Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha Government has changed the status of Berhampur-based Khallikote University from a Cluster University to a Unitary University.
The status will focus on intensive research activities.
A notification has been issued by the Higher Education Department in this regard.
“Khallikote University is not functioning as per the true spirit of a Cluster University. It is felt necessary to rather convert the Khallikote University into a Unitary University, which will focus on intensive research activities so as to evolve as a research-intensive University of Odisha,” the notification reads.
The unitary universities have a single campus, offer both postgraduate and undergraduate courses and give strong emphasis on research activities.
The Higher Education Department has also directed five constituent colleges to disaffiliate from the Khallikote University and re-affiliate to the Berhampur University with effect from June 1, 2020.
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