Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: After upgrading Khallikote Autonomous College to the status of a unitary university, the state government Tuesday decided to merge the Khallikote University with Berhampur University with effect from October 1, 2021.
In a notification, Higher Education department Principal Secretary Saswat Mishra said that Khallikote University shall cease to exist after the amalgamation September 30, 2021.
All regular employees of Khallikote University shall be absorbed in Berhampur University as regular employees. “They will draw regular salaries from Berhampur University with effect from October 1.
All movable assets, including consumables of Khallikote University, shall be handed over to Berhampur University by September 30,” said the notification. The government land allotted in favour of Khallikote University in Konishi tehsil shall be surrendered to the District Revenue Authority.
“Khallikote University shall complete all undergraduate and postgraduate scheduled examinations as well as backlog examinations and publish results by September 30 after which the students on its rolls shall be automatically transferred to the rolls of Berhampur University,” it added.
The notification further said that after September 30, the students of Khallikote University working for research shall get transferred to Berhampur University with pre-doctoral credits.
All issues related to degrees, certificate transcripts, grades/marks and credit transfer of the students of the Khallikote University will be dealt by the Berhampur University after the period. Both the varsities have been barred from making any fresh admission after issuance of the notification, the notification pointed out.
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