Samaja elaborates on the 4 more govt. medical college proposal
The following appears in the front page of Samaja in the left hand side.
September 8th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Orissa may have 4 more govt. medical colleges
Following is a news item on this from Sambada.
In this regard we would like to point out to our earlier article where we suggested that the Orissa government should consider converting some of its district hospitals to medical colleges. May be they listened.
In general, the district colleges that have close to 250 beds should all be converted to medical colleges and the government should recover some of the cost by charging the students half or 1/3rd of what private medical colleges charge.
September 8th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Stewart School in Cuttack to celebrate its 125th anniversary
Following are excerpts from a Telegraph report on this.
…On November 20, Orissa’s Stewart School gears up to celebrate its 125th year.
The institution, where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose received six years of elementary education, is marking the occasion by asking former students to come forth and to share memories of the alma mater.
Through this exercise, principal Asha Margaret Das hopes to accumulate an school information archive. On November 20, a five-day celebration with a host of programmes is also expected to start.
So far, the school has started a special unit to receive messages from former pupils. “I am sure that former pupils from far and wide must have interesting anecdotes to share,” she said.
“If you have any stories related to the old higher-secondary school or any other information, we would love to hear from you. We believe that it’s important for former pupils to realise they are a part of a rich historical past,” Das said. “It is one of the oldest schools in Cuttack and the few that are older are so by 10, maybe 25 years.”
The school, which started in 1882, was re-christened Stewart School in 1919 after its founder William Day Stewart, a civil surgeon. Stewart School began as the Orphanage School in November 1882. Soon, it came to be known as Protestant European School (in 1891) and in the same year its doors opened to Indian students. Since 1971, the institution has been managed by Diocese of Cuttack, Church of North India. Until that time it was under the Baptist Missionary Society.
September 8th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology in Raebareli
A PIB reports on the setting up of this institute at a cost of 435 crores and when set up this institute will have B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D programs and will get the status of an Institute of National Importance.
Considering the number of steel plants in Orissa, the Orissa government should at the opportune moment push to make BPNSI (Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute) of similar status.
42 comments September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Newly AICTE approved Indus college of Engineering will take students through the upcoming Orissa JEE counseling: Ad in Samaja
5 comments September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Samaja scholarship for poor meritorious students: application form
September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Orissa govt ad in Samaja: accomplishments in higher ed and higher secondary education
September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Every panchayat will have one fully aided high school: Dharitri
September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Telegraph reports on the status of an AIIMS clone in Bhubaneswar
Following are some excerpts from that report. (Thanks to Deba Nayak for the pointer.)
The Union government would soon start construction of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) near Bhubaneswar from December 2007.
The proposed regional centre of the AIIMS has been postponed for the past four years. Last year, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) put the Bhubaneswar-AIIMS on fast track by making budgetary allocations under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Official sources said a sum of Rs 330 crore has been so far sanctioned.
Replying to a query put by BJD MP Prasanna Patsani today, the Union health minister, Anbumani Ramadoss, said the construction would begin from December. “He assured me that work on the AIIMS college would begin in April 2008,” Patsani told The Telegraph. … According to an initial estimate, a sum of Rs 280 crore would be spent on the establishment of the Bhubaneswar AIIMS. In the first phase, three departments — cardiology and cardio-thoracic, nephrology and urology and cancer centre — would be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 133 crore.
A two-storied modular building was proposed on the 100-acre site to house four operation theatres, out patient departments, diagnostic block and in patient wards. The diagnostic unit was to be equipped with sophisticated equipment such as CT scan, MRI, X-ray machines, electro-encephalogram and electro-cardiogram.
September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
NISER Bhubaneswar gets cabinet approval
From http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=31005.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for establishment of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar at an estimated cost of Rs. 823.19 crore and also creation of 761 posts in academic, scientific, technical, administrative and auxiliary categories.
NISER will start functioning initially from the campus of Institute of Physics (IOP) and its academic programme will start from September, 2007.
The said institute will conduct the following programmes in science education for bright and meritorious students selected on all-India basis :
a) An integrtated 5 year M.Sc. programme in the core and emerging branches of Basic Sciences to students after their 10+2 Higher Secondary schooling. This in turn will be integrated with Ph.D. programme on the one hand and employment in various R&D organizations and industry in the country on the other.
b) Integrated m.Sc. + Ph.D after B.Sc from other Universities.
c) Ph. D. programme after M.Sc. from other universities.
(The PIB for the cabinet approval of IISER Kolkata and Pune is here.)
September 7th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Templecity institute’s advertisement in Samaja
(Disclosure: The management of this institute has been in contact with me to be one of their academic advisors, a non-paid position)
September 6th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Important Information for Admission to Orissa Engineering Colleges through the NRI quota (Orissa JEE)
From http:/./www.jeeorissa.com/newsfiles/news_26.html.
