Archive for December, 2008
The following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=45828.
The Department of Higher Education of Ministry of Human Resource Development [MHRD], Government of India has decided to implement a new Central Sector Scheme titled ‘Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students’ w.e.f. 2008-09. This would be available to upto 82,000 meritorious students per year belonging to non-creamy layer, studying in recognised Colleges/Universities in India, who are not in receipt of any other scholarship. 50% of the total number of scholarships would be for girls. The rate of scholarship would be Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One thousand only) per month for graduation level for the first 3 years of the College/University Education and Rs. 2000 (Rupees Two thousand only) per month in the 4th and 5th year of College/University Education. The Scholarship would be paid for 10 months is an academic year. The scheme is also open to students pursuing professional courses through recognised institutions. However, renewal of the scholarship from year-to-year would be subject to good conduct and fulfillment of prescribed academic performance.
All the State Boards of Senior Secondary Education ,CBSE and ICSE have been requested to contact the eligible candidates on the basis of the merit list of Senior Secondary Examination results 2008 and recommend to the MHRD the details of Scholars selected against the specified number of scholarships allocated to the Board. The disbursement of scholarships to these selected students will be made by the MHRD, directly into the bank account of the students, through a designated Bank.
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VLK/ska
December 18th, 2008
Following from a report in Pioneer.
The Burla Engineering College has been accorded with a Unitary University status. A Bill to this effect on Wednesday got the nod of the State Assembly. After passing of the Bill, the university is now known as Vir Surendra Sai University of Technology.
As per the provision of the bill, a Management Committee, Academic Council of Studies, Finance Committee and other necessary committee, which is deemed to be necessary for the functioning of the university, would be set up.
One Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Controller of Finance, Controller of Examination, Students’ Welfare Dean would be appointed. However, the Vice-Chancellor would be appointed on the recommendation of the Chancellor.
December 18th, 2008
Thanks to Debu for this.
December 17th, 2008
Dear Alumni,
Does not matter where you are, I exhort you to celebrate the INDEPENDENCE DAY of our Alma Mater UCE, Burla. As I am writing this mail, the Orissa University of Technology (OUT) Bill is being debated in the House of Assembly of Orissa. Cutting across party line, everybody is overwhelmingly supporting this. In a matter of hour from now, (1) UCE, Burla loses its identity to a new-born Orissa University of Technology (2) The new-born institute is a Unitary State University whose state funding shall continue while UGC / AICTE shall start coming in; a University where Principal gives way to a Vice Chancellor assisted by a Registrar, a Comptroller of Finance and a Dean of Students Welfare; a University which will have its own Governing Body (3) This University goes beyond the jurisdiction of BPUT Act, 2002.
This is precisely for the last reasons, I called today her Independence Day. As the East India Company had to wind up its baggages after ruling India for 200 years, BPUT loses its control over an independent Orissa University of Technology.
Believe me, and you must do so, everybody in the Secretariat says that they have never seen a bill coming up so fast and so furiously. Shower your thanks on the Hon’ble Chief Minister. Uncharacteristically, he has called for our file to his home to sign it. Because he followed the University Bill so keenly, rest of the state machinaries were on their toes. Place your thanks to Minister Jay Narayan Misra who fought for us since last four years and still advocating it inside the Assembly selflessly. Give your thanks to Industry Minister Sri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan who kept his words. Give your thanks to Hon’ble Speaker who accomodated our bill. Give your thanks to ex-Industry Secretary Mr Aditya Prasad Padhy and present Industry Secretary Mr Ashok Mahadev Dalwai, Deputy Secretary of Finance Mr Das who have followed our files heart-out. Give your thanks to Mr Panda (Deputy Secretary- Industry), Mr Gouda (Deputy Secretary- Steel & Mines), and dozens of Guardians who did extra-ordinary helps. Touch the feets of the Senior Citizens of Sambalpur who rushed to Bhubaneswar with me to meet Chief Minister to plead for IIT status to UCE. Give your thanks to Dr Chitta Baral who inculcated in our minds the idea of State University rather than a Deemed University. But, mere thanks is not enough, just bow down to the students – especially duo called Biswajit Parida & Sharda Nayak, who have been camping in Bhubaneswar sacrificing their examinations.
