Following is from a report in Pioneer.
The Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) on Friday signed a MoU with the city based Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust to set up a sophisticated hospital and medical college at Rourkela with the active support of the State Government.
Chairman of WODC Niranjan Panda said that the hospital would have 500 beds and the medical college with 100 seats. It would be functional by 2010-11.
The WODC has provided a grant of Rs 10 crore for creation of the requisite infrastructure and the State Government would provide 25 acres of land free of cost. The BPL category patients would be provided with free healthcare and no fee for consultancy and routine investigation would be charged.
The trust has agreed to reserve 10 per cent of the seats for the eligible candidates of the WODC area and provide concession in food, accommodation and purchase of books, said Panda. He hoped that the hospital would be a boon for the poor people of the region who are deprived from advanced healthcare facilities and have to travel to far off places to avail qualitative healthcare. The trust has agreed to take care of any sort of emergency health problem during natural calamities.
Chairman of Vigyan Bharati Charitable Trust Tirupati Panigrahi said he is hopeful that the hospital will be completed before schedule.
On behalf of the WODC CEO Ashwini Kumar Mishra signed the MoU. …
July 5th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Howrah News Service reported the following.
A high-powered committee constituted by the Centre is all set to begin state-hopping in order to identify locations for the 16 Central varsities that the UPA government has promised to the country in the Eleventh Plan. While the states have already been identified, now the crucial exercise of identifying the towns or cities where these universities will come up is slated to start soon.
July 3rd, 2008
Author : Digambar
Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindustan Times.
India will set up 2,500 new model schools designed after the existing state-run Kendriya Vidyalayas to provide quality education to students in "every block of the country".
"We are rolling out these 2,500 schools from August," said Arun K Rath, secretary in the human resource development (HRD) ministry.
"They will be quality schools like the existing Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs). Our ministry wants that all blocks across the country must have at least one model school," Rath told IANS.
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"Every school will need an investment of Rs 30 million. While the central government will bear 75 per cent of the cost, the state governments’ share would be 25 per cent," the secretary said.
Rath said KVs are known for quality education and discipline. They have been doing well in both the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations. "We have modelled these new schools after KVs to keep the education record high."
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He said all these would be co-educational schools and set up over a period of three years. "The selection of students will be taken care of by the state governments."
"We want to make sure that all deserving students have access to some good schools," he said.
Rath said apart from these 2,500 model schools, the HRD ministry was in talks with private parties to set up 2,500 additional model schools on a public-private participation (PPP) model.
July 3rd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following are some excerpts from a report in thaiindian.com.
Private academies that train students for entrance exams of the Indian Institutes of Technology and other prestigious engineering colleges mint Rs.100 billion ($2.30 billion) a year – an amount that can fund 30 to 40 new IITs, shows a study by an industry body. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) study, released Wednesday, said private academies who train 600,000 students every year for these exams make Rs.100 billion a year.
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Talking about another anomaly in higher education, the body said that 80,000-90,000 students go abroad for higher studies, leading to a high foreign exchange outflow.
“If quality institutions are provided, a large number of students will stay back and contribute to the nation,†said Assocham.
The chamber asserted that more institutions of excellence should come up and suggested that private players and big industrial groups should be encouraged in higher education.
According to Assocham, India has over 12 million students in higher education but fewer than 350,000 faculty members.
July 2nd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following are excerpts from a report in The Hindu.
The Central University, Tiruvarur, will begin functioning from this year.
Since the Centre has come forward to commence the operations of the university, the government will identify temporary buildings to locate the university.
This was one of the decisions taken on the first day of the two-day annual District Collectors and police officers’ conference, chaired by Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi here on Thursday.
Mr. Karunanidhi advised Collectors of Perambalur, Villupuram, Tiruvarur and Sivaganga to expedite identification of land for setting up government medical colleges. He wanted them to hand over the lands at the earliest.
At the end of the first day of the conference, in which all the major schemes came up for elaborate discussion in the morning, it was decided that expeditious action would be taken to identify and allot land to the Central University in Coimbatore and the Indian Institute of Management in Tiruchi.
Following is an excerpt from a report in expressindia.com.
With the state government giving its nod to set up the Central university in Dehra sub-division of Kangra district, …
The university would include engineering, medical and other educational institutions to be opened under the umbrella of the Central University.
