The Indian government is to establish a skills centre for the University of Jaffna's faculty of agriculture, located at their Kilinochchi campus, reports the Island.
The project, which was awarded to Link Engineering Ltd specifically, will include not only the building of the premises, but also the supply of equipment, training and introduction of the curriculum.
According to the paper, the total cost is around 300 million Sri Lankan rupees.
The contract for the project was signed at a ceremony on Monday which included the Indian High Commissioner, Y K Sinha, Sri Lanka's Higher Education Ministry's secretary, P Ranepura, and the vice chancellor of the Jaffna University, Vasanthy Arasaratnam.
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