Progress report on NISER: DAE negotiating with Government of Orissa for 300 acres near Naraj
December 10th, 2006
New Indian Express reports that DAE is asking for free 300 acres of land for the NISER. It says that such a piece of land has been identified near Naraj. Following is an excerpt:
- Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has requested the State Government to provide 300 acres of land free of cost near here for setting up of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER). In an official communique, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar said the department proposed to start classes for the first batch of NISER in 2007. … A joint secretary from DAE recently visited the State to discuss about NISER. He had visited several sites, including Naraj where a single patch of 300 acres is available. Although the DAE officer was pleased with the Naraj site, he expressed his reservations after being told that the Tata Group is also interested to set up a thermal power plant somewhere near. The DAE officer was told that if the Naraj site will be finalised for NISER, the State Government may locate another site for the Tata’s proposed power plant. During discussion with Higher Education Secretary Ashok Tripathy, the DAE joint secretary hinted that plans are afoot to expand the NISER campus to a science city.
In this regard it must be noted that the land identified for IISER Pune is of 100 acres, IISER Kolkata is of 200-220 acres and IISER Mohali is of 200 acres.
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