As per its web page, currently the KIIT group has the following institutions:
In 2009 it is starting four new schools:
- Mass communication
- Design
- Film studies
- Sculpture
In addition KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) plans to offer Mastesr program in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, History, Tribal study, Anthropology, Accountancy, English, Oriya, and Sociology. the following ad for admission to KISS suggests that it will soon be a university on its own.
Considering the way KIIT is going one day the group may have the maximum number and variety of programs among all universities in India. Below are a list of programs at the Bachelors/Masters level that come to mind that the KIIT group does not yet have. Readers are requested to suggest additional programs.
- School of Architecture
- School of Physical and Earth Sciences (Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Earth Science)
- School of Life Sciences (Biology)
- Schoolof Liberal Arts (Economics, Political science, Geography, Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology, Women and Gender studies)
- School of Public Health
- School of Archaeology
- School of performance arts (Music, Dance, Theater, various instruments, various kinds of vocals) – with regular events for locals
- School of Fine Arts and Creative Writing (Art education, Art history, Art studies, ceramics, drawing, fibres, metals, painting, photography, print making)
- School of Business (Accountancy, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Marketing)
- Additional Engineering fields: Industrial engineering, Chemical engineering, Bioengineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mining Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
- Culinary Institute
- School of Public Policy and Government
- School of Energy and Sustainability
- School of Construction
- School of Medical technology (including Bio-Medical Informatics)
- School of Nursing
- Programs in Social Service
- School of Agriculture
- School of Veterinary Science
- School of Education (including special education)
- School of Agri-business, Food science and Nutrition
- School of Tourism
- School of Sports sciences and Kinesiology
- School of Religious studies
- School of Aviation and Aviation management
June 7th, 2009
The ad is at http://niser.ac.in/notices/2009/new-faculty.php. Following are some excerpts. It has the updated salary numbers. The IISER ads as of now – Trivendrum, Bhopal, Mohali, Pune, Kolkata – seem to have the old salary numbers.
National Institute of Science Education and Research
Institute of Physics Campus, Bhubaneswar
web : http://niser.ac.in
Faculty Positions at NISER
Invitation to be part of a new initiative in science education
The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) has been setup at Bhubaneswar by the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India to be a unique institution of its kind pursuing undergraduate and post-graduate education in science combined with frontline research. The Government of India has made a very generous financial outlay to NISER for the purpose of setting up state-of-the-art research facilities in all branches of basic science and to promote interdisciplinary areas of research.
NISER is being setup in a sprawling 300 acre campus about 3 km from Khurda Road Railway Station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar overlooking Barunei Hills. It will be a fully residential campus with modern living amenities including children’s school and health centre.
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NISER invites applications in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics from extremely motivated Indian scientists with a high-profile research agenda and a flair for teaching (especially at the undergraduate level) for the following faculty positions bearing scale of pay given against each:
| Assistant Professor |
15,600 – 39,100 |
| Reader (F) |
37,400 – Rs 67,000 |
ASST. PROFESSOR : Pay Band Rs 15,600 – 39,100 + Grade Pay 7,600
Basic pay on initial appointment will be Rs 29,920 + 22% D.A at current rates + 20% HRA on basic pay. Total emoluments will be approximately Rs 44,438/- per month.
Minimum Qualification
A Ph.D degree in the relevant discipline from a reputed university or institute. Two years of postdoctoral experience preferably abroad with high quality publication in high impact journals.
Age – Preferably 30-37 years
READER (F) – Pay Band Rs 37,400 – 67,000 + Grade Pay 8,700
Basic pay on initial appointment will be Rs 46,100 + 22% DA at current rates + 20% HRA on basic pay. Total emoluments will be approximately Rs 67,414/- per month.
Minimum Qualification
A Ph.D degree in the relevant discipline from a reputed University or Institute. At least 4-5 years of postdoctoral experience preferably abroad with high quality publication in high impact journals.
