BANGALORE: The new Karnataka State Folklore University, touted as the first in the country dedicated to folklore, still has no space of its own to operate from.Vice-Chancellor Ambalike Hiriyanna says that the university will be inaugurated within three weeks. Its key feature will be the folklore museum which will come up across several acres.Special officer for the university Ambalike Hiriyanna, formally announced as the Vice-Chancellor last month, is currently operating out of a rented premises in Bangalore. “We have identified the land, and the government too has approved of it. We will get 70 acres to begin with where construction will start,” he said.On how he intends to set up the university from Bangalore, Hiriyanna said that a Karnataka State Tourism Corporation building situated about six km from Gatagodi village, will be the temporary office.“We are hoping that the university will be inaugurated within three weeks, after which we shall start recruiting to set up the foundation for various courses,” the vice-chancellor said.Though the government had announced that they were hoping to start the academic year from this year itself, he said the varsity would begin in the next academic year with diploma and certificate courses.PG courses, including a Masters in Business Administration in folklore will be started a year later once they receive the clearances from various national bodies.Officials say that political uncertainty might be a reason for the delay in handing over land. In January, a team from Janadapa Academy had visited various parts of the state in search of a place and 565 acres of revenue land was identified in Shiggaon in Haveri district.Later, the state government announced that the land has been earmarked for the varsity. The district administration was set to transfer 70 acres recently, but there has been a delay in doing so, it is said.
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