Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved to establish a unitary University of Odia language and literature at Bhubaneswar.
The University would be established for furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in Odia at the Post Graduate level on different areas of Odia literature and Odia language.
The government has decided to move a bill in the monsoon session of the state Assembly to set up the unitary University.
Sources said the proposed University is likely to be set up on the campus of Utkal University here.