The Karnataka government has constituted a six-member expert committee to examine the feasibility of a proposal for setting up University of Agricultural Sciences in VC Farm of Mandya district.
The committee is headed by former Vice-Chancellor of UAS-Bengaluru Rajendra Prasad. The committee’s other members are P.L. Patil, Vice-Chancellor of UAS-Dharwad, A.B. Patil, retired registrar of UAS-Bengaluru, K.M. Harinikumar, retired administrative officer of UAS-Bengaluru, and Chandrahas G. Thalukura, retired joint secretary of Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. V.R. Kiresur, director of Education of UAS-Dharwad, is the member convener of the expert committee.
While no deadline has been set for the committee to submit its report, the notification issued by the government on Friday has directed it to submit the report “urgently”.
