Sunday, October 29, 2006

 

Kerala wants central science institutes

Kerala wants central science institutes


Saturday, October 28, 2006

Kerala has urged the central government to set up some of its proposed science research institutes in the state.

Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan reiterated the state's demand when he met C.N.R. Rao, scientific advisor to the prime minister, here Saturday.

Achuthanandan later told reporters that he had asked Rao to see that some of the science bodies proposed or under consideration, like the Institute of Science and Educational Research (ISER), Oceanarium, aqua parks and a Centre for Mollecular Research be set up in Kerala.

The ISER currently has a unit each in Pune and Kolkata.

Achuthanandan informed Rao that the state government would set aside 250 acres of land for the south India unit of the ISER.

Officials expected an announcement in this regard when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Kerala on Oct 31.



Saturday, October 28, 2006

 

Dharitri on MP Braja Tripathy writing to PM on delay in the cabinet approval of NISER

http://chitta.googlepages.com/20061028dharitriniserbrajatripathy1.pdf

http://chitta.googlepages.com/20061028dharitriniserbrajatripathy2.pdf

 

Excerpt from a mail received on Oct 25 2006

(From a mail sent by a well established professor of Oriya origin from one of the Indian Institutes -- IITs/IISc)

Subject: NISER at Bhubaneswar

Dear Prof Baral

I came to know about your interest in higher education in orissa through
your writings on net.We were very disturbed for denial of The Indian
Institute of science like institution to orissa.Thanks to the efforts of
many from many places that a new institution was given to Bhubaneswar for
which me must thank our prime minister.It may be a blessing in disguise
that this institution will be funded through DAE.All the DAE institution
in the country are doing better than other institutions in India.
Prof Viyogi,The director of IOP,bhubaneswar and Prof Maharana,an
internationally known scientist are working feverishly for the project to
take shape.I was amazed to see the intensity and seriousness of these
scientists.If every thing goes well ,the Institute may start taking
students from 2007 session.

The DAE representatives,and Prof Viyogi and Maharana were on Site
selection trip a few days back all over Bhubaneswar staring from Naraj
till Jatni to identify about 200 to 300 acres of land suitable to establis
the institution.The secretary,higher education orissa,the director land
acquisition,the district collectors of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar were all
there along with a large number of revinue officials.The officials were
generally helpful.I wish the land acquisition prcess gets over soon so
that DAE can take the next step.I wish to state that things are happening
in orissa now on NISER front.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

 

House panel to petition PM for NISER (NewIndPress Oct 14 2006)

House panel to petition PM for railway update

Saturday October 14 2006 12:00 IST

BHUBANESWAR: An Assembly committee headed by Speaker Maheshwar Mohanty would visit New Delhi in November and meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand more funds for the completion of ongoing railway projects in the State.

The committee, which met here on Friday under the chairmanship of Mohanty, would also submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister demanding Rs 785 crore for the development and expansion of railway network in Orissa.

Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei and Minister for Steel and Mines Padmanabha Behera also attended the meeting. The meet also discussed about the progress on the proposed NISER in Bhubaneswar.
The panel sought a report from the Higher Education Department about the progress on the project.
Observing that funds earmarked by the Railways for the State were inadequate to complete the projects in time, the committee felt that funds should be made available to finish all ongoing projects within the next five years.

Noting that the Daitari-Banspani railway project is vital to the industrialisation of the State, the committee recommended that Rs 75 crore be provided for the line during 2006-07 fiscal.

The committee also demanded Rs 150 crore for the Haridaspur-Daitari railway line project which is a vital link between the mineral rich belt and the proposed steel projects in the coastal districts.

The demand of funds for other railway lines are Lanjigarh-Junagarh ( Rs 90 crore), Khurda-Balangir (Rs 90 crore), Angul-Sukinda (Rs 50 crore), Talcher-Bimlagarh (Rs 30 crore) and Nuapara-Bimlagarh (Rs 50 crore).

The panel has suggested that survey be conducted for Gopalpur-Rayagada, Jajpur-Keonjhar, Sambalpur-Birmaharajpur via Berhampur and Balangir-Nuapara railway lines.

