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Following is an excerpt from Indiaedunews on this topic.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently decided to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act for giving relaxation in opening more medical colleges in the country.
In this context, the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said in Srinagar that the Ministry proposed to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act that would help in categorising the States into three types: North East, NRHM and general category. Dr. Ramadoss said this in a review meeting for the implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Jammu & Kashmir.
As per the amendment the District Hospitals in the NRHM States with more than 250 beds would be allowed to be upgraded to the status of medical colleges. Nursing colleges and training institutions for paramedical staff could also be attached to the district hospitals.
As per the document from the NRHM site Orissa is among the 18 NRHM states. (The others are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, J & K, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, MP, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, UP, and Uttaranchal.)
In this regard one must note that the current requirement for a medical college with 50 seats is 400 beds (see page 13), 100 seats is 500 beds, and 150 seats is 750 ; although one can apply when one has 300 beds and one makes a deposit for the remaining number of beds.
July 6th, 2007
Various news reports initially reported that the MCI (Medical Council of India) has reduced the number of MBBS seats in the SCB Medical College from 150 to 103. (Last year it had increased it from 103 to 150 after it had told Orissa what improvements need to be made and Orissa had agreed to that.) Recent reports mention that the CM of Orissa has written to the health minister in Delhi requesting him to change the MCI’s decision and have 150 seats.
At least the CM/Orissa govt. should come out and say what they were asked to do by MCI (or they had promised to MCI to do) and what they have done since the MCI had initially increased the seats from 103 to 150. This should have been mentioned in the press release related to the CM’s letter.
If Orissa indeed did what it promised to MCI (or what was asked by MCI) then they have a valid reason to complain and there is a point to the CM’s letter. If Orissa did not do what it promised to MCI (or what was asked by MCI) Orissa should first on an emergency basis fulfill those conditions and only then Orissa should request/beg the MCI to allow the extra seats.
July 6th, 2007
It seems the Orissa AIEEE site is updated and has now information for 2007. Unlike last year a larger number of colleges seem to be listed there. (Thanks to an alert reader, comment 58 in this article, for pointing this out.)
July 5th, 2007
Agami Odisha plans a convention on the KBK Central University issue on July 8th at the Jayadev Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Following is an appeal by its president:
We appeal to all to attend the Convention in Jayadev Bhavan on 8th July for displaying our commitment , mobilising support and for chalking out a road map for an effective democratic movement spread over KBK region, other district towns in the state and to rest not till we obtain positive response from the central and the state government to our demand.
A contact address the appeal provides is: Shri Dilip on mobile 9861240228.
July 4th, 2007
Odisha.com reports that Sai International plans to establish a K-12 school in a 5.5 acres land near Infocity in Bhubaneswar. The school will be built at an expense of 25 crores and will aim to cater the children of IT employees working in the Infocity.
July 4th, 2007
(Update on June 17 2008: For guidance on what you can get with your Orissa JEE rank in 2008, please see https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1185 I do not have more information than that.)
Orissa JEE counseling brochure is now available in the web. Unfortunately it does not give any historical data regarding which ranks were able to get which branch and which college in the previous years. In comparison with the 2006 counselling brochure, the 2007 counseling brochure lists four new engineering colleges:
- Gandhi Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar [GIF] (this is besides the preexisting Gandhi Engineering College, Bhubaneswar [GEC]; GIET Gunupur [GIT]; and GITA Bhubaneswar [GIB])
- Nalanda institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar [NIT]
- Rajdhani Engineering College, Bhubaneswar [REC]
- Sundergarh Engineering College, Sundergarh [SUN]
and does not include
- Institute of Textile Technology, Choudwar [ITT]
July 3rd, 2007
Pragativadi reports that Prof. Gopal Nayak has been recommended for the IIIT Bhubaneswar director position by the selection committee established by the chief secretary. He will be formally appointed after the chief minister’s approval.
