Vedanta University Bill Passed in Orissa Assembly: Tathya running headline; Sam Pitroda name mentioned
July 30th, 2009
Following are some excerpts from a report in Business Standard mentioning Sam Pitroda’s name as a possibility for Chancellor of Vedanta University.
The proposed Vedanta University is likely to get chairman of the Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda as its first Chancellor, Orissa’s Higher Education minister Debi Prasad Mishra said today.
While replying a debate on the controversial Vedanta University Bill-2009 in assembly, Mishra said the varsity authorities were in consultation with Pitroda to assume office of the Chancellor of the proposed world-class institution to be set up in Puri district.
Mishra gave this information while some members from the opposition Congress and BJP raised doubts on establishment of the Vedanta university which would be given at least 6,000 acre of valuable land.Besides Pitroda, the varsity authorities also informed the state government, Mishra said that they had already contacted at least three nobel laureates to join as faculty of the proposed world-class university.
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1. R.Raghunandan Gargeya | August 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I am proud of Orissa,the land of Jagannath.Jagannath is the real leader of the world.Therefoe it is desirable that Oriassa should lead other states by such ideals like the one that is in the news tiday that Orissa Assembly passed the Vedanta University Bill
2. Brundaban Jena | October 9th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I am proud to be a Oriya and S happy for Vedant University. Orissa is poorest state but will be knowledge center for India and Oriya students will get chance do better in future.