Opening a private engineering college in Orissa

• Disclaimer: This list was made on August 20, 2005 based on the information available then.
• Premise: Orissa has currently 41 engineering colleges, as opposed to 236 colleges in AP, 254 in Tamil Nadu, 118 in Karnataka, and 155 in Maharastra.
• Start with assembling all the requirements for as mentioned in this AICTE document
• For obtaining land in Orissa contact IDCO. The IDCO land rate at various locations in Orissa is given here.
• Contact BPUT for affiliation paperwork.
• To obtain No objection certificate from the Orissa government and to learn about their priorities, following are some pointers:
  • Information Technology Department of Orissa Government
  • An IT manpower projection by the Orissa government
  • Science and Technology department of the Orissa government
  • Biotech policy of the Orissa government
  • Higher education Department of the Orissa government
• A suggested path for an NRI group (with some software engineers) to follow:
  • Start with an MCA program (less investment needed, the founders can teach some of the courses)
  • Start M.Sc Biotech programs (no AICTE approval needed, State govt anxious to promote it as not many such programs in the state yet, and thus will help)
  • In the next 2 years assemble the other necessary things to go for an engineering college with programs in Computer Science, Information Technology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
  • Down the road go for the Biotechnology program.
  • Open 1-2 +2Sc schools, and Class I-X schools.
  • Start making plans for a handover of the whole college to a professional management body after 10-15 years. (No passing the college on to a son, daughter or a relative.)
• Main bottleneck: There is a scarcity of qualified faculty. This year (2005) AICTE reduced the number of seats in many colleges because of this scarcity of faculty. So this is a serious problem one should be aware of.
• Other bottlenecks: There may be problem with number of qualified students who can afford the fees. Establishment of I-XII schools helps build the pipeline for students. Availability of bank loans makes the fees affordable.

Contact

• This site has been compiled by Chitta Baral. For any suggestions, pointers, corrections, ideas on what more to be added etc., please send me an email: chitta-aat-gmail-dot-com.
• Acknowledgements: Google.