The Utkal University, Bhubaneswar will be converted into a digital institution soon, after which all academic as well as administrative affairs beginning from admission to publication of results would be fully computerised.
The decision was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat on Friday.
The Odisha Knowledge Corporation would implement the digitisation scheme. There would also be similar initiatives in other State universities.
The Chief Minister asked the concerned officials to prepare a Draft Bill for an Open University in the State, for which the Finance Department has made a Rs30-crore budgetary allocation.