Odisha HRD

Recruiting for various positions at the AIIMS-like institutes

The page http://mohfw.nic.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=0&linkid=37&lid=46  lists the progress with respect to recruitment for the new AIIMS-like institutions. Following are some links and excerpts.

Advertisement for the post of Director at each of the six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under PMSSY: Last Date of Application : 15th December, 2010

Excerpts: If you think you rate among the best, carry vision, dynamism, enterprise and intellectual integrity, and harbour a passion for establishing and heading India’s most premium healthcare institution, this could be the opportunity you have longed for. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is setting up six autonomous medical institutions in different parts of country (Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur, and Rishikesh) on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. You could head one of these premier medical institutions, if you possess the right credentials.

You would lead a team of highly qualified medical professionals and teachers in different specialties, drive policy-making with innovative and best practice norms, facilitate first-rate patient care, clinical research, and academics, and create a facility of which the country can be proud. You will train the best of medical graduate and post graduate to generate much needed teaching faculty for the country.

If you think you fit the requirements, write to us.

The applications that were received are listed at: http://mohfw.nic.in/Director%20NIC.doc. (A new link is at Application received for the post of Director (AIIMS) like institutions under PMSSY Projects  (PDF, 75 KB). There are 100 applications, many from people with Odia sounding last names.

Two other ads that are listed in this page are:

• Vacancies at AIIMS like institutions under PMSSY (PDF, 92 KB).
• Filling up of various posts in Project Cell of six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under PMSSY dated 30th March, 2011
• Filling up the post of Deputy Director (Admn) in AIIMS like institution – under Min of Health & FW

69 comments May 5th, 2011

Dr. RN Kabat joins as the Promoter-Director of the Mahanadi Medical Education Trust

Following is from Orissadiary.com.

Dr RN Kabat joined as the Promoter-Director of the Mahanadi Medical Education Trust, which has been set up to establish a medical college here and run ensure its smooth functioning.

Dr Kabat worked as the chief of medical services in three subsidiaries of the Coal India, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Central Coalfields Ltd before retirement.
During his tenure at the MCL, he oversaw the setting up of the 250-bed Netaji Subash Central Hospital and the Nursing College at Talcher.

A surgeon of repute, Dr Kabat brings with him his vast experience in managing multi-functional hospitals.

With his appointment, the MCL hopes to set up the proposed medical college at the earliest.

The responsibility of this position is described in this ad. Following are some excerpts.

1. Candidate will act as a Promoter Director of Mahanadi Medical Education Trust having broadly to carry out the following activities.

2. To convene the meeting of Mahanadi Medical Education Trust as well as liaisoning with State / Central Govt. Agencies / Medical Council of India / University Authorities relating to establishment of a new Medical College.

3. To obtain Essentiality / No Objection Certificate from the State / Central Govt. / any other Authority as required

4. Take initiative in planning & designing the Institute infrastructure through appropriate agencies and its approval from the Competent Authority.

5. Preparation of Annual Budget and presentation before the Trust / Board

6. Take initiative for Manpower Planning

7. Construction of infrastructure of the Institute

5 comments April 20th, 2011

IMS (part of SOA) and KIMS (part of KIIT) to start PG medical programs in 6 and 7 subjects respectively

1 comment April 15th, 2011

Update on the Yoga and Naturopathy hospital and research center in Bhubaneswar (Central Research Institute in Yoga and Naturopathy??)

We earlier wrote in https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/5748  that the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) was negotiating with Odisha government for a 25 Crore Central Research Institute for Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences. Following is an update on that from a report in Times of India.

The Union government will build a 100-bed yoga and naturopathy hospital in the city soon, official sources said. The state government has identified a 20-acre plot of land for the project at Binjhagiri near Chandaka on the outskirts of the city.

The director of Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy in New Delhi, Dr B T Chidananda Murthy, told TOI over the phone that the proposed hospital would come up at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore. There will be 50 general ward beds and 25 each special and deluxe beds in the hospital for indoor patients. Besides, there will be daily outdoor clinics, he said. The hospital will also have a state-of-the art yoga hall and a research laboratory for chronic diseases.

Murthy said the state government wrote to the council recently, confirming the land allotment. "A central team will come to Orissa in the first week of May to finalise the plan. After taking possession of the land, the construction will start in less than six months," he said.

