Following is an excerpt from a report in Times of India.
… Kendriya Vidyalay Sangathan (KVS) has decided to set up a Zonal Institute of Education and Training (ZIET) in Bhubaneswar. This will be the fifth such institute in the country and will cater to over 350 schools of eastern region as a resource centre for states like Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand and the northeast states.
"Earlier we had to depend on other ZIETs for the purpose of conducting in-service training, refresher courses, workshop and induction courses and research activities. The ZIET in Bhubaneswar will cater to the need of not only teaching but also non-teaching staff of schools. Besides, it will also help in preparation of model lessons and study material, to plan and propose the new areas and strategies required to be incorporated during the training programme to improve the quality of education," said principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya-1, S K Behura.
The ZIET will temporarily function from KV-I till its own building will be constructed in its permanent KVS building at Bankuala, on the outskirts of the city, Behura said.
ZIET, an autonomous body under the ministry of HRD, would also ensure that the participants are provided training in the areas of subject expertise, communication skills, classroom transaction skills, evaluation skills and student-development skills. It also aims at promoting a positive work culture and attitude among teachers through training and develop a healthy attitude in teachers towards research in school education. …
"Initially ZIET will provide training to KVS staff but later will also help in capacity building of employees of all CBSE schools in the region," Behura added.
The web sites of the existing ZIET are as follows:
September 28th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Several business schools in Odisha, especially in Bhubaneswar, have started offering sectoral MBA/PGDiploma programs. In this positing we will collect those programs.
Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar: The following ad shows the sectoral MBA/PGDiploma programs offered by this institute.
HDF School of Management: Besides a P G Diploma in Managemnt, HDF offers a PG Diploma in Microfinance management.
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar: Besides the standard P G Diploma in Management, it offers programs in (a) P G Diploma in Management – Human Resource and (b) P G Diploma in Rural Management.
KIIT Business School, Bhubaneswar: It offers a regular MBA and an MBA (Rural Management).
Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar: Besides offering a regular PGDM (P G Diploma in Management), it offers programs such as (a) PGDM (International Business), (b) PGDM (Retail Management), (c) PGDM (Banking, Insurance & Financial Servives), and (d) PGDM (Logistics & Supply Chain Management)
September 26th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Further updated on April 4, 2012.
Further updated on February 4, 2012. These updates are in pink.
Further updated on December 7, 2011. These updates are in red.
The following was compiled from http://www.iiit-bh.ac.in/faculty/faculty-list and http://www.iiit-bh.ac.in/downloads/AdmissionBrochure2011.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1 on September 23rd, 2011. (For an older list compiled in March 2011 see https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/6149.)
Computer Science:
- Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak, B. Tech (IIT Kharagpur), PGDM (IIM Bangalore), Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), Professor & Director
- Mr. Ajit Kumar Das, B. Tech (IIT Kharagpur), M. Tech (UU), Ph.D. Continuing (UU), Professor & Dean
- Dr. Rakesh Chandra Balabantaray, M. Tech (UU), Ph. D. (UU), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Anjali Mohapatra, M. Tech. (UU), Ph. D. (UU), Assistant Professor
- Ms Puspanjali Mohapatra, M. Tech.(UU), MBA, Assistant Professor
- Dr. Debasish Jena, BE, M.Tech.(UU),Ph.D.(NIT, Rourkela), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Alok Chakrabarty , Ph.D. (Assam Univerisity), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Hemanta Kumar Pati , Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor
- Mr. Suvendu Rup ,B.E(UU) , M.Tech.(Jadavpur University), Ph.D. continuing (NIT Rourkela), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Sudarsan Padhy, Ph.D, Professor (Retired from Utkal University)
- Ms. Bharati Mishra, M.Tech, Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Sabyasachi Patra, M.Tech, Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Tushar Ranjan Sahoo, M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor (NEW)
Mr. Muktikanta Sahu, M. Tech. (BPUT), Lecturer
- Dr. Shakti Ranjan Mohapatra, Ph.D, Visiting Faculty, from CITE Bhubaneswar
- Dr. Ajit Nayak, Ph.D, Visiting Faculty, from ITER, SOA University Bhubaneswar
Electrical Engineering:
- Ms. Usharani Rout, M. Tech.(BIT, Mesra), Assistant Professor
- Mr. Tapas Kumar Panigrahi , M. Tech.(Bengal Engineering College), Assistant Professor
- Ms. Umamani Subudhi , M.Tech.(UCE, Burla), Assistant Professor
- Mr. Debani Mishra, M.Tech (IIT Delhi), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Kshirod K Rout, M.Tech, Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Saroj Mishra, M.tech (IITKharagpur), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Prakash Kumar Ray, M.Tech (UCE Burla), Ph.D (cont. at MNNIT), Assistant Professor.
