Utkal University gets rural campus at Chandikhole

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the second campus of Utkal University at Chandikhole during his visit to Jajpur district on March 2.

Two courses, a master’s degree in Public Health and MBA in Rural Management  will start from the rural campus at Chandikhole. Classes will commence from its temporary campus at Chandikhole’s Baba Bhairabananda College near the demarcated site for the permanent campus, the statement said.

The campus will start classes from this academic session. The courses will be offered in the second campus keeping in mind the need of industries in the mineral-rich Jajpur district, it added.

The state government has sanctioned Rs25 crore for the rural campus. A technology park will be set up on the premises to develop indigenous technology at the campus. The state government had also demarcated 66.3 acres of land near Baba Bhairabananda College at Chandikhole for the purpose.

The foundation stone of the second campus was laid by the Higher Education Minister Ananta Das on July 31, 2017. During his visit, Patnaik also inaugurated five projects worth over Rs 109 crore and laid the foundation stone of eight other projects for Jajpur district.