REGISTRATION FOR COUNSELLING-CUM-ADMISSION FOR VACANT NRI SEATS
As per directives of the Government Orissa the Counselling-cum-Admission for vacant seats of JEE/NRI and 15% AIEEE/AIPMEE/AIPDEE seats will be held from September 05, 2007. All eligible candidates are advised to follow the instructions as given below.
Registration for NRI Candidates (GOTO http://www.jeeorissa.com/ to find where to register, most likely here, but make sure, in case that changes)
* Starting Date: September 04. 2007 & Last date: 5.0PM on Sept. 6, 2007
* Candidates are required to register on-line in our website (www.jeeorissa.com) for vacant NRI seats
* Fee will be charged 4 times of the normal fee
* Date ,time and venue given in the schedule.
General Instructions
(a) Venue and schedule of counselling will be notified after completion of the Registration process.
(b) Only registered and JEE-extended merit list candidates will be eligible to participate in the counselling-cum-admission process. Online registration does not guarantee to call for counseling-cum-admission process and admission shall be subject to availability of seats.
(c) Rank card will neither be sent to the JEE-extended merit list candidates nor AIEEE/AIPMEE/AIPDEE registered candidates for counseling-cum-admission process.
(d) Candidates, interested to participate in the counselling-cum-admission process, shall come prepared as per instruction given (details about documents and drafts of Rs.16,000/- and Rs.200/- etc.) in the Counselling-cum-Admission Information Brochure available in our website: www.jeeorissa.com. Sd/- Chairman, JEE-2007, Orissa
4 comments September 6th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
What does $1 billion buy? Is Vedanta University’s proposed budget enough?
Following up on our earlier rejoinder of an article that said $1-$3 billion is not enough for making a research university in India, following are some excerpts from an Indian Express article which talks about how much $1 billion buys in terms of Indian HRD.
How much is this Rs 4443.60 crore in the context of current spending on education? Consider these:
44 times the annual allocation for an IIT at the rate of Rs 100 crore average.
68% of the total allocation in 2007-08 for higher and technical education, which is Rs 6,483 crore, inclusive of allocation for expansion to accommodate OBC quotas
• Almost twice this year’s allocation for the entire UGC (Rs 2124.77 crore) which includes all Central universities and its quota expansion
137% of the current year allocation for technical education: Rs.3240 crore of which Rs.2122 crore is IITs, NITs, IIMs expansion.
50% of the entire Tenth Plan allocation for higher and technical education, Rs 8876 crore
• Cost of 2 new IITs
• Upgrading 15 premium IITs
• Setting of 15 Central universities
September 6th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Wipro and KIIT will join hands to offer short-term post graduate courses
Following is an excerpt from a Statesman report.
Under the partnership programme, short-term postgraduate courses spanning six months to one year in Technology Infrastructure Service (TIS) will also be offered.
These courses will cater to the growing demand of skilled manpower in the IT infrastructure management service (IMS).
It is becoming a real challenge for all the IT companies in India to get manpower with the right skill for IMS.
These courses will be conducted as per as the customised course curriculum prepared by Wipro.
Trainers will be arranged by Wipro to train the teachers of KIIT for successfully conducting these courses with the aim to prepare the IT industry ready for IMS practice.
The KIIT University has also signed another MoU with Wipro, under which diploma students of KIIT will be trained in the English language communication skills with a customised course curriculum to make them industry ready in IMS practice.
Apart from this initiative, Wipro will also conduct a recruitment drive for the diploma students of the university every year
September 6th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
Orissa government’s loan stipend fund
Orissa government has a loan stipend fund available for higher studies. This loan is available from its higher education department. There is a recent report in New Indian Express regarding it. Following are some excerpts:
The Higher Education Department has proposed to provide study loans to more number of poor and meritorious students pursuing higher studies in Government institutions from the current academic session. A meeting chaired by Higher Education Minister Samir Dey on Tuesday decided to increase the study loan ceiling from Rs 1.20 crore to Rs 2.20 crore.
… The Government had extended loan stipend to 963 students in 2006-07 and 460 students could be extended loan this year. Applications of more students could be considered only if the loan ceiling is increased to Rs 2.20 crore.
The study loan provided to the poor and meritorious students is interest-free and the loanee students should repay the loan within one year of completion of study or within one month of getting employment. However, 10 percent interest is charged for default in repayment, Dey said. The State Government has been extending study loans since 1954 and the number of beneficiaries is 23,445. While the outstanding loan stood at Rs 7.20 crore, the Government has so far realised Rs 63.86 lakh.
A majority of the loanees has simply forgotten that they had taken study loan from the Government, the Minister said adding, certificate cases have been instituted against 5,092 persons
17 comments September 5th, 2007 Author : Chitta Baral
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