03-31-2025, 06:55 PM
The proposed University for Blind persons in Odisha is again in the news. Following is from https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/india-fi...sha-259049
Quote:Odisha’s Cuttack is set to become home to India’s first international university for the blind. A central government team recently visited the state and earmarked a 40-acre site near Baranga in the Cuttack district for the establishment of the institute.
"Since the university is of national importance, accessibility is the key. The site is located on the Cuttack-Khordha periphery and would be beneficial to teaching staff commuting daily," said Cuttack Collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde.
Reports have also mentioned that the government has conveyed its interest in naming the university after Santha Kabi Bhima Bhoi, a revered Odia blind poet and 19th-century social reformer.