R.P.Tripathy
Berhampur city has many advantages as a place to emerge as a future higher education destination of Eastern India. To name a few, apart from being the third largest city in Odisha, Berhampur happens to be the commercial nerve centre of South Odisha and KBK regions. Interestingly it caters to the needs of a couple of districts of Andhra Pradesh as well. Further, Berhampur is the biggest city with a port in the state of Odisha. The City has one of the oldest colleges of Eastern India with Khallikote College nearing 150 years of its establishment. Berhampur University and MKCG Medical College have helped Berhampur emerge as a higher education destination of the State. Recently many private engineering colleges have come up in the City along with the Parala Maharaja Engineering College. Yet, the City has failed to get any of the centrally funded Institutes so far, despite the fact that it has got excellent rail and road transport infrastructure in the state apart from moderate weather conditions. Certain demands and suggestions have been made recently from different quarters that are likely to make Berhampur one of the leading destinations for higher education. This will not only help in the growth of the City, but also the vast under developed region of Southern Orissa and KBK. Following are some of the suggestions to build Berhampur as a destination for higher education;
Berhampur city has many advantages as a place to emerge as a future higher education destination of Eastern India. To name a few, apart from being the third largest city in Odisha, Berhampur happens to be the commercial nerve centre of South Odisha and KBK regions. Interestingly it caters to the needs of a couple of districts of Andhra Pradesh as well. Further, Berhampur is the biggest city with a port in the state of Odisha. The City has one of the oldest colleges of Eastern India with Khallikote College nearing 150 years of its establishment. Berhampur University and MKCG Medical College have helped Berhampur emerge as a higher education destination of the State. Recently many private engineering colleges have come up in the City along with the Parala Maharaja Engineering College. Yet, the City has failed to get any of the centrally funded Institutes so far, despite the fact that it has got excellent rail and road transport infrastructure in the state apart from moderate weather conditions. Certain demands and suggestions have been made recently from different quarters that are likely to make Berhampur one of the leading destinations for higher education. This will not only help in the growth of the City, but also the vast under developed region of Southern Orissa and KBK. Following are some of the suggestions to build Berhampur as a destination for higher education;
·Declaration of Berhampur-Bhubaneswar knowledge corridor to develop Berhampur as a national level higher education cluster
·Establishment of Indian Institute of Information Technology (I.I.I.T)
·Khallikote College must be upgraded as an Unitary University
·Establishment of one of the state funded professional Universities like Health University or Management University or a second Agricultural University of the State
·One national level research lab of CSIR, DRDO or DAE
·Establishment of the National Institute of Design (NID)
·Establishment of the earlier announced Indian Institute of Labour (IIL) Studies on the lines of VV Giri Labour Institute, NOIDA
·A branch of the National maritime University at Gopalpur.
·Establishment of the Marine Biotech Park at Gopalpur.
·Upgradation of MKCG Medical college into a national level medical college and research centre
·The JN Tata Technical Education Centre to be upgraded as a national level technical institute on the lines of BIT.
·The Ministry of Defense College at Gopalpur to be upgraded as a Defense University and the establishment of AFMC under the University
·Establishment of Sugar Research Institute at Aska and Salt Research Institute at Huma.
·Completion of the STPI and IT Park projects near the City.
Finally, the formation of the Greater Berhampur metropolitan area is of critical importance in bringing the above mentioned Institutes to the City. There is strong justification for the merger of nearby towns like Chatrapur, Gopalpur, Hinjilicut and many villages located close to the City under Berhampur Municipal Corporation. There is also a strong case for developing the Airstrip near Bhanja Vihar as a domestic airport under the PPP route or in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense. The sooner this is done, the better it will be for the future growth of Berhampur and will also give a fillip in making Berhampur a higher education destination in Eastern India by 2020.
Tripathy Babu, Sorry to say, Berhampur Municipality Corporation yet to lunch their own website till date. You have missed our few things on education front in Berhampur region.
ReplyDelete Establish the proposed (centrally funded) gems and jewelery institute in Hinjilicut. (CM has written about it to the Central commerce minister about it.)
Establishment of an Indoor Stadium and weight lifting Institute at Berhampur as this area recognizes the zone for Weight lifting champions in Odisha and India.
Other developments urgently required such as
Establish of Berhampur Airport – We need to highlight Hinjilicut as epi-center of Berhampur Urban area and surrounding of 30 km radius is having more than 10 lakh population. This will justify our demand to initiate for a new airport or existing airport needs to be made operational.
A remote terminal (with Bus service) for the Bhubaneswar airport must be established here so that passengers can check-in and take a bus to reach the Bhubaneswar International Airport.
NH 217 should be made to a 4-lane highway with appropriate bypasses, at least between Berhampur and Aska.
Private FM Radio which are existing in BBSR needs to be invited to this Silk City.
Regards,
Ajaya Sahu
Hinjilicut.
(Presently at Jeddah,Saudi Arab and associated with Wipro Arabia Ltd)
Ajaya babu,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the BMC Commissioneer is not an IAS officer as is the rule, but is working as an incharge officer from Orissa state cadre. As you know these people hardly understand the importance of such a website despite several reminders.
On the issue of education, I think we must pursue the demand for making the Hinjilicut college Autonomus. The Jems and Jewellery Institute as well should come up at Hinjilicut. Further, the future domestic airport of Berhampur should be built in a place on the side of NH-217 bypass connecting Berhampur and Hinjilicut. This will make the greater Berhampur task easier. I think as you have suggested 4-laning of NH-217 up to Aska should also form part of our future demands.
with regards,
RP Tripathy
I don't have to time to read all this but I am great fan of Brahmapur(born and brought up for 21years) and have vision to make it no1 city in the world as the byte hub. i am returning to brahmapur by 2014 in the mean time i am reachable @jai_kris@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteJai babu, it is really wonderful that you still remain emotionally attached to Berhampur, even while staying miles away from the city. Dedicated people like you must return to the City and utilise their talent and vision in shaping the future of Berhampur.
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