See https://www.prameya.com/airport-in-cuttack/ .

As per https://tathya.in/mgm-school-of-sports-o...-february/ 

Quote:MGM Group is setting up MGM School of Sports, Centre of Excellence for Cricket at Kapursingh, Gurudijhatia in Athagarh Subdivision of Cuttack District.

The Grand Opening of MGM School of Sports is on 15 February.

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The Center of Excellence for Cricket is committed to taping the potential of the youth for Cricket.

The ultimate aim is to get laurels for the state and country and the youth of this region will get scope for it, said Pankaj Lochan Mohanty, Chairman MGM School of Sports and CMD MGM Minerals Limited, who is promoting sports in general and cricket in particular.

As per https://newsroomodisha.com/odisha-cabine...niversity/ Odisha government has leased out 40 acres in Jatni to Shri Ville Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) for a private university. Following is from that article:

Quote:Bhubaneswar: ... 

“State Cabinet has approved the proposal for leasing out of land measuring to an extent of 40 acres in favour of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) Trust in the village Goudakashipur, Jatni, Bhubaneswar for establishment of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) University”, as per an official note issued by the State Government.

The proposed SVKM University will function as learning resource centre and will provide for national and global participation in higher education. Basing on merit, the said Trust will keep 30% of seats reserved for the underprivileged students of Odisha, it added.

Following is an excerpt from https://pragativadi.com/dharanidhar-auto...niversity/

Quote:Dharanidhar Autonomous College In Keonjhar Becomes University
By Pragativadi News Service On Feb 12, 2023

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has accorded university status to the Dharanidhar Autonomous College in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.

“In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) and (2) of Section 32 of the Odisha University Act, 1989 (Odisha Act 5 of 1989), the State Government do hereby alter the territorial Jurisdiction of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada, Mayurbhanj by establishing a new University called the Dharanidhar University at Keonjhar, Odisha with effect from the date of notification in the Odisha Gazette,” a notification of the Higher Education Department dated 11 February 2023 said. ...

The new University will be carved out of the territorial jurisdiction of Maharaja Sriramchandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada.

Odisha has done extremely well in the 2023-24 Rail budget.

The Pink books can be accessed at: 
https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...6,539,2848
and 
https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...2023-02-03

The specific pink books relevant to Odisha are at:

https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...1_ECOR.pdf

https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...08_SER.pdf

and

https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboa...4_SECR.pdf

Vikram Dev College (https://www.vikramdebcollege.ac.in/) was declared a university on 2nd February 2023. See news item on this at http://www.uniindia.com/odisha-bikram-de...08995.html .

Following are some highlights that are relevant to Odisha:

Quote:27. One hundred and fifty-seven new nursing colleges will be
established in co-location with the existing 157 medical colleges established
since 2014.

33. A National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set-up
for facilitating availability of quality books across geographies, languages,
genres and levels, and device agnostic accessibility. States will be
encouraged to set up physical libraries for them at panchayat and ward
levels and provide infrastructure for accessing the National Digital Library
resources.

Centres of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence
60. For realizing the vision of “Make AI in India and Make AI work for
India”, three centres of excellence for Artificial Intelligence will be set-up in
top educational institutions. Leading industry players will partner in
conducting interdisciplinary research, develop cutting-edge applications and
scalable problem solutions in the areas of agriculture, health, and
sustainable cities. This will galvanize an effective AI ecosystem and nurture
quality human resources in the field.

90. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 will be launched to skill
lakhs of youth within the next three years. On-job training, industry
partnership, and alignment of courses with needs of industry will be
emphasized. The scheme will also cover new age courses for Industry 4.0
like coding, AI, robotics, mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft
skills. To skill youth for international opportunities, 30 Skill India
International Centres will be set up across different States.

Unity Mall
95. States will be encouraged to set up a Unity Mall in their state capital
or most prominent tourism centre or the financial capital for promotion and
sale of their own ODOPs (one district, one product), GI products and other
handicraft products, and for providing space for such products of all other
States.

Following is an excerpt from https://kalingatv.com/state/inauguration...s-academy/

Quote:Inauguration ceremony of KIIT – Alexander Waske – Altevol Tennis Academy

The Inauguration ceremony of the KIIT - Alexander Waske - Altevol Tennis Academy has been held at KIIT Tennis Stadium.

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This new institute will build a bridge between KIIT University, Altevol Ahmedabad and Alexander Waske Tennis University in Germany in order to help tennis talents do well in national and international tournaments from Odisha.

As per https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...337148.cms 
Institute of Odia Studies and Research (IOSR) is bringing out +2 science books in Odia. Subrat Prusty is the member secretary of IOSR.

Details at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086777243847 .

These are conducted by Jitu Mishra a historian and archaeologist.