Electronics:
- Mr. Harish Kumar Sahoo ,M.Tech.(NIT,Rourkela),Ph.D. continuing (Sambalpur University), Assistant Professor
- Mr. Ashutosh Kar, M.Tech (NIT Hamirpur), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Rajat K Giri, M.Tech, Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Subrat Mohanty, M.Tech (BESU), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Dr. M. Ravi Kumar, M.Tech (CUSAT), Ph.D (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Pradyut K Biswal, M.Tech, Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Mr. Bijayanada Patnaik. M.Tech. Continuing Ph.D. (IIT BBS) Assistant Professor.
Mr. Ratnakar Dash , M. Tech.(UCE, Burla), Ph.D.continuing (NIT, Rourkela), Lecturer- Mr. Soumendranath Dutta, M.Tech, Ph.D (cont)., Assistant Professor.
- Mr. Tapas Patra, Visiting Faculty, From CET Bhubaneswar
Mechanical Engineering:
- Mr. Bamadev Sahoo, M. Tech. (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor
- Mr. Biranchi Narayan Padhi , M. Tech.(UCE, Burla), Ph.D. continuing (NIT Rourkela), Assistant Professor
- Dr. L. N. Panda, Ph.D, Visiting Faculty, From CET Bhubaneswar
- Dr. P. K. Satapathy, Ph.D, Visiting Faculty, From CET Bhubaneswar
Physics:
- Dr. Monalisa Ray, M.Phil., Ph.D.(UU), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Biswajit Pradhan, Ph.D.(IIT Bombay), Assistant Professor
- Mr. R. K. Parida, Visiting Faculty, From ITER, SOA University
Chemistry:
- Dr. Satyanarayan Pal, Ph.D.(CU, Hyderabad), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Hiranmayee Satapathy, Ph.D.(IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor
Mathematics:
- Dr. Rupaj Kumar Nayak, Ph.D.(UU), Assistant Professor
- Dr. Prasanta K Ray, Ph.D. (NIT Rourkela), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Dr. Sanjay Parhi, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor (NEW)
- Dr. Shanta Kumar Sunanda, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), Assistant Professor.
Dr. Manas Ranjan Tripathy , Ph.D .(IIT Kharagpur), Lecturer
Humanities:
- Ms. Lipika Das, Lecturer, M. A., M.Phil., Ph.D.continuing (UU) – Communicative English, Assistant Professor
- Dr. Tanutrushna Panigrahi, Ph. D. (Berhampur University) – Communicative English, Assistant Professor
- Jolly Dey; Humanities, Assistant Professor
- Mr. Bhawani Shankar Mishra, Humanities, Visiting faculty.
September 25th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
This ranking seems to be mainly based on perception and seems to me that the comparative assessment for Utkal University is a fair one and matches with my perception of the success achieved by Utkal University graduates.
September 21st, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in Times of India.
Four top doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been chosen as directors for the four upcoming AIIMS prototypes. The Union health ministry has sent a letter to professor of neurology Dr Kameshwar Prasad, professors of medicine Dr S K Sharma and Dr Rita Sood and professor of gastroenterology Dr S K Acharya offering them the coveted posts.
