The South Orissa Students’ Association (SOSA) has urged the Orissa Chief Minister to locate the proposed National Institute of Design (NID) at Berhampur in South Orissa. The Organization has requested the state government to uphold the principle of distributive justice in knowledge infrastructure and to consider locations outside the state capital for the upcoming centrally funded Institutes like NID and NIFT as all the centrally funded Institutes announced in the last few years except the Central University, like NISER, AIIMS, IIT, IIIT, WCU have been established in the capital region. In a letter written to the state Chief Minister and the Union Commerce Minister, the Organization has made a strong appeal for locating the proposed NID at Berhampur, the principal city of South Orissa.Last Month the Chief Minister of Orissa has met the Union Commerce and Textile Ministers and had impressed upon them to establish NIFT and NID in the state during the Eleventh Plan Period. Both the Union Ministers also showed their willingness for locating the NID and NIFT in Orissa. But, as some circles in the government are trying to have both the institutes in the capital, it has generated a lot of resentment in the Tier II cities like Berhampur and Rourkela. SOSA has appreciated the concern of the State Chief Minister for the development of backward and tribal dominated regions of the state and has urged that the establishment of the NID at Berhampur which is closer to the KBK region and the tribal hinterland of south orissa will be in line with the stated policy of the government for the development of backward regions of the state.
.jpg)
Refer the link in Business Standard.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=288957
Orissa may get 3 more edu institutes
Hrusikesh Mohanty / Berhampur June 25, 2007
The Central government is likely to establish at least three educational and professional institutes in southern Orissa as part of its 11th Plan agenda for education. While the first Central University is likely to be set up in Koraput, plans for an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) and National Institute of Design (NID) in Berhampur are in the works.
The Center has decided to establish a Central University in each state and 19 IIITs across the country during the 11th Plan period. “Orissa should get these institutes during the 11th plan period and I suggested that these should be set up in Berhampur and Koraput,” said Chandra Sekhar Sahu, the union minister of state for rural development, adding: “When I gave these suggestions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he warmed up to it and I hope these institutes will be established in the southern Orissa towns.”
Sahu also said he has discussed the possibility of a National Institute of Design (NID) and National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) being set up in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar. The recent discussions with the Union minister for commerce, Kamal Nath, and the minister for textiles, Shankarsingh Veghela, “were very positive and they assured us that they are willing to establish these institutes if the state government extended its cooperation,” said Sahu.
Another national institute – the National Institute of Handloom Technology (NIHT) – will be established at Bargarh, a town in western Orissa. While the Central University and IIIT are under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the NID is under the Ministry of Commerce. NIFT and NIHT come under the Ministry of Textiles.
Meanwhile, the Berhampur University in south Orissa is planning to introduce a five-year integrated course in Masters of Computer
Application (MCA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA). Once it gets the green signal, the university will start the five-year integrated courses in these two subjects.
The matter was discussed in the syndicate meeting of the university held here recently and was referred to the Board of Studies of MCA and
MBA for consideration and recommendation. At present, the Berhampur University offers three-year MCA and Law courses, and a two-year degree in MBA.
NID should be established in Berhampur and people of Berhampur and South Orissa must come forward if this proposed institution is shifted to any other place.
ReplyDelete