Bhubaneswar: The second campus of the Rama Devi (RD) Women's University will be set up on the premises of the Utkal University here and the formal procedure for the same has already begun.
According to sources, the new campus will be built on 30 acres land on the Utkal University premises. The State Government has formed a special committee for identification of land and other procedures. The panel headed by Utkal University Vice-Chancellor SM Patnaik will identify land for the purpose.
The other members of the committee include RD Women’s University Vice-Chancellor Padmaja Mishra, Additional Secretary to Higher Education Department and a representative of General Administration (GA) Department.
Sources said the committee will submit a detailed report in this matter to the State Government by February 15.
“The long-standing demand for a second campus of the RD Women's University here will soon be materialized. This will solve the problem of shortage of classrooms in the varsity,” said an official of the women’s university.
It may be mentioned here that the state government had initially selected a piece of land in Daspur on the city outskirts for the second campus of the RD Women's University. However, the plan was dropped after the location was deemed to be too remote.