Update: Additional coverage at http://niser.ac.in/docs/2009/pmvisit-27-12-09.php.
Following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=56479.
I am delighted to be here today to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony of this National Institute of Science Education and Research. The institute symbolizes our commitment to the development of Odisha and its people. It also symbolizes our commitment to the cause of education, and particularly to science education.
We recognise the important role that education has to play in our development process and our steady progress towards being a modern knowledge society. In the last about five years our government has undertaken a massive expansion and improvement of our education system at all levels. But we realize that we need to do much more.
In the area of science education particularly, I share the concern that our best minds are not turning to science. We must find ways of making science more attractive to our youth. We must improve the quality of teaching in science and mathematics at the school level. At the university level we must ensure better infrastructure, high quality faculty and greater interaction between academia and industry.
Since independence, there has been a great deal of progress in our Science & Technology system. This is evident from the success of the mission-oriented Science &Technology agencies, like the family of Department of Atomic Energy institutions, that have made our nation proud. We are committed to ensure operational autonomy, including in matters of appointments, to various institutions of excellence under the Department of Atomic Energy as is the case with some other scientific institutions of eminence in India.
I am also aware that we need to increase our expenditure on Science & Technology from its current level of 1% of our GDP. This is about half of the level of developed countries. The Government is committed to increasing Research & Development funding and for the last few years, we have been allocating larger budgets in this area. But I also expect the private sector to do more for Research & Development. We also need more public- private partnership in Research & Development in all areas of Science & Technology.
One way of making careers in science and technology attractive would be to improve remuneration and ensure the integrity of the selection process. It is well known that the initial starting salary for scientists with a PhD in India is often lower than those of Engineers, Doctors and Management graduates. It is obvious that if talented young people are to be retained in science, scientists have to be treated differently than other Government employees in service and salary matters.
It is our expectation that the National Institute of Science Education and Research will produce scientific trained manpower of a very high quality which could directly find placement across the country. There will be greater emphasis on branches of science relevant to the Department of Atomic Energy, which also cater to better exploitation and utilization of Odisha’s natural resources. Odisha’s mineral and marine resources will be taken into consideration in designing training programs for students here.
We expect NISER to be an institute at par with the best in the country in terms of facilities and faculty. It will have a research to teaching load as practiced in the best universities in the world. This will ensure world class education and also attract the best researchers. It will have world-class experimental facilities in all the current and emerging branches of science including physics, chemistry, modern biology and environmental sciences. I am confident that the National Institute of Science Education and Research will become an eminent institute for science like TIFR and IISc.
Let me end by wishing the National Institute of Science Education and Research all the very best in the years to come. Odisha has produced many outstanding scientists like Jogesh Chandra Pati. I hope this institution will produce many more great men of science. I also wish all of you all success in your efforts to make India stronger in Science and Technology.”
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AD
December 27th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in expressbuzz.com.
There is an unprecedented response for tenders for the construction of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-type medical institutions in Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh.
Sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sais around 160 construction companies joined the bidding making it more competitive.
Thanks to the incentive package, if the construction of the institute is completed within the stipulated time or little in advance of the scheduled time, the company would get benefit of Rs 10 crore at one stroke. As per the detailed project report, construction cost of each institution, which comprises the medical colleges and the hospital, is around Rs 300 crore and for the all the six institutes, the cost would be around Rs 1800 crore.
December 26th, 2009
The new links are:
Setting up of 6 AIIMS at Bhopal/Bhubaneshwar/Jodhpur/Patna/Raipur/Rishikesh / Important Information / Amendment -1
Clicking on the first one takes us to the page http://mohfw.nic.in/Index6aiims.htm which has the following.
Name of Work
Setting up of Six AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh
Section – 1 Notice Inviting Tender for Six AIIMS Projects under PMSSY Scheme (as published in News Papers on 2nd Nov 2009).
Section – 2 Volume – 1 (Notice Inviting Tender & Instructions to Tenderers )
Section – 3 Contact Officials for each AIIMS Site
| AIIMS-Bhubaneswar |
Sh. Chitranjan Nanda, SE |
09433892952 |
AIIMS-Bhubaneshwar, Near Biju Patnaik Police Academy, Village-Sijua, Bhubaneshwar-751019, Orissa |
| Sh. Satwant Singh Sallan, PE(HLL) |
09776245188 |
The second links takes to the pdf document that states that the submission date is extended till 23rd December 2009.
December 8th, 2009
The page http://www.dcsem.gov.in/Page/Tender.htm has the following.
|
Sl.No.
