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Bokaro steel plant sponsored medical college almost ready in Jharkhand; Orissa can not convince RSP or NALCO for a similar effort

Earlier we mentioned Bokaro Steel plant agreeing to set up an engineering college and a medical college in Jharkhand. Following is an update on that from a report in Telegraph.

Bokaro Ispat Institute of Medicine at Bokaro General Hospital, which was supposed to start its academic session this year, is still awaiting a nod from the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The college also needs an approval of the board of directors of the Steel authority of India Limited (SAIL) for availing infrastructure of the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL).

…  Health minister Bhanu Pratap Shahi had in 2006 promised that he would clear the project within 24 hours if he received any proposal from BSL for setting up a medical college. He had also assured that the college would become functional by 2008. However, the pace of paperwork for setting up the college has raised doubts on whether the academic session would begin even in 2009.

Sources said that MCI had completed its survey of the general hospital, which would be used for training students. It has surveyed other infrastructure that BSL is willing to extend. However, the council has not given its nod yet. …

After getting the approval of the Jharkhand government in November 2007, the managing director of BSL, V.K. Srivastav, had told The Telegraph that he was anxiously waiting for the MCI team’s survey of the hospital, one of the best in eastern India.

To speed up work, the BSL also constituted the Bokaro Educational Trust headed by its executive director Jivesh Mishra. …

4 comments September 2nd, 2008

Brief updates on NISER Bhubaneswar

1. NISER Bhubaneswar has a redesigned web page with information on faculty.
2. A competition for Architects to design the NISER campus will be announced in the near future.
3. NISER is going through the faculty applications that it received and checking the references. It expects to invite selected candidates for interview in the coming months.
4. The Director appointment is still waiting for the final seal of approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. However, the identified Director, Prof. T K Chandrasekar visits NISER once in a while and is in the loop regarding major decisions. The approval from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet is expected to come any time.
5. NISER is in touch with IIT Bhubaneswar officials to co-ordinate some of the infrastructure requirements, such as a water line to the campus.

September 2nd, 2008