Hyderabad Higher Education Updates

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Rs. 18 crore German grants for UoH



HYDERABAD: Researchers of the University of Hyderabad will receive German grants totalling three million Euros (about Rs.18 crore) spread over a period of four and a half years from October 1 this year for undertaking study/research in social sciences, chemistry and pharmacy. This is the second time that the varsity is receiving such assistance.

This was stated at a press conference here on Wednesday by Helmut Schwarz, president, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which awards fellowships to young researchers from India, Seyed E. Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of the university, and J. S. Yadav, director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology on the sidelines of a three-day international conference which began at IICT.

Prof. Schwarz was the chief guest at the conference on ‘Interface between chemistry and biology: a perspective'. It coincided with holding of Humboldt Kolleg, which is supported by the foundation, for the first time in the city. About 190 researchers are attending the conference enabling them to interact with German scientists.

Prof. Schwarz and Dr. Hasnain said the Humboldt Kolleg would also inspire the researchers to apply for fellowships, leading to quality research in inter-disciplinary sciences. It is also expected to facilitate new Indo-German joint funding projects in chemistry, biology, medical biology, healthcare, energy and environmental sustenance.

They said last year 840 fellowships were awarded by Germany, which is the second most significant collaborator with India after the US.

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GITAM university inaugurates Wi-Fi on campus

source:http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hydera...us/210646.html

HYDERABAD: GITAM university inaugurated new Wi-Fi internet connectivity on its Hyderabad campus today. Speaking on the occasion, vice-chancellor G Subrahmanyam said the Centre for Advanced Technology Solutions (CATS) established in Gitam with an objective of providing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions, has enabled students to develop a world-class data centre to control the main information services such as internet connectivity, intranets, LANS, WANS and extranets. The human resource management of the university is done with the help of an exclusively developed software by the CATS team. The Wi-Fi connectivity is established with a speed of 300 Mbps at 50 access points on Hyderabad campus interconnecting it with the Visakhapatnam campus.


The university has recently allocated Rs 5 lakh for cloud-seeding experiments and became the only university in India to conduct experiments in cloud-seeding. It has also set up a research group on nano-technology with an initial grant of Rs 1 crore.

Gitam university registrar M Potha Raju, Hyderabd campus director Ch Sanjay, School of Management director SS Prasada Rao, resident director DVVSR Varma, students affairs co-ordinator A Sri Ram, other faculty and students were present.

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Manmohan to lay stone for TIFR campus

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HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) here on October 19.

A delegation from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai led by its director, Prof. Mustansir Barma called on Chief Minister K. Rosaiah here on Thursday and briefed him about the facilities proposed to be set up in the campus with an investment of Rs.2,500 crore over a period of time.

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Manmohan to lay stone for TIFR campus

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) here on October 19.

A delegation from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai led by its director, Prof. Mustansir Barma called on Chief Minister K. Rosaiah here on Thursday and briefed him about the facilities proposed to be set up in the campus with an investment of Rs.2,500 crore over a period of time.

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TIFR will start Hyderabad operations by next academic year

Centre focusing on interdisciplinary research to have about 1,500 Ph.D. students.

Hyderabad, Oct. 18

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is poised to commence operations from a new facility in Hyderabad from next academic year.

Its second major campus, planned on a 209-acre site allotted by University of Hyderabad (UoH) here, would be ready by 2013.

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will lay the foundation stone for the campus on Tuesday.

The new centre in Hyderabad will focus on interdisciplinary research in science in the areas of light, matter, and life and areas between them, according to Prof. Mustansir Barma, Director of TIFR.

Addressing a press conference here today, Prof. Barma said that TIFR is synonymous with major innovations, and has been credited to have created an environment for research, while incubating some of the most successful projects in the country. These cover areas such as India's first computer, microwave communications, software technology, and chemical research.

The new campus will come up in the land allotted by the State Government adjoining the UoH campus. TIFR and UoH plan to work closely by forging academic partnerships focussing on research. This centre will have a strength of 1,250-1,500 doctoral students, several hundred post-doctoral fellows, and 250 faculty members.

While it is proposed to invest up to Rs 2,500 crore over three Plan periods, the initial investment on building would be Rs 70 crore to be set up by 2013.

