Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted autonomy to two state universities and two deemed to be universities of the state which have maintained high academic standards. Two state universities are Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, and National Law University Odisha, Cuttack.
2 deemed to be universities of the state- Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Bhubaneswar, and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar.
In a historic decision today, the University Grants Commission has granted autonomy to sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi today. Shri Javadekar said that the Government is striving to introduce a liberalized regime in the education sector and emphasis is on linking autonomy with quality.
Giving further details, Shri Prakash Javadekar said that the sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have been granted autonomy includes 52 Universities i.e. 5 central universities, 21 state universities, 24 deemed universities, and 2 private universities. Shri Javadekar explained that these universities will remain within the ambit of UGC but will have the freedom to start new courses, off campus centers, skill development courses, research parks and any other new academic programs. They will also have the freedom to hire foreign faculty, enroll foreign students, give incentive based emoluments to the faculty, enter into academic collaborations and run open distance learning programmes.
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