Bhubaneswar: The state govt has officially revised the nomenclature of 28 govt Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Odisha, replacing several English spellings with their standardised Odia transliterations to bring uniformity in official records.In a notification issued on Monday, the skill development and technical education department said the revised names have been adopted in accordance with the revenue and disaster management department’s June notification renaming 64 administrative places. The changes will take immediate effect across all departmental records.The exercise primarily involves standardising the spelling of districts and place names to reflect their officially accepted Odia nomenclature. For instance, Balasore has been changed to Baleshwar, Cuttack to Kataka, Khurda to Khordha, Keonjhar to Kendujhar, Bolangir to Balangir, Bargarh to Baragada, Deogarh to Debagada, Nayagarh to Nayagada, and Khariar in Nuapada district to Khadial.Among the prominent changes, ITI, Talcher, Angul will now be known as ITI, Talacher, Anugola, while ITI, Berhampur has been renamed ITI, Brahmapur. Similarly, ITI, Hinjilicut has become ITI, Hinjilikatu, ITI, Bhawanipatna has been renamed ITI, Bhabanipatana, and ITI, Junagarh has become ITI, Junagada.The notification also covers institutions in Kandhamal, Sundargarh, Sonepur, Nabarangpur and other districts, ensuring that the institute names correspond with the revised official place names adopted by the state govt.Officials said the changes are administrative in nature and are intended to maintain consistency in govt records, certificates, correspondence and digital databases. The renaming will not affect the functioning, affiliation, admissions or courses offered by the ITIs.The move is part of the state’s broader initiative to standardise the spelling of geographical names in official documents in line with Odia pronunciation and nomenclature, thereby reducing discrepancies across govt departments and public records, officials said.In June, the revenue and disaster management department had said the decision to rename the places was taken to preserve Odisha’s linguistic and cultural identity. It had maintained that the revised names are in conformity with Odia phonetics.
