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Status of WODC helped private medical colleges in Kalahandi, Balangir and Rourkela

Following is from Samaja:

The summary of the status is:

Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi: Good progress, MCI visitor scheduled to visit in September for inspection
Balangir: Govt. has received 6 proposals after its last call. The proposals are from:
- Dr.D Meher Education & Health Trust, Balangir,
- Santhigiri Ashram, Kerala,
- Sahayata Trust, Hydrabad,
- supreme Task, New Delhi,
- Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust , Bhubaneswar and
- RVS Educational Trust, Tamil Nadu.
Rourkela: MOU signed with Bhubaneswar based Vigyan Bharati Charitable trust. (They also run the Hi-Tech Medical college in Bhubaneswar.) Construction has started.

1 comment July 1st, 2009

Rajasthan uses a balanced approach in choosing locations for its national institutions

The panel set up by the CM of Rajsthan has picked the following places to recommend to the central government for the various national institutes and universities coming up in Rajasthan. (From a Times of India report and another Times of India report)

IIT : Jodhpur
IIM: Udaipur
National University aiming for world-class: Ajmer
Central university: Bikaner.

The committee also recommended:

a "futuristic" heritage conservation and museology centre in Jaipur
an institute of Food Technology in Hadoti region of Kota

Currently the following national institutions exisit or are being made in the following places in Rajasthan:

NIT: Jaipur
LNMIT (private but top-notch): Jaipur
National law School: Jodhpur
AIIMS-like institution (being made): Jodhpur

The institutions are nicely distributed between various cities of Rajsthan, although people of Jaipur and Kota are not happy. The population of these locations are:

Jaipur (World Gazetteer 2009): 3.1 million (has inetrnational air connectivity)
Jodhpur (World Gazetteer 2009): 988K – (332 kms from Jaipur; has air connectivity)
Udaipur (World Gazetteer 2009): 457K – (400 kms from Jaipur; has air connectivity)
Ajmer (World Gazetteer 2009): 604.7K – (131 kms from Jaipur)
Bikaner (World Gazetteer 2009): 624.6K – (321 kms from Jaipur)
Kota (World Gazetteer 2009): 823 K (242 kms from Jaipur)

In contrast in Orissa the distribution of national institutions are more Bhubaneswar centric. Following is the status:

IIT: Bhubaneswar
NISER: Bhubaneswar
AIIMS-like (being made) : Bhubaneswar
National Law University: Cuttack (part of Bhubaneswar metroplex)
IIIT (state-funded) : Bhubaneswar
National University aiming to be world class: Bhubaneswar
Vedanta University (private): Puri
NIT: Rourkela
Central University: Koraput
IIIT (centrally funded): state wants it in Berhampur; center has identified as Bhubaneswar

Unfortunately, one of the reason given behind the above selection is the lack of connectivity and the size of places. Following is some information on that.

Bhubaneswar (World Gazetteer 2009): 1.67 million (has airport but no inetrnational connectivity)
Rourkela (World Gazetteer 2009): 551 K (no air connections) – 334 kms from Bhubaneswar
Berhampur (World Gazetteer 2009): 403 K (no air connections) – 160 kms from Bhubaneswar
Koraput-Jeypore-Sunabeda: 200K+ (no air connections) – 499 kms from bhubaneswar
Puri (World Gazetteer 2009): 185K – 60 kms from Bhubaneswar
Sambalpur (World Gazetteer 2009): 258 K (no air connections) – 321 kms from Bhubaneswar
Jharsuguda-Belpahar-Brajarajnagar: 200 K (no air connections) – 374 kms from Bhubaneswar; 50 kms from Sambalpur

For the future, following are some of the steps that Orissa government needs to urgently take regarding developing more larger urban areas and having the national institutions more evenly distributed:

Make sure the centrally funded IIIT is established in Berhampur
Establish functioing airports in Jharsuguda, Rourkela and Koraput at the earliest
Push for international flights to Bhubaneswar
Push for upgradation of UCE Burla (Sambalpur area) to an IIEST (Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology)
Push for the establishment of a branch of IGNTU (Indira Gandhi National Tribal University) in Phulbani
Push for the establishment of IIM outside of the Bhubaneswar area
Push for the establishment of a centrally funded KBK Inst of Engineering and Technology (along the lines of SLIET and ABAGKIET) in Kalahandi or Balangir.
Push for upgrading another medical college (Berhampur or Sambalpur) to AIIMS level.
Push for establishing NID in a location outside of Bhubaneswar
Push for establishing NIPER in a location outside of Bhubaneswar
Push for a BITS Pilani campus in a location outside of Bhubaneswar

