Education in Kalahandi: Towards development

Merinews.com, June 25, 2009
CJ: Bikram Panda

Kalahandi has been neglected both by the Central and the state government many time. The Central University is a much needed platform to be set up in Kalahandi..

KALAHANDI IS in news for wrong reasons since the 80's. Lots of things have changed in this two decades. The present Kalahandi has grown in terms of education, culture, tradition, industry wise,power generation, farming, mining, etc. From the current research through internet/web a report has been prepared as below:-

1) There are more then 1000 plus software engineers working in Bangalore from Kalahandi, aged between 25 to 30

2) Kalahandi's Government Autonomous College at Bhawanipatna has a good track record. Every year, 2-3 students have made it to the top 10 in the Orissa CHSE level in all the streams like Science, Arts and Commerce.

3) Every year, 2-3 people are joining IIT / BITS from Kalahandi.

4) Kalahandi has 200 plus NRIs working at different places across the world

5) Every year more then 200 students are join courses in engineering or MBA or MCA.

This statistics shows the current development across Kalahandi, which needs to be accelerated. If the Central University is set up in Kalahandi, it would be a great source to accelerate the development amongst students of Kalahandi and the surrounding areas.

Various online news that politicians, bureaucrats and NRIs are trying their best for setting up a Central University in Kalahandi. Not much is know about how and when the request was put up and why the Government failed to execute the request. Hopefully, the state run by Navin Government and the Central UPA government can fulfill the request.