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Rajasthan asks its IIT to be in Kota; Bathinda in Punjab expects an IIT or an IIM

Following is an excerpt from a report in Financial express.

The Rajasthan Government has asked the Centre to set up an Indian Institute of Technology in Kota, Industry Minister Digamber Singh has said.

At a function yesterday, Singh said "a letter has already been sent to the Centre by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje asking it to set up an IIT at Kota."

He claimed Kota was the most ideal place for setting up such an institute in Rajasthan because it had already become a hub for technical education in northern India.

 Following is an excerpt from a report in 24-7pressrelease.com.

The Centre has also been approached to issue No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the two civil airports in the State at Bhisiana in Bathinda and Sahnewal near Ludhiana. An IIT or IIM is also proposed to be set up in the city. With the emergence of all these fast-paced developmental activities, Bathinda is fast emerging on the Real Estate Map of India and one of the most sought after land in Punjab.

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National doctoral fellowship to pursue Ph.D in Architecture, Engineering, Management and Pharmacy

The following is from http://www.aicte.ernet.in/national_doc.htm.

In pursuance of the Policy Framework for promotion of Post Graduate Education and Research in Technical Education as announced by Ministry of Human Resource Development, the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) offers NDF to eligible candidates to pursue Doctoral programmes. Under the NATIONAL DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (NDF) scheme Fifty (50) Doctoral Fellowships will be offered to selected candidates in emerging areas/disciplines of Technical Education by AICTE to pursue Doctoral programme.

 
OBJECTIVE
 

To attract highly qualified and motivated candidates to pursue doctoral degree and offer themselves for teaching positions in the Technical Education System. To provide research support to bright young candidates for pursuing exciting and innovative research in the field of Technical Education.

                                       
 
DETAILS OF SCHEME:
 

Scholarship @ Rs.12,000/- per month per candidate.

Contingency grant of Rs. 25,000/- per annum per candidate.

Overhead charges of Rs. 20,000/- per annum per candidate to the host institution i.e. Institution where the candidate will be pursuing Ph.D./Doctoral Programme.

 
ELIGIBILITY:
 

(1) The candidate should be less then 35 years of age on 31.08.2005. However age relaxation of 5 years would be given to candidates belonging to SC/ST, Women & Physically challenged category.

(2) Those who have already secured admission on or after 1st Sept., 2005 as full time candidates and are in the first year of their doctoral programme in the selected Host Institutions given in the Annexure are eligible to apply. The date of registration should be between 01.09.2004 and 31.08.2005.

 
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
 

The candidates who satisfy the screening criteria as decided by AICTE, will have to appear for an interview. Based on the performance of the candidates in the interview, a merit list of candidates shall be prepared by the AICTE, from which the final selection of candidates for the scheme shall be made.

 
PERIOD OF SCHOLARSHIP:
 
The scholarships shall be given for a period of 3 years.
 
HOW TO APPLY:
 

The detailed information and application form can be downloaded from the AICTE website (www.aicte.ernet.in). The completed applications with all necessary documents should be sent to : Advisor (FD), AICTE, IV Floor, East Tower, NBCC Place, Pragati Vihar, Bhishm Pitamah Marg, New Delhi – 110 003. Those candidates who have already applied prior to this advertisement need to apply again. (LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION – 31.08.2005)

 

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS

 

Candidates registered in the following institutions shall be eligible for NDF

 
Architecture & Town Planning
 

1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302

2. School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi – 110002

3. School of Planning & Arch, J.N.T.U., Hyderabad – 500028.

4. School of Arch & Planning, Anna Univ, Chennai – 600025

 

Engineering & Technology

 

5. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai -600036

6. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati-781039

7. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016

8. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302

9. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai -781039

10.Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi – 110016

11.Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee – 247 667

12.Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012

13.M.National Institute of Technology, Allahabad -211004

14.National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode – 673601

15.V. National Institute of Technology, Nagpur -440011

16.National Institute of Technology, Rourkela -769008

17.National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal -574157

18.National Institute of Technology, Trichy -620015

19.National Institute of Technology, Warangal -506004

20.PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641004

21.Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata – 700032

22.Sh. G. S. Institute of Science & Technology, Indore – 452003

23.University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering,                 

     Bangalore- 560056

24.Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad-826004
25.Anna University, Chennai- 600025

26. Inst. Of Tech, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005

27.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

 
Management
 

28.Management Development Institute, Gurgoan -122001

29.T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal – 576119.

30.Faculty of Management Stuedies Banaras Hindu University,    

     Varanasi – 221005.

31.Narseee Monjee Inst of Mgt Studies, Mumbai – 400058.

32.Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore – 560076.

33.Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata –700104.

34.Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad – 380015

35.Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur – 831001

36.Indian Institute of Management, Indore- 452012

37.Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode – 673571.

38.Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow – 226013. 

39.Faculty of Management Stuedies Delhi University, New Delhi.

40.Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302

41.Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi – 110016

42.Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai– 400076

 
Pharmacy
 

43.Kakatiya University,Warangal – 506009.

44.J. S. S. College of Pharmacy,Ootacamund –643001.

45.College of Pharmacy, Univ of Delhi, Delhi – 110017

46.Dr.Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya,Sagar– 470003.

47.Jadavpur University, Kolkata– 700032.

48.M. S. University of Baroda, Baroda – 390001

49.KLE Society’s College of Pharmacy, Belgaum– 390001
 
 
 
 
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NRIs propose to set up three private medical colleges; Berhampur wants one: Dharitri

February 4th, 2008

IIT Kharagpur plans to triple in size in 10 years

Following are excerpts from a report in Business Standard.

Said D Acharya, director, IIT Kharagpur, “We have lined up huge expansion plans. Being the oldest IIT, our infrastructure is old. We plan to increase the strength of students from the present 7,000 to 20,000. We also want to increase the pool of faculty from 600 at present to 2,000 in the next 10 years. We plan to launch free engineering courses for students and also devise a programme for the training of teachers.”

Following is a quote from an Indian Express report.

In the next five years, the institute plans to increase its intake of students from the present 7,000 to 12,000. By 2017, it plans to increase its strength to 24,000.

While part of me is excited about this development in my alma-matter, I am worried that this will add to the imbalance of higher education spread across India. Earlier IIT Kharagpur had proposed to achieve this expansion by having branch campuses in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. That would have spread the higher education opportunity across a larger geographical area. But  MHRD stopped it and now the plan is to expand in place. This would definitely save some cost but will add to the existing inequity.


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