Cuttack-based DRIEMS, a premier technical institution, will be accorded the unitary university status. In this regard, the State Government got a DRIEMS University, Odisha Act 2022 passed in the Assembly on Monday.
The Bill had been tabled by Technical Education Minister Pritiranjan Gharai in the House for a debate.
The DRIEMS University will be a self-financing, multidisciplinary, non-affiliating unitary university and will not demand any financial grant or assistance from the State Government, the Minister said and sought support from all legislators to clear the legislation.
Participating in the discussion, Congress members Tara Prasad Bahinipati and Santosh Singh Saluja, Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Majhi (BJP) and BJP member Mukesh Mahaling proposed to send the Bill to the Select Committee for review. However, the ruling BJD members argued that there is a need for a private university in the State for world-class infrastructure and quality education.
The Bill was passed unanimously following the debate.
“The DRIEMS University will broaden the horizon and give an impetus to multidisciplinary teaching and research in the field of technical education. Moreover, it will expand the scope for opening different schools to deliver multi and interdisciplinary courses by accelerating its present sectoral focus,” the Minister said.
Besides, two more legislations were cleared in the House to amend the CV Raman Global University, Odisha Act-2019 and the Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology University, Odisha Act-2018.
Earlier, these two Bills had been passed to convert Bhubaneswar-based CV Raman College of Engineering and Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology into universities.
