60 students in ICT Odisha's first batch; academic session starts tomorrow

For now, the institute will run from a temporary campus in Bhubaneswar. The ICT has moved a proposal to the state government for 100 acres of land for a permanent campus

Mumbai-based Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), the country's premier institute in the field of chemical engineering, will have 60 candidates for its first batch in its Odisha campus.

Union minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the academic session of the first batch on Friday.

“Sixty students have taken admission in the first batch of the five-year integrated MTech in Chemical Engineering, including 15 girls. This institute will ensure improved quality of and industry relevance in curricula development in the field of chemical engineering, petrochemical, textile, polymers, foods, pharmaceutical, energy etc," said Bhaskar N Thorat, director, ICT-IOC