Re: [Assam] 30 new engineering colleges in Rajasthan soon

[Rajen and Ajanta Barua]

Buljit
Pls post such news to FASS Technical Education Group and make it a part of the 
report. Otherwise any meaning of such news will be totally lost
Thanks
Rajenda

Rajen  Ajanta Barua


From: Buljit Buragohain 
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:13 AM
To: assam@assamnet.org 
Subject: [Assam] 30 new engineering colleges in Rajasthan soon


30 new engineering colleges in Rajasthan soon
February 07, 2008

Jaipur: Rajasthan is poised at the threshold of a major technical education 
boom. Thirty new engineering colleges will start functioning in the state when 
the next academic session opens March-April, the state education department 
said on Thursday. 


With the opening of these institutes, the number of seats in technical 
education colleges is expected to increase by 4,500. We will grant permission 
to 30 engineering colleges before the start of the new academic session, state 
education minister Vasudev Devnani told IANS. In August last year, the state 
government approved 18 new engineering colleges in the state. 

Ten of the proposed colleges are private enterprises to be located in Baran, 
Churu, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hnumangarh, Jaisalmer, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi 
and Tonk.

At present, the state has 48 engineering colleges in the state, excluding the 
ones that were given permission in August last year. Of these 48 colleges, 
seven are public sector institutes and 41 privately run. Together, they account 
for 16,000 seats.

Besides opening of new colleges, several existing engineering colleges in 
Jaipur are also planning to set up branches in other parts of the state, 
sources added. In the coming years, Rajasthan will emerge as a prominent IT 
destination with an army of qualified engineers. This is because more 
industries are inclined to set shop in Rajasthan, an official of the technical 
education department said.

The government will provide 10 acres of land to an institute or person who 
wants to set up technical schools in the 20 districts that do not have 
technical education facilities.

Rajasthan will be way ahead of the national average of 48 engineering seats 
for every 100,000 students after the 20 institutes are set up, an official 
said.Twenty self-financing private universities are also awaiting clearance 
from the state government. Most of these universities will be established in 
Jaipur and Alwar districts. Sources said at least 14 universities would be set 
up in these two districts.

These universities run various technical and non-technical courses, including 
medicine, information technology, financial management, homoeopathy and various 
other technical subjects. The state government has already given permission to 
five private universities to set up shop in the state.

A senior education department official said if plans go right, these 
universities will get the green light. The proposed investment for every 
university is Rs. 500 million to Rs. 1.50 billion. IANS

http://indiaedunews.net/Rajasthan/30_new_engineering_colleges_in_Rajasthan_soon_3367/




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[Assam] Memoir about Assam by Dr Amrit Baruah

[Rajen and Ajanta Barua]

Friends
Presenting here a Memoir about Assam written by  Dr. Amrit Baruah of Maryland.  
It is a brief memoir (34 pages) about growing up in Assam during the 1930s, 
newly titled Assam, India: Valley of Tea and Temples. The memorir was 
originally published under the title of My Valley-Once Upon a Time. 

Here are some background of Dr Baruah and how he came to write about his valley.

Once upon a time, in the thirtees, Dr. Amrit Baruah was born and grew up in 
Jorhat, the heart of the Assam valley, among modern tea gardens and ancient 
temples, when Assam may be considered a 'Shangrila' during the last days of 
British Raj. Then came the war which touched even a sleepy town like Jorhat. 
Then one day, when he was sixteen, Baruah left this valley for higher studies 
to Calcutta. Hardly did the boy realise that he left the valley for good. Since 
then he spent his time and life outside of Assam. In Bengal he came close to 
Rabindranath Tegore and to the Bengali culture. Then in 1952 he left for USA 
being one of the early Indian immigrants to this country. He studied in Harvard 
and Boston, and later taught in universities, worked in mental health area and 
community organisation, and have been living in the USA ever since. 

And what happened to the valley, the Shangrila Assam, that he left behind? Did 
it haunt him from time to time? When he was in his own moments, it must have...
In this short personal memorir, Dr. Baruah tries to capture that old Assam, 
Assam that was once upon a time, Assam that we all lost. Baruah is a sensitive  
writer. He srtarts his memorir with the following sentences which bring to us 
vividly not only the reality but also the simplicity of that valley that was 
once upon a time...

Cheuni Ali was an important road of that valley. Mostly, it just lay there 
with its dusty surface. After a rain, it would turn to mud. Occasionally, a 
bullock cart would pass on it carrying a family or hay. On special hut (fair) 
days, a small crowd would traverse it carrying baskets on their heads.. 
Unlike the formidable highways, freeways, and beltways of America that make a 
deliberate attempt to bypass human habitations, Cheuni Ali went right thorugh 
the daily lives and dramas of village people. Rice fields with that necessary 
stagnant water were only ten feet away; the family pond of the villager was 
only some yards from the road

The memoir may be viewed (and downloaded from) the scribd.com site on the 
Internet.  The address for doing so is:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3664871/Assam-India-Valley-of-Tea-and-Temples

Hope you will enjoy reading the memoir. Please give your comments.

Thanks
Rajen barua 
Houston
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