University of Mysore may get coding academy modelled on Paris’s Ecole 42

An incubation centre focusing on start-ups in agriculture is also in the works

A coding academy on the lines of France’s Ecole 42 and an incubation centre with focus on start-ups in agriculture may come up in the Manasagangotri campus of the century-old University of Mysore (UoM), which has offered to provide necessary infrastructure and academic support for the projects. Vice-chancellor G. Hemantha Kumar told The Hindu, “The university gave its nod when Mysuru MP Pratap Simha sought to know whether we are interested in establishing the facilities. We hope that the projects may take off by the the end of this year. The second wave of COVID-19 delayed the paperwork.”