Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday inaugurated a boys’ hostel and a girls’ hostel on the premises of Ravenshaw University here.
The 300-seat boys’ hostel, named the Laitgiri Chhatrabas, has been constructed at an expenditure of Rs 6.59 crore. The 600-seat girls’ hostel, named the Mahanadi Chhatriniwas, has been built at an expenditure of Rs 13.9 crore. The state scheduled caste and scheduled tribe department has provided financial assistance for the girls’ hostel, according to varsity sources.
SC and ST development minister Lalbihari Himirika, school and mass education minister Debi Prasad Mishra, higher education minister Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, MP Bhartruhari Mahatab, MLAs Pravat Ranjan Biswal and Debashish Samantaray, mayor Meenakshee Behera, collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra, deputy commissioner of police Sanjeev Arora, university vice-chancellor Prakash Chandra Sarangi and registrar Kishore Das were among those present during the inauguration of the hostels.
Students, meanwhile, expressed resentment over students’ union general secretary Sankalpa Patnaik being denied permission by police to attend the hostel inauguration ceremony.
“I had planned to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister seeking an early solution to the problems of the university. Police did not allow me to participate in the programme. However, many outsiders and workers of a particular political party were seen at the programme,” said the student leader.
A group of students threatened to launch an agitation if the university authorities and police fail to provide any valid reason for denying the student leader permission to participate in the programme.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated a new academic block and a workshop on the premises of the Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering here. Skill development and technical education minister Sanjay Kumar Das Burma was present on the occasion.
Ravenshaw completes evaluation in 3 weeks
Cuttack: Ravenshaw university vice-chancellor Prakash Kumar Sarangi has indicated that by adopting innovative methods the University could publish semester results within three weeks. Earlier, results used to be delayed because the answers scripts were sent by post to evaluators at far-off places. The introduction of central evaluation system on the university campus has made things faster and easier, official sources said. The semester examinations of various departments were conducted in December and completed by first week of January. Accordingly, the results were out within 20 days. Now, the semester results posted on University website can be downloaded by students. All exam papers will hereafter be scanned and posted on the website. Even the data of students can be found on the website, Sarangi told newspersons. PNN
