Showing posts with label MHRD. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tathya: Politicians make promises to coolly back out later.
New Delhi:16/May/2007
Politicians make promises to coolly back out later.
Similarly, when Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh on May 15 here, he also gave a word to include an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to the state.
And Naveen came back on a happy mode to issue a statement, which has been widely covered in the media.
It is said that people’s memory is short.
But in case of an IIT it seems our memory is too short.
On May 8, when BJD and BJP MPs demanded a reply from the HRD Minister of State D.Purandeswari on the floor of the Lok Sabha, she out right rejected the demand for an IIT.
And the HRD Minister Mr.Singh after a week promises us the moon which we believe it.
Before we accept his words as true, it is high time to have a look at the attitude of HRD Ministry under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government towards Orissa during its stay at the Centre.
Since UPA government came to power in the Centre, the Ministry of HRD has already announced for funding 23 institutions of higher learning like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),School of Planning and Achitecture ( SPA), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology(IIEST) also referred to as IIT clones and Central Universities.
The Congress ruled Andhra Pradesh is leading the pack.
The MHRD has provided an IIT, SPA, upgraded Andhra University of Engineering College and Osmania University of Engineering College to IIT clone (IIEST) and CIEFL Hyderabad made to a Central university.
To set up an IIT the MHRD spends around Rs1000-Rs4000 crores.
Bihar and Rajasthan also got an IIT each.
West Bengal received an IISER with an investment of Rs.500 crore and MHRD has upgraded Bengal Engineering and Science University to an IIT clone, IIEST.
Kerala got an IISER and has been able to upgrade the Cochin University of Science and Technology to IIEST.
Maharastra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh also received IISER one each.
Meghalaya also received IIM from MHRD kitty, which will cost more than an Rs.1000 crore.
The MHRD has sanctioned two SPAs in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Tamilnadu also got an IIIT at Kanchipuram from the MHRD.
While Orissa is crying for a Central University, Sikkim got a new one and Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh also Tripura have been able to receive MHRD fund to upgrade their universities to a Central University status.
Then where is Orissa?
It seems the state does not exist for MHRD so far funding of the higher educational institutions are concerned.
Politicians make promises to coolly back out later.
Similarly, when Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh on May 15 here, he also gave a word to include an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to the state.
And Naveen came back on a happy mode to issue a statement, which has been widely covered in the media.
It is said that people’s memory is short.
But in case of an IIT it seems our memory is too short.
On May 8, when BJD and BJP MPs demanded a reply from the HRD Minister of State D.Purandeswari on the floor of the Lok Sabha, she out right rejected the demand for an IIT.
And the HRD Minister Mr.Singh after a week promises us the moon which we believe it.
Before we accept his words as true, it is high time to have a look at the attitude of HRD Ministry under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government towards Orissa during its stay at the Centre.
Since UPA government came to power in the Centre, the Ministry of HRD has already announced for funding 23 institutions of higher learning like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),School of Planning and Achitecture ( SPA), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology(IIEST) also referred to as IIT clones and Central Universities.
The Congress ruled Andhra Pradesh is leading the pack.
The MHRD has provided an IIT, SPA, upgraded Andhra University of Engineering College and Osmania University of Engineering College to IIT clone (IIEST) and CIEFL Hyderabad made to a Central university.
To set up an IIT the MHRD spends around Rs1000-Rs4000 crores.
Bihar and Rajasthan also got an IIT each.
West Bengal received an IISER with an investment of Rs.500 crore and MHRD has upgraded Bengal Engineering and Science University to an IIT clone, IIEST.
Kerala got an IISER and has been able to upgrade the Cochin University of Science and Technology to IIEST.
Maharastra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh also received IISER one each.
Meghalaya also received IIM from MHRD kitty, which will cost more than an Rs.1000 crore.
The MHRD has sanctioned two SPAs in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Tamilnadu also got an IIIT at Kanchipuram from the MHRD.
While Orissa is crying for a Central University, Sikkim got a new one and Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh also Tripura have been able to receive MHRD fund to upgrade their universities to a Central University status.
Then where is Orissa?
