Jindal college at Raigarh

Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) will set up an engineering college in Raigarh district where the company has its steel and power facilities.

The construction work of O P Jindal Institute of Technology (OPJIT) is in the final stage and the company officials are hopeful to start the college from the coming academic session.

According to company officials, the institute will come up in 30 acres of land in the O P Jindal Industrial Park at Punjipathara""about 22 kms from Raigarh district headquarters.

The officials said that 1000 students would be enrolled in the first batch in the institute that would offer 4-years Engineering degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Metallurgy Engineering branches.

The campus will have all other facilities including modern workshop, library, sports ground. Residential blocks for the teaching staff along with separate hostels for boys and girls would be set up in the premises.

Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of JSPL Naveen Jindal said that the institute would help in improving the level of quality education in the field of engineering in the state that was trudging down fast on the track of industrialisation.

The students would get opening in the industries coming up in the state.