Tourism management in RCMS: ad in Samaja
September 26th, 2007
Archive for 2007
JIPMER Puducherry MBBS seats increased to 100
Following is from a PIB release about JIPMER Puducherry.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, in the public interest, decided to increase the number of MBBS seats in JIPMER, Puducherry from 75 to 100.
However, due to administrative reasons, the enhanced admissions in this Institute will take effect from the Academic Year 2008-09 onwards.
September 25th, 2007
Third round of JEE counseling
Update: Tathya.in has more details on this.
The following is from http://www.jeeorissa.com/newsfiles/news_33.htm.
COUNSELLING-CUM-ADMISSION FOR VACANT SEATS OF MCA/ENGINEERING COURSES
Some seats of different Engineering and MCA courses in private colleges are lying vacant after second phase of counselling, for which the 3rd phase of counselling will be held as per schedule and venue given below. The extended merit list of candidates for Engineering and MCA courses are available on our web site: www.jeeorissa.com . The venue and schedule of counselling-cum-admission are as follows:
Venue: OUAT Conference Hall (Swaminathan Hall)
Schedule of Counselling-cum-admission
DATE
COURSE
TEST
SESSION
RANK
FROM
TO
26.9.07
MCA
JEE
1
3241
4500
MCA
JEE
2
4501
5767
ENGG
JEE
3
1
7000
27.9.07
ENGG
JEE
1
7001
16000
ENGG
JEE
2
16001
21545
ENGG
JEE
3
21546
22600
28.9.07
ENGG
JEE
1
22601
23800
ENGG
JEE
2
23801
25306
ENGG
JEE
3
25307
26500
29.09.07
ENGG
JEE
1
26501
28000
ENGG
JEE
2
28001
29500
ENGG
JEE
3
29501
31000
30.09.07
ENGG
JEE
1
31001
33000
ENGG
JEE
2
33001
34835
Session Timing- Reporting Time: Session 1- 8.15am; Session 2 – 11.30am; session 3 – 3pm.
All Candidates are required to bring the following documents to the counselling: (i) Original JEE rank card or registration card for JEE admitted candidates(for Engineering only) or downloaded rank card for JEE extended merit-list candidates, (ii) All their certificates and mark-sheets starting from 10th standard with one set of Xerox copies of each, (iii) SLC/CLC in original (iv) Certificate from the head of the Institution last attended (Appendix V in JEE Counselling-cum-admission Instructions available in our website: www.jeeorissa.com, (v) Two Bank drafts of Rs.16,000/- and Rs.200/- in favour of “JEE-2007" payable at Bhubaneswar.
Chairman, JEE-2007, Orissa
1 comment September 24th, 2007
Merit-cum-means scholarships from Indian Oil Corporation.
Following is from an Indian Oil notice. More details on this scholarship is available in another Indian Oil site and on-line application forms are available at another site.
450 Scholarships awarded on merit-cum-means basis under IndianOil Scholarships Scheme
Indian Oil Corporation Limited – India’s largest commercial enterprise and the No.1 Indian Company in Fortune ‘Global 500’ listing – awards 450 Scholarships for meritorious students all over India, under the IndianOil Scholarships Scheme for each academic year.
As part of IndianOil’s social responsibility programme, the scheme provides for attractive scholarships to bright students selected on ‘merit-cum-means’ basis for each academic year covering the first year students of 10+ / ITI, Engineering, MBBS and MBA, will is formally announced through newspaper advertisements inviting applications under the Scholarship Scheme on September 1, every year, coinciding with IndianOil day. A period of one month is given to students for submission of their applications forms & relevant documents.
Out of the total 450 scholarships, 250 scholarships for 10+/ ITI students will be on zonal basis @ Rs. 1000/- per month for two years. Engineering (100) and MBBS (40) students will be awarded scholarships @ Rs. 2000/- per month for four years, while MBA (60) students shall be entitled to a scholarship amount of Rs.2000/- per month for a duration of two years.
As part of the scheme, special encouragement is being given to girl students, physically challenged students, and students from J&K as well as the Northeast States.
17 comments September 24th, 2007
ITR in Chandipur to become an Air Borne Range
Following are excerpts from a report in New Indian Express on this.
The Integrated Test Range (ITR), ‘dream child’ of former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, will soon achieve the status of an Air Borne Range (ABR).
