Patna: The Patliputra University inaugurated by chief minister Nitish Kumar on July 30 is facing difficulty in finding space for running its postgraduate courses.

The university carved out of Magadh University this year has planned to run postgraduate courses in all three streams - arts, science and commerce but delay in getting space for running the course is inadvertently affecting the varsity's plan.

The varsity administration on several occasions had written to the education department and even approached Nitish for providing space. During the inaugural event of the varsity website, logo and anthem at SK Memorial on July 30, Nitish had announced that the university will get space at Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP), as a temporary arrangement for running its course.

Officials of Patliputra University on Thursday visited the CIMP premises to find out the space allotted by the government, but the space allotted by government is very small for running its postgraduate courses. G.C. Choudhary, the pro-vice-chancellor of the varsity said: "The space allotted by the CIMP administration is very small. They are providing us only two rooms on one of its floors. We have to run postgraduate courses in around 12 subjects. How we will run 12 courses from two classrooms?"

The CIMP administration claims that they are not having vacant classrooms. CIMP director V. Mukunda Das said: "Patliputra University were demanding eight classrooms, but with the launch of new courses and increase in student intake we expressed helplessness in providing more than two classrooms to the varsity."

He added: "The student intake at the institute this year has gone up to 240 from 120 students the previous year. Also, the institute is running various programmes such as management development programme for government employees, special coaching for SC/ST students and others."

The university officials also visited Aryabhatta Knowledge University in Mithapur, another alternative space for running its postgraduate course but the new building of Aryabhatta Knowledge University is yet to be constructed. The varsity officials claimed that AKU's new building will require at least six months for completion.

In science the postgraduate departments will be in mathematics, physics, botany, zoology and chemistry, while the postgraduate departments in commerce will be MCom. In arts the postgraduate departments will be Hindi, English, history, economics, political science and psychology.