Several initiatives taken to improve state schools: each school to be mentored by an official; Helpline instituted 1-800-345-6722

From Dharitri:

From Samaja:

From Dharitri:

October 22nd, 2010

Comparing top 1% cut-off across various boards in India for class X (2007) and XII (2009)

The following is from http://iiser-admissions.in/marks/ which came from Table 1 of the INSPIRE application form of 2010.

Board Class 10 % ( top 1% cut off in 2007)
Class 12 % (top 1% cut off in 2009)
Andhra Pradesh 91.10 82.30
Assam 77.60 73.40
Bihar 73.20 73.40
CBSE 93.60 92.40
Chhattisgarh 82.50 85.00
Goa 85.80 81.80
Gujarat 86.40 77.80
Haryana 87.00 82.60
Himachal Pradesh 76.30 79.40
ICSE 95.60 93.30
Jammu & Kashmir 84.40 79.20
Jharkhand 78.40 67.20
Karnataka 89.60 88.00
Kerala 93.90 91.80
Madhya Pradesh 85.80 82.60
Maharashtra 80.10 83.80
Manipur 77.00 75.80
Meghalaya 70.50 70.60
Mizoram 86.60 68.20
Nagaland 68.10 73.00
Orissa 81.30 76.10
Punjab 81.30 76.70
Rajasthan 79.10 82.40
Tamil Nadu 90.40 94.50
Tripura 68.80 68.80
Uttar Pradesh 72.50 72.60
Uttarakhand 70.40 68.20
Viswa-Bharathi 93.40 95.80
West Bengal 86.60 82.20
This list is taken from the website http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/Inspire-Advertisement.pdf  (2007 class X and 2009 class XII) cut off Table 1.

July 19th, 2010

Kalinga Bharati Residential College shines in the +2 performance: top three in science and topper in commerce are from this college

The website of this college is http://www.kalingabharati.org/. This year students from this college have done extremely well in +2 results. Only BJB College’s performance is close to them. While earlier it used to be a contest between BJB and Ravenshaw, this year Ravenshaw has bitten dust and its place has been taken by this college.

In particular its performance in +2 is as follows:

Upon further browsing their web pages I am of the opinion that this college will be a trendsetter and pioneer in Odisha. Just look at their faculty listed at http://www.kalingabharati.org/FACULTY_LIST.HTM.

Department Faculty’s name Qualification
Department of Physics & Electronics Er. Himansu Acharya M.Sc, M.Phill, M.Tech (C-S), IIT – Khadagpur
Er. O.P Singh B.Tech, REC – Bhopal
Er. Abhijeet Kumar M.Tech, IIT – Khadagpur
  Er. PS Satpathy B.Tech, IIT – Bombay
  Er. Jayanta Kumar Patra AMIE, Calcutta
  Mr R K Maharana M.Sc
  Mr.Debabrata Dwibedi M.Sc. M.Phil, Ph.D. (continuing), DISM
  Ms. Jayashree Sahoo M.Sc, M.C.A., B.Ed
  Mr. M.G.B. Amant M.Sc. A-Level (continuing)
     
Department of Physics & Electronics Dr. Daitary Sahoo M.Sc, M.Phill, Ph.D.
Prof. R.B. Kanungo M.Sc, Ph.D.
Er. Vidyasagar Sharma B.Tech, IIT – Kanpur
Er. Aditya Pandey B.Tech, IIT – Delhi
Ms. Menakarani Routray M.Sc, Ph.D (continuing)
  Mr. S.K. Pattnayak M.Sc
  Er. B.P Mishra B.Tech, HBTI – Kanpur
  Mr. Vinod Kumar B.Tech, HBTI – Kanpur
  Mr. Parasar Mishra M.Sc, B.Ed
     
