Meeting of action committee on IISER : Scheduled on Sept 5,2007 at BBSC Patna office

BiharBrains Scholastic Center ,BBSC( www.bbscindia.com), A unit of BiharBrains (BBrains Development Society, www.biharbrains.org),Patna organizes Meeting of action committee of IISER for on follwoing issues on Sept 5 ,2007 at BBSC office ,Patna

Agenda of the meeting

1. Finalization of Letter for all MPs of Bihar for the endoresment of IISER in Bihar

2. Finalization of Strategies for apporaching MPs and Minsiters and raise voice for the getting IISER in Bihar.

3. National and Local Media Support .

Meeting will be presided by Dr. S.P Verma , head of the action committee for IISER.

New Dawn of Research Atmosphere of Bihar

In order to promote quality scientific research in the state colleges and universities, the chancellor’s office has initiated steps for establishment of a central instrumentation centre here.

The proposed centre will have all the sophisticated equipment required for research in different science subjects, to be utilised by teachers and scholars of universities.

Chancellor R S Gavai has reportedly got the approval of the Union science and technology minister Kapil Sibal for the proposal. While the science and technology department will provide necessary funds for purchasing equipment, the state government will provide infrastructural facilities and trained manpower for the purpose.

The centre would be set up either at the Indira Gandhi Planetarium or the Patna University campus. Many a research scholars were unable to carry out their work due to non-availability of scientific equipment in their respective institutions, said R Krishna Kumar, special officer (universities) to governor, at a meeting of deans and senior science teachers of all the universities at Rajbhawan, here on Monday. The centre would facilitate these workers to carry out research work smoothly, he said.

The centre would be linked to all the universities through internet and the analytical results of the samples sent by a research scholar would be e-mailed to him. Deans of science faculty in universities have been asked to furnish details of the ongoing research activities and the equipment required for research within a fortnight. They have been directed to convene a workshop of researchers to motivate the young teachers to undertake quality research work.

Junior teachers should be encouraged to apply for minor and major research projects to UGC, DST, DBT and other funding agencies in proper format.

The number of people seeking research grants from various agencies is quite low as compared to the people from other states, they observed.

It was decided to bring out a research journal from the state and also to organise popular science lectures in colleges, with each college holding at least one national seminar every year. The scheme of giving annual awards to the outstanding research scholars was also discussed.

University scholars should also be encouraged to visit national laboratories and research institutions at regular intervals. Krishna Kumar also disclosed a scheme of providing laptop to every teacher at subsidised rate.
(TOI, Patna, 21st August.)

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Endorsement by all MPs of Bihar for IISER in Bihar: NEXT MOVE

In light of the Hon'ble PM speech on independence day, we decided to accelerate our demand for getting one IISER in Bihar . we are now calling meeting immediately at BBSC office,Patna for finalization of Draft for all MPs of Bihar for endorsing demand of IISER in Bihar.

Dr. S.P.Verma and Dr. BKS have been requested to meet and immediately call meeting of our action committee to finalsie strategy and

1. Letter to all MPs of Bihar
2. Letter to Hon'ble PM for appointment
3. signature sheet for all MPs of Bihar
etc...

All members and people of Bihar are requested to extend their hand in getting signature from MPs of Bihar .
Later All MPs meeting may be called and then All MPs of Bihar with a delegation of BiharBrains will be meeting with Hon'ble PM of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble chairperson of UPA Govt , Srimati Sonia Gandhi and Minsiter for human resource ,Sri Arjun singh and union Home minister (for state) sri Fatami jee .
-- Bibhuti Bikramaditya
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Excerpts: PM's Speech Laying Thrust on Higher Education in Particular and Education in General

I request states also to give priority to education, as education alone is the foundation on which a progressive, prosperous society can be built. Growing revenue earnings have improved the fiscal capacity of the States. They must now give priority to education. Towards this end, our Government has decided to invest in setting up good quality schools across the country. We will support 6,000 new high quality schools -- one in every block of the country. Each such school will set standards of excellence for other schools in the area.

(Note: This ,interalia, implies that Bihar should get 534 schools(Guess these are new schools). Bihar government will do well to plan the school domain under its CSS in such a fashion as to take optimum benefit of this scheme. Mark out the domains and assign them to central government for opening these schools without compromising on CSS plan)
As our primary education programmes achieve a degree of success, there is growing demand for secondary schools and colleges. We are committed to universalizing secondary education. An extensive programme for this is being finalized. We will also ensure that adequate numbers of colleges are set up across the country, especially in districts where enrolment levels are low. We will help States set up colleges in 370 such district

( Note: Bihar should get at least 35 such colleges if not 38)
The University system, which has been relatively neglected in recent years, is now the focus of our reform and development agenda. We will set up thirty new Central Universities. Every state that does not have a central university will now have one.

(Note:Detailed plan states that there is going to be 14 new brand ones & 16 upgraded ones, Bihar must get one brand new one by providing land for the same.It must also get one upgraded central university, if not more. Since this will take the total number of CU to 53, Bihar should have got 4 of the CU though)
In order to promote science and professional education, we are setting up five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, eight new Indian Institutes of Technology, seven new Indian Institutes of Management, and twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology. These will generate new educational opportunities for our youth. I am sure that, working together, we can ensure that at least a fifth of our children go to college as compared to one-tenth now.