It seems the state does not exist for MHRD so far funding of the higher educational institutions are concerned.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Orissa Minister of Tourism and IT Surya Patra talks about central apathy and IIT shifting
Orissa Minister of Tourism and IT Surya Patra talks to journalists about central apathy and specifically lays out what happened with respect to the IIT shifting as well as cancellation of the plans to establish a branch campus of IIT Kharagpur in Orissa. This is reported in major papers in Orissa: Dharitri, Samaja [1,2], Sambada, Pragtivadi, Statesman etc. In Samaja it is a front-page headline.
Samaja also has an article with a picture on the protest organized by BJD in regards to the IIT issue.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Dharitri: The minister had spoken the truth
Dharitri reports that the minister answering the no call motion had said that upon the advice of teh scientific advisory committee an IIT is to be established in “Orissa”, but then she corrected herself and said “Bihar”. More interstingly, she also said that Minister Fatmi never said that an IIT will be established in Orissa. However, Minister Mr. Fatmi was in the Lok Sabha at that time and he was silent even when the Orissa MPs were looking at him for an answer.
Tathya.in: Rejection enrages Naveen
Bhubaneswar:9/May/2007
It seems Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has not taken kindly the decision of the Central government in ruling out to set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Orissa.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Mrs. D Purandeshwari’s statement on the floor of the Lok Sabha on May 8, reportedly has enraged Naveen, said sources.
That is why CM has decided to once again raise the issue of IIT with the Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
A source in CMO told tathya.in that Naveen has sought an appointment with Mr.Singh in the next week.
CM is visiting New Delhi on May 13. During the meeting he will raise the issue of IIT and a Central University in KBK, said sources.
Out right rejection of the Orissa’s proposal for an IIT has not only enraged CM but also the people of Orissa have reacted sharply.
Large section of Non Resident Oriya (NRO) has raised their voice against the discrimination of Orissa by the Central Government.
Charting out details of investment by HRD Ministry in the country,leading NRO Chitta Baral of Arizona State University has brought home a point that Orissa remains in the lowest spot so far funding is concerned.
The statistics shows that the HRD Ministry was scheduled to spend Rs 4.07 on fully funded HRD institutions (like IITs, IIMs, etc.) per person in Orissa, while it will spend Rs 183.08 in Delhi, Rs 41.20 in West Bengal, Rs 33.4 in Karnataka, Rs 27 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 28.38 in Maharastra, Rs 17.73 in UP, Rs 16.05 in Andhra, Rs 33.27 in Punjab, Rs 8.13 in Haryana, Rs 7.90 in Kerala, Rs 9.02 in MP, Rs 4.87 in Gujurat, Rs 2.59 in Rajasthan, and Rs 1.87 in Bihar.
In other words Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa were at the bottom of per-capita spending by the HRD Ministry in its fully funded higher education institutions, he said.
Professor Baral said that an IIT will go a long way to provide high quality technical expertise to the rapidly industrialized Orissa for which CM must take up the issue at Central government level.
Dhirendra Kar, Vice President of Orissa Society of Americas (OSA), who is equally vociferous over the issue of IIT has lauded the efforts of our Members of Parliament (MP)s and requested them to carry out sustained campaign for the demand.
Mr.Kar has also criticized Union HRD Minister Mr.Singh’s double standard. While on one hand he is following the policy of appeasement on political grounds on the other he sermons the maxim of equitability in investment by HRD Ministry across India.
It seems Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has not taken kindly the decision of the Central government in ruling out to set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Orissa.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Mrs. D Purandeshwari’s statement on the floor of the Lok Sabha on May 8, reportedly has enraged Naveen, said sources.
That is why CM has decided to once again raise the issue of IIT with the Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
A source in CMO told tathya.in that Naveen has sought an appointment with Mr.Singh in the next week.
CM is visiting New Delhi on May 13. During the meeting he will raise the issue of IIT and a Central University in KBK, said sources.
Out right rejection of the Orissa’s proposal for an IIT has not only enraged CM but also the people of Orissa have reacted sharply.
Large section of Non Resident Oriya (NRO) has raised their voice against the discrimination of Orissa by the Central Government.
Charting out details of investment by HRD Ministry in the country,leading NRO Chitta Baral of Arizona State University has brought home a point that Orissa remains in the lowest spot so far funding is concerned.
