It will open a centre for postgraduate studies at Belapu Mangalore University will open a centre for postgraduate studies at Belapu in Udupi by offering five courses from 2021-22, according to Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithaya. Speaking at the 41st Foundation Day celebration at the university on Saturday, he said that the centre will be ready by next June. He said that the university will also open the V.S. Acharya Centre for the Study of Coastal Development soon. In addition, it will open centre of studies for Kundapura Kannada (a dialect), Arebhashe, Swami Vivekananda, and Kannada poet Muddana, he said, adding that an Ambedkar Research Centre will also be set up.