new delhi ahead of its centenary on may 1 delhi university du has kickstarted the process of expanding its existing infrastructure including building new hostels while academic reforms are also on the cardsdu vicechancellor yogesh singh on thursday said two 1000bed hostels will soon be constructed and restoration and renovation work will be carried out the university which is an institute of eminence ioe will also get a separate administrative building that is being built by cpwdaddressing his first press conference after taking over as vc singh said two new hostels each accommodating 1000 girls and 1000 boys will be built at the dhaka complex within two years funds received for ioe will be used for this however it is yet to be decided if the hostels will be for ug or pg studentsstressing on the need to expand and create more seats to cater to the growing demand singh said du will start three new engineering courses btech in computer science electrical engineering electronics and communication which will see an expansion of the faculty of technologynsut and delhi college of engineering were earlier part of du but have become universities now so we decided to start the new btech courses for which the academic and administrative buildings will be built the process will begin as soon as we get approval from the government said singhfor building the new colleges at fatehpur beri and roshanpura too the university is waiting for the governments nodmeanwhile pg courses in management and economics as well as several diploma and certificate courses will be started at school of open learning singh saiddu will also collaborate with the government to set up an asean studies centre apart from this it will set up two section 8 companies one will cater to setting up an innovation and incubation centre while the other will collect endowment fundsthe vc said du will work towards building strategies in order to make it to the top 100 universities in the world we know that the university should not continue on ad hocism measures will be taken to ensure faculty positions are filled and most students complete their phd said singh