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Name of Work
|
Estimated
Cost
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
NIT No.
|
Sale Period
|
For Details
|
|
1
|
Construction of Academic Township , Sports Complex and Residential Township alongwith necessary Infra structure Facilities For National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Jatni, Khurda ORISSA.
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450
Crore
|
DCSEM / CE (PCD) /NISER/A & R / PQ/07 / 2009 dt 30.11.2009.
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07-12-2009
To
24.12.2009
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Click Here
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Following is from the page reached by clicking the above link.
Government of India
Department of Atomic Energy
Directorate of Construction, Services & Estate Management
INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTING AGENCIES
PQ No : DCSEM / CE (PCD) /NISER/A & R / PQ/07 / 2009 dt 30.11.2009
Director, Directorate of Construction Services & Estate Management (DCSEM), DAE, on behalf of the President of India, invites Pre-qualification applications from reputed, qualified, experienced and financially sound Engineering construction agencies for “Construction of Academic Township , Sports Complex and Residential Township alongwith necessary Infra structure Facilities For National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Jatni, Khurda ORISSA The proposed scope of work shall include Civil Construction works, Internal & External P.H., Fire Fighting, Internal Roads, Storm Water Drains, Rain Water Harvesting , Internal & External Electrical Works ,HVAC, and Development works etc. The works are listed below.
|
S.N
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Description of Works
|
Approximate Area
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|
1
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ACADEMIC TOWNSHIP Consisting of School of Sciences including Class Rooms, Administration, Library, Workshop, Auditorium Complex including Cafeteria, Lecture Hall Complex, Student Activity Centre, Other Facilities like Animal House, Green House and Bio Safety P3 Laboratory and Meditation Centre etc
|
64,923/- Sq.m
|
|
2
|
SPORTS COMPLEX & AQUATIC FACILITIES
|
2,000/- Sq.m
|
|
3
|
RESIDENTIAL TOWNSHIP Consisting of
Hostel complex of Double Occupancy Rooms for 800 Students and Single Occupancy Rooms for 1000 Students, Efficiency Apartments Type I & II , Residential Accommodation for Faculty/Staff of Type A to E, E1 & E3, Other Facilities such as Day care Centre, Primary & Higher Secondary School, Hospital 20 Bed, Shopping and Community Centre and Guest House etc
|
1,06,913/- Sq.m
|
The estimated cost for the work is projected to be Rs. 450 crore (approx). Time of completion is 36 months.
The interested agencies are required to furnish the following documents for consideration of issue of “Pre -Qualification Document” . Joint ventures are not accepted
a) Proof of registration with Government / Semi Government organisations like Railways, PWD, CPWD, MES etc. in appropriate class or having experience in carrying out similar type of works.
b) Annual turnover as per ITCC or Profit & Loss statement for the last 3 years
c) ‘PAN’ reference,
d) TIN reference,
e) Latest Bank Solvency Certificate
f) WCT registration certificate,
g) Performance Certificates;
h) List of similar works in hand and Works carried out by them for the last seven years indicating the Agency for whom executed, Value of work, Completion time : Stipulated & Actual or present position of the work.
i) List of Technical staff they possess.
j) List of construction plants, machinery & infrastructure facilities they possess.
Agencies fulfilling following criteria shall be eligible to participate:
(a) Experience of having successfully completed any of the following works during
last seven years ending 30-11-2009 :
(i) 3 similar works completed costing not less than Rs.180 crore each; or
2 similar works completed costing not less than Rs.270 crore each; or
1 similar work completed costing not less than Rs.360 crore
and
(ii) One completed work of any nature ( either part of (i) above or a separate one) costing not less than Rs. 180 crore with some Central/State Government/ Central Autonomous Body/ Central Public Sector Undertaking
(b) Bank Solvency Certificate of Minimum Value Rs.180 crore.
(c) Average Annual turnover during last 3 years ending 31.03.2009 should be
at least Rs.135 crore
Similar works means Development and Construction of Residential/Commercial / Institute / Office Buildings with RCC framed structure, including PH , Electrical, HVAC and development works
The value of works shall be brought to current costing level by enhancing the actual value of work at simple rate of 7% per annum : calculated from the date of completion to last date of receipt of applications for Pre-Qualification documents.
[d) Not having incurred any loss in more than 2 years during last 5 years ending
31-3-2009.
