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Ad for M. Tech at Siksha `O’ Anusandhan University

August 3rd, 2007

IITTM offers PGDM in International Business Management in Bhubaneswar: their ad for admission in PG Diploma in Management

See the web page of the institute for the prospectus and application form.  The above ad is for their PGDM in Services management at Gwalior and International Business Management at Gwalior as well as Bhubaneswar. The other programs they offer are:

• 3 year BTM (hons) program
• PGD in Management in Tourism and Travel (Gwalior and Bhubaneswar)
• PGD in Management in Tourism and Travel (New Delhi)

1 comment August 3rd, 2007

IIIT Bhubaneswar gets AICTE approval to start M.Tech from its first year itself

Following are excerpts from Tathya.in which seems to have broken this news.

… the institute has received green signal from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to start M-Tech classes.

… So he along with his colleague Professor A K Das impressed upon the AICTE authorities about the requirement of the state vis-à-vis its ever growing engineering colleges, which are facing dearth of qualitative faculties.

S.N.Tripathy, Secretary IT and Vishal Dev, Director IT also extended their support in this regard.

Overwhelmed by the initiative the AICTE has allowed the IIIT-Bh to go for M.Tech and research initiatives in the first year itself.

“Now it has been decided to enroll 60 students in M. Tech courses in computer science”, said Prof.Nayak.

He said that a committee headed by Professor S.Sadagopan, Director IIIT Bangalore will soon finalize the admission criteria of students, syllabus and fee structure. …

The institution is also in the process of blending both experienced and renowned professors along with young and energetic talents as faculty members, said Prof.Nayak.

At the first place at least 6 professors and associate professors will be roped in and later more will be joining the institution, said he.

Harping on the vision, Prof. Nayak said that IIIT-Bh will be an unique institute imparting education, training, research, and consulting in technology and related fields to develop human resources who will lead the economy and the society in the coming decades.

He said the mission of IIIT-Bh is to be a knowledge seeking Institution of higher learning that will educate students in technology and other disciplines of scholarship.

According to Prof. Das the software major Infosys has agreed to set up a Chair with a rolling fund of Rs.1 crore and TCS is also inclined to support the institute in a big way.

The Institute will work closely with the Industry and other users of the technology including the state government to develop and deliver technological solutions to enhance their competitive position, said the Director.

The IIIT-Bh, which has 23 acres of land in the outskirts of the Capital City is also eying for another big patch of land adjacent to the allotted site as it is planning to go for a deemed university status for operational autonomy. …

68 comments August 3rd, 2007

Board of Secondary Education, Orissa – toppers since 1957

The Board of Secondary Education of Orissa now has a nice web page. Following is a list of its toppers since 1957.

Continue Reading 10 comments August 2nd, 2007

IIT and IIM situation in India: if the planning commission approves where the new ones may be

Following is the current status regarding where the existing and announced IITs and IIMs are.

IITs: 7 existing IITs and 3 new ones have been announced. If planning commission approves the plan that has been floated, 5 more IITs will be established.

  1.  Andhra Pradesh (announced IIT)
   2.  Arunachal Pradesh
   3.  Assam     (existing IIT )
   4.  Bihar        (announced IIT)
   5.  Chhatisgarh  (possible new location)
   6.  Delhi      (existing IIT)
   7.  Goa       (possible new location)
   8.  Gujarat   (possible new location)
   9.  Haryana    (possibly a shared one with Punjab at Chandigarh)
   10. Himachal Pradesh 
   11. J & K      (possible new location)
   12. Jharkhand   (possible new location)
   13. Karnataka   (possible new location)
   14. Kerala         (possible new location)
   15. Madhya Pradesh  (possible new location)
   16. Maharastra (existing IIT)
   17. Manipur
   18. Meghalaya
   19. Mizoram
   20. Nagaland
   21. Orissa   (possible new location)
   22. Punjab  (possibly a shared one with Punjab at Chandigarh)
   23. Rajasthan   (announced IIT)
   24. Sikkim
   25. Tamil Nadu  (existing IIT)
   26. Tripura
   27. Uttarakhand (existing IIT)
   28. Uttar Pradesh (existing IIT)
   29. West Bengal   (existing IIT)

My guess is that if indeed 5 more new IITs are announced, then the underlined ones above will have the best chances.

