Pune to get new engineering college

Pune: The Government of Maharashtra has decided to establish a Government College of Engineering at village Avasari Khurd in Ambegaon taluka close to Pune from the next academic session i.e. 2009-10.

Out of the total strength, 70 percent of the seats would be exclusively reserved for students from the University of Pune.

The college will be setup with an aim to fulfill the ever-growing requirements of technical workforce of the industry especially of the automobile plants which will be established in the Talegaon-Chakan belt in addition to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) at Khed and Shirur.