Archive for June, 2007
Econimic Times reports;
“The Centre plans to privatise select services at its premium hospitals to provide improved healthcare facilities with a professional touch. A beginning will be made at AIIMS-like medical institutes proposed in Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Rishikesh, Jodhpur, Patna and Raipur. The six institutes will be set up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, a source in the health ministry said. The institutes are expected to cost the government about Rs 2,000 crore.”
It futher adds,
“The Union government intends to outsource activities like housekeeping, sanitation, maintenance, kitchen, maintenance of hospital information system and laboratory services to the private sector in the first phase.”
June 5th, 2007
At present there are 29 Central Schools in Orissa the latest being one in Neeladri Vihar Bhubaneswar (2003), one in Keonjhar (2001) and a second shift (2004) at Central School 1 in Bhubaneswar. In KBK districts the central schools are in Sunabeda, Koraput, Bhawanipatna and Balangir (2 of them). Many of the central schools have their own websites.
June 4th, 2007
Today’s Statesman has a report on the latest status of the WODC related private medical college in Rourkela. Following is a quote from that article:
In December 2006, the government of Orissa invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from various parties for setting up of the medical college in Rourkela and 14 organisations applied. Subsequently, a high power committee, which met on 15 January this year, shortlisted six applicants.
The shortlisted applicants are BHD Charitable Trust, VELS Institute for Advanced Studies, Chennai, Jasar Dental Medical Education Health Foundation, UP, HI-Tech Hospital Bhubaneswar, BV Charitable Trust Bhubaneswar, PET, Rourkela and Cambridge Trust of India, Ranchi.
The applicants deposited a draft of Rs 1 crore with the government to set up a medical college with 150 seats and a multi specialty hospital with 750 beds. The government of Orissa will provide 25 acres of land and Rs 10 crore to whoever get the offer.
However, it is reported, after the initial scrutiny, that there is no further progress in it. In fact, during the invitation of EoI in November, Mr Sarada Nayak, MLA of Rourkela, had said that very soon, the work would begin as all the bottlenecks have been removed. When contacted, Mr Nayak said: “The case is in the court after the displaced persons’ association moved to court for which we are unable to do anything. But, soon there will be some development in this matter.â€
June 4th, 2007
The Orissa government’s higher education website is here. Following are some of the interesting links at that site:
- The list of government colleges in Orissa
- List of private Colleges by district and by block
- A list of colleges with disciplines they offer
- Another list of colleges
The above lists are incomplete as they are missing some colleges. There are colleges in list 3 and 4 that do not appear in 1 and 2. Well known private colleges such as Christ College and Stewart Science College do not appear in list 2.
The UGC also has lists of colleges and universities in various states. Following are some links.
- List of Colleges in Orissa: page 1 ; page 2; page 3
- List of Universities in Orissa
- List of autonomous colleges (page 2 contains the list for Orissa)
June 4th, 2007
Following are some on-line resources for preparing for IIT JEE.
June 4th, 2007
There seems to be a lot of coaching institutions at the plus two science level in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack area. Below is a list and their ads just after the IIT and AIEEE results were out. They are not doing that well in the IIT front. Lets hope that in the near future some of the top-notch national level coaching institutions (such as FIIT JEE, Bansals) move to Orissa and increase the number of students sent from Orissa to IITs and IISERs. One national level coaching institution that will start this year is Narayana coaching.
Continue Reading June 4th, 2007
Today’s Dharitri has an article on people lining up to buy plus two forms in various colleges in Berhampur. Based on that article, following is a possibly incomplete list of options for pursuing plus two in Berhampur.
- Khallikote Junior College (govt.)
