Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- As Nepali students continue to return from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha, Nepal's domestic universities have offered the returnees a chance to continue further studies by building on their credits at the Indian institute.

Most of the over 1,500 students enrolled in the KIIT have returned home and are unwilling to rejoin the institute until they are confident of their security there. They remain unconvinced even as the government of Odisha and the KIIT administration have repeatedly urged them to rejoin.

Targeting the students reluctant to return to the Bhubaneswar-based institute, Purbanchal University has decided to allow them to continue their remaining courses in the colleges un...