Pre qualification documents shall be issued from 07-12-2009 to 24.12.2009 between 11 00 hrs. & 16 00 hrs on all working days from the Office of Chief Engineer(PCD),DCSEM, DAE, 3rd Floor, V.S.Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai – 94.Cost of the document (non refundable) shall be Rs.1500/- in cash if collected in person and Rs.2000/- if required by Post, by crossed Demand Draft drawn in favour of Accounts Officer, DCSEM, payable at Mumbai. Pre qualification documents if required by post shall be sent by Indian Speed Post only, at the agency’s risk. The documents shall be received in person only, up to 15 00 hrs on 05-01-2010 in the Office of the Chief Engineer (PCD) and shall be opened at 15 30 hrs on the same day. If any information furnished by the applicant is found incorrect at a later stage, they shall be liable to be debarred from tendering/taking up of work in DCSEM. The Department reserves the right to verify the particulars furnished by the applicant independently and reject any application without assigning any reason and to restrict the list of pre-qualified contractors to any number deemed suitable in case too many applications are received satisfying the basic Pre-Qualification criteria . Short listing of the agencies shall be subject to thorough verification of their credentials and inspection of works carried out by them, through a Technical Evaluation Committee of experts, constituted by DCSEM.
For further details please contact 022-25487320 & 25487324. Fax 022-25565362
Please click here to Download Pre Qualification Document
Our previous entry on NISER tender was at
https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1816. Earlier the budget for the construction was 290 crores. In this tender the amount seems to have been raised to 450 crores.
December 8th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in DNA.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-GN) will begin an ‘earn while you learn’ offer for its undergraduate students. …
"Selected students from the second-year batch will be allowed to work for a maximum of eight hours a week during the semester, and 40 hours per week during the vacations.
They will be paid a remuneration of Rs50 to Rs80 per hour. Initially, 25 to 30 students will be selected for the programme," said Jaison Manjaly, assistant professor and faculty coordinator for the programme.
… "The students will be engaged in the library, computer centre, laboratories, general administration, placement services, public relations etc," he said.
… Sudhir Jain, director of IIT-GN, said that … students with a CPI of seven and above will be eligible for participation in the programme.
November 23rd, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a PIB release.
… the Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad expressed concern over dilution of original role of AIIMS due to heavy patient load. He said for bringing the research and innovation to the fore it is important to decongest the institute. Outlining his strategy for this Shri Azad said that the establishment of 8 AIIMS like institution and upgradation of 19 government medical colleges along with strengthening of health infrastructure at rural, district and state level will reduce the pressure on AIIMS. Speaking with the Journalists after the function the minister said that most of the clearances for the AIIMS like institutions have been procured and civil tenders are being issued. He informed that taking cue from his experience in Jammu and Kashmir where he was the Chief Minister he has incorporated a strong monetary incentive for fast completion of these projects. The Hospital – OPD complex is to be built in 24 months. The Minister informed that incentive upto Rs 10 crore will be given for the early completion of work.
November 17th, 2009
Update: Tathya has an article and pictures on the current status of the construction of AIIMS Bhubaneswar. One of the pictures is given below. Tathya.in says: "Kolkota based Unit Construction has taken up the construction job, while the PSU, Hospital Services Consultation Corporation (HSCC) is the civil consultant for this projects."
More details on the tender is at http://mohfw.nic.in/Index6aiims.htm:
The above tender is about the hospital and medical college. Earlier in May 2008, tenders were floated for the housing complex. See https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1121. (Even older links related to tenders for the AIIMS-like institution in Bhubaneswar are at https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=970.) In June 2009 it was reported that:
- Out of the 14 blocks of the AIIMS, the roof works of eight blocks have already been completed.
- An alternative road has already been constructed for the Sijua village and 90 per cent work has already been completed.
- Steps have been taken to remove the high-voltage transmission line.
I hope additional progress has been made with respect to the housing construction.
November 2nd, 2009
Following is from PIB release http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=53747.
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Update on AIIMS-like institutions tenders/nits worth Rs. 1908 Cr for the main civil packages for six new AIIMS-like institutions invited
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| |
17:38 IST |
Government of India has launched the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) with the objective of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education and research in the country. Under the Ist phase of this scheme, six new AIIMS-like institutions are being set up, one each in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) at an estimated cost of approximately Rs 820 Crores per institution. Each of these institution will have a 960 bedded hospital (500 beds for the medical college hospital; 300 beds for Specialty/Super Speciality departments; 100 beds for ICU/Accident and trauma. In addition 30 beds for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) and 30 beds for Ayush have been kept. This would be full fledged multi-disiciplinary healthcare institution offering facilities in 42 speciality/super-speciality disciplines. Medical College will have an annual intake of 100 UG intake besides imparting PG/doctoral courses in various disciplines. Nursing College will also have 100 UG intake and 25 PG intake annually.
