India, July 5 -- Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that India's first national university for the cooperative sector in Gujarat will end nepotism by ensuring only trained professionals get jobs in the sector.

He was addressing a gathering at Anand Agriculture University after laying the foundation stone of Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU) to be built in Gujarat's Anand on 125-acre land for a cost of Rs.500 crore.

"Earlier there was no proper system to train employees and members of cooperative societies for the development of the cooperative sector. The employees were given training after recruitment in the cooperative. But after the formation of this university, only those who have undergone training will...