Ravenshaw University is all set to have a new girls’ hostel by the end of 2014. The foundation stone of the Mahanadi Girls Hostel would be laid by Vice- Chancellor B C Tripathy on Thursday to mark the Foundation Day of the university.
The hostel would have a capacity to accommodate 600 students. Funded by the SC/ST Department, it is targeted to be completed by 2014-end, Tripathy said.
The Foundation day celebrations would also be marked by inauguration of the extension block of the West Hostel and an art exhibition at the university gallery.
Meanwhile, the university is in the midst of hosting a series of National-level events spanning different fields. A two-day National seminar on ‘Remapping development in India: alternative paradigms of 21st century’ got underway on Wednesday.
Inaugurating the conference, Director of Institute of Economic Growth, Manoj Panda stressed on eradication of inequality and ensuring a minimum standard of living to accelerate development in the country. Among others, Director, Institute of Social and Economic Change Bengaluru, B K Pattanayak, chairman, Paradip Port Trust, S S Mishra were present.
The university is also ready to host the joint annual session of the Epigraphical Society of India and the Place Names Society of India on November 16.
The three-day-long event assumes importance as it would bring more than 150 epigraphy experts on a single platform, providing a unique opportunity to unravel the past of the State by accurate decoding of the ancient inscriptions. Epigraphy deals with the study of inscriptions, which form an important source in the reconstruction of past.
An exhibition is being organised to showcase the rich repository of the epigraphical materials of the State. Photographs of many rare inscriptions and coins preserved in the Odisha State Museum, Bhubaneswar, will be displayed on the occasion for analysis by the delegates.
This congregation of the epigraphists and place name experts will provide an opportunity to read many of the recently discovered Buddhist inscriptions from Odisha.
The congregation will shed important light on the nature and authenticity of these newly discovered inscriptions.