The statistics shows that the HRD Ministry was scheduled to spend Rs 4.07 on fully funded HRD institutions (like IITs, IIMs, etc.) per person in Orissa, while it will spend Rs 183.08 in Delhi, Rs 41.20 in West Bengal, Rs 33.4 in Karnataka, Rs 27 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 28.38 in Maharastra, Rs 17.73 in UP, Rs 16.05 in Andhra, Rs 33.27 in Punjab, Rs 8.13 in Haryana, Rs 7.90 in Kerala, Rs 9.02 in MP, Rs 4.87 in Gujurat, Rs 2.59 in Rajasthan, and Rs 1.87 in Bihar.
In other words Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa were at the bottom of per-capita spending by the HRD Ministry in its fully funded higher education institutions, he said.
Professor Baral said that an IIT will go a long way to provide high quality technical expertise to the rapidly industrialized Orissa for which CM must take up the issue at Central government level.
Dhirendra Kar, Vice President of Orissa Society of Americas (OSA), who is equally vociferous over the issue of IIT has lauded the efforts of our Members of Parliament (MP)s and requested them to carry out sustained campaign for the demand.
Mr.Kar has also criticized Union HRD Minister Mr.Singh’s double standard. While on one hand he is following the policy of appeasement on political grounds on the other he sermons the maxim of equitability in investment by HRD Ministry across India.
MHRD discriminates against Orissa: You be the judge!
(This article, written by Chitta Baral, has been submitted to a main stream newspaper for publication.)
On May 8th 2007, NDA MPs from Orissa brought a call attention notice in the Lok Sabha about an IIT in Orissa and dissatisfied with the response walked out of the parliament and were supported by other NDA MPs in this walkout. Speaking about this MP Baijayanta Panda of BJD is reported to have said, “Orissa is being continuously neglected by the Centre, especially by the ministry of HRD.” Is Mr. Panda right? Or is this a typical whining allegation that opposition parties from various states regularly throw at the government.
Let us look at the facts in terms of what the MHRD under the current government has done with respect to higher education institutions. In this we will consider the marquee institution types that are fully funded by the MHRD; the IITs, IIMs, IIITs, SPAs, IISERs, IIESTs (Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, also referred to as IIT clones) and central universities. Since the UPA came to power at least 23 such institutions have been either created new or announced to be created or have been upgraded to the above kinds. Those institutions and the states they belong to are as follows:
- IISER Kolkata, West Bengal (1)
- IISER Pune, Maharashtra (1)
- IISER Mohali, Punjab (1)
- IISER in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (1)
- IISER in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala (1)
- IIT in Andhra Pradesh (1)
- IIT in Rajasthan (1)
- IIT in Bihar (1)
- IIM at Shillong, Meghalaya (1)
- SPA in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh (2)
- SPA in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (2)
- Upgradation of Bengal Engineering and Sc U to an IIT clone (IIEST), West Bengal (2)
- Upgradation of Andhra Univ Engineering College to IIT clone (IIEST), Andhra Pradesh (3)
- Upgradation of Osmania Univ Engg College to IIT clone (IIEST), Andhra Pradesh (4)
- Upgradation of IT BHU to IIT clone (IIEST), Uttar Pradesh (1)
- Upgradation of Cochin Univ of Sc and Tech to IIT clone (IIEST), Kerala (2)
- IIIT Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu (1)
- Allahbad University made to a Central University, Uttar Pradesh (2)
- Manipur University made to a Central University, Manipur (1)
- Arunachal Pradesh university made to a Central University, Arunachal Pradesh (1)
- Tripura university made to a Central University, Tripura (1)
- New Central University in Sikkim, Sikkim (1)
- CIEFL Hyderabad made to a central university, Andhra Pradesh (5)
Can you find Orissa in that list?
No!
Does this prove that Orissa is being discriminated? Not conclusively yet, as one may say that the list does not have many other states such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Assam etc.
But Karnataka has an IISc, Gujarat has an IIM, Jharkhand has an Indian School of Mines, Assam has an IIT and 2 central universities; all these fully funded by MHRD. Orissa has no IITs, IIMs, central universities, institutions of national importance etc. It has only one fully funded MHRD institution, one of the 20 NITs.
An earlier rough calculation showed that MHRD was scheduled to spend Rs 4.07 on fully funded HRD institutions (like IITs, IIMs, etc.) per person in Orissa, while it will spend Rs 183.08 in Delhi, Rs 41.20 in West Bengal, Rs 33.4 in Karnataka, Rs 27 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 28.38 in Maharastra, Rs 17.73 in UP, Rs 16.05 in Andhra, Rs 33.27 in Punjab, Rs 8.13 in Haryana, Rs 7.90 in Kerala, Rs 9.02 in MP, Rs 4.87 in Gujurat, Rs 2.59 in Rajasthan, and Rs 1.87 in Bihar. In other words Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa were at the bottom of per-capita spending by MHRD in its fully funded higher education institutions. We publicized this data last year and that may have played a role in IITs being allotted to Bihar and Rajasthan.
