Odisha HRD

Another new engineering college gets AICTE approval

The founders of this new engineering college, TempleCity Institute of Technology and Engineering, includes a founder of KIIT (not Achyuta Samanta) and a US based initial financier of KIIT who is also very well respected in the US Oriya community. At least one (not me) north American based Orissa origin professor is involved in this project. Thus I think this will turn out to be a good college.

August 24th, 2007

Children joining special schools under Child Labor Project

The following is from a PIB release.

The number of children who have been withdrawn from hazardous jobs and have been admitted to special schools under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme has more than doubled during the last three years.  Their number has increased from 1,67,825 in 2004-05 to 3,37,269 in 2006-07.  These children in the age group of 9 to 14 years are provided with accelerated bridging education and other benefits like stipend, mid-day meal, vocational training, health check-ups, etc. in special schools for a maximum period of three years to enable them to join regular mainstream education system.

            The state-wise details of the children enrolled in special schools under NCLP is as follows:

Similarly, the number of children enrolled in special schools under the Indo-US (INDUS) Project has also seen an increase during the last three years as follows:

August 24th, 2007

3 months course on Japanese , French, Russian and Chinese offered by OCAC, Bhubaneswar

August 23rd, 2007

Sports schools and institutions

Following is from a PIB release.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) runs 126 National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC) Centres, 10 Special Area Games (SAG) Centres, 57 SAI Training Centres (STC), 18 Army Boys Sports Company Scheme (ABSC) Centre and 10 Centre of Excellence (COX) where sportspersons are given training in different sports disciplines.  State-wise details are at Annexe-I.  Besides, SAI has an Academic Wing at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala.

Funds are not directly allocated to any Centre. They  are released to SAI Regional Centres, which in turn, make  releases to various centres on a need basis.  During the last 3 years, the  following grants were utilized for  SAI Centres:-

Year                       Grant released

                              (Rs. in lakhs)

2004-05                   436.70

2005-06                   499.00                                   

2006-07                                     505.00

The details of the funds given to the NSNIS, Patiala during the last 3 years for operating sports scholarship scheme, rural sports programmme, the North East Sports Festival and Women Sports Festival are as under:

Year                       Grant released

                              (Rs. in lakhs)

2004-05                 987.83             

2005-06               1041.41

2006-07                 731.61

ANNEX-I

This information was given by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports and DoNER in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply to a question by Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo and Shri Jivabhai Ambalal Patel.

August 23rd, 2007

Indus College of Engineering receives AICTE approval for taking students from 2007-08

I got an email from Dr. Ravi Reddy, Director(Academic) and Trustee of Indus college of engineering informing me that their college has received AICTE approval for taking admission for academic year 2007-8. Earlier we covered them in https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=382 and https://www.orissalinks.com/?p=509. As I mentioned earlier, "Dr. Reddy is a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and a Ph.D from University of Houston, USA. He was one of the main person at NIST, Berhampur. Based on this information, I think this will also become a good  engineering college."

4 comments August 20th, 2007

From Sainik Schools to NDA

Following is from a PIB that gives data on what percentage of NDA recruits come from Sainik Schools. Note that most big states have a Sainik School each, and in Orissa, the Sainik School is in Bhubaneswar located next to Utkal University and Institute of Physics.

The share of Sainik Schools in the total intake to the National Defence Academy (NDA) has steadily increased from 16.9 % in 2003 to 25.1 % in 2007. The details are given below:-

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri M Raja Mohan Reddy in Lok Sabha today.

August 20th, 2007

Update on Kendriya Vidyalayas in Orissa from Sambada and Tathya.in

Following are excerpts from Tathya.in on this.

To set up a KV the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) spends Rs.2.70 crore for infrastructure and annual recurring grant of Rs.70 lakh.

So in a year of time MHRD has provided at least Rs.27.20 crore to Orissa to raise the primary and secondary education level, which is in shambles.

During the period KBK has been benefited most.

Tribal districts like Malkangiri, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Gajapati and Boudh received KVs.

3 comments August 20th, 2007

Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan’s ad on its own AIEEE admission

5 comments August 19th, 2007

Extended Merit List for Medical, Pharmacy, MBA, Architecture Candidates in Orissa JEE web page

Extended Merit List for Medical, Pharmacy, MBA, Architecture Candidates is in the bootom of the Orissa JEE web page  just after it says "Important Announcement." (Thanks to Prasun for pointing it out.)

9 comments August 19th, 2007

New Central Schools (Kendriya Vidyalayas) in Orissa

Update: See updated list at http://kvsrobbs.org/DirectorKVs.html.

In 2007-08 fifty one (serial 95-145 in the list 2000-01 to 2007-08)  new central schools have been created, out of these five are in Orissa. They are in:

• 100 Bouda
• 108 Gajapati
• 125 Malkangiri
• 127 Nabrangpur
• 132 Rayagada

This takes the total number of central schools in Orissa to 34. In addition there is some news that new central schools are also being made in Jajpur and Bhadrakh. They have not made it to the list yet. Assuming this is true, and looking at the district wise list of central schools, the districts in Orissa that do not yet have central schools are:

• Deogarh
• Kandhamala
• Kendrapada
• Nayagarh
• Nuapada
• Sonepur

Looking at the list of central schools in Orissa, it seems that the schools are more geographically distributed than most other states.

