Having taken on the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry for not according it varsity status in the last UPA government, Kapil Sibal, who now heads the ministry himself, is trying to realise the CSIR varsity plan he nurtured as Minister for Science & Technology in the last UPA.

Highly placed sources confirmed to The Indian Express that the CSIR - Advanced Institute of Scientific Training (AIST) is finally set to see the light of day with ample support from the HRD ministry. Sibal has already held a series of meetings with CSIR, UGC and the HRD Ministry officers to resolve the outstanding issues at the earliest.

At the meeting last week, the Minister brought the two sides together to sort out the differences. Sibal is understood to have told UGC that personally he thought this to be a good initiative that needed to be pushed immediately. But the minister also said he was willing to examine any valid objections, sources said.

source: indiaexpress