Chandigarh, March 3 -- From an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven digital college to upgrading 250 excellence schools, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday proposed to set up a Rs.10 crore higher education quality and research excellence fund to upgrade higher education systems and research labs.

In collaboration with the department of future and higher education department, the state will launch an autonomous AI and Digital College. It will be based on digital-first, borderless model where teaching, evaluation and personalised learning will be driven by AI-based systems. If the pilot project succeeds, 10 more such colleges will be set up in 2027-28, Saini said while presenting the 2026-27 Budget in the assembly.

The CM p...