While Dr Prasad has been asked to take over the institute in Raipur, Dr Sharma has been offered the Jodhpur branch, Dr Sood the Rishikesh branch and Dr Acharya the Bhubaneswar branch. All of them have been asked to join on November 1.
… Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Rajya Sabha recently that the medical colleges of these six institutions will be functional by next year. Ministry officials said the colleges would be functional from July, 2012, while the hospitals would be in place by early 2013.
"For the first year of medical education, students don’t require hospital visits. That’s why the colleges will start from next year," an official said.
Each of the six medical colleges – a Rs 10,000-crore project – will have 100 MBBS seats. Each of the hospitals will have 960 beds, including 500 beds for the medical college hospital, 300 beds for speciality/super speciality and 100 beds for ICU/accident trauma.
The Union health ministry has also put three of the best known existing medical institutes – AIIMS, Delhi; JIPMER, Puducherry; and PHI, Chandigarh, in charge of helping the six new institutes stand on their feet. AIIMS, Delhi, has been mentoring the two new institutions in Patna and Bhubaneswar, PGI has been mentoring those coming up in Rishikesh and Jodhpur, while JIPMER has been overseeing the prototypes in Bhopal and Raipur.
"The existing institutes will help the new ones select their faculty, establish their laboratory network, conduct entrance exams and plan their curriculum," an official added.
The web page of the AIIMS New Delhi Department of Gastroenterology is at http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/Gastro/gastrofaculty.htm and lists Prof. Subrat K Acharya as its HOD.
A doctor friend tells me that Prof. Subrat K Acharya did his MBBS from SCB Medical College, Cuttack.
Update: Prof. Acharya did his MBBS from MKCG Medical college; but he was a faculty at SCB medical college before he went to AIIMS New Delhi.
September 20th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
There is a good campaign going on for the Odia University. I fully support this proposal. Details on this can be found in:
See also the following flier.
September 18th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
At the end of the first phase of web counselling for engineering courses, around 12,000 of the 38,000-odd seats were filled up. The huge number of empty seats forced the state government to conduct another round of counselling “to fill up as many seats as possible”. However, OJEE authorities said just about 3,000 more candidates have shown interest in admission, which still leaves more than 23,000 seats vacant.
… The faulty and lengthy e-counselling process has put off many aspirants, forcing them to look for other options,” said the principal of a city-based engineering college.
For the medical courses, the second phase of centralised counselling ended last evening. Although MBBS and BDS (dental) seats in all the three government colleges were filled up, 70 of 100 BDS seats at the Hi-Tech (private) Medical College here were still lying vacant.
There are 150 MBBS seats each in the government colleges – VSS, Burla, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, and MKCG, Berhampur. At Hi-Tech, there are 100 MBBS seats and all of them have been filled up. This year, a total of 2,203 medical aspirants had qualified the OJEE and the first phase of counselling was conducted on July 14 and 15.
In other streams, only 40 to 60 per cent seats have found takers. Approximately 4,000 of the 7,000-odd MBA seats and 2,000 of nearly 4,000 MCA seats are up for grabs. In pharmacy, around 1,200 out of 2,000-plus seats are lying vacant.
With much more seats than the number of students, the government, OJEE and BPUT authorities need to simplify and shorten the process of counseling. They may also consider scrapping the OJEE exams in the various fields, except the medical part.
September 15th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
The IIT Council today decided that subsidy on tuition fees for BTech courses should be given only to those students who pursue research and take up teaching jobs.
The council, chaired by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal, considered the report of the Anil Kakodkar committee which had suggested that operational costs for running the four-year courses should be covered by raising fees.
Students now pay Rs 50,000 as annual tuition fee. The operational cost per student comes to about Rs 2 lakh a year.
The council today decided that from 2013, students would have to pay the balance Rs 6 lakh if they take up a non-teaching job after graduation.
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, who do not have to pay any fees now, and students from poor families, who are on scholarship or have been granted interest subsidy loans, will, however, be exempt.
