Can we demand one NIT at Assam and that is in Dhemaji? Do you know how to
apporch to the central Govt. about that matter?
I think we can also demand one IIM also at Assam and that may be at
Dibrugarh/Jorhat/Tinsukia etc.
Likewise we, the people of Assam demand IIITs and Centres for training and
research etc. in other different places of Assam not only in Guwahati.
"Meanwhile, the Planning Commission has proposed a Seven-Year Special Plan
(2007-14) which includes settings 8 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 20 NITs, 20 IIITs and
50 centres for training and research in the frontier areas"(The Assam
Tribune.05.02.2008)
Can we apporch Govt. for upgradation our JEC,AEC?
"In the field of technical education, expansion, expansion and upgradation of
200 technical institutions in various States have been envisaged"
Expansion of higher education Dhurjati Mukher jee(The Assam
Tribune.05.02.2008)
Thank you
Buljit Buragohain
N.B.The list of NIT of India are as following.
Agartala
Allahabad
Bhopal
Calicut
Durgapur
Hamirpur
Jaipur
Jalandhar
Jamshedpur
Kurukshetra
Nagpur
Patna
Raipur
Rourkela
Silchar
Srinagar
Surat
Surathkal
Tiruchirappalli
Warangal
Expansion of higher education
Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Centre plans to set up 30 universities across the country. It wants to
make available higher education to a larger segment of the population and raise
the standards in the country. This follows the Governments decision to have
more specialized institutes on science and technology. The Prime Minister too
stated that the Government was committed to setting up a Central University in
each State and would lend a helping hand to ensure that each district got a
college.
Addressing the 150th anniversary of University of Mumbai recently, Manmohan
Singh said that modalities for setting up of these universities had begun and
that the Human Resource Development Ministry, University Grants Commission
(UGC) and the Planning Commission were working together. He wanted these
universities to be symbols of excellence, models of efficiency, examples of
academic standards and university governance for other State universities to
emulate.
India has presently 20 Central universities 18 funded by the UGC are spread
over 9 States, Delhi and Pondicherry. One Central University would be located
in each of the remaining 16 States and 14 new ones would come up in States
which provide free land in attrractive locations. The Centre would also help
the States to start 370 new degree colleges and strengthen 6,000 others in
districts where the gross enrolment ratio was low.
Meanwhile, the Planning Commission has proposed a Seven-Year Special Plan
(2007-14) which includes settings 8 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 20 NITs, 20 IIITs and
50 centres for training and research in the frontier areas. Of the IITs, three
have already been cleared and one IIM at Shillong has been shown the green
light. Plans are afoot to have five Indian Institutes of Science Education &
Research, of which one has already been set up at Kolkata.
In the field of technical education, expansion, expansion and upgradation of
200 technical institutions in various States have been envisaged. The plan for
higher and technical education will start in the 11th plan and should 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.
There has been a marked development of higher education in the country since
Independence with a steady expansion of colleges and universities, setting up
of distance education system and several initiatives to promote access and
equity. Annual growth has been estimated to be around 3.5 to 4 per cent per
annum.
Moreover, though India is known for its higher education quality and research
its expansion has not kept pace with its requirements. The enrolment ratio is
not satisfactory and is estimated at 9.1 per cent. The Government hopes to
raise this ratio to at least 15 per cent by 2012. However, it is still way
behind the 40-50 per cent in the developed countries.
True, the country has not been lagging behind in quality education but its
reach has been limited because of ever-increasing population growth. Once
regarded as one of the premier centres of scientific and historical research in
Asia, India can boast of the best universities like Chennai University,
Calcutta University and Mumbai University and Central Universities like the
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Viswa Bharati University and Benaras Hindu
University where students from various neighbouring countries come to study.
Then we have specialised institutions for scientific and technical educations
like the IITs, which are world famous. Management institutions like the IIMs
and private colleges like the ICFAI in Sikkim, Manipal University, Ramakrishna
Mission Vivekananda University have also attracted foreign students. In fact,
our engineering education is of such a high standard that India has recently
been made a provisional member of the Washington Accord, a 10-member global
apex organisation.
In recent times, induction of new disciplines for study and research such as
environmental science, disaster management, computer applications/engineering,
informatics, hotel and tourism management, religious studies and, of course,
biotechnology, centres of higher education are attracting more students. With
changing times, courses now need to be formulated for which there is need and
demand.
For example, environmental science, computer applications or even biotechnology
are highly sought after courses because of their sheer importance in todays
society. However, the problem is that only few colleges and universities are
equipped to teach these subjects but private institutions are showing
initiative. It is time that private participation in higher education be
welcomed so that one segment of the population can meet the costs involved in
such institutions.
However, there can be no denying that there is very little effort to maintain
departments and colleges of excellence and hold them as models worthy of
emulation. Instead, in most cases, the attempt has been to drag down the high
achievers to the level of the masses. Kolkata and Chennais Presidency College
and the Delhi School of Economics, are three such cases in point.
True, specailised universities are now coming up. The South Asian University is
expected to come up shortly with students and faculty from all the SAARC
nations. The Government is also considering the setting up of a Workers
Technical University, a unique institution of its kind, which would ensure that
the countrys working population is able to meet the rapidly growing needs of
the industry. Thus, the 40-crore strong workers population, of which 98 per
cent is in the unorganised sector, is able to continuously upgrade its skill.
Proposed to come up in Hyderabad with 13 regional centres in different parts of
the country, the entire network is expected to cater to nearly three lakh
workers/students a year. About Rs 500 crore are needed to set it up, Rs 100
crore annually to run it and that trade unions, big, medium and small
industries and the Government would help fund it.
Another major development is the proposed revival of the 800-year-old Nalanda
University with seven schools (with 4530 students and 453 faculty members),
offering integrated post-graduate and research programmes in informatics,
development studies, social sciences etc. according to a report prepared by
Educational Consultants India. The international character of the university
would party flow from the international 46 faculty members. A mentor group
chaired by Prof Amartya Sen and including Harvard historian, Sugata Bose,
Singapores Foreign Minister, George Yeoh, and scholars from Japan and China,
would chart out the way ahead.
Advancement of knowledge and human resources is now critically acknowledged as
the pre-requisite for social and economic development. We thus need to check
the ongoing brain drain and require more qualified scientific and technical
personnel to sustain the 8 percent plus growth momentum in the coming decade.
Higher education has to be expanded with creation of more universities and
specialised institutes for scientific and technical education. It has also to
be ensured that the quality of education imparted should be relevant to social
and economic needs and meets the desirable standards.
(The Assam Tribune.05.02.2008)
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