The Vice-Chancellor of UoH, Dr Seyed E. Hasnain, said that the university plans to work closely with TIFR and make this a knowledge hub.

Protests

Referring to protests by students and a section of teaching community for allocating this land, he said that the land has been allotted to one of the most prestigious institutions in the country, which currently operates out of 600 acres in several parts of the country, apart from Mumbai.

Earlier, the AP Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, sought to allay fears of students and the teaching community, and said their interest would be protected.

He said, “We need to take pride in being able to attract TIFR to locate a facility in Hyderabad amidst stiff competition from other States.”

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/6793917.cms
22 Oct, 2010, 06.22PM IST,IANS
Polaris to set up school of financial technology in Hyderabad

CHENNAI: City-based banking software company Polaris Software Lab on Friday announced it has acquired a 50-acre facility in Hyderabad to house its School of Financial Technology from Catalytic Software Ltd.

Though listed in the Indian stock exchange, Polaris declined to reveal the deal size.

An company official said that the major shareholder of the seller is an American company and hence the terms of deal is not being shared with the company's Indian shareholders.

According to Polaris, the school aims at generating over 1,000 highly skilled "techno-bankers" a year for the company's growing needs to service its clients.

The school will offer certificate full syllabus courses at both the "primer" and "practitioner" levels, executive fast-track modules in retail banking, core banking, investment banking and corporate banking as well as customised enterprise training workshops.

The courses are offered to Polaris associates and will be extended to the company's key accounts.

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Why Hyderabad will emerge as the country’s newest MBA hub

Hyderabad is all set to add to its image of a city famous for pearls and biryani — by also becoming one known for sprawling education campuses and big business schools.

A recent initiative by the Andhra Pradesh government to invite big names in management education has made those of the stature of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Sciences (NMIMS), Mumbai to line up to open massive functional campuses in the city.

The message from the Andhra Pradesh government is loud and clear: “Make Hyderabad the education-hub of South India. Bring in quality education and in return we will give lots of land at a cheap rate besides good and ready infrastructure.”

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http://www.exclventures.com/News/Newslink-10973.asp

Hyderabad News.IIM A Campus at Hyderabad. Govt witholds Funds

Hyderabad News. TOI 23.10.2010

IIM Ahmedabads plan of setting up a seamless campus in the state seems to have hit a dead end with the state government backtracking on the fund support it promised when the project was first proposed in 2008.While the state government had promised Rs 100 crore as the capital investment for setting up the campus,it now looks as if the government will not be able to provide this amount to the institute due to its current financial crunch.


Officials said that the financial year (2010-11 ) does not have a provision to provide capital investment for the top B-school and release of funds in the next year has not yet been discussed.It was less than four months ago that chief minister K Rosaiah had written to IIM-A asking it to honour the 2008 agreement (which was between IIM-A and the then chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy).Following this IIM-A,director,S K Barua on June 24 announced that the institute would set up its seamless campus in the state only if the state government or the local industry partners agree to pool in Rs 100 to 15 crore as corpus fund.In a letter to the director,the chief minister had then agreed to meet the IIM demands without fail.


According to sources from the higher education department,the state government will now provide only 150 acres of land to IIM as part of the agreement between the state and IIM-A,but no funding.This would mean that the IIMs will have to raise the seed money on their own in order to set up their institute in the state, a senior official said.


But even the land allocation has hit a roadblock with the state government unable to identify the land which has to be handed over for building the new campus.We just know that the campus will be near Hyderabad.No land has been acquired so far, an official said.The state government has not even issued orders to acquire land.Acquiring land in the state might take ages to complete.


In certain areas which were identified in the city outskirts,it was found that several parties had claims of private ownership of the land.IIM officials have also not seen any location so far and thus even the government is lax on this front, said a senior official from higher education department.
Sources said that even IIM-A officials have not taken much interest in discussing the future course of action as they are busy with their 50th anniversary celebrations
Meanwhile,Ajit Rangnekar,member of IIM-A alumnus organisation and director,Indian School of Business (ISB) said that raising the capital investment might not be a problem for IIM-A as many influential names are there in its alumni list.I am sure,if the alma mater requires help with setting up of the new campus,the alumni will be more than willing to help.The contribution could range from capital investment to providing facilities for students and staff till the campus reaches a full fledged state, Rangnekar said.

