Centre favours Kalahandi for setting up IGNTU off-campus
PNS | Bhawnipatna
Madhusmita Panda has done it!. The leading non-resident Oriya (NRO) has been able to elicit information on the proposed off-campus of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Kalahandi.
Panda, who took the RTI route to bring out the fact, was informed by Director of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) RD Sahay, “It had already been decided by this Ministry that the IGNTU University could consider establishment of one of its off-campuses in Kalahandi district during the 11th Plan period, subject to availability of resources.”
So, now the cat is out of bag! And it is abundantly clear that the MHRD has decided to favour Kalahandi with an off-campus of the IGNTU. Sahay, who is the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the MHRD, had said in a letter to former MP of Kalahandi Bikram Kesari Deo that the Centre favored establishment of the Central University, Orissa, in Kalahandi instead of Koraput. But as the State Government chose Koraput for the Central University, the MHRD has already favoured Kalahandi for the IGNTU off-campus.
In the wake of the tribal unrest and communal violence in Kandhamal district, CM Naveen Patnaik has demanded a Regional Centre of the (IGNTU) in Kandhamal. Presenting a memorandum to the Central Ministerial Team headed by Sharad Pawar, the CM pleaded for the centre of higher learning in the unrest-hit zone.
The CM at that point had said that it would go a long way to provide education to the tribal youth.
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