Odisha HRD

Proposed Jagadguru Kripalu University for Spiritual Sciences (Naraj-Banki Rd) – recent progress

Update: I am now told that the location is two km after CISF Mundali, towards Banki on the Cuttack-Banki road. The postal location is Mouza Banara, Tahasil Dumpada, District Cuttack. From Chandni Chowk, Cuttack it is 13 km. And from Oberoi Hotel, BBSR, it is 29 km.

It now has its own web page. The web page has some nice drawings and overview of the university.  We copy them here.

Introduction

A unique University that will train highly qualified Spiritual and Yog teachers for spreading the true and ancient science of "Yog" around the world will be built in the state of Orissa. The project will be a part of a spiritual community that will include a Gurukul, a Yog & Naturopathy Health Care Center, a Yogashram, a Charitable Hospital, and Organic cultivation farms.

The proposed university will be developed at Banki, near Cuttack, Orissa, in multiple stages. In the first stage, 110 acres of land has been finalised, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Trust and the Government of Orissa.

Objectives of the Proposed University

• To Prepare Qualified teachers, who can then go to schools, colleges and industrial houses to teach the sciences of Spirituality, Yog and Mind management. At present, everyone realizes the imbalance in the education system, due to lack of spiritual education.

• Introduction of moral education in all educational institutions. The creation of a qualified class of spiritual teachers will enable the introduction of spiritual education in society.

• To give the spiritually-minded youth a chance to make a career in spirituality, by enabling them to earn a degree, and utilize it for teaching jobs.

• To enable character building through higher education.

• To reinforce ethics and morals so that the students may pass these on to the society at large.

• For the upliftment of the underprivileged segments of society, free education and financial support will be given to 25 percent students from such segments of society.

• The Proposed University will set a role model for the Universities of the country, in building the moral character of the people.

Courses Offered at the Proposed University

• Bachelors and Masters in Yogic Sciences.

• Bachelors and Masters in Vedic Sciences.

• Teachers, Professors and Principals re-orientation programmes, with special emphasis on Morals and Ethics.

• Bachelors and Masters in Naturopathy.

• Bachelors and Masters in Bhakti Yog, in accordance with the philosophy of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj.

• Research work – Doctorate – in Naturopathy, Vedic Sciences, Bhakti and Yogic Sciences.

• One year diploma courses in all the above.

• One month introductory courses in all the above.  

• One month Yog instructors course.

• Karm-kand training courses for priests for temples in India and abroad.

• Orientation programmes for Doctors in Yog Therapy.

Secular Courses- The students will also get an opportunity to do non-spiritual courses that offer the maximum job opportunities in the modern world, such as Information Technology and Business Management. This will enable them to get excellent careers in secular fields, if they so desire.

Related Projects:

Yoga Therapy and Naturopathy Healthcare Centre.  It will attract outdoor patients from nearby towns and also neighboring villages. Also, indoor patients desirous of benefiting from yog therapy.

Gurukul. Will train children from childhood in the life of purity, charity, austerity, and spiritual knowledge.

Yogashram. Yoga shibirs will be conducted for the general public, for members, and for industrial houses.  Such shibirs will be of 3 days duration, one week duration, two weeks duration and four weeks duration.

Old-age home. Devotionally minded people, who are leading a retired life, will be invited to come and stay in a spiritual environment.  They will also be given an opportunity to lend voluntary seva in the above projects, and will form the manpower base for the project.

Hospital.  The villagers of the nearby Banara village have demanded a hospital for them.  Such a hospital, equipped with modern facilities will be built, to provide medical aid to everyone residing within 10 kilometers of the ashram.

4 comments June 19th, 2009

Some progress on the new IIITs; Orissa must insist on the new IIIT to be in Berhampur

There is some progress in the IIIT front. Below is an excerpt from a Business Standard report. (In this regard, Orissa must insist that a new PPP based IIIT be established in Berhampur.)

… Nasscom has proposed that the IIITs be set up with an initial investment of Rs 30 crore, of which the government’s share should not exceed Rs 14.9 crore while the share of partnering companies should not be less than Rs 15.1 crore.

“A series of meetings have been held on the issue of finalising the PPP model for the IIITs. The final decision will be taken within a month’s time after which the institutes will be set up,” a senior HRD ministry official said.

Nasscom has also proposed that salary of faculty be linked to their output and the institutions have provisions of differential salary package.

As per the proposal, the IIITs will be autonomous degree awarding institutions. Each institute will have its own Board of Governors comprising 13 members, including one representative from the government.

The government will give a loan of Rs 100 crore to each institute with five years moratorium period and repayable within ten years time, Nasscom Vice-President Rajdeep Sehrawat said.

…  As per the government’s plans, 20 new IIITs will be set up across the country in the Eleventh Plan period. Currently, there are four IIITs in the country. In north-eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir, where there are not enough industries, the government will bear the full establishment cost.

The IIIT, for which land will be provided by the states, will spread over 50 acres of area and have completely integrated campus with science and technology parks, he said.

Each institute will specialise on specific area of Information Technology. Each IIIT will be a centre of excellence in that domain. Nasscom has suggested that the institutes be set up in cities having modern amenities.

The IIITs will offer under-graduate, masters and PhD programmes. Each institute will have an intake capacity of about 1,000 students within a period of six to seven years of their functioning, he said.

6 comments June 19th, 2009