The meaning is Central Government has money and they want to waste it. The need of the hour is a total overhauling of the existing universities, in the region. Barring one or two most of them are just rotting! Who are to be blamed? The governments, the heads, the facilities, the students and lastly we the citizens. Paresh Malakar ----- Original Message ----- From: "W.Saleh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] World Class Central University at Guwahati
> What is the use of having more of world class universities and IIMs etc. > if > Assam government is not able to maintain the institutions which they > already > have? I don't know about other places but I have seen a few engineering > institutions at Jorhat in very pathetic conditions crying for attention. > > > Wahid Saleh > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens > Buljit Buragohain > Verzonden: vrijdag 28 maart 2008 13:42 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [Assam] World Class Central University at Guwahati > > 7 New IIMs, 8 IITs, 14 World Class Universities: > > As many as 45 new higher education institutions, including 15 schools of > technology and management and 14 world class universities, will be set up > in > the 11th Five Year Plan, it was announced today. > > ''This is the first time'' the government is setting up so many new > institutions costing thousands of crores of rupees, Human Resource > Development Minister Arjun Singh told journalists . > The new institutions include eight Indian Institutes of Technology, seven > Indian Institutes of Management and 30 Central universities, 14 of them > ''aiming at world class standards.'' India currently has seven IITs, six > IIMs and 19 CUs. > Besides four new IITs-- in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Himachal > Pradesh-- already announced, four more will be set up in Orissa, Madhya > Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab, Singh said. > In Madhya Pradesh, the IIT will be set up at Indore, but the location in > other States is yet to be finalised, Singh told a news conference. > Additionally, Banaras Hindu University's Institute of Technology, > admission to which is made through an IIT Joint Entrance Examination, will > be converted into an IIT, he said. > Besides a new IIM at Shillong already announced, seven more IIMs will be > set up in Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, > Uttarakhand and Haryana. > In Chhattisgarh, the IIM will be set up at Raipur. > > > The 14 world class Central Universities will be set up at Pune, Kolkata, > Coimbatore, Mysore, Vishakapatanam, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Patna, Bhopal, > Kochi, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Greater NOIDA and Guwahati. > > > Authorities picked locations ''in or near'' large cities to automatically > ensure ''conectivity and infrastructure which such universities would > need,'' the HRD Minister said. > Singh said each concerned State government was being requested to > identify > adequate land in or near selected cities and offer land accordingly. > Singh also announced plans to set up Central Universities in 16 States > which currently do not have one. > > These include Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, > Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, > Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa. > > This will include converting three existing universities-- Dr Hari Singh > Gaur University at Sagar, Guru Ghasidas University at Bilaspur and Goa > university-- into CUs. > > The government will spend Rs 2,000 crores on the new IITs, Rs 660 crores > on the IIMs and Rs 2,800 crores on CUs during the 11th Plan, Higher > Education Secretary R P Agrawal said. > Singh was emphatic that establishing IITs, IIMs and CUs was ''subject to > State governments offering adequate land at suitable locations, free of > cost, for the purpose.'' He made it clear that their ''actual > establishment'' would depend ''among other things on how quickly the > concerned State governments respond by allotting adequate land at suitable > locations.'' In reply to a question, Singh acknowledged the shortage of > faculty, but indicated that it would be overcome through recruitment. > > Top HRD officials say that India is estimated to have some 500,000 higher > education teachers-- roughly 20-25 per cent short of the required number. > > Agrawal outlined a bouquet of measures-- which include upgrading > training, > summer teachers' schools, better fellowships and research facilities and > higher retirement age. > Asked if the idea was to match Harvard or Oxford, some of the leading > Western academic centres, Agrawal replied the aim would be to do better > than > what exist. > > On delay in pursuing Foreign Educational Institutions Bill, Singh > indicated the move was caught up in differences with Left groups which > advocate proper regulation of private institutions. > ''A dialogue is on,'' Singh told questioners, without going into any > reservations the government may have to such a demand, but added that the > Ministry was trying to bring the Bill to Parliament soon. > On a controversial Ramayan essay in a reading list recommended for Delhi > University undergraduates, Singh said a review committee was going into > the > matter. > Asked about his bid to reserve higher education seats for Other Backward > Classes, Singh responded: ''Please pray for it.'' > > > > > --------------------------------- > Now you can chat without downloading messenger. 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