Odisha University of Health Sciences

Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) is a public state medical university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, established in 2023 by an Act of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.[1]

Odisha University of Health Sciences
TypePublic Medical University
Established5 March 2023 (2023-03-05)
Academic affiliations
ChancellorGovernor of Odisha
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Datteswar Hota
Location
Bhubaneshwar
,
Odisha
,
India
CampusSishu Bhawan Square, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha, 751009
Websitewww.ouhs.ac.in

About

Odisha University of Health Sciences has been established on 5th March, 2023[2] to cater the much needed quality in medical education for the state of Odisha as an affiliating university ensuring affiliation, uniformity in various medical academic programmes, training and research in Modern Medicine, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Laboratory and Radiation Technology.

History

Odisha was perhaps the only state where medical colleges were being governed by general universities with each affiliated with a separate university. A great disparity has been felt by coming years in areas of uniformity and a lack of nodal agency for the medical education and research in the state. So initially the state government had proposed a health university in the early 2000s, the by-laws and rules for the university were submitted to the government by an expert committee in 2005. After 16 years, the Assembly had given its nod to the Odisha University of Health Sciences Bill on 3rd September, 2021.

OUHS has started functioning from its temporary building at Sishu Bhawan Square, Bhubaneswar as per a notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Odisha on March 5, 2023 (Panchayati Raj and Lokaseva Divas). The new university will provide uniform and quality medical education in UG and PG courses of Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Laboratory technology and other allied medical science courses in the state.[3]

For the permanent campus of university, a committee has been formed to suggest an alternative site of approx. 25 acres in the periphery of Bhubaneswar city.

In May 2023, Odisha State Cabinet chaired by CM Naveen Pattnaik approved ₹330.17 crore for the establishment of the university which will facilitate achieving excellence in the field of Medical and Allied Health Education and Research.[4]

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The Governor of Odisha is the chancellor of the Odisha University of Health Sciences. This university became active with the appointment of Dr. Datteswar Hota (former dean and principal of SCB Medical College and Hospital) as the first vice-chancellor of OUHS on 5th March, 2023.[5]

Affiliations

The Odisha University of Health Science is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over all the medical, nursing, and paramedical colleges of the entire state of Odisha covering more than 200 hundred medical and para medical colleges.

Affiliated Institutions

Government

Private

Government
  • Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Puri
  • Govt. Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Balangir
  • Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Brahmapur

Private
  • Indira Gandhi Memorial Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar
  • Mayurbhanj Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Baripada
  • Sri Sri Nrusingha Nath Ayurved College & Research Institute, Paikmal

Government
  • Dr. Avirna Chandra Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar
  • Biju Pattnaik Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Brahmapur
  • Odisha Medical College of Homeopathy & Research, Sambalpur
  • Utkalmani Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela

Private
  • Mayurbhanj Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Baripada
  • Cuttack Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack

Government
  • S.C.B. Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack

Private

Private

Rehabilitative Science

See Also

References
  1. "Act of the Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS)" (PDF). prsindia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Odisha University of Health Sciences starts functioning from today". Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Odisha University of Health Sciences to affiliate over 200 hundred medical and para medical colleges". Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. "State Cabinet Approves Rs Rs.330.17 Cr. for Establishment of Odisha University of Health Sciences". United News of India May 29 2023 3:38 PM. May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  5. "Datteswar Hota appointed as first VC of Odisha University of Health Sciences". Retrieved 10 April 2023.

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