IISER Berhampur: A Brief report

Vinod K Singh

Mentor Director, IISER Berhampur(on deputation from IIT Kanpur)

Meeting with Hon’ble Minister of HRD

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The Genesis

• Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM)

recommended for creation of Indian Institutes of Science Education and

Research (IISER) - institutions devoted to science education and research

in five zones of the Country at Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal and

Trivandrum. Subsequently, the 6th IISER was commenced in 2015 at

Tirupati.

• Further, the Union Finance Minister, in his Budget Speech (2015) had

inter alia announced setting up of an Indian Institute of Science Education

& Research (IISER) in the State of Odisha. Accordingly, the 7th IISER

was announced to be established in Berhampur, Odisha.

• Presently, IISER Bhopal has been assigned with the responsibilities of

mentoring IISER, Berhampur during its establishment stage.

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The Present Status• Prof. Vinod K Singh, has been appointed as the mentor Director for IISER

Berhampur also w.e.f November 12, 2015.

• Prof. K.V.Ramana Chary is appointed as Director of IISER Berhampur and will

assume the charges very soon.

• IISER Bhopal acquired transit campus from Government of Odisha including

boys and girls hostels for IISER Berhampur on April 19, 2016. Two more floors

of the Transit campus handed over on July 29, 2017.

• The Society of IISER Berhampur has been registered on October 18, 2016.

• For the permanent campus of IISER Berhampur, a leasable land measuring

approx. 200.435 acres in Loudigam at Konisi Tehsil of District Ganjam was

handed over by the State Government on February 19, 2017.

• The EdCil was requested by the MHRD to prepare the DPR of the IISER

Berhampur. The DPR is submitted to MHRD and cabinet approval has to be

obtained.

• The SFC meeting held in July 26, 2016 approved for allotment of Rs. 152.79

crores for the purpose of operating the transit campus of IISER, Berhampur for

the first three years and the Union Cabinet has given post-facto approval for

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The Present Status

• The Institute is going to expand the Transit campus on an earmarked piece of

land at the permanent campus with the help of CPWD for academic and research

facilities.

• Construction design of boundary wall of the permanent campus is under progress.

• Preliminary estimates of Rs.8.50 crore for construction of CIF and NMR at

permanent campus has been recommended by Building Works Committee to the

BoG. However Finance Committee desired that the DG, CPWD be consulted to

review the estimates submitted by CE, CPWD.

• The Union Cabinet approved the proposed amendment of the National Institute of

Technology, Science Education & Research (NITSER) Act, 2007 to incorporate

the two new IISERs at Tirupati and Berhampur at Sl. No. 6 and 7 of the Second

Schedule to the Act. Accordingly, the proposed amendment NITSER Act 2007

bill has since been passed in both the houses of the parliament and got Presidential

assent.

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TAKEN OVER OF TEMPORARY BUILDING FOR IISER BERHAMPUR BY DIRECTOR

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SFC Proposals for transit campus

Particulars 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year Total

Capital Costs 42.14 24.44 4.83 71.41

Recurring Costs 9.57 15.86 44.63 70.06

Contingency @ 8% 4.14 3.22 3.96 11.32

Total 55.84 43.52 53.42 152.79

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(Rs. in crores.)

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Faculty & Non-faculty Arrangements

• Advertisement has been released for deployment of manpower and inviting

faculty candidates to work on deputation/ adjunct basis / short term contract, and

Post Doctoral candidates, till the permanent positions are sanctioned.

• So far, 10 Faculty members have already joined as Assistant Professor against

sanctioned positions . And the Institute has issued a rolling advertisement for the

position of Associate Professor.

• The Institute also tied-up with NISER Bhubaneswar & IIT Bhubaneswar for

sending the faculty members to deliver Guest lectures. Faculty members are

periodically visiting.

• The Faculty members from IISER Bhopal also visit Berhampur in order to take

short duration courses.

• The support staff and technical staff members are arranged through work

outsourcing. The staff and officials of IISER Bhopal have also been deployed to

oversee the support activity.

