{"id":24256,"date":"2015-09-24T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=24256"},"modified":"2015-09-24T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:57:00","slug":"nish-varsity-to-get-50-acres-of-land-at-vithura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/nish-varsity-to-get-50-acres-of-land-at-vithura\/","title":{"rendered":"NISH Varsity to get 50 acres of land at Vithura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala Government has finalized the land for setting up National Institute for Speech and Hearing (NISH) varsity.<\/p>\n<p>50 acres of land from the jersey farm of the Animal Husbandry Department at Vithura will be allotted to the proposed university. The land is very near to the existing campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Vithura.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When realized, NISH will become India&#8217;s first varsity for the differently-abled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) at Akkulam will attain Central University status within three months. The Central Government would soon take over the institute as part of the process of according Central University status.<\/p>\n<p>NISH offers facility for early detection of hearing loss among children. It also has developed path-breaking tools for improving the life of those suffering from hearing and speech ailments. Currently, degree courses are being offered in computer science, fine arts and commerce for hearing impaired students. Diploma courses are also being offered for those interested in teaching such students. As many as 500 students are being trained in various disciplines at the institute.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As many as 500 students are being trained in various disciplines at the institute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since its inception in 1997, the institute had been functioning under the purview of the Ministry for Social Welfare. The State Government had spent Rs.30 crore for various development projects of the institute so far. When realized, NISH will become India&#8217;s first varsity for the differently-abled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala Government has finalized the land for setting up National Institute for Speech and Hearing (NISH) varsity. 50 acres of land from the jersey farm of the Animal Husbandry Department at Vithura will be allotted to the proposed university. The land is very near to the existing campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-24256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}