This was decided at a meeting of the Nav Nalanda Mahavihara Society held at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. Governor-cum-chancellor Devanand Konwar presided over the meeting.

Shantiniketan University professor of Buddhist Studies Suniti Kumar Pathak, HRD secretary S Shivkumar, superintending archaeologist S K Manjul, Mahavihara director R Panth and registrar S P Sinha attended the meeting.

The Mahavihara, which held its first convocation recently, would take necessary steps for all-round academic development and attracting talented students and researchers from all over the country. The details of the development plan would be placed before the managing board of the Mahavihara.