuing medical education  programmes as well as conferences that are vital to ensure continuous updation of knowledge as well as a centre for medical colleges to host cultural events.

For Mangaluru regional centre, Dr Sacchidanand said there is demand from the Syndicate and Senate members to set up a sports complex as part of the centre. This suggestion will be incorporated while planning the centre, he said, adding such a complex will be a value addition to the region that is home to several medical colleges. The 2-acre land that the revenue department has identified is close to Abhakari Bhavan, he noted.```