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Dress code for 1st-year VSSUT students, dupatta banned
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|August 15, 2025
Postgraduate students and PhD scholars of the university exempted
The Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla has introduced a uniform dress code for its first-year undergraduate students for the 2025-26 academic session, while prohibiting use of 'dupatta' by girls.
In a notification issued on August 13, the VSSUT authorities said all the first-year students (except postgraduate and PhD scholars) who have taken admission in the academic year 2025-26 are informed that a uniform dress code has been introduced by the university. While male students must wear formal pants and shirts, the female students can opt for either formal pants and shirts or shalwar-kameez with a waistcoat. For safety reasons, no dupatta will be allowed.
This story is from the August 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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