But it seems the MHRD got further upset with Orissa and decided to punish it some more. Even though Union minister of state for HRD MAA Fatmi is reported (in Times of India) on 28-8-06 to have said in Patna, “The proposal for one IIT for Bihar and two for Orissa and one Western Indian state besides one IIIT to Bihar will be included in 11th Five Year Plan,” the MHRD now says that there was no such plan. How low can some big shots at MHRD go to discriminate against Orissa? Apparently, much lower!
Indian Express reported that while answering the motion on May 8th Minister of State for Human Resources D. Purandareswari “proceeded to read out a list of educational institutions in the state that were receiving Central assistance.” She was doing that apparently to counter that Orissa was being discriminated by MHRD. She should have looked at the list we give above and also looked at the list of educational institutions in *all* states. (We have both lists.) She would not have found Orissa in the first list and would have found that every state has myriad institutions that get central assistance. To use the later to try to show lack of discrimination against Orissa is laughable.
Unfortunately, this is not all that the MHRD with the current leadership has done. It started with the MHRD completely ignoring an NDA decision to establish one of the four National Institutes of Science in Bhubaneswar, and changing the name to IISERs and establishing them in other places. This led to a lot of protest in Orissa, but that did not bother the MHRD, which for some inexplicable reason has chosen to punish Orissa. Fortunately, the Prime Minister could not tolerate this blatant discrimination and established an NISER through his Department of Atomic Energy. This of course should not be used as an excuse to deprive Orissa, as various non-MHRD ministries have also established institutes or announced them all over India, including in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 of the new IITs are to be established. This includes NIPER like institutes in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal; Indian institutes of Public Health in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, UP, Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat and West Bengal; Indian Institute of Space Technology in Kerala, Maritime University in Tamil Nadu, etc. (We skip the AIIMS-like institutions as in that case along with 6 new institutes there is a plan to upgrade 13 existing hospitals; thus equitably covering all of India.)
So now that we have laid out the case, we wonder if you readers agree with us that MHRD blatantly discriminates against Orissa. If so do you think we should have MHRD ministers who do blatant discrimination against a particular state? Should the prime minister and the UPA Chairperson tolerate an MHRD that does such blatant discrimination and a planning commission that has allowed such discrimination? Such ministers and their blatant discrimination are danger to the fabric of India and completely go against the maxim of equitable distribution of resources that the prime minister has championed time and again.
Hence, the following appeal to the Prime Minister. Dr. Singh, Please pay close attention and ask the planning commission to pay close attention to actions that have added to the existing inequity and make amends. In particular, you recently said to the Orissa Chief Minister that you will take all steps needed to promote development in Orissa. Sir, please keep your word. An IIT is absolutely necessary for Orissa, which is trying its best to get out of India’s cellar by rapidly industrializing and building a knowledge hub around its capital.
While you are at it, please also check on the speculation that a tribal central university in the most backward district cluster of India, the KBK districts, proposed by the Orissa chief minister and whose rationale was reported to have been appreciated by Mr. Arjun Singh, is being hijacked. If it is true, please also make amends, perhaps by having a KBK Central tribal university in addition to the other one; otherwise your maxim of equitability across India may suffer yet another near death blow.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
MHRD bias against Orissa
During this UPA rule MHRD has announced and started several top-notch institutions across India, some are mentioned in a recent PIB press release. Following is a list of them
- IISER Kolkata, West Bengal (1)
- IISER Pune, Maharashtra (1)
- IISER Mohali, Punjab (1)
- IISER in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (1)
- IISER in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala (1)
- IIT in Andhra Pradesh (1)
- IIT in Rajasthan (1)
- IIT in Bihar (1)
- IIM at Shillong, Meghalaya (1)
- SPA in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh (2)
- SPA in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (2)
- Upgradation of Bengal Engineering and Sc U to an IIT clone (IIEST), West Bengal (2)
- Upgradation of Andhra Univ Engineering College to IIT clone (IIEST), Andhra Pradesh (3)
- Upgradation of Osmania Univ Engg College to IIT clone (IIEST), Andhra Pradesh (4)
- Upgradation of IT BHU to IIT clone (IIEST), Uttar Pradesh (1)
- Upgradation of Cochin Univ of Sc and Tech to IIT clone (IIEST), Kerala (2)
- IIIT Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu (1)
- Allahbad University made to a Central University, Uttar Pradesh (2)
- Manipur University made to a Central University, Manipur (1)
- Arunachal Pradesh university made to a Central University, Arunachal Pradesh (1)
- Tripura university made to a Central University, Tripura (1)
- New Central University in Sikkim, Sikkim (1)
- CIEFL Hyderabad made to a central university, Andhra Pradesh (5)
Orissa is among the bottom three (and now at the bottom) in terms of per-capita spending by MHRD in fully funded higher education institutions and it does not have an IIT, IIM, Central university, Institutes of National Importance, IIIT etc.