Future is in our hands. The formative years of the new University requires leadership from a visionary and dynamic Vice Chancellor. Nothing can be more crucial than having a good VC. University needs a VC who unshackles the age-old psyche of the faculties & other staffs, brings new ideas & visions to this University of twenty-first century, designs an action plan to place this University alongside the NITs & IITs, and is ruthless in implementing the action plan.
Yes, we "Did It". And yet, our task is far from finished. The Government Gazzette must come within a fortnight. We have to get the 350 acres of free land which Government has agreed to give. We have to ensure that University becomes 12 (B) elgible in shortest span of time which earns him "eligible for funding" tag. We have to build the e-Learning Centre and other infrastructures which we embarked upon a year back. We have to garner International collaboration, Students exchange program with foreign Universities, expand the University-Industry tie-ups. We must make our University "Orissa’s answer to NITs & IITs".
Well, we are meeting shortly. Possibly on February 8 (Sunday) 2009 when we will lay the FOUNDATION DAY of the new-born University and bid GOLDEN JUBILEE VALEDICTION to 50-year old alma mater UCE, Burla. I promise, that will a day worth remembering.
As I am finishing the mail on an excited note, Minister Mr Biswa Bhusan, Opposition Leader Mr Narsimha Mishra, Mr Satya Bhusan Mishra, Mr Bimbadra Kuanra, Mr Ranendra Pratap Swain have already finished their talks. The mood is extremely upbeat inside Assembly. Discussions have continued for an hour now. I shall give detailed update tomorrow.
And, I am already flying. My feets are surely above ground. I have to buy a good drink. You will agree, I deserved one.
A proud UCEian,
Ashesh Padhy
December 17th, 2008
Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
… The human resource development ministry has decided to open nine new NITs instead of 10, replacing the tenth with an institute to be named after A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury.
The Union cabinet approved the Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology on November 20, allocating Rs 97 crore for the project.
The institute will be based in Malda, the late Congress leader’s bastion.
… a cash-strapped government has quietly decided to scrap one NIT to accommodate the institute named after Choudhury without spending more.
… Unlike the NITs, which have a national character and admit students from across the country, the Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute will primarily cater to local students, sources said.
“It will not be an NIT and will not even be run like one. The idea, pushed by the late Congress leader’s family, was not to have a national institution but a memorial to Choudhury. And that’s what this institute will be,” a source close to HRD minister Arjun Singh said.
… The Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute will not be run by a central law.
Choudhury’s family members, it is learnt, have met Arjun at least twice to urge him to start the institute. A source in the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that it, too, had been petitioned by the family.
…But the HRD ministry, the sources said, decided instead to propose the Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute in place of one NIT.
In 2009 if there is a friendly government in the Center Orissa should try for Biju Patnaik Instutute of Engineering and Technology along the above lines.
December 17th, 2008
It is a good idea for some to consider pursuing M.Tech (via GATE) after B.Tech and then go for an academic job in engineering colleges. One may also consider doing a Ph.D and going after a faculty job in top institutions. Some of the reasons are:
- IT job market is getting tougher for fresh graduates.
- These days there are uncertainties in IT jobs for even people with experience.
- UGC salary has increased quite a bit. See also this latest PIB.
- There is a lot of demand for M.Techs for faculty positions in engineering colleges across India.
- See also the following piece in Samaja. (I don’t endorse the numbers, or the sentiment behind the trading, but it does give an idea regarding which jobs are stable. This may be useful to people looking for stability.)
- Eight new IITs, ten new NITs, 14 new National Universities and 16 central universities (13 of them new) are opening across India. A large number of faculty positions will be available in these places.
December 16th, 2008
Following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=45702.
