Odisha HRD

NKC member and JNU Professor Amitabh Mattoo mentions the idea of creation of five knowledge cities in India

June 20th, 2009

Following is an excerpt from his article in Telegraph.

Finally, of course, the HRD ministry must think in terms of a few grand projects which can become models to be emulated in the years to come. The possibility of creating five knowledge cities in different parts of the country in the next five years must be seriously examined. While those would need a private-public partnership, and even the creation of a special purpose vehicle, the HRD ministry could invite state governments to become partners and provide real incentives. Education and skill development, as the prime minister has repeatedly said, can be India’s global opportunity. The time has come now to translate that opportunity into reality, within the term of this government.

The author, a former vice-chancellor and member of the National Knowledge Commission, is professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Orissa should lobby hard for Bhubaneswar to be one of those cities.  The pages http://iitbbsr.orissalinks.com/bbsr.htm and http://iitbbsr.orissalinks.com/future.htm have the arguments that the Orissa government can use.

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