If so many new institutes are being made by MHRD, and Orissa did not have any of the above kinds of top-notch institutions to begin with, why a single one of the new ones fully funded by MHRD are not in Orissa.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
State urges Centre for IIT: The New Indian Express
State urges Centre for a central tribal university
Thursday April 12 2007 12:01 IST
BHUBANESWAR: Higher Education Minister Samir Dey has urged the Centre to approve the State Government's proposal for establishment of a central tribal university in the KBK region.
Addressing a meeting of education ministers in New Delhi on Wednesday, Dey said the proposed central university will immensely benefit the deprived and backward pockets of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh having large concentration of tribal population.
Reiterating the State's demand for establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the Minister said the vibrant growth in the industrial and technical sectors in Orissa provides enormous potential for industry- institution linkage.
An IIT will facilitate the process which is of critical importance to make the industry globally competitive.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for upgrading the extension counter of IIT Kharagpur into a full-fledged campus, the Minister reminded and added the State Government has already provided 300 acres of cost-free land for the project.
He also demanded that the NISER set up by the Department of Atomic Energy be upgraded to the rank of IISc, Bangalore.
There is a great need of opening courses in oceanography and marine engineering in colleges and universities considering the long coastline of the State.
The few institutes that are offering such courses are facing financial constraint for infrastructure development and curricula upgrade. Financial assistance from the Centre is needed for opening such courses in more colleges and universities, he added.
Although a National Law University was originally planned to be established in the State, this was shifted to West Bengal after the UPA Government assumed power.
The State Government is going to introduce a Bill in the next session of the Assembly for setting up of a National Law University for which it needs substantial financial help from the Centre, he said.
Underlining the measures taken by the State Government to improve the standard of higher education despite resource constraints, Dey strongly pleaded for generous central assistance.
The UGC should take up accreditation of colleges in the State by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NACC) on a priority basis and provide infrastructure support to them, he said.
Dey demanded central assistance for establishment of an Academic Staff College for the teachers at the Plus Two level.
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Thursday April 12 2007 12:01 IST
BHUBANESWAR: Higher Education Minister Samir Dey has urged the Centre to approve the State Government's proposal for establishment of a central tribal university in the KBK region.
Addressing a meeting of education ministers in New Delhi on Wednesday, Dey said the proposed central university will immensely benefit the deprived and backward pockets of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh having large concentration of tribal population.
Reiterating the State's demand for establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the Minister said the vibrant growth in the industrial and technical sectors in Orissa provides enormous potential for industry- institution linkage.
An IIT will facilitate the process which is of critical importance to make the industry globally competitive.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for upgrading the extension counter of IIT Kharagpur into a full-fledged campus, the Minister reminded and added the State Government has already provided 300 acres of cost-free land for the project.
He also demanded that the NISER set up by the Department of Atomic Energy be upgraded to the rank of IISc, Bangalore.
There is a great need of opening courses in oceanography and marine engineering in colleges and universities considering the long coastline of the State.
The few institutes that are offering such courses are facing financial constraint for infrastructure development and curricula upgrade. Financial assistance from the Centre is needed for opening such courses in more colleges and universities, he added.
Although a National Law University was originally planned to be established in the State, this was shifted to West Bengal after the UPA Government assumed power.
The State Government is going to introduce a Bill in the next session of the Assembly for setting up of a National Law University for which it needs substantial financial help from the Centre, he said.
