Odisha HRD

The long-standing demand of the alumni and students of University College of Engineering (UCE), Burla, has been met with the varsity being registered under Societies Act on Tuesday. This would pave way for the engineering college to stake for Deemed University status.

It has been registered as Orissa Institute of Technology (OIT) at Sambalpur. The change in the statute of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology BPUT) in the Assembly bifurcating OIT from under its ambit will follow. Only after ratification by the State Assembly, the OIT will move UGC for Deemed University status.

The Deemed University status would enable the Engineering College get more funds besides help in giving their existing infrastructure a facelift. The College is already bestowed with 200 acres of land and can acquire another 300 acres adjacent to the present campus if needed.

Infosys has donated Rs.1 crore to IIIT-Bhubaneswar.

…  It is worthwhile to mention that the State Government decided to set up the “International Institute of Information Technology” (IIIT) at Bhubaneswar.

It has been established as a state initiative project, similar to the ones at Bangalore and Hyderabad.

IIIT-Bh, primarily has been set up to meet the urgent need for appropriate Human Resource, which is the most critical input for the sustained growth of IT and ITES industries.

IIIT-Bh aims to be a World Class institute with an objective to impart higher education and undertake advanced research in the field of Information and Communication Technology.

The State Government has allotted Ac 23.24 of prime land at Gothapatna, Bhubaneswar, free of cost.

The government has committed a financial grant of Rs.10 crore towards start up capital expenses and a recurring annual grant of Rs.2 crores for the first three years.

During the period the institute will have to develop enough strength to stand on its own.

This would be a completely autonomous institute with sustained support from industries.

IIIT shall function at OCAC building for the initial two years till the construction of its own permanent infrastructure at Gothapatna is completed.

The institute shall offer M.Tech and Doctoral Programme in Computer Science.

AICTE has already issued Letter of Intent and shall visit IIIT Bhubaneswar on 22 November for inspection of the necessary academic infrastructure.

It is planned to enroll students during January 2008 after getting the final approval of AICTE.

Other software majors like TCS, Wipro, MindTree etc. have also shown interest in instituting Chair Professors in IIIT-Bh.