Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed concerned officials to issue notification regarding university status to city-based Ramadevi Women’s College and Brahmapur-based Khallikote Autonomous College. A release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office announced the develpment. last year the Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) had accepted State Government’s proposal regarding according university status to the Ramadevi Women’s College and a cluster varsity status to Khallikote College.
The Ramadevi Women’s College would be the State’s first women’s university in the State. Women colleges which are functioning under the administrative control of Utkal University will be brought under the new women’s university.
Colleges like SBRG College, Binayak Acharya College, Gopalpur College and Chhatrapur Government Science Colege which are located nearer to Khallikote College will be brought under the cluster university’s purview.
The release further stated that the State Government has decided to accord university status to Sambalpur-based Gangadhar Meher (Autonomous) College and sent a proposal to the Union Government for its approval.