Central University of Odisha to introduce seven new courses

May 27, 2020 Education

Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Odisha is planning to start seven new inter-disciplinary courses from the next academic year 2021.

The courses are Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Social Work, Psychology, Political Science and Public Administration, and Public Health.

The proposal to start these new programmes was placed by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. I. Ramabrahmam on Wednesday at the eighteenth meeting of the Academic Council held at University campus, Sunabeda through online mode keeping in view of the social distancing norms of COVID-19.

For the first time, this high level meeting comprising 18 members was held at University campus at Sunabeda, Koraput.

The special invitees included Debasis Deb, Executive Director, HAL; Dr. Benudhara Sahu, Regional Director, RCMA; DRDO and Sanjay Chawla, ADG, AQA.

Highlighting the major issues before the committee, the vice-chancelor appreciated the progress of the University.

The Council approved introduction of seven new inter-disciplinary courses, namely Physics, Chemistry under the School of Basic Sciences and Information Sciences; Social Work, Psychology, Political Science and Public Administration and Public Health under the School of Social Sciences.

An exclusive Centre on Public Policy Research and Sustainable Development was approved.

Highlighting the achievements of students of Academic Year 2019-20, the members appreciated the sociological upward mobility of a significant number of students who excelled in academics and moved up the ladder from different categories of cast based reservations to the general categories.

Appreciating the importance of Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET 2020) for attracting a diverse group of students from all over the Country, the Controller of Examinations announced that nearly 12,000 applications were received for the academic year 2020-21.

The Controller of Examinations hoped that the number will increase significantly before the last date for online admission i.e. June 6, 2020.