IIMs: There are six existing ones, three new ones have been announced. If planning commission approves the plan that is being floated then four more new IIMs will be established.

7 more IIMs (3 announced)

   1.  Andhra Pradesh  (announced IIM)
   2.  Arunachal Pradesh
   3.  Assam
   4.  Bihar     (announced IIM)
   5.  Chhatisgarh  (possibly an IIM)
   6.  Delhi     (IIM Lucknow campus)
   7.  Goa
   8.  Gujarat   (existing IIM)
   9.  Haryana    (possibly a shared one with Punjab near Chandigarh)
   10. Himachal Pradesh
   11. J & K         (possibly an IIM)
   12. Jharkhand  (possibly an IIM)
   13. Karnataka  (existing IIM)
   14. Kerala     (existing IIM)
   15. Madhya Pradesh  (existing IIM)
   16. Maharastra  (possibly an IIM)
   17. Manipur
   18. Meghalaya  (announced IIM)
   19. Mizoram
   20. Nagaland
   21. Orissa      (possibly an IIM)
   22. Punjab    (possibly a shared one with Haryana near Chandigarh)
   23. Rajasthan (possibly an IIM)
   24. Sikkim
   25. Tamil Nadu (possibly an IIM)
   26. Tripura
   27. Uttarakhand  (possibly an IIM)
   28. Uttar Pradesh (existing IIM)
   29. West Bengal   (existing IIM)

My guess is that if indeed 4 more new IIMs are announced, and we are on target with respect to our guess on the IIT locations, then the underlined ones above will have the best chances for having IIMs.

August 2nd, 2007

Times of India: 8 more IITs and 7 more IIMs under consideration

Following is the report from Times of India on this. I hope the full planning commission approves this idea.

NEW DELHI: In a major rollout for high and technical education, Planning Commission has proposed a seven-year special plan (2007-14) which includes setting up eight new IITs, seven new IIMs, 20 NITs, 20 IIITs and 50 centres for training and research in frontier areas.

Of the IITs, three have already been cleared and one IIM at Shillong has received the green signal. The seven-year special plan for higher and technical education would start in the 11th Plan and spill over to the next without being diluted. The plan panel has proposed a funding of Rs 1.31 lakh crore for the seven year plan.

The full Planning Commission will discuss the proposal threadbare when it meets on August 6 to deliberate exclusively on the impetus that should be delivered to education for the 11th Plan.

The special plan envisages setting up of 30 central universities. One central university will be located in each of the 16 uncovered states while 14 new ones of world class will come up in states which provide land free of cost in attractive locations.

These universities will have various schools including medical and engineering institutions. Also, 370 new degree colleges in districts with low gross enrolment ratio would be established and 6,000 colleges would be strengthened.
In the field of technical education, the seven-year plan talks of expansion and upgradation of 200 technical institutions in various states. There is also a plan to upgrade seven technical universities which include Bengal Engineering College, Howrah, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Andhra University Engineering College, Vishakapatnam, University Engineering College, Osmania University, Jadavpur University, Institute of Technology BHU and Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology, AMU.

Apart from eight IITs and seven IIMs, there is a plan to have five Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, two Schools of Planning and Architecture, 20 National Institutes of Technology, 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology and 50 centres of training and research in frontier areas.

The central assistance under the special plan has a very strong reform component and looks up to states to agree for a minimum set of reforms to restructure higher education system covering admission, revision in curricula, collaboration with foreign universities and networking.

August 2nd, 2007

Preliminary Ranking of Orissa Engineering Colleges that participate in BPUT JEE counseling – solely based on student preferences

Solely based on the student preferences so far we develop a ranking below. Our methodology is we compare when the various branches of the colleges get finished.  For example below when we write CET (8, 8, 12, 12, 16) it means that two of CET branches were all finished in the GE category by the ranks 800, two by 1200 and one by 1600. We will use the first three numbers unless it becomes necessary to go beyond that.