This was announced by Dr V K Saraswat, chief controller research and development (R&D), DRDO, on Saturday evening. Saraswat was here to attend the silver jubilee function of ITR.
The status will mean there will be an instrumented station in space. A Floating and Tracking System will be set up in space to track missile systems.
28 comments September 24th, 2007
Orissa cabinet decides on land lease for Sri Sri Ravishankar University: 6 crores for 185.97 acres
Following is an excerpt from a news report in Economic Times.
Orissa Government on Saturday decided to allot nearly 200 acres of land at a concessional rate to Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidyamandir (SSRV) for setting up its proposed multi-disciplinary university in the state.
This was decided at the state cabinet’s meeting today, presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
According to the government’s decision, the Bangalore-based trust will pay Rs 6 crore for 185.970 acre of land near Naraj barrage over river Mahanadi in Cuttack district.
Officials said while the actual price of the land sanctioned in favour of the trust would be Rs 30 crore, the government, on the basis of its Industrial Resolution Policy, decided to offer the land at a cheaper price.
"The government is prompted to give land on concessional price as the trust would be setting up a university of international standard in the state," said Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy. …
Sources said that the government has demarcated land for the purpose in three villages in Cuttack sadar tehsil. "While 105.57 acres are demarcated in Vidyadharpur village, 48.21 acres in Arilo village and 32.19 acres in Govindpur village," he said.
The SSRV had signed MOU with the state government on December 12, 2006 for the university.
The decision came close on the heels of the government’s decision to allot nearly 6,200 acre of land to Vedanta group for setting up its university near Puri.
2 comments September 23rd, 2007
Ravenshaw University hall to be accorded Heritage Status: Pragativadi
Following are excerpts from a Pragativadi report.
The state government has decided to accord heritage status to the 140-year-old historic hall at the Ravenshaw College soon.
Announcing this, culture secretary Gopinath Mohanty said that the College Hall of Ravenshaw …, was constructed during the tenure of Thomas Eric Ravenshaw who was then the commissioner of Orissa in the British Raj.
The hall with a capacity of 300 people plus another 200 people in its gallery, had housed the first historic session of the Orissa Legislative Assembly in 1936, he added.
The authorities of the Ravenshaw
DeemedUniversity have drafted a plan for conservation and promotion of the heritage building at a cost of about Rs 1crore to attract tourists and heritage lovers to the site.As decided, the state government would provide Rs 40 lakh for conservation of the hall and installation of a light and sound system for the visitors in the first phase.
The walls of the hall will be decorated with paintings and photographs depicting the 140 years history of the famous educational institution to give it an apt ambience.
2 comments September 22nd, 2007
Orissa plans to include class IX and X in Sarba Siksha Abhiyan
Following is Sambada’s take on it.
September 20th, 2007
GOI expects states to compete for the 14 (=30-16) world class central universities.
Of the 30 new central universities proposed 16 will be in states that do not have any. It seems the rest 14 will be chosen from proposals sent by the state governments. Following are excerpts from a New Indian Express report on this issue.
The State Governments have to compete among themselves in providing land in prime locations free of cost if they wanted to have prestigious Central University with world class facilities.
The Central Government is making mandatory for the States to provide land and other infrastructure facilities free of cost in the prime locations for setting up world class Universities.
After getting a nod from the Planning Commission for establishment of 14 Central Universities with world class standards in the 11th five-year plan, the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development made it clear that a prime location is the key for deciding the place for setting up such prestigious Central University.
Giving an example of what is prime location, the Union Ministry is asking the states to come out with proposals to provide land free of cost in attractive locations such as proximity to Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) Labs.
Sources said that prime location is very important keeping in view of the magnetism of the location for attracting top class faculty. The location of the new Central Universities would be decided on the basis of careful consideration of alternative possibilities proposed by the State Governments.
The 14 universities would be planned with careful planning to have various schools including medical and engineering. The Union Ministry would soon set up autonomous project teams comprising of eminent people for each proposed world class university to design and implement the project creatively. Sources said that initially the beginning would be made with five such teams. …
September 20th, 2007
ITER advertises for its M.Tech program for the third time: Ad in Samaja
ITER had earlier advertised for its M. tech program in August and then again in September. Perhaps it still has unfilled seats. Hence a third advertisement and a third entrance exam.
September 19th, 2007