The Government proposes to establish 14 National Universities aiming towards world-class standards the 11th Plan period. A State- wise list of cities identified or locating these universities is annexed. A preliminary draft of the Concept Paper on setting up of these universities was prepared by an Expert Committee constituted by the University Grants Commission. The Expert Committee has held extensive consultations with eminent educationists, academics and policy makers. The relevant recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission have also been taken into consideration by the Expert Committee while revising the draft Concept Paper. The Concept Paper is, however, yet to be finalized by the Committee.
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Name of the City
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Andhra Pradesh
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Visakhapatnam
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Assam
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Guwahati
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Bihar
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Patna
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Gujarat
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Gandhinagar
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Karnataka
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Mysore
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Kerala
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Kochi
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhopal
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Maharashtra
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Pune
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Orissa
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Bhubaneswar
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Punjab
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Amritsar
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11
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Rajasthan
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Jaipur
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12
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Tamil Nadu
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Coimbatore
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Uttar Pradesh
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Greater Noida
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14
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West Bengal
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Kolkata
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This information was given by Shri Arjun Singh, the Minister of Human Resource Development in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
December 16th, 2008
Dear All Alumni of all places,
It is a great pleasure to hereby inform you that NITRAAB is organizing a national level seminar on 21st December 2008 (sun day) at 9.15 a.m. at the hotel SWOSTI PLAZA. The theme of the seminar is INDUSTRIAL RESURGENCE IN ORISSA .
The seminar will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Orissa and many other dignitaries and renowned speakers will grace the occasion. It will also be attended by many of the loved and respected ex- faculties of the RECR/NITR.
In fact this seminar will be the perfect showcase of the newly registered NITRAAB and its activities, with support and help from the NITRAA H.Q. at Rourkela. So as the honourable members of the NITRAA, you are hereby earnestly requested to make this seminar a grand success by attending and participating in it with out fail.
The seminar is arranged on sponsorship basis and hence there shall not be any participation fees.
Since this will be our own fuction, it is needless to say that our presence is essential. The programme for the day will be as follows :-
Seminar- with snacks and lunch:- 9.15 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Dinner and Cultural Programme :- 6.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Please attend and make it a success.
Sincerely
Sanjaya K. Mohanty
Co-ordinator
sanjaya58@gmail.com
(Message sent by
Bharati Panda
NIT- Rourkela 1980 (Mech.)
Member / Board of Governors
NIT – Rourkela )
December 15th, 2008
Following is from Kalinga Times’ report on it.
The classes of IIT Bhubaneswar, which are now being held at IIT Kharagpur, will be conducted at the latter’s extension centre here from July next year.
The student strength of IIT Bhubaneswar will increase from the present 120 to 240 by July next.
All the 240 students of IIT Bhubaneswar will attend their classes in the extension centre of IIT Kharagpur which will be used as a temporary campus till IIT Bhubaneswar developed its own campus in the city.
… IIT Kharagpur is facilitating establishment of IIT Bhubaneswar as the mentor IIT appointed by the Central government.
The authorities of IIT Kharagpur are now constructing new buildings at their extension centre in the city to accommodate IIT Bhubaneswar till the later develops its own campus.
The process of appointment of teachers and other staff for IIT Bhubaneswar has also started. The process of selecting 30 faculty members was nearing completion, Dr. Damodar Acharya, Director of IIT Kharagpur and Chairman of the Governing Body of IIT Bhubaneswar, told reporters in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
On the other hand, efforts were on to start construction of IIT Bhubaneswar’s own campus next year. A total of Rs 1,000 crore will be utilised for the establishment of the IIT.
Odisha government has already offered land at several locations around the city for the proposed campus for IIT Bhubaneswar. The site selection process will be over within a few weeks.
December 15th, 2008
Update2: The number 80,000 is inconsistent with the earlier announced number of Rs 100,000/year made in http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36632.
Update: See also http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=45626 for the PM’s speech while launching the INSPIRE program.
Following is from a report in Telegraph.
