B.Sc (Honors) in Computer Science — down the memory lane
December 4th, 2006
In July 1997 during the OSA convention a few people developed a plan to introuduce B.Sc (honors) in Computer Science in Orissa colleges. This plan was written up and in December it was brought up with the Orissa government. That time the additional Chief Secretary Dr. P. K. Mishra liked the idea very much and while we were in the secretariate discussing the plan the BJB College principal and few others were called and the plan was further discussed. It was decided then and there to open this in BJB, Rama Devi, Ravenshaw, Govt. College Rourkela and few other colleges. (My memory fails me.)
The main idea was to train the excellent mathematics and physics lecturers so that they could teach some of the Computer Science classes. See details of the plan in the link given above. After the decision was made, one of the officers who really implemented the idea (the implementation deviated quite a bit from the plan) was, I think, Mr. S. P. Nanda. Everything moved fast and students were admitted to this program in Fall 1998. The teachers were trained by OCAC.
That time period, and especially the speed with which the secretariate officers executed this plan, flashed back, when I read in Sambada today that TCS and WIPRO have hired 18 students from BJB College, many from the B.Sc (hons) in Computer Science program.
Thank you Dr. P. K Mishra (now retired) for your swift action that December. (Dr. Mishra now writes insightful articles in orissadiary.com, hindtoday.com and many other places.)
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