On March 17, the Meghalaya Government announced the conversion of the Captain Williamson Sangma Technical University into a state university, making it the first state university of Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Gets Its First State University
It is mentioned Williamson Sangma Technical University Amendment Bill was tabled in the new state assembly during its first budget session.
The announcement regarding first full-fledged state university came from Paul Lyngdoh, Government Spokesperson and Cabinet Minister.
In this regard, Paul Lyngdoh stated, “We had created the Capt. Williamson Sangma Technical University, Tura in 2011 with emphasis on high-quality education in engineering, life sciences, and technology, including technical-related courses but today, the cabinet took up the matter of establishing its first state-run university which means that fundamentally, we decided to bring this into the cabinet in order that the Captain William Sangma technical University will now become the Captain William Sangma State University.”
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma wrote on Twitter, “The Capt. Williamson Sangma Technical University Amendment Bill which proposes to change the University to Meghalaya’s 1st State University i.e the Capt. Williamson Sangma State University will be placed on the table of the Assembly.”