The infrastructure development plan for the Veer Surendra Sai University (VSSUT), Burla received the State Government’s nod on Saturday.
A meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra at the Secretariat approved the proposal. Employment, Training & Technical Education Secretary Dr Chandra Sekhar Kumar outlined the need for development of infrastructure in the University.The proposals like construction of additional hostels, lecturer complex, faculty housing units, road and drain development and campus lightening involving the investment of around Rs100 crore will be undertaken.
It was revealed that the VSSUT was formed in 2009 by converting University College of Engineering, Burla to a non-affiliating university.During the last three years, around Rs18 crore has been provided to the University for Infrastructural Development. New programmes like Metallurgy, M Tech in Information & Communication Technology, 5-year integrated course in Chemistry have been approved for the university.
The meeting also decided to open courses in Chemical Engineering, Microwave Engineering and 5-year integrated course in Physics from the current year.It was decided a new boys’ hostel for 750 students and one additional girls’ hostel for around 500 students would come up. Mohapatra has directed the university authorities to prepare detail work plan and revised estimates of the proposals.