Students to Get MBA Education in Odia Language

Bhubaneswar: Students in Odisha will now get the MBA (Master of Business Administration) Education in Odia language as Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has come up with Odia MBA books. This is the first time that IGNOU has prepared books in Odia language.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lauded the Odia MBA study materials of IGNOU at the Jaydev Bhavan in Bhubaneswar today. He lauded the digital launch of IGNOU Management Books in Odia Language on AICTE e-KUMBH portal. He affirmed that it will immensely help the MBA students in Odisha.

Pradhan also launched the e-GyanKosh and e-KUMBH portals of IGNOU. The digital study materials of IGNOU will be available at e-GyanKosh portal, while IGNOU’s online BMA Books in Odia Language will be available at e-KUMBH portal.

According to IGNOU’s Management Professor Nayantara Padhi, the public open and distance learning university decided to impart MBA Education in Odia language in view of the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 in Odisha.

Skill Development & Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain, Higher Education and Odia Language, Literature and Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj along with other dignitaries attended the event.

It is to be noted here that the Odisha state government is also mulling over imparting MBBS education in Odia and to achieve the target it has begun its action by forming a committee comprising of 22 doctors who will work on translating MBBS books into Odia language.

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