Murthy said the council wants to have at least six such premier branches across the country for which the Central government has already given its go ahead. Chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, cancer, pain management and age-related problems will be the main focus here. Preventive care will be a focus area of the hospital, which will cater to all sections of the society, Murthy said.

It will be the third such project in the country. Work for similar hospitals has already commenced in Karnataka and Haryana. The council, an autonomous body under the department of AYUSH, ministry of health and family welfare, is also keen to establish similar institutions in Bihar and Assam. "We are waiting for land allotment in those states," Murthy said.

Through the regional research hospitals, the council will undertake education, training and research programmes in fundamentals and applied aspects of yoga and naturotherapy, the council director said.

Most likely, this will be called Central Research Institute in Yoga and Naturopathy. (See http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=60830 where this name is mentioned in the context of the institutes in Haryana and Karnataka.)

Note that this is a seprate initiative from the planned central government take over of the Govt. Dr. AC Homoeopathy Medical College in Bhubaneshwar.

Another thing that should be done is that a branch of this, perhaps focsuing on pharmaceutical aspects, should be established in the foothills of the Gandhamardan Hills. See https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3421 for a nicely written essay advocating this.

April 9th, 2011

Expression of interest for survey, design & estimate for Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science & Research in Talcher

Following is from http://mcl.gov.in/Expression_of_interest_for_survey.pdf. I do not know when it was posted.

Expression of interest for survey, design & estimate for Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science & Research along with 500 bedded Super Specialist Hospital, Boys & Girls hostel separately for 100 intake each year, hostel for internship students, nurses training school-cum-hostel, staff nurse hostel, residential complex for executives and non-executives of different grade

Mahanadi Medical Education trust is going to setup a Medical College along with 500 bedded Hospital and necessary hostel, residential complex on a vacant land of 60 Acres (Approx) (Financial by MCL), in Talcher, dist Angul, Orissa. The Promoter Director Mahanadi Medical Education Trust, Talcher (Orrisa) invites expression of interest from experienced organization / Designer / Planners for survey, design and estimate for Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science & Research along with 500 bedded Super Specialist Hospital, Boys and Girls Hostel separately for 100 intake each year, Hostel for Internship Students, Nurses Training School-cum-Hostel, Staff Nurse Hostel, residential complex for executives and non-executives of different grade as per IMC norms.

THE SCOPE OF WORK AS FOLLOWS :

(1) Survey of the – Proposed construction site of Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science and Research and preparation of layout plan landscaping etc.

(2) Detail design, drawing and estimate for construction of Medical College along with 500 bedded Super Specialist Hospital.

(3) Detail design, drawing, estimate for boys and girls hostel separately.

(4) Detail design, drawing and estimate for internship student’s hostel.

(5) Detail design, drawing and estimate for Nurses training school-cum-hostel.

(6) Detail design, drawing and estimate for Staff nurse hostel.

(7) Detail design, drawing and estimate for residential complex.

(8) Entire development of the area including road, sewerage line, electrification, street lighting etc.

(9) Hospital and college should be centrally air conditioned.

The firm will prepare detail design, drawing and estimate for the above and carry out the above activities in line with MCI norms.

The firm will prepare and submit the tender documents for award of contracts. The firm will be responsible for periodical supervision of the site during execution. The supervision should be made minimum once in a month.

The applicant should apply along with the flowing relevant supporting documents latest by 3 weeks from the date of publication:

(a) Company’s profile, Organizational set-up and details of technical personal should be specified.

(b) Details of experience for designing such a Medical College and Hospital.

Interested firms may like to quote their rates for each activity separately.

Any clarification in this regard can be sought in person or over phone from the office of Promoter Director, Mahanadi Medical Education Trust, Talcher (Orrisa).

The management reserves the right to accept or reject any offer without assigning any reason what to ever.

