The renowned British Commissioner, T.E. Ravenshaw was an educationist par excellence. He lived and worked as the administrator of Odisha Division. During this period he adopted some innovative methods for the development of education in Odisha. Prior to his…
Sambalpur based Odisha State Open University (OSOU), launched an internet radio Pragynavani for imparting internet-based teaching to its students. Students can log into www.pragynavani.com and listen to lessons of their subjects.
Named Avatar, this bike is designed by final-year mechanical students of NM Institute of Engineering and Technology (NMIET) at Dumduma in Bhubaneswar. It took the group of 15 students six months to build the motorcycle. The idea came while they were unable…
Odisha higher education department today directed all government colleges to set up Facebook pages and Twitter handles. Principals of all junior, degree, autonomous, vocational and Sanskrit colleges have been directed to open these pages. The department has also asked all its…
After the recent series of hacking episodes, Utkal University has finally decided to hand over all its websites to National Informatics Centre (NIC) for hosting and maintenance. The official website of Utkal University (www.utkaluniversity.ac.in) and its e-admission website – www.eadmission.utkaluniversity.ac.in –…
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has released the ‘India Rankings 2016’ on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan. This first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions has come out with a list of top 100 universities and institutes in Engineering,…
State Bank of India Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya strongly feels that the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur needs to be different from other IIMs. She is entrusted with overall charge of the IIM-S While other IIMs are mostly serving the…
Odisha government has decided to set up six new skill development centres in the state, according to a notification issued by the skill development and technical education department. In the first phase, four temporary campuses would be set up in Bhubaneswar,…
Inviting National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) to establish its campus in the state, the Odisha government said it is contemplating to set up a dedicated pharmaceutical cluster in the industrial estates around Bhubaneswar. AP Padhi, Chief Secretary,…
Dev Niyogi, professor of agronomy and earth, atmospheric and planetary science, noted that while the Orissa supercyclone that year made landfall in the state now known as Odisha on the Bay of Bengal coast and killed that many people, the…