The Centre would bear the cost of the entire infrastructure. The state government has to provide the land and fulfill other formalities.
Sources said about 800 acres of land is available near Dehra town where the Himachal Road Transport Corporation workshop is situated. Sources said all revenue papers, along with the proposals, have been sent to the HRD Ministry. A team of the HRD Ministry has already visited the site and approved it.
July 2nd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in itexaminer.com.
The Gujarat government has requested the corporate houses in the state to aid the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-G).
The industry has been asked to set up chairs to fund the IIT, to enable it to recruit a high-quality faculty. Each chair will provide a funding of Rs 6 million ($138,502) for five years. A first batch of 103 students is believed to be enrolled.
The construction of the college is expected to be completed in about four years. Until then the IIT will be housed in Vishwakarma government engineering college, Chandkheda, on the Koba highway.
July 2nd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
The following table about how many of the top 100 rankers go where is from moneycontrol.com.
| |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| IIT Bombay |
52 |
46 |
50 |
54 |
| IIT Delhi |
21 |
28 |
29 |
27 |
| IIT Madras |
7 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
| IIT Kanpur |
17 |
20 |
15 |
9 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| IIT Guwahati |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| IIT Roorkee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
In 1983, first choice of toppers used to be IIT Kanpur Computer Science.
July 2nd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
From http://www.jeeorissa.com/home.asp.
July 2nd, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is from a PTI news report in The Business Standard.
Vedanta University Project (VUP) has tied up with DAV Public School in Puri to provide high quality education to 500 children of land losing families and 200 children have already been selected for admission in the school.
Classes are scheduled to commence from July 1 and VUP will be supporting the DAV institution to set up a DAV Oriya medium school shortly in one of the peripheral villages.
VUP has also provided four 40-seater buses to DAV School, Puri for tansportation of children belonging to land losing families who have been selected for admission to the school.
While handing over the keys of the buses to the Principal of the school, Sanjeev Anand Zutshi, director of VUP said, "Provision of transport will encourage children of land losing families to come to the school regularly. This along with other facilities like mid-day snacks, free uniforms and study materials is expected to motivate the children to pursue their school education in right earnest."
"Quality school education will create enabling conditions for the children of the peripheral villages to attain excellence in the academic field for which Vedanta University will create abundant opportunities", Zutshi added.
This is something every company that is taking people’s land should do. This should become part of the R & R. For the children’s sake this will encourage the family to stay near by; and hence will prevent from the dynamics to break down when families disperse. This will also help in making the next generation of the family educated in good schools.
July 1st, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is from the PIB release http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39900.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had decided to set up three apex tribal research institutes for undertaking research on ground and to suggest application oriented projects for tribal development. These institutes to be set up at Orissa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will also suggest action plans for the promotion of culture and language of tribal communities, conduct research and evaluation studies. Briefing the Members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry here today, Shri P.R. Kyndiah, Minister for Tribal Affairs said that his Ministry is actively considering 100% Central government’s funding for setting up these institutes.
Highlighting his Ministry’s initiatives for tribal welfare, Shri Kyndiah said efforts were being made to reorient the functioning of the 18 tribal research institutes already working in the various parts of the country. Now onwards, only those research studies would be allowed at these centres, which would have direct impact on the life of tribals. The institutes would also be asked to suggest activities creating economic opportunities direct or indirect for the tribals. Experts would be involved to suggest projects to promote traditional art and craft of tribals.
Participating in the discussion, Shri Rameshwar Oraon, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs stressed the need for strengthening existing tribal research institutes, he said that these institutes should work in fields to study tribal issues closely and suggest effective measures for inclusion in Government’s programmes and policies. He said that libraries at these centers to be strengthened to provide rich study material for research in tribal related issues.
Participating in the meeting, Members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee were of the view that Tribal Research Institutes should open their branches in tribal dominated pockets and their activities should be linked with the practical projects for economic and social development of the tribal people. Members also suggested there should be strict monitoring to see whether tribal welfare funds were being used genuinely. They also suggested speedy implementation of the Forest Rights Act. The meeting was attended by S/Shri Giridhar Gamang, Baliram Kashyap, Baju Ban Riyan, Rajesh Kumar Manjhi and V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo (all Members of Parliament).
