The State Government’s Department of Technical Education has withdrawn the autonomous status of the Regional College of Management (RCM), Bhubaneswar.
The department, in a letter to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and the RCM authorities, has informed about its decision in this regard.Besides, it has also intimated its decision to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).The BPUT would come up with a notification to this effect very soon, sources in the department said.
Technical Education Secretary Chandrasekhar Kumar said a decision on withdrawal of the autonomous status of the RCM was taken at the Board of Management meeting where it was decided to implement the order with immediate effect.It may be mentioned that the RCM students had staged a three-month-long dharna in the city demanding degree certificates. later, the BPUT, at its Board of Management meeting, had taken several decisions including the withdrawal of autonomous status of the RCM.