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27SUNDC COL 01R3.QXD (Page 1) œND‰‰†‰KœND‰‰†‰œND‰‰†‰MœND‰‰†‰C OF INDIA WHATWHAT WOMENWOMEN S-WORD’SS-WORD’S IT’S-KOOLIT’S-KOOL CAN...CAN... OKAY?OKAY? MEN & WOMEN SPECIAL REPORT ALL THAT MATTERS New Delhi July 27, 2003, Capital • 42 pages including Men & Women & Classifieds + 8 pages of Delhi Times Price Rs. 2.75 SNAPSHOTS AP In Chhattisgarh, a new Univ opens every week By Sakina Yusuf Khan While it’s raining universities in Education bazaar the promoters have no track record in dents are being duped. By the time TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chhattisgarh, the lack of infrastruc- education. But neither the lack of they pass out, these universities ture in most of them is appalling. How can Univs be set up? reputation nor infrastructure is a de- would have been so discredited their New Delhi: Thirty private universi- Sample this: terrent. MATS university claims to degrees would be worthless,’’ says ed- ties set up in six months and another • Either by an Act of Parliament • The Mahaveer Academy of Tech- or state legislation have received 280 applicants for its 50 ucationist Amrik Singh. five in the pipeline. Or, a new univer- nology and Science (MATS) is a one- seats in BBM and MBA. Prof M M Pant, chancellor of sity every week. Chhattisgarh seems UGC pre-conditions room university with no vice-chan- 10 years proven record of And they are flocking in not just the recently- established Network to have stolen a march over the rest of cellor and no academic staff. • from Chhattisgarh and neighbouring University of Multinodal Global India at least in one field. academic excellence, corpus • The Sri Rawatpura Sarkar Interna- fund of Rs 10 cr, 5 professors, states but even from down South. Education, is however upbeat: ‘‘It’s The setting up of private universi- tional University operates from a Says Sreelatha Menon who’s come all all about open competition. Only the ties in the country has been on hold built-up area of 4,000 sqm, basement of a commercial complex. books worth Rs 50 lakhs the way from Cochin for a nursing best will survive.’’ pending the passing of the Private It offers a nursing course and plans to course, ‘‘Back home it would cost at Chhattisgarh education minister Universities Bill, languishing in Par- introduce engineering as well. Chhattisgarh’s pre-conditions least Rs 2 lakhs, here it’s one-fourth of Satya Narain Sharma was away on a liament since 1995. But Chhattisgarh • Having procured the recognition • Project report stating aim, that. An MBA here costs justs Rs state tour but his special assistant passed the Private University Act last certificate from Chhattisgarh (which details of sponsoring body, 32,000.’’ Agrees Suresh Nandan, a gra- Girish Kant Pandey said, ‘‘We want to year, becoming the first state in the permits them to open branches any- types of courses duate: ‘‘These universities are a boon, make Chhattisgarh a centre of aca- country to allow private universities, where in India or abroad) some, like offering courses at less than half the demic excellence. Everybody is wel- and opening the floodgates for educa- the Maharishi University,have set up tisgarh University. price we’d have to pay elsewhere.’’ come. We are giving excellent facili- tional business. Uttaranchal also shop in Delhi. Its admission notice • At least half a dozen others have But will these degrees be recog- ties and not putting too many precon- passed the Act last year. nowhere indicates that it is a Chhat- neither office nor campus and most of nised elsewhere in the country? ‘‘Stu- ditions.’’ (See box) Louise Brown, the world’s first in-vitro fertilisation baby, receives a balloon heart at the 25th anniversary reunion near Cambridge in England. Brown was Life beyond cricket...and victory too Iyers on a winning spree joined by around 1,000 IVF children. Reuters See Deep Focus: Page 5 Aparna Sen’s film bags three National Awards You’ve got SMS...and TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Bengal swept the a divorce too 50th National Film Awards Malaysian Muslim men can divorce and a ‘‘thematically and tech- their wives through text messages on nically improved’’ Hindi cine- mobile telephones, reported the New ma too made its mark. By Straits Times, quoting a religious comparison, the south has adviser to the government. Hamid fallen behind. Othman, adviser to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said Budhadeb Dasgupta’s Mon- divorce via SMS was in accordance do Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali) with the Sharia law if it was clear and was adjudged the Best Fea- It’s a great It’s very spe- I couldn’t unambiguous. ture Film, while the Best Ac- feeling.“ Bhagat cial““ to get an believe it... It’s tor award went to Bollywood Singh was a award in your very humbling. 