Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured a delegation from Kalahandi district that he will pressurise the Centre to set up a central university in Kalahandi district.
A 25-member delegation led by Minister of State for Law and Employment Pradipta Kumar Nayak met the Chief Minister at the Secretariat on Tuesday. The delegation impressed upon the Chief Minister about the need for establishment of a central university in Kalahandi district as it is educationally backward.
The district has all infrastructure facilities for establishment of a central university and the demand has been pending since 1988, the delegation comprising former ministers Balabhadra Majhi, Himansu Sekhar Meher and legislator Pushpendra Singhdeo said.
After hearing from the delegation, Naveen assured that he will write a letter to Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry about setting up the varsity in Kalahandi.
As per the last year records, 140 PhDs were awarded to engineering graduates by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) highlighting the increasing trend of students opting for research.
To further encourage Research and Development, IIT-D has also come up with scholarships up to Rs.20,000/- per month for research students. Furthermore, accommodation and in-house facilities are also being provided to research scholars.
According to Mr. M. Balakrishnan, Dean, Post Graduate Studies and Research at IIT-Delhi, "Industrial Research and Development (R&D) in India, is getting bigger day by day. Today, the private sector employs PhDs in all disciplines- Automobiles, Energy, Environment, Materials."
Mr. Balakrishnan, while disagreeing to the fact that salaries are a constraint for PhD-holders, pointed out, "A PhD done by a researcher in any of the engineering field today is paid anywhere between Rs.8 lakh to Rs.16 lakh per annum."
He further added that, the companies involved in the technology establishment pay the highest amount, "Companies such as Google and Yahoo, who work with new technologies, pay the highest amount to the researchers."
EDUCATION COMPLEXES FOR WOMEN IN LOW LITERACY POCKETS
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Rajya Sabha
No project has been sanctioned in the last three years (2005-06 to 2007-08) in districts other than identified low literacy districts and areas having Primitive Tribal Groups (PTG) girls population under the scheme “Educational Complex in Low Literacy Pocket for Development of Women Literacy in Tribal Areas”, revised and renamed as “Strengthening education among ST girls in low literacy districts” in 2007-08.
The details of identified districts under the scheme “Educational Complex in Low Literacy Pockets for Development of Women Literacy in Tribal Areas” in which the projects were sanctioned during the last three years isannexed.
The Government is implementing the Literacy Programmes of National Literacy Mission in 597 districts of the country with special focus on female literacy, a targeted scheme of strengthening education among Scheduled Tribe girls in low literacy districts, as well as, the SarvaShikshaAbhiyan with specific components to improve girls education in all districts of the country.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in reply to a question in RajyaSabha today.
Tamil Nadu Government proposed to establish as many as ten Universities, including the World Class University, sanctioned by the Centre during this year, Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi announced in the state assembly today.
Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for his department, he said all the ten universities, including three sanctioned by the centre, would be established during this year itself, which was a record in the history of education in the country. …
The World Class University would be established in Coimbatore, he said, adding apart from this, the centre has also sanctioned a Management University, to be established in Tiruchirapalli and Central University in Mr Karunanidhi’s home town, Tiruvarur, he said.
The minister said after the National Knowlege Commission presented its report, suggesting that the number of Universities in the country should be raised to atleast 1,500 in the coming years, Tamil Nadu took the cue and decided to establish seven Universities this year.
Accordingly, the 168-year-old Presidency College, which produced scholars like Sir C V Raman, S Chandrasekar and Mathematician Srinivasa Varadan, would start functioning as unitary type University from the academic year 2008-09.
The other unitary type Universities to come up are the Kumbakonam Men’s Arts College, which was described as the Cambridge of South India along with Kumbakonam Women’s college, the 156-year-old Coimbatore Government Arts College, along with Women’s Arts college and Queen Mary’s college, the first college to be established for women, he said.
So it looks like the IIM in Tamil Nadu will be in Trichy.
The meeting also decided to set up a world-class university in Kadapa, the home district of the chief minister, for which the government will allot 700 acres of land.
In this regard, one may note that the central government had announced that it will establish a world class central university in Vizag. I assume the Andhra Pradesh Government is talking about a different university (state funded) for Kadapa.
The Orissa government should follow Andhra’s example and besides the central govt. funded world class university in Bhubaneswar and another central university in KBK, the Orissa government should establish a world class university in Rourkela via state funds or PPP.
The Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS) is a prestigious institution which is the first of its kind established by a voluntary organization to undertake extensive studies on tribals and their problems with the sole object of supplementing the efforts of Govt. in the sphere of socio-economic development of tribals in this area of their predominance which is an epitome of tribal problems in the State. Its headquarters is at Koraput which was inaugurated by Late Biju Patnaik, the then Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa on the 9th day of January, 1993. The institution has the distinct feature in contrast to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Training and Research Institute, Bhubaneswar functioning under the administrative control of the S.Ts & S.Cs Development Deptt. of Govt. of Orissa, providing training facilities which are only confined to govt. servants, where as COATS imparts training to all ( both Govt. servants & N.G.Os) apart from providing wider scope in the spheres of teaching and research to those interested in tribal affairs and allied matters. The important activities amongst others of the institution include coaching students for M.Phil degree in Tribal Studies. The Regional Director of Education, Berhampur in his office order No.4593 dt.7.10.2002 has granted recognition in favour of the Council in the district of Koraput for M.Phil in ‘Tribal Studies’ with 16 seats from the academic session 2002-2003.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for establishment of Indian Institute of Corporate affairs with an outlay of Rs. 211.00 crores during 11th Plan. The institute would provide a Think-tank, Capacity building and Service Delivery support in various initiatives being undertaken by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Earlier news reported that it will be located in Maneswar, near Gurgaon.
The Union Cabinet today gave its, in principle, approval to establish a National Police University (NPU) for quality education, research and other related academic activities in police related subjects, including competence in the areas of the physical and social sciences.