The respective State Governments have provided 100 acre land free of cost. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India engaged eminent architectural firms to prepare the designs and drawings. The architectural/DPR Consultants were selected on global competitive basis. The Project Consultants have also been selected for each site on the basis of open competitive bids. Project Cell at the sites comprising engineering, finance and administrative set up has been constituted and posts are being filled up on deputation basis from other Central Govt./State Govt. organizations.
The construction work has been split into 7 different packages, depending on the functional /sequential requirement and core specialization needs. Tenders/NITs for the main civil packages viz. (i) Civil works for Medical College, Nursing College, AYUSH and Hostels, (Patna, Raipur, Bhopal); and (ii) Civil works for Hospitals – OPD Complex including all internal services and specialized works are being invited. The total cost of these two packages is between Rs.250 – 300 Crore for each site, totaling Rs. 1908 Cr. for all six sites.
The salient features of the tenders /NITs issued on 2nd Nov. are as follows:-
(i) All detailed engineering drawings have been prepared.
(ii) Environmental clearance has been obtained for 5 out of 6 sites and is being obtained for the remaining site (Bhopal).
(iii) Medical College Complex will be built in 15 months time.
(iv) The Hospital – OPD complex is to be built in 24 months.
(iv) Apart from ensuring timely payment, there are very strong incentive clause for early completion with a bonus of 1% of the tendered value per month computed on per day basis, subject to maximum of 5%.
(v) Like-wise there is a strong disincentive clause/penalty if the project is delayed.
Pre-bid Conference is scheduled for 16th November, 2009. Last date of receipt of bids would be 3 Dec 2009
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October 30th, 2009
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IIT Bhubaneswar has unveiled a new web page. It looks very good. Based on the information there it currently has 16 regular faculty in its five schools including the Director. They are:
- School of Basic Sciences
- Sujit Roy, Professor & Head, Chemistry, PhD, 1987, IIT Kanpur
- Srikanta Patra, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, PhD, 2005, IIT Bombay
- Sabyasachi Pani, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, PhD, 2004, IIT Kharagpur
- Rajan Jha, Assistant Professor, Physics, PhD, 2007, IIT Delhi
- Snehasis Chowdhuri, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, PhD, 2005, IIT Kanpur
- Akshay Kumar Ojha, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, PhD 1997, Utkal University
- School of Electrical Sciences
- Ganapati Panda, Professor & Head, PhD, 1982, IIT Kharagpur
- Prasant Sahu, Assistant Professor, PhD 2009, IIT Kharagpur
- Debalina Ghosh, Assistant Professor, PhD 2008, Syracuse University
- School of Infrastructure
- Sekhar Dutta, Professor & Head, PhD, 1982, IIT Kharagpur
- P. Dinakar, Assistant Professor, PhD, 2008, IIT Madras
- Puspendu Bhunia, Assistant Professor, PhD, 2008, IIT Kharagpur
- Sumanta Haldar, Assistant Professor, PhD, 2008, IISc Bangalore
- School of Mechanical Sciences
- Madhusudan Chakraborty, Director and Professor, PhD, 1978, IIT Kharagpur
- Swarup Mahapatra, Associate Professor & Head, PhD 2000, Jadavpur University
- Prasenjit Rath, Assistant Professor, PhD 2007, NTU Singapore
- Satyanarayan Panigrahi, Assistant Professor, PhD 2007, IISc Bangalore
- School of Social Sciences & Humanities
October 24th, 2009
Following is from a report in tathya.in.
… Mr.Patnaik (the CM) has asked Country’s one of the topmost B-School, Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar(XIMB) to open another campus in Sambalpur.
A U Singhdeo, Minister Planning & Coordination and Public Enterprises also urged XIMB authorities to expand their empire.
So with the blessings of the Chief Minister and his government XIMB soon will open another campus in Sambalpur district of Western Orissa.
On being invited by Government of Orissa, XIMB opened its first Institute here in 1987.
That time 20 acres of land and Rs.5 crores were given to the institution to open a campus in Orissa.
During these 22 years, XIMB brought Bhubaneswar on the national B-School map and earned a good name for being in list of top ten Management Institute of the country.
It is run by Jesuit Society on no profit, no loss basis.
In fact XIMB has the most reasonable fee structure among the top institutes.
It has also produced about 1500 students in the last 20 years who have reached to the top post of private sector in the various parts of the country.
Many of them have returned back to the state and started their own enterprise.
Many successful entrepreneurs of the state can trace back their relation with XIM one way or other.
Vijay Arora, Secretary PPP, known for his dynamism and original thinking knowing the strength of the XIMB, conceived the idea of opening another campus in the state preferably in Samblapur.
