PHFI to establish a public health training center in Bhubaneswar – Sambada. Why not an IIPH?
April 4th, 2008
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MOU for five textile training centers
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
the State Government and Apparel Export Promotion Council on Thursday signed an MoU to set up apparel training and design centres.
As per the MoU, five satellite centres would be set up at Berhampur, Rourkela, Baripada, Sambalpur and Cuttack. Three centres at Berhampur, Baripada and Rourkela would start on 31st May, 2008. The two other centres at Cuttak and Sambalpur will be taken up in the next phase.
As per the scheme, the initial capital expenditure of Rs 30 lakh for setting up the institution will be provided by State Government. The assistance will come from the State Employment Mission which works with the objective of skill generation for creating employability among rural and urban youths. The Government will also make available for the Centre floor area of 5,500- 7,500 sq feet suitable for undertaking training and housing equipments. The AEPC will be responsible for other recurring expense for running the institutions including recruitment of personnel and other staffs as well as the day-to-day.
The APEC will be responsible for other recurring expenses for running institution including recruitment of personnel and other staffs as well as the day a to day management. In selection of trainees, local candidates will be given priority and selection will be made from the candidates of Orissa only. These five centres will able to generate about 5,000- 6,000 employment in the garment sector only and 20,00 -26,000 over the 11th plan period.
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ASBM to offer PG courses in investment portfolio
Following is an excerpt from a report in New Indian Express.
Leading business weekly ‘Dalal Street Investment Journal’ (DSIJ) has zeroed in on city-based Asian School of Business Management to launch a post-graduate programme in investment portfolio management, the first of its kind in the country.
The journal, owned by Ramdeo Media Enterprises, will provide the course content and other expertise. ASBM … Both the organisations signed an MoU on Thursday to launch the course. It would first be offered in ASBM’s upcoming Hyderabad campus and later on here.
… the magazine had approached ASBM to leverage on its core strength and run the programme which would eventually meet the increasing demand for qualified professionals in the expanding equity market. A recent report by the journal had, in fact, highlighted the acute shortage of managers in handling the swelling base of investment portfolio.
Signing the agreement, director (marketing) Deepak Jhangiani too highlighted the manifold growth of the investment community in the country which has expanded to the tune of 3.2 million within a short period.
As per prediction, about 1,000 mutual fund companies are expected to come up in the subcontinent. The course will stretch over 18 months and have six months of internship programme in investment firms.
April 4th, 2008
IIT directors urge govt to give new institutes another name
Excerpts from an article in the Business Standard:
Directors of some Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are understood to have written to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia urging the government to give the proposed IITs some other name.
They are of the view that calling the new institutes “IITs” would dilute the brand image of the existing premier institutes, which figure among the world’s 100 best technology universities and are compared with the likes of MIT, California University and Berkeley.
If true, this is an unfortunate development. I do not think increasing the number of IITs from 7 to 16 is going to have any impact on the existing IITs, if done right. IIMs don’t seem to mind any "brand dilution"; the elitist attitude of the IITs is rather shocking.
IMHO, existing IITs are so good because of their students, faculty, and funding. If the government is willing to invest in the IITs and is careful in hiring the faculty, then the proposed IITs can have equally good infrastructure and faculty compared to the old ones. As far as students are concerned, doubling the intake is not going to impact the quality of students drastically. I believe that the top 6000 IIT JEE rankers are as good as the top 3000 rankers (or however many students are admitted these days). Finally, existing IITs are nowhere near MIT or UCB, so its not really a big gap to bridge for the proposed IITs.
April 4th, 2008