Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi would set up its Extension Campus in Haryana and the State Government would provide 50 acres of land for it at Rajiv Gandhi Education City,(RGEC) Sonipat. Mr. Hooda, who was addressing a massive public meeting after laying the foundation stones of 10 prestigious educational institutions in the campus of RGEC, Sonipat today also reiterated that Haryana would be developed as an education hub of international standard. Member of Parliament, Mr. Deepender Singh Hooda, who is also the lone parliamentarian member of IIT Advisory Council submitted the letter from the IIT Delhi, Director Prof. R.K. Shevgaonkar to the Chief Minister at the rally. In the letter, Prof. Shevgaonkar said that the extension campus of IIT Delhi in Haryana would not only facilitate the much needed expansion of activities of IIT, Delhi but would also provide an additional impetus to the economic and technical growth of the State of Haryana. The Chief Minister said that the ten foundation stones, which he laid on Sunday, would prove to be the foundation stones of the better future of next generation. It would also change the entire scenario of the state, he added.