9 comments June 12th, 2009

Samaja ad for admission in ATDC Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Rourkela

The web ad at http://aepcindia.com/atdc/atdcAdmissionNotice.html only mentions ATDC Bhubaneswar. I guess the centers at Berhampur and Rourkela are satellite centers. Earlier there was also plan for satellite centers in Baripada, Sambalpur and Cuttack. I guess they will start later.

There is an Institute of apparel management in Gurgaon in the outskirts of New Delhi.

Add comment December 2nd, 2008

General Colleges count in various Orissa districts – work in progress

The left four columns(*) in the following list is based on the lists at http://orissagov.nic.in/highereducation/DistBlockWise_College_list.htm and http://orissagov.nic.in/highereducation/actsrules.htm. It seems both these lists are not up-to-date. For example, neither list has any colleges in the Boudha district. However, the Boudha district web pages mention it having 9 colleges. Using Google some of the colleges one can find in Boudha are Boudh Panchayat College and Gandharadi College. The rightmost column (**) is based on going to the district web pages and getting information there. That is also not up-to-date as in recent years numerous junior (+2) colleges have opened.

District	Govt degree Colleges*	Govt +2 Colleges*	Private Colleges* (degree and +2 not seprated)	Total Colleges**
Angul	1 (Govt. College)	1	16	34 Jr / 12 degree
Balasore	2 (FM, KKS Women’s)	2	27
Balangir	3 (Rajendra, Govt., Govt. Women’s – all in Balangir)	4	13
Bargarh	1 (Panchayat College, Baragarh)	1	14
Bhadrakh	1 (Bhadrakh College)	1	17
Boudh			Zero	9
Cuttack	2 (S. B. Women’s, JKBK)	3	30
Dhenkanal	2 (Dhenkanal, Dhenkanal Women’s)	2	19
Deogarh			8
Gajapati	1 (SKCG Pralakhemundi)	1	Zero
Ganjam	5 (Khallikote, BA and SB Rath Women’s in Berhampur, Chhatrapur, Niranjan Govt. Women’s in Aska)	5	28
Jagatsinghpur			15
Jajpur	1 (NC)	1	25
Jharsuguda			7
Kalahandi	2 (Govt. College, Women’s College – both in Bhawanipatna)	2	9
Kandhamala	2 (Govt. College, S. M. Govt. Women’s – both in Phulbani)	2	Zero	11
Kendrapara			22
Keonjhar	2 (Dharanidhar, Govt. Women’s)	2	21
Khurda	3 (BJB, RD Women’s, Rajdhani)	3	26	39
Koraput	3 (Vikram Dev Jeypore, Govt. Women’s Jeypore, DAV Koraput)	4	2
Malkangiri		1	2
Mayurbhanj	1 (MPC)	2	30
Nabarangpur			2
Nayagarh			15
Nuapada		1	4
Puri	2 (SCS, Govt. Women’s)	2	19
Rayagada			3
Sambalpur	3 (GM, NSCB, Govt Women’s – all in Sambalpur)	3	8
Sonepur			9
Sundergarh	5 (Govt. and Govt. Women’s in Sundergarh, Govt. , SG Women’s and Rourkela College in Rourkela)	6	15

2 comments November 24th, 2008

Setting up of 6,000 Model Schools at Block level gets union cabinet’s nod: PIB

Following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=44613.

IN THE FIRST PHASE 2,500 MODEL SCHOOLS TO BE SET UP IN EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD BLOCKS
	16:35 IST

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval to the setting up of 6,000 Model Schools at the Block level in the country. Initially, in the First Phase of the implementation of this Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 2,500 Model Schools will be set up in the Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs). These schools will be set up through State Governments.

A model school will have infrastructure and facilities, at least of the standard as in a Kendriya Vidyalaya and with stipulations on pupil-teacher ratio, ICT usage, holistic educational environment, appropriate curriculum and emphasis on output and outcome.

