SOA University Bhubaneswar to start 5 year integrated Law program

Following is from a Business Standard report in sify.com. 

The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University (SOAU) in Bhubaneswar has set up a new Law Institute from the 2010-11 academic year following permission given by the Bar Council of India. …

The new institute will be known as SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL) which will have thrust on quality education in law keeping in view the contemporary society with semantic human resources, curriculum and co-curriculum aspects and will offer Five-Year Integrated Law studies in three different streams such as BA LLB, BBA LLB and B.Sc LLB besides Post-Graduation in Law and Ph.D. in Law.

The SNIL proposes to introduce several career oriented course in Intellectual Property Rights, Information and Technology, Labour-Man Power related Industrial Law, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Trade Laws, Competition Laws, Space Law, Biomedical Law, Bio-ethics and Law, International Advocacy, Arbitration as a mode of Alternate Dispute Redressal Mechanism, e-Governance, e-Commerce and Corporate Law.

With this program Odisha will have three places with 5 yr programs that will take students nationally. They are: 

I was told by reader Debi Sarangi (Thanks!) that Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack and University Law College Bhubaneswar also have 5 yr law programs. I am not sure if the other universities, especially Sambalpur and Berhampur, have such programs. If not they should. In addition I hope VSSUT starts a graduate program in Intellectual Property Law (similar to the one in IIT Kharagpur) and all the  universities in the state have 5-yr integrated courses in law as well as sciences.

5 comments September 21st, 2010

Progress on upgrading FCI Balangir to a hotel managment institute

Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.

Principal of Food Craft Institute (FCI) Chandrakant Mahapatra said: “If things work out as planned, Balangir will soon have the second government-funded institute of hotel management in the state after Bhubaneswar. The union government is keen to upgrade the Food Craft Institute in Balangir into an institute of hotel management.”

Mahapatra said to facilitate the process, the Centre had demanded transfer of FCI land to the tourism department. It also demanded that FCI be re-registered as an hotel management institute under the Society Registration Act. “We are working on the two criteria. The land transfer process has been expedited. I am going to Cuttack today for registration related work,” he told The Telegraph.

He further said that the institute would be known as State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) and the Centre has assured to spend Rs 12 crore on infrastructure.

“The Centre will provide the infrastructure and the state government will have expenses for running the institute. The institute will offer BSc degree course in hospitality and hotel administration (HHA) and students will have to take an all-India entrance test to get admission,” Mahapatra said.

September 15th, 2010

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Dhenkanal to be upgraded

Following is from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=64336. The part relevant to Dhenkanal has been put in a different colour.

Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Smt. Ambika Soni has said that under the new initiatives taken to position IIMC as an apex institution for providing quality education in the field on Media and entertainment, the endeavour was to establish facilities, curriculum and courses at par with Global Standards. A roadmap to initiate the process had already begun wherein classes at the four Regional Centres at J&K, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram would commence from the next academic session at the facilities being provided by the State Governments. For this purpose, under the 12th Plan, funds would be provided to establish the full fledged facilities at the four Regional Centres. The Minister stated this while delivering her address at the 43rd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication here today.

Elaborating on the details of the up-gradation being undertaken at Delhi and Dhenkenal, the Minister said that an up-gradation of the One-Year PG Diploma Course to Two-Year Advanced PG Diploma Course would be undertaken along-with seeking equivalence to Masters Degree for the Two-Year PG Diploma Courses from Ministry of Human Resources Development. As a new initiative, introduction of at least two new Two-Year PG Diploma Courses (one each in Development Journalism and Corporate Communication & Media Management) would be undertaken. For the infrastructural development, expansion of the existing buildings at Delhi and Dhenkanal and construction of new buildings for accommodating two batches of students at a time would be undertaken along-with procurement of latest technical equipment and filling up all vacancies in the teaching as well as non-teaching category. The Minister added that these initiatives would not only provide quality manpower to the industry, the training imparted would also ensure availability of skills, talent and professionalism with proper grooming at the inception level.

Smt. Soni further said that the growth of the media and entertainment industry had been one of the success stories of the Indian Economy.  The growth of the media and entertainment industry was expected to grow provisionally at Rs.652billion in 2010, culminating to Rs.1091 billion in 2014.  The CAGR was for the period was expected to be around 13%.  This growth rate was due to the development in regional markets as well as different media formats.    This growth, the Minister added  could be sustained only if talented and skilled persons added value to the sector through their professional inputs. Hence ,capacity building was a major challenge for any Government. As a consequence,  the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting had also  undertaken specific measures to look into the needs of the Human Resources and skill upgradation in the film and animation sector.

            The Minister further added that apart from IIMC, efforts were being made to reposition the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune as a world class Institute by upgrading and modernising its infrastructure and facilities. A Detailed Project Report was being finalised. An outlay of Rs.52 crore has been proposed for this scheme during the 11th Five Year Plan. Similarly, in order to look into the growing demand of trained professionals in the sphere of Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects, it has been decided that a specialized National Centre for Animation, Gaming and Visual effects will be set up to provide training and upgrading skills. For this scheme also, a DPR is under preparation.  For the animation sector,Smt.Soni said, the ministry was open to the idea  of  developing a Public Private Partnership model with interested stakeholders.

            A total number of 259 students were awarded diploma for courses in Hindi & English Journalism, Advertising & PR, Radio & Television and Oriya Journalism. 44 students of IIMC, Dhenkanal were given diplomas in English Journalism.

 

3 comments August 7th, 2010

Vedanta Science College to come up in Lanjigarh Kalahandi; DAV society to manage it: tathya.in

Following is from a report in tathya.in.

Vedanta Aluminium will set up first ever science college at Lanjigarh of Kalahandi District in Orissa. 

The full session will begin from the academic year 2011-12. 

The college will impart graduate level studies in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany and Environment Science. 

This will be funded by the Lanjigarh Project Area Development Foundation (LPADF) – the special purpose vehicle formed for as per the advice of the Supreme Court. 

In the last Lanjigarh Project Area Development Foundation (LPADF) meeting, it has been decided to open a graduate science college at Lanjigarh to provide opportunities to large no of students of the block as well as nearby area like Muniguda, Ambodola and Biswanathpur area; as no such college is available within 50 KM radius of Lanjigarh. 

The opening of the science college will fulfill the demand of local residents, who are demanding the science college for a long time.

Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh and Director of LPADF said, “It is the long due for the people of Lanjigarh. 

… Vedanta Aluminium Limited has proactively agreed to provide land for the college. 

DAV College Trust and Management society has also agreed to be the partner of the project by providing best education practice for the pupils of Kalahandi. 

A letter of confirmation to the effect has already been submitted to Collector of Kalahandi. 

DAV College Trust and Management is a premier education society in the country and has already set up more than hundred colleges across India. 

In Lanjigarh, DAV College Trust and Management society has jointly set up an international school, which has been operating for the last four years and is one of the most modern schools within Kalahandi and Rayagada district .