Age Limit – Between 37-42 years
The age of superannuation is 65 years. In addition to the basic salary, NISER faculty is entitled to allowances as admissible to Central Government Employees stationed at Bhubaneswar and to the DAE’s update allowance, which is currently Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 30,000 per year depending on the scale of pay. They will also receive other fringe benefits (like Relocation Grant, Reimbursement of telephone charges, financial support to attend national/international Conferences/Seminars/Workshops, etc.) which will be comparable to the best in the country.
NISER has sufficient funds to provide seed money to the new faculty to start their research programme. In addition the Department of Atomic Energy provides generous grants from its Prospective Research Fund to bright young scientists.
Interested candidates may apply enclosing:
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of Publications (with reprints of important papers as pdf files)
- Names and addresses (with e-mail and fax number) of at least three referees
- A statement of purpose and research programme
The qualification and experience prescribed are the minimum and mere possession of the same does not entitle a candidate to be considered for any position. However, the experience criteria may be relaxed for exceptionally meritorious candidates.
Applications should be sent by e-mail to careers [at] niser [dot] ac [dot] in marking "Faculty in (branch)" in the subject field (branch being one of the disciplines mentioned above). This is an open advertisement and there is no time limit for sending the application, but the applications received will be taken up for consideration at regular intervals. Candidates are advised to request the Referees to send their letters of recommendations (preferably signed versions as pdf file) directly to NISER at the above e-mail address. Those having regular job in any organization should also send a "No Objection Certificate" from the current employer in electronic form.
All correspondence should be addressed to the above e-mail address only (or any other e-mail address that is notified on the NISER website in future). No postal correspondence is required at any stage. Enquiry regarding the outcome of the application is generally discouraged.
-Director
June 6th, 2009
On March 28th 2008 eight new IIT and seven new IIM locations were declared. The IITs were to be located in Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Gujarat. The IIMs were to be located in Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Uttarakhand and Haryana. At that time one of the deciding principles was that no state would have both a new IIT and a new IIM.
Since then establishment of a new IIT in Karnataka is often mentioned and because of a typo in the speech of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a new IIM will most likely be established in Rajasthan. Following is an excerpt from a recent news item about an IIT in Karnataka.
Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily on Sunday said that an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) would be established at Muddenahalli on the outskirts of Chickaballapur. Addressing a meeting of Congress workers here, Mr. Moily, who represents Chickaballapur in the Lok Sabha, said that he had discussed the matter with Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal. Steps would be taken soon to set up an IIT at Muddenahalli, he said. During his election campaign, Mr. Moily had promised that he would strive to get an IIT established at Muddenahalli, the birthplace of the legendary engineer Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
Following is an excerpt from a report about the IIM in Rajasthan.
What seemed to be a typographical error made by the HRD Ministry in Budget papers has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Rajasthan, as Rajasthan will now get a new Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for the error.
In light of these Orissa should continue to vigorously push for an IIM.
June 2nd, 2009
Update: Dharitri reports that so far 18 faculty have been hired.
Following is an excerpt from a report in Times of India.
"Last year, we admitted 120 students to three streams: civil, mechanical and electrical (40 students each). The number would the same this year," IIT-Bhubaneswar registrar B K Ray told TOI. According to him, 240 students (of both batches) would be taught at IIT-Kharagpur Extension Centre building here. "Three laboratories are being set up. Everything should be ready in time," Ray said.
"Since no hostel is available now, we have taken 50 new apartments on rent at SBI Colony in the Jharpada area for students’ accommodation. A private party would do the catering job, while for transportation of students from the apartments to classrooms the distance is seven km we will hire three-four buses," the registrar said.
Around 935 acre has already been earmarked at Kansapada in Jatni, about 30 km from here, for construction of a permanent campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar.
"It will take at least three years to build the new campus. We aim to start classes on the permanent campus in 2011," Ray said….
IIT officials said they have got approval to open courses in different subjects, but as of now they want to concentrate on civil, mechanical and electrical streams to ensure no dilution of quality took place.