NCJ/DT
June 30th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
With a view to meet the shortage of doctors in the state, the ESIC intends to set up a medical college in the state at Baltikuri in Howrah while upgrading the existing ESI Hospitals at Joka and Manicktala to Post-graduate medical colleges.
Classes most likely to start from 2009 onwards for both Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate level Courses at the above mentioned places.
A proposal is to be sent to the Medical Council of India shortly.
Source : Times Of India, Kolkata Edition, 30.06.08
June 30th, 2008
Author : abhinujs
- Ministry of Human Resources and Development
- 15+1? IITs: Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Roorkee, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Ropar (Punjab), Rajasthan, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Indore, IT BHU proposed to be upgraded to an IIT.
- 13 IIMs: Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore, Shillong, Tamil Nadu, J & K, Jharkhand, Raipur, Uttarakhand, Haryana
- 14 World class Central Universities: Pune, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Mysore, Visakhapatnam, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Patna, Bhopal, Kochi, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Greater NOIDA (Delhi)
- 4 existing IIITs: Allahabad, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Kaanchipuram
- 20 proposed IIITs: Delhi, Chennai, Truvanthapuram, Bangalore, Jammu, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Lucknow, Patna, Shillong, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Mysore, Mangalore and Coimbatore.
- 20 NITs: Rourkela, Durgapur, Patna, Kozhikode, Surat, Surathkal, Warangal, Trichy, Allahabad, Jaipur, Silchar, Srinagar, Jallandhar, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Hamirpur, Jamshedpur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Tripura,
- 4 proposed IIESTs: Howrah, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad
- 5 IISERs: Pune, Kolkata, Mohali (Punjab), Bhopal, Tiruvathapuram
- 3 SPAs: Delhi, Vijaywada, Bhopal
- ISM Dhanbad
- IISc, Bangalore
- Ministry of Textiles
- Ministry of Commerce
- Ministry of Fertlizers
- Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- Ministry of Health
- AIIMS
- AIIMS like institutions
- IIPH
- CSIR Labs
- DAE Labs and institutes
- DBT Institutes
- DRDO Labs
- DST Labs
- ICAR institutes
- ICMR Institutes
June 30th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Sambada reports that Enrepreneurship development Institute (EDI) of India located at Ahmedabad is interested in opening a branch in Orissa and has asked for 15 acres of land near Bhubaneswar. This is a great institute and the Orissa government should help them and get them as soon as possible. Following is Sambada’s report.
Samaja has a different take on the news. It says the central government wants to establish an EDI in Orissa.
June 29th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
June 28th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
The main points in the following report in Sambada are:
- Counseling will start from July 11th at the Swaminathan Hall of OUAT.
- In between from Augus 1 to 10 counseling for MBA will happen in BPUT’s Gandmunda campus.
- There will be no e-counseling.
- Rank cards will be sent from Juen 30th.
- There are 1069 Orissa quota medical and dental seats in 3 government and 4 private medical colleges in Orissa: SCB -128 medical + 17 dental, Burla – 127 medical, MKCG – 127, Hi-Tech – 100 medical + 100 dental, KIMS – 100 medical + 100 dental, ITER – 100 medical + 100 dental, Gandhi – 60 dental.
- 15% seats in each college for admission through AIEEE and AIPMT
- Three banks are being contacted for study loans
June 28th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
The university announced postgraduate programmes in Culture Studies, South and South-East Asian Studies, Cultural Heritage and Conservation, Sociolinguistics (through correspondence course) and Tourism and Hospitality Services (self financing course). It also re-launched the one-year postgraduate diploma courses in Jain and Buddhist Studies, besides the six-month certificate course in Tamil language. Each of the programmes would have 30 seats.
The university has also introduced Masters degree programmes in performing arts and visual art last year has departments of drama (direction, acting and stage craft), dance (Odissi and Chhau), vocal music (Odissi and Hindustani), instrumental music (flute, violin, tabla, mardal and sitar), painting, applied art and design, art history and aesthetics and sculpture. Except the 10-seat strength department of sculpture, all other departments would have 20 seats each.
An admission test would be conducted for the aspiring students of the visual art programmes, the university sources said.
June 28th, 2008
Author : Chitta Baral
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