Bhubaneswar: The Foundation Stone of the Institute of Chemical Technology’s Indian Campus Odisha Campus (ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar) will be placed on Friday by the Chairman of the Minister of Naveen Patnaik in front of the education minister of Dharmendra Pradhan and Petroleum HardeeP Singh Puri.
The state government has allocated 111.79 hectares of land for permanent campuses in Godiput Matiasada, under Delang Tehsil in Puri Regency.
It will be near the permanent campus IIT Bhubaneswar in Argul.
In the first phase, 73.86 hectares have been allocated.
Work is expected to begin soon.
With the support of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), ICT Mumbai has opened its wings in Odisha and the new Institute of ICT-IOC Bhubaneshwar launched on March 18, 2018.
Campus while walking from the IIT-Kharagpur extension center in Samantapuri here.
The Institute has MTech, MTech integrated executives, MTech (2 years) and PhD.
A total of 261 students have been trained so far.
IOCL has contributed Rs 95 Crore so far for the institute, the official source said.
“The patented technology of the hydro-dynamic ICT cavitation has been deployed to clean Lake Bindusagar.
The ICT-IOCB Faculty has published around 75 papers in international journals.
This has received a project grant more than Rs 10 Crore,” said Bhaskar Narayan Thorat, Director of ICT- IOCB.
On Friday, Naveen will also dedicate a permanent campus of the Skills Development Institute (SDI), Bhubaneshwar, to the nation in front of the Union Minister.
This campus spread in 46.17 hectares of land in Taraboi Village under Jatni Tehsil in Khurda Regency.
It has been functioning from the temporary campus in Mancheswar here since 2016.