Underlining the measures taken by the State Government to improve the standard of higher education despite resource constraints, Dey strongly pleaded for generous central assistance.
The UGC should take up accreditation of colleges in the State by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NACC) on a priority basis and provide infrastructure support to them, he said.
Dey demanded central assistance for establishment of an Academic Staff College for the teachers at the Plus Two level.
Higher Education Minister of Orissa demands for an IIT in the state: Samaja
Orissa's Higher Education Minister Mr Sameer Dey demands an IIT and a KBK Central University in Orissa during his visit reports Samaja.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Tathya.in: Orissa Higher Education minister demands for an IIT and KBK Central university
New Delhi:11/April/2007
With Orissa reiterating its demand for an IIT and a central university (CU) in KBK region, the conference of the education ministers held here on April 11 has endorsed a proposal to upgrade a state university to that of a central one.
So now the chances of having a central university with UGC funding in Orissa looks bright with the today’s endorsement.
Presenting the case of Orissa, Samir Dey, the Higher Education minister said that there is a long standing demand for establishment of a central university in the KBK region of the state considering the tribal concentration.
He said chief minister Naveen Patnaik has time and again demanded the same, which will benefit the states like Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhstisgarh.
Raising the issue of IIT, Samir said that with the vibrant growth in industrial and technical sector in Orissa establishment of an IIT will greatly intensify the process which is of critical importance to make the industry globally competitive.
The minister repeating the state’s demand for an IIT he said that the chief minister has also requested the prime minister to upgrade the extension centre of IIT Kharagpur at Bhubaneswar, which have been turned down.
He demanded for review of the decision in upgrading the facility in Orissa.
Dey also asked the HRD ministry to upgrade the proposed NISER to an Indian Institute of Science at par with IISc, Bangalore.
Raising the issue of National Law University (NLU), Dey announced that the state government will be tabling a bill during the next session of Assembly for setting up a NLU in the state with substantial financial support.
Asking for an institution like Indian Institute of Material Science (IIMC), Dey said it will facilitate development in the industrial and mining sector.
For better administration in the college system of the state, the minister impressed upon the HRD ministry to fund the e-connectivity program, which is to be taken up in the colleges.
Delay in NAAC accreditation is a nagging problem and Dey asked HRD minister Arjun Singh to intervene in the matter.
He also asked UGC authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure NAAC visit the left out colleges.
The minister also asked for funding of the Ravenshaw University by the UGC.
With Orissa reiterating its demand for an IIT and a central university (CU) in KBK region, the conference of the education ministers held here on April 11 has endorsed a proposal to upgrade a state university to that of a central one.
So now the chances of having a central university with UGC funding in Orissa looks bright with the today’s endorsement.
Presenting the case of Orissa, Samir Dey, the Higher Education minister said that there is a long standing demand for establishment of a central university in the KBK region of the state considering the tribal concentration.
He said chief minister Naveen Patnaik has time and again demanded the same, which will benefit the states like Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhstisgarh.
Raising the issue of IIT, Samir said that with the vibrant growth in industrial and technical sector in Orissa establishment of an IIT will greatly intensify the process which is of critical importance to make the industry globally competitive.
The minister repeating the state’s demand for an IIT he said that the chief minister has also requested the prime minister to upgrade the extension centre of IIT Kharagpur at Bhubaneswar, which have been turned down.
He demanded for review of the decision in upgrading the facility in Orissa.
Dey also asked the HRD ministry to upgrade the proposed NISER to an Indian Institute of Science at par with IISc, Bangalore.
Raising the issue of National Law University (NLU), Dey announced that the state government will be tabling a bill during the next session of Assembly for setting up a NLU in the state with substantial financial support.
Asking for an institution like Indian Institute of Material Science (IIMC), Dey said it will facilitate development in the industrial and mining sector.
For better administration in the college system of the state, the minister impressed upon the HRD ministry to fund the e-connectivity program, which is to be taken up in the colleges.
Delay in NAAC accreditation is a nagging problem and Dey asked HRD minister Arjun Singh to intervene in the matter.
He also asked UGC authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure NAAC visit the left out colleges.
