New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: During a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today National Monuments Authority Chairman Prof. Kishor Basa urged her to facilitate the establishment of a National Institute of Tribal Development (NITD) in Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj district.

Prof. Basa said Rairangpur’s strategic location and its proximity to tribal-dominated regions of Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal make it an ideal site for such an institute, which could function under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He suggested that the proposed NITD be modelled on the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad.

During the meeting, Prof. Basa, accompanied by his twin brother Ashok Basa, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organization

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