Reservation Hatao Andolan official in Bhubaneswar

Khordha district · Odisha · Temple city and India's first planned modern state capital

Bhubaneswar was planned by Otto Königsberger after 1948 and is known both for the Lingaraj temple cluster and for a modern institutional core including IIT, AIIMS and NISER. It is eastern India's fastest-growing education city.

Why Bhubaneswar matters to the reform argument

Bhubaneswar's central institutions carry substantial unfilled faculty vacancies, a backlog issue the movement tracks nationally.

Institutions

  • IIT Bhubaneswar
  • AIIMS Bhubaneswar
  • NISER
  • XIM University
  • Utkal University

Localities

Saheed NagarPatiaChandrasekharpurOld TownJaydev Vihar

State policy context · Odisha

Odisha applies 16.25% SC and 22.5% ST reservation, among the highest ST shares in the country, reflecting its demographic profile. The state also runs a large residential-school system for tribal students, which offers measurable evidence on whether schooling investment or entry quotas produce better outcomes.

  • Odisha PSC
  • Odisha SSC
  • BSE Odisha
  • CHSE Odisha
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