• 1. UCE Burla (8,8,12,12,16)
• 1. CET Bhubaneswar  (8,8,12,12,16)
• 2. ITER Bhubaneswar (16,16,16)
• 3. Silicon Bhubaneswar (16, 20, 20)
• 4. CV Raman (20,24,28)
• 5. NIST Berhampur (24, 24, 28)
• 6. GITA (28,28,32)
• 7. Orissa Eng College Bhubaneswar (28, 28, 36)
• 7. IGIT Sarang (20,28,45)
• 8. College of Eng Bhubaneswar (36,36,41)
• 9. Gandhi Eng College Bhubaneswar (36,41,45)
• 10. Krupajala Bhubaneswar (45,45,45)
• 10. Trident Bhuabneswar (41, 45, 50)
• 11. East Bhubaneswar (45,55,66)
• 11. Gandhi Inst for Tech Bhubaneswar (50,50,60)
• 11. GIET Gunupur (50,50,60)
• 12. Orissa school of mining eng Keonjhar (45, 55, X)
• 13. NMIET Bhubaneswar (66, 72, 78)
• 14. DRIEMS(72,72,X)
• 15. Konark Bhubaneswar (78, 78, X)
• 15. Koustuva Bhubaneswar (78, 78, X)
• 16. Mahavir Bhubaneswar (78, 84, X)
• 16. Synergy Dhenkanal (78, 84, X)
• 17. Nalanda Bhubaneswar (84, 84, X)
• 18. Techno Bhubaneswar (84, X, X)
• 18. Rajdhani Bhubaneswar (84, X, X)
• 18. Roland Berhampur (84, X, X)

11 comments August 2nd, 2007

Summary of GE seat situation at the end of JEE counseling on 1st August 2007 [GE 1-8400]

This is a continuation of our earlier effort. Following are the branches and colleges that no longer have any GE seats. On the side we mention in which counseling the seats got filled up and what are left. The colleges that do not appear in the list below have seats left in all their disciplines.

1. CV Raman  Bhubaneswar  (AE & I 2401-2800, Comp Sc 2001-2400, Electrical 2401-2800, Elec & TC 1601-2000, IT 2401-2800, Mech 3201-3600, Chemical 7201-7800)  Marine
2. College of Engg. Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 3201-3600, Elect & TC 3201-3600, IT 3601-4100, E & EE 4501-5000, Mech 5501-6000) Civil
3. CET Bhubaneswar (Civil 1201-1600, Comp Sc 401-800, Electrical 401-800, I&E 1-400 (?), IT 801-1200, Mech 801-1200, Biotech 4101-4500) Textile, Fashion
4. DRIEMS, Cuttack (Comp Sc 6601-7200, Ele & TC 6601-7200) AE&I, Elec, IT
5. East Bhubaneswar (Elect & TC 4101-4500, Comp Sc. 5001-5500, IT 6001-6600) AE&I, Elect, Mech, Biomed, Env
6. Gandhi Engineering College Bhubaneswar (ECE 3201-3600, Comp Sc 3601-4100, E & EE V, IT 4501-4500) – ALL GE GONE by 5000
7. Gandhi Institute for Technology Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 4501-5000, ECE 4501-5000, IT 5501-6000, E&EE 5501-6000) – ALL GE GONE by 6000
8. GIET Gunupur (Comp Sc 4501-5000, ECE 4501-5000, E & EE 5501-6000, IT 6601-7200, AE & I 7201-7800, Mech 7201-7800) Biotech, Chem
9. GITA Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 2401-2800, E & EE 2801-3200, IT 3201-3600, ECE 2401-2800, Electrical 4101-4500, Mech 4501-5000) – ALL GE GONE by 5000
10. IGIT Sarang (Elect 1601-2000, Mech 2401-2800, Metallurgy 4101-4500, Civil 4501-5000, Chemical 5001-5500) – ALL GE GONE 5500
11. ITER Bhubaneswar (AE&I 1201-1600, Civil 3201-3600, Comp Sc 1201-1600, Electrical 1601-2000, E &EE 1201-1600, ELE & TC 1201-1600, IT 1201-1600, Mech 2401-2800) – ALL GE GONE by 3600
12. Konark Inst Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 7201-7800, Ele & TC 7201-7800) AE & I, Elec, Mech
13. Koustuva Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 7201-7800) E & EE, Elc & TC, IT, Biomed
14. Krupajala Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 4101-4500, Elec & TC 4101-4500, IT 4101-4500, AE & I 5501-6000, Elec 5501-6000, Mech 6601-7200) – ALL GE GONE by 7200
15. Mahavir Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 7201-7800, Elec & TC 7801-8400) AE&E, E &EE, IT, Biomed
16. Nalanda (Comp Sc 7801-8400, ECE 7801-8400) IT, Mech
17. NIST Berhampur (Comp Sc 2001-2400, E & EE 2401-2800, I & E 2801-3200, IT 2801-3200, ECE 2001-2400) – ALL GE GONE by 3200
18. NM IET Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 6001-6600, ECE 6601-7200,  E & EE 7201-7800, IT 7801-8400) Mech, Inst
19. Orissa Engineering College (Comp Sc 2401-2800, ELE & TC 2401-2800, IT 3201-3600, Electrical 3601-4100, Mech 4501-5000) Civil
20. Orissa school of mining Engg Keonjhar (Elec 4101-4500, Mech 5001-5500) Mining
21. Rajdhani Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 7801-8400) E & EE, IT, ECE
22. Roland Berhampur (ECE 7801-8400) AE & I, Comp Sc, E & EE, IT
23. Silicon Bhubaneswar (AE & I 2001-2400, Comp Sc 1601-2000 , E & EE 1601-2000, ELE & TC 1201-1600, IT 1601-2000 ) – ALL GE GONE by 2400
24. Synergy Dhenkanal (Elec & TC 7201-7800, Comp Sc 7801-8400)  Elec, IT, Mech
25. Techno Bhubaneswar (Comp Sc 7801-8400) AE & I, E & EE, ECE
26. Trident Bhubaneswar (Elec & TC 3601-4100, Comp Sc 4101-4500, E & EE 4501-5000, Biomed 7201-7800) – ALL GE GONE by 7800
27. UCE Burla (Civil 1601-2000, Comp Sc 401-800, Electrical 801-1200, Elec & TC 401-800, IT 801-1200, Manu 2801-3200, Mech 1201-1600) – ALL GE GONE by 3200

