The Tripura Council of Ministers has approved the creation of two new state universities, including the state’s first technical university and its first women’s university, Cabinet spokesman and Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said on Tuesday.

With this decision, the number of state-run universities in Tripura will rise to three. At present, Maharaja Bir Bikram University is the only state university in the state.

Briefing reporters at the civil secretariat after a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Chowdhury said the Tripura Institute of Technology (TIT) will be upgraded into the state’s first technical university.

“The state council of ministers has approved the proposal of setting up Tripura’s first technical university. Tripura Institute of Technology will

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