Utkal University Becomes Steppingstone For Young Entrepreneurs

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: Odisha’s Utkal University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Northeastern University, Boston to promote student entrepreneurship and innovation.

A new program has been initiated, and centres will be established for the program's purpose. As many as 3000 students will be enrolled in this program at Utkal University. This program is open to both PG and UG students. The opportunity to enroll students will also be extended to affiliated colleges under Utkal University. Ten university students will also embark on an educational tour each academic year as part of an additional attempt to gain further knowledge.

“The New Education Policy (NEP) 2024 aims to integrate vocational education into the schoolsystem to assist students in becoming skilled workers and entrepreneurs,” stated Utkal vice-chancellor Prof. Sabita Acharya.

The university serves as a resource to inspire students to pursue further education in entrepreneurship, added Acharya.

Earlier under the guidance of the Former VC, steps were taken in addition to establishing innovation and startup parks from both its existing and new campuses in Chandikhol, Utkal will run teacher and student exchange programs. The Center's Rashtriya Uchhatar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA) 2.0 will provide funding for the program.

The project's centre will be the new campus in Chandikhol. According to the former vice-chancellor, most of the development work associated with this partnership will be done on the new campus.

The only university in the state chosen for the program is Utkal University.

Osmania University, Guru Nanak Dev University, Savitribai Phule University, Kurukshetra University, Alagappa University, Jadavpur University, Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra University, and the University of Jammu are the other nine universities chosen from across the nation.