Several NRIs including three US based professors starting an engineering college near Bhubaneswar
July 16th, 2007
Several NRIs including three US based professors are starting an engineering college near Bhubaneswar. The college is tentatively named as Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology and a brief biography of its US based trustees is here. Business standard reports on this. Following are some excerpts.
Orissa is all set to have an all non-resident Indian (NRI) sponsored degree engineering college.
The new degree engineering college is being set up near Khandagiri on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar by seven US-based NRIs. The Orissa government is actively promoting the endeavour. …
The NRIs are all professors and analysts from different US-based IT institutions and colleges. The Orissa government has allotted 20-acres of land near Khandigiri to the seven-member consortium for setting up the engineering college.
… state IT minister Surya Narayan Patro said, "the seven US-based NRIs have long approached us for setting up the degree college. Finally the government has decided to provide land for the venture".
According to Patro, "the engineering college would shortly be set up and construction work would begin soon."
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology,Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),Engineering and MCA colleges,Private Engineering Colleges
1 Writeup
1. Jagrat Samaj | July 17th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Excellent Enterprise.
a) Has it been thought about the Social Obligation by the Seven NRIs setting up the institutions ?
b) Admission fees to be considered for students those from poor social back ghround.
c) Consideration for employment to the local inhabitants including ex defence personnel to be imposed as per the qualification and experiences.
d) Placement should be 100 percent.
e) Measures to be taken for reduce pollution by plantation.
f) Apart from the technological studies, there should be meditation and vedic classes too to keep the students self controlled.