Bhubaneswar Dec 8: The State Assembly on Monday evening passed the Birla Global University, Odisha, Bill-2015 in the absence of both Opposition Congress and BJP members.
The Bill, which was introduced by Higher Education Minister Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi, was passed in the Assembly amid walk out and protest by Congress and BJP members who wanted rejection of some of their amendments.
Introducing the Bill, Minister said the objective of the Bill is to impart quality education in the State through the Kolkata-based Birla Academy of Art and Culture, a non-profit making trust registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1982.
The University would open seven schools on seven different subjects and the whole university would be full-fledged within two years of time. The institute would operate as a private self-financed unitary university, the Minister added.
The subjects to be studied by the proposed university are management, architecture and planning, social science and humanities, law, natural science, marine science, and communication.
The State Government has already provided 29.4 acres to Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) at Gothapatna, Bhubaneswar and the promoters have created physical infrastructure to set up the institute, Panigrahi said.
