Following are excerpts from a report in indiaedunews.com.
With plans to transform itself into a global educational centre in the coming years, the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has submitted a Rs.3100 crore plan to the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.
The proposal for the 11th Five Year Plan includes Rs.2800 crore for the main campus and Rs.300 crore for the South Campus of the varsity located at Barkachha in Mirzapur.
The university has also gone ahead with developing an Ayurveda faculty along with a 125-bed hospital, said BHU Vice Chancellor Professor Panjab Singh.
The institute’s Rs.100 crore proposal to establish an Institute of Science is also under the consideration of the Central Government.
The process of setting up an Institute of Law, Management and Social Sciences was also in progress, the V-C added.
I think Ravenshaw University, if it hopes to become a central university, should send such a plan. (One may note that of the 30 new proposed central universities, 14 are supposed to be world class universities.)
October 12th, 2007
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pragativadi on this.
Tata Steel, in collaboration with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, will organise a Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS). According to a Tata Steel release, all students from Class 8 to 10 from any school in Orissa are eligible to participate in the programme.
The YATS will be conducted in three stages. In the first phase, the students have to prepare an abstract within 500 words on any subject related to astronomy and space science and submit it with the concurrence of the heads of their respective institutions, either to Tata Steel or the Pathani Samanta Planetarium before October 15. In the second stage, the short-listed students will be called for the zonal camps and those selected in these camps will be invited to participate in the state-level camp.
The zonal camps will be held at Keonjhar, Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Bhubaneswar , Koraput and Berhampur and the State-level camp in Bhuibaneswar. The students participating in the zonal and state-level camps will be reimbursed for their actual expenses. About 100 students will be invited to each zonal camp.
Out of the 600 students participating in the six zonal camps, 150 will be invited to State-level camp. The best 10 models of the state-level camp will be awarded on the occasion of the 173rd birth anniversary of Mahamahopadhyay Chandrasekhar Singhsamant Harichandan Mahapatra, popularly known as Pathani Samanta, on December 13.
October 12th, 2007
Following is an excerpt from a Kalinga Times report on this.
The Apeejay Surrendra Group has also expressed its willingness to set up a research and design centre and a Knowledge Park at Bhubaneswar, the government said.
The Knowledge Park would have a school as well as higher education on subjects such as business management, hotel management, fashion designing, food technology, and nutrition science and nautical science.
October 12th, 2007