July 23rd, 2010

College preferences of students pursuing Arts & Commerce at the Bachelors level in Odisha

(Note: This list is only about colleges that were part of the 53 degree colleges for which the Department of Higher Education conducted a common admission. It does not include many private colleges such as Stewart Science College Cuttack, PN College Khurda, VN College Jajpur Rd etc. The list is based on the data at https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/4937.) 

College   Arts -cutoff
BJB College Bhubaneswar 1 56
Bhadrak College 2 55.17
Rajendra College Balangir 3 54.5
SB Rath Womens College Berhampur 4 54.17
SCS College Puri 5 53.67
FM College Balasore 6 53.5
Panchayat College Baragarh 7 52.67
GM College Sambalpur 8 52.17
SKCG College Parlakhemundi 9 52.17
Dharanidhar College Keonjhar 10 52
Khallikote College Berhampur 11 51.5
RD Womens College Bhubaneswar 12 51.17
Govt. College Rourkela 13 51.17
Govt. Women’s college Sambalpur 14 51.17
Shailabala College Cuttack 15 51
NC College Jajpur 16 51
Rajdhani Colege Bhubaneswar 17 50.33
Govt. College Phulbani 18 50
JKBK College 19 50
Sonepur College 20 49.33
Kendrapada College 21 48.67
Govt. Women’s college Puri 22 48.17
Vikram Dev College Jeypore 23 48
KK Sabat College  Balasore 24 48
DAV College Koraput 25 47.67
Boudh Panchayat College 26 47.5
SV Memorial College Jagatsinghpur 27 46.5
Govt College Bhawanipatna 28 46.5
Govt. Science College Chhatrapur 29 46.45
Govt. Womens College Rourkela 30 45
Binayak Acharya College Berhampur 31 44.67
Nayagarh College  32 43.67
Govt. Womens College Keonjhar 33 43.17
Govt. College Angul 34 42.33
Nawarangpur College 35 41.83
Govt. Womens college Jeypore 36 41.83
Govt. Womens College Balangir 37 40.5
SM Govt. Women’s college Phulbani 38 40.5
Netaji Subash Bose College Sambalpur 39 36.33
Govt. Womens College Dhenkanal 40 36.33
Dhenkanal College 41 36
MPC College Baripada 42 35
Rayagada College  43 35
Rourkela College  44 35
Govt. College Balangir 45 35
Govt. Women’s college Baripada 46 35
Govt. College Sundergarh 47 0
Laxmi Narayan College Jharsuguda 48 0
Deogarh College 49 0
Niranjan Govt. Womens College Aska 50 0
Govt. Womens College Bhawanipatna 51 0
Govt. Women’s college Sundergarh 52 0

 

College   Commerce Cut-off
BJB College Bhubaneswar 1 74.17
RD Womens College Bhubaneswar 2 67.33
Khallikote College Berhampur 3 67.33
Govt. College Rourkela 4 67.17
SCS College Puri 5 64
FM College Balasore 6 63.67
Govt. Science College Chhatrapur 7 63.67
Bhadrak College 8 63.5
GM College Sambalpur 9 60.6
NC College Jajpur 10 59.33
Rajendra College Balangir 11 58.8
Rourkela College  12 57.17
Rayagada College  13 55
Dhenkanal College 14 54.17
Netaji Subash Bose College Sambalpur 15 54
MPC College Baripada 16 53.83
Govt College Bhawanipatna 17 53.83
Kendrapada College 18 53.5
Dharanidhar College Keonjhar 19 52.5
Govt. College Angul 20 50
SV Memorial College Jagatsinghpur 21 49.33
Binayak Acharya College Berhampur 22 42.83
Vikram Dev College Jeypore 23 42.5
DAV College Koraput 24 41.83
SKCG College Parlakhemundi 25 41.5
Govt. College Phulbani 26 41.45
Panchayat College Baragarh 27 41.17
Laxmi Narayan College Jharsuguda 28 38.17
Nawarangpur College 29 35
Govt. College Sundergarh 30 0
Nayagarh College  31 0

3 comments July 11th, 2010

College preferences of students pursuing Science at the Bachelors level in Odisha

(Note: This list is only about colleges that were part of the 53 degree colleges for which the Department of Higher Education conducted a common admission. There are many private colleges such as Stewart Science College, Cuttack, PN College Khurda, VN College Jajpur Rd, etc. which are not part of this. The list is based on the data at https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/4937.)

College   PCM-cutoff
BJB College Bhubaneswar 1 81.2
RD Womens College Bhubaneswar 2 78
Basic Science College Bhubaneswar 3 77.5
FM College Balasore 4 75
Khallikote College Berhampur 5 72.33
Dharanidhar College Keonjhar 6 72
Shailabala College Cuttack 7 71.67
SB Rath Womens College Berhampur 8 70.8
Dhenkanal College 9 69.6
GM College Sambalpur 10 69.33
MPC College Baripada 11 68.67
Govt. College Angul 12 68.5
Bhadrak College 13 68.17
Govt. College Rourkela 14 66.83
Rajendra College Balangir 15 66.6
SCS College Puri 16 66.33
Govt College Bhawanipatna 17 66.17
Govt. Science College Chhatrapur 18 65.83
NC College Jajpur 19 65.33
Govt. Women’s college Sambalpur 20 64.33
Nayagarh College  21 63
SV Memorial College Jagatsinghpur 22 62
Vikram Dev College Jeypore 23 62
Panchayat College Baragarh 24 61.67
Govt. College Phulbani 25 61.67
Govt. College Sundergarh 26 60.17
Kendrapada College 27 58
DAV College Koraput 28 57
SKCG College Parlakhemundi 29 53.5
Govt. Womens College Rourkela 30 53.33
Sonepur College 31 53.33
Rayagada College  32 52.33
Nawarangpur College 33 45.15
Boudh Panchayat College 34 44.83
Deogarh College 35 40.83
Laxmi Narayan College Jharsuguda 36 37.83

 

College   CBZ-cutoff
BJB College Bhubaneswar 1 74.5
RD Womens College Bhubaneswar 2 69.5
Basic Science College Bhubaneswar 3 68.17
Shailabala College Cuttack 4 63.4
FM College Balasore 5 61.67
SB Rath Womens College Berhampur 6 61.6
Govt. College Rourkela 7 60.83
Khallikote College Berhampur 8 60.5
GM College Sambalpur 9 60
Govt. Women’s college Sambalpur 10 59.03
MPC College Baripada 11 57.4
Rajendra College Balangir 12 56.83
Dhenkanal College 13 56.67
Bhadrak College 14 56.5
Dharanidhar College Keonjhar 15 56.5
NC College Jajpur 16 55.67
SCS College Puri 17 55.17
Govt. College Angul 18 54.5
Govt. Science College Chhatrapur 19 52.33
SV Memorial College Jagatsinghpur 20 51.33
Panchayat College Baragarh 21 51.17
Govt College Bhawanipatna 22 50
Kendrapada College 23 49.33
Vikram Dev College Jeypore 24 48.33
Govt. College Sundergarh 25 47.17
Govt. Womens College Rourkela 26 47.17
SKCG College Parlakhemundi 27 46
DAV College Koraput 28 44.83
Govt. College Phulbani 29 43.17
Nawarangpur College 30 41.67
Rayagada College  31 40.67
Nayagarh College  32 38.58
Sonepur College 33 38.45
Laxmi Narayan College Jharsuguda 34 0
Boudh Panchayat College 35 0
Deogarh College 36 0

July 11th, 2010

Collegewise cut-off mark at 53 colleges across Odisha

This year a joint admission system for 53 colleges in Odisha was used. Based on that following is the category-wise cut-off marks for the various colleges obtained from http://dheorissa.in/sams/Report_CategorywiseCutoffMarks.aspx. One can draw many conclusions from this data.