India’s brightest students who choose to pursue science in college will get Rs 80,000 a year under a government scholarship to draw youngsters to careers in research.
The department of science and technology (DoT) today launched the nation’s largest-ever project to wean high-school students away from dreams of studying engineering or medicine towards BSc and MSc degrees.
Students who rank within 10,000 in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination and within 20,000 in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination but still choose BSc will be eligible for the scholarship, announced earlier this year but formally launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. Students who clear the central medical entrance exam but opt for BSc will also be eligible.
All students who come within the top 1 per cent both in the 10th and 12th standard exams of central or state boards may also apply for the Scholarship for Higher Education. The department of science expects to offer 10,000 scholarships every year.
Students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), national science talent scholars and Olympiad medallists will also be eligible.
The scholarship will be available from BSc second year till the students complete their master’s. Students of IISER Pune, Calcutta, Mohali, Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram will receive it this year. So will those of NISER Bhubaneswar.
… The project will also award Rs 5,000 every year to 200,000 students from classes VI to X — picked with help from the schools’ science faculties — for work on a school-level science project. It will provide doctoral fellowships and an assured five-year research career to postgraduate students.
The government will spend Rs 2,100 crore on the scheme in the next three years.
India’s science policy makers have long worried about the migration of meritorious students towards, traditionally, engineering and medicine and, in recent years, management and information technology. “This initiative is important for India from a long-term perspective,” said T. Ramasamy, DoT secretary. “We expect to begin seeing gains from this in about a decade or so from now.”
December 14th, 2008
Following is from a TIFR page.
| Mumbai Campus |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road,
Mumbai 400 005, India
Tel: ++ 91-22-2278-2000
Fax: ++ 91-22-2280-4610, 2280-4611
e-mail: webmaster@tifr.res.in |
| National Centres |
National Centre for Biological Sciences
G.K.V.K. Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India
Tel: ++ 91-80-23666001/02,23666018/19
Fax: ++ 91-80-23636662
e-mail: info@ncbs.res.in
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
Pune University Campus, Post Bag No. 3
Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 007, India
Tel: ++ 91-20-565-7107, 565-1384, 565-1385
Fax: ++ 91-20-565-5149
e-mail: www@ncra.tifr.res.in
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
Near Anushaktinagar Bus Terminus
V.N. Purav Marg, Mumbai 400 088, India
Tel: ++ 91-22-555-4712, 555-5242, 555-8190
Fax: ++ 91-22-556-6803
e-mail: root@hbcse.tifr.res.in |
| Field Stations |
TIFR Centre (Maths)
P.B. No. 6503, Sharada Nagar, Chikkabommasandra
Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India
Tel: ++ 91-80-6695 3790 -95, 91-80-6695 3702
Fax: ++ 91-80-6695 3799
e-mail: math@math.tifrbng.res.in
Balloon Facility
P.B. No. 5, ECIL P.O., Hyderabad 500 762, India
Tel: ++ 91-40-712-3978
Fax: ++ 91-40-712-3327
e-mail: balloons@satyam.net.in, tifr@hd2.dot.net.in
High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory
Amrak Bunglow, Ravishankar Shukla Marg
Panchmarhi 461 881, India
Tel: ++ 91-7578-52113
Fax: ++ 91-7578-52113
e-mail: hegro2001@mantraonline.com
TIFR Gravitation Laboratory
c/o BARC Seismic Array Station,
Gauribidanur – 561 208, Karnataka, India
Tel:++ 91-8155-82029 (Laboratory)
Tel:++ 91-8155-82126 (Guest House)
Fax: ++ 91-8155-82029
Radio Astronomy Centre, Ooty
P. B. No. 8, Ootacamund – 643001
Tel: (0423) 42032/44049
fax: 0423-42588
e-mail: root@racooty.ernet.in |
December 14th, 2008
Following are clusters of govt. colleges based on the list at https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1780. Based on the NKC’s aim of having many small universities, we list some universities that may b e created.
- Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri (Bhubaneswar university may be made with the following as constituent colleges. CET Bhubaneswar may be added to it.)
