Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurates Academic Complex At IIT Bhubaneswar

An agreement was also signed between Skill Development Institute, Bhubaneswar, and IIT, Bhubaneswar for sharing of expertise and enhancing skill development activities for under-employed, unemployed, and underprivileged youth.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday inaugurated an academic complex at IIT Bhubaneswar and expressed hope that the added infrastructure will enable the students of the premier institute to strive for greater excellence. The global fourth Industrial Revolution has necessitated the creation of new models of business and development for the world and IIT Bhubaneswar must create such models, help generate jobs and solve modern-day problems, the Union minister said. Mr Pradhan was speaking after inaugurating the Pushpagiri Lecture Hall Complex and the Rushikulya Hall of Residence at the institute here. The present lecture hall complex has three buildings, while the Rushikulya hall of residence is an 800‐single-seated hostel, the institute said in a release. The first of the buildings is now ready for operation and a mini-complex comprising 10 flipped classrooms is under construction, the release said. In the future, another three buildings are likely to be added to the lecture hall complex that has a circular formation. Mr Pradhan stressed the need for greater collaboration between institutions to address the local and environmental issues in a disaster-prone state like Odisha which will become a role model for the entire nation.