September 28, 2023

Prime Minister Modi inaugurates CIPET Jaipur and lays foundations for 4 medical colleges in Rajasthan

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate CIPET – Jaipur Petrochemical Institute of Technology and also lay the foundation for four new medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh and Dausa districts of Rajasthan via video conferencing on Thursday.

According to an official statement, these medical colleges were approved under a centrally sponsored scheme to “establish new medical colleges attached to district/referral hospitals.”

He said that preference is given to establishing medical colleges for disadvantaged, backward and ambitious areas.

The institute is self-sufficient and serves the needs of petrochemical and related industries with dedication. It will provide education for young people to become trained technical professionals, the statement said.

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He said Federal Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gilot will attend the occasion.

With the aim of developing manpower in various disciplines of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), formerly known as Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, was established in 1968 by the Government of India with the help of the United Nations Development Program in Chennai.