The Odisha government on Saturday announced to upgrade the College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar to a non-affiliating university to facilitate research and higher studies there.
The government gave its nod to the enactment of the Odisha University of Technology and Research Bill, 2021.
Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra informed that once the bill gets passed by the state assembly, the CET will be renamed as Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR), Bhubaneswar.
Following which, the CET authorities will be able to offer graduate and post-graduate courses, PhD and research in the field of engineering, science and technology after the upgradation process is completed.
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The institute will also provide opportunities for improving the employability of students through entrepreneurial training and specialised skill development programmes, he said.
With the up gradation of the college to university, the research in the field of science, engineering will notice a boost helping the scholars and students in a variety of ways.
The cabinet has also approved 15 other proposals of various departments. A proposal to allot Narangarh Khondalite block to the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd on lease for the development of Puri as a world heritage city got the go-ahead at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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