Mizoram to Have NIT, IIMC

Aizawl, May 15 : Mizoram would soon have its own National Institute of Technology (NIT), an Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and a medical college, besides a campus of the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here today.

Thanhawla told reporters that the permission for establishment of NIT has been obtained and land for setting up the campus was under active consideration by the government.

"If we have place for classrooms, the enrolment could start from this academic year," he said.

The classes for IIM could also start as soon as the classrooms could be arranged, he said.

He said that the government was looking for 7 to 15 acre for establishment of the IIMC. The construction cost would be totally borne by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.