UCE Burla becoming VSSUT and the hiring of dynamic vice Chancellors at VSSUT (Prof. D K Tripathy from IIT Kharagpur) as well as at Sambalpur University (Prof. Arun Pujari from the University of Hyderabad) has given a huge momentum in making the Sambalpur area a knowledge hub and together with similar progress at Rourkela a western knowledge corridor is now in the making. In this write-up we will focus on the greater Sambalpur area ranging from Bargarh in the west of Sambalpur to Jharsuguda and Sundergarh in the north and north east.
- Universities: Two exists; 2 more in the making
- There are two universities with dynamic leadership at their helm: VSSUT and Sambalpur University
- Sambalpur University has received approval and funding for a SU-IIT (Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology) and is pursuing a sports institute.
- VSSUT has significant expansion plans.
- There is a proposal to upgrade GM college to a unitary university.
- The health minister had announced to upgrade VSS Medical College to a university.
- Branch of OUAT in Chipilima.
- Engineering Colleges: Besides VSSUT, there are five more engineering colleges in the area. 2 in Baragarh, 1 in Jharsuguda, 1 in Sundergarh and 1 in Sason (Silicon West).
- Management Institute: XIMB plans a campus in this area.
- Centrally funded Institutes: IIHT (Indian Institute of Handloom Technology) in Baragarh.
- Research Institute: CIFT Burla.
- Other Colleges: Panchayat College Baragarh, NSCB College Sambalpur, Govt. Womens College Sambalpur, Govt. College Sundergarh and Govt. Womens College Sundergarh.
- Demography: See https://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/archives/2715
- Infrastructure:
The above gives the current status of this area. In addition to the efforts mentioned above, following should also be pursued.
- The VSSUT must be upgraded to a national level institute such as an IIEST (Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology)
- An STP must be established in Sambalpur.
- Operationalization of Jharsuguda airport must be expedited.
- One of the central government departments such as CSIR, DAE, Sc & Tech, etc. needs to open a research center here.
- The Orissa government should push to upgrade the VSS Medical College to the AIIMS level.
- Establishment of private medical colleges in this area must be encouraged.
- The OUAT college in Chipilima needs to upgraded and expanded
- A regional university (similar to the old regional engineering colleges, with 50-50 partnership between the state and the central govt.) should be established in Jharsuguda. (This could be part of the 12th five year plan starting from 2012.)
- A state university should be established in Jharsuguda during the 13th plan. (by 2020)
- A state university should be established in Baragarh during the 13th plan. (by 2020)
- Considering the rapid industrialization of the area, the Govt. Engineering School in Jharsuguda should be upgraded to an engineering college, perhaps as a constituent college of VSSUT.
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March 14th, 2010
Tathya.in reports that this time nice debates are going on in the Odisha assembly.Following are some Samaja reports on debates relevant to education.
March 14th, 2010
Following is an excerpt from http://www.rourkelacity.com/top-news/naveen-patnaik-assured-and-indicates-green-signal-for-esic-medical-college-at-rourkela/.
Today under the leadership of Dr. Prafulla Majhi ( MLA , Talsara Constituency, Sundargarh ) about 6 MLAs from Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar met the Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik and appraised him about the discontent among the civil society and people at Rourkela and Sundargarh on the on going issue of locating the ESIC Medical College. After giving a calm hearing to the MLAs , Naveen Patnaik said, being ESIC Medical College is a central Govt. project, the State Govt. doesn’t have any problem if the ESIC Corporation decides this to be at Rourkela. The state will facilitate accordingly and allocate the land. He further assured about checking the status of the project and do his best for Rourkela and its people. At the same time 20 representatives of people from the above districts, also handed over a memorandum for setting up ESIC Medical College and Hospital at Rourkela to the Chief Minister which he gladly accepted.
I hope this solves all the technical issues and the ESIC hospital and medical college is quickly established in Rourkela.