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Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), a premium management education provider with centres in Mumbai, Shirpur and Bangalore, has begun operations from a new facility in Hyderabad and plans to set up an integrated campus with an outlay of Rs 100 crore at Jedcherla near here.
“Initially, the institute will begin by offering management executive programmes at the new facility set up with an investment of Rs 12 crore and offer two-year post graduate courses in management. This will be later ramped up with a wide range of courses once the campus is ready, including engineering studies and undergraduate programmes,” Dr Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS, and former Director of IIM-Indore, said.
Future plans
Addressing a press conference here today along with Dr N. Jayasankaran, Professor Emeritus, Dr Saxena said “NMIMS has been invited by the Andhra Pradesh Government and the Punjab Governments to set up campuses. The Jadcherla campus will be developed over a five-year period in the 90 acres of land allotted by the AP Government. We will take up work on the campus in Chandigarh shortly.”
In fact, he said “NMIMS has drawn up major plans for expansion which will see total investment of about Rs.1,000 crore over the next five years. This investment, which will be a combination of debt and internal accruals, will entail setting up of new campuses in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Mumbai and expansion at Shirpur on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border and Bangalore.”
Dr Saxena said that NMIMS will launch activities at Hyderabad by offering a weekend management programme for executives with a view to prepare managers to assume higher level responsibilities to think holistically and develop integrated strategic perspective. The NMIMS, deemed to be university has over 6,000 students and 300 plus faculty members.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/7002427.cms

Hyderabad University VC is favourite for JNU`s top job
Manash Pratim Gohain, TNN, Nov 28, 2010, 02.51am IST

NEW DELHI: The vice-chancellor of Hyderabad University has emerged as the favourite for the top post in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Dr Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain's term as VC of Hyderabad University comes to an end this December, while JNU vice-chancellor B B Bhattacharya's term ended in June. Bhattacharya, however, remains in charge till a new VC is appointed.

The university has been waiting for a new VC for the past five months. The search committee is said to be in its final leg of selection. Though the committee's November 22 meeting was postponed, sources in the ministry of human resource development said Hasnain was a favourite.

Former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Kasturirangan is heading the selection committee. The committee also has on board noted economist Nithin Desai and director of Indian Institute of Sciences P Balaram. According to the HRD sources, Hasnain's name has been finalized and after two meetings of the search committee all that remains is the final decision. The name of ex-VC of Delhi University Deepak Pental was also doing the rounds. The race also featured JNU's faculty which includes Jayati Ghosh from the Centre for Economics Studies and Planning, Zoya Hassan from the political science department and Rajendra Prasad from the School of Life Sciences.

Hasnain was a PhD scholar in JNU and was associated with the university's Centre for Molecular Medicine. He worked briefly at the University of Delhi before leaving for a National Cancer Institute post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada, where he was subsequently awarded the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Fellow Award to work at the department of medicine. He spent a couple of years at the Texas A&M University, USA, and returned to India in 1987 to work as a staff scientist at the National Institute of Immunology (NII). A visiting scientist at Oxford University, Hasnain was appointed VC of Hyderabad University in December 2005.

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Core Projects ventures into higher education

Joins Everonn and Educomp with education plans; eyes global alliance.
Core Projects and Technologies Limited, an education service provider company, will set up a university in Hyderabad next year.

The company, which is in talks with six North-American and British Universities for a partnership, will set up the first phase on 50 acres of land at the cost of Rs 200 crore.

Core Projects has acquired 194 acres of land for Rs 130 crore for the university at Gadchiroli, Andhra Pradesh, in close vicinity of the Indian School of Business (ISB).

Core says its collaboration with an international institute will help it build a seamless campus in India. While infrastructure would be provided by Core, the campus would be that of a foreign university. The company is awaiting the Parliamentary nod to the Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill.
Ernst & Young, a professional services organizations, is drawing up the plan for the company.

“By February 2011 we would be clear who will be our partners. The campus will be up and running by March 2012,” added Mansotra.
The university, to begin with, will offer professional courses like post graduate diploma in management, hospitality and computer application and engineering and weekend courses for professionals. It is targeting a total student strength of 4500 .