Friday, October 13, 2006

 

NISER project report to be ready in a week

NISER project report to be ready in a week
Braja Kishore Mishra Bhubaneswar
The project report of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) will be ready within a week's time. Director of the Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Physics (IoP) YP Viyogi has disclosed this in an e-mail sent to Non-Resident Oriyas (NROs).

NROs like Chitta Baral of Arizona State University and Dhirendra Kar, vice-president of the Orissa Society of Americas and others have been constantly harping on the NISER issue. They were worried over the lack of information about the progress on the project.
Assuring them, Viyogi has said, "We realise the importance of the responsibility that IoP has to shoulder, and although we do not publicise our activity, we assure you that a lot of ground work has already been done and the project report will be ready within about a week's time."

He said that standards within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) were very high and it was mandatory for the project report to be reviewed by a panel of experts. Such a panel had already been constituted by the Chairman of the IoP Governing Council and consisted of scientists and educationists from all the branches of science, which may be taught at the NISER.

The report will move further up for financial approval at the Atomic Energy Commission and the Union Cabinet immediately after such a review and approval by the IoP Governing Council, which is expected to be completed by the end of October.

Efforts will be made to make the NISER comparable to the IISERs and the input going into the project report consequently requires detailed work.
"We are also taking care of infrastructure needs to start the courses in the academic year 2007 and we are constantly in dialogue with the Orissa Government. Regarding the recruitment of faculty, which is a real concern for all of us, we have started the hunt through informal channels, both nationally and internationally," Viyogi said. He has assured the NROs that the NISER shall be able to attract the best of the faculty, because it has been planned to provide the most conducive research environment for the faculty.

He said IoP proposed to emphasise both on teaching and research simultaneously, as the synergy between the two was essential for sustained excellence in either. IoP is in the process of setting up a web page for the proposed institute and hopes to release this by the end of this month.

Dialogue has already been started with several superannuated scientists from various centres within the DAE family and outside for the immediate needs of the coming academic season. Arrangements have already been made for the girls' hostel within the IoP campus, while a discussion is on with the State Government for a hostel for boys.

Regarding the infrastructure requirements, IoP is fully aware of the needs, as the scientists of the institute were regularly visiting national and international laboratories of all types, including some of the top ones abroad like CalTech, Princeton and Ecole Polytechnique as well as all the educational and research institutes within the country, Viyogi added.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

 

IISER Kolkata's ad to hire faculty (from Current Science)


Thursday, October 05, 2006

 

Centre yet to clear Orissa NISER: Reports The Pioneer

http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=BHUBANESWAR&file_name=bhub19%2Etxt&counter_img=19

 

Central Cabinet yet to okay Orissa NISER

Delay in putting the seal of approval on the proposed National Institute of Science, Education and Research (NISER) in Orissa by the Union Cabinet has caused sticky situation over the establishment of the institution.

Faculty members in Institute of Physics(IOP) are in quandary as how to go ahead on the project in absence of any formal order.

Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh on August 28 announced setting up a NISER here to remove the regional imbalance in science teaching and development of science and technology in the country.

But till date the Union Cabinet has not approved the proposal, said sources.

According to Dr. Singh’s announcement, the NISER would be at par with the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) being established at Pune and Kolkota.

This will entail at least Rs.500 crore for the institution, said an official.

But the Planning Commission has also not finalized its funding pattern.

In the mean time IISER at Pune and Kolkota has already started their courses from this year.

While both the IISER are under the administrative control of Human Resources Development Ministry, where as the NISER will operate under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

According to reliable sources DAE has not yet sent its proposal to the Union Cabinet.

Though on one hand they express helplessness over the delay in approval by the Union Cabinet, IOP scientists are hopeful about the establishment of NISER since Prime Minister has announced the project.

According to them, DAE Secretary Dr.Anil Kakodkar is in regular touch with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which is monitoring the issue.

NISER would undertake integrated five year masters courses in core and emerging branches of science to provide world class education to students after the 10+2 stage.