- Binayak Acharya govt. college
- Sashibhushan Rath govt. womens college
- Mahamayee womens college
- Roland Supriya junior college
- Jagannath college
- Gayatri plus two science residential college for Boys, Berhampur
- Gayatri womens’ college, Berhampur
- Vedavyasa college
- City College
- Model womens college
- S D womens college
- Cambridge college
- Gyanamandira (the plus 2 extension of Saraswati sishu mandira)
Update June 4 2007: Reader Gopal names additional plus two colleges in the area. Thanks. His list is as follows:
- Herambhalaya residential college
- Deccan College
- Gopalpur Science College
- University Science college
- Vidya Science Junior College
- Aryabhatta College
- +2 Science at De’ Paul School
- +2 Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur
- +2 Science at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gopalpur
June 3rd, 2007
Telegraph reports on the progress and the obstacles faced in making Capital Hospital a medical college. Following are some excerpts:
The proposed Rs 100 crore medical college at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar could start anytime, but for five more acres of land.
The hospital that currently owns 20 acre of land needs another five acre to fulfil the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms for a medical college set up. As per the MCI the qualifying a criterion for any medical college is to “own a suitable single plot of land measuring not less than 25 acres.â€
“We have earmarked a few locations close by. However, the properties are already encroached and there are likely chances of protests by unauthorised occupants,†said the CMO of Capital Hospital, Loknath Acharya, refusing to reveal the exact location. …
Meanwhile, the location for the academic building has also been decided. “A seven-storied building would be constructed close to the paediatric and regional diagnostic centre,†said Acharya. This would house the major departments and staff chambers. …
Ever since the government decided to set up a medical college at a meeting presided over by the chief minister on April 8, the panel constituting senior bureaucrats led by director of medical education and technology S.C. Mohapatra has sat thrice discussing lacunas in the project.
June 2nd, 2007
A PIB release says the following:
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting to review the state of higher education in India and address the challenge of increasing enrolment while improving access to and quality of higher education in India. The Prime Minister directed the University Grants Commission and the Planning Commission to jointly prepare a strategy for this. The Prime Minister also declared that the Government of India will setup at least one Central University in every State and assist State Government to ensure that there is at least one degree college in every district. There are presently 20 Central Universities in the country, while 16 States do not have a Central University. The Prime Minister said that each Central University should become a symbol of excellence, a model of efficiency and an example in terms of academic standards and university governance for other State Universities to emulate. 350 districts where enrolment is below national average will be brought upto national average. The Prime Minister also reiterated his commitment to offer more scholarships to increase the gross enrollment rate at the college level.Â
June 1st, 2007
The New Indian Express reported that
“Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, a sister concern of city-based technical college ITER, has got the nod of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to admit 100 students to its MBBS programme from 2007-08 academic session.”
Continue Reading June 1st, 2007
The coming assembly session of Orissa starts tomorrow. Various newspapers report that UPA injsutice regarding an IIT in Orissa will be a major issue in this session. Following are some excerpts.
1. Statesman:
The performance of UPA government at the Centre vis-Ã -vis allocations to Orissa is expected to hold centre stage during the budget session of the Assembly commencing here tomorrow.
Ruling BJD-BJP, which has been raising the hackneyed Central neglect theme in recent times, has decided to move a motion for discussion on the subject as well as one on price rise. Denying an IIT to Orissa, meagerly allocations under the Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana and KBK programme are some of the issues with which the ruling combine is training its guns on the UPA government and the Congress party.
2. Telegraph:
On the other hand the BJD-BJP legislature party made it clear that they would continue to deplore the “step-motherly†attitude of the Centre towards Orissa.
Legislators of the ruling BJD-BJP and Opposition Congress today met separately at the Assembly to chalk out strategies a day before the commencement of the state Assembly Budget session.
Parliamentary affairs minister Raghunath Mohanty said the BJD-BJP alliance would bring two motions to be discussed in the second-half of the session.
“We will raise the issue of a special package for Orissa in view of the ill treatment and step-motherly attitude to Orissa in all matters. Take a look at the issue of setting up an IIT in Orissa or meagre Central funds for rural electrification,†he said.
June 1st, 2007
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