The minister also asked for funding of the Ravenshaw University by the UGC.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Response to HRD saying Orissa has 12 central institutes: Dr. Digambara Patra
To
The Ministry of HRD
Government of India
Copy to: The President, Government of India
The Prime Minister, Govt of India
Ms Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairpersons
Media
Dear Honorable Union HRD Minister, Government of India, Mr Singh,
With reference to the news report published in Hindustan Times on 26th Feb 2007, Reference: http://digpatra.googlepages.com/20070227_HT_IIT.pdf
we are astonished to learn that “HRD ministry feels opening of satellite campus might dilute the standard of education in premier institutes like IITs”. If this is the case why the present ministry is making 3 more new IITs, 5 new IISERs, 3-5 IIMs and few IIITs across India? We also do not see any dilution in education standard by establishing more IITs as each IITs are autonomous and independent institutions and would maintain their individual quality of education rather than exploiting “IIT” as a fancy brand name.
The argument made by HRD ministry saying “presence of 12 centrally funded educational institutes and announced NISER forbid Orissa to get a new IIT” is also equally baseless. If it would have been the case than Andhra Pradesh has 31 such centrally funded institutions including HRD ministry sponsored central university Hyderabad and beside many DRDO
laboratories, still the HRD ministry has proposed new IIT and is also considering for two new IIEST in the state. Additionally other central institutes like IIPH and NIPER are being established in Andhra Pradesh.
Reference:
http://digpatra.googlepages.com/20070227_state_wise_national_lab_ins.pdf
As given in the above reference link, our state wise comparison also shows states having more centrally funded institutions like Maharastra (36), Karnataka (35), Delhi (34), Uttar Pradesh (34), Andhra Pradesh (31), West Bengal (23), Tamil Nadu (20), Madhya Pradesh (16), Gujrat (16) and Kerala (14) are still given preference while establishing new centrally funded institutions. Additionally many of these states have many DRDO laboratories. If this is the reason, why are also IISER and Indira Gandhi Tribal University being established in Madhya Pradesh which has 14 other centrally funded institutions instead of Chhatisgarh that has only two centrally funded/proposed institutions?
NISER in Orissa costs 500 crores where as IIT in Bihar costs 4000 crores. Additionally Bihar and Andhra Pradesh gets NIPER apart from IIT. Excluding NIT, the total expenditure of all other centrally funded institutions in Orissa would be equivalent to a single IIT’s expenditure. Many states like Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Assam, etc. have many centrally funded institutions apart from IIT and NIT.
Even in zonal basis selection of centrally funded educational institutions there was fraud and misuse of political and administrative power. Reference:
http://digpatra.googlepages.com/20070226_Tathya_inInformingPeople.pdf
Take the case of eastern zone, West Bengal has always received extra advantages over other states despite the fact that it has already many national institutes of high repute like IIT, IIM, ISI, Shanti Niketan, IACS (a science institute of IISc standard) etc, even very recently for establishing new IISER, NIPER, IIPH etc the state has become extra beneficiary in the
eastern zone by totally showing blind eyes to state like Orissa, which is at the bottom of per capital expenditure by HRD ministry along with Bihar and Rajasthan (see reference below). Reference:
http://digpatra.googlepages.com/20060214_HindustanTimes.pdf
Though we are very much disappointed about IIT in Orissa, we are equally happy about IIT in Bihar and Rajasthan.
Many hilly regions in India have been given national institutes of higher learning except similar backward region in Orissa. Reference:
http://digpatra.googlepages.com/KalahandiNeedsNationalInstitutes.pdf
Unfortunately, Orissa was not given any national institute like IIT, IIM or central university in this regards, although its south-western region, infamously known as KBK region, is well known for its multi-facet backwardness and its 7 out of 8 districts are among the 10 most backward districts in India.
Reference: http://digpatra.googlepages.com/20070209_ThePioneer.pdf
Unless people fight for it, in every decision the HRD ministry was taking currently, Orissa had always been at the receiving end, whether it was the shifting of IISER to Kolkata, Reference: http://iiser.blogspot.com/
or be the recent shifting of IIT from Orissa.
Reference: http://iits-11thplan.blogspot.com/
In stead of going towards a rational approach the central government has still been encouraging politically biased and regional favoritism looking at the ruling parties of various states, home state of the concern minister and counting the number of MPs of the ruling parties from those states while establishing national institutes.
In fact, there was no science (rationality is the basis of science) while establishing science and science based institutions across the nation by ministry of HRD recently (except the case for IIT in Bihar and Rajasthan).