3 comments August 2nd, 2007

Samaja ad for NCSTC award

The Dept. of Science and Technology of Govt. of India has a National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) which offers awards for promotion of science and technology. Following is its ad in Samaja.

August 1st, 2007

Samaja ad about training at State Coir Development & Training Centre, Teisipur, Puri

Orissa has a regional office of the coir board at Bhubaneswar. It also has a State Coir Development & Training Centre at Teisipur, Puri where it imparts training. Following is an ad from Samaja on a one year training course offered by the later.

August 1st, 2007

Orissa government discusses next steps for Ravenshaw

Following are some excerpts on this from a report in New Indian Express.

The State Government has proposed to the newly formed Ravenshaw University to introduce Computer Science as an elective subject in all disciplines.

… Keeping in mind the importance of information technology in the present scenario, computer education should be offered as a subject in all disciplines – art, science and commerce, the meeting observed.

The Government has also decided to fill up all teaching posts in the university this year and as a first step, all teaching staff position [*corrected*] of the erstwhile Ravenshaw College would be transferred to the university. The posts lying vacant would be filled up through recruitment. Out of the total sanctioned teaching posts of 144, as many as 26 posts are presently vacant, official sources said.

A decision has also been taken to transfer the existing lecturers to government colleges in phases and make fresh recruitment in their place. The non-teaching staff would be given an option to continue in the university or go to any government college on transfer. The meeting resolved that a decision on the introduction of new subjects in the university should be taken only after reviewing the existing self-financed courses.

Following is Sambada’s report on it.

2 comments August 1st, 2007

More details on UGC’s support to Ravenshaw University

Indiaedunews.net has more details on UGC’ s support to Ravenshaw. Following are some excerpts.

Cuttack: The newly-formed Ravenshaw University (RU) has become eligible to receive Central financial assistance under section 12 (B) of UGC Act 1956. The university authorities recently received a letter from UGC undersecretary Urmila Gulati.

The communique states that: "The University shall abide by the instructions, guidelines, notifications, rules and regulations as issued by the UGC from time to time". It may be noted here that a team of members from UGC had visited the campus earlier this month to verify the facilities available at the university that was last year upgraded to its present status from an autonomous college.

As per the UGC norms, the varsity would now get an immediate assistance of Rs.1 crore for development under "Young University" scheme. "The Government is now going to abolish all existing posts of the erstwhile college and in their place, fresh recruitments will be made soon for the newly formed university," said Satyakam Mishra Registrar of RU.