He discussed the concept with P T Joseph SJ, Director XIMB who agreed to the idea in case the Government provides the necessary support.
This was to allow the Western Orissa benefit of quality educational Institution.
Matter was discussed with the Government in the Department of Planning & Coordination.
Satya Prakash Nanda, Development Commissioner is favorably disposed off towards a new campus of XIMB in Sambalpur, said sources.
After arriving at a mutual understanding, a report was submitted by the Director XIM Professor Joseph to the Government outlining the project and the support required.
Along with Management XIMB proposes to run courses in Agri-Business Management and Rural Management etc.
This is a great move from all aspects.
October 17th, 2009
Following is from Samaja.
October 8th, 2009
Update on 27th April 2011: The Central University location has been changed to Bander Sindri near Ajmer and only 80 kms from Jaipur. The Innovation University (previsouly referred to as National University) aiming for world class is now pushed for Jaipur. [Times of India].
Tathya.in has a report that mentions some official saying that because of the lack of an airport in Rourkela central government will not agree to have ESIC medical college in Rourkela. I think this is a completely frivolous argument; I don’t see much connection between an ESIC medical college and an airport. (Often airport is a codeword for adequate infrastructure. If that is the case Rourkela indeed has the infrastructure for an ESIC medical college.)
However, in regards to certain centrally funded institutions, such a requirement is in the background and mentioned by journalists, even if they may not be spelled out explicitly. So while pushing for an ESIC medical college in Rourkela, we should set our target to push for more functioning airports as a next action item. Following is a more detailed analysis.
Given below are the locations of some national institutions and some related attributes. It is easy to see that for the locations of IITs, IIMs and National Universities being near (say within 120 kms or 2 hrs) an operational airport has been an important factor. For national universities, in addition being in a large (1 million plus metropolitan area) area with other research institutes has also been spelled out as an important criteria and it is reflected in the locations that are picked.
On the other hand, the newly established central universities are in towns of all sizes and the locations of the NITs are mixed. The next level centrally funded but locally focused technological institutes, SLIET, Longowal, ABAGKC IET, Malda and Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar are on purpose established in rural areas and smaller towns. Unlike the NITs these institutions take only local students and also have programs focused on local needs. Nevertheless, their quality need not be bad. For example, SLIET is considered quite good.
Looking to the future following are some points relevant to Orissa.
- For Orissa to have future central institutions like IIM, SPA, etc. to be in a location outside of Bhubaneswar, Orissa must push for the quick establishment of airports and other infrastructure in other parts of the state. For example, the airports in Jharsuguda and Rourkela are the closest to be operational and they should have scheduled flights at the earliest. Otherwise new centrally funded institutions may again be established near Bhubaneswar and crying hoarse after the fact may not be productive.
- Similarly the knowledge commission has proposed the establishment of 50 national universities in the long run. Considering that the education budget significantly increases from one 5 yr plan to the next, I would not be surprised if there is another set of them made during the 12th plan. Orissa must be prepared for that and by that time (there is a short window) have other areas in Orissa with adequate infrastructure that are being deemed necessary for a national university.
- Orissa must take advantage of the industrial and investment interests in Orissa, mostly due to its minerals, and develop metropolitan areas with larger population base. Currently the local people are creating roadblocks rather than helping in such development.
- In 2010 we should do our best to convince the planning commission, the PM and MHRD that the 12th plan (starting 2012) should include more centrally funded institutions of the kind that can be located in rural or semi-urban areas. In particular,
- A centrally funded but locally focused technological institute (like SLIET) in all states. The one in Orissa could be located in Kalahandi or Balangir, the other two KBK districts that lack centrally funded institutions.
- Two regional universities in each major states that are funded 50-50 by the state and the center. (This would be better than one centrally funded institute.)
- Multiple branches of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University in districts with high tribal population.
The NITs.