- S.B. Women’s College
- JKBK College
- I.M.I.T. Cuttack.
- B.J.B. College, BBSR.
- Rajdhani College, BBSR.
- R.D. Women’s College, BBSR.
- CITE, BBSR
- ISMT, BBSR
- MICM, BBSR
- S.C.S. College, Puri.
- Govt. Women’s College, Puri.
- Jajpur-Bhadrakh (A Kalinganagar University may be made near Jajpur Rd and these colleges may be made constituents of this University)
- N.C. College, Jajpur.
- Bhadrak College, Bhadrakh
- Balasore (These two colleges should be made as constituent colleges of FM University)
- F.M. College, Balasore.
- K.K.S. Women’s College, Balasore
- Keonjhar (A Keonjhar University may be created with the following three and perhaps OSME Keonjhar as constituent college of it.)
- D.D. College, Keonjhar
- Govt. Women’s College, Keonjhar
- B.N. Sanskrit College, Tukuna, Keonjhar.
- Baripada(These colleges should be made constituent colleges of North Orissa University)
- M.P.C. College, Baripada.
- Govt. Women’s College, Baripada.
- Govt. Sanskrit College, Baripada
- Dhenkanal-Angul (A University may be made in Angul and these colleges may be made as constituent colleges of that university. IGIT Sarang, may also be made a constituent college of this university)
- Dhenkanal College, Dhenkanal.
- Dhenkanal Women’s College.
- Govt. College, Angul.
- Berhampur-Chhatrapur-Aska (A South Orissa University may be created and these colleges may be made as constituent colleges of that university.)
- Khallikote College, Berhampur
- B.A. College, Berhampur.
- S.B. Rath Women’s College, Berhampur
- Govt. Sc. College, Chhatrapur.
- Niranjan Govt. Women’s College, Aska.
- Parlakhemundi (A Gajapati university made created with this college as a constituent college of it.)
- S.K.C.G. College, Parlakhemundi.
- Phulbani (A Central Orissa University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- Govt. College, Phulbani.
- S.M. Govt. Women’s College, Phulbani.
- Koraput-Jeypore (A Koraput University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- V.Deb College, Jeypore.
- Govt. Women’s College, Jeypore.
- D.A.V. College, Koraput.
- Bhawanipatna (A Kalahandi University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- Govt. College, Bhawanipatna.
- Women’s College, Bhawanipatna.
- Sambalpur-Bargarh (A Western Orissa University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- G.M. College, Sambalpur.
- N.S.C.B. College, Sambalpur.
- Govt. Women’s College, Sambalpur.
- Panchayat College, Bargarh.
- Balangir-Titlagarh (A Balangir University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- Rajendra College, Balangir.
- Govt. College, Balangir.
- Govt. Women’s College, Balangir.
- Govt. Women’s Jr College, Titlagarh.
- B.B. Sankrit College, Bolangir
- Sundergarh-Rourkela (A Rourkela University may be created and these colleges may be made constituent colleges of that university)
- Govt. College, Sundargarh.
- Govt. Women’s College, Sundargarh.
- Govt. College, Rourkela.
- S.G. Women’s College, Rourkela.
- Rourkela College, Rourkela.
December 13th, 2008
Following are excerpts from a report in tathya.in.
Orissa has initiated moves to reform its higher education system, thanks to National Knowledge Commission (NKC) initiative.
The Higher Education department has moved to set up two committees in this regard.
Madhu Sudan Padhi, Commissioner-cum-Secretary Higher Education has moved for setting up the committees to take up reforms of the existing universities.
There are 7 universities under the administrative control of the Higher Education department.
As per guidelines of NKC, in order to bring reforms in the existing academic and examination system, Vice Chancellor of Utkal University will be assigned the job.
NKC has advised the State Governments to ask the universities to revise or restructure curricula at least once in 3 years.
Secondly it has said that annual examination, which tests memory rather than understanding, needs to be supplemented with continuous internal assessment.
