Odisha HRD

Private Universities that have shown interest in Odisha

(Comments added at later dates.)
Based on a list in February 2013.

• Amity University (July 30, 2022 – They do have a business school in Bhubaneswar. See https://bhubaneswar.agbs.in/ . But no recent news on a university.)
• Amrita Viswa Vidyapitham University. (July 30, 2022 – They were interested many years ago. Our govt. could not find them land near Bhubaneswar and pointed them towards Bhadrak. They have not shown interest since then.)
• ASBM (Asian School of Business Management) University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2019.)
• Birla Global University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2015.)
• Chicago University to set up a satellite university within Utkal University Campus
• C V Raman International University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2019.)
• Devine Global University by Devine Education Trust, Delhi
• DRIEMS University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2022.)
• Educity in Rourkela by Knowledge Foundation Bhubaneswar
• GIET (Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology) University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2018.)
• GITAM University
• India International University
• Jagadguru Krupalu University (July 30, 2022: University act passed in 2020; no progress yet)
• JPM University by Sri Chandulal Minda Memorial Trust
• Koustuv University for Women
• Krupajal University
• Manipal Education and Medical Group
• Nabadiganta University
• Odia University (July 30, 2022: Act passed in 2017. No progress yet.)
• O P Jindal Global University
• Puspagiri University
• Rai Foundation
• RCM University
• Silicon University
• SPICMACAY University
• Synergy University
• Techno Global University
• University of Corporate Excellence
• Women’s University of Technology
• Xavier University (July 30, 2022: Became a university in 2013.)

2 comments February 16th, 2013

The Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri ancient Buddhist knowledge center in Odisha; has been compared with Nalanda in the art history and archaeology literature

(Appeal to readers: I would appreciate any additional pointers to literature where the knowledge center aspects of the Odisha buddhist monuments have been discussed and/or they have been compared with the well-known buddhist sites in India such as Nalanda, Bodhgaya, Sanchi, etc.)

We all have read about Nalanda and Taxila as ancient learning centers and they are often referred to the as precursor of the present day universities. In Odisha the yet to be identified Puspagiri mahavihara as well as the Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri  have been compared with Nalanda in the art history and Buddhist literature. Following are some slides (in facebook) which compiles that information. In these slides we quote extensively from Mrs. Debala Mitra’s two  books. Mrs. Mitra was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (1975-1983) [Page 448 of this book] and has written extensively on various Monuments of India.

The above slides do not have any pictures. As is mentioned in some of the slides, the Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri Mahaviharas are also comparable to Bodhgaya in certain respects and one slide mentioned how none of the monasteries in Nalanda can compare with the embellishment in one of the monastery found in Ratnagiri. The following pictures, again from facebook, gives one the idea of what has been found in Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri and the beauty and significance of them.

In 2010 the Indian Parliament passed the Nalanda International University Bill. This university is in the making now and this wikipedia page has information on it. We hope that some day more people in Odisha and India will know about Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Udaygiri and a similar university (perhaps called Puspagiri University, the yet to be identified Mahavihara about which Hiuen Tsang wrote glowingly) will be established in Odisha. Towards that effort  some background information has been compiled in a facebook page and a facebook account. Following is a glimpse of the information that has been collected.

November 18th, 2011