Odisha gets response from 9 private entities to set up a IIIT in partnership with the state and the central government
February 8th, 2012
Following is an excerpt from an article in Telegraph.
Official sources said nine private agencies have submitted an expression of interest for the ambitious project that would be undertaken in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
According to the proposal, setting up the institute involves an expenditure of Rs 128 crore of which Rs 54 crore will be provided by the Centre. The state government will invest Rs 45 crore and the remaining amount will be contributed by the private agency that takes up the project. The institute will come up on 50 acres allocated by the state government free of cost.
Commissioner-cum-secretary of the state information technology department Pradeep Kumar Jena said the proposal would be sent to the Centre after a private partner for the venture was finalised.
“The location (of the institute) will be decided by the private concern,” said Jena. He said the aim of the institute would be to provide state-of-the-art facilities to produce professionals in the field of information technology.
Since the state is putting 45 crores and giving 50 acres free land, it should pick the private entity that agrees to the earlier announced location of Berhampur.
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1. Abhisek | February 8th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
When the state government is an equal partner that will provide the land and bear a portion of the cost; why the decision about its location is entirely left to the whims and fancies of the private partner? The state government should understand the emotion of the people and its own past promises for a IIIT at Berhampur and it can’t make them wait for perpetuity by offering lolypops.