Push for 12th plan upgradations to central university has started
January 4th, 2011
Now that the 12th plan discussions have started states have started pushing for various upgradations. Earlier we reported Karnataka’s efforts regarding upgrading UVC E to an IIT. Now there is report on West Bengal’s efforts to make Jadavpur University a central university. Following is from a report in Telegraph. It also mentions President Patil’s efforts to upgrade a university in her home area to a central university.
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has thrown his weight behind an effort to convert Jadavpur University into a central university.
In a letter last month, Mukherjee requested human resource development minister Kapil Sibal to consider a proposal to turn JU into a central varsity by an act of Parliament.
“The letter is under the consideration of the ministry. The HRD ministry will seek the views of the finance ministry and the Planning Commission on the proposal for converting it into a central university,” a source told The Telegraph.
… JU has been identified by the University Grants Commission as one of the first five universities in the country with “potential for excellence”. It has also been accorded the highest grading of “five stars” by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
“The HRD ministry will move forward on the basis of the feedback from the finance ministry and the Planning Commission on the letter from Mukherjee. The finance ministry and the Planning Commission had approved setting up 16 central universities under the 11th Plan. All these universities have already been set up. Now if they give the go-ahead, the process will be initiated for the conversion of Jadavpur University into a central university,” the source said.
A few months ago, President Pratibha Patil had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for converting Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University in Maharashtra into a central university. A source said the conversion may be possible in the 12th Plan (2012-17).
Odisha needs to make similar efforts.
Entry Filed under: Central Universities,Learning from others,Twelfth Plan
3 Writeup
1. jitu | January 4th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
state government should push SU for the upgradations. nd set two state university in kalahandi nd sundergarh.
2. Purna Mishra | January 9th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Chitta babu,
We should start a new movement to make BPTU a central university under the 12th 5 year plan. UU, SU, and BU are too low in ranking in India to be considered as a Central university. Only BPUT is in top 100 that is from Odisha other than NIT Rourkela.
Until 10 years back, Kerala was no where in IT field where as Bhubaneswar and Odisha were far ahead. Where is Odisha/Bhubaneswar now in comparison to Kerala in IT & ITeS? We Odias have a small mindset where we want everything in our back yard. We need to grow where we would be comfortable to see Odisha as a whole and the development of Odisha as a bigger entity than development of our backyard. Odisha will not grow until we build another city to complement and contrast with Bhubaneswar. We have such a city and it is Rourkela. Since very few people are from Rourkela, i do not see anyone other than Prashant babu fighting in the net for Rourkela. With NIT and BPUT as a Central university, Rourkela could become the knowledge city of Odisha and has the potential to be another tier-II IT & ITeS city.
I must urge all the net citizens of Odisha to look beyond their backyard and envision what is good for Odisha.
Regards,
— Purna
3. jitu | January 10th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Odisha can’t develop without the development of backward area. people of bbsr,ctc,rkl,sbp,berhampur nd other major cities nd town of odisha are getting the good education facility.but wt about the people of malkangiri, nawarangpur, kalahandi, nuapada, koraput, sonepur, boudh, kandhamal? govt should 1st develop that area then it have to look after to develop 2nd,3rd or even 4th major cluster.