Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal on Thursday said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has "assured" him that the company’s proposed university should be established nowhere else other than Odisha.

Agarwal made the remark after holding discussions with Majhi here over the Group’s additional Rs 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha.

“The Vedanta University project was also discussed (in the meeting), and the chief minister told me that if a world-class university has to be set up, it should be only in Odisha. I thanked him for the gesture,” he told reporters.

Uncertainty surrounded the fate of the project after the Supreme Court in April 2023 upheld an Orissa High Court order over land acquisition issues.

“It is a dream project for us. Nearly 7 lakh Indian students go to foreig

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