Department of Mathematics Er. Shiva Prasad Das M.Sc, M.Tech (C-S), IIT- Khadagpur
Er. Ranjit Singh B.Tech, IIT – Khadagpur
Er. Mithilesh Kumar B.Tech, REC – Bhopal
Er. Chitaranjan Swain B.Tech, Utkal University
  Mr  M M   Muduly M Sq    M.Phill
  Mr. Nirmala Chandra Sahu MSc.
  Mr. Umakant Sahu MSc.
  Mr. Ajay Kumar Sundaray MSc.
  Mr. P.K. Choudhury MSc.
  Mr. Ansuman Sing Gaur M.Tech, HBTI – Kanpur
  Ms. Prajna Jene M.A. (Math), PGDCA
  Ms. Ranjita Pradhan M.Sc, PGDCA, CWA
     
Department of Biology n Biotechnology Dr. Arun Kumar Rath M.Sc M.Phill, Ph.D
Mr. P.C. Mohapatra M. Sc. , M.Phill,
Mr. Animesh Das Pattnayak M.Sc, PGDCA
Ms. Smruti Rekha Das MSc.
Ms. Usharani Tripathy MSc.
  Ms. Bijayalaxmi Biswal MSc.
  Ms. Leena Gantayat MSc.
  Dr. Dilip Kumar Swain M.V.Sc., OUAT
  Mr. Nirmal Biswal MSc.
     
Department of Biology n Biotechnology Mr. B N   Mishra M.A. (English)
Mr. Pranab Patra M.A. (English)
Ms. Narmada Satpathy M.A. (English)
     
Department of Oriya Dr. jatadhari Mohapatra M.A., Ph.D
Ms. Manorama Mohapatra M.A. (Oriya)
   

Based on this faculty I am going to go out on a limb and predict that this year there will be at least 10 students from this college in the IIT JEE top 1000.

I hope some of the other private +2 colleges will immediately copy from this college and assemble a similar faculty and beat Kota at its own game and send more Orissans to IIT and other top institutions.


As per Dharitri the +2 Science topper from Kalinga Bharati, Kiity Jain (a girl) is from Khariar in Nuapada district and the +2 Commerce topper Bhabani Acharya (also a girl) is from Semiliguda in Koraput.

23 comments May 19th, 2010

Top 20 in Plus 2 arts in 2010

Following is from http://orissaresults.nic.in/artst20.html.

ROLLNO CAND_NAME RANK_1STDI TOTAL COLL_NAME
145CA422 AMRUTA PRIYAMBADA 1 506 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
103MA001 DIPTI RANJAN PATI 2 505 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
145CA085 MOUSUMI DASMAHAPATRA 3 497 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
126NA197 SRILEKHA MISHRA 3 497 WOMEN’S COLLEGE, BARGARH
132BA162 SURMI SOREN 4 496 RAJENDRA JR COLLEGE, BOLANGIR
145CA065 SAPTAPARNA MISHRA 5 493 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
115BB023 DASHARATHA SUNA 6 492 BABAJI SAHU MAHAVIDYALAYA, GAJABANDHA
103LB097 GOKULANANDA MOHAPATRA 7 491 GOVT JUNIOR COLLEGE, PHULBANI
103MA002 BANAJA DAS 8 490 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
117MC120 MONALISA NAYAK 8 490 N. MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHARICHHAK
104GA044 PRADEEP KUMAR GIRI 9 488 ANCHALIKA MAHAVIDYALAYA, HATADIHI
152CA027 AMITA DAS 9 488 SSDA COLLEGE OF ARTS & TECH, SANKHAMARI
137BA080 MANSI PRADHAN 10 486 GOVT WOMEN’S JR COLLEGE, BOLANGIR
135CC189 SWARNAPRAVA NANDA 11 485 N.C.JR COLLEGE, JAJPUR
128MA251 PRACHI PARIMITA ROUT 12 484 R.D.WOMEN’S JUNIOR COLLEGE, BBSR
125AA132 SNEHALATA SANTARA 13 482 L.N.MAHAVIDYALAYA, JAMSULI
103MA007 RITUPARNA PADHI 14 478 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
124AB075 SASMITA PARIDA 15 477 SAHEED MAHAVIDYALAYA, BARAPUR
127MC202 SANGHAMITRA MISHRA 15 477 S C S JUNIOR COLLEGE, PURI
127MC112 SUPRIYA SAHOO 16 475 S C S JUNIOR COLLEGE, PURI
145CA086 LIPSA JENA 16 475 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
103MA492 DIPTI PANDA 17 474 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
104KA032 NILAKANTHA BINDHANI 18 472 ANCHALIKA MAHAVIDYALAY, PURUNABARIPADA
121MA067 PRITI RANJAN MAHARANA 19 471 MAHARISHI COLL OF N LAW, BHUBANESWAR
116AA116 SMRUTI SARITA MAJHI 20 470 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
128MA218 NEHA JHA 20 470 R.D.WOMEN’S JUNIOR COLLEGE, BBSR
103DA071 MADHUSMITA PRADHAN 20 470 ANGUL MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, ANGUL