Sl# Dist College Code Col S GEN ST SC PH ESM
1 Angul 01041902 Government (Autonomous) College, Angul Arts 42.33 – – – –
COM 50.00 – – – 49.33 – – –
PCM 68.50 49.17 57.33 51.50 66.00 55.33 – –
CBZ 54.50 – 43.00 – 0.00 – – –
2 Balasore 02111403 Kuntala Kumari Sabat Women’s (Degree) College, Balasore Arts 48.00 – 43.17 – –
02111904 Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore Arts 53.50 – 48.50 – – – –
COM 63.67 – 54.83 – – – – –
PCM 75.00 56.00 66.50 – 72.83 – – –
CBZ 61.67 47.83 53.00 37.95 – – – –
3 Baragarh 03071302 Panchayat (Degree) College, Bargarh Arts 52.67 35.33 48.17 – –
COM 41.17 – – – – – – –
PCM 61.67 – 53.17 – – – – –
CBZ 51.17 – 40.33 – – – – –
4 Bhadrak 04091902 Bhadrak (Autonomous) College, Bhadrak Arts 55.17 – 50.00 – –
COM 63.50 – 52.33 41.00 52.67 38.33 – –
PCM 68.17 42.17 59.00 62.83 – 62.00 – –
CBZ 56.50 – 47.67 47.50 – – – –
5 Bolangir 05071304 Government (Degree) College, Bolangir Arts 35.00 – – – –
05071405 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Bolangir Arts 40.50 – – – – – –
05071907 Rajendra (Autonomous) College, Bolangir Arts 54.50 – 48.00 – – – –
COM 58.80 – 50.67 – – – – –
PCM 66.60 49.00 63.83 – – – – –
CBZ 56.83 43.33 51.50 – – – – –
6 Boudh 06042302 Boudh Panchayat (Degree) College, Boudh Arts 47.50 – 42.33 – –
PCM 44.83 – – – – – – –
CBZ – – – – – – – –
7 Cuttack 07101302 Jatiya Kabi Bira Kishore Government (Degree) College, Cuttack Arts 50.00 – 44.50 – –
07181403 Shailabala Women’s (Degree) College, Cuttack Arts 51.00 – 42.33 – – – –
PCM 71.67 54.17 62.83 53.33 – – – –
CBZ 63.40 46.33 53.83 – 54.40 – – –
8 Deogarh 08042302 Deogarh (Degree) College, Deogarh Arts – – – – –
PCM 40.83 – – – – – – –
CBZ – – – – – – – –
9 Dhenkanal 09041403 Government Womens (Degree) College, Dhenkanal Arts 36.33 – – – –
09041904 Dhenkanal (Autonomous) College, Dhenkanal Arts 36.00 – – – – – –
COM 54.17 – – – 43.17 – – –
PCM 69.60 40.50 57.33 – 61.17 – – –
CBZ 56.67 – 44.50 – – – – –
10 Gajapati 10091902 Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati (Autonomous) College, Paralakhemundi Arts 52.17 50.00 46.17 – –
COM 41.50 – 35.00 – – – – –
PCM 53.50 45.33 45.67 – – – – –
CBZ 46.00 46.38 – – – – – –
11 Ganjam 11071304 Binayak Acharya (Degree) College, Aska Road Arts 44.67 – 42.50 – –
COM 42.83 – 0.00 – – – – –
11071905 Khalikote (Autonomous) College, Berhampur Arts 51.50 41.83 47.33 38.50 – – –
COM 67.33 – 58.50 – 60.17 45.50 – –
PCM 72.33 53.50 65.00 – – – – –
CBZ 60.50 42.50 54.00 – 59.67 44.17 – –
11071906 Sashi Bhusan Rath Government (Autonomous) Women’s College, Berhampur Arts 54.17 44.50 46.83 – – – –
PCM 70.80 44.50 59.33 – – – – –

 

