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Orissa government has a list of Nursing Schools in this site. Earlier I had compiled a list of Nursing School at this site. Based on today’s article in Telegraph on this topic, following is an updated but partial list of nursing schools/colleges in Orissa.
In the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri area:
- School of Nursing, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
- Kalinga Hospital Ltd., Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar
- Nayak Educational Trust, Nayak Health Care, Abha Diagnostic Complex, Medical Road, Ranihat, Cuttack
- Lord Jagannath Mission, Plot.No.706, Old Station Square, Cuttack Road, BBSR
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, (KIIT), BBSR
- Vivekananda Institute of Social Work & Social Science (VISWASS), BBSR N-2/158, Nayapalli BBSR
- SUM Nursing School, Sikshya Anusandhan, C-51, BDA Duplex, Baramunda, BBSR
- Sushree Institute of Technical Education, Bhubaneswar
- Neelachal School of Medical Science and Nursing, Bhubaneswar
- Manjari Devi school of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
- Hi-tech School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
In rest of Orissa:
- School of Nursing, VSS Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur
- College of Nursing, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Ganjam
- Nursing Training Institute (NTI),IGH, SAIL, Rourkela
- School of Nursing, NSC Hospital, MCL Talcher
According to the Telegraph article there are currently 20 nursing schools and five more have been given no objection certificates (NOCs).
June 6th, 2007
Enconomic times and Financial Express report that TCS has recruited 1100 students from 10 engineering colleges in Orissa with 65% of them from KIIT, ITER and CET Bhubaneswar.
June 6th, 2007
Balasore and Baripada people are earnestly pursuing govt. medical colleges in their areas through various means including district level dharanas and meetings, dharanas in Bhubaneswar, signature campaign and lobbying the government through their MLAs. They are doing it in the right way. A similar approach led them to success in both locations being able to land individual universities (North Orissa University in Baripada and Fakirmohan University in Balsore). Following are excerpts from two articles in the Daily Pioneer.
Continue Reading June 6th, 2007
You may recall that ICICI bank recently (on May 24th) signed an MOU with the Orissa government and also another one with Utkal University. The later was about starting courses whose graduates would most likely be hired by ICICI. They have moved fast and today there is an advertisement for a one year P.G. Diploma in Banking and Insurance Management offered by DDCE Utkal University in collaboration with ICICI bank. The filled forms, supposed to be available at a DDCE site (not available yet though), is due 20th June 2007 and the entrance exam to select 60 is on 1st July 2007.
Continue Reading June 6th, 2007
Career point is one of the top coaching centers in Kota. (It is not the top though.) Its advertisement in Samaj today says: “Outstanding performance by CPians. Total selection in IIT-2007 – 21 out of 55.” Overall in 2007 Careerpoint claims 7 in top 50 and 1005 total. In comparison, FIIT JEE claims 43 in top 100 and 2467 overall in 2007, Bansal claims 1400 in BCPL Kota, 130 in BCPL Jaipur, etc. in 2007 and Resonance claims 12 in top 100 and 879 overall in 2007. However FIIT JEE, Bansal and Resonance do not yet have centers in Orissa.
Continue Reading June 5th, 2007
Sri Sri University is the latest mega project Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir Trust has undertaken to translate our beloved Guru Ji’s vision of higher education being global, contemporary, relevant, holistic and empowering. The campus will be situated on a sprawling plateau, measuring 200 acres abutted on one side by a rain fed river and a railway line on the other. Only few kilometers away from Cuttack a traditional city and Bhubaneshwar the capital of Orissa an eastern state of India; the campus will sit in the lap of Mother Nature away from the pollution and distraction of a city yet within the reach of urban facilities.
Continue Reading June 5th, 2007
New Indian Express reports that the Chennai Business School will open a center in Bhubaneswar. Following are excerpts from that report.
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For a background on Chennai Business School one may have a look at the Hindu Business line article of March 2006, which reports its starting in Chennai in 2006 by senior executives who were not happy that the existing business schools in India were using case studies mostly from abroad and were graduating students 70% of which were not employable.
Continue Reading June 5th, 2007
I received a power point presentation about the proposed Sri Sri University. It provides some details on what the plans about this university are. As per my conversation they planned to start in 2007 but it is getting delayed and they won’t start in 2007. One of the reason for the delay is that the government of Orissa has not yet passed the private university act. I hope they pass it this session of the assembly.
The university is being started by the Art of Living Foundation. Following is some information about it from its web page.
The Art of Living Foundation was inspired by the programs of spiritual leader and humanitarian His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar that began in 1982. It has been a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization in the U.S. since 1989. Accredited as a United Nations Non-Governmental organization in 1996, it is now one of the UN’s largest volunteer-based NGOs. It works in special consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council, participating in a variety of committees and activities relating to health, education, sustainable development, conflict resolution, and disaster relief.
If anyone is interested in helping in the establishment and development of this university, I would be happy to put him/her in touch with the people who are in charge. Please write to me and let me know what kind of help you have in mind.
June 5th, 2007
At present there are 29 Central Schools in Orissa the latest being one in Neeladri Vihar Bhubaneswar (2003), one in Keonjhar (2001) and a second shift (2004) at Central School 1 in Bhubaneswar. In KBK districts the central schools are in Sunabeda, Koraput, Bhawanipatna and Balangir (2 of them). Many of the central schools have their own websites.