Objective: The main objectives of the scheme are,

¨ To have at least one good quality secondary school in every block.

¨ To have a pace setting role for these schools.

¨ To try out innovative curriculum and pedagogy

¨ To be a model in infrastructure, curriculum, evaluation and school governance

The salient features of Scheme are as under:

Location: 2500 Model schools will be set up in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs).

Land: Land for these schools will be identified and provided by the State Governments free of cost.
Medium of instructions: The medium of instructions will be decided by the State Governments. However, special emphasis will be given on teaching of English & spoken English.
Classes: The schools will have classes from VI to XII, or IX to XII.
Management: These schools will be run by State Government societies similar to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.

There will a continuous evaluation of the working of the schools by State Government agencies through a regular and well structured system of field visits. Besides, an independent agency may be assigned the task of monitoring of the scheme, including progress of construction for each State.

Financial requirement for setting up 2,500 schools during the 11^th Five Year Plan has been estimated as Rs.9,321 crore, of which estimated central share is Rs.7,457 crore. Planning Commission has allocated Rs. 12,750 crore for this scheme under the 11^th Five Year Plan. Rs. 650 crore has been provided in the budget for 2008-09.

Sharing pattern will be at the ratio of 75:25 between centre and the states during the 11^th Five Year Plan and 50:50 during the 12^th Five Year Plan, while for special category states, the sharing pattern would be in the ratio of 90:10. The scheme will be implemented from the current financial year.

The Scheme is, however, not to be implemented in the 6 states where assembly elections are being held, till the poll process is over.

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KKP/sa

The 123 educationally backward blocks in Orissa are (See also http://education.nic.in/mdm/EEBs.pdf for a bigger list):

Sl.No.	Name of State/District	Sl.No.	Name EEB Blocks
XI.	ORISSA
1	Sambalpur
		1	Dhankauda
		2	Rengali
		3	Lakhanpur
		4	Kolabira
		5	Laikera
		6	Kirimira
		7	Rajborasambar
		8	Paikmal
		9	Jharbandha
		10	Gaisilet
		11
		12	Kochinda
		13	Jamankira
		14	Reamal
		15	Barkot
		16	Tileibani
		17	Naktideul
2	Sundargarh
		1	Bisra
		2	Lathikata
		3	Koida
		4	Gurundia
3	Kendujhar
		1	Kendujhargarh
		2	Harichadanpur
		3	Patana
		4	Ghatgaon
		5	Saharapada
		6	Telkoi
		7	Champua
		8	Jhumpura
		9	Joda
4	Mayurbhanj
		1	Koliana
		2	Sulia Pada
		3	Muruda
		4	Saras Kana
		5	Rairang Pur
		6	Bija Tola
		7	Bisoi
		8	Jamda
		9	Bahalda
		10	Tiringi
		11	Kusumi
		12	Gopa Bandhu Nagar
		13	Karanjia
		14	Jashi Pur
		15	Aukruli
		16	Raruan
5	Dhenkanal
		1	Kankada had
		2	Anugul
		3	Chhendipada
		4	Athmallik
		5	Palalahada
		6	Forest Area
6	Phulabani
		1	Phulabani
		2	Phiringia
		3	Khajuripada
		4	Baudh Sadar
		5	Harbhanga
		6	Kantamal
		7	Baliguda
		8	Chakpad
		9	Daringbadi
		10	G. Udayagiri
		11	Nuagaon
		12	Raikia
		13	Tikabali
7	Balangir
		1	Patnagarh
		2	Belpara
		3	Khaprakhol
		4	Titlagarh
		5	Muribahal
		6	Saintala
		7	Bangomunda
		8	Turekela
		9	Balangir
		10	Loisinga
		11	Puintala
		12	Agalpur
		13	Deogaon
		14	Tentulikhunti
		15	Tarbha
		16	Sonepur
		17	Dunguripali
		18	Binika
		19	Biramaharajpur
		20	Ulunda
8	Kalahandi
		1	Bhawanipatna
		2	Kesinga
		3	Narala
		4	Madanpur Rampur
		5	Karlamunda
		6	Dharamagarh
		7	Junagarh
		8	Jayapatna
		9	Kokasara
		10	Kalampur
		11	Golamunda
		12	Komana
		13	Khariar
		14	Sinapali
		15	Boden
9	Koraput
		1	Padmapur
		2	Chandahandi
10	Ganjam
		1	Chhatrapur
		2	Ganjam
		3	Khalikote
		4	Kodala
		5	Purusottampur
		6	Hinjilicut
		7	Polasara
		8	Kavisurjanagar
		9	Rangilunda
		10	Kukudakhandi
		11	Digapahandi
		12	Sanakhemundi
		13	Chikiti
		14	Patrapur
		15	Bhanjanagar
		16	Jaganathprasad
		17	Buguda
		18	Sargad
		19	Dharakote
		20	Surada
		21	R. Udaygiri
11	Puri
		1	Dasapalla

