Thursday, September 06, 2007
Union Cabinet approves NISER
New Delhi:6/September/2007
True to his words, Man Mohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India asked the Union Cabinet to put its seal for establishment of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar.
Accordingly the Cabinet approved NISER at an estimated cost of Rs. 823.19 crore under the chairmanship of Dr.Singh.
In face of the stiff opposition from Arjun Singh, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Dr.Singh promised the people of Orissa on August 28, 2006 to set up the NISER.
The Cabinet also approved the creation of 761 posts in academic, scientific, technical, administrative and auxiliary categories for the institute.
And now with the funds in place the NISER will start functioning initially from the campus of Institute of Physics (IOP) and its academic program will begin from September 12, 2007.
For this year 41 students have been selected for an integrated 5 year M.Sc. program in the core and emerging branches of Basic Sciences.
These students will take admission on September 10.
Those bright and meritorious students are chosen through an all India examination after their 10+2 Higher Secondary schooling.
This in turn will be integrated with Ph.D. program on the one hand and employment in various R&D organizations and industry in the country on the other.
NISER will be running Integrated M.Sc. and Ph.D after B.Sc from other Universities.
It will also conduct Ph. D. program after M.Sc. from other universities.
A quiet ceremony for inauguration of NISER will be held on September 10 inside the IOP campus, said Institute sources.
Incidentally Congress party has called a state wide bundh on the same day to oppose the anti-people moves of the BJD-BJP government.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
IISER Mohali faculty advertisement has appeared
- Lecturer (on contract) (Pay : Rs.10000-15000/-), Ph.D. with a good academic record.
- Assistan Professor (Pay : Rs.12000-18300/-), Ph.D. with a minimum of three years of post-doctoral or equivalent experience
- Assosciate Professor (Pay : Rs.16400-20000/-), Ph.D. with minimum of 8 years of teaching/research experience of which at least 3 years should be at the level of an assistant professor
- Professor (Pay : Rs.18400-22400), Ph.D. with a minimum of 10 years of teaching/research experience of which at least 5 years should be at the level of an assistant/associate professor.
Applications in plain paper giving details of date of birth, qualification, list of publications and names of at least 3 referees should be sent to the Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, MGSIPA Complex, Sector-26, Chandigarh-160019, preferably by September 15,2007 . Application can also be sent by e-mail to director@iisermohali.org
Friday, June 22, 2007
IISER Punjab will be functional by July
| IISER will be functional by July | ||
| The foundation stone of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research was laid by PM Manmohan Singh in September, 2006 | ||
| Express News Service | ||
| Chandigarh, June 21: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) will start functioning from Mahatma Gandhi PSIPA, Sector 26 in July. The announcement was part of the budget presentation in the Punjab Assembly. The foundation stone of the institute was laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in September last year in Mohali. Though starting in PSIPA, the institute will later be shifted to a campus in Mohali. The institute will have facilities for both graduate and post graduate classes. Funded by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, the cost of the project is estimated at around Rs 500 crore. The aim is to promote scientific research and technological development and help improve the level of pure as well as applied sciences. It is proposed that the institute would have academic programmes in physical sciences, chemical sciences, mathematics, material sciences, environment and earth system sciences, life sciences and computer sciences. Apart from these, the institute would also admit post-doctoral fellows. When fully established, the total strength of the integrated MSc programme in each discipline is proposed to be 1,000 and that of the doctoral and post-doctoral programmes about 1,055. |
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
NISER deadline for submitting application form is extended till June 15 2007
NISER web site was very slow and then went down for possibly more than a week just around its original deadline for submission of application form.
The new deadline to submit application is June 15 2007 and the application form can be obtained from NISER website http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/admission.php or from the Homi Bhabha web site http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/nisernest or from here (application form, information brochure). See also http://www.orissawatch.org/?p=213.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
State to hand over 300 acres free of cost for establishment of NISER: NewIndianExpress
Replying to a question from Ramesh Chandra Chau Pattnaik (BJD), the Minister said that as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had announced about opening the NISER here during his visit to Orissa in August last year, it is likely to receive the approval of the Union Cabinet soon.
De said the State Government has already identified 325.965 acres of Government land under Jatni tahasil for the Institute and the Revenue Department has been directed to hand over 300 acres of land free of cost to the Institute.
The Minister said that the Department of Atomic Energy has been taking necessary steps to set up the Institute and students would be inducted for the current academic year.
He denied that there has been delay in establishing the Institute in the State and outlined various steps taken by the Government as per the request of the Centre. The General Administration Department has been directed to provide 10 acres of Government land close to the Institute of Physics to set up the NISER campus, he added.
The Government, he further said, has also provided 30 quarters to the NISER for students' hostel and residential houses for the teaching as well as non-teaching staff while another 14 houses in an apartment would be provided to the Institute soon.
The Higher Education Minister said that Rs 841 crore would be invested in the NISER which would induct 40 students in pure science from this academic session.
In response to a supplementary from Bhibhuti Bhusan Harichandan (BJP), De said that the UPA Government has made a provision of rupees two crore this year for undertaking infrastructure development and denied that there has been inordinate delay in setting up of the Institute.
300 acres earmarked for NISER
Responding to questions in the Assembly, Mr Dey said admissions for different courses in the institute were to begin this academic session.
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, had announced the establishment of the NISER during his visit to Orissa in August last year. The announcement had come in the wake of protests over alleged shifting of a proposed National Institute of Sciences from Bhubaneswar to Kolkata.
The minister denied the charge that establishment of the proposed NISER had been delayed.