Students who study for MTech and PhD and take up teaching after that would not have to pay the Rs 6 lakh.
September 15th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from Shilpi Sampad’s report in Telegraph.
The prestigious Cuttack university has come up with a novel concept where postgraduate toppers are being given an opportunity to take classes at the undergraduate level in their respective fields for one year. Fourteen toppers have been appointed as “vice-chancellor’s scholars” to be part of their respective departments not only to teach but also to assist in research work, maintain archives and other work. They would be paid a consolidated monthly remuneration of Rs 8,000 from the university funds, said varsity officials.
“The toppers will be involved in departmental functioning and attached to the V-C’s office for executive assistance,” said Chandi Prasad Nanda, head of the history department at Ravenshaw University.
Stating that the programme was the brainchild of vice-chancellor Devdas Chhotray, Nanda said the objective was to guide meritorious students and encourage them to take up teaching as a profession.
“The idea behind this novel initiative is to motivate young scholars to engage themselves in teaching and research work. Here, they would work as interns and can, simultaneously, pursue M.Phil programmes. Through this exposure, they can be sensitised to research trends and pick up teaching skills. It would also prepare them for competitive exams,” said Dipti Ranjan Sahu, head of the sociology department.
The toppers, who have been taking classes since the beginning of this month, seemed happy and excited about being given this opportunity.
“This is an opportunity of a lifetime. I can now understand how difficult a teacher’s job is. We take one to two classes a day and look after other activities of the department. Although it is slightly hectic, I am enjoying every bit of being a teacher,” said Kaikashna Begum, a V-C scholar and gold medallist of the political science department.
This is a wonderful scheme and would encourage many of the toppers to pursue academics, which will help help alleviate the faculty shortage in India.
September 14th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following are excerpts from http://educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-2862.
Among other primary-secondaries which have improved their public image and zoomed into the list of India’s Top 30 day schools are the formerly unranked Mirambika, Delhi (27), DAV, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar (28) and Bombay International (29).
… Thus further investigation of the national league table reveals that Gitanjali School, Hyderabad (estb.1985) is the No. 1 day school in Hyderabad and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh (pop.85 million), no mean achievement. Likewise the Riverside School, ranked a modest No. 13 nationally is the No. 1 day school of Ahmedabad and the western seaboard state of Gujarat (pop. 60 million); DAV, Chandrasekharpur is the No. 1 day school of Orissa (pop. 42 million); St. John’s High is No.1 in Punjab, and City Montessori, Gomti Nagar, ranked No.50 nationally is Lucknow’s most respected day school and fifth in Uttar Pradesh — India’s most populous state (200 million).
The following article from Sambada mentions couple of other schools from Odisha that are ranked high in the eastern zone. The eastern zone ranked schools are: DAV Chandrasekharpur (2), DAV Bhubaneswar (9), DPS Kalinga (17) and KIIT international school (20).
September 13th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is from a PIB news release dated 2nd September 2011.
September 4th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following are excerpts from a report in dnaindia.com.
In order to bring down the shortage of doctors and improve healthcare services at the minutest level, the government is planning to have medical colleges in each district.
It has plans to convert district hospitals into training institute the paramedical personnel as well.
Besides, the government also plans to integrate AYUSH doctors and have capacity building programmes for other traditional healthcare providers such as Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs) and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) so that traditional care practices and local remedies are encouraged.
… As of now medical colleges are concentrated in only 193 districts of the country … The rest 447 districts do not have any medical college.
Against 335 colleges, there are about 319 Auxiliary nurses and midwives (ANM) training schools, 49 health and family welfare training schools and only 34 LHV (Lady Health Visitor) schools.
The present doctor patient ratio 0.6 per 1000 while the ratio of health workers (including midwives, nurses etc) is 2.5 per 1000.
“To fill the gap in training needs of paramedical professionals, the 12th Plan proposes to develop each of the district hospitals into knowledge centres, and 4,535 CHCs into training institutions,” says the Planning Commission report.