The NISER would work within the DAE family and award degrees under the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) which already is a deemed university for post-graduate studies.

They said that emerging branches of science including physics, chemistry, modern biology and Mathematics will be taught here.

Accordingly they have started preliminary job of formulating curriculum for integrated M Sc.

However their spirits are being dampen over the absence of any concrete steps in this regard.

Once the approval comes through they see no problem in starting classes from 2007.

 

NROs worried over tardy progress of NISER

Bhubaneswar:03/October/2006
Non Resident Orissans (NRO)s have expressed serious concern over the tardy progress on the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)front.

Establishment of NISER was announced by the prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on August 28 during his visit to Orissa.

Centre has announced to open 3 new IISERs in Pune, Kolkata and Chandigarh and the NISER in Bhubaneswar are going to be equivalent and will be like the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

There is a severe shortage of high quality scientists in India and all over the world.

Thus the new institutes that are more aggressive in recruiting these hard to find top-notch scientists will immediately rise to the top and the ones which are tardy and get bogged down in prolonged bureaucratic deliberations will stay in the bottom.

IISERs at Pune and Kolkota has started classes on August 16.

On NISER Bhubaneswar front the Orissa Government has given confused signals.

At various forums, it is down playing NISER as just an extension of the existing Institute of Physics while in other forums it has touted the establishment of NISER.

The Institute of Physics (IOP), which is funded by the department of atomic energy ( DAE), now finds itself in charge of the establishment of NISER but seems to be moving at a very slow pace.

According to sources of IOP it is planned to start classes in 2008, but the classes should open from 2007 it self.

Although, the lack of infrastructure raised by IOP are genuine , one must note the difference between the enthusiasm at Pune and Kolkota and contrast it with that of IOP Bhubaneswar

Originally proposed National Institute of Sciences (NIS) was overlooked, this institution's announcement happened only because of the grassroots efforts of Orissans all over the world.

Orissans wrote letters to the prime minister, had many peaceful dharanas, convinced the MPs and MLAs to protest in the Orissa Legislative Assembly and the Indian parliament, and wrote articles and op-eds in local and national papers.

Hence this institute has a very different origin than most central institutes that are created by central announcements with possible push by the respective state governments.

In case of NISER the people of Orissa are deeply and emotionally involved.

Accordingly worried over the delay, Dhirendra Kar, Vice President Orissa Society of the Americas in an open letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and DAE Secretary Dr.Anil Kakodkar.

He has urged upon to act together and do all that is necessary so that the NISER package is to receive green signal in the Union Cabinet at the earliest.

The Orissa government as well as IOP should immediately send a delegation to IISc Bangalore, TIFR Mumbai and IIESR Pune to quantify the infrastructurerequirements.

The Orissa government should provide temporary infrastructure so that IOP can immediately start hiring faculty, the hardest-to-get and the most important resource needed to make NISER a top-notch institution.

In particular, the Orissa government should offer space at one of its buildings.

The Orissa government should co-ordinate with the national institutions such as RRL (Regional Research Laboratory), RMRC (Regional Medical Research Center), ILS (Institute of Life Sciences), IMA (Institute of Math and Applications) and Utkal University so that faculty that are hired by IOP for NISER can have temporary laboratory space as well as housing quarters immediately.

They should take advantage of having TIFR as a sister organization in forming hiring committees and in recruiting from TIFR post-doctoral researchers and alumni.

They should think themselves as being in a race and do all that is necessary so that NISER is better than the IISERs in all respects; they should show how DAE is better at making a top-notch institution as compared to the HRD ministry.

Orissa government, IOP and DAE should issue a monthly progress report on NISER.

All these need to be done as soon as possible so as to make NISER a reality rather than a mirage like the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

 

Tardy progress of NISER worries NRIs: Pioneer

Tardy progress of NISER worries NRIs

Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneswar

Non-Resident Oriyas (NROs) have expressed serious concern over the tardy progress on the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) front. That the NISER would be established in Orissa was announced by Prime minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the State on August 28.

