The authorities were also in consultation with at least three nobel laureates to join as faculty, he said arguing in favour of the project.

The Vedanta University Bill was introduced last year but it faced stiff resistance from the opposition. The bill was re-introduced Saturday again triggering protest from opposition parties.

Opposition Chief Whip Prasad Harichandan said: 'The organisation which has proposed to set up the university has never run any educational institution in the past. How can the government hand over such a large chunk of land to it?'