In an earlier post we mentioned that NITs will now become institutions of national importance. We have come across a draft of the NIT Bill and also the IIT Bill of 1961. It looks like the NIT Bill (draft) is a good one and has even some improvements over the IIT Bill. Once the NIT Bill is passed in the parliament it will become the NIT act.
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Tathya’s running headline of today says that Best Western will open a culinary institute in Orissa. In the past Hotel Swosti in Bhubaneswar used to have the Best Western label. I am not sure if it still does.
Update: Tathya now has a full article on it. Following are some excerpts.
The leading hotel chain, Cabana Hotel Management Private Limited (CHMPL), which is the franchise holder of Best Western group for India has been allotted 7 acres of land in the capital city. The chairman and other board members of Best Western are visiting Orissa in the last week of this month to lay the foundation stone of the culinary institute.
May 21st, 2007
Dear all:
Thank you for all that you have already done for the IIT in Orissa cause. We are chronicling the efforts and happenings at http://iitorissa.org and http://orissawatch.org
Based on various news reports following is the current situation -in a nutshell-with respect to getting an IIT in Orissa.
1. The media is regularly covering the issue and the general people in streets have become aware of the issue of IIT as well as the central neglect/injustice/discrimination against Orissa. http://iitorissa.org http://orissawatch.org
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The IIT issue and the associated issue of central government neglect (injustice, discrimination) has become a hot political issue in Orissa. While the BJD and its CM supremo Naveen Patnaik has been discussing it forcefully in its meetings, even in villages; the Congress has been forced to respond. However the response of the Congress is feeble and lacks merit. BJD spokespersons (including MPs) have started mentioning economic blockade such as stopping coal transport and rail movement as a way to make the center take notice of Orissa’s genuine grievances in the HRD arena.
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Sometimes people question that how an IIT in Orissa is going to help Orissa. Earlier we had given some arguments in regards to this. A recent Economic times article bolsters our contention and gives current examples of companies that want to establish units in certain places because of the marquee institutions there.
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