Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked seven state-run universities to take immediate steps for the renewal of their accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The Higher Education Department has asked these universities, whose accreditation has lapsed, to complete the renewal process at the earliest.
The state government has assured the universities concerned that it will extend all necessary support to facilitate the renewal of their NAAC accreditation, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said.
The universities asked to renew their accreditation include Vikram Dev University, Rajendra University, Dharanidhar University, Madhusudan Law University and Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University.
Regarding vacancies in higher educational institutions, the Minister further said that the appointment of vice-chancellors in the state universities has been completed.
Similarly, the interview process is underway for the recruitment of more than 1,400 professors and associate professors to strengthen the teaching and academic infrastructure of higher education institutions.
The state government is also working towards improving the performance of universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and other national and international ranking systems, he added.