Bhubaneswar:
Vedanta University, Could be a Game Changer for Odisha & India,
Political opposition is opportunism & political parties that oppose it
AP (Congress) & Karnatak,(BJP) Wooing It.
Vedanta University, as envisioned, could be a game changer for Odisha and India. However, its parameters (Rs 15K crores initial budget, 10K faculty, 6K+ acres, etc.) are so audacious that many well-meaning people are skeptical about it and oppose it. But Ex-CM of Andhra, Rosaiah, a Congressman, comprehended its once-in-a-millennium type potential and wrote the following to chairman of Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF): "I request you to choose Andhra Pradesh as the state has a unique capacity and culture to nurture the institute of your dreams that will put Indian education back on the global map. I depute the chief executive officer of AP Invest, the state government’s nodal agency, to make a detailed presentation to you in this regard. I assure you that the state government will extend every possible support to this endeavour. Your vision of building a research university of the stature of Stanford in India, your dream of providing higher education of global standards to over one lakh students is all the more heartening." So most of the political opposition is opportunism and political parties that oppose it in Odisha have their governments in Andhra (Congress) and Karnataka (BJP) wooing it. We request people who are for Odisha's development to explore the pages here and in facebook and openly come out in support of this project and help spread the positives of this project. The facebook pages have support statements from many Odisha origin academics from Odisha and abroad. Please read what they say.
Note: A facebook site in support of Vedanta University has about 1200 “likes” and its companion facebook account has about 500 “friends”; about 300 of them are common. The site ishttp://www.facebook.com/vedantau and the account is http://www.facebook.com/vedantauniv.)