NKC proposes a transition to a course credit system where degrees are granted on the basis of completing a requisite number of credits from different course, which provides students with choices.
Universities must become Hub of Research, which is totally absent, said a senior officer.
These are the few guidelines and including others on which the VC committee will prepare the “blueprint” for reforms, said he.
Another committee headed by the Secretary Higher Education will look into to structural reforms including governance, setting up small universities and restructuring the under graduate colleges.
Both the committees will present their report by 15 February, which will form the part of the Blue Print for the state, said he.
I think various state-funded colleges should be combined to form local universities. I will elaborate on this in another post.
December 13th, 2008
(The following is compiled from various sources including wikipedia.)
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IISER Kolkata
Director: Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta, Physics
- Ph.D. (Physics), Brookhaven National Laboratory, St. John’s University, New York, 1973
- M.Sc. (Physics), Calcutta University, 1967
- B.Sc.(Physics Honours), Calcutta University, 1965
- Lecturer in Physics, Presidency College, Kolkata (1968-69)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh (1973-75) & Senior Research Associate, University of Alberta (1975-76)
- Scientific Officer, Materials Science Laboratory, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (1976-81)
- Reader, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (1981-86)
- Professor, School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi (1986-99)
- Dean, School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi (1987-89 & 1993-95)
- Director, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata (8 Feb. 1999 to 8 Apr, 2005)
- Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata (2006 -)
- Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (2003 – )
- Honorary Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (2005 – )
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- Elected Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1992)
- Elected Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (1994)
- Elected Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (1995)
- Elected Fellow, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, (TWAS) (1999)
- Elected Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (2000)
- Young Scientist Medal, Indian National Science Academy (1977)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, tenured at the Institute for Solid State Physics, Juelich, Germany
(1984, May-July 1985, December 1987, January-June 1997, 2002 and 2003)
- Research Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (1987-89)
- Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1985-91)
- Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1992-1997)
- Visiting Associate, Darwin College, Cambridge University (May-July 1993)
- Bibharani Devi Prize of Calcutta University (2002)
- DAE Raja Ramanna Award of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (2002)
- Sisir Kumar Mitra Medal and Lecture of the Indian Science News Association (2004)
- Distinguished Lecturership Award for 2005-2006, Materials Research Society of India
- Swamy Atulananda Endowment Award Lecture, Ramakrishna Mission (2005)
- L.A. Meera Memorial Lecture (2005)
- Meghnad Saha Memorial Award of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2005)
- C.V. Raman Birth Centenary Award, 93rd Indian National Science Congress (2006) [ Photograph ]
- Visiting Fellow under the Distinguished Scientist Visitors’ Programme of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (2007-2008)
- J. C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science & Technology, India (2006-2010)
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IISER Pune
Director: Prof. K. N. Ganesh, Chemistry
1967-1972 B.Sc and M.Sc (Bangalore University)
1972-1977, Ph.D (Delhi University)
1977-1980, Ph.D (Cambridge University, UK)
1981-1987, Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 1987-2006, Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
1994-2006, Head, Division of Organic Chemistry (Synthesis), NCL, Pune ()
Since July 2006, Professor and Director, IISER Pune
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1985: Science Academy Medal for Young Scientists, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
1993: Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
1998: CSIR Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Sciences
1999: Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi
2004: Silver Medal, Chemical Research Society of India, Bangalore
2005: TWAS Prize in Chemical Sciences
2005: Elected Secretary, Biomolecular Chemistry Division, Sub Committee, IUPAC
2006: JC Bose Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India
2006: Fellow, Academy of Sciences for Developing World (TWAS), Trieste
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IISER Mohali
Director: Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, Chemistry
He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Annamalai University. Sathyamurthy moved to the United states to where he obtained his Ph.D degree at Oklahoma University in 1975. He further carried out postdoctoral research in nobel laurate J.C.Polanyi’s lab. After that Sathyamurthy joined Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur as a lecturer in 1978. Sathyamurthy became professor in 1985.