The list has 27 students. The top colleges/schools from where these students come from are:

  • Ravenshaw Jr College Cuttack (Ranks 1, 3, 5, 16)
  • BJB Junior College Bhubaneswar (Ranks 2, 8, 14, 17 )
  • Women’s College Baragarh (Rank 3)
  • Rajendra College Balangir (Rank 4)
  • Babaji Sahu College Gajabandha, Sonepur (Rank 6)
  • Govt. Junior College Phulbani (Rank 7)
  • Nigamananda Mahila Mahavidyalaya Charichhak Puri (Rank 8 )
  • Anchalika Mahavidyalaya Hatadihi Keonjhar (Rank 9)
  • SSDA College Sankhamari Cuttack (Rank 9)
  • Govt. Women’s junior College Balangir (Rank 10)
  • NC Junior College Jajpur (Rank 11)
  • RD Women’s Jr College Bhubaneswar (Rank 12, 20)
  • LN Mahavidyalaya Jamsuli Balasore (Rank 13)
  • Saheed Mahavidyalaya Barapur Bhadrak (Rank 15)
  • SCS College Puri (Rank 15, 16)
  • Anchalika Mahavidyalaya Baripada (Rank 18)
  • Maharshi Bhubaneswar (Rank 19)
  • FM Jr College Balasore (Rank 20)
  • Angul Mahila Mahavidyalaya (Rank 20)

May 19th, 2010

Top 20 in Plus 2 Commerce in 2010

Following is from http://orissaresults.nic.in/comt20.html.

ROLLNO CAND_NAME RANK_TOP20 TOTAL COLL_NAME
290CA007 BHAWANI ACHARYA 1 548 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
245CA173 ABHISHEK MOHANTY 2 539 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
243KA039 JYOTI SANTHALIA 3 538 RAIRANGPUR COLLEGE, RAIRANGPUR
245CC018 BINITA KARNANI 4 537 V.N.COLLEGE, JAJPUR ROAD
203NC016 DEEPAK KUMAR SINGH DEO 5 532 BELPAHAR COLLEGE, BELPAHAR
245CA010 DEBA SHREE DAS 6 529 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
227PA006 ANJALI CHOUDHARY 7 528 ROURKELA MUNICIPAL COLLEGE, ROURKELA
220MC097 SNEHASIS PANDA 7 528 NIMAPARA COLLEGE, NIMAPARA
203MA004 BIDHUBHUSAN SAHOO 8 525 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
257CA044 DEBASIS MISHRA 9 524 U.N.COLLEGE OF SC.& TECH., ADASPUR
216AA044 TAPAS KUMAR SEN 10 522 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
227PA005 ASMITA PAUL 11 521 ROURKELA MUNICIPAL COLLEGE, ROURKELA
216AA036 AARTI RATHI 11 521 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
231KA034 MANISHA RANI AGARWAL 12 520 M P C JUNIOR COLLEGE, BARIPADA
228MA128 PRATIKHYA PRIYADARSHINI 13 519 R.D.WOMEN’S JUNIOR COLLEGE, BBSR
216AA010 MAMTA SHAH 14 518 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
203MA003 PRERONA MISHRA 14 518 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
203MA016 MADHUSMITA BADU 14 518 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
203MA069 ANANTA PRASAD SAHU 14 518 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
201HA095 SUMAN BINDU 15 517 A C & A COLLEGE, SUNABEDA
245CA192 MADHUREE SINGH 15 517 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
221EA026 BIJAY KUMAR SAHU 16 516 KHALLIKOTE JUNIOR COLLEGE, BERHAMPUR
243KA044 KESHAB PRASAD RAM 17 515 RAIRANGPUR COLLEGE, RAIRANGPUR
204FA056 MUNMUN JAIN 18 513 GOVT. JR COLLEGE, BHAWANIPATNA
227PA030 DIVYA MITTAL 18 513 ROURKELA MUNICIPAL COLLEGE, ROURKELA
245CA179 ANKITA RUNGTA 19 512 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
245CA169 EKTA MAHESWARI 19 512 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
235CC055 RAJNANDINI PANDA 20 511 N.C.JR COLLEGE, JAJPUR
201HA070 RANJEETA NAYAK 20 511 A C & A COLLEGE, SUNABEDA

