Pune: Bamboo Craft Research and Training Centre to be set up at SPPU

The Maharastra Forest Department is planning to set up Bamboo Craft Research and Training Centres at three public universities. The decision comes after state Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar made an announcement to this effect recently. A press release issued by the SPPU administration stated that the first such centre will be set up at SPPU. An amount of Rs 35 lakh has been sanctioned for the centre. Besides SPPU, the government has also approved setting up of training centres at the Mahatma Phule Agriculture University in Rahuri and the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University.