Sl# Dist College Code Col Str GEN ST SC PH ESM
11 Ganjam 11071906 Sashi Bhusan Rath Government (Autonomous) Women’s College, Berhampur CBZ 61.60 42.83 – – –
11191401 Niranjan Government (Degree) Women’s College, Aska Arts – – – – – – –
11321302 Government Science (Degree) College, Chhatrapur Arts 46.45 – 43.50 – – – –
COM 63.67 – 48.00 – – – – –
PCM 65.83 38.17 60.67 – – – – –
CBZ 52.33 – 48.50 – – – – –
12 Jagatsinghpur 12092902 Swami Vivekananda Memorial (Autonomous) College, Jagatsinghpur Arts 46.50 – 35.00 – –
COM 49.33 – 35.00 – – – – –
PCM 62.00 – 55.00 – – – – –
CBZ 51.33 – 40.45 – – – – –
13 Jajpur 13111902 Narasingh Choudhury (Autonomous) College, Jajpur Arts 51.00 – 43.83 – –
COM 59.33 – 44.67 – – – – –
PCM 65.33 – 55.50 41.17 – – – –
CBZ 55.67 – 48.50 – – – – –
14 Jharsuguda 14082303 Laxmi Narayan (Degree) College, Jharsuguda Arts – – – – –
COM 38.17 – – – – – – –
PCM 37.83 – – – – – – –
CBZ – – – – – – – –
15 Kalahandi 15081403 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Bhawanipatna Arts – – – – –
15081904 Government (Autonomous) College, Bhawanipatna Arts 46.50 – 42.67 – – – –
COM 53.83 – 39.33 – – – – –
PCM 66.17 50.83 62.17 – – – – –
CBZ 50.00 37.50 47.17 – – – – –
16 Kandhamal 16141403 Sanjaya Memorial Government Women’s (Degree) College, Phulbani Arts 40.50 36.50 35.33 – –
16141904 Government (Autonomous) College, Phulbani Arts 50.00 44.33 47.22 – – – –
COM 41.45 – 39.00 – – – – –
PCM 61.67 53.50 53.80 – – – – –
CBZ 43.17 – 0.00 – – – – –
17 Kendrapara 17102905 Kendrapara Autonomus College, Kendrapara Arts 48.67 – 39.17 – –
COM 53.50 – 39.50 37.17 – – – –
PCM 58.00 – 50.17 – – 0.00 – –
CBZ 49.33 – – – – – – –
18 Keonjhar 18171403 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Keonjhar Arts 43.17 37.83 35.00 – –
18171904 Dharanidhar (Autonomous) College, Keonjhar Arts 52.00 48.67 42.00 – – – –
COM 52.50 39.83 – – – – – –
PCM 72.00 62.17 64.33 – – 53.78 – –
CBZ 56.50 50.83 51.17 – – – – –
19 Khurda 19051304 Rajdhani (Degree) College, Bhubaneswar Arts 50.33 39.17 44.67 – –
19051905 Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar (Autonomous) College, Bhubaneswar Arts 56.00 35.00 49.56 – – – –
COM 74.17 54.33 67.00 – – – – –
PCM 81.20 69.20 74.80 66.17 – 67.40 – –
CBZ 74.50 63.33 67.50 – – – – –
19051906 Rama Devi Women’s (Autonomous) College, Bhubaneswar Arts 51.17 35.00 42.00 – – – –
COM 67.33 – 52.00 – – 59.00 – –
PCM 78.00 60.00 69.60 – – – – –
CBZ 69.50 58.17 60.33 – – – – –
19056370 Basic Science (Degree) College, Bhubaneswar PCM 77.50 58.83 71.50 54.00 – – –
CBZ 68.17 57.75 62.00 – – – – –
20 Koraput 20061403 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Jeypore Arts 41.83 – – – –
20061904 Vikram Dev (Autonomous) College, Jeypore Arts 48.00 38.83 42.33 – – – –
Sl# Dist College Code Col Str GEN ST SC PH ESM
20 Koraput 20061904 Vikram Dev (Autonomous) College, Jeypore COM 42.50 – – – –
PCM 62.00 54.33 59.67 – – – – –
CBZ 48.33 40.17 42.50 – – – – –
20171303 D.A.V. (Degree) College, Koraput Arts 47.67 42.50 42.00 – – – –
COM 41.83 – 37.00 – – – – –
PCM 57.00 51.50 54.50 – – – – –
CBZ 44.83 – 40.50 – – – – –
21 Mayurbhanj 22191402 Government Women’s (Degree) College,Baripada Arts 35.00 – – – –
22191904 Maharaja Purna Chandra (Autonomous) College, Baripada Arts 35.00 – – – – – –
COM 53.83 35.00 38.50 – 47.50 – – –
PCM 68.67 57.67 61.33 58.17 64.17 58.50 – –
CBZ 57.40 49.83 47.67 – – – – –
22 Nawarangpur 23052302 Nawarangpur (Degree) College, Nawarangpur Arts 41.83 37.56 39.45 – –
COM 35.00 – – – – – – –
PCM 45.15 37.67 – – – – – –
CBZ 41.67 – – – – – – –
23 Nayagarh 24102903 Nayagarh (Autonomus) College, Nayagarh Arts 43.67 – – – –
COM – – – – – – – –
PCM 63.00 – 43.33 – – – – –
CBZ 38.58 – – – – – – –
24 Puri 26151403 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Puri Arts 48.17 – 38.67 – –
26151904 Samanta Chandra Sekhar (Autonomous) College, Puri Arts 53.67 – 45.33 – – – –
COM 64.00 – 39.50 – – – – –
PCM 66.33 – 57.50 – 62.67 56.33 – –
CBZ 55.17 – 47.33 – – – – –
25 Rayagada 27142903 Rayagada (Autonomus) College, Rayagada Arts 35.00 – – – –
COM 55.00 39.00 42.50 – – – – –
PCM 52.33 47.33 50.00 – – – – –
CBZ 40.67 – – – – – – –
26 Sambalpur 28111302 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose (Degree) College, Sambalpur Arts 36.33 35.00 35.11 – –
COM 54.00 – 41.00 – – – – –
28141403 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Sambalpur Arts 51.17 42.67 44.33 – – – –
PCM 64.33 56.00 56.67 – – – – –
CBZ 59.03 48.33 54.67 – – – – –
28141904 Gangadhar Meher (Autonomous) College, Sambalpur Arts 52.17 39.33 46.67 – – – –
COM 60.60 40.83 45.83 – – – – –
PCM 69.33 60.00 64.17 – 43.50 – – –
CBZ 60.00 50.83 53.67 – – – – –
27 Sonepur 29082302 Sonepur (Degree) College, Sonepur Arts 49.33 – 46.17 – –
PCM 53.33 – 48.50 – – – – –
CBZ 38.45 – 0.00 – – – – –
28 Sundargarh 30101304 Rourkela (Degree) College, Rourkela Arts 35.00 – – – –
COM 57.17 45.67 37.67 – – – – –
30101405 Sushilabati Government Women’s (Degree) College, Rourkela Arts 45.00 40.67 35.17 – – – –
PCM 53.33 45.17 40.83 – – – – –
CBZ 47.17 40.50 – – – – – –
30101906 Government (Autonomous) College, Panposh, Rourkela Arts 51.17 47.83 42.50 – – – –
COM 67.17 58.50 58.83 – 52.50 – – –
PCM 66.83 60.00 53.50 – – – – –
CBZ 60.83 52.83 50.50 – – – – –
Sl# Dist College Code College Stream GEN ST SC PH ESM
28 Sundargarh 30211303 Government (Degree) College, Rangadhip, Sundergarh Arts – – – – –
COM – – – – – – – –
PCM 60.17 51.83 47.17 – – – – –
CBZ 47.17 41.50 0.00 – – – – –
30211404 Government Women’s (Degree) College, Maheshdihi, Sundergarh Arts – – – – – – –

July 11th, 2010

Odisha’s second flying training institute being explored in Rangeilunda near Berhampur

Following is an excerpt from a PTI report.

Plans are afoot to develop Orissa’s second flying training institute at Rangeilunda airstrip near here.

The ministry of Civil Aviation wants to use Rangeilunda airstrip as a flying training institute. Binodini Devi, a senior captain from the ministry, visited the airstrip recently and discussed the project with engineers of the works department here, Ganjam district collector V K Pandian said.

… A senior pilot of the ministry also visited the site last week and asked the works engineer to develop it as a Visual Flight Rule (VFR) airstrip and to provide at least two rooms to conduct the pilot training institute.

"We have agreed to provide all necessary infrastructure facilities to the ministry to use Rangeilunda airstrip as a flying training institute," K Pandian said.

3 comments May 30th, 2010

A single place to apply to 53 degree colleges in Odisha; extended from a similar initiative with respect to junior colleges (+2) that was done last year

The review of the processes of admission in Orissa, has led the Higher Education department, formulate a strategy for the admission process…

View more about SAMS

Success in 2009

  • Implemented in 60 colleges
  • 49,264 CAF Received through SAM
  • 30,123 student get admitted through SAM
  • Intimation sent through SMS, e-mails , web and registry post

  Whats’ New in 2010

  • Implementing in 171 Junior & 53 Degree colleges
  • Online Common Application Form (CAF) Submission Process
  • Bilingual (English & Oriya) Application & prospectus.

e-Admission for +3 (Degree) College 2010-11

3 comments May 15th, 2010

List of recognized teacher education institutes in Odisha: From ERCNCTE site

The following is from the ERCNCTE (Eastern Region Committee, National Council of Teacher Education), Bhubaneswar site at http://www.ercncte.org/. (The head office of NCTE is in Delhi and its four regional centers are at Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Bhopal and Jaipur.)

