Mysuru, Feb. 15 -- The decision to close Chamarajanagar University will severely impact poor students, opined Vice-Chancellor Prof. M.R. Gangadhar.

Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning amid reports that the Government is likely to shut down ten Universities established by the previous BJP Government due to financial constraints, Prof. Gangadhar emphasised that Chamarajanagar University was founded to serve a border and backward region of Karnataka.

"We have good infrastructure including hostels and canteens, offer 13 courses, including MBA, MCA, and B.Ed., and have 20 affiliated colleges, 5,000 undergraduate students, and over 800 postgraduate students, with a majority being women. The closure will drastically affect all of them," he...