Bhakta presents big edu agenda

Tathya.in. Feb 7, 2010
Bhubaneswar:7/February/2010

Bhakta Charan Das has a big agenda on Higher Education.


So the Member of Parliament from Kalahandi has flooded with demands to the Task Force.

Task Force on Higher Education (TFHE) is meeting on 9 February to finalize the Detailed Report to be presented to the Government.

TFHE was set up on 7 October, 2009 by the Higher Education Department to prepare a Perspective Plan for Higher Education in Odisha.

Mr.Das on 6 February sent a memorandum to the Triclochan Pradhan Chairman TFHE and has asked for at least 3 universities and a few Centers of Higher Learning in Kalahandi.

Another university level organization in Nuapada also has been demanded.

Demands include a Higher Educational and Research Centre like the National University in Kalahandi.

Secondly terming it as a deserving Case of Government Autonomous College Bhawanipatna Mr.Das has batted for giving this institution the University Status.

Another University level organization like NISER of Bhubaneswar has been demanded at Nuapada, National Institute of Basic Science and Research Institute.

Mr.Das has demanded that the private medical initiative being initiated at Jaring in Kalahandi to be taken over by Government and it must run as the Government Medical College.

Similarly an Agricultural University at Dharamgarh has also been demanded in the memorandum.

Another Government Engineering College at Dharamgarh has also asked by Mr.Das.

Mr.Das has said that as people’s representative, he urged Dr.Pradhan to include these proposals of Higher Education and Research institutions for undivided Kalahandi.

This area has the lowest Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in particular, and KBK in general in the State.

The above schemes could have been mooted and implemented by the Policy makers, felt he.

But unfortunately the planning bodies did not pay their attention consciously and deliberately in the past as also by the present Government, rued he.

Earlier leading NRO Digambara Patra has demanded for all these institutions, however thick-skinned planners have turned deaf ear to him.