The Pioneer, July 28, 2009
PNS | Bhubaneswar
Dr Digambara Patra, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut in Lebanon, has sent a missive to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, urging him to rename the proposed engineering and agriculture colleges in Kalahandi.
He has pointed out a sense of neglect felt by the people of Kalahandi due to the lack of recognition to the eminent persons of the district. He has suggested renaming of the proposed engineering college there as Professor Bhubaneswar Behera Institute of Technology & Management (BBITM) by including management course in the proposed engineering college. Similarly, the proposed agriculture college at Bhawanipatna should be renamed as Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo Institute of Agriculture Sciences (PKDIAS), he has suggested.
Dr Patra has pointed out that Prof Bhubaneswar Behera, who was among the well-known engineers in Orissa and India, was born in a small village in Kalahandi. His contribution towards the building of the Hirakud Dam is well recognised in India. He was also the first principal of the REC Rourkela, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Sambalpur University and a former member of the UGC.
Similarly, he has pointed out that former Maharaja of Kalahandi Pratap Keshari Deo had continuously worked for agricultural development of the region and he represented the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency for 30 years. His struggle and initiative to make the Upper Indravati project possible in Kalahandi is a well-established fact and the credit for green revolution in Kalahandi largely goes to this great leader.
According to Dr Patra, since many institutions in other parts of the State have been named after great leaders of the concerned regions the people of Kalahandi would appreciate if these two eminent intellectuals and leaders of Kalahandi also get similar recognition.
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