The Centre had announced that three new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) would be opened in Pune, Kolkata and Chandigarh and assured Orissa that the proposed NISER in Bhubaneswar would be equivalent to the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.



There is a severe shortage of high quality scientists in India and all over the world. Thus, the new institutes that are more aggressive in recruiting them would find top-notch scientists to immediately rise to the top and the ones which are slow to come up and get bogged down in prolonged bureaucratic deliberations will stay in the bottom.



IISERs at Pune and Kolkota have started classes since August 16. On the NISER Bhubaneswar front, the Orissa Government has given confused signals. At various forums, it is downplaying NISER as just an extension of the existing Institute of Physics (IoP), while in other forums it has highlighted the proposed establishment of NISER. The IoP, which is funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), now it finds itself in charge of establishment of NISER, but the work in this regard seems to be moving at a very slow pace. According to sources in IoP, it is planned to start classes in 2008, but the classes should open from 2007 itself.



Although the question of lack of infrastructure raised by IoP is genuine, one must note the enthusiasm in Pune and Kolkota and its contrast at IoP in Bhubaneswar. The originally proposed National Institute of Sciences ( NIS) for Bhubaneswar was overlooked, while the announcement about NISER followed the hue and cry in Orissa and NROs. People of Orissa and NROs wrote letters to the Prime Minister, had many peaceful dharnas and lobbied with MPs and MLAs in support of establishment of the institute.



Now, worried over the delay, Dhirendra Kar, vice-president of the Orissa Society of the Americas, in an open letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar, has urged them to act together and do all that is necessary, so that the NISER package receives green signal from the Union Cabinet at the earliest. The State Government and the IoP should immediately send a delegation to IISc Bangalore, TIFR Mumbai and IIESR Pune to quantify the infrastructure requirements for the NISER, Kar has suggested.

The State Government should provide temporary infrastructure, so that the IoP can immediately start hiring faculty, which is the hardest-to-get and the most important resource needed to make the NISER a top-notch institution. In particular, the State Government should offer space at one of its buildings, he has advised. Besides, the State Government should coordinate with the national institutions such as RRL (Regional Research Laboratory), RMRC (Regional Medical Research Centre), ILS (Institute of Life Sciences), IMA (Institute of Math and Applications) and Utkal University, so that the faculty hired by the IoP for NISER can have temporary laboratory space as well as housing quarters immediately, Kar has added.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

 

Open letter to the Orissa govt., IOP and DAE on the slow progress on NISER

Open letter to the Orissa government, Institute of Physics (IOP) and
the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on the slow progress of NISER
Bhubaneswar.

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Dear Chief minister, IOP directors and DAE Chairman:
cmo@ori.nic.in, diroff@iopb.res.in, chmn@dae.gov.in

Subject: Slow progress on the NISER Front

It has been more than a month since the National Institute of
Science Education and Research (NISER) was announced by the prime
minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (on August 28th 2006) [1] during his
visit to Orissa. During his speech, the prime minister had said
"NISER will be at par with the IISER being established in other
places but will operate under the umbrella of DAE." Last week on
September 27th when inaugurating the third IISER in Punjab, the
prime minister mentioned [2] that "For the past century, India has
had only one national institute of excellence in Bangalore. In the
past one year, our Government has approved the creation of three new
institutes of the same standard. I have had the pleasure of laying
the foundation stone of a similar centre in Kolkata. The Department
of Atomic Energy is setting up a similar facility at Bhubaneswar."

Thus as far as the prime minister is concerned the 3 new IISERs in
Pune, Kolkata and Chandigarh and the NISER in Bhubaneswar are going
to be equivalent and will be like the Indian Institute of Science in
Bangalore.

However, how these institutions exactly turn out will depend a lot
on the implementation. In particular, there is a severe shortage of
high quality scientists in India and all over the world. Thus the
new institutes (among the 3 IISERs and NISER in Bhubaneswar) that
are more aggressive in recruiting these hard to find top-notch
scientists will immediately rise to the top and the ones which are
tardy and get bogged down in prolonged bureaucratic deliberations
will stay in the bottom.

