Groups interested in setting up of private universities in Orissa; land provided by Orissa to various universities

July 6th, 2007

Pioneers reports on a reply in the Orissa state assembly regarding groups interested in setting up of private universities that have contacted the state government. Following are some excerpts.

The State Government on Thursday said the Government has already received proposals to set up six private universities in the State. These universities included the Vedanta University, Ravishankar University, ICFAI University, Barrister Ranjit Mohanty Law University, Amity University and SBM University.

… Higher Education Minister Samir Dey said Government is planning to introduce a bill to regulate the activities of the private universities.

He further said that all the private universities have to arrange the land for setting up their own campus. But in few cases, the State Government will provide lands to the private universities. He further said that 398.811 acres of land has been provided to Utkal University. Similarly, 250 acre of land to Berhampur University, 573.11 acre to Sambalpur University, 80.73 acre to FM University, 98.02 acre to North Orissa University, 1,674 acre to Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology and 100 acres of land have been provided to Jagannath Sanskrit University.

Entry Filed under: Berhampur University,ICFAI University, Bhubaneswar,New Universities,North Orissa University, Baripada,OUAT, Bhubaneswar,Private Universities,Sambalpur University,Sri Jagannath University, Puri,Sri Sri University, Cuttack,UNIVERSITIES: existing and upcoming,Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,Vedanta University, Puri

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  • 1. Aptech  |  October 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    We are interested to start a University in Orissa


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