Berhampur Higher Education Roadmap

Update on IIIT Berhampur
Following is an excerpt from a report in the New Indian Express:
“While the IIIT Bhubaneswar is being promoted by the State Government as a flagship institute to promote quality technical education, work has started on establishing a second IIIT at Berhampur. The Government has allotted 100 acres for the proposed institute at Rangeilunda”.

Berhampur Higher & Technical Education Roadmap- 2010
RP Tripathy

If the above report is to be believed, the IIIT will definitely help strengthen the Higher and Technical education infrastructure of Berhampur. Through concerted and determined efforts the city can well become a destination for higher and technical education by 2010 with 10 Private Engineering Colleges, 1 Government Engineering College, 1 Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), 1 Government Medical College, 1 Private Medical College (NRI), 1 General University, 1 Unitary University (Khallikote College), 1 Army Air Defence College (could be converted into a full fledged Defence University). Besides this, demands could be made for a full fledged Orissa Health University (Rourkela and Sambalpur have Engineering University and Cuttack has Law University), branch of the National Maritime University and for a second campus of OUAT by upgrading the Fisheries College in Berhampur. The existing JN Tata Technical education center could become a proper Engineering College if the State Govt pushes for this. But, even with all this Berhampur or South Orissa don’t have a good Management Institution. Time to aim for an IIM.

Sources: Newindpress, Orissalinks