There are 29 students in the top 20 list. The top colleges from where these students come from are:

  • KBR College Cuttack (the topper)
  • Ravenshaw Junior College Cuttack (Ranks 2, 6, 15, 19, 19)
  • Rairangpur College (Ranks 3, 17)
  • VN College, Jajpur Rd (Rank 4)
  • Belpahar College (Rank 5)
  • Rourkela Municipal College (Ranks 7, 11, 18)
  • Nimapara College (Rank 7)
  • BJB College (Ranks 8, 14, 14, 14)
  • UN College Adaspur Cuttack (Rank 9)
  • FM Junior College (Ranks 10, 11, 14)
  • MPC College Baripada (Rank 12)
  • RD Women’s College Bhubaneswar (Rank 13)
  • AC & A College Sunabeda (Rank 15, 20)
  • Khallikote College (Rank 16)
  • Govt. College Bhawanipatna (Rank 18)
  • NC College Jajpur (Rank 20)

May 19th, 2010

Top twenty in plus 2 science in 2010

Following is from http://orissaresults.nic.in/scit20.html.

ROLLNO CAND_NAME RANK_TOP20 TOTAL COLL_NAME
390CA201 KITTY JAIN 1 557 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
390CA247 NIHAR CHANDRA NAIK 2 553 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
390CA321 RAM PRASAD PARIDA 2 553 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
316AA063 TEJASWINI SAHOO 2 553 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
303MA100 STHITA PRAJNA MISHRA 3 552 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA076 ARABINDA BEHERA 4 551 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
390CA023 ADYASHA PRADHAN 4 551 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA006 ANIMESH SWAIN 5 550 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA576 RATNAKAR PATRA 6 549 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA082 ARPITA MOHANTY 6 549 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA163 DIBYA PRASANNA TRIPATHY 7 548 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA019 GIRIJA SANKAR PATI 8 547 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA130 KUMAR BISWA RANJAN 8 547 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA145 DEBAPRIYA NALINI RANJAN 9 546 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA052 SHAKTI PRASAD BADAJENA 10 544 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA218 MADHUMITA MEHER 10 544 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA042 ANUPAM JENA 11 543 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA087 SMRITI SHIKHA PRADHAN 11 543 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
313MZ003 ABHISEK DASH 11 543 IRODOV COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
303MA184 SWATI PRIYA SAHOO 11 543 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA171 SAMBIT BRATA RATH 11 543 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA427 SOURAV KUMAR PATTNAIK 12 542 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
373MA066 JIJNASA MISHRA 13 541 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SC & TECH., BBSR
390CA066 ANSHUMAN BISWAL 13 541 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA191 SAMBIT MOHAPATRA 13 541 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA009 ABHIPSA PATTNAIK 14 540 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
390CA146 DEBASHEESH HOTA 14 540 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
303MA064 RITESH KUMAR PATRA 15 539 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA127 BIJAN SARANGI 15 539 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
345CA360 ASHUTOSH SUBUDHI 15 539 RAVENSHAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, CUTTACK