Core, which was founded in 2003, is present in seven states in India; 20 states in the US; 40 institutions in the UK; 8 African and 3 Caribbean nations.

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/30/stor...3061670300.htm

20 acres allotted to institute of creativity

HYDERABAD: The State government has allotted 20 acres of land for the construction of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Creativity at Saroornagar.

A science museum, research centre and labs will come up at the institute along with a new building for the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Science and Technology (APCOST).

APCOST vice-president B. Satyanarayana told reporters here on Monday that the construction would be taken up with Rs.260 crore funds sanctioned by the Central government.

“The new institute will enable us to popularise scientific activities in all the councils across the country,” he said.

He said over 250 students would be participating in the Andhra Pradesh State-level Children's Science Congress from December 5 to 7 at Tirupati.

At least 10 models from each district would be presented at the exhibition, he added.

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IMT Hyderabad, the new B-school under the IMT umbrella, is all set to commence its first academic session in June 2011. The total number of seats is 120. The programs being offered to MBA aspirants are: PGDM, PGDM Finance, PGDM Information Technology, PGDM Human Resource and PGDM International Business.

The MBA aspirants who wish to apply to IMT Hyderabad can apply now. The application process is currently on and will end on Friday, December 10, 2010, which is also the deadline for applications to IMT Ghaziabad, IMT Nagpur and IMT Dubai.

Talking about IMT Hyderabad, Dr. Arun Mohan Sherry, Admission Chairperson of IMT and Director of IMT-CDL said, “The 30 acre state-of-the-art campus is in the process of being set up at Hyderabad and will be ready before June 2011. There are certain advantages of doing MBA from IMT Hyderabad. Hyderabad is one of the industrial hubs of India. This definitely means better prospects in terms of corporate exposure, internships, summer and final placements.”

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/i...ssions-2011-13

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Andhra rolls out red carpet for Vedanta varsity
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai December 10, 2010, 0:32 IST

The Andhra Pradesh government has rolled out a red carpet for the Anil Agarwal Foundation’s proposed Rs 15,000-crore Vedanta University project, after the Orissa High Court termed the land acquisition process illegal for the multi-disciplinary university in Puri.

In a letter to Anil Agarwal, chairman and founder of Vedanta Resources, K Rosaiah, then chief minister of the state, said, “Andhra Pradesh strongly believes in nurturing great institutions of learning to empower youth, realise demographic dividend in full measure and to truly make the state a global center of learning.”

Despite Rosaiah resigning last month, state government officials say the state is keen on Vedanta considering their proposal. “Even if Rosaiah resigned, we still have a Congress government in the state and we are keen to have Vedanta University on board. The ball is in Anil Agarwal’s court now,” said a senior state government official.

The official said Vedanta University officials were shown three different sites in September. These lands, however, are private ones and would be sold to Vedanta at reasonable rates.

It was suggested to Vedanta officials to have the university’s head office in Hyderabad, with campuses in other cities, including Bangalore and Chennai.

“Instead of setting up a campus in one city, they can spread it over to other cities too. We have shown them land, which is at a reasonable distance from Bangalore and Chennai, and would be connected through the golden quadrilateral,” the official added.

Andhra Pradesh has already invited institutions like the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, CMC Vellore, and Indian Institute of Science. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is setting up a satellite campus in the state.

Vedanta University is modelled on Stanford University and aims to be a world-class, multi-disciplinary university, with students from around the world. However, the varsity, which was to begin operations by mid-2011, has not even started the basic infrastructure work on the land due to stiff opposition from locals and lack of political support.

The foundation had earlier told Business Standard that if it was not able to set up the university in Orissa, the land acquired could be made into an extended arm of the university, which could be housed outside Orissa. A director of a local institute told Business Standard: “The university concept is a good one and if Vedanta opts out, it would be an opportunity loss for Orissa.”

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/ind...arsity/417753/

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Hyderabad: CII Andhra Pradesh signed MoUs with five colleges to develop College Excellence Cluster in Hyderabad. These five colleges are - Dr. B V Raju Institute of Technology, Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Vasavi College of Engineering and TRR College of Engineering.