Promoter Director Mahanadi Medical Education Trust

Expression of interest for survey, design & estimate for Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science & Research along with 500 bedded Super Specialist Hospital, Boys & Girls hostel separately for 100 intake each year, hostel for internship students, nurses training school-cum-hostel, staff nurse hostel, residential complex for executives and non-executives of different grade

Mahanadi Medical Education trust is going to setup a Medical College along with 500 bedded Hospital and necessary hostel, residential complex on a vacant land of 60 Acres (Approx) (Financial by MCL), in Talcher, dist Angul, Orissa. The Promoter Director Mahanadi Medical Education Trust, Talcher (Orrisa) invites expression of interest from experienced organization / Designer / Planners for survey, design and estimate for Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science & Research along with 500 bedded Super Specialist Hospital, Boys and Girls Hostel separately for 100 intake each year, Hostel for Internship Students, Nurses Training School-cum-Hostel, Staff Nurse Hostel, residential complex for executives and non-executives of different grade as per IMC norms.. The last date of submission of interest is 3 weeks from the date of publication of the notice.

For further details regarding Scope of Work and other conditions please visit our website www.mahanadicoal.nic.in or www.tenders.gov.in

Promoter Director Mahanadi Medical Education Trust

2 comments April 2nd, 2011

12 years since initial work started; Balangir medical college project has very little progress

Following is from an article in Times of India.

Twelve years down the line since its establishment, the foundation structure of Balangir Medical College looks like an abandoned cemetery overridden with bushes and weeds. It was erected, if officials are to be believed, at a cost of Rs 27 lakh. The medical college was proposed by the Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) and was mooted in 1999 by the then chairman of the council, Narasingh Mishra. With WODC investing the money to establish the college, it was supposed to be owned by the government.

But work on the structure came to a halt in the year 2000 when Naveen Pattnaik came to power. …

"If at all the Balangir medical college is set up, it should be a government-owned college and not a private college because the poor people in this region can’t afford the health services to be offered by a private party," said Mishra. He further said he recently had a discussion with the Union minister of health, Vilasrao Deshmukh, who promised to take necessary steps to see that medical college is set up in Balangir soon.

… Interestingly, the WODC last year had signed an MoU with Pondicherry-based Balaji Trust to take up the project, but the work didn’t progress. This is the third time the state government has signed an MoU for Balangir Medical College. Earlier, it had entered into an agreement with Hyderabad-based GSL Trust and Gaziabad-based Jassore Dental, Medical Education Health Foundation. After delay in the start of work, the MoU was cancelled and RVS Educational Trust was selected as the private sponsor. The trust expressed its inability to execute the project on February 17, 2010.

The earlier two agencies were reluctant to start the project citing non-cooperation by the WODC. Later, the new chairman, however, promised that the college would have 50 per cent management seats and 50 per cent government seats, with a certain percentage reserved for local students. However, he couldn’t explain why the progress was so slow and why it was being entrusted to a private party.

"At present, there is no one expressing interest in constructing the medical college. Its status remains in a state of embargo and no further decision in this regard has been taken," said Niranjan Panda, present WODC chairman.

2 comments March 25th, 2011

Classes scheduled to start in AIIMS-like institutes from 2012; 250 nursing schools will also be started

Update: As per a report in Business Standard:

"the construction work for the hospital has been awarded to L&T, the medical college construction work is being done by Chennai-based Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd."

Following is from a report in Times of India.

… In total, each AIIMS-like institution has been built at nearly Rs 847 crore, up from Rs 332 crore that was originally estimated.

… He added: "More than $2.5 billion will be spent in the next 2-3 years to establish six state-of-art tertiary care institutions modelled on the lines of our premier institute All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the under-developed and under-served regions of the country."

Around 94 eminent scientists, doctors and academicians have applied for the posts of directors in these six institutes. A health ministry’s search-and-selection panel is finalizing the names of six directors from these aspirants’ list. The colleges are located at Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

"Constructing the medical colleges took 15-18 months. Civil work will end by August-September. There will be 600 additional MBBS seats. The hospitals will be ready next year. Each will have 960 beds, including 500 beds for the medical college hospital, 300 beds for speciality/super speciality and 100 beds for ICU/accident trauma,"an official said.

In the second phase of PMSSY, the government has also approved setting up of two more such institutions. Union health secretary K Chandramouli told TOI that "the present schedule is to admit MBBS students from 2012. The hospital will be ready a year later."

Following is from a PIB dated 16th March 2011.

