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RComm plans to set up varsity in Punjab Anil Ambani led Reliance Communications (RComm) has proposed the Punjab government to set up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) university in the state. The company has planned to offer courses like BTech (ICT), MTech (ICT),and MS (IT). The university is coming up on the lines of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar. These ventures aim at building confidence, capacity, global mindsets and communication skills among young people. Reliance has asked the government to provide 60 acres to build the campus and plans intake of 1,260 students for different courses. If all goes as planned then the university is expected to come up in 2010 and it will be non-affiliated university. Talking to FE Mohanbir Singh Sidhu, additional director, department of technical education, Punjab said, “The government had offered land in Birla Farm in Ropar where 800 acres is lying vacant and in Fatehgarh Sahib in February. The company has now shown interest in taking the land in Ropar. It has submitted its complete proposal and given its strategy. The land will be given on the mutually agreed price.” However, he did not divulge investment details of the project. RComm also has a plan to come up with a similar project in Jammu and Kashmir and Kolkata. In the technical education sector in Punjab, 65 engineering colleges, 72 MBA colleges, 33 pharmacy institutes and 97 diploma courses are being run. Apart from Reliance various private players have shown interest for setting up specialised universities for different academic streams. These players include Bharti telecom (Airtel group), Lord Diljit Rana, (Chitkara group), Ryat and Bahra group and the SGPC which are keen for setting up universities in the state