Ravenshaw University is a state University which came in to existence on 15th November, 2006. The university has been upgraded from the erstwhile Ravenshaw College established in 1868 which was one of the oldest and largest autonomous colleges in India.

August 1st, 2007

Further news on the proposed new central universities

Following are some excerpts  on this topic from a report in Hindustan Times. However, the numbers below look wrong. A previous article had mentioned the total cost to be 5000 crores. That number appears more reasonable.

In a bid to have similar higher standard of education in the new 14 Central Universities proposed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the government wants to bring a uniform legislation to govern them all. The new universities would cost government Rs Rs 41,802 crore.

… Recently, Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia had told HT that the government intends to develop these institutes into “centers of excellence” at part with one of the best in the world.

The decision to have a uniform legislation is said to be a step in this direction. HRD ministry officials, who deliberated on the issue on Monday, said uniform legislation would ensure better regulation and maintaining of high standards of education. “It will also give a sort of uniformity to higher education system in India, which is lacking,” a ministry official said. 

The government has also proposed that the new Central universities should be modeled on Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, the only university in the country among top 200 in the world.

The proposed law will also ensure linkages between Central universities enabling easy mobility of students from one university into another and a centralized admission system. However, the HRD ministry has some reservation on whether the centralized admission system would be possible for graduate and post-graduate studies in arts or commerce as evaluating students’ ability through a test may not be possible.   
 
Government officials also said the proposed law will frame complete autonomy for these universities based on JNU governance model to check “political interference” in appointment of vice-chancellors and faculty. The law would provide complete autonomy to the executive and academic council on how to run the university within University Grants Commission guidelines.

The government also plans that 14 Central Universities will have an engineering school, a management school and a law school. But, the decision on the fees to be charges will rest with the university, an official said. The Planning Commission had recommended that the  fee for undergraduate courses should be Rs 12,000 per annum with 40 per cent of students getting substantial scholarships. “The fee structure should cover 20 per cent of the cost for running the university,” the official said.

August 1st, 2007

KIIT National Law School ad in Samaja

5 comments July 31st, 2007

Allahabad bank educational loan

I came across this Allahbad bank site about education loans. They give loans up to 4 lakhs without any collateral security to students of a selected list of colleges/institutes. The current list includes four Orissa institutes. They are:

• AMITY Bhubaneshwar
• XIM Bhubneswhwar
• Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
• NIT Rourkela

5 comments July 31st, 2007

School Choice

This is something I have talked about in various forums earlier. Its great that it is gaining momentum in India. I will now follow it more closely and cover its progress. To start with, today’s Statesman has a report on this. Following are some excerpts.

PARALAKHEMUNDI, July 30: The New Delhi-based Centre for Civil Society inaugurated the “School Choice Campaign in Gajapati district” at a function at the Town Hall here. …

Dr Mishra said the programme was meant to create awareness among the people about the need for a student to be able to study in a school of his/her choice.

There is an obvious disparity in the education system where the rich have the option but a poor child has none whatsoever.
The school choice campaign being organised in nearly eight states has plans to collect 10 lakh signatures, to highlight the issue.
“Crores of rupees are being spent in the name of education but when it comes to real evaluation of results, one finds that pass results are poor, drop-out rates abominable, corruption galore, misappropriation of funds and no accountability.
Why should the bureaucrat decide how education funds should be spent and should they bear no responsibility for the failures,” asked Dr Mishra.

Despite the progress of projects such as the Sarva Sikhsha Abhijan and National Child Labour Project, results are not up to the mark.
After the meeting, Dr Mishra said they have found out that the government investment in education is about Rs 5000 per annum, per student.
The money is being spent in the form of infrastructural development, books purchase, teacher recruitment , purchasing of materials and so on.

Spending is decided by government officers who are unaware of the ground realities.
Had the same money been handed over to the parent or the guardian, giving him or her the choice of school, there could be rapid transformation in the system.

However radical or antagonistic the proposal may be, it is fast catching up and the Delhi-based CCS has been trying to make the government understand that the money is best given to the guardians in the form of vouchers.
If 1,000 students are selected from a particular block and given Rs 5,000 each year for their education, it comes to Rs 50 lakh per annum, he said.

This is bound to encourage good schools to come up in the block.

These can be an alternative to locally run government schools where the poor people are forced to study because the government is investing money on them.

July 31st, 2007