New Universities in Pipeline

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An earlier compilation on this is at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...677&type=3 .

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Following is excerpted from https://tathya.in/?p=5921 .

Varsity Of Health Science Soon
By Tathya Correspondent - March 23, 2021

Bhubaneswar: State Cabinet cleared Odisha University of Health Sciences Act, 2021 for the purpose of establishment of a University of Health Sciences

The Cabinet gave its nod to the proposal of the Health & Family Welfare Department for the establishment of a University of Health Sciences.

The proposal envisaged ensuring affiliation, proper and systematic instruction, training, and research in modern medicine, mental health education, dental education, homoeopathy & Ayurveda, nursing education, pharmacy education,  paramedical education, physiotherapy, allied medical science and any other medical or paramedical course.

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After the announcement of upgradation of Vikram Dev College, Jeypore and Dharanidhar college, Keonjhar to universities in February 2023, there is now a movement across various  communities for establishment of universities. Following is from Sambada on this.



It mentions demand from the following places for universities:

• Shailabala
  
• BJB
  
• Bhadrak
  
• Kendrapada
  
• Dhenkanal
  
• Angul
  
• Puri 
  
• Nayagarh
  
• Rourkela
  
• Shailabala
  

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As per https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/...41881.html the Odisha assembly passed the NIST University bill and the Silicon University bill today 9/27/2023.

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A university for the blind has been proposed in Odisha. Following is an excerpt from https://www.news18.com/education-career/...11279.html 

India’s first university for blind students will be constructed in Odisha and will provide educational and technical courses. There are more than 50 lakh blind people in the country and Odisha counts more than 5.21 lakh of them, including 2 lakh youth. Keeping these statistics in mind, it has been decided to open this university. As per the information received from officials, this university will be named after blind poet and 19th-century social reformer Bhima Bhoi. There will also be technical schools of excellence in this university.

Sanyasai Behera told the media that there is a need for a special university to meet the education and training needs of blind people. He is the blind Deputy Secretary, of the Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD). In this regard, a delegation from Japan’s University of Tsukuba, famous for the blind, also met SSEPD officials. After this meeting, Sanyasai Behera said that he would soon send a proposal in this regard to Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi.

The plan comprises residential facilities with an advanced digital lab on the university campus. SSEPD principal secretary Bishnupada Sethi said, “We are planning to set up a campus to provide education to students from class IX onwards from India and abroad. We will provide vocational courses like acupuncture and physiotherapy, besides policy research.”