We are sure if national policy will have rationality in its decision, Orissa would have more advantages over many other states where HRD ministry and central government are presently looking at while establishing national institutes like IIT, IIPH, NIPER, IIM, IIIT, National Institute of Nanotechnology, National Institute of Biotechnology etc.
Thank you and with kind regards
Sincerely
Digambara Patra
Monday, February 26, 2007
IITs plan for expansion scrapped: HT
IITs plan for expansion scrapped
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi, February 26, 2007
The HRD ministry has snowballed the plan of IITs to open new campuses. The first to be hit are the top three IITs of the country at - Delhi, Mumbai and Kharagpur.
In a policy directive, the HRD ministry has rejected the idea of opening satellite campuses in places far off from the main campus, citing huge costs involved. The decision was taken after number of IITs approached the HRD ministry seeking its views on opening new campuses.
While IIT Delhi was formulating a plan for Gurgaon, the proposal of IIT Mumbai for Gujarat and IIT Kharagpur for Bhubaneswar have already been rejected by the HRD ministry. "We are against the concept of opening satellite campuses as it may dilute the standard of education in premier institutes like IITs," a senior ministry official told HT.
IIT Kharagpur, which has a small campus functioning in Bhubaneswar, offering post-graduate diplomas, wanted the ministry’s permission to expand the existing campus and convert it into satellite campus offering undergraduate courses. Even Orissa Chief Minister Navin Pathnaik had written to the HRD minister Arjun Singh requesting a IIT in Orissa or providing full-fledged IIT like facilities in the existing campus to improve higher education in the state.
Rejecting the proposal, the HRD ministry officials say that Orissa as 12 Centrally funded educational institutes and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already announced opening of a National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar.
A similar proposal from IIT Mumbai to open a campus in Ahmedabad to tap huge influx of JEE pass-outs from Gujarat was not approved, although there allegations that the proposal was rejected as IIT Mumbai had selected a BJP ruled state. But, a HRD ministry official gave a different explanation. "Opening a satellite campus requires funds equal to opening a new IIT. So, it is better to open new IITs," he said.
The HRD ministry has got, in principle, approval for opening three new IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar. HRD minister Arjun Singh has requested Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy to provide 500-600 acres of land.
The state government has informed the ministry that they are in the process of finalising land with civic amenities and air and rail connectivity, a ministry official said. Similar, requests have also been made to Bihar and Rajasthan governments, he added.
Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi, February 26, 2007
The HRD ministry has snowballed the plan of IITs to open new campuses. The first to be hit are the top three IITs of the country at - Delhi, Mumbai and Kharagpur.
In a policy directive, the HRD ministry has rejected the idea of opening satellite campuses in places far off from the main campus, citing huge costs involved. The decision was taken after number of IITs approached the HRD ministry seeking its views on opening new campuses.
While IIT Delhi was formulating a plan for Gurgaon, the proposal of IIT Mumbai for Gujarat and IIT Kharagpur for Bhubaneswar have already been rejected by the HRD ministry. "We are against the concept of opening satellite campuses as it may dilute the standard of education in premier institutes like IITs," a senior ministry official told HT.
IIT Kharagpur, which has a small campus functioning in Bhubaneswar, offering post-graduate diplomas, wanted the ministry’s permission to expand the existing campus and convert it into satellite campus offering undergraduate courses. Even Orissa Chief Minister Navin Pathnaik had written to the HRD minister Arjun Singh requesting a IIT in Orissa or providing full-fledged IIT like facilities in the existing campus to improve higher education in the state.
Rejecting the proposal, the HRD ministry officials say that Orissa as 12 Centrally funded educational institutes and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already announced opening of a National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar.
A similar proposal from IIT Mumbai to open a campus in Ahmedabad to tap huge influx of JEE pass-outs from Gujarat was not approved, although there allegations that the proposal was rejected as IIT Mumbai had selected a BJP ruled state. But, a HRD ministry official gave a different explanation. "Opening a satellite campus requires funds equal to opening a new IIT. So, it is better to open new IITs," he said.
The HRD ministry has got, in principle, approval for opening three new IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar. HRD minister Arjun Singh has requested Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy to provide 500-600 acres of land.
The state government has informed the ministry that they are in the process of finalising land with civic amenities and air and rail connectivity, a ministry official said. Similar, requests have also been made to Bihar and Rajasthan governments, he added.
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