Under the cluster project CII will try to enhance the capabilities of the colleges by organizing CEO Speak Sessions, CXO Speak Sessions, Faculty Development Programmes and Faculty Mission programmes during the year with the colleges which has registered under the cluster.

The objective of the cluster is to share best practices and benchmark themselves and to engage with industry in a meaningful manner.

http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/sh...sp?newsid=5012

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UoH sets up tech business incubator for faculty

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has launched a Technology Business Incubator (TBI) to provide scope for entrepreneurship for its faculty members.
TBI will be a platform for invention, innovation and a transition model between research and product development, and would nourish and promote these ventures through incubation. It would foster research activities and support scientists in becoming entrepreneurs.


University vice-chancellor Seyed E Hasnain said, “UoH is the front runner in acquiring latest developments in the science and technology arena. In India, apart from the IITs, UoH tops the chart in research and development activities.”
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) would provide a fund of Rs 3.96 crore, including Rs 80 lakh for land and building renovation, Rs 30 lakh for office equipment, Rs 1.45 crore for equipment, Rs 1.36 crore towards recurring cost for five years and Rs 5 lakh for other expenditures. UoH would provide the required built-up space complete with utilities, cubicles, lab space and common shared facilities for the incubatees.
“The focus area of TBI would be pharma, biotechnology, renewable energy and information technology,” V Venkata Ramana, Dean, School of Management Studies, told Business Standard. The centre would constitute a project evaluation and monitoring committee to oversee the implementation and execution of projects.
TBI was formally inaugurated on December 21 last year. “We are creating an eco-system to help the prospective entrepreneurs. These are purely research and development activities. Currently, it is for faculty members and external private entrepreneurs. In future we will open it for students,” Ramana said.
“The basic idea of the centre is what we create in the laboratory, we will take it to the market. We will select incubatees depending on their products and business plans,” he said.

The university is evaluating four projects — two internal and two external. “We are also approaching a dozen more incubatees to relocate to the university,” Hasnain said.

UoH is targeting to take 10 incubatees. TBI now has two incubatees including Vitas (pharma) and Crystaline. Crystaline is founded by a Chemistry professor of the university.

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Student gets patent for innovative product

HYDERABAD: Kondamudi Swarnarekha, a student of BV Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT), is not just another techie in the making. She is a patent holder at 21. A student of the 2010 batch of BVRIT, she has come up with an automatic irrigation product for farmers in the state who are reeling under power and water scarcity.

Swarnarekha's device, which has already got a patent, helps farmers in controlling their water pumps even when they are not in the field. The device which has moisture sensors that are buried in the soil sends messages to the farmer's cell phone with instructions to turn off or switch on the water pumps based on the water level in the field. Agriculturists can thus control their pumps from a distance without wasting water and electricity.

Swarnarekha started working on this agricultural innovation two years ago when software major Microsoft set up an innovation centre at her college. One of the active participants at the innovation centre, she decided to develop an automatic water pump for farmers following a meeting with farmer groups at Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University.

"At the meeting with farmer groups at NG Ranga Agriculture University I was informed that they faced several problems in controlling irrigation in their fields. It was then that I decided to use technology in the field of agriculture," she said. According to this young innovator, if farmers could control the use of water pumps in their cultivation lands, they could yield better profits.

The product has been developed at a cost of Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 by the Microsoft innovation centre andSwarnarekha is planning to sell the device at Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 from this year.

Swarnarekha says her product will be relevant in the farming sector as the field requires more technology support than it has now. "There is much less technology usage in farming and hence there is very little development in the field. To develop the field into a profitable industry, technology usage is required and hence I tried to develop a technology that will help farmers in reducing water and electricity wastage," said Swarnarekha.

After putting in two years of hard work, Swarnarekha has got a patent on the product and is about to start an entrepreneurship venture in April to sell the device to farmers and agriculture cooperatives in the state.

Interestingly, Swarnarekha is not alone in her experiments with software. Several other students from engineering colleges in the state are also conducting experiments at innovation centres set up by companies like Microsoft and Cisco.

The tie-ups of software companies with colleges started two years ago with an aim to propagate their software usage. But with interested students taking part in innovative IT research, the project has become more of an entrepreneurship venture. Colleges like MLR College of Engineering and Technology and Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology are part of similar tie-ups.