Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Orissa has been renamed as Central University of Odisha.
A Gazette Notification of the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019 has been issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) in this regard.
President Ramanath Kovind has given his assent to the Act.
Central University of Orissa was established at Koraput of the state of Odisha under the Central Universities Act 2009.
It is one of the 15 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concern of the nation on the principle of “equity and access” to quality higher education.
Recently, the university scored an overall 41.37 points in Outlook-ICARE India University ranking 2019 and secured 23rd rank among all central Universities in the country.
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