Pre-School

1

Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, College of Home Science, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751003

University Department

Board of Secondary Education

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

2

DAV Institute of Teacher Education (Pre-school), Sector-VI, CDA, Bidanasi, Cuttack, Orissa –753014

Private

BSE

Pre-School Teacher Education

50

3

DIET, Sundargarh, At/P.O. Sankara, Dist. Sundargarh, Orissa-770020

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

4

DIET, Kalahandi, Bhawanipatna, Naktiguda, P.O. Bhawanipatna, Dist. Kalahandi, Orissa – 766001

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

5

DIET, Dhenkanal, At/P.O./Dist. Dhenkanal, Orissa-759001

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

6

DIET, Keonjhar, At. Old Town of Keonjhar, P.O. Keonjhar Bazar, Dist. Keonjhar, Orissa-758002

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

7

DIET, Khurda, At/P.O./Dist. Khurda, Orissa-752055

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

8

DIET, Sambalpur, Ainthapali, Budharaja, Dist – Sambalpur, Orissa – 768004

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

9

DIET, Naguan, Via – Jajpur Road, Dist – Jajpur, Orissa – 755019

Government

BSE

Pre-school Teacher Education

50

Elementary

1

DIET, Kalahandi, Bhawanipatna, Orissa– 766001

Government

Board of Secondary Education

CT

50

2

DIET, Remuna, Khirochoragopinath Balasore, Orissa- 756018

Government

BSE

CT

50

3

DIET, Sankara, Sundergarh,Orissa – 770020 

Government

BSE

CT

50

4

DIET, Khalikote, Ganjam, Orissa – 761030

Government

BSE

CT

50

5

DIET, Sambalpur, Orissa- 768004

Government

BSE

CT

50

6

DIET, Khurda, Orissa – 752055

Government

BSE

CT

50

7

DIET, Keonjhar, Orissa- 758001

Government

BSE

CT

50

8

DIET, Jaypore, Koraput, Orissa – 764001

Government

BSE

CT

50

9

DIET, Dolipur, Nagua, Jajpur, Orissa– 755019

Government

BSE

CT

50

10

DIET, Dhenkanal, Orissa- 759001

Government

BSE

CT

50

11

DIET, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa– 757001

Government

BSE

CT

50

12

DIET, Phulbani, Tikabali, Orissa– 762010

Government

BSE

CT

50

13

DIET, Balangir, Orissa-767001

Government

BSE

CT

50

14

Govt. Secondary Training School, Sakhigopal, Puri, Orissa-752014

Government

BSE

CT

50

15

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bargarh, Orissa – 768028

Government

BSE

CT

50

16

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, Orissa – 761126

Government

BSE

CT

50

17

Govt. Secondary Training School, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Orissa – 761200

Government

BSE

CT

50

18

Govt. Secondary Training School, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi, Orissa – 766015

Government

BSE

CT

50

19

Govt. Secondary Training School, Nawarangpur, Mirganguda, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

20

Govt. Secondary Training School, Polsara, Ganjam, Orissa – 761105

Government

BSE

CT

50

21

Govt. Secondary Training School, Sonepur, Subarnapur, Orissa – 767017

Government

BSE

CT

50

22

Govt. Secondary Training School, Kuanramunda, Sundargarh, Orissa – 770039

Government

BSE

CT

50

23

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bissam Cuttack, Rayagada, Koraput, Orissa – 765022

Government

BSE

CT

50

24

Govt. Secondary Training School, Nayagarh, Rajsunakhala, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

25

Govt. Secondary Training School, Patnagarh, Balangir, Orissa – 767025

Government

BSE

CT

50

26

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bagudi, Balasore, Orissa – 756045

Government

BSE

CT

50

27

Govt. Secondary Training School, Agarpara, Bhadrak, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

28

Govt. Secondary Training School, Chhendipada, Angul, Orissa – 759124

Government

BSE

CT

50

29

Govt. Secondary Training School, Jagatsinghpur, Orissa – 754032

Government

BSE

CT

50

30

Govt. Secondary Training School, Pipli, Puri, Orissa – 752104

Government

BSE

CT

50

31

Govt. Secondary Training School, Kendrapara, Orissa – 754211

Government

BSE

CT

50

32

Govt. Secondary Training School, Ragadi, Banki, Cuttack, Orissa – 754008

Government

BSE

CT

50

33

Govt. Secondary Training School, Gunupur, Rayagada, Orissa – 765022

Government

BSE

CT

50

34

Govt. Secondary Training School, Tangi, Khurda, Orissa – 751001

Government

BSE

CT

50

35

Govt. Secondary Training School (Women), Bhubaneswar, Unit VI, Khurda, Orissa – 751001

Government

BSE

CT

50

36

Govt. Secondary Training School, Boudh, Orissa – 762014

Government

BSE

CT

50

37

Govt. Secondary Training School, Jharsuguda, Panchapara, Orissa – 768204

Government

BSE

CT

50

38

Govt. Secondary Training School, Fakirpur, Keonjhar, Orissa – 758002

Government

BSE

CT

50

39

Govt. Secondary Training School, Kishorenagar, Angul, Orissa – 759122

Government

BSE

CT

50

40

Govt. Secondary Training School, Titlagarh, Balangir, Orissa – 767033

Government

BSE

CT

50

41

Govt. Secondary Training School, Langaleswar, Balasore, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

42

Govt. Secondary Training School, Kundukela, Sundergarh, Orissa – 770019

Government

BSE

CT

50

43

Govt. Secondary Training School, Nimapara, Puri, Orissa – 752106

Government

BSE

CT

50

44

Govt. Secondary Training School, Remuli, Keonjhar, Orissa – 758047

Government

BSE

CT

50

45

Govt. Secondary Training School, Umerkote, Nawarangapur, Orissa – 764073

Government

BSE

CT

50

46

Govt. Secondary Training School, Balia, Bhagabatpur, Kendrapara, Orissa – 754234

Government

BSE

CT

50

47

Govt. Secondary Training School, Deogarh, Purnagarh, Orissa – 768119

Government

BSE

CT

50

48

Govt. Secondary Training School, Pahimahura, Barikpur Bazar, Bhadrak, Orissa – 756122

Government

BSE

CT

50

49

Govt. Secondary Training School, Puri, Orissa – 752001

Government

BSE

CT

50

50

Govt. Secondary Training School for Women, Berhampur, Ganjam, Orissa – 760001

Government

BSE

CT

50

51

Govt. Secondary Training School, Nawapara, Orissa– 766105

Government

BSE

CT

50

52

Govt. Secondary Training School, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa – 757001

Government

BSE

CT

50

53

Govt. Secondary Training School, Gorumahisani, Mayurbhanj, Orissa – 757042

Government

BSE

CT

50

54

Govt. Secondary Training School, Kusalda, Mayurbhanj, Orissa – 757085

Government

BSE

CT

50

55

Govt. Secondary Training School (Urdu), Shaikh Bazar, Tulasipur, Cuttack, Orissa – 766015