"There is no need to rush. We have started recruiting teachers. Apart from IIT-Kharagpur teachers, some retired IIT and Institute of Physics and National Institute of Science, Education and Research (NISER) teachers will join us," Ray added.
May 30th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in thaiindian.com.
Azad said the ministry would also try to speed up the setting up of six institutes on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The government had announced the plan in 2003, but it was given a final go ahead in 2005.
Under the scheme, such institutes would be set up in Patna, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Raipur and Rishikesh. Azad also said the ministry would upgrade 13 other medical institutes in the country.
He said after the six AIIMS like institutes come up, the government plans to start two more such institutes and also upgrade six medical institutes.
May 29th, 2009
Its web page is http://nluc.org.in/. Following is information from its page about Why NLU.
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WHY NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ORISSA (NLUO)?
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| 1. National Law University Orissa (NLUO) is the youngest member of the group of National Law Universities, which are institutions of excellence in the field of legal education, with Chief Justice of India as its Visitor and Chief Justice of the High Court as its Chancellor. |
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| 2. National Law University Orissa has the advantage of having the experience of the Attorney-General of India, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Advocate General of Orissa, judges of the Supreme Court of India and judges of the High Courts’ on its Governing and Executive Council. |
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| 3. The prized distinction of NLUO is its location in the most promising State of India. The faster economic growth and growing charm of MNCs in the state has set Orissa as a major destination for Foreign Direct Investments to the tune of approximately Rs. 1,00,000 crore. |
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| 4. NLUO is located on the banks of the river Mahanadi, with the classrooms and library affording a breathtaking view of the river and undulating verdant hillsides in the distance. The close to nature location of the campus would be conducive for sustained scholastic activity for the academically inclined students who choose to be a part of this institution. |
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| 5. NLUO students would be taught by a group of teachers, dynamic and experienced; and most importantly committed. The faculty is drawn from premier institutions of India and abroad, with most of them being associated with the leading National law Schools, thereby giving them the advantage of being accustomed to the rigours of the Law School model. |
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| 6. National Law University Orissa has a unique curriculum. In all probability, we offer the most profound example of integration of knowledge. We have gone beyond the conventional interdisciplinary approach, permitting students of the B.A.LL.B course to take courses of B.B.A.LL.B and vice versa, outside of the major-minor division of papers. |
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| 7. NLUO is the first national law school in the country which offers Mass Communication and Journalism as an optional subject, to the B.A.LL.B and B.B.A.LL.B students. |
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| 8. NLUO offers twenty four hours internet facility to its students and its teachers would be available to the students even beyond working hours. |
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| 9. Since Orissa is mineral rich state and has a long coastline, NLUO aims to concentrate on hitherto areas unexplored by law schools such as Mining Law, Marine Science Law, Water Law etc. |
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| 10. NLUO’s state of the art Library, equipped with the latest online resources would afford students’ opportunities for sharpening their analytical skills through in-depth research for projects and moot courts. |
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| 11. NLUO would have an extensive range of exciting exchange programmes with leading law schools of India and abroad. |
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12. NLUO offers the possibility of Honours not only in B.A./B.B.A. but also in LL.B, in group likes Constitutional Law, Business Law, International Trade Law, International Law, Natural Resources Law, Crime and Criminology and Intellectual Property Law.
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Following are the important dates regarding admission to the NLU Orissa in the coming session.
| IMPORTANT DATES |
| Issue of application |
3rd May, 2009 |
| Last date of submission of filled in application form |
6th June, 2009 |
| Admission Test |
14th June, 2009 |
| Publication of Result |
26th June, 2009 |
| Last date for confirmation by the candidates |
26th June, 2009 |
| Last date for confirmation by the candidates |
10th July, 2009 |
| for attending the counseling |
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| Date of Admission |
18th July, 2009 |
| Commencement of classes |
20th July,2009 |
Application forms are available at http://nluc.org.in/form.pdf.
May 28th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in expressbuzz.com.
A preliminary estimate puts the number of successful candidates from the State at about 200 – including those who secured All India Ranks (AIR) and those who figured in the extended merit list announced on Monday.
