Gross injustice to Orissa:Announced National Inst. of Sc. in Bhubaneswar renamed & shifted: Indian Express and NewIndPress: Bias against Bhubaneswar

Friday, June 30, 2006

Indian Express and NewIndPress: Bias against Bhubaneswar

Indian Express published a toned down version of my submission to them on July 1st 2006 in their editorial page of that day. I like what the editors of Indian Express did in toning down my article.

The article also appeared in NewIndiaExpress.

Following are some links that I mentioned in my submission that they
did not list:

http://www.equitableindia.org
http://iiser.blogspot.com
http://newiits.blogspot.com

Chitta

# posted by chitta @ 11:02 PM

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NIS related documents and excerpts

The subterfuge (NIS becomes IISER -- No Bhubaneswar)

* The first hint of subterfuge (see 3rd and 4th para from bottom)
* Subterfuge unfolds -- Now NIS in Kolkata & Pune (see 4th para from the bottom)
* IISER announcement - PIB report
* IISER Cabinet approval
* IISER is NIS renamed -- even WB CM confuses
* IISER is NIS renamed 2 -- The Statesman confuses
* NIS = IISER: the story (Gloating over the hijack in WB)

The Irony: PM's talk vs action

* Sept 28 speech of PM (see last senetence)
* Same day he approves the heist - Bhubaneswar out!
* Speech mentioning vision of an equitable India (9th para, last but one sentence)

HRD ministry's sidelining of Orissa over the years

* Glaring imbalance in HRD-NH funding: Orissa a big loser
* HRD ministry organizations and institutions
* 2004-2005 budget of the above institutions
* 2005-2006 budget of the above institutions (see part7, sbe58)
* Central Universities (NONE in Orissa)
* Institutions of National importance (NONE in Orissa)
* 2005-2006 budget of the above institutions (see part7, sbe58, sbe90)
* Autonomous Sc. and Tech Institutions (NONE in Orissa)
* 2004-2005 budget of the above institutions
* 2005-2006 budget of the above institutions (see part7, sbe82)
* HRD Tech Education part of annual report
* HRD Univ and higher education part of annual report
* Unequal distribution of mega-higher education institutions across India
* HRD spends roughly 10-15 times more in WB than in Orissa
* Request for Central university in Orissa ignored while establishing them elsewhere.
* Shortlist of existing institutions to be upgraded to IITs (NONE in Orissa) (Regional balance out the window! Why NITs were not considered?)
Detailed 2004-2005 budget
Detailed 2005-2006 budget (see part 7)
* 2006 HRD premier higher education budget analysis (spreadsheet, blatant favouritism and budget grabbing by PM and FM)
* 2005 HRD premier higher education budget analysis (spreadsheet, anlytic paper)
* Denying basic human rights to citizens of Orissa and Bihar: March 06 (a paper)

The protest: What can I/we do?

Contact lists and links

* The President, PM and Smt. Gandhi
* SAC-PM members (pdf)
* SAC-PM and planning commission member emails (Why didn't they ensure fairness?)
* The Planning Commission of India
* Indian Media
* News media accredited to GOI - web pages (a big list)
* GOI site to file grievances (contact person's emails)
* Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs
* Orissa MPs
* BJP MPs etc. (Hope they raise the issue in parliament and in Delhi.)
* Orissa journalists
* Orissa related egroups

Suggested Solutions

* Short term: If I were the PM ...
* A win-win solution: initial thoughts
* A win-win solution: first draft of a proposal
* Long term: If the PM really cared
* New IIT designations

Selected National and international media coverage

Selected local press coverage -- in English

Selected local press coverage -- in Oriya

* Samaja, Aug 18 2005
* Samaja, Aug 19 2005
* Sambada, Aug 19 2005
* Samaja editorial, Aug 20 2005
* Sambada, Aug 24 2005
* Samaja, Sept 2 2005
* Sambada, Oct 8 2005
* Samaja, Oct 8 2005
NOV 6 Convention on NIS IISER * Sambada
HC stay order: Nov 9-10 * Samaja, Sambada * Dharitri * Odisha.com
* Orissa CPI-CPI(M), Samaja, Nov 11 2005.
* Nov 20 student's convention reports
* Orissa assembly resolution and MP's protest

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