59 die of malaria: Fifty nine people star Ajay Devgan for playing have died due to malaria in West Bengal’s the title role in The Legend of patriot who own country... The phone Jalpaiguri district this year causing con- Bhagat Singh. The film also didn’t get due It’s an emotion- hasn’t stopped cern among the authorities and health of- won the award for the Best ficials here. The death toll has already Film in Hindi. justice al moment ringing surpassed last year’s number of 42, divi- Konkona Sen Sharma, Ajay Devgan ” Aparna Sen ””Konkona Sen sional commissioner of Jalpaiguri Deba- bagged the Best Actress ditya Chakraborty said. award for her ‘‘strong and ef- tainment.’’ The film also background music in Tamil Terrorist threat: A fidayeen squad of fective portrayal of a Tamil bagged a clutch of other film Kannathil Muthamittal. nine trained operatives is suspected to Brahmin woman caught be- awards, including one for In the non-feature film cat- have infiltrated into Nashik to create trou- A historic moment for Indian soccer as East Bengal became the first Indian club to win an internation- tween an orthodox mindset Shreya Ghosal as Best Fe- gegory,Arun Khopkar’s biog- ble during the Kumbh Mela, according to al tournament. The Kolkata giants beat Bec Tero Sasana, Thailand 3-1 at Jakarta. Report on page 17 and human compassion,’’ in male Playback Singer for raphical Narayan Gangaram state intelligence reports. The mela be- Aparna Sen’s Mr and Mrs Bairi Piya, and Saroj Khan as Surve was awarded the Swar- gins on July 30 and will be attended by Iyer. Sen won the award for Best Choreographer for the na Kamal. The best director’s around eight million people from across Best Director. The film also Dola re Dola dance number. award was shared by the country. gets the Nargis Dutt Award The jury, headed by filmmak- Paramapatham (Tamil) and Indo-Pak talks: Pakistan on Saturday for its national integration er Prakash Jha praised Khan Beyond or Within (English). suggested the resumption of talks with If a CEO runs your city... theme. Sen took home the for creating “captivating Besides winning the top India at the foreign secretary level fol- award for the Best Children’s dance movements to reflect feature film award, Budhadeb lowed by political negotiations and said film Baaja too. the spirit of the characters .” Dasgupta got the best biogra- that Pakistani prime minister Mir Zafarul- Would there be no urban mess? Read on for a blueprint Bollywood blockbuster De- Southern winners include phical film award for Meeting lah Khan Jamali was willing to meet vdas was commended for Best Music Direction for A R Manjit, a film on painter Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the ‘‘providing wholesome enter- Rahman, for the song and Manjit Bawa. sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September. indiatimes.com POLL Are public executions the best punishment DelhiMumbai Kolkata Bangalore for heinous crimes? ✦ For power, build ✦ Helicopter service ✦ Jazz it up like ✦ Zero political Yes 69% No 31% huge solar dish from airport Singapore interference VOTE NOW: Is the government justified in giving ✦ Water pipeline ✦ Double-decker ✦ Make it education, ✦ Code of citizens’ more importance to peace process than from Rishikesh roads, trains health hub conduct honouring India’s martyrs? Illustration: Deepak Harichandan Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva and vate initiative. For example, to Naidu. Today, Mumbai is a city Radha Rajadhyaksha meet the water requirements, pri- with a brilliant brain but paral- WEATHER TIMES NEWS NETWORK vate investors should be allowed ysed limbs. The infrastructure to build a pipeline which brings needs to be completely over- ant to transform your o o water directly from Rishikesh to hauled. Double-decker roads and Max. 36 C/Min. 29 C metros into world class Delhi. For better power, a huge so- trains need to be built — like Moonset: Sunday – 6.03 pm cities? Have CEOs run W lar dish should be installed near Bangkok — to decongest traffice. Moonrise: Monday – 4.22 am them, says the yet-to-be-released Sunset: Sunday – 7.15 pm Delhi. Hovercrafts can be used to link McKinsey-Bombay First report. Sunrise: Monday – 5.41 am Kolkata: Sanjiv Goenka, vice- the western coast of the city while As Sanjiv Goenka of RPG enter- Mainly cloudy sky with one or two spells chairman, RPG Enterprises a helicopter service can link the prise says, ‘‘It’s a CEO who can vi- of rain/thundershower. Maximum relative f I were the CEO of Kolkata, I airports to the heart of the city. humidity on Saturday 85 per cent and minimum sualise and work with his team to Iwould convert it into a vibrant, For slums, the Singapore exam- 63 per cent.
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