sentences:  Arjun Singh, Union Minister of Human Resource Development, on December 1, 2007.The admittance of the first batch of students for the Post-Graduate Programme was formally inaugurated by Dr Donkupar Roy, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, on July 4, 2008.The institute was set up at the Mayurbhanj Palace, the summer retreat of the Mayurbhanj Kings of Odisha.