Government

BSE

CT

50

56

Govt. Secondary Training School, Tudigadia, Sore, Balasore, Orissa – 756 045

Government

BSE

CT

50

57

Radhanath Secondary Training School, Chandini Chowk, Cuttack, Orissa-753002

Government

BSE

CT

50

58

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bhalulata, Sundergarh, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

40

59

Govt. Secondary Training School, Bolangir, Orissa-767001

Government

BSE

CT

50

60

Govt. Secondary Training School, Athagarh, Cuttack, Orissa – 754002

Government

BSE

CT

50

61

Govt. Secondary Training School, Chitrakonda, Malkanagiri, Orissa – 764052

Government

BSE

CT

50

62

Govt. Secondary Training School, Chikiti, Ganjam-761010, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

63

Govt. Secondary Training School, Narshingpur, Cuttack, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

64

Thompson Womens’ Secondary Training School, Madhusudan Road, GPO Buxi-Bazar, Cuttack, Orissa,     Pin –753030

Private (aided)

BSE

CT

50

65

PAN School of Education, Bankoi, Khurda, Orissa

Government

BSE

CT

50

66

Govt. DAV Secondary Training School, Kalinga, Vill- Kalinga, Po- Kalinga, Dist- Kandhamal, Orissa (ETE) (Govt.) (Board of Secondary Education Orissa) Code No.APE00956

Government

BSE

ETE

50

Secondary

1

Radhanath Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Cuttack, Orissa-753002 

Government

Utkal University

B.ED.

128

2

Dibakar Patnaik Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Berhampur, Ganjam, Orissa- 760003

Government

Berhampur
University

B.ED.

60

3

Dr. Parsuram Mishra Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Sambalpur, Orissa-751007

Government

Sambalpur
University

B.ED.

100

4

Nalini Devi Womens’ College of Teacher Education, Unit – III, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-769010

Government

Utkal University

B.ED.

200

5

Naba Krushna Choudhury College of Teacher Education, Angul, Orissa-759122

Government

Utkal University

B.ED.

100

6

DAV College of Teacher Education, Koraput, Orissa-764020

Government

Berhampur University

B.ED

80

7

Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja College of Teacher Education, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, Orissa – 761126

Government

Berhampur University

B.ED.

72

8

College of Teacher Education Balangir, Orissa – 767001

Government

Sambalpur
University

B.ED.

100

9

College of Teacher Education, Balasore, Orissa-756001

Government

Fakir Mohan University

B.ED.

100

10

Kalahandi Training College, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi, Orissa-766001

Government

Sambalpur University

B.ED.

50

11

Rourkela College of Educational Training, Rourkela, Sundargarh, Orissa-769010

Government

Sambalpur University

B.ED.

50

12

Anandpur Anchalika Training College, Fakirpur, Keonjhar, Orissa – 758022

Government

North Orissa University

B.ED.

50

13

Utkal Mani Gopabandhu B.Ed. College, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa – 757 001

Government

North Orissa University

B.ED.

50

14

Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751 022

NCERT

Utkal University

INTEGRATED

100

2 YR B.ED

100

15

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University),Sri Sadashiva Campus, Puri, Orissa – 752001

Deemed University

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

SHIKSHA SHASTRI
(B.ED.)

100

16

Hindi Teacher’s Training Institute, Block No.-29, Old Secretariate, Dist.-Cuttack, Orissa-753001

Government

Utkal University

B.H.ED.

100

17

Government Teacher’s Training College, Phulbani, Vill/PO-Phulbani, Plot No.– 397,184,380,156, Dist- Kandhamal, Orissa-762001

Government

Berhampur University

B.Ed.

100

Master of Education

1

Radhanath Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Cuttack, Orissa-753002 

Government

Utkal University

M.ED.

24

2

Dibakar Patnaik Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Berhampur, Ganjam, Orissa- 760003

Government

Berhampur
University

M.ED.

24

3

Dr. Parsuram Mishra Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Sambalpur, Orissa-751007

Government

Sambalpur
University

M.ED.

24

4

Nalini Devi Womens’ College of Teacher Education, Unit – III, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-769010

Government

Utkal University

M.ED.

24

5

Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751 022

NCERT

Utkal University

M.ED. ELE

32

6

Nabakrushna Choudhury College of Teacher Education, Angul, Orissa- 759122

Government

Utkal University

M.E.D.

25

Master of Physical Education

1

Govt. College of Physical Education, Kalinga Stadium, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751 012 

Government

Utkal University

M.P.ED.

12

2

Baliapal College of Physical Education, Baliapal, Balasore, Orissa, -756026

Private

Fakir Mohan University

M.P.ED.

30

Certificate in Physical Education

1

Prasannamani College of Physical Education & Yoga, Tigiria, Cuttack, Orissa – 754 030

Private

BSE

C.P.ED.

80

2

Baliapal College of Physical Education, Vill- Baliapal, Po- Baliapal, Dist-Balasore, Orissa- 756026

Private

BSE

C.P.ED.

50

Bachelor of Physical Education

1

Govt. College of Physical Education, Kulundi, Sambalpur, Orissa

Government

Sambalpur University

B.P.ED.

30

2

Baliapal College of Physical Education, Baliapal, Balasore,
Orissa -756026 

Private

Fakir Mohan University

B.P.ED.

60

3

Govt. College of Physical Education, Kalinga Stadium, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751012 

Government

Utkal University

B.P.ED.

64

OTHER

1

English Language Teaching Institute, (PGDET), Plot No.2/8, 2/9, Maitri Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Government

Utkal University

PGDET

32

2

Centre for Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar,Bhubaneswar, Orissa -751004

University Department

Utkal University

PGDECE
(Innovative)

16

7 comments May 4th, 2010

DAV Colleges in Odisha

India has several DAV Colleges and Schools. A listing of them can be obtained from http://www.davcmcdircol.org/index2.aspx. Some of their top colleges in India are DAV  College Chandigarh and Hansraj College Delhi. They currently have 4 colleges in Odisha.

44. DAV School of Business Management Unit 8, Bhubneshwar, Orissa – 769004 0672-560539(O)

dsbmbbsr@gmail.com

http://dsbm8.org

 Mr. D.N. Mishra
45. DAV College Titlagarh, P.O. Bhatipara, Bolangir, Orissa – 767042 06655-220523(O), 220344(R), 9437153529(M) bsnpsar@gmail.com Shri Bhawani Shankar Negi
46. Khetrabasi DAV College Khurda, Nirakarpur, Orissa – 752019 06756-222024(O), 9437010336(M) principal_bkdav@yahoo.com Shri S. Maharana
47. DAV Centre for Management Development in Agriculture & Environment N-4/16, Civil Township, Rourkela, Sundergarh, Orissa – 769004 0661-266405(O), 2664724(PP), 9437022010(M) himansukm@hotmail.com Dr. H. K. Mohanty

Based on the claims in their web page, the DAV School of Business Management seems to be doing very well. 

Currently there are four DAV Public Schools in the Bhubaneswar area. 