July 3rd, 2007
Ravenshaw University vice chancellor Mr. Devdas Chhotray gave a presentation on Ravenshaw University at Detroit, MI, USA on July 1 2007. Based on the discussion there a yahoo group has been formed for Ravenshaw alumni, friends and well-wishers. The goal of this group is to discuss, make action items, and act towards making Ravenshaw a premier university in the world.
July 3rd, 2007
July 1st, 2007
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July 1st, 2007
News Indian Express reports on some recent developments in regards to the AIIMS branch in Bhubaneswar. Following are some excerpts.
Construction work of All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) branch proposed to be set up at Sijua near here would start by the year-end, seven years after its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister AB Vajpayee.
The Centre has informed the State that construction of housing and hostel blocks and medical college complex would be started by the year-end. The process of shortlisting the developers and consultants for the designdetailed project report (DPR) is at a final stage.
In a letter to the Secretary in the Health Department Chinmoy Basu, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Deepak Gupta has requested the State Government to initiate immediate action for transfer of title deed of the land in favour of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
June 30th, 2007
The following analysis of the Orissa JEE student preferences is done by Satyanarayan Pujapanda a fourth year student from ITER, Bhubaneswar.
Continue Reading June 29th, 2007
Dataquest magazine has published its 2007 ranking. The Orissa Colleges in their ranking are:
- (16) NIT Rourkela : 24 in 2006, 17 in 2005
- (90) UCE Burla: 55 in 2006
- (108) CET Bhubaneswar: 47 in 2006
- (110) Orissa Engineering college, Bhubaneswar: 82 in 2006, 61 in 2005
Only NIT Rourkela improved its ranking from 2006; ranking of others have dropped.
NIT Rourkela also features in the top five engineering colleges in the eastern region. They are:
- (1) IIT Kharagpur
- (6) IIT Guwahati
- (14) Jadavpur University Engineering College
- (16) NIT Rourkela
- (19) BIT Ranchi
As always, these are just one ranking.
June 29th, 2007
June 28th, 2007
NISER Bhubaneswar has advertised for teaching positions. Following is an excerpt from their advertisement.
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) is expected to initiate its academic programme from September, 2007. NISER invites highly qualified scientists with good teaching experience to submit their CV and list of publications to participate in the Integrated M.Sc. teaching programme of NISER in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. NISER will offer fixed term contract appointments to scientists in service or who are retired. Those professors who are interested in coming on sabbatical to teach at NISER up to two semesters, also are welcome to send their CV and list of publications.
All documents should be sent to…
Director
Institute of Physics
Sachivalaya Marg
Bhubaneswar – 751 005
INDIA
By 16th July 2007
(Thanks to Debendra babu for pointing this out.)
June 27th, 2007
Bhubaneswar:26/June/2007
The Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has once again came to support Orissa with an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Dr.Singh said that “there will be an IIT in Orissa”. The Prime Minister’s commitment came during a meeting with J B Patnaik, the Leader of Opposition (LOP) of Orissa. JB met Dr.Singh on June 23 at New Delhi. Speaking to tathya.in JB disclosed the information. According to Mr.Patnaik , the PM was categorical about Orissa and said “I am aware of the demands for an IIT in the state and it will be set there”. PM’s assurance came in the face of the resistance of Arjun Singh, the Minister Human Resources Development (HRD) to support Orissa with institutions of higher learning. Dr.Singh said as per his promise, funding for National Institute Science Education and Research (NISER) is finalized. He said that Rs.800 crore is being funded to NISER, which is being approved by the Union Cabinet. The PM said that Orissa is included in all the Flag Ship Programs of the UPA Government at the Centre. On the demand to include Cuttack in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Dr.Singh not only assured but has asked the Ministry of Urban Development (MUD) to prepare plan accordingly. Connecting the broad gauge railway line from Gunupur to Theruvali, Dr.Singh asked the railway authorities to include it in the expansion plan of the Ministry of Railways (MoR). The Naupada-Gunupur railline is being converted to broad gauge but the MoR dubbling Gunupur-Theruvali, a poor economic returns line has shelved the expansion project. Mr.Patnaik said that Dr.Singh has given assurance in this regard to take up the expansion work up to Theruvali.
June 26th, 2007
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