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  • Ayurvedic colleges in State face closure threat, Permission for six colleges cancelled.

    Vijayawada, Nov 01: All except one Ayurvedic College in the State are on the verge of closure with the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) withdrawing permission for intake of undergraduate (degree) and post-graduate students for 2011-12 academic year.

    Ironically, the counselling for the post-graduate seats began at the Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences here, but only for a few seats in one private college, amid careless attitude of the State government in fulfilling the norms with regard to number of beds in attached hospitals and faculty, though it was feasible, sources said.

    Lack of faculty, beds

    The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of AYUSH, has cancelled permission for three Government Ayurvedic Colleges in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Warangal and three private Ayurvedic colleges in Medak, Karimnagar and Bollikunta (Warangal) on the grounds that they do not have the stipulated faculty and the teaching hospitals do not have the stipulated number of beds.

    The S.V. Ayurvedic College, Tirupati, is the only college that has been granted permission to admit 40 students to BAMS course, six students into PG Rasashastra and six more into PG Dravyaguna. But, even this college has not been permitted to admit students into PG courses in Panchakarma, Kaumarbhritya, Shalya Tantra-Kshar avum Anushastra Karmna and Ayurved Siddhanta.

    Seats denied

    CCIM member M.L. Naidu told The Hindu that permission had not been granted to admit students to 280 BAMS seats and 14 PG seats.

    He said the Central government did not grant permission because of shortage of eligible faculty and bed-strength.

    Ineligible teachers

    Five of the teachers at the Hyderabad College were found to be ineligible, according to CCIM Assessment Visitation Reports.

    Similarly, four staff members in Vijayawada Government College do not have the stipulated qualifications and six in the Warangal College.

    When it comes to bed-strength, the hospital of the Hyderabad College was short of 35 beds and in Vijayawada 50 beds were short.

    Mr Naidu said that unless the State government took the initiative, filled the vacant posts and provided additional beds, these colleges would be in trouble.

    Consent to three government and three private colleges in State withdrawn.

    S.V. Ayurvedic College given permission to admit 40 students to BAMS course, 12 to PG courses.

    Source : The Hindu

  • IIM-K cuts fees by 3%, Move To Save Students From Inflationary Pressure.

    New Delhi, Nov 01: IIMs are often in the news for raising their tuition fees. IIM-Kozhikode has bucked that trend, and has decided to roll back its tuition fees by Rs 30,000 per annum for its prestigious post-graduate programme from the 2012-13 academic session.

    The reduction is 3% of the total fee, and students would have to pay around Rs 9.7 lakh per annum.

    Director Debashis Chatterjee told TOI the decision has been taken to protect students from the inflationary pressures in the economy. He said, “We have observed that during the last two years the student loan rates have increased between 2% to 4% per annum putting additional burden on the students. As a socially conscientious institute, IIM-K believes that its students be protected from steep increase in fee as most of our students avail student loans for their studies. Ten per cent of our students come from families that have an annual income of Rs 1 lakh or less.” He added, “IIM-Kozhikode has decisively shifted its orientation from exclusive elitism to inclusive excellence.”

    The institute is also planning to start an orientation program for SC/ST underprivileged students with its pioneering Centre for Research and Social Transformation (CREST).

    Chatterjee admitted that the Rs 30,000 fee-waiver would result in the IIM-K’s loss of revenue of about Rs 1.2 crore annually. “We will also be increasing our post-graduate programme intake to 400 students from the academic session 2012-13, in spite of serious constraints in our infrastructure and acute water scarcity. This will offset the reduction in our income.” At present, the PG programme’s strength is 320.

    Besides slashing the fee, Chatterjee is proposing to introduce a group of scholarships to support high achievers and contributors to the national cause. It has been decided to give full fee-waiver to 1% of students, having proven record of excellence in academics, sports, extracurricular or social activities through awards or recognitions at national or international level. Full fee-waiver would also be given to children of martyrs belonging to military, para-military or police personnel, who died in action. Half fee-waiver would be granted to children of defence or allied services, who were injured during action. Partial fee-waiver would be given to all students, who get admitted under the category of persons with disability.

    Source : The Times of India

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