Add comment November 7th, 2008

Comparative Data for IITs and NITs during 2007-2008: from the MHRD 2007-08 annual report

2 comments October 12th, 2008

Hi-Tech group’s plan for Khurda, Jatni and Rourkela

Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard by Jayjit Dash.

Hi-Tech Group of Institutions has planned to set up two management institutes, one at Khurda and the other at Jatni, both located within 25 km radius of the city, at a combined investment of about Rs 12 crore.

These management institutes are set to be built on surplus land available at the two technological institutes run by the organisation – Konark Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) located at Jatni and the Hi-Tech Institute of Technology (HIT) in Khurda.

While the B-school in Khurda will come up on 15 acres of surplus land on HIT campus, the other B-school will be developed on 10 acres of surplus land within the KIST campus at Jatni.

“Construction work for our two proposed management institutes has already begun and we expect these two institutes to be functional next year. …

Each of these management institutes will have an intake of 60 seats and will offer two-year, full-time MBA programmes from the 2009-10 academic session.

The Hi-Tech Group will also invest Rs 30 crore for introducing new super-specialities, namely, cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology, nephrology and trauma care in the Hi-Tech hospital. Hi-Tech Group of Institutions has also got the approval of AICTE to introduce post-graduate courses in engineering at the KIST campus.

The KIST campus will offer MTech in computer science and engineering as well as electronics and telecommunications engineering from the next academic session.

At present, KIST is offering BTech in five streams of engineering with the institute’s total intake being 420 seats. Meanwhile, the group expects to take possession of land for its proposed medical college and hospital in Rourkela within a month.

“We expect to get 25 acres of land for our proposed medical college cum hospital in Rourkela within a month and then inaugurate the hospital six months after acquiring land. Our medical college in Rourkela is expected to be operational a year after the inauguration of the hospital”, Panigrahi claimed.

1 comment September 13th, 2008

Other Engineering college clusters in Orissa

Berhampur:

Gandhi Institute of Industrial Technology Berhampur (GII) Pvt.
Kalam Institute of Technology, Berhampur Berhampur (KIB) Pvt.
National Institute of Science and Technology Palur Hills, Berhampur (NST) Pvt.
Roland Institute of Technology Surya Vihar, Berhampur (RIT) Pvt.
Sanjaya Memorial Institute of Technology Chandipadar, Berhampur (SMT) Pvt.
Vignan Institute of Technology & Management Berhampur (VIT) Pvt.
IIIT Berhampur (planned)
Parla Maharaj Engineering College (planned)
Rahul Institute of Engineering & Technology Thatadapalli Village, Kotharsing (P.O.) Konisi Tahasil, Berhampur, Ganjam (D. T.) Orissa (planned)

Rourkela-Sundergarh:

Padmanava College of Engineering Rourkela (PCE) Pvt.
Purushottam Institute of Engineering & Technology Mandiakudar, Rourkela (PIE) Pvt.
Sundargarh Engineering College sundargarh (SUN) Pvt.
NIT Rourkela
Rourkela Institute of Technology At P.O. Kuarmunda, District : Sundergarh Pin 770039 Orissa (planned)

Balasore-Bhadrakh:

Balasore College of Engineering & Technology Balasore (BCE) Pvt.
Bhadrak Institute of Engineering & Technology Barapada, Bhadrak (BIT) Pvt.
Modern Engineering & Management Studies Balasore (MEM) Pvt.
Satyasai Engineering College Balasore (SAT) Pvt.
Vijayanjali Institute of Technology At Gadabhanga No. 4 P.O. Khantapara, District : Balasore 756043 Orissa (planned)

Gunupur-Rayagada:

Gandhi Institute of Engineering & Technology Gunupur (GIT) Pvt.
Gandhi Institute of Science and Technology Rayagada (GIR) Pvt.
Institute of Advanced Computer & Research Rayagada (IAC) Pvt.
Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science Rayagada (MIT) Pvt.

