Tag: Utkal University

With a recent study on gravity anomaly revealing that tectonic plate movement in the sea bed has increased the velocity of the tidal wave and the sea current resulting in corrosion of the shoreline near Swarga Dwar in Puri, a three-member team of the Department of Geology of the Utkal University today visited the pilgrim town for an on-the-spot review of the situation

The Utkal University campus turned into a virtual fortress for the visit of Chief minister Naveen Patnaik to inaugurate the Biju Patnaik Sports Complex and two newly constructed hostels in its premises on Monday

Bhubaneswar: Girl students of Utkal University staged a dharna in front of the vice chancellor’s (VC’s) office holding empty buckets in their hands in protest against poor water and electricity supply to hostels. The protesting students demanded 24-hour electricity and water supply in the hostels and repair of the hostel roads. “In the past one […]

Authorities of Utkal University have written a letter to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) requesting the agency to take charge of the security and management of the varsity’s website,PG Council Chairman Ranjan Bal revealed here on Wednesday

Bhubaneswar: The official website of Utkal University has been hacked for the second time in the last few days forcing the varsity authorities to close the site as the e-admission process is currently in progress. However, it is still unknown whether any important data have been hacked. The hacker has mentioned the hacking on social […]

Bhubaneswar: There seem to be no end to the hacking of official websites of various government-run organisations and academic institutions in the state with a fresh case of hacking reported on Tuesday morning. Raising serious concerns over cyber security in the state, the official website of Utkal University- www.utkaluniversity.ac.in was found hacked today. According to […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer and former Collector of Bolangir district Debraj Mishra who is currently lodged in jail in connection with a recruitment scam, is once again in trouble after Centre sought a report from State government about Mishra’s role in the regularisation of some teaching staff in Utkal University. Under direction from the Centre, […]

Bhubaneswar: With Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik slated to address the students’ union function of Utkal University for the first time, faculty members and students are leaving no stones unturned to make the occasion grand and memorable. ‘Our preparations are ready and we are trying to make it successful as both students and staff are lending […]

Utkal University’s Post Graduate (PG) Council decided to hold students’ union polls in the varsity this year, said the council’s chairman Gopal Krushna Panda on Monday

Senior Congress leader and MLA Suresh Routray urged the Central government to take immediate measures to recognize Utkal University as a central university and also made a host of demands before the newly inducted three union ministers from Odisha.

Bhubaneswar: The tribal population in Odisha was largely untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic and their unique customary practices and traditions have helped them keep the infection at bay, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday while citing a study. The report by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) noted […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of Samajwadi Party today urged the Centre to grant Central University status to Utkal University which completes 75th year of its establishment next month. “Utkal University is the 17th oldest university of the country which was established on 27th November, 1943 to fulfil the hope and aspiration of the people of Odisha,” […]

Bhubaneswar: Distinguished scientist Dr Ashok Kumar Das was today appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Utkal University. Governor S C Jamir, who is the Chancellor of universities announced the appointment of Dr Das, who is presently working in Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) as Head, the Laser and Plasma Technology division.

Bhubaneswar: The aspiring candidates will file their nominations papers in various colleges and universities today for the students’ union elections scheduled to be held on October 11. The students can file their nominations between 9 am to 12 pm while scrutiny of the papers will be done between 2 pm and 4 pm today, reports […]

As per the Odisha Higher Education Department, functioning of all public Universities and degree colleges will commence from June 1. The institutions will reopen following completion of summer vacation, informed the State Higher Education Department on Friday.