An around eight-km boundary wall marks the 446-acre campus where the modern centre of excellence is to come up.

The residential university, due to be completed by 2020, is to have seven schools - all for postgraduate and doctorate students.

The university, which has Nobel laureate Amartya Sen as its chairperson, is to start its first academic session from this year. The first batch of students would be enrolled for two postgraduate programmes in history and ecology and environmental studies.

Last May, the Nalanda board had approved the architectural plan of the proposed university.

"The government is fast-tracking the university," said the source. The Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill 2013 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Sep 5, 2013, by the external affairs ministry and was referred to a parliamentary standing committee. The committee's report was tabled in the Rajya Sabha during the December winter session of parliament.
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