Sambalpur-Baragarh-Jharsuguda:

Black Diamond College of Engineering & Technology Jharsuguda (BDC) Pvt.
Padmashree Krutartha Acharya College of Engineering Bargarh (PKA) Pvt.
University College of Engineering Burla (UCE) Govt.

Angul-Talcher:

Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang (IGT) Govt.
Adarsha College of Engineering At Saradhapur, P.O. Kumurisingha Dist : Angul, Pin 759122 Orissa (planned)

Koraput-Jeypore:

Gopal Krushna College of Engineering & Technology Jeypore (GCE) Pvt.
Samanta Chandra Sekhar Institute of Technology & Management Semiliguda, Koraput (SCS) Pvt.

Others:

Jagannath Institute of Technology & Management Paralakhemundi (JIP) Pvt.
Orissa School of Mining Engineering Keonjhar (OSM) Govt.
Seemanta Engineering College Jharpokharia, Mayurbhanj (SEC) Pvt.

7 comments August 3rd, 2008

Vigyan Bharati trust signs MOU with WODC for a medical college in Rourkela

Following is from a report in Pioneer.

The Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) on Friday signed a MoU with the city based Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust to set up a sophisticated hospital and medical college at Rourkela with the active support of the State Government.

Chairman of WODC Niranjan Panda said that the hospital would have 500 beds and the medical college with 100 seats. It would be functional by 2010-11.

The WODC has provided a grant of Rs 10 crore for creation of the requisite infrastructure and the State Government would provide 25 acres of land free of cost. The BPL category patients would be provided with free healthcare and no fee for consultancy and routine investigation would be charged.

The trust has agreed to reserve 10 per cent of the seats for the eligible candidates of the WODC area and provide concession in food, accommodation and purchase of books, said Panda. He hoped that the hospital would be a boon for the poor people of the region who are deprived from advanced healthcare facilities and have to travel to far off places to avail qualitative healthcare. The trust has agreed to take care of any sort of emergency health problem during natural calamities.

Chairman of Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust Tirupati Panigrahi said he is hopeful that the hospital will be completed before schedule.

On behalf of the WODC CEO Ashwini Kumar Mishra signed the MoU. …

Add comment July 5th, 2008

AIEEE 2008 Counseling and admission to the NITs

As per the new admission criteria to NITs this year while 50% of seats will be reserved to the students from the state where the NIT is the remaining 50% will be open. In previous years the remaining 50% was broken apart and divided to various states. With this change the previous year (2007) opening and closing rank numbers may not be much helpful. This scheme will benefit the states from where students do well in AIEEE while will have a negative effect on the other states.

81 comments June 22nd, 2008

Hi-Tech may take up establishing a private medical college in Rourkela

Following is an excerpt from a news report in The Statesman.

The proposed medical college and hospital at Rourkela is expected to be set up soon as a team of hi-tech group of institutions, led by its chairman Mr Tirupati Panigrahi paid a visit to the site recently. It is said that the visit was intended for site selection and discussion with the district administration about the ancillary formalities. The group is believed to set up a 300-bed medical college and hospital here.

They visited the Rourkela government hospital (RGH) campus, sector-13 and sector-9.

The team also called on collector Dr K Kumar and discussed with him various aspects of the venture.

Reliable sources said the group, in the first phase, would build the hospital and within six months, would upgrade the same as a medical college.

Thoufh the CM had laid the foundation stone earlier, yet the inordinate delay and changed political scenario had made people believe that the medical college may not see the light of day. But the visit of the team is described as a ray of hope.

The Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) will partly finance the project in the initial stages, sources said. …

2 comments June 20th, 2008

Latest India Today ranking of tech schools in India: NIT Rourkela at 18 is the 3rd best NIT

35 comments June 17th, 2008