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Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy 2005 |
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IISER Bhopal
Director: Prof. Vinod K. Singh, Chemistry
B.Sc. 1978 D.A.V College, Azamgarh
M.Sc. 1980 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Ph.D. 1986 M. S. University Baroda (Supervisor:Dr. Sukh Dev)
(Malti-Chem Research Centre, Nandesari)
Post doctoral:
* University of British Columbia, Canada 1986 – 1987(Advisor: Professor J. P. Kutney)
* Harvard University, U.S.A 1987-1990 (Advisor: Professor E. J. Corey, Nobel Laureate)
Director SPA Bhopal
06.10.08 – present
Umnag Gupta Chair Professor
IIT Kanpur
June 1, 2007 – present
Professor
IIT Kanpur
September 2001 – to-date
Associate Professor
IIT Kanpur
May 1997 – September 2001
Assistant Professor
IIT Kanpur
December 1990 – May 1997
Senior Scientist
Neurogen, USA
March – December, 1990
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* Umang Gupta Chair Professorship (June 1, 2007 – to-date)
* Vigyan Ratna Award of U.P. (2006-2007)
* Ramanna Fellowship (2006)
* Bhagyatara Award (2006)
* Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (2005)
* Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (2004)
* Prof. R.D. Desai 80th Birthday Commemoration Award (2004)
* Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (2004)
* CRSI Bronze Medal (2003)
* Rajib Goyal Prize (2002)
* Prof. N. S. Narsimhan Endowment Award (2002)
* Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award (1998) |
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IISER Tiruvanthapuram
Director: Prof. E. D Jemmis, Chemistry
Eluvathingal D. Jemmis was born in Chevoor, Kerala and educated at the village school. After obtaining B.Sc. (University of Calicut; University College, Trivandrum and St. Thomas College, Thrissur) and M.Sc. ( Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Jemmis moved to Princeton University in 1973 to work with Prof. Paul von Rague Schleyer. During the formal Princeton years moving along with his supervisor, Jemmis spent a semester at the University of Munich (Fall, 1974) and four semesters at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg (1976-77). After several collaborative projects with his supervisor and Professors Lee Allen and John Pople, a Ph.D. degree was received from Princeton in 1978. A two year postdoc at Cornell University (Prof. Roald Hoffmann) followed. In 1980 Jemmis joined the then fledgling School of Chemistry,University of Hyderabad where he became a Professor in 1990. After 25 years in Hyderabad, Dr. Jemmis accepted an invitation from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and joined the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of IISc.
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Jemmis was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1992), the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (1998), the National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad (2003) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Trieste, Italy (2004) and received many awards and honours (see biodata for details) including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, New Delhi (1994). Dr. Jemmis was awarded the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, in 2006. |
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NISER Bhubaneswar
Director: Prof. T. K. Chandrashekar, Chemistry
B.Sc. : 1976, Mysore University, Karnataka
M.Sc. : 1978 Mysore University, Karnataka
Ph.D. : 1982 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Supervisor: Prof. V. Krishnan)
Post-Doctoral : University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA 1982-1984
Res. Associate : Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA 1984-1986
1986 July – 1987 March Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, I.I.T.Kanpur
* 1987 April – 1991 February Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, I.I.T. Kanpur
* 1991 March – 1995 November Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, I.I.T.Kanpur
* 1995 November – 2003 Nov Professor, Department of Chemistry, I.I.T. Kanpur
* 2003 December onwards Director, RRL, Trivandrum
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1 McKnight Fellowship, Michigan, USA, 1984 – 1986
2 Homi Bhabha Award for Excellence in Research – 1993
3 Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship: 1993 – 1994
4 Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad – 1996
5 Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore – 1999
6 CRSI Bronze Medal for Significant Contributions in Chemistry – 2000
7 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences for the year – 2001
8 Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi – 2002
9 Professor P. Ray Memorial Award, Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata – 2002
10 Chemito Award – 2003
11 J.C.Bose Fellowship for the year – 2006
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December 11th, 2008
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