IISERs are a group of premier science education and research
institutes in the country
The Indian Institute of Science Education & Research
(IISER) would come up in the southern city of Berhampur.
"The state government would provide 200 acres of land
for IISER. Academic session would commence from 2016-17", said state
minister for employment, technical education & training Sanjay Das
Burma.
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced the establishment
of IISER in Odisha in the Budget for 2015-16.
"Today is a h istoric day for the people of Odisha
since chief minister Naveen Patnaik today decided to set up IISER at the life
line of southern Odisha, Berhampur in Ganjam district", Dasburma told
reporters here.
"Berhampur has necessary infrastructure like road, rail
and air connectivity, which is in conformity with the central guidelines. This
apart, the state government is committed to provide temporary campus facility
for this institute of national importance in and around Berhampur", he
added.
The IISERs are a group of most premier science education and
research institutes in the country. These institutions have been declared by an
Act of Parliament as institutions of national importance and are intended to be
the IITs of basic sciences. The institutes were created by the Government of
India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), under The
National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010.
Five IISERs have already come up in the country at Kolkata,
Pune, Mohali, Bhopal and Thiruvnanthapuram. In the 2015-16 Budget, two new
IISERs were announced for Odisha and Nagaland.
- BS Reporter | Bhubaneswar I August 1, 2015
