India, April 19 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com

Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil on Friday said the state will examine the feasibility of establishing a separate Cooperative University before taking a final decision.

Patil said that while the Centre has already set up a Ministry of Cooperation and launched initiatives, including a proposed Cooperative University under Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra also has institutions such as the Vaikunthbhai Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management working in this sector. The state, he said, will assess whether a separate cooperative university is necessary and viable.

He said, "Cooperation education helps in developing concepts, while imp...