The Minister also informed that nearly Rs 10,000 crores will be spent in the next 2-3 years to establish six state-of- art tertiary care institutions modelled on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the under-developed and under-served regions of the country. Likewise, over 300 million US dollars are being invested in Government medical colleges for expanding medical seats and 250 million US dollars on establishing 250 nursing schools in the country in the same underserved areas so as to increase the overall availability of health personnel in these states. There is an urgent need for drawing up short term and long term plans to meet unmet requirement of health manpower at the grassroots level, he emphasized. It is for this reason that the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has taken several path-breaking initiatives not only towards augmenting the requirements of rural health manpower, but also towards ‘capacity building’ for health professionals in the country. As a consequence of these measures, “I expect that within a short span of time an additional 10000 seats in post graduate medical courses will be created in just three years time – something that has not happened since independence”, he said. The challenge however is now to ensure that the desired quality of teaching and training is not compromised with in any manner, he cautioned. …

1 comment March 17th, 2011

PIB: ESI Hospitals and medical colleges that have been sanctioned

Following is from PIB dated 16th March 2011.

The ESI Corporation has laid down norms for setting up of ESI hospitals. The ESI hospitals are sanctioned based on the request of the State Government and taking into consideration the requirement and norms laid down by the ESI Corporation. The ESI Corporation does not receive any budgetary support and, therefore, does not follow the Five Year Plan targets. It sets its own targets. The details of the ESI hospitals, as approved by the ESI Corporation, under construction are as under:

1. Baddi, Himachal Pradesh

2. Bhiwadi, Rajasthan

3. Manesar, Haryana

4. Peenya, Karnataka

5. Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

6. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Hospitals sanctioned and proposed to be set up, as approved by the ESI Corporation, are as under:

1. Haridwar, Uttrakhand

2. Udham Singh Nagar, Uttrakhand

3. Ankleshwar, Gujarat

4. Udaipur, Rajasthan

5. Tirupur, Tamil Nadu

6. Lalru, SAS Nagar, Punjab

7. Angul, Orissa

8. Duburi, Jajpur District Orissa

9. Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

10. Korba, Chhattisgarh

Details of Medical Education Projects sanctioned (State-wise) are given as under:

At present, no project has been implemented under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

This information was given by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour and Employment in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

YSK: PM

March 17th, 2011

Update on ESI Medical Colleges; locations fixed so far

The following is from a PIB dated 9th March 2011.

In order to bring more and more workers under coverage of ESI Scheme in the country, the ESI Corporation has taken the following steps;

The Corporation prepares a phased programme for implementing the scheme in new areas every year in consultation with the State Governments. The position of implementation/extension of ESI Scheme in new areas during the last 3 years is given below:-

The wage ceiling for coverage of employees under the Act has been enhanced from Rs.10,000/- p.m. to Rs.15,000/- p.m. w.e.f. 01-05-2010.

A uniform threshold of 10 or more persons for coverage of factories has been prescribed vide ESI (Amendment) Act, 2010.

State Governments have been requested to lower the threshold for coverage of shops and other establishments from 20 persons to 10 or more persons under the powers conferred upon them under Section.1(5) of the Act. Already the State Governments of Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal have issued notifications in this regard.

The steps taken by the Corporation to make the scheme more favourable are as follows:

* Improving work environment and facilities for Insured Persons (IPs) visiting ESIC Offices.

* Payment of Long term benefits through Electronic Clearing Scheme (ECS).

* Rates of cash benefits have been enhanced and entitlements have been enlarged.

* Cashless provision of super specialty services through network hospitals.

* Modernisation and up gradation of medical infrastructure.

* Issue of smart cards called ‘Pehchan’ and networking of all ESI institutions for easy access.

To overcome the shortage of doctors in hospitals, filling up of vacant posts is being done on an ongoing basis. To overcome the shortage of doctors, including specialists in the long run and to improve the quality of medical care, the ESI Corporation has started various Medical Education Projects.

The ESI Corporation proposes to set up 18 Medical Colleges in the country in phases. The details are as under.

This information was given by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour and Employment in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today/

YSK: PM

March 9th, 2011

Update on the Bhawanipatna Medical College

(Thanks to Kalahandia for the pointer.)

Following is from http://expressbuzz.com/states/orissa/medical-college-to-see-light-of-the-day/253254.html.

