A permanent campus of the proposed Indian Institute of Education and Research (IISER) would come up at loudigaon mouza in Konisi tehsil in Ganjam district as the Site Selection Committee (SSC) formed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) was unanimous over the site.
MHRD Director Sanjay Kumar Sinha has written to the State Government informing the unanimity in acceptance of the site offered by the State Government for IISER. The Government would provide 200 acres of land for IISER.
The committee visited various sites on November 17 last year and zeroed upon the site at loudigaon mouza.
However, for the temporary campus, which was proposed by the State Government could not be agreed upon by the SSC.
The State Government offered a few places where infrastructure facilties are available to start temporary classes from 2016-17.
So the MHRD team consists of Bhopal IISER Director Prof Vinod Kumar Singh, Bhubaneswar IIT Director Prof Ratnam V Raja Kumar, MHRD Joint Secretary Praveen Kumar and Chief Engineer Central Public Works Department (CPWD) Umesh Chandra Mishra visited the sites.
Shill Development and Technical Education and Training Principal Secretary laxmi Narayan Gupta also accompanied the team for finalising the temporary site.