Following is an excerpt from a newsreport in Times of India.
Patnaik alleged that the state had been neglected by the Centre on several fronts like establishment of an IIT, IIM and expansion of railway network.
December 27th, 2007
Govt of India has started several institutions modeled after IISC except that these Institute would also have an integrated MSc program. These Institutes go by the name Indian Institute of Science Education and Research.(IISER). The NISER is a similar Institution which is being funded by DAE rather than MHRD.In that sense it a sister institution of TIFR, Mumbai, and NCBS, Bangalore, etc.The sanctioned faculty strength in the first phase is 200 of which at least 50 will be for the School of Biology. I seek your help to locate suitable faculty in all branches of biology through your network. We wish to make the new Institution one of the best in India and in the world. DAE is good organization so far financial support is concerned. Please contact Dr R. Nayak at rnayak@iopb.res.in for further information.
December 27th, 2007