August 18th, 2007

Campus recruitment at Utkal University

Following are excerpts from a New Indian Express report.

As many as 11 companies, half of them from IT sector, visited the varsity over the past six months and picked up a number of students.

A considerable number of postgraduates were also chosen by multinationals from diverse sectors through off campus placement exercises. The department of Finance and Control achieved a record of sorts by scoring 100 percent result on this front. The department has 30 seats.

This is in sharp contrast to a period not so long back when departments scored a nought. Even students of humanities have secured employment. They include students from Sociology, Rural Development and Anthropology departments. CAPART, for instance, an autonomous body engaged in sustainable development of rural areas, recruited six students from these departments. A matching number was also recruited by Pradan, another leading New Delhi-based NGO.

And it has promised to visit the varsity in September to hold its second phase of recruitment drive. Legal recruitment firm Juriscape India has also evinced keen interest to visit the campus shortly. It would be targeting students of Law, English and Journalism departments. The recruited ones would be absorbed as content writers, legal aid assistants and researchers.

Offers have also come in for students of the department of Fisheries Science. Companies like IFB-Agro Industries and Bay Seafood, both Kolkata-based firms, would be holding recruitment drives in the coming months.

Tech firms like Infosys, TCS, Wipro BPO, HSBC, Genpact Mindtree, Subex Azure, Mindfire Solutions and Exillant have already conducted several rounds of placement drives. …

1 comment August 18th, 2007

Mentoring by IIM Lucknow students: Other marquee institutions should do the same

An Indian Express article mentions the surprising result of several IIM Lucknow students mentoring +2 students of a local college. I hope more such mentoring happens. Is anyone from XIM reading this?

August 18th, 2007

Registering for Orissa JEE next round of counseling and Orissa AIEEE counseling

(Update on June 17 2008:  For guidance on what you can get with your Orissa JEE rank in 2008, please see https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1185 I do not have more information than that.)

From http://www.jeeorissa.com/newsfiles/news_21.html

• MBBS /BDS
• Engineering
• MBA
• MCA
• Pharmacy

Follow instructions in the page http://www.jeeorissa.com/newsfiles/news_21.html

59 comments August 18th, 2007

NIPM (National Institute of Intellectual Property Management) in Nagpur

The PIB mentions minister Kamal Nath laying its foundation. The details of the PIB is as follows:

Continue Reading 3 comments August 17th, 2007

Tathya.in has more information on the next round of Orissa JEE and AIEEE counseling

Tathya.in has more information on next round Orissa JEE and AIEEE counseling. We will have the details when they become available.

13 comments August 17th, 2007

Analyzing the educational aspect of the PM’s independence day speech and its implication to Orissa

The PM’s independence day speech will be remembered for a long time for its groundbreaking educational steps. Here, we analyze them vis-a-vis Orissa.

• K-12
  • "We will support 6,000 new high quality schools — one in every block of the country"   [Orissa has 314 blocks. Currently the central govt has three kinds of schools: Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas and Ekalabya Vidyalayas. My guess is these will be Navodaya Vidyalayas. Until now, Navodaya Vidyalayas were being made one per district. Extending it to one per block will do wonders.]
• Higher education
  • "We will also ensure that adequate numbers of colleges are set up across the country, especially in districts where enrollment levels are low. We will help States set up colleges in 370 such districts."  [Orissa has 30 districts. As per the NSSO study of 2004-2005, Table 3.14.1 shows that in the 15-19 age group 29% people in Orissa are attending school/college and in the 20-24 age group this number for Orissa is 6.1%. (Both numbers are lowest among all but the small states/UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep.) For the Scheduled Tribe population these numbers are 17.1% for the 15-19 age group and 4.1% for the 20-24 age group.]
  • "We will set up thirty new Central Universities. Every state that does not have a central university will now have one." [Orissa does not have one so it should get one. But considering that there are 23 other existing central universities, making it a total of 53 central universities, Orissa should get two.]
  • "we are setting up five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research" [The five IISERs are at Pune, Kolkata, Mohali, Bhopal, and Trivendrum. A NISER is being set up in Bhubaneswar.]
  • "eight new Indian Institutes of Technology" [Three of these IITs are announced to be in Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. Orissa should get one of the other five IITs.]
  • "seven new Indian Institutes of Management" [Announcements have been made with respect to Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Shillong. If Orissa gets a new IIT then its chance of getting a new IIM this round is much less. Orissa should try though.]
  • "twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology." [There will be one in each main states, including Orissa, which does not have one. Existing ones are at Allahabad, Amethi, Jabalpur, and Gwalior and a new one is being established at Kanchipuram. ]
• Vocational Education
  • "We will soon launch a Mission on Vocational Education and Skill Development, through which we will open 1600 new industrial training institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new Skill Development Centres."
  • "We will ensure that annually, over 100 lakh students get vocational training – which is a four-fold increase from today’s level."
• More scholarships
  • "We should seek not just functional literacy, but good quality education – education that is affordable, accessible, equitable – and available to every boy and girl who seeks to study. For the needy we will provide more scholarships."

5 comments August 16th, 2007