PATNA, Dec. 24 -- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday directed the officials to speed up the campus development of the Bihar University of Health Sciences (BUHS) and Bihar Engineering University (BEU) at Mithapur in Patna, which was visualised as the education hub with several institutions at one place.

Both the universities, set up in 2022 after trifurcation of the Aryabhatt Knowledge University (AKU), will add to the list of several educational institutions like the Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), AKU, Maulana Mazaharul Haq Arabic and Persian University, Chandragupta Institute of Management (CIMP) already functioning in Mithapur.

The headquarters of the BUHS and BEU are lo...