| City/Town |
State |
Population of city/town |
Population rank |
| Delhi |
Delhi |
18,639,762 |
2 |
| Surat |
Gujarat |
3,196,799 |
10 |
| Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
3,102,808 |
11 |
| Patna |
Bihar |
2,656,318 |
13 |
| Nagpur |
Maharashtra |
2,569,775 |
14 |
| Bhopal |
MP |
1,751,766 |
17 |
| Allahabad |
UP |
1,272,612 |
31 |
| Jamshedpur |
Jharkhand |
1,252,815 |
33 |
| Srinagar |
J & K |
1,104,489 |
41 |
| Calicut |
Kerala |
1,000,802 |
46 |
| Tiruchirapalli |
Tamil Nadu |
963,237 |
49 |
| Jalandhar |
Punjab |
958,854 |
50 |
| Raipur |
Chhatisgarh |
795,104 |
56 |
| Dehradun |
Uttarakhand |
738,889 |
57 |
| Warangal |
Andhra Pradesh |
656,298 |
61 |
| Surathkal, Mangalore |
Karnataka |
612,374 |
66 |
| Pudducherry |
Pudducherry |
575,027 |
71 |
| Rourkela |
Orissa |
550,668 |
75 |
| Durgapur |
West Bengal |
543,922 |
77 |
| Shillong |
Meghalaya |
304,596 |
136 |
| Aizawl |
Mizoram |
295,864 |
140 |
| Imphal |
Manipur |
279,679 |
147 |
| Agartala |
Tripura |
218,028 |
184 |
| Silchar |
Assam |
209,543 |
193 |
| Kurukshetra (Thaneswar) |
Punjab |
157,609 |
249 |
| Panaji |
Goa |
142,336 |
271 |
| Kohima |
Nagaland |
103,210 |
407 |
| Gangkot |
Sikkim |
32,483 |
|
| Hamirpur |
Himachal Pradesh |
17,219 |
|
The IITs.
| City – Metropolitan area |
State(s) |
Metro population |
Metro rank |
State or country Capital |
Rank in state |
Number 1 in the state |
Nearest airpot |
Preferred airport |
| Bombay |
Maharashtra |
21347412 |
1 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Delhi |
UP, Delhi, Haryana |
18639762 |
2 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
7305169 |
4 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Hyderabad |
Andhra Pradesh |
6290397 |
6 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area (60 kms away) |
same |
| Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
5334314 |
7 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
Ahmedabad (40 kms) |
same |
| Kanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
3494275 |
9 |
No |
1 |
picked |
in area (only Air India) |
Lucknow (80 kms) |
| Patna |
Bihar |
2656318 |
13 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
2049193 |
15 |
No |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
1666429 |
22 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Guwahati |
Assam |
1038071 |
44 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
in area |
same |
| Ropar – Chandigarh |
Punjab |
1033671 |
45 |
Yes |
3 |
Ludhiana (19) |
Chandigarh (60 kms away) |
same |
| Jodhpur |
Rajasthan |
987919 |
47 |
No |
2 |
Jaipur (11) |
in area |
same |
| Kharagapur |
West Bengal |
511303 |
82 |
No |
5 |
Kolkata (3) |
Kolkata (120 kms away) |
same |
| Roorkee – Haridwar |
Uttarakhand |
250645 |
166 |
No |
2 |
Dehradun (57) |
Dehradun (1 hr away) |
Delhi (180 kms) |
| Mandi |
Himachal Pradesh |
32014 |
|
No |
3 |
Shimla (194) |
Kullu-Manali airport (60 kms away) |
same |
National Universities
| City – Metropolitan area |
State(s) |
Metro population |
Metro rank |
State or country Capital |
Rank in state |
Number 1 in the state |
Airport with scheduled flights |
Other airport nearby |
| NOIDA – Delhi |
UP, Delhi, Haryana |
18639762 |
2 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Kolkata |
West Bengal |
15414859 |
3 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
5334314 |
7 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Pune |
Maharashtra |
5273211 |
8 |
No |
2 |
Mumbai (1) |
yes |
|
| Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
3102808 |
11 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
Yes |
|
| Patna |
Bihar |
2656318 |
13 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
1751766 |
17 |
Yes |
2 |
Indore (15) |
yes |
|
| Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
1666429 |
22 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
1644224 |
23 |
No |
2 |
Chennai (4) |
yes |
|
| Kochi |
Kerala |
1541175 |
24 |
No |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
1511687 |
26 |
No |
2 |
Hyderabad (6) |
yes |
|
| Mysore |
Karnataka |
1230039 |
34 |
No |
2 |
Bangalore (5) |
New airport but no scheduled flights yet |
140 kms from Bangalore |
| Amritsar |
Punjab |
1206918 |
36 |
No |
2 |
Ludhiana (19) |
yes |
|
| Guwahati |
Assam |
1038071 |
44 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
New Central Universities
| City – Metropolitan area |
State |
Metro population |
| Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad (temporary?) |
Gujarat |
5,334,314 |
| Srinagar |
J & K |
1,104,489 |
| Khunti, Ranchi |
Jharkhand |
1,066,449 |
| Jammu |
J & K |
690,924 |
| Bikaner (Changed to be in Bander Sindri, near Ajmer, 80 kms from Jaipur) |
Rajasthan |
624,577 613,293 |
| Gulbarga |
Karnataka |
534,417 |
| Sagar |
Madhya Pradesh |
351,537 |
| Bilaspur |
Chhatisgarh |
319,129 |
| Bathinda |
Punjab |
269,520 |
| Koraput-Sunabeda-Jeypore |
Orissa |
