Education
Phase-2 expansion of IIT BBSR nearing completion
The campus spread over 936 acres of land at Argul near to Bhubaneswar city has 7 academic schools with 1765 students and 149 faculty members. It has started phase-2 expansion to accommodate 2500 more students and the expansion is said to be completed by January-December 2019. As per a source, the phase-2 construction includes 3 school buildings, a gigantic lecture hall complex for 6500 students, 2 boys' hostel, 1 girls' hostel and a multi-purpose hostel, faculty quarters block, a staff block, central research facility, central workshop, a student activity centre, play fields, auditorium, sewage treatment plant and external development including beautification work with a sanction amount of Rs 850 crore by the Centre.
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