June 4th, 2007
Today’s Statesman has a report on the latest status of the WODC related private medical college in Rourkela. Following is a quote from that article:
In December 2006, the government of Orissa invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from various parties for setting up of the medical college in Rourkela and 14 organisations applied. Subsequently, a high power committee, which met on 15 January this year, shortlisted six applicants.
The shortlisted applicants are BHD Charitable Trust, VELS Institute for Advanced Studies, Chennai, Jasar Dental Medical Education Health Foundation, UP, HI-Tech Hospital Bhubaneswar, BV Charitable Trust Bhubaneswar, PET, Rourkela and Cambridge Trust of India, Ranchi.
The applicants deposited a draft of Rs 1 crore with the government to set up a medical college with 150 seats and a multi specialty hospital with 750 beds. The government of Orissa will provide 25 acres of land and Rs 10 crore to whoever get the offer.
However, it is reported, after the initial scrutiny, that there is no further progress in it. In fact, during the invitation of EoI in November, Mr Sarada Nayak, MLA of Rourkela, had said that very soon, the work would begin as all the bottlenecks have been removed. When contacted, Mr Nayak said: “The case is in the court after the displaced persons’ association moved to court for which we are unable to do anything. But, soon there will be some development in this matter.â€
June 4th, 2007
The Orissa government’s higher education website is here. Following are some of the interesting links at that site:
- The list of government colleges in Orissa
- List of private Colleges by district and by block
- A list of colleges with disciplines they offer
- Another list of colleges
The above lists are incomplete as they are missing some colleges. There are colleges in list 3 and 4 that do not appear in 1 and 2. Well known private colleges such as Christ College and Stewart Science College do not appear in list 2.
The UGC also has lists of colleges and universities in various states. Following are some links.
- List of Colleges in Orissa: page 1 ; page 2; page 3
- List of Universities in Orissa
- List of autonomous colleges (page 2 contains the list for Orissa)
June 4th, 2007
Following are some on-line resources for preparing for IIT JEE.
June 4th, 2007
There seems to be a lot of coaching institutions at the plus two science level in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack area. Below is a list and their ads just after the IIT and AIEEE results were out. They are not doing that well in the IIT front. Lets hope that in the near future some of the top-notch national level coaching institutions (such as FIIT JEE, Bansals) move to Orissa and increase the number of students sent from Orissa to IITs and IISERs. One national level coaching institution that will start this year is Narayana coaching.
Continue Reading June 4th, 2007
Today’s Dharitri has an article on people lining up to buy plus two forms in various colleges in Berhampur. Based on that article, following is a possibly incomplete list of options for pursuing plus two in Berhampur.
- Khallikote Junior College (govt.)
- Binayak Acharya govt. college
- Sashibhushan Rath govt. womens college
- Mahamayee womens college
- Roland Supriya junior college
- Jagannath college
- Gayatri plus two science residential college for Boys, Berhampur
- Gayatri womens’ college, Berhampur
- Vedavyasa college
- City College
- Model womens college
- S D womens college
- Cambridge college
- Gyanamandira (the plus 2 extension of Saraswati sishu mandira)
Update June 4 2007: Reader Gopal names additional plus two colleges in the area. Thanks. His list is as follows:
- Herambhalaya residential college
- Deccan College
- Gopalpur Science College
- University Science college
- Vidya Science Junior College
- Aryabhatta College
- +2 Science at De’ Paul School
- +2 Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur
- +2 Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gopalpur
June 3rd, 2007
Telegraph reports on the progress and the obstacles faced in making Capital Hospital a medical college. Following are some excerpts:
The proposed Rs 100 crore medical college at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar could start anytime, but for five more acres of land.
The hospital that currently owns 20 acre of land needs another five acre to fulfil the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms for a medical college set up. As per the MCI the qualifying a criterion for any medical college is to “own a suitable single plot of land measuring not less than 25 acres.â€
“We have earmarked a few locations close by. However, the properties are already encroached and there are likely chances of protests by unauthorised occupants,†said the CMO of Capital Hospital, Loknath Acharya, refusing to reveal the exact location. …
Meanwhile, the location for the academic building has also been decided. “A seven-storied building would be constructed close to the paediatric and regional diagnostic centre,†said Acharya. This would house the major departments and staff chambers. …
Ever since the government decided to set up a medical college at a meeting presided over by the chief minister on April 8, the panel constituting senior bureaucrats led by director of medical education and technology S.C. Mohapatra has sat thrice discussing lacunas in the project.
June 2nd, 2007
A PIB release says the following:
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting to review the state of higher education in India and address the challenge of increasing enrolment while improving access to and quality of higher education in India. The Prime Minister directed the University Grants Commission and the Planning Commission to jointly prepare a strategy for this. The Prime Minister also declared that the Government of India will setup at least one Central University in every State and assist State Government to ensure that there is at least one degree college in every district. There are presently 20 Central Universities in the country, while 16 States do not have a Central University. The Prime Minister said that each Central University should become a symbol of excellence, a model of efficiency and an example in terms of academic standards and university governance for other State Universities to emulate. 350 districts where enrolment is below national average will be brought upto national average. The Prime Minister also reiterated his commitment to offer more scholarships to increase the gross enrollment rate at the college level.Â
June 1st, 2007
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