200,000 |
| Motihari |
Bihar |
121,475 |
| Tiruvarar |
Tamil Nadu |
61,270 |
| Kasaragod |
Kerala |
52,683 |
| Tehri Garhwal |
Uttarakhand |
25,425 |
| Mahendragarh |
Harayana |
23,977 |
| Kangra |
Himachal Pradesh |
9,155 |
IIMs
| City – Metropolitan area |
State |
Metro population |
Airport |
| Kolkata |
West Bengal |
15414859 |
in area |
| Bangalore |
Karnataka |
6466271 |
in area |
| Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
5334314 |
in area |
| Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
2991280 |
in area |
| Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
2049193 |
in area |
| Ranchi |
Jharkhand |
1066449 |
in area |
| Kozhikode |
Kerala |
1000802 |
in area |
| Tiruchirapalli |
Tamil Nadu |
963237 |
in area |
| Raipur |
Chhatisgarh |
795104 |
in area |
|
Dehradun
Kashipur
|
Uttarakhand |
738889
92978
|
in area
72 km away in Pantnagar
|
| Udaipur |
Rajasthan |
456994 |
in area |
| Rohtak |
Haryana |
340319 |
71 kms from Delhi |
| Shillong |
Meghalaya |
304596 |
in area |
October 4th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in thaiindian.com.
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management in Coimbatore will be upgraded and renamed Indian School of Textiles, the government announced Thursday.
“The school will engage itself in research and will also undertake comprehensive consultancy services for the industry,” Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran told reporters here.
Orissa should keep a watch on similar upgradations and make a case for upgradation of similar institutes in Orissa. Some of the institutes that come into mind are:
- Food Craft Institute Balangir – Should be upgraded to Indian Institute of Hotel Management
- Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute, Puri – Should be upgraded to Indian Institute of Steel
- IIMC Dhenakanal branch – Should be upgraded to an independent IIMC
- IITTM Bhubaneswar branch – Should be upgraded to an independent IITTM
If I am missing something, please add in the comments.
September 10th, 2009
The details are at:
* Global Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI)
* Drawing of IIT Bhubaneswar plan
Following are some excerpts from the invitation.
GLOBAL INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
EOI to participate in selection of Campus Architect and Project Management Consultant For Design and Project Management of a State of the Art Academic cum Residential Campus
IIT Bhubaneswar invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for consultancy services from qualified, experienced, competent, financially sound and internationally acclaimed Architectural/Engineering Project Management Consultants (PMCs) including overseas firms for the planning and designing of Architectural, civil, public health, electrical, air conditioning, acoustics and other services for the works: “Construction of Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar complex and residential township along with necessary infrastructure facilities†in 936 acres of land at Argul, which is about 25 km from Bhubaneswar airport. While the work will be completed in phases, the estimated cost for the first phase is approximately INR 400 Crores.
The scope of the work, other applicable terms and conditions including site related information are available at institute website www.iitbbs.ac.in.
The EOI documents can be either downloaded from the institute website or can be collected from the office of Registrar, IIT Bhubaneswar, Samantapuri, Bhubaneswar-751013 from 24th August 2009 to 23rd September 2009 between 1100 hrs to 1600 hrs on all working days on payment of INR 1,000/- through a bank draft drawn on any schedule bank in favour of “IIT BHUBANESWAR†and made payable at Bhubaneswar.
The EOI shall be submitted in duplicate in a sealed cover, superscribing; “EOI for Architectural/Engineering Project Management Consultant (PMC)†either in person or by post addressed to the Registrar. along with a Bank Draft of Rs.1,00,000/- drawn on any schedule bank in favour of “IIT BHUBANESWAR†and made payable at Bhubaneswar towards EMD which would be refunded to unsuccessful bidders. Further, those who have downloaded EOI document from the website of the Institute should also enclose another demand draft for Rs.1,000/- drawn in favour of IIT BHUBANESWAR along with EOI document. The last date for receipt of EOI document is 24 September 2009 upto 1500 hrs B. K. RAY Registrar
No.F.15-2/2009-Estate-A
Continue Reading August 21st, 2009
IIT Bhubaneswar has isued notification for Ph.D admission. The details are at:
Following are some excerpts from the notification:
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, one of the newest IITs set up in 2008 by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education) invites application for admission to full time Ph.D. Programmes in the following fields of research.