In this regard let us mention what some of the IISERs have done so
far. The IISER in Pune and Kolkata were announced by the Prime
minister [3] on September 28th 2005. The union cabinet gave its
approval [4] of these two institutes on October 27th 2005. Both of
these IISERs started classes on August 16th 2006. IISER Pune
started classes [5] with 70 students at Pune's National Chemical
Laboratory (NCL) campus. In July 2006 IISER Pune project director
and NCL chief S. Sivaram said [5]: "The institute is at an embryonic
stage and NCL will provide support in the form of administration,
finance, engineering services as well as infrastructure." At that
time eminent scientist and the first director of IISER, Pune, K N
Ganesh said [5]: "The academic building of IISER, with more than
30,000 sq ft of built-up area will be ready in the next 15 months. A
100-room hostel, with twin accommodation will also be built on the
campus.’’

IISER Pune now has a web site [6] at http://www.iiserpune.ac.in.
They hired [7] 3 physics and 3 chemistry and biology full-time
faculty had appointed seven adjunct faculty before their classes
started in Aug 2006. They have now advertised [8] for additional
faculty positions in their web site. In other words IISER Pune is
well ahead of the pack.

Before IISER Punjab was formally announced [2] on Sept 27th 2006,
the deputy chief minister of Punjab, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who is
also in charge Minister of higher education had already visited [9]
IISc Bangalore and had met the faculty and management of that
institute to figure out infrastructure requirements for the IISER in
Punjab.

Coming back to the NISER Bhubaneswar the Orissa government has given
mixed signals. At some forums, it is playing down NISER as just an
extension of the existing Institute of Physics while in other forums
it has touted [10] the establishment of NISER. The Institute of
Physics (IOP), which is funded by the DAE, now finds itself in
charge of the establishment of NISER but seems to be moving at a
very slow pace. IOP was prodded by the DAE to start classes as soon
as possible, even this year. However they are worried about the
infrastructure, especially lack of hostel facilities for incoming
students at the B.Sc level, who will be much younger than the
current IOP students. They are thus thinking of starting classes in
2008. Although, the infrastructure issues raised by IOP are valid,
one must note the difference between the enthusiasm at Pune and
contrast it with that of IOP Bhubaneswar; while it took one year for
classes to start at IISER Pune and Kolkata, if IOP insists on its
slow pace, it will take two years for NISER to start classes. If
IISER Punjab starts classes next year then by virtue of starting
after the other three in people's mind NISER will start at the
bottom of the list.

In their tardy progress what both the Orissa government and the
Institute of Physics (IOP) are overlooking is that this institute is
very important for Orissa and the DAE; also after the originally
proposed National Institute of Sciences (NIS) was overlooked, this
institution's announcement happened only because of the grassroots
efforts [11] of Orissans all across Orissa as well as all over the
world. Orissans from New York to Tokyo to Sydney to Baripada and
Rourkela protested against the NIS move, wrote letters to the prime
minister, had many peaceful dharanas, convinced the MPs and MLAs to
protest in the Orissa assembly and the Indian parliament, and wrote
articles and op-eds in local and national papers. The issue was even
covered by the International Herald Tribune and several other
international newspapers. Hence this institute has a very different
origin than most central institutes that are created by central
announcements with possible push by the respective state
governments. In case of NISER the people were and are deeply and
emotionally involved. So the state government, the DAE and IOP must
realize that they are being closely watched and monitored regarding
the efforts they are putting in towards making this institute match
the vision of the people - aptly articulated by the prime minister
[1] as a "Mecca of science" like today's TIFR and IISc. With this
open letter they are being put on notice. All their activities
regarding NISER is being watched by the people, discussed and posted
at forums such as [12,13] http://niser-bbsr.blogspot.com/ and if
NISER does not achieve its vision in a timely manner, there will be
a living history that will depict who the culprits and slackers were
and Orissa will not forget them.