Assuming the above happens Rourkela would have a very good momentum towards becoming a Tier II city in India. Some of the other things that are happening in parallel are: (i) Faster progress with respect to BPUT (ii) Good progress on Hi-Tech Medical college (iii) Proposal for a metropolitan university in Rourkela and much more. In terms of knowledge infrastructure Rourkela would then have:
- One institute of National importance: NIT
- Two Universities: BPUT and Metropolitan University
- Two medical Colleges: Hi-Tech and ESI
- Two existing engineering colleges (Padmanava and Purushottam) and one more in pipeline (Rourkela Institute of Technology)
- Good management institutes in RIMS Rourkela and IIPM Kansbahal.
I hope now Rourkela will have the momentum and its people will take their own initiatives so that steps such as the ones we earlier mentioned in https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3480 will be taken and Rourkela will march towards becoming a Tier II city of India.
Among people driven initiatives the first one to be taken is to push SAIL to create a medical college and an engineering college in Rourkela and approaching top institutions in Odisha and India to open a campus in Rourkela.
March 13th, 2010
March 7th, 2010
The ad says they are expecting it to start in 2010-11. Perhaps someone from Rourkela can tell us how far the construction has progressed. Any photos would be appreciated.
March 3rd, 2010
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.
Sahyog Foundation, a city-based non-profit organization, would invest Rs 1100 crore in setting up a medicity spread over 300 acres at Jagatpur near Cuttack as well as a medical college and hospital at Keonjhar.
The amount will be raised by the foundation through a mix of debt and contributions from the promoters and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).
The Keonjhar project which is being taken up on the public private partnership (PPP) mode at an investment of Rs 200 crore will have a medical college with an intake of 50 seats to begin with and a 300-bed hospital.
Debasis Sahoo, director, Sahyog Foundation said, “We will sign the MoU … with the Orissa government for setting up the medical college and hospital at Keonjhar by the end of this month. Apart from alloting 20 acres of land free of cost, the state government has also given us an incentive grant of Rs 10 crore for the project.”
Construction work on the proposed medical college and hospital at Keonjhar is set to take off in April this year and the first batch of students for the MBBS course will be admitted in 2011.
“While the hospital at Keonjhar will offer treatment in various super specialties, the focus will be on malaria ad tuberculosis. Seventy per cent of the beds in this hospital will be reserved for the BPL (Below Poverty Line) families.”
… The medical college and hospital at Keonjhar will offer direct employment opportunities to 3000 people.
For its Rs 900-crore medicity project at Jagatpur, Sahyog Foundation has started the process of land acquisition. The medicity project is expected to be operational by 2014.
Besides a 150-seater medical college and a 700-bed hospital, the medicity will have a homeopathic college, an Ayurvedic college and other public amenities like a shopping mall, gymnasium, swimming pool and food court.
… Apart from generating around 5000 direct jobs, the medicity will also create indirect employment for 150000 people.
Similar news was reported earlier (for example here) but the numbers in those early reports did not make sense.
Similarly there have been news reports (see here and here) about a US based group called Euthenic Group consortium that wants to set up a 1000 bed super speciality hospital in Orissa. However, after seeing the webpage of Euthenic Group (see http://euthenicgroup.com/) I don’t have a good feeling on this. Also I don’t understand what is meant when expressbuzz says the following:
After completion of the project, it will be handed over to the State Government. The hospital will be the property of the State Government.
It does not quite make financial sense that this group will make an hospital and then hand it over to the state government at the end of the completion of project. May be by "at the completion of project" they mean after a long long time; say 30 years.
February 18th, 2010
February 14th, 2010
Following is an excerpt from a report in Expressbuzz.com.
The Central University here will soon set up a medical college and hospital in Koraput. Vice-Chancellor Surobhi Benerjee announced this in a release today.
The university is now in the process of submitting the detailed project report (DPR) to the appropriate authorities.
She also said there would be a detailed discussion with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in this regard tomorrow.
Moreover, the university is going to start a school for bio-diversity and conservation of natural resources in collaboration with M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai.The authorities of the MSSRF have agreed to provide all support in establishing the school and run collaborative PG programmes. …
COMMUNITY RADIO: Besides, the university will set up a community radio station in Koraput for the development of the tribal community. A proposal for commissioning the radio station had been submitted to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The university is also going to set up a centre for community welfare in Koraput.
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE: Further, the university will sign an MoU with Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, in the area of nursing and public/ community health for its proposed school of health science (Nursing, public health and community health).
