Thursday, August 10, 2006
Mail from a reader
Hello Mr. Baral,
Please refer to this link which describes how Orissa managed to get the MOU for Vedanta signedin face of stiff competition .
http://www.andhracafe.com
'Vedanta University' on the lines of Stanford, Harvard and Oxford, being promoted by UK-based NRI industrialist Anil Agarwal might take its root in the State.
Talks with the AP, Maharashtra and Rajasthan governments had already been done and officials from Vedanta is in the process of talking to Karnataka and Goa. A final decision on the location is to be taken by April this year.
The 'not-for-profit' Vedanta University will strive to impart world-class education and drive a cutting-edge research agenda, with an envisaged student population of more than 100,000.
The university would also aim to nurture all-round excellence, beyond the academic dimension, to produce tomorrow's Nobel laureates, Olympic champions and community leaders.
The vision implies spawning of an education and research township, around the university in a manner similar to Stanford University.
Vedanta Resources is a leading diversified metals and mining group with operations in India, Australia and Zambia. The group has an annual turnover of $ 4 billion.
The above article shows that practically every state in India wanted this university to be a set up in their state. We have got this university as a masterstroke. I think as a state we should learn to take opportunity when it knocks on our doorsteps.
I would appreciate if you publish my letter in your Vedanta university blog.
Thanks & Regards
Umashankar Das
# posted by chitta @ 12:49 PM 
