The students seeking admission in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, Garhwal would have to submit an undertaking that they would not demand shifting of the institute outside Srinagar and would not take mass leaves from the next academic session.

On demand of shifting of the institute, the students of the prestigious college have been on a path of agitation.

The Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan Singh Rawat told The Pioneer here on Friday that the demand of the students is unjustified.

On an emphatic note, he said that there is no question of shifting the elite institute outside Srinagar. “The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and I have categorically stated that the institute would not be shifted anywhere,’’ he said.

The Minister further said that an inquiry would be constituted to look into the conditions under which the 300 acre of land allotted for the institute had been rejected. He added that the Government has also provided 122 acre of land at Jaletha village to house the institute.

The student agitation in NIT had erupted on October 3 when two girl students were hit by a speeding car on the National Highway. The girls had been on their way to the lab from their hostel while passing the bustling National Highway.

Following the incident, the students had launched an agitation, demanding shifting of the institute to a safer location in the plains.

On October 22, the students had taken an extreme step of leaving the institute en masse.

The students had dispatched e-mails to President, Prime Minister, CM and Governor in which they demanded that the campus should be shifted to a place which ensures their safety, medical help, corporate exposure and accessibility to technological advances as per the standards.

On November 28 and 29, the NIT students  had also held a protest meeting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to press for their demand.

Set up in the year 2010 in Srinagar in Garhwal, the NIT has been functioning from a temporary campus. The administrative block and the labs are situated in the old ITI campus while the students go to the Poly-technique college campus for classes.

For hostels of students, the administration has rented a hotel.