There are many DAV Schools in rest of Odisha. This includes

  • DAV School Berhampur
  • Four DAV Schools in Cuttack city (Raja Bagicha, CDA, Gandharpur, Alisa Bazaar)
  • DAV School, Basanti Colony Rourkela
  • DAV School Sovarampur Balasore
  • DAV School Paradeep
  • DAV Talcher Thermal
  • DAV MCL
  • DAV Jharsuguda
  • DAV Burla
  • DAV Badambagarh, Cuttack
  • DAV Brajarajnagar
  • DAV Sundergarh

See http://www.adhyapak.com/schools/orissa/orissa_schools2.html for a bigger list.

May 3rd, 2010

NISWASS Bhubaneswar gets 20 crores from UGC for infrastructure development

Following is from the UGC report http://www.ugc.ac.in/more/commissiondecision/467.pdf (page 8, item 3.1). Thanks to Prof. Pujari for the pointer.

The Commission considered and approved the recommendations of the Expert Committee to the proposal of National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences (NISWASS), Bhubaneswar (Orissa) for financial assistance for Infrastructural Development and approved one time financial grant of Rs.20.00 crores to the Institute.

The web page of NISWASS is at http://www.niswass.org/. It has the following departments:

Some of the programs it offers are:

  • BA and MA in Social Work
  • MA in Social Communication
  • MA in Rural Management
  • Master in Women Studies
  • Master in Buddhist Studies

Admission forms are available every year around 15th May.

Some of the features and achievements of NISWASS are:

  • It is affiliated to the University of Utkal, Sambalpur and Berhampur in the State of Odisha. The Vice Chancellors of all these Universities happen to be in the Board of Governors of NISWASS.
  • It has also been recognized by each of them as an Advanced Research Centre.
    The Institute has already been recognized by the University Grants Commission under Sections 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956. Utkal University and the Government of Odisha separately have recommended the application of NISWASS filed with the University Grants Commission for conferring on NISWASS of a Deemed University.
  • As an Institution catering to teaching and training in professional social work courses, NISWASS has been recognized and taken as a member of the Association of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI), New Delhi.
  • NISWASS has been recognized as a Nodal Centre for the purpose of evaluation and inspections, Family Counseling Centres, etc. by the Central Social Welfare Advisory Board, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
  • NISWASS publishes its research reports in the form of books, monographs and handbooks. It also publishes a journal, The Fourth World (bi-annually in English). Its Journal has been registered under the Press and Registration Act and has also obtained the ISSN number.
  • Also, its development workers are active in more that ten thousand villages in Orissa and are engaged in carrying out various development works in addition to implementing education, health, skill improvement training, etc. focusing on women, children, disabled and other rural people and urban slums.
  • NISWASS has been accepted by CAPART for training of trainers from various NGOs to conduct training of the Social Animators.
  • NISWASS has been able to establish two prestigious Chairs for advanced research and training viz. 
    Dr. Ambedkar Chair on Social Work and     Shri K.R. Narayanan (Late President of Indian) Chair on Social Communication.
  • NISWASS had entered into international collaboration arrangements with the University of Missouri, Columbia (USA), the South Asian Institute (SAI, University of Heidleberg (Germany) and the Free University of Berlin (Germany) in matters of research, publications, faculty visits, and students’ exchange programmes. “Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)” have already been signed with the concerned University authorities. But relationship is active in the case of the Free University of Berlin.

There seems to be a lot of jobs available at NISWASS. See http://www.niswass.org/career_with_niswass.php.

NISWASS is located in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.

The only things that I could not find in their web pages are the names of the faculty and researchers working there. The only name I could find was the name of Dr. R. K. Nayak, mentioned as the Founder of NISWASS. 

April 19th, 2010

Balangir on the move: expanding its knowledge infrastructure

The recent news of an XIMB campus in Balangir adds a new dimension to Balangir’s knowledge infrastructure. As per the recent Business Standard report:

The XIMB campus at Bolangir will exclusively focus on the Rural Management Programme and will have an intake of 120 students.

“Our campus at Bolangir will be a fully residential facility with a built-up area of 1.55 lakh sq ft and it will only offer the Post Graduate Diploma course in Rural Management. We will phase out the Rural Management programme at our existing campus in Bhubaneswar after the establishment of the Bolangir campus”, Joseph added.

XIMB’s campus will come up about seven km from Bolangir town and the institute wants to offer a rural ambience to the students pursuing the Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management.

XIM should aim to have this institute at the level of IRMA, Anand and put Balangir in the map with respect to rural management institutes. It should rank among the top 3-5 in the country.

Several other knowledge initiatives with respect to Balangir are also in the pipeline. This includes:

  • A university and
  • a WODC sponsored medical college.

There is also possibility that the state government may make some more state engineering colleges and Balangir should and would be a prime candidate for that. 

Besides the above plans, some of the existing higher education institutions in Balangir are:

  • Rajendra College, Balangir
  • Govt. College Balangir
  • Govt. Women’s College Balangir
  • BB Sanskrit College, Balangir
  • Food Craft Institute, Balangir (The Odisha govt. has proposed to upgrade it to an Institute of Hotel Management.)
  • Government Ayurveda College, Balangir
  • Sushree Institute of Technical Education, College Of Nursing, Bolangir (Offers BSc. Nursing)
  • Sushree Institute of Technical Education, School Of Nursing, Bolangir (Offers Diploma Course in General Nursing and Midwifery Training)
  • Four ITIs: I.T.I., Bolangir; ITI (Women), Bolangir; KBK ITC, Bolangir; Sushree ITC, Sadaipali, Bolangir
  • Sushree Institute of Technical Education (SITE),Bolangir (Offering Diploma in Engineering subjects)

Balangir has good connectivity to Bhubaneswar (two daily trains: an intercity day train and Raipur-Puri Express), Sambalpur (daily trains: Koraput-Rourkela, Ispat, Balangir-BBS, Koraput-HWH, Rayagada-SBP, Raipur-Puri, Dhanbad-Allepey), Titlagarh, Jharsuguda and Rourkela in Odisha, and has two daily trains to Howrah, one daily train to Chennai and Kerala, tri-weekly trains to Bangalore, bi-weekly train to Hyderabad, a weekly train to Mumbai, and tri-weekly (to become 5 times a week) trains to Delhi from Titlagarh which is 63 kms away.

The under construction Khurda-Balangir line receiveed 120 crores in this year’s budget and hopefully it will progress at good speed and get similar and larger budgets in the coming years. If that happens then this line could get completed in another 5 years. Once this line is completed the rail connectivity of Balangir will further improve.

Politically, it has an active MP in Kalikesh Singh Deo and MLA in A. U. SinghDeo who is an important minister in Odisha. Also, its interests are being watched over by Balangir natives abroad such as Dr. Sanjiv Karmee.

So things look positive for Balangir.

The most important things to watch for and/or pursue are: Making sure that the proposed university and the medical college that are in the pipeline are indeed established; Making sure that if there are new state engineering colleges then Balangir gets one; Encouraging and enticing other private entities to establish institutes and colleges in Balangir; and Making sure the Khurda-Balangir line gets completed in 5 years.

1 comment April 14th, 2010

National Center for Animation, Gaming and Visual effects to come up in Pune

Following is an excerpt from a report in mydigitalfc.

