Guwahati, February 15: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today laid the foundation of the first  Skill University of the Eastern India at Mangaldoi. 

The University to be built involving a financial outlay of Rs. One thousand crore at a sprawling 250 bigha land, it will impart skill training to more than 10 thousand students in 12 different disciplines. To be completed in 2026 the university will have understandings with the countries like Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Japan, England.