Tag: Ravenshaw University

Cuttack: Even as students continue to protest the new model of campus elections, the Ravenshaw University authorities today declared that the students’ council election at the varsity will be conducted on August 22 and 23. On August 22, students’ representatives or class representatives will be elected from nine schools of Ravenshaw while the election of […]

Cuttack: While the students continue to protest the new model of campus elections, the Ravenshaw university authorities have decided to set up a Presidium, or a students’ council as part of their strategy to hold indirect elections to elect student representatives. The move aims to do away with the earlier norm of direct election of […]

Cuttack: Students’ Union at the Ravenshaw University is rechristened as Students’ Council and, henceforth, campus poll process will be held in line with general polls, said an official of the varsity today. After a meeting chaired by Vice Chancellor PC Sarangi at the university, varsity sources stated that this year students’ representatives will be elected […]

Cuttack: An assistant professor of Ravenshaw University landed in a major trouble after a girl student leveled sexual harassment charges against him leading to his suspension. Vice chancellor Prakash Sarangi placed Dr Alekha Kumar Sutar of PG department of Chemistry under suspension after a complaint was lodged by the girl, an official release said. The […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Taking cognizance of the increasing cases of ragging across the country, especially in hostels, the University Grant Commission (UGC) has asked universities to install alarm bells in hostels to nab the troublemakers. As part of the anti-ragging measures, UGC issued a circular on July 26 stating that stern action will be taken against […]

Cuttack: The prime accused in the Ravenshaw University assault case, Subhrajit Ray, has moved the Orissa High Court today seeking anticipatory bail on the apprehension of being arrested. Ray is one of the accused in the recent assault incident on the premises of the varsity. On July 10, a video of some students beating up […]

Cuttack: Students of Ravenshaw University today staged demonstration in front of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and Cuttack DCP office protesting the arrest of one fellow student by police on charges of beating up a youth here on Monday. The students claimed police have arrested an innocent student, a Plus III second year student Anshuman Mohanty, who […]

Cuttack: A day after the video showing a youth beaten up by a group of students in Ravenshaw University here went viral, the mother of the victim today expressed reluctance to allow her son to study in the oldest educational institution after filing a complaint with the vice-chancellor. “It is clear that Ravenshaw University is […]

Cuttack: A video of a student allegedly being ragged and beaten up on Lalitgiri hostel premise of Ravenshaw University went viral here on Monday. The victim, an ex-student of junior college had come to the varsity to check geography department’s ‘merit list’ when a group of seniors forcibly dragged him to a hostel and tortured […]

Cuttack: Results of +3 Final Examination of Arts, Commerce and Science streams of the Ravenshaw University and North Odisha University have been declared today. In Ravenshaw, while the overall pass percentage is 94.65%,in Arts stream 91.32% students have passed, 97.28% have cleared the examinations in the Science stream. Similarly, 94.29% students have passed in the […]

Cuttack: Two shops were gutted and property worth lakhs of rupees reduced to ashes when a fire broke out near the Ravenshaw University here late Wednesday night. Besides, two cars, a Maruti WagonR and a Maruti Swift, parked near the shops have been damaged in the fire. According to sources, a plastic products shop of […]

Cuttack:  Politics over resignation of Ravenshaw University vice-chancellor Prakash Sarangi over alleged undue ‘political interference’ has failed to die down with BJP challenging the vice-chancellor to openly name the political party and leaders interfering in the affairs of the varsity. “The vice-chancellor is doing a drama. He (Sarangi) should openly tell the names of political […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: In the wake of Ravenshaw VC’s resignation over student unrest in the campus, the youth wing of BJP will stage demonstration in front of all universities of the State, protesting against the alleged growing political interference in educational institutions. The saffron party alleged that BJD is directly interfering in the academic matter of varsity. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Governor of Odisha, SC Jamir who is also the Chancellor of the Ravenshaw University on Monday refused to accept the resignation of the varsity’s vice chancellor, Prakash Sarangi over student unrest and excessive political interference in the institution’s matters. Earlier today, Sarangi had tendered his resignation to the governor following further student unrest. […]

Cuttack: Perturbed over the growing political interference in the affairs of Ravenshaw University, vice chancellor Prakash Sarangi resigned today sparking a fresh row at the premier educational institution of the State Sarangi tendered his letter of resignation to Governor and chancellor SC Jamir citing that he failed to manage the varsity properly during his two […]