387EA144 SHIVANI TRIPATHY 15 539 SARASWATI VIDYAMANDIR, NILAKANTHANAGAR
390CA055 ANAMIKA PANDEY 15 539 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
390CA221 MADHUSMITA SAHOO 16 538 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
316AA051 SAMANWAY MOHANTY 17 537 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
347NA008 ABINASH KUMAR PUHAN 17 537 VIKASH JUNIOR COLLEGE, BARGARH
303MA169 SAUMYA RANJAN MOHANTY 18 535 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA388 SUBHASHREE SOUBHAGYA RAS 18 535 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK
387EA092 NIBEDIT NAHAK 18 535 SARASWATI VIDYAMANDIR, NILAKANTHANAGAR
303MA116 SIDHARTH PATTNAIK 18 535 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
373MA072 KAMAKSHYA PRASAD PARIDA 19 534 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SC & TECH., BBSR
303MA289 SUBHAJIT MOHANTY 19 534 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA524 BIJAY KUMAR SAHOO 19 534 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA029 SREEJA SUBHALAGNA MOHANT 19 534 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA354 ADITYA BISWADEEPAK PADHI 19 534 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
316AA020 DHANANJAY ROUT 19 534 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
303MA073 SUBHRANSU MOHAN SATPATHY 19 534 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
372MA258 SARTHAK DASH 20 533 JUPITER +2 SCIENCE COLLEGE, BBSR
303MA479 BISWADHAR MOHANTY 20 533 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
303MA016 SATYAJIT PARIDA 20 533 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
347NA119 KISHAN KUMAR AGRAWAL 20 533 VIKASH JUNIOR COLLEGE, BARGARH
316AA072 SOURAV KUMAR KAMILA 20 533 F.M. JUNIOR COLLEGE, BALASORE
303MA170 SWAGATIKA MOHANTY 20 533 B J B JUNIOR COLLEGE, BHUBANESWAR
390CA366 SATYAJIT KANUNGO 20 533 KBR COLLEGE, PIRA BAZAR, CUTTACK

There are 53 students in the above list. The top junior colleges/schools from where these students come are:

  • 16 are from KBR College Cuttack, including the topper and 3 from the top 2 ranks
  • FM College Balasore (ranks 2, 17, 19, 19)
  • 24 are from BJB College Bhubaneswar, but none from the top 2 ranks
  • Irodov College Bhubaneswar  (rank 11)
  • Royal College Bhubaneswar (ranks 13, 19)
  • Ravenshaw Junior College Cuttack (ranks 15 )
  • Saraswati Vidya Mandir Nilakanthanagar Berhampur (rank 15, 18)
  • Vikash Junior College Baragarh (ranks 17, 19)
  • Jupiter +2 Science College (rank 19)

The performance of KBR College (Pira Bazar, Jagatpur, Cuttack) is extremely impressive. (Before today, I had not heard of it.) the performance of the older colleges, especially Ravenshaw is disappointing. Except BJB, Ravenshaw and FM, none of the other older colleges (such as Khallikote College, SCS College, GM Junior College, Govt. College Rourkela, RD Women’s college, Sailabala Women’s college etc.) are in the above list.

My guess is that there is not much teaching going on in the traditional colleges and the performance in BJB is perhaps only due to the top students going in there.

14 comments May 19th, 2010

Orissa CHSE (+2) toppers in 2009

May 28th, 2009

Top 20 ranked students in Plus two arts in 2008

June 14th, 2008

Plus two toppers (top twenty ranks) of Orissa board in 2008: Samaja

2 comments May 30th, 2008


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