Following is an excerpt from a report in the Pioneer.
The university will receive Rs 3 crore for its infrastructure development, while the UGC will also provide Rs 47 lakh for the year.
Besides, the university will have block grant of Rs 2.26 crore and an additional research grant of Rs 10 lakh from the State Government. The Syndicate has approved an annual budget of about Rs 6.94 crore. A 100-bed, two-storied hostel will come up on the campus soon to address the constriction.
The university has further resolved to institute scholarships to the tune of Rs 1 lakh this year to attract poor and meritorious students to pursue their studies. Research on the Jagannath culture being a major objective of the university, a sum of Rs 10 lakh received from the State Government will be utilised in it this year. Earlier, funds for research on the Jagannath culture were provided by the Puri temple trust.
Following is an excerpt from a news report in Pioneer.
Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust will set up a medical college and super specialty hospital near Naraj. Earlier, it was announced to set up a private university at Naraj. It has also planned to set up health centre in all the districts of the State.
In this connection, Trust member Yezdi Batliwala called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday at the State Secretariat.
The State Government has allotted 185.97 acres of land for this purpose. The proposed university would have a core campus comprising academic and non-academic buildings to cater to the needs of 15,000 students, 1,500 faculty and matching number of non-teaching staff.
Basic science, humanities, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, business management, law, bio-science, art, culture and Vedic studies, Ayurveda, aviation and maritime training will be on course list. The campus will house a sports complex, recreational facilities, utility centres and meditation halls.
The Human Resource Development Ministry has asked the State Government to identify land for the proposed Indian Institute of Technology and the Central University (CU) announced by the Centre.
In a communique to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Ministry has requested for 700 acres of land free of cost near the Capital for setting up Central University. …
The contour and the shape of the institutions, however, will be defined shortly. The new IT IIT and the CU will be set up during the 11th Plan period.
Thanks to initiatives by activist, poet and story-writerSruti Mohapatra and the VC of Ravenshaw University, Ravenshw University’s proposal to make it universally accessible has been accepted and the university has received initial funds for it. Ravenshaw may thus become Orissa’s first universally accessible college/university/campus; and may be even the country’s first universally accessible university.
The budget that was submitted was as follows. I think all of it has been accepted. (Not 100% sure.)
CONSTRUCTION & MODIFICATION
GENERAL
SIGNAGE Rs. 25,000
AUDIO SYSTEM Rs. 2,55,000
SERVICE & INFORMATION COUNTERS Rs. 3,33,000
TOILET Rs. 2,25,000
CLASSROOMS Rs. 10,00,00
SEMINAR ROOM Rs. 1,00,000
LIBRARY Rs. 8,00,000
TALKING LIBRARY Rs. 2,00,000
LABORATORIES Rs. 3,00,000
DRINKING WATER FACILITY Rs. 1,00,000
HOSTEL Rs. 15,00,000
PLAYGROUND Rs. 25,00,000
FIRST FLOOR
HANDRAILS Rs. 3,20,000
RAMP FOR THE FIRST FLOOR Rs. 4,00,000
STEPS AND STAIRS Rs. 2,00,000
ELEVATORS Rs. 10,00,000
EMERGENCY EVACUATION Rs. 2,00,000
SETTING UP SPECIALISED LABORATORIES, LIBRARY
AND RESOURCE ROOM
The course would be offered with the active collaboration of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), said registrar Satyakam Mishra.
The premier B-school, apart from providing faculty, will also train teachers of the varsity. It will design the course content and provide consultancy on several aspects including admission and placement. Besides, students can also make use of XIMB’s library facilities, he said.
… Once introduced, human resource personnel felt Ravenshaw’s MBA course will trigger an unprecedented demand among management aspirants, given the brand name both carry.
The programme will undoubtedly set a bench mark for itself in the State. Mishra said the master’s degree programme will comprise 60 seats to begin with. The selection procedure is being worked out. Scores of XIMB conducted test and CAT may be taken into consideration.
However, the understanding with XIMB will be for two years. If the course proves successful, it will be extended, he noted.
The varsity has already initiated steps to set up the department and renovate an existing hostel for the MBA students.
The draft bill was cleared by the state cabinet, which was chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, today.
The existing law allows the establishment of only government-run university in the state.
The government has, therefore, drafted a unitary law to facilitate self-financed and self-governed private university to be set up by Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir Trust.
Chief secretary Ajit Tripathy said the bill would be introduced in the Assembly in the next session. There will be a provision in the bill for representation of the government in the management board through a senior officer.
… This would be the first private university to be set up in Orissa for which draft legislation has been formulated.
Meanwhile, the government has allotted 185.97 acres at Naraj on the outskirts of Cuttack for the project.
The university would have a core campus comprising academic and non-academic buildings to cater to the needs of 15,000 students, 1,500 faculty and matching number of non-teaching staff.
Basic science, humanities, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, business management, law, bio-science, art, culture and Vedic studies, ayurveda, aviation and maritime training will be on course list.
The campus will house a sports complex, recreational facilities, utility centres and meditation halls.
The university would be fully residential with hostels for faculty as well as students. Necessary infrastructure such as roads, communication, water, sewerage, effluent treatment system, power distribution, medical and banking facilities will be provided by the proposed university management in a phase-wise manner.