Odisha with its 30 districts will greatly benefit by this plan. In Odisha only 4 of its districts currently have medical colleges: they are Cuttack, Khorda, Sambalpur and Ganjam. The 26 districts in Odisha that do not yet have medical colleges are: Angul (*), Boudha, Bhadrak, Balangir, Baragarh, Balasore, Deogarh, Dhenanal, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Jagatsignhpur, Keonjhar, Kalahandi (*), Kandhamal, Koraput, Kendrapada, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Subarnapur, Sundergarh (*). Among these 26, private medical colleges are under construction in Angul (by MCL and NTPC), Kalahandi (WODC), and Sundergarh (in Rourkela by Hi-Tech).
August 30th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from Shilpi Sampad’s report in Telegraph.
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), is planning to introduce a master’s programme in public health with a specialisation in mental health from next year.
The course will be conducted in association with the Union ministry of health and family welfare, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tiss) in Mumbai and the London School of Medicine.
… we hope that things will be finalised soon,” said Father P.T. Joseph, director of XIMB.
He added it would be a residential programme and around 25 to 30 students would be enrolled in the first batch. Tiss, Mumbai will confer the degrees. Speaking about the importance of the course, Joseph said: “Public health and mental health are areas of great concern worldwide.
… Earlier, XIMB had entered into a partnership with two foreign B-schools — Antwerp Management School in Antwerp and Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York — to launch a “3-Continent Master of Global Management” (3C MGM) programme. The duration of the course is 12 months and it is scheduled to begin on September 1.
For this, 20 candidates each have been chosen from the continents of Asia (India and China), Europe and America. The students will spend four months at Antwerp B-school, XIMB and Fordham.
Of the 40 applicants who had applied for the course, which will cost around 39,750 Euros or Rs 30 lakhs, only one has been selected to be part of the group from India.
“The applicants found it difficult to secure bank loans since XIMB is neither a university nor recognised under the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). We are trying our best to attain the status of a university so that these problems do not recur,” said Joseph, who is also one of the deans for the 3C MGM programme.
August 30th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Earlier in April Naveen Patnaik had mentioned this to the Urban development minister Mr. Kamal Nath. Following is an excerpt from a report in Times of India regarding its latest status.
To train the urban managers on growing challenges of urbanization, the state government is mulling to set up a dedicated institute on urban management and governance (UMANG) in Bhubaneswar.
The state housing and urban development (H&UD) department has sent a proposal to the Centre for approval of funds for the institute. The state has identified 10 acres of land in Raghunathpur area for the project, sources said.
"We are waiting for approval from the Centre. The institute can come handy in training officials of the urban local bodies (ULB) and development authorities on urban challenges," the H&UD secretary Saurabh Garg told TOI.
August 29th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is from http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=28773.
the much talked Odia University Bill to be tabled soon in the assembly. Today Speaker permitted the bill to table in the assembly for discussion. Dr Sipra Mallick, MLA, Kendrapara took the consent of other MLAs to discuss on this bill. But it could not discussed due to lack of time.
It is worth mentioned that this Odia University bill is much talked these days in all most all forums. Demands were there from many corners for this bill so as to protect our art, culture, literature & to promote the same. Unlike universities like Telugu, Tamil Kannad this Odia University will work for the development of Odia language and the ethnicity of this Odia community.
The Odia University trust has been working for setting up this varsity in the state. But according to UGC the concern state govt must approve the bill. Hence since long this bill is pending. But now it’s a good news for the Odias in general if this bill gets approval in the assembly.
August 27th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
Following is an excerpt from a report in ibnlive.com.
The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing at Kancheepuram is all set to become an institution of national importance with Parliament today approving a bill in this regard. … Replying to a debate on the bill, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said there was need for more such institutes particularly in backward states like Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan besides Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast. He said if the state governments wanted to set up such institutes, the Centre would provide all assistance.
Odisha should not delay in pushing for the proposed IIIT in Berhampur.
August 25th, 2011
Author : Chitta Baral
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