Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the Pushpagiri Lecture Hall Complex and Rushikulya Hall of Residence of the IIT Bhubaneswar on August 20.
Thanking Minister Pradhan for his good gesture to the institute, Director IIT Bhubaneswar Prof Raja Kumar said the Government of India so far has sanctioned an amount of Rs 1,260 crore for the creation of the institute infrastructure in two phases. As part of the infrastructure, the institute is creating a modern lecture hall complex at the cost of Rs 148 crore with the floor area of 26,354 square meters.
The present Lecture Hall Complex comprises of three buildings, with facilities for, 60 seater lecture halls. In future another three buildings can be added to complete the lecture hall complex that has a circular formation. The Rushikulya hall of residence is an 800-single seated hostel with extremely good atmosphere, the Director added.