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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Naveen promises Unitary University status for Khallikote College

BERHAMPUR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, while addressing a gathering on the occasion of the annual function of the Khalikote Autonomous College, stated that the longstanding expectation of the local people to make the college a Unitary University would be fulfilled very soon. This came in response to the Students’ Union of the college submitting a memorandum to the Chief Minister with 15 demands, including immediate posting of teaching staff, transfer of the OSRTC land to the college and declaration of the college as a Unitary University. Demands were also made by the legislators and parliamentarians from the region present on the occasion to transform 135-year-old Khallikote autonomous college of the city into a unitary university. 
Besides the Chief Minister, state Revenue Minister Surya Narayan Patra, Minister for Higher Education Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister for Mass Education Pratap Jena, Aska MP Nityananda Pradhan, Berhampur MP Siddhant Mohapatra, Berhampur MLA RCC Patnaik, Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy attended the function. Eminent citizens of the City, local leaders, student bodies including the students' union of the College demanded the Chief Minister to initiate the process to make this historic Institution a unitary university.
Source: The Pioneer, The Hindu

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