patna the central university of bihar cub patna plans to develop quality engineering and technology programmes in collaboration with penn state university psu commonwealth of pennsylvania us cub may also have faculty visits from the us for short or long term cub vicechancellor janak pandey said his participation in academic leadership academy programme under the obamasingh 21st century knowledge initiative at psu from june 23 to 28 2013 would also help him develop the network with faculty from the us many of whom are indians and of indian origin in india particularly in bihar and its neighbouring states there is a great rush for engineering courses but there is a shortage of quality education institutions pandey said the university also plans to start an engineering and technology school on its new campus at gaya with psu for education training and research in those branches which are immediate requirements of industries and the society pandey cited a recent survey which said 90 of psu graduates approved the way engineering technology programmes have prepared them for the job market and are known to give students the realworld knowledge and skills to perform effectively in a rapidly changing and highly technical work place the 14 schools planned under cub are school of mathematics statistics and computer science school of physical and chemical sciences school of earth biological and environmental sciences school of technology school of health sciences school of social sciences and policy school of human sciences school of languages and literature school of media arts and aesthetics school of management school of education school of vocational studies school of law and governance and school of agriculture and development dr gl dutta dav public school nearly 300 students of the state are expected to participate in a model united nations mun event to be organized by alumni association of dr g l dutta dav public school kankarbagh in collaboration with the united nations india centre new delhi from july 1 to 3 the event is aimed at sensitizing youngsters about global challenges and promoting negotiations and dialogues for solution of disputes instead of war or terrorism three councils general assembly human rights council and security council would be held during the event named davkbmun 2013