The last one year has rekindled hopes for Kalahandi waiting since long for a medical college as promised by the State Government. Sardar Raja Medical College at Jaring is expected to start functioning from 2012 academic year, the chief executive officer of the college Tarun Mishra announced at a press meet here.

The project got clearance from the State Government in 2004 after an MoU was signed with a private educational institute Salvam Educational and Charitable Trust, Tamil Nadu. The Revenue Department provided 25 acres at Jaring and Western Orissa Development Council released Rs10 crore for infrastructure development. Work soon picked up on the 300-bed hospital, college and hostel buildings.  

However, the project suffered a setback with the chairman of the trust entangled in a legal battle in Tamil Nadu. The long court battle had raised doubts about the future of the project. Last year, the college also failed to get a nod from the Medical Council of India mostly due to lack of adequate number of doctors, staff and some basic infrastructure. This had led to resentment among the locals.  

With the charges against the chairman of the trust dropped, the project witnessed some positive development this year.  

Mishra said that the infrastructure as pointed out by MCI has been put in place. The Health and Family Welfare Department has already issued essentiality certificate and Sambalpur University given consent for affiliation. MCI permission has already been sought and the team is expected to be here soon. Pending works have been taken up on a war-footing to meet the MCI stipulations, he  added. 

The chairman of the Salvam Educational and Charitable Trust SA Raja, in a press release, said that the commitment for establishment of a medical college and super speciality hospital will be fulfilled and he thanked people for their cooperation for success of the project despite undue delay.

It would be interesting to see whether this one becomes operational first or the AIIMS-like institute in Bhubaneswar gets operational first. Looks like both are scheduled to take in students in 2012. The foundation stone of the AIIMS-like institution was laid in 2003, a year earlier than the medical college in Kalahandi.

2 comments March 4th, 2011

Navadiganta trust proposes medical colleges at Baripada and Jharsuguda: Dharitri

1 comment January 29th, 2011

Construction status of AIIMS-like institute in Bhubaneswar

Following is from a report in TOI.

A barren stretch of land interspersed with a few rickety structures, construction equipment and promontories of red earth are all that greets a visitor at the proposed site for AIIMS here. While in Bhopal, Patna, Rishikesh and Jodhpur, the construction work of the hospital is nearing completion, Bhubaneswar is still struggling with bricks and mortar, making its ability to meet the construction deadline of mid-2012 an unattainable target.

At Sijua village on the outskirts of the city, where the speciality health centre is coming up, only foundation work was visible. The residential buildings are only 30 per cent complete. Even engineers felt the deadline for the 978-bed hospital, under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, with 15 super speciality and 18 speciality wards, would be difficult to meet.

The civil work for the residential buildings, including type-2, type-3 quarters and bungalows for the AIIMS director, which started in the last week of May 2010, is supposed to be completed by August 2011 (in 15 months).

Similarly, work for the medical college and hospital buildings, which started in the middle of September 2010, is supposed to be completed by September 2012 (24 months from the commencement of work). "The deadline will be hard to meet," said an engineer. …

But deputy secretary, Union ministry of health, Sube Singh, is confident the project will be commissioned in time in the second half of 2012. "The initial hurdles have been removed. The work is going on at a good pace," he said.

A fortnightly progress review of the Rs 820.49-crore project is being done by the health ministry.

The progress in the past two months has been satisfactory, another senior health department official said. Procurement of medical equipment and allied work are being undertaken simultaneously to avoid delay in commissioning of the hospital, he said.

I went to construction site. Indeed there has not been a whole lot of progress. But I could see construction going on in a break-neck speed. The person in charge seemed very hard working and it seemed like things were under control. My impression was that they could do enough construction to start classes in 2012. 

January 21st, 2011

NRIADD Bhubaneswar advertises in Samaja for a Senior Research Fellow

This institute is among one of the many institutes under the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha. The current details about the institute in Bhubaneswar is as follows:

National Research Institute of Ayurvedic Drug Development, Bhubneshwar

December 17th, 2010

NTPC seeks 15 acres from Odisha for a Medical College: Business Standard

Following is an excerpt from http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ntpc-seeks-land-for-medical-college-in-state/416713/.

