PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone for Infrastructure Projects at CUO

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for various infrastructure projects including Administrative Building at the Central University of Odisha (CUO), with a total project cost of Rs 129 Crore through Video Conference today.

 The Online event was organised in CUO Campus at Sunabeda with the presence of the  Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof. Chakradhar Tripathi, Member of Parliament of Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency Basant Kumar Panda with other dignitaries.

The Prime Minister remotely inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various infrastructure projects at Centrally Funded Higher Educational Institutions under the Department of Higher Education on 20 February 2024.

While he was present at Jammu, the whole India saw the event virtually including the Central University of Odisha. On the occasion a meeting was organised in the Campus in physical mode. The  Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof. Chakradhar Tripathi, Member of Parliament Basant Kumar Panda and Registrar in-charge of the University Prof. Narasing Charan Panda were sitting on the dais.

The Vice Chancellor Prof. Tripathi congratulated the University community for the sanction and he thanked the Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan for his continuous effort in the progress of the University. He said that the sanction is granted for construction of various buildings including two academic blocks, one administrative building, one library building and two hostels (Boys and girls).

 He said that in future various activities are planned to be implemented including establishment of a Charkha Centre. The local unemployed people will be engaged in preparation of garments through Charka, for which special training will be provided to them. It will make them self sufficient, he hoped. Further, he said that more focus will be given to Agriculture, Forest Management, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Logistic and Supply Chain Management for future development.