PRESS NOTE – STATES IDENTIFIED FOR LOCATING NEW CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 11TH FIVE YEAR PLAN
11:55 IST
The 11th Five Year Plan, endorsed by the National Development Council in December, 2007, envisages, inter-alia, establishment of the following new higher education institutions in the Central sector:
ATechnical Education Institutions
·8 Indian Institutes of Technology
·7 Indian Institutes of Management
BCentral Universities
·14Universities aiming at world class standards
·16Universities in States which do not have a CentralUniversity at present
2.Out of the above new institutions, location decisions had already been taken in the case of 4 IITs and one IIM. Hon’ble Prime Minister has since approved the proposals made by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, for the location of the remaining institutions as per the details given below.
Location of new IITs/ IIMs.
3.Location of 4 IITs(in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Himachal Pradesh),and one IIM (at Shillong) have already been announced. The Central Government has now decided to locate the remaining 4 IITs and 6 IIMs in the following States :–
IIMs –Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Uttarakhand and Haryana In addition, it is also proposed to convert the Institute of Technology of the BanarasHinduUniversityinto an IIT.Admission to this Institute is already based on theIIT – Joint Entrance Examination.
Location of 14 World Class Universities
4.As regards 14 Central Universities aiming atworld class standards, it has been considered necessary that these are located in or near selected large cities which would automatically have the kind of connectivity and infrastructurewhich such universities would need.Accordingly, it has been decidedto locate one such University in each of the 14 States/Regionas shownin theenclosed List, and to request concerned State Governments to identify adequate land in or near theselectedcities.
Location of 16 Central Universities in Uncovered States
5.16 States which do not have aCentral University at present, and which will get oneCentral University eachin the11th Plan areBihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa.Of these, in three States, existing State Universities will be taken over by the Central Government and converted into Central Universities. Thesethree Universities areDr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar (in Madhya Pradesh), GuruGhasidasUniversity, Bilaspur (in Chhattisgarh), and GoaUniversity.
6.Establishment of IITs, IIMs and CentralUniversities in the above States is subject to State Governments offering adequateland at suitable locations, free of cost, for the purpose.Each of the concerned State Government is being requested to offer land accordingly.Actual establishment of these institutions would however depend, among other things, on how quickly the concerned State Governments respondby allotting adequate land at suitable locations.
State-wise List of Cities Identified for locating 14 Central Universities during theXIth Planwhich would aim to achieveworld classstandards
The state governmentt of Orissa has recently sanctioned 140 faculty positions for the Ravenshaw University. These positions already existed in the strength of erstwhile Ravenshaw College. They have now been created in the establishment of Ravenshaw University, and the process will soon begin for recruitment against them.
The posts sanctioned, discipline wise, are as follows:
Departments
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
1
Bengali
–
–
01
2
Botany
01
03
06
3
Chemistry
01
04
08
4
Commerce
01
03
06
5
Computer Science
–
–
03
6
Economics
01
03
06
7
Education
01
02
05
8
English
01
04
07
9
Geography
–
02
04
10
Hindi
–
–
02
11
History
01
02
04
12
Mathematics
01
02
05
13
Oriya
01
02
05
14
Philosophy
–
–
03
15
Physics
01
03
05
16
Political Science
01
02
04
17
Psychology
–
02
03
18
Sanskrit
–
01
02
19
Sociology
–
02
03
20
Statistics
–
01
01
21
Urdu
–
01
01
22
Zoology
01
02
04
Total
12
40
88
Faculty constitutes the most critical input in the life of an educational institution. It is they who define the level of excellence and intellect which the university fosters. Great care therefore has to be taken in selecting the faculty at the foundation stage as they will determine the future course of its growth and development.
The formal notice and advertisement for the faculty recruitment will soon be posted both in this website and elsewhere. This may be treated as an advance intimation of the recruitment process. Through this we are requesting the friends of Ravenshaw, within the country and abroad, to help us select the best faculty for this institution. Any lapse at this stage in choosing the right kind of faculty will be too costly to regret.
Clearly we need versatile persons who, apart from their academic excellence, will be good at developing an academic culture to cope with contemporary times. They will be institution builders who can give vision and direction to their schools and departments.
Our recruitment shall be for tenure positions. We would also consider contractual appointments and employment of superannuated persons as well as visiting faculties if their credentials are up to the mark. Academics who love Ravenshaw, and who had the opportunity of building themselves in other institutions of excellence, both within the country and abroad, may consider taking up short term assignments to lay foundation of the new university. Their contribution, arising out of their exposure and experience, will be greatly valued.
We shall be happy to receive expressions of intent as well as enquires about these matters by correspondence through ravenshawuniversity@yahoo.co.in.
A sum of Rs 23. 35 lakh has been earmarked for scholarships to be given to 646 students of Ravenshaw University in the coming academic year, University sources said on Monday.
… At least 24 students will receive the national scholarships of an amount of Rs 1, 12,042 and another 510 students will receive about Rs 20 lakh as post-matriculation scholarship for SC and ST students.
Besides, there are 50 senior merit scholarships and 30 PG merit scholarships are available for students in the ensuing academic year. There are other scholarships like senior merit-cum-means (8), PG merit-cum-means (5), physically challenged (8), mining scholarships (4) and two SEBC scholarships available for the university students in 2008-09 academic
session.
All the annual scholarships will continue including the POSCO scholarship, which is given to four students for an amount of Rs 88, 696.
For more information on this historic university, originally established as a college in 1868, please see http://www.ravenshawuniversity.com/. The university has a total of 144 faculty positions available in all departments and at all levels. For all the positions, Ph.D is a requirement. If you are interested, please send your bio-data to: