Haryana government will set up a university in Gurgaon, Minister for Education Ram Bilas Sharma informed the Assembly on Monday.


Replying to a question in the ongoing monsoon session of the Assembly, he said the work for the university will commence within the current financial year.


Sharma said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had announced at a public meeting in Kakrola village in April that a university would be set up.


The Kakrola panchayat has passed a resolution to transfer land, measuring 398 kanal and three marlas, for the university.


He also assured the House that engineering and B.Ed colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University would not be shifted to any other university.