While 150 students are believed to have cleared the test from Bhubaneswar alone, 11 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mundali, in Cuttack notched up good ranks.
Initial reports said approximately 10 students from Berhampur and another 20 from Rourkela made it to the extended merit list.
This IIT success rate is probably the best ever in the State with one student, …
JNV, Mundali, where about 39 students were given special coaching for IIT, saw its student Abhisek Rai getting AIR 1,948 (placed 258th in OBC category list).
Another student, Pratapbandhu Solanki, has secured 12th rank in Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, whereas Sourav Ginnore got 232nd rank in Scheduled Caste category.
Similarly, Ravindra Chourase (324), Saroj Nayak (437), Ranu Choudhury (543), Rakesh Malick (692), Soumya Ranjan Sahoo (731), Nitesh Patra (831) and Kamlesh Ahirwar (953) are among the successful candidates in the SC list, school principal S B Rao said.
The private IIT tutorial institutions were ecstatic about the results. Akash Institute claimed at least 91 of its students cleared the all-India entrance.
Director A B Singh said 24 of its students were on the merit list, while the rest were on extended list.
Similarly, Vidwan claimed 56 students followed by Naidu with 11 and Kalinga Bharati with about 20 students.
… From Kharagpur zone, of 52,176 students, only 928 students qualified. The result percentage in Kharagpur zone is below 2 per cent.
May 26th, 2009
Update: IIT Bhubaneswar web page now lists Prof. Madhusudan Chakroborty as the director.
Following is an excerpt from a report in the Times of India.
Functioning under temporary arrangement for over a year, the newly-created six IITs have now got their regular directors.
Prof U B Desai, Prof M K Surappa, Prof Sudhir Kumar Jain, Prof Prem Kumar Kalra, Prof Madhusudan Chakroborty and Prof Anil Bhowmick will head the IITs at Hyderabad, Ropar, Gandhinagar, Rajasthan, Bhubaneswar and Patna respectively.
"The Union Cabinet has given its go ahead for the appointment of the directors who were selected by the search committee. We have issued appointment letters to the new directors last week," a senior HRD ministry official said.
May 26th, 2009
Orissatv.com reports in http://orissatv.com/NewsDetail.asp?newsId=NS3601 that 300 Orissa students cracked the IIT entrance. If that means they qualify for the IIT then it is a great improvement over previous years. If the 300 includes the exttended merit list then one needs the data regarding how many are in the EML and how many qualified for the IITs. If even half of the 300 qualified for IIT then also it is an improvement over the previous years. The article goes on to say:
The state students performed well only after the establishment of an IIT in Bhubaneswar recently.
However, Orissa is still far behind other states. For example, 2000+ qualified from Andhra Pradesh. Comparable to Orissa is Gujarat from where 167 qualified to the IITs and 175 are in the extended merit list.
Update: Dharitri says 700 qualified from Orissa.
May 26th, 2009
Following is from http://niser.ac.in/notices/2009/benefits4NISER.php.
M.Sc. graduates of NISER who are interested to join BARC, will be given exemption from writing the Training School examination and will be directly eligible for interview.
Furthermore, NISER students interested in pursuing Ph.D. programme can be considered for K.S. Krishnan fellowship directly in any DAE institution.
May 21st, 2009
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May 14th, 2009
Update: The comment below is correct. They have had the Ph.D program since January 2009. Perhaps the MHRD found out about it recently and put out a PIB release and as a result various news items came about.
Following is from http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1255708.
The newly-created Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, will offer Masters and PhD programme from the coming session.
It will offer Masters of Technology (M Tech) Degree in five subjects — Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, the HRD Ministry said in a statement today.
Similarly, students can pursue PhD in nine subjects. These are Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
Meritorious candidates can avail scholarships. The institute will entertain only on-line applications. The last date for applying for the courses is May 20.
I have not heard about similar offering of post-graduate courses in the other new IITs.
May 13th, 2009
Its web page, currently under construction, is at http://www.nluc.org.in/.
May 13th, 2009
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