Archive for May 4th, 2007
Recently the Vice Chancellor of Ravenshaw University made a presentation to the CM about Ravenshaw’s future. As an outcome of this presentation the Orissa government agreed to give land for a second campus of Ravenshaw. The Ravenshaw vice chancellor seems to have a lot of ideas on how to take Ravenshaw to the next level and is looking for support from all corners. If any Ravenshaw alumni or well-wisher would like to help in this goal of taking Ravenshaw to the next level, please get in touch with me.
May 4th, 2007
Today, there is an opinion piece in Times of India that suggests that some of the best NITs and IT-BHU should be upgraded to IITs. I wrote along the same lines in an Indian Express op-ed article last year. This is discussed in more detail in the blog specifically on this topic. Here is a quick overview of the issue.
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CIPET (Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology) is an autonomous institute under the ministry of chemical and fertilizers, Govt. of India. It has several locations. Recently it advertised for students (Samaja,webpage) with the list of programs and a prospectus. Digging deep into the locations and what they offer it seems that until now only the Lucknow, Chennai and Bhubaneswar locations offered the M.Tech program in plastic technology and engineering and from this year the Hajipur (Patna) campus will offer that program. They all offer a slew of post graduate diplomas, post diplomas, diplomas and integrated diplomas/post-diplomas.
May 4th, 2007
Fiver year integrated M.Sc programs are being started at UM-DAE, a new autonomous center for excellence in Basic Sciences jointly set up by University of Mumbai in collaboration with Dept. of Atomic Energy. It will be taught by faculty from nearby institutes such as IIT Bombay, BARC, Univ. of Mumbai and TIFR. The entrance exam for this program is the same one as for NISER, Bhubaneswar. So in a sense, NISER now has head-to-head competition in terms of students. Unless NISER moves quickly and uses its funding advantage to build a nice campus and hire top-notch faculty it may lose out.
May 4th, 2007