Some progress on the new IIITs; Orissa must insist on the new IIIT to be in Berhampur
June 19th, 2009
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.
Entry Filed under: Berhampur-Gopalpur-Hinjilicut area (3),IIIT, Berhampur (proposed),NITs, IIITs
6 Writeup
1. Nilachal | June 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Sir, The STPI in Berhampur is going to start soon. But the IT tower proposed by IDCO in Berhampur and Rourkela is nowhere. It shows the non-seriousness of the state government in establishing the three IT hubs in Orissa at Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Rourkela.
The IIIT must be established in Berhampur as Bhubaneswar has already one. Berhampur can emerge as an IT destination with institutions like the STPI and IIIT. When Berhampur and Rourkela emerge as IT hubs inside the state, Bhubaneswar can challenge Hyderabad and Bangalore.
2. Abhisek | June 19th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
To make Berhampur an IT destination, air connectivity must be ensured. For this either the Airstrip near Berhampur University should be made a domestic airport or or the Proposed Bhubaneswar airport should be built at some 30-40 km distance from Bhubaneswar and towards Berhampur. This will reduce the disatnce between these two cities to around 140 kms and with NH-5 connecting the two cities it will take around 2 hrs to reach Berhampur from the airport.
The IIIT if established at Berhampur will be the first centrally funded technical institution in Southern Orissa. This is essential to distribute centrally funded institutions across the state and there can no better place than Berhampur to locate this.
3. Ajaya Sahu | June 21st, 2009 at 1:04 am
Developing Bhubaneswar- Berhampur (160 km) knowledge corridor is must and shall follow the footsteps of other states / corridors like Kharagpur-Kolkata (116 kms); Mumbai-Pune 150 kms; Bangalore-Mysore 140 kms; Indore-Bhopal 186 kms .
If you look the distance between greater Berhampur and greater BBSR, it is hardly 100 km (Chatrapur – Jatni ) and in 6 lane high way (proposed NH5), it will take hardly 1 hr to reach. I believe state govt is releasing 100 acres of free land beside NH5 as declared few months back.
Ajaya Sahu
Jeddah, KSA
4. RP.Tripathy | June 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The establishment of I.I.I.T at Berhampur is the only way to have a centrally funded technical institute in South Orissa. The state government by going ahead with the OCU at Koraput has raised hopes. The NIT option is still open as the locations are yet to be announced, but no word has come from the state government. As Mr Sahu suggests and Prof Baral has also talked about it in the past, the idea of a Bhubaneswar-Berhampur knowledge corridor must be explored.
RP Tripathy
5. Chitta Baral | June 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
There were some news on NIT locations. See http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1353 and
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=41316&kwd=
6. Abhisek | July 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Oriss Government is sleeping while small states like Himachal Pradesh and Haryana are declaring IIITs. And interestingly these IIITs are coming up at Sonepat in Haryana (Link: http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/02/stories/2009070256890500.htm) and a little known place in Himachal. But, we hesitantly talk about Berhampur as if Berhampur belongs to Andhra Pradesh and not Orissa when it comes to establishment of educational institutions. This is at a time when other states are strongly backing and making case for their little known towns of their states. Berhampur has a rich history and culture. It has got enterprising and enthusiastic people. all it wants is a little push from the State Govt. but that has eluded the city for the past so many decades. Time to recognise the soft power of Berhampur.