However, thinking positively we suggest that the following actions
be immediately taken:

(i) Since it took about a month from the announcement of the IISERs
in Pune and Kolkata (on September 28th 2005) to its approval on
October 27th 2005, and its already been a month since NISER was
announced, IOP and DAE should get their act together and do all that
is necessary so that the NISER package is at the cabinet at the
earliest. DAE is supposed to be a much more efficient organization
than the HRD ministry; how come their effort on NISER is behind the
schedule set by the IISERs?

(ii) If one thinks that a child is worthless and treats him/her that
way then the chances of that child becoming a productive citizen is
much lower. On the other hand if one treats the child as a treasure
with unlimited potential from the very beginning then there is very
high chance the child will grow up to be a productive citizen. Thus,
the Orissa government should stop downplaying NISER and saying that
NISER is just an extension of IOP. It should take the prime
minister's speech to heart, treat NISER as a treasure, work and push
towards making NISER better than the three IISERs, and help IOP to
create NISER as well as getting back to its (IOPs) original mission
and letting the grounded NISER become an independent (of IOP)
institution.

(iii) The Orissa government should help, through political efforts
(such as the CM meeting the PM if that becomes necessary) in getting
the NISER approved by the Indian cabinet as soon as possible, as it
is already behind the time table precedent set by IISER Pune and
Kolkata on this issue.

(iv) The Orissa government as well as IOP should immediately send a
delegation to IISc Bangalore, TIFR Mumbai and IIESR Pune to get an
idea on the infrastructure needs for the NISER Bhubaneswar.

(v) The Orissa government should help in providing temporary
infrastructure so that IOP can immediately start hiring faculty, the
hardest-to-get and the most important resource needed to make NISER
a top-notch institution. In particular, the Orissa government should
offer space at one of its building (such as the Fortune tower) and
offer some of its modular temporary buildings that it loans to IT
companies, in case IOP will need them. The Orissa government should
co-ordinate with the nearby institutions such as RRL (Regional
Research Laboratory), RMRC (Regional Medical Research Center), ILS
(Institute of Life Sciences), IMA (Institute of Math and
Applications) and Utkal University so that faculty that are hired by
IOP for NISER can have temporary laboratory space as well as housing
quarters immediately.

(vi) DAE and IOP should immediately do whatever is necessary so that
they can start hiring faculty for NISER immediately. They should
take advantage of having TIFR as a sister organization in forming
hiring committees and in recruiting from TIFR post-doctoral
researchers and alumni. They should think themselves as being in a
race and do all that is necessary so that NISER is better than the
IISERs in all respects; they should show how DAE is better at making
a top-notch institution as compared to the HRD ministry.

(vii) With the help of Orissa government, and other institutions in
Bhubaneswar (ILS, RMRC, RRL etc.), IOP and DAE should try their best
to start classes in 2007. In the worst case if they are not able to
do that, they should hire enough faculty beforehand, and have their
research publicized that NISER does not become the last (behind the
three IISERs) in the people's mind.

(viii) Orissa government, IOP and DAE should issue a monthly
progress report on NISER so that the people all over the world who
are watching for this institute to become a top institution know the
progress, know that proper efforts are being put in a timely manner,
and know any issues where they can be of help.

All these need to be done as soon as possible so as to make NISER a
reality rather than a mirage like the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, whose
foundation stone was laid by the then PM in July 15 2003, and all
that is there now are boundary walls. Plus, with the three IISERs
progressing ahead, slow progress on NISER will show Orissa, IOP, and
the DAE in a negative light.


sincerely,

hundreds of concerned Orissans all over the world



[1] http://pmindia.nic.in/lspeech.asp?id=379

[2] http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=21005

[3] http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=12305

[4] http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=12975

[5] http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=193818

[6] http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/

[7]
http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/files/facultyandstaff/images/Faculty.pdf

[8] http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/files/facultyandstaff/jobopenings.htm

[9] http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/1356/38/

[10] http://rc.orissa.gov.in/index3.asp?linkid=30&sublinkid=169

[11] http://iiser.blogspot.com/

[12] http://niser-bbsr.blogspot.com/

[13] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nis_iiser/

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