Bhubaneswar, April 2 -- With a drought of faculty adversely affecting academic activities in Odia University, a State language research university situated in Satyabadi in Puri district, the Odisha Government has constituted a 'search committee' for filling up the vacancies, including that of the Vice-Chancellor's post.
The State Government informed the Orissa High Court of this in an affidavit after the Court had taken cognizance of a public interest petition moved by petitioner Prabir Das.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice M.S. Raman, hearing the PIL, posted the matter for further hearing on 22 April and observed that "we appreciate the agony and anguish shown by the petitioner in this regard, as no reluctanc...