Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Odisha Government today launched a web portal dedicated for virtual tutorial project for UG courses of state universities under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).

Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo launched the portal: vtputkal.odisha.gov.in at Krushi Bhawan here.

Videos containing lectures of different subjects of Arts, Science and Commerce streams have been uploaded on the portal. Students can download the videos recorded by teachers of respective fields round-the-clock.

"For the time being, e-lecture on core papers of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Biology, Political Science, Odia, History, English, Psychology and Business Economics for the first and second semesters have been uploaded on the portal. More subjected will be included soon," said the Minister.