"NTPC has sought 15 acres of land for setting up a medical college in the state. It has also evinced interest in setting up a power engineering institute. The company has written to us, requesting for land allotment and we will hold an inter-departmental meeting soon to decide on the site for the medical college and the power engineering institute. The details of the medical college are yet to be finalized but as per the norms of Medical Council of India, they have to start with a 300-bed facility”, an official source told Business Standard.

NTPC which had proposed to set up two super thermal power plants to be set up at Gajamara in Dhenkanal district and Darlipalli in Sundergarh district and also add 1320 Mw to its thermal power station at Talcher, was keen to sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the state owned Grid Corporation of Orissa (Gridco).

The PPA was to be signed between NTPC and Gridco for a period of 25 years. NTPC is setting up a 3200 Mw power plant at Gajamara and 4800 Mw power plant at Darlipalli.

One of the conditions set by the state government for signing of the PPA was the setting up of a medical college and a power engineering institute. The second condition was allocation of 50 per cent power for the state from the two proposed super thermal power stations."NTPC has claimed that it has got the approval of the Centre for allocation of 50 per cent of power for the host state. … ”, the source added.

The proposed super thermal power projects of NTPC at Gajamara and Darlipalli were scheduled to be operational by 2016-17. The Gajamara project needed 2900 acres of land and NTPC claimed to have conducted the gram sabha for this project in March this year.

After MCL, this is the next public sector company to have agreed to set up a medical college in Odisha. (This is not considering ESI corporation and Indian Railways’s plans.) Next NALCO and  SAIL must be pressured for medical colleges in Koraput and Rourkela respectively.

2 comments November 30th, 2010

MOU signed with Sahyog foundation for a medical college in Keonjhar

Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.

The State Government on Friday inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sahyog Health Care and Research Foundation, a charitable trust, for setting up of a 100 seat medical college and hospital at Keonjhar by the latter.

The Government has agreed to provide 20 acres of land free of premium and `10 crore as assistance for the proposed medical which is expected to be operationilised by 2012-end. The MoU was signed by Director of Medical Education and Training Trilochan Sahu and Chairman of the Foundation Sugrib Singh in the presence of Health and Family Welfare Minister Prasanna Acharya, Health Secretary Anu Garg and other officials.

… Chairman of the Foundation Sugrib Singh said though the Government will provide 20 acres of land for the medical college and hospital, they have set a target to purchase 17 acres of land more for the same.

“Initially we would start the medical college and hospital with 100 seats for MBBS course and 300 beds. The Government will give us `10 crore in two installments,” Singh informed.

Singh also informed that they have proposals to set up other colleges dental college (100 seats), BSc nursing college (60 seats), nursing school (100 seats) and a paramedical institute having 100 seats for various streams. The proposed medical college is expected to begin functioning in two years time, Singh informed.

We reported about this earlier on Feb 18th 2010 and June 10th 2010. Additional details about the Sahyog foundation is in those reports.

November 27th, 2010

Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) negotiating with Odisha government for a 25 Crore Central Research Institute for Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences

Following is an excerpt from a report in samayalive.com.

Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) would start a two-year diploma course in naturopathy and yoga thearpy from next academic year, a top official said on Wednesday.

The course, sanctioned by union health ministry, was to cater to the growing demands for para-medical staff and assistants in the field of naturopathy and yoga therapy, Dr B T Chidananda Murthy, Director, CCRYN, Delhi, told to reporter.

… Stating that there were 12 naturopathy and yogic science colleges in the Country and about 300 doctors were coming out every year, he said the Council from next year would provide a scholarship of Rs 5,000 to those who are getting admitted for degree course outside their state, for the entire five years.

… Under Council’s new initiative, the ministry has approved to open six Central Research Institute for Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences at a cost of Rs 25 crore each, and three had already started construction in Karnataka,Haryana and Manipur, which would have 100 bedded hospitals.

The Council was negotiating with the Governments of Orissa, Jharkhand and Assam for starting such Centres, since it required a minimum of 10 acre of land free of cost.Discussions were on with Tamil Nadu government also, he said.

This is in addition to the planned central government take over of the Govt. Dr. AC Homoeopathy Medical College in Bhubaneshwar.

4 comments November 24th, 2010