Government is planning to set up a national centre for animation, gaming  and visual effects to meet shortage of skilled professionals in the field.

A sum of Rs 52 crore has been set aside by the Planning Commission for the purpose.

Sources in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the proposed centre would promote technical talent in the entertainment sector through specific courses such as animation, digitisation and visual effects.

The centre, which could come up at Pune, where the Film and Television Institute of India is situated, is being set up for meeting the shortage of skilled professionals in the field.

… With the Indian animation and gaming industry expected to grow, the I&B ministry is said to have engaged a consultant to prepare a report on the human resource requirement in this sector.

… Although there are several private animation-training institutes, apart from a few government-run colleges having animation curriculum, India, as of today, has only a handful of institutes teaching high-end animation techniques, sources say.

1 comment March 28th, 2010

Tourism and Higher Education minister Shri Debi Mishra proposes establishment of hotel management schools in Balangir and Rourkela

Update on May 9th 2010: Following is from a report in Daily Pioneer.

The Food Craft Institute, Balangir, has been awarded as the best food craft institute all over India for its excellent all-round performance. Established jointly by the Union Ministry of Tourism and State Department of Tourism, this institute offers diploma courses in Food Production, Food and Beverages Service, Front Office Operation and House Keeping Operation. … The institute is going to be upgraded as a State Institute of Hotel Management. Recently, a Central inspection team visited the campus.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.

… the state government has sought the conversion of the status of Food Craft Institute at Bolangir into an Indian Institute of Health Hotel Management (IIHM). The state government would provide additional land for it. Besides, the government has also urged the Centre to set up a IIHM at Rourkela, Mishra added.

Note that the Institute of Hotel Management in Bhubaneswar started as a Food Craft Institute in 1973. It became a centrally funded Institute of Hotel Management in 1984.

March 27th, 2010

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia’s Vrindaban Gurukul (second after the one in Mumbai) to come up in Ghatikia area of Bhubaneswar

Update: A picture courtesy Devasis Sarangi and Rajeswar Rao.

Update: Post-inauguration coverage from Dharitri.

Following is an excerpt from an older report in orissatv.

Renowned flute player, Hariprasad Chaurasia has decided to set up a training institute in Bhubaneswar to train students having penchant for classical music.

The flute maestro’s proposed institute has been christened as ‘Vrindaban Gurukul’ that would spread on two acre land at Ghatikia in the outskirts of the capital city. Nearly Rs 5 crore would be invested in the project.

His initial Vrindaban Gurukul in Mumbai came up in 1996. In this article in Hindu the reason behind a similar one in Bhubaneswar is explained. Following are some excerpts:

So the jet-setting flautist, who spends almost half-a-year in Holland as part of the Rotterdam Conservatory, realised the need to set up a gurukul. Situated in Versova (Mumbai), Chaurasia’s Vrindavan (the name of the gurukul) is where students with a passion for music live and learn sangeet free of cost. The students won’t come out of this gurukul armed with degrees and certificates. They will just have their talent to flaunt. Despite his hectic concert schedule, he takes time out to be with his students, guide and interact with them. “Though I stress on discipline; we laugh, crack jokes…there’s enough fun at Vrindavan. I share a good rapport with these youngsters.”

His second gurukul is coming up at Bhubaneshwar. “The progress has been really slow. Who wants to fund a gurukul?” But why Bhubaneswar? The maestro spent quite a few years in Cuttack working as a staff artiste for All India Radio. It is also where he met his wife Anuradha, then an established singer on radio.

Orissadiary reports that Amitabh Bachchan and his family will come to Bhubaneswar (first trip to Orissa for Mr. Bachchan) to "attend a program organized by internationally renowned exponent of the bansuri or bamboo flute Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia. … They will attend in the inauguration ceremony of Brindavan Gurukul in Bhubaneswar." The older orissatv report also mentioned about the inauguration of the Gurukul in March 2010. The Orissadiary report has a nice description on what the Gurukul’s aims are. Following are some excerpts:

Brindavan Gurukul is dedicated to the teaching and promotion of performing arts of the world (music and dance particularly), yoga, and meditation techniques, in a serene atmosphere, along the ancient Indian "gurukul" principles.

BGI was established in 1996 by Pandit Hari Prasad and Dr. Shyamala Rajender, for promoting, presenting and teaching Indian classical music, Indian-Western integrated music, along with meditation techniques, yoga, and music theory. Focus will be on gifted or talented children and youth, especially underprivileged and needy children. Pandit Chaurasia’s mission is world peace, love and harmony through music, meditation and relaxation.

To create and inculcate in children and youth a love for and appreciation of Indian music, especially bansuri music as well as Indian-Western (jazz) fusion music. To provide for children at an early age, a constructive, disciplined, satisfying and creative alternative to the culture of drugs, gangs, violence and sex to which they are constantly exposed and to prepare them for the unique challenges of the 21st Century.

For the guru to work closely with sishyas (students/disciples) to identify, recognize, encourage and create a desire to learn and excel in the music or musical instrument of their choice.

To expose children at a very early age to different types and kinds of music and musicians and combination of styles; to expand their horizons and acceptability of styles new or foreign to them by encouraging them to attend various concerts and musical performances by great artists from all around the world.

To bring different artisans from India to practice their different art forms within Vrindaban Gurukul and to keep alive some of the great creative arts so unique to India which are being allowed to perish.

To build a library to house a large collection of books, audio and video cassettes, CDs, DVDs of Indian classical and bhajan music, literature, books, other types of recordings etc.

To promote other activities to make Vrindaban Gurukul an economically and emotionally self-supporting institution for the promotion of Indian classical performing arts, heritage and culture.

Following is an excerpt from an interview in Expressbuzz that adds more to the bond between Pandit Chaurasia and Orissa.

… After a sound training in Hindustani music, I learnt Odissi under great masters like Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar and Balakrushna Dash after I came to Cuttack for my college education.

Kabichandra Kali Charan Patnaik – the doyen of Orissa’s theatre, dance and music who was my maternal uncle – guided my music career. As a result I topped the State in the youth festival in 1959 and also became an AGrade singer for All India Radio (AIR) besides performing in many major music conferences in Orissa.

How was the first meeting with Chaurasia?

I was a student at Sailabala Women’s College and as a staff artiste of AIR he came there to play for a cultural programme.

He was only 19 then. I was mesmerised by the tonal quality of his rendition and you may say that it was love at first sight that grew up into courtship later during our association at AIR Cuttack. Finally we got married against the wish of my father and my mentor (Kalicharan Patnaik).

…

Was it a choice or coincidence that your daughter in law is an Oriya?

A coincidence but we are really fortunate to have a caring, efficient and noble ‘bohu’ like her. She has an excellent academic record and was a gifted Odissi dancer. But she also loved to serve the family. She now takes care of Hariji and the family so nicely that I am able to go back to music. I teach at Hariji’s institution in Mumbai known as Vrindavan.

Do you miss your motherland Orissa at times?

Not only me, our whole family loves Orissa more than any other place on this earth. I am happy that Hariji decided to build his Gurukul here that would link all of us to Orissa for the rest of our life more intimately.

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