Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir to be developed as music college

The Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir will be developed as a music college and a corpus fund of Rs three crore has been earmarked for it. A budgetary provision of Rs 60 lakh for the financial year 2009-10 has been made by the state government for this project.

Till now students trying to get music degree have to move out to other states. There is no music college in Bihar and most students appear in exam from Allahabad University and Chandigarh University.

According to Renu Devi, state’s cultural minister, the government decided to develop Kala Mandir as a college and has got temporary affiliation from Magadh University. Application will be given for permanent affiliation.link