(Note: Hopefully state will get one IISER, one IIM and two IIIT, one for hardware& design and other for software from the announcements to be made. State should brace itself for hosting these institution with adequate provisioning of land and should pursue the same diligently )

The vast majority of our youth seek skilled employment after schooling. Last year I spoke the need for a Vocational Education Mission. Such a Mission is ready to be launched. We will soon launch a Mission on Vocational Education and Skill Development, through which we will open 1600 new industrial training institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new Skill Development Centres.

(Note: Bihar government should plan to host institutes in proportion to its population if it wants to do justice to the need of Bihar Populous. This implies that state gets 130 ITI’s (one each in all the 130 towns ), 813 Vocational schools (one for each police station area) & 4237 skill development centers ( one each shared between two panchayats). For urban areas state governments shall arrange the skill development centers through its own initiative shared perhaps between two ward areas)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Full_text_of_PMs_address_to_the_nation/articleshow/2282440.cms

14 New Central University of Excellence

In a bid to have similar higher standard of education in the new 14 Central Universities proposed by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the government wants to bring a uniform legislation to govern them all. The new universities would cost government Rs Rs 41,802 crore.
According to a senior government official, the HRD ministry will come with a draft law for all the new universities to have uniform high standards of excellence. Recently, Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia had told HT that the government intends to develop these institutes into “centers of excellence” at part with one of the best in the world.
The decision to have a uniform legislation is said to be a step in this direction. HRD ministry officials, who deliberated on the issue on Monday, said uniform legislation would ensure better regulation and maintaining of high standards of education. “It will also give a sort of uniformity to higher education system in India, which is lacking,” a ministry official said.
The government has also proposed that the new Central universities should be modeled on Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, the only university in the country among top 200 in the world.
The proposed law will also ensure linkages between Central universities enabling easy mobility of students from one university into another and a centralized admission system. However, the HRD ministry has some reservation on whether the centralized admission system would be possible for graduate and post-graduate studies in arts or commerce as evaluating students’ ability through a test may not be possible. Government officials also said the proposed law will frame complete autonomy for these universities based on JNU governance model to check “political interference” in appointment of vice-chancellors and faculty. The law would provide complete autonomy to the executive and academic council on how to run the university within University Grants Commission guidelines.
The government also plans that 14 Central Universities will have an engineering school, a management school and a law school. But, the decision on the fees to be charges will rest with the university, an official said. The Planning Commission had recommended that the fee for undergraduate courses should be Rs 12,000 per annum with 40 per cent of students getting substantial scholarships. “The fee structure should cover 20 per cent of the cost for running the university,” the official said.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1f415857-1b32-449d-a449-c5160caa7232&&Headline=Uniform+legislation+for+14+central+universities

Move for 8 more IITs, 7 IIMs

NEW DELHI: In a major rollout for high and technical education, Planning Commission has proposed a seven-year special plan (2007-14) which includes setting up eight new IITs, seven new IIMs, 20 NITs, 20 IIITs and 50 centres for training and research in frontier areas. Of the IITs, three have already been cleared and one IIM at Shillong has received the green signal. The seven-year special plan for higher and technical education would start in the 11th Plan and spill over to the next without being diluted. The plan panel has proposed a funding of Rs 1.31 lakh crore for the seven year plan. The full Planning Commission will discuss the proposal threadbare when it meets on August 6 to deliberate exclusively on the impetus that should be delivered to education for the 11th Plan. The special plan envisages setting up of 30 central universities. One central university will be located in each of the 16 uncovered states while 14 new ones of world class will come up in states which provide land free of cost in attractive locations. These universities will have various schools including medical and engineering institutions. Also, 370 new degree colleges in districts with low gross enrolment ratio would be established and 6,000 colleges would be strengthened. In the field of technical education, the seven-year plan talks of expansion and upgradation of 200 technical institutions in various states. There is also a plan to upgrade seven technical universities which include Bengal Engineering College, Howrah, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Andhra University Engineering College, Vishakapatnam, University Engineering College, Osmania University, Jadavpur University, Institute of Technology BHU and Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology, AMU. Apart from eight IITs and seven IIMs, there is a plan to have five Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, two Schools of Planning and Architecture, 20 National Institutes of Technology, 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology and 50 centres of training and research in frontier areas. The central assistance under the special plan has a very strong reform component and looks up to states to agree for a minimum set of reforms to restructure higher education system covering admission, revision in curricula, collaboration with foreign universities and networking.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2249600.cms

My Notes: It would be worth watching what Planning Commission has got in store for Bihar. Would they move to restore parity by favouring the state in a major way in allocation of all these institutions, or they will continue on the old set pattern of favouring the favoured destinations(states)? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biharbrains/files/List_of_Institution_with_Locations.xls

Though it looks like that it is not going to decide on the destinations for these institutions at this macro planning level, still it would be worthy of the attention from the state which has mostly been ignored in past inallocation of central institutes and also in allocation of other national strategic assets.