Schools and fields of Research
1) School of Infrastructure : Structural Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Disaster Mitigation Engineering, Concrete Technology, Durability of Concrete Composites, Corrosion of steel in concrete, Environmental Engineering, Wastewater Treatment and sludge management, Greenhouse gases and global warming, Geotechnical Risk and Reliability, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Numerical Modelling, Mitigation of Geohazards, Offshore
Geotechnics, Experimental Geotechnics.
2) School of Electrical Sciences : – Digital Signal Processing, Soft and Evolutionary Computing, Sensor Network, Intelligent Instrumentation, Digital/Image/Distributed Signal Processing, Opto Electronics and Optical Communication, Computational Electromagnetics and Antenna Design, Metamaterials, RFID, Satellite Communication.
3) School of Mechanical Sciences : – Conjugate Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering, Radiation Modelling, CFD/HT, Transport Phenomena in Material Processing, Ultrafast Radiation Heat Transfer, Technical Acoustics, Noise and Vibration, Industrial Noise control.
4) School of Basic Sciences :
– Theoretical high energy particle physics, Quark model studies, decay and scattering phenomena of heavy flavored mesons, parton distributions in proton and proton spin structure, optical fiber sensors, plasmonics, nanowires, photonic crystal fiber, computational condensed matter physics, nano materials, thin films, deposition and characterization for BEO and environmental sensors application.
– Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Coordination Chemistry, Material Chemistry, Sensor, Theoretical Chemistry.
– Functional Analysis, Artificial Neural Network, Geometric Programming.
5) School of Humanities and Social Sciences : – Indian English Literature, Commonwealth studies, Indian Diaspora Literature, Autobiographical Travel Literature and Memoirs, international and interregional trade, Rural development and planning, Banking and Finance, Labour economics.
Eligibility: M.E./M.Tech. in relevant discipline with at least 6.5 CGPA (or 60% marks in aggregate) at both B.Tech. and M.Tech. levels OR B.E./ B.Tech./ M.Sc.(Basic Science) in relevant discipline with minimum CGPA 7.0 in a 10 point scale (or 65% marks in aggregate) with a valid GATE score OR M.A. in the relevant field with 6.5 CGPA ( or 60% marks) with NET fellowship.
Admission to reserved-category candidates will be done as per Government of India guidelines.
How to Apply: Application form, downloadable from www.iitbbs.ac.in, should be sent to The Registrar, IIT Bhubaneswar, Samantapuri, Bhubaneswar, Orissa – 751013 along with a Demand Draft of Rs.300/- (Rs.150/- for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of "IIT Bhubaneswar" on any nationalized bank payable at Bhubaneswar. Application form may also be obtained from the Academic Section, IIT Bhubaneswar against a demand draft on every working day.
Important Dates:
Application form available from: 12 August 2009
Last date for submitting completed application form: 28 August 2009
Date of Interview (for short listed candidates): 7-8 September 2009
Joining Date: 16 September 2009
August 21st, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a release from the Resident Commissioner of Orissa.
Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Orissa met Thiru. Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Textiles at New Delhi and discussed various issues relating to development of Handicrafts and Textile sector in Orissa. Chief Minister requested for establishment of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at Bhubaneswar for which Govt. of Orissa has already committed to provide necessary infrastructure including land. The Union Minister welcomed the proposal and assured that NIFT will start functioning at Bhubaneswar in a temporary campus within next three months offering a few certificate courses and the regular courses will commence from the next academic year i.e. 2010-11.
Pushing for an NIFT in Orissa is good. But the CM has to create a balance. Not everything that he asks for should be about Bhubaneswar. Please write to the CMO cmo@ori.nic.in pointing this out and have some constructive suggestion regarding what he should ask for outside Bhubaneswar and where. In this regard, I just sent the following email:
Dear Esteemed Chief Minister:
I read about your request to the central minister for an NID in Bhubaneswar. Asking for an NID is a good step, but with an IIT, NISER, AIIMS and a National University (all centrally funded) in works in the Bhubaneswar area, there is a big need for balance across the state and people across the state are now becoming more and more critical that adequate efforts are not being made about the rest of the state.
As a constructive suggestion, following is a request voiced to me by one of the vice chancellors of Orissa.
Currently India has a Laxmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education ( http://lnipe.nic.in/default.html ) at Gwalior. Considering the recent success of athletes from Orissa in various sports and events (including Hockey and Football), especially from the Adivasi regions, it would be great if you could push for a similar National Institute of Physical Education to be established in or near an Adivasi area of Orissa. Such an institute will go a long way in not only training adivasi athletes but also in providing them jobs across the country.
August 20th, 2009
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