Pioneer and Statesman: Bhubaneswar in the shortlist for one of the 4 new NIDs in the 11th plan
June 26th, 2007
(Update: See the PIB report http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=24647 where the cabinet approval of 4 new NIDs is mentioned.)
Pioneer reports that the CM met minister Kamal Nath about getting one of the four proposed National Institute of Design (that are to be established during the 11th plan and that are part of the recent National design policy) to Orissa. Following is an excerpt from that report.
Later, Patnaik met Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Kamal Nath. The discussions centred around the proposal of the State Government for setting up a new National Institute of Design (NID) in Bhubaneswar in light of the National Design Policy 2007, which envisages four new National Institute of Design in different regions of the country during the 11 th Plan period. Kamal Nath stated that Bhubaneswar has been short-listed as one of the possible locations for setting up of a new NID and the proposal of the Orissa Government would be considered seriously.
Following is an excerpt on the same topic from the Statesman:
Mr Patnaik met the Central minister in Delhi today and raised the matter saying Bhubaneswar ought to be one of the four new NID’s that were being proposed in the country. He assured Mr Nath that the state will provide necessary infrastructure and even identify institute of university to partner the NID. The Central minister informed the CM that Bhubaneswar figures in the short list drawn up for establishment of NID’s during the 11th Plan period.
The Orissa government press release on this is here. Following is the relevant excerpt:
Later during the day, Shri Patnaik met the Union Minister for Commerce & Industries, Shri Kamal Nath. The discussions centered around the proposal of the State Government for setting up of a new National Institute of Design (NID) at Bhubaneswar, in the light of the National Design Policy 2007, which envisages four new NIDs in different regions of country during the 11th Plan period. The Chief Minister stated that the Orissa Government would provide all necessary infrastructure support like land etc. for the institute. The State Government is also willing to identify an Institution / University which can partner NID for setting up the new institute. Shri Kamal Nath stated that Bhubaneswar has been shortlisted as one of the possible locations for setting up a new NID and that they would consider the proposal of the State Government seriously.
Entry Filed under: NID, Odisha (missed opportunity)
2 Writeup
1. Biswanath | June 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
The other day when Union Minister Mr Sahoo said that NID is to be established in Berhampur the Commerce Minister says that Bhubaneswar has been shortlisted. It seems either Mr Nath is fooling or Mr Sahoo is not correct as both can’t be correct. But the eagerness on the part of the state
govt. to have every central institute in the capital only needs to be pondered?
2. Prashant K Sahoo | June 26th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
May be because of the fact that all our leaders live in BBSR. Or they can not see oDishA beyond Bhubaneshwar. They are forgetting that the state generates lots of reveune from other places of oDishA towards which they are having some responsibility also.
Apart from developing the Capital and its near by region ( which should have been done at any cost ) , the govt. should also think about other regions in order to make the regions feel not ignored. So unless we shake them they will not. And that is why I suppose Orissawatch.org is meant for the higher education drive to assure equal opportunity in oDishA.