• Recruitment for sanctioned positions of 10 faculty is completed and 21 non-

faculty positions are under progress. 7

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Admissions and Students’ Strength

The admission process for admitting students in BS-MS-2017 programme

through KYPY, IIT-JEE, and SCB has been completed through JAC of all

IISERs. The registration of 2017 batch completed on August 7, 2017. The

Institute has also started PhD programme and 5 students admitted as on July 28,

2017.

The academic session of the Institute of 2017-18 started w.e.f August 1, 2017

from the temporary/transit campus at academic-cum-workshop building of the

Government ITI, Berhampur.

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Degree GEN SC ST OBC TOTAL Total

Admission in 2017 M F M F M F M F M F

BS-MS (Dual Degree) 31 17 9 0 5 4 13 7 58 28 86*

67% 33%

PhD 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 5

40% 60% 91

* A total of 11 students withdrew from the BS-MS programm following selection in NEET and other reasons

Admissions and Students’ Strength

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Degree GEN SC ST OBC TOTAL Total

Student Strength in 2017 M F M F M F M F M F

BS-MS (Dual Degree) 2017 31 17 9 0 5 4 13 7 58 28 86*

BS-MS (Dual Degree) 2016 20 5 5 1 2 1 10 6 37 13 50

PhD 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 5

69% 31% 141

* A total of 11 students withdrew from the BS-MS programm following selection in NEET and other reasons

Transit Campus facilities

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At present, the Institute is running in the Government ITI, Berhampur premises.

The campus is well furnished and has facilities for: Library, Computer centre,

Laboratories (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) for the undergraduate students.

Expansion of the campus is currently underway.

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Transit Campus facilities

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Republic Day 2017

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International Day of Yoga

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Receiving RoR for Permanent Campus

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Lecture Halls

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Currently Institute has two lecture halls having seating arrangement for

60 students. Lecture halls are furnished with facilities for multi-media

presentations.

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Central Library

• Library has started in July 2016. Library collection is organised on Open access

model. Library currently houses around 2235 books, comprises of collection includes

textbooks for the BS-MS curriculum in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and

Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. Research books & Monographs

are also included in the collection for labs & research purpose. Various Library

services such as Inter Library Loan, Document Delivery Service, Library website,

New Books Arrival, Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of

Information Service, Reference Service, Photocopy facility etc. are being provided.

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Computer Centre

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Presently, the Computer Centre of IISER Berhampur provides an institute wide 1 Gbps

copper local area network that connects all the academic departments to the Computer

Centre. Internet access is provided by 50 Mbps (1:1) dedicated Internet leased circuit

through an Internet service provider. We have our own internal/external DNS, web based

automation, centralized authentication mechanism using LDAP/Radius. With the help of

Google, the Institute Computer Centre provides email facility for IISER Berhampur.

There is a separate Computer Lab for UG students based on Linux/Windows platform and

with all major public domain application software.

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Laboratory Facilities

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Biology lab Chemistry lab Physics lab

The laboratory sessions are designed to help students appreciate the concepts learned

during class room lectures. Laboratories are going to be well equipped to conduct

practical for biology, chemistry and physics for the BS-MS students. Basic

infrastructure is ready and the laboratories will be functional soon.

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Boys’ Hostels Girls’ Hostel

Two towers at Alkapuri, Khodasingi

have been hired by the Institute for the

Boys’ Hostel which is approximately

500 meters away from Government

ITI.

A building inside the

Polytechnic Women's Hostel Berhampur

campus has been allotted to Institute for

accommodating girl students. All

necessary facilities have been provided in

the hostel.

Hostel facilities

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Mess Facility

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Separate Mess facility for boys and girls have been provided to all students. It is

being managed by student’s representatives in consultation with the hostel

wardens.

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Facilities & Amenities

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Sports Medical Transit Guest House

Students are using the

ground in the transit campus

for sports activities. Sports

items such as Footballs,

Cricket Bats and Balls,

Carom and Chess etc have

been provided to the

students.

Tie-up has been made with

the local Govt hospital-

MKCG, which is ~2km from

the transit campus. A vehicle

has been provided to take

the student/staff to the

hospital for consultation and

diagnostic facilities.

A transit home facility has

been acquired for the

convenience of guests near

the transit campus.

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Thank you !

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