300 acres earmarked for NISER
Responding to questions in the Assembly, Mr Dey said admissions for different courses in the institute were to begin this academic session.
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, had announced the establishment of the NISER during his visit to Orissa in August last year. The announcement had come in the wake of protests over alleged shifting of a proposed National Institute of Sciences from Bhubaneswar to Kolkata.
The minister denied the charge that establishment of the proposed NISER had been delayed.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
IISER, IIST to be underway in Kerala this year
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has specifically assured as much, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan told reporters after returning from the National Development Council meeting in New Delhi. Land for IISER has been identified and earmarked in Vithura, near Thiruvananthapuram.
Union human resource minister Arjun Singh also supported expediating the institute," Achuthanandan said.
The IISERs are conceived as national centres of excellence on the model of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. They are envisaged to integrate undergraduate and postgraduate science education as well as higher research under one roof.
In addition, ISRO will set up India's first Institute of Space Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram this year itself. "The Prime Minister has promised to give me a date on the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the space institute,'' the chief minister told reporters, after a meeting of the state Cabinet here.
The Kerala Cabinet, which met on Thursday, also decided to develop Azhiekal and Beypore ports under PPP (Public Private Participation) model.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
More on UM-DAE CBS
University of Mumbai � Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CBS) is being set up by the Department of Atomic Energy of Government of India at Mumbai, beginning with the academic year 2007-08, to impart high quality science education in a vibrant academic ambience, with a faculty of distinguished teachers and scientists. The aim of this special Centre is to nurture world class scientists for the country who will take up challenging research and teaching assignments in Universities, R&D laboratories and industry. UM-DAE CBS will be a residential campus, with suitable accommodation, boarding and recreational facilities. Besides their intensive involvement in stimulating academic work, students will also have ample time for sports, cultural and other enriching activities.
The permanent campus of UM-DAE CBS will be located in a beautiful area within the sprawling Kalina Campus of the University of Mumbai. It will have about 1000 students, 150 faculty members and a similar number of support staff. CBS will have state-of-the-art infrastructure including research laboratories, library and computer facilities, and is likely to be ready in few years. Until then UM-DAE CBS will function from a temporary location in the same campus. UM-DAE CBS will be affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country, is known for its multi-cultural milieu, dynamism and rich scientific legacy. Besides science departments, the Kalina Campus houses departments in arts, languages and the humanities. The city boasts of some of the premier scientific and educational institutions of the country such as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and IIT Bombay. Students joining UM-DAE CBS will be nurtured within this rich cultural and scientific environment.
Five year M.Sc. (Integrated) Programme in Basic Sciences
UM-DAE CBS will have a large variety of academic programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate education. To begin with, UM-DAE CBS will offer a 5-year M.Sc. (Integrated) Programme in basic sciences after 10+2 (or equivalent) schooling. The institute will have major schools in mathematical, physical, chemical, biological and computer sciences. After successful completion of the academic requirements students will be awarded the degree of M.Sc. (Integrated) of the University of Mumbai in one of the four subjects : mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. For the academic year beginning September 2007 admission will be in physics stream only.
The programme will have a balanced semester-based course structure with a flexible seamless curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary nature of science in the 21st century and promotes exploration, innovation and research. The curriculum for the first two semesters (first year) will be common to all and specialization will begin with the third semester. The core courses in the subject of specialization will provide strong foundations in both theoretical and experimental aspects of the discipline. In addition, students will be required to go through a certain number of courses in other subjects also. All students will be required to go through a small number of compulsory courses in humanities, technical communication, history of science, environmental and energy sciences.
The fourth year of the M. Sc. (Integrated) programme will be devoted to advanced courses in various disciplines. In the last year every student will undertake a guided research project. The outcome of the investigation will be reported in the form of a thesis. Throughout the five-year programme, students will be encouraged to take up summer projects and visit reputed national laboratories and universities. Eminent scientists from India and abroad will be regularly invited to give colloquia/seminars and interact with the students. In short the curriculum is designed to ensure depth in the area of specialization together with breadth of exposure and intellectual enrichment, and to prepare the student for high level professional research and development career in national laboratories, universities and industry.
Bhubaneswar to house one of five new basic sciences centres
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 09:06 IST
Will commence academic session from 2007-08
There is some good news for those worried about the lack of efforts on the part of the government to popularise basic sciences. The central government plans to set up five new Centres for IITs of Basic Sciences in the country, to churn out the best minds in basic sciences. Calling it an innovative move — like the one taken 50 years ago to set up the IITs — Professor Arvind Kumar, Centre Head, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) said, “These special centres will nurture world-class scientists, who will take up challenging research and teaching assignments in universities, R&D labs and the industry.”
“These centres are being set up in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhubhaneshwar and Mohali. The Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS) at Mumbai University, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Kolkata, IISER-Mohali and the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISEC)-Bhubhaneshwar in Orissa will be the new major centres for basic sciences,” Professor Arvind added.
The Mumbai and Kolkata centres will commence their academic sessions from 2007-08. “The motto of all five institutes will be ‘teaching embedded in a research environment’, with faculty comprising eminent scientists and experts,” Arvind asserted.
Equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and libraries, these institutes will provide world-class facilities for research and higher studies in basic sciences.
“A very feasible inter-disciplinary curriculum will be introduced, for the studies under the integrated courses in these institutes,” he added.
IISER and NISER will be recognised as centres of excellence in science education and research in four basic sciences viz. biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. At a later stage, the activities will be expanded to include earth and planetary, engineering and computer science.
