By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Higher Education Department on Wednesday renamed Baripada based North Odisha University after erstwhile King of Mayurbhanj Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo. This University was established on 13 July, 1998 and now it will be known as Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo University, notification said.
On December 20, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced the decision of the State Government in Biju Janata Dal State Executive Committee Meeting after BJD District Unit of Mayurbhanj favoured such a proposal. Encouraged over the Chief Minister’s words, some Members of the Council of Ministers suggested that there should be reservation for students of Government schools in the Medical and Engineering colleges.
Earlier, Chief Minister Patnaik had also approved the proposal for renovation of the Sriram Chandra Pathagar (Jubilee Library) and its takeover by the State Government for further development by the Department of Odia Language, Literature and Culture.
