Tathya.in first reported that in light of the fact that Berhampur and Sambalpur medical colleges will now have additional 43 seats each, the medical counseling in Orissa will now be redone. This will allow students who were forced to pick a private college, or who just opted out because they could not afford paying the fees in a private college, to now try to get one of the new seats in Berhampur and Sambalpur medical colleges. Following is an ad on this that appeared in Samaja.
July 15th, 2007
Dharitri reports that Burla and Berhampur medical school seats has been increased to 150 each. The news report is as follows:
July 15th, 2007
Finally the government has announced the fee structure for the various degrees. This has been reported in several places. Following are excerpts from the report in Tathya.in.
- The annual fee for private medical colleges has been proposed at Rs 4.5 lakh.
- For BDS degree announced fee structure is Rs.2.10 lakh per annum.
- The fees per year would range from Rs 32,000 to Rs 58,000 for different engineering colleges.
- ITER, Bhubaneswar, NIST ,Berhampur, GIE&T,Gunupur and SIT, Bhubaneswar will be charging Rs58,000 per annum.
- Lowest fee will be charged by PKACE, Bargarh, which is Rs32,000.
- For a MBA degree highest fee Rs. 90,000 will be charged by RCM, Bhubaneswar, RIMS, Rourkela and IPSR, Cuttack.
- KISD, Bhubaneswar will be charging lowest fee of Rs.40,000 for a management degree.
- In MCA a student has to cough out highest fee of Rs.75,000 in ITER, Bhubaneswar and lowest fee of Rs. 28,000 will be charged by BIET, Bhadrak.
- For a Pharmacy Program the highest fee structure is Rs.45, 000 and lowest is Rs.35,000.
July 14th, 2007
From http://www.aicte.ernet.in/approval/engg_LIST/Orissa.doc (as of July 12 2007)
Continue Reading July 12th, 2007
Samaja reports that Chandipur PXE has received a national research award.
July 11th, 2007
Dear Friends,
To day, a meeting was convened by Agamee Odisha in Jaydev Bhawan about “KBK University and related railways and other Development of KBK Districts. The Dias was empty of any chair except the banner for KBK University. People went from the assembly spoke and came back. A very new concept by our President.
The meeting was opened by the address of our President Shree DK Ray, Ex Chairman OERC and Income Tax Commissioner, who welcomed one and all with warm hands. Dr Kasturi Mohapatra, VP of National Child Health Care Foundation, deliberated about Mission & Vision of Agamee Odisha.
Continue Reading July 11th, 2007
As per the UGC site following are the existing central universities:
Continue Reading July 9th, 2007
Earlier we touched upon the working group recommendation in the 11th plan. Going through the report of the higher education working group we noticed the following recommendation (in Section 3.4.3 page 20) with respect to central universities in the north eastern region.
- Faculty of medical studies needs to be established in all central universities in the north eastern region.
I think the proposed central university in Koraput should be treated at par with central universities in the north eastern region.
July 8th, 2007
With new malls opening up in various places there is a lot of job opportunity in the areas of retail management and logistics. New Indian Express reports on this and about some business schools that offer courses on this topic. Following are some excerpts.
How about making a career in logistics? Industry estimates that the sector, going through acute manpower shortage, could create employment opportunities to the tune of 50,000 in the next five years.
The mushrooming malls and the expanding chain of retail stores on the neighbourhood are indicative of growing need of skilled hands.
With an annual growth rate of 25 percent, this is one sector that would see more and more avenues opening up in the times to come.
Gati, a leading player in the sector, has already offered placement letters to the first batch students of PG programme in Logistics and Supply Chain Management being offered by city-based Asian School of Business Management (ASBM).
“Our aim is to hire graduates who intend to assume leadership positions in supply chain management and contribute to the competitiveness of the firms globally,” said managing director of company Mahendra Agarwal while giving away the letters and kicking off the programme on the ASBM campus here on Friday.
It is the first of its kind in the country and has been jointly designed by ASBM and Gati. Students would have the advantage of working in Gati’s warehouse for hands-on experience after 14 months of the course.
While 30 students have been enrolled in the first batch, the institute plans to raise the strength in the coming years.
So what would the sector expect from you? According to Agarwal – who was decorated with the ‘logistics man of India’ on the occasion – you ought to possess an analytical mind to succeed in this field.
July 8th, 2007
(Copied from the Planning Commission’s website)
Planning Commission
Government of India
Report of the Oversight Committee to Monitor Implementation of Reservation in Higher Educational Institutions.
July 8th, 2007
Odisha.com reports on a special school for child workers that has been started in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
July 7th, 2007
The book "Cultural dimension of Education" is a collection of essays available on-line on this topic.
July 7th, 2007
Quoting from http://ssa.nic.in/ssaframework/
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an effort to universalise elementary education by community-ownership of the school system. It is a response to the demand for quality basic education all over the country. The SSA programme is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities to all children, through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode.
EGS is one of schemes that has been used for the above effort. Now that the central govt has asked some aspects of EGS to be changed the Orissa government plans to develop an alternative. The following article in Samaja elaborates on a proposal that is under consideration.
July 7th, 2007
Dharitri has reported that SCB has got back the 43 seats it had recently lost.
July 7th, 2007
Following are excerpts on this topic from a Business standard report:
The government has allocated Rs 1,920 crore for setting up 16 central universities in states which do not have one so far . The plan was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently.
Once these universities are in place, the government plans to have two central universities in each state.
“The government has set aside Rs 1,920 crore for setting up 16 central universities in 16 states that lack such varsities till now,” an official in the Ministry of Human Resource Development told Business Standard.
The allocation would take care of non-recurring costs like infrastructure and recurring costs like salaries and other yearly expenditures throughout the Eleventh Plan period.
“While Rs 60 crore is the non-recurring cost to set up a varsity, an yearly amount of Rs 12 crore would be made available for five years to take care of the recurring costs of a university,” the source said.
While estimates point that setting up one full-fledged central university costs around Rs 400 crore, the ministry expects the amount of Rs 120 crore to take care of the initial expenses like the construction of buildings and staff salaries. Since the state governments are expected to provide the required land, the amount is being considered sufficient for now. …
The source said that once the 16 universities were in place, the government would go ahead to set up two central universities in every state. There are 20 central universities in the country at present.
July 7th, 2007
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