February 2nd, 2010
February 1st, 2010
Following is from Samaja.
This creates an interesting situation. On one hand Rourkela is really the right location for the ESIC Medical college; but on the other hand changing of an already announced location can be dangerous in that it opens up other attempts to change other locations. No announcement of a location will be safe as people from other aspiring areas will keep trying to change it and some of that may result in instability and chaos.
While ESIC medical college case is a very very special case, and we tried to make that case, it seems to be very difficult to make people understand that. Even we have failed in that in these pages.
That may be one of the reasons Orissa government is being stubborn on the ESIC Medical college case.
As the Telangana case illustrates how one decision can have snowball effect on the rest of the country, unless the ESIC case is carefully handled (by all sides) it can create chaos across the state.
December 27th, 2009
Update: Samaja also reports on it.
December 22nd, 2009
On 22nd October 2009 Prashant babu had filed an RTI with the following questions:
- What are the reasons for choosing Bhubaneshwar, Odisha as the location for ESIC Medical College and Hospital, when Rourkela and its nearby areas are having the largest number of ESIC Insured Persons (ESIC Employees)?
- On what ground Bolangir, Odisha was not considered as a location for the ESIC Medical College and Hospital?
- Whether Rourkela as a location for ESIC Medical College proposed by Govt. of Odisha? If so please specify the date of such porposal? Who had sent the proposal (Name of the person/officer)?
- If Rourkela was proposed, then on what ground it was not considered by ESIC for setting up the Medical College and Hospital?
He has now received the response. They are as follows:
- Govt. of Orissa has offered 25 acres of land at Bhubaneshwar for setting up medical college by ESI Corporation.
- There was no such proposal for consideration.
- Govt. of Orissa has not proposed Rourkela as a location for ESIC medical college.
- Not applicable.
Different people are interpreting this different ways. My interpretation is as follows:
- It is clear now that Orissa government plays a crucial role in deciding on the location of the ESIC medical college. The center may still say yes or no to a proposed location but it does not seem to have the power to propose a location on its own. This means the CM needs to be convinced. (That is why it was a big step to get the hint that the CM is now aware of the issue. However, it remains to be seen how accurate that information is.)
- Newspaper reports can not be trusted completely. From first hand experience I know that if there is a paper about X in the desk of a secretary some news papers have printed it as Orissa government has a proposal for X. There have been times where an email I sent to the government, which happen to lie in the desk of a secretary, has later appeared in the news papers as an Orissa government proposal whereas in reality my email printout probably went to some file (at best) or the dust bin. So my analysis is that somebody in Orissa government mentioned the name Balangir in the ESIC medical college context and it probably never made it out of the Orissa government; but regardless the newspapers printed about it. Its also possible that somebody on purpose gave wrong or misleading information to the media.
In any case, Prashant babu desreves thanks for using the RTI mechanism to get these answers. Now it is clear where the buck stops on this matter (the CM) and where the efforts should be concentrated on (the CM). With the reluctance of the Rourkela MLA and the Labor Minister to bring this issue to the CM, some other way to access the CM and convince him about Rourkela needs to be found.
December 14th, 2009
Following is from http://www.orissa.gov.in/health_portal/index.html.
Medical & Dental Colleges:
| Government Colleges |
| Sl.No. |
Name of the College |
Location |
Intake Capacity
|
| |
|
|
MBBS |
BDS |
| 1 |
S.C.B. Medical College |
Cuttack |
150 |
20 |
| 2. |
M.K.C.G. Medical College |
Berhampur |
150 |
– |
| 3. |
V.S.S. Medical College |
Sambalpur |
150 |
– |
Ayurvedic Colleges:
Government Institutions
|
Sl
|
Name of the Institute
|
Location
|
Courses Offered
|
Duration of The Course
|
Intake Capacity
|
|
1
|
Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya
|
Puri
|
B.A.M.S.
|
5.5 years
|
30
|
|
2
|
Kaviraj Ananta Tripathy Sharma Ayurveda College, Akuspur
|
Akuspur, Berhampur
Ganjam
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
|
3
|
Government Ayurveda College
|
Bolangir
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
Private Institutions:
|
Sl
|
Name of the Institute
|
Location
|
Courses Offered
|
Duration of The Course
|
Intake Capacity
|
|
1
|
Mayurbhanj Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya
|
Baripada ,
Mayurbhanj
|
B.A.M.S.
|
5.5 years
|
30
|
|
2
|
Sri Sri Nrusingha Nath Ayurveda College & Research Institute
|
Paikmal , Baragarh
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
|
3
|
Indira Gandhi Memorial Ayurveda College & Hospital
|
Bhubaneswar
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
Homeopathic Colleges:
Government Institutions
|
Sl
|
Name of the Institute
|
Location
|
Courses Offered
|
Duration of The Course
|
Intake Capacity
|
|
1
|
Dr.Avirna Chandra Homeopathy Medical College & Hospital
|
Bhubaneswar
|
B.H.M.S.
|
5.5 Years
|
25
|
|
2
|
Orissa Medical College of Homeopathy & Research
|
Sambalpur
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
|
3
|
Utkalmani Homeopathy Medical College & Hospital
|
Rourkela
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
|
4
|
Biju Pattnaik Homeopathy Medical College & Hospital
|
Berhampur
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
Private Institutions:
|
Sl
|
Name of the Institute
|
Location
|
Courses Offered
|
Duration of The Course
|
Intake Capacity
|
|
1
|
Mayurbhanj Homeopathy Medical College & Hospital
|
Baripada
|
B.H.M.S.
|
5.5 Years
|
30
|
|
2
|
Cuttack Medical College of Homeopathy
|
Cuttack
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
-do-
|
Nursing Colleges:
|
BSc. Nursing Course in Government & Private College of Nursing
|
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the College
|
Total Seats
|
|
1
|
College of Nursing, Berhampur
|
20
|
|
2
|
College of Nursing, Cuttack
|
20
|
|
3
|
SUM Nursing College, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
4
|
Lord Jagannath Mission’s College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
30
|
|
5
|
Neelachal Institute of Medical Science, Bhubaneswar
|
15
|
|
6
|
Manjari Devi College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
7
|
Sushree Institute of Technical Education, CON, Bolangir
|
20
|
|
8
|
VISWAS College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
25
|
|
9
|
Hi-Tech School of Nursing, Pandra, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar
|
30
|
|
10
|
Gajapati College of Nursing, Parala Khemundi, Gajapati
|
20
|
|
11
|
Jagannath Institute of Medical Scinece & Research, College of Nursing, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar
|
25
|
|
12
|
Sri Vidya Niketan College of Medical Science & Research, Nayapalli, Bhubaeswar
|
20
|
| |
TOTAL
|
265
|
| Diploma Course in General Nursing and Midwifery Training |
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the College
|
Total Seats
|
|
1
|
School of Nursing, SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack
|
100
|
|
2
|
School of Nursing, VSS Medical College Hospital, Burla
|
50
|
|
3
|
School of Nursing, MKCG Medical College Hospital, Berhampur
|
50
|
|
4
|
Nursing Training Institute (N.T.I.), I.G.H., SAIL, Rourkela
|
40
|
|
5
|
School of Nursing, N.S.C. Hospital, M.C.L., Talcher
|
10 + 10
|
|
6
|
SUM Nursing School, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
7
|
Lord Jagannath Mission’s School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
25
|
|
8
|
Kalinga Nursing School, Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
9
|
School of Nursing KIIT, Bhubaneswar
|
15
|
|
10
|
Sushree Institute of Technical Education, SON, Bolangir
|
20
|
|
11
|
Sushila Devi School of Nursing, Nuapada
|
20
|
|
12
|
Manjari Devi School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
13
|
Hi-Tech School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
14
|
Neelachal School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
10
|
|
15
|
Mahavir School of Nursing, Cuttack
|
20
|
|
16
|
VISWASS School of Nursing, Bhubaneswar
|
20
|
|
17
|
New Hope Society School of Nursing, Berhampur
|
20
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
480
|
Pharmacy Colleges:
|
Government Colleges
|
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the College
|
Total Seats |
|
1
|
Pharmacy Wing, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
|
60
|
|
Private College
|
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the College
|
Total Seats
|
|
1
|
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ballguall, Puri
|
60
|
|
2
|
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mohuda, Berhampur
|
60
|
|
3
|
Gayatri College of Pharmacy, Jamadarapali, Sambalpur
|
60
|
|
4
|
Herbal Cross Institute of Pharmacy, Mahanadi Barrage Road, Nimpur, Jagatpur, Cuttack
|
40
|
|
5
|
Indira Gandhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
|
60
|
|
6
|
Institute of Medical Technology, Gopalpur, Puri
|
60
|
|
7
|
Institute of Pharmacy & Technology, Salipur, Cuttack
|
60
|
|
8
|
Jeypore College of Pharmacy, Jeypore, Koraput
|
60
|
|
9
|
Kanaka Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rourkela, Sundargarh
|
60
|
|
10
|
Maa Mangala College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karanjia, Mayurbhanj
|
60
|
|
11
|
Mayurbhanj Medical Academy, Baripada, Mayurbhanj
|
60
|
|
12
|
Maruti Pharmacy College, Kalimandir Chowk, Bargarh
|
40
|
|
13
|
Orissa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mahuli Pada, Dhenkanal
|
60
|
|
14
|
Om Sai College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Gopalpur on Sea, Ganjam
|
60
|
|
15
|
Pranabandhu Institute of Paramedical Sciences & Technology, Angul
|
60
|
|
16
|
Patitapabana Institute of Pharmaceutical Scineces % Tech. Gangapada, Bhubaneswar
|
60
|
|
17
|
Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur
|
60
|
|
18
|
Royal College of Pharmacy and Helath Sciences, Berhampur
|
60
|
|
19
|
Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jharpokharia, Mayurbhanj
|
60
|
|
20
|
Sidheswar College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Amarda Road, Balasore
|
60
|
|
21
|
Sri Jayadev College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naharkanta, Khurda
|
60
|
|
22
|
Sivananda College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Near Engineering College Square, Panda Colony, Berhampur
|
60
|
|
23
|
The College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tamando, Khurda
|
60
|
|
24
|
The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Tech., Padmapur, Bahugram, Cuttack
|
60
|
|
25
|
The Pharmaceutical College, Barpali, Bargarh
|
60
|
|
26
|
Gayatri Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gunpur, Rayagada
|
40
|
|
27
|
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Balasore
|
60
|
|
28
|
Dadhichi College of Pharmacy, Vidya Vihar, Sundergram, Cuttack
|
60
|
|
29
|
Hi-Tech College of Pharmacy, Pandara, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar
|
40
|
|
30
|
Gajapati College of Pharmacy, Ranipendha, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati
|
40
|
|
31
|
Kalinga Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nuasahi, Balia, Balasore
|
40
|
|
32
|
Balakrushna College of Pharmacy, Nuapada
|
40
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1840
|
December 10th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from a report in tathya.in.
Chief Minister has now demanded the Government of India to favour with a Dental and Nursing College for the Steel City, said official sources.
State Government in the Department of Labour & Employment (DOLE) has asked the Ministry of Labour to set up the facilities in Rourkela keeping in view the long standing demand of the people.
After Rourkela has been sidetracked for a Medical College & Hospital, the State Government has initiated the move to set up Dental College and College of Nursing in the city.
…Nearest Hospital for them is Sambalpur and IPs require frequent references for their dental problems.
Further there is extreme shortage of nursing staff in the health institutions of the state including ESI Medical Institutions.
So both Dental and Nursing College is needed, said Satya Prakash Nanda, Development Commissioner.
Mr.Nanda has taken up the issue with P C Chaturvedi, the Union Secretary Labour & Employment.
It has been agreed that ESIC would consider opening up of a Dental College and College of Nursing at Rourkela.
Investment in both the institutions will be around Rs.100 crores, said Sardar Jagar Singh, Secretary Labour & Employment.
Mr.Singh said that he has brought it to the notice of C D Kedar, the Director General ESIC.
Although a dental and nursing college (if it happens) is better than nothing, but it still does not seem to address the issue fairly. If there are more ESI insured people around Rourkela, the medical college should be established there. If there is some real logical reason why the medical college is being made in Bhubaneswar then the officials involved should spell that out.
December 9th, 2009
Following is from Dharitri.
Following is from Samaja.
December 6th, 2009
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