New Delhi: In a major step towards realising the ambitious Nalanda International University, coming up in Rajgir in Bihar, an international jury has selected the architectural design of an Ahmedabad-based firm for the varsity. The design of Ahmedabad-based company Vastu Shilpa Consultants was selected by a jury that comprised top architects from Singapore, China, Japan and India.
Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal, addressing the media in Delhi on Thursday, said 79 proposals had been received and eight final entries were shortlisted. BV Doshi, principal architect of the firm, said they based their design in such a way that "it would give a glimpse of what Nalanda stood for - as a centre of knowledge, a centre of understanding life and its processes".
Rajeev Kathpalia, of the firm, said while designing the university, they kept in mind the soil, the environment and the manner in which Nalanda University was constructed. The first phase of the varsity, an initiative of the government of India supported by the East Asia Summit, would be completed in two years, said Sabharwal.
The university, located around 100 from Patna and 12 km from the ruins of the ancient seat of learning, is to begin its academic session 2014, with masters classes in ecology, environment and historic studies, she said. The varsity would come up at Rajgir on a 446-acre plot. ...
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04:35 AM, May 17, 2013
Bulandshahr: Taking a different stand from his party, Uttar Pradesh minister Devender Gupta on Saturday said there was nothing wrong if his cabinet colleague Azam Khan was frisked at a US airport. The UP minister for solar energy said that even former President APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked in 2012 and bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained for over two hours at a New York airport. "Who is Azam...
03:29 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Mohali: The gap between urban and rural should be bridged for overall development of the country, former President and 'Missile Man of India' APJ Abdul Kalam said on Thursday. Addressing engineering students of Chandigarh University during a convocation ceremony at Landran near here, Kalam said development of rural areas was the need of the hour as the real power of the country lies in its villages. Sharing his vision of...
12:58 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam will teach students of the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong a course titled "Societal transformation bio-technology and its application". ...
04:40 PM, Mar 06, 2013
India can adopt 'never forget and never forgive' attitude of the US and Israel in tracking terrorists, former President APJ Abdul Kalam has said, suggesting that the three countries come together with an integrated task force to defeat their threats. Kalam said the experience of the US and Israel in cooperating with each other on real time basis in countering threats from terror groups has helped in saving the lives...
02:31 PM, Jan 25, 2013
India had launched a series of missiles, rockets and dropped experimental bombs to divert attention of "snoopers" before conducting the 1998 nuclear tests, APJ Abdul Kalam, considered the father of India's missile programmee, said on Thursday. ...
03:28 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam suggested that all families should have a small library in their homes with a minimum of 10 books to encourage the reading habit in children. ...
06:30 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will announce the country's fourth science and technology policy at the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress beginning in Kolkata from Thursday. ...
09:46 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Exhorting medical fraternity to constantly strive towards working for the poor, former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Thursday sought more research in the medicine especially in finding a cure for AIDS and for creating low cost healthcare. ...
04:07 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said social activist Anna Hazare's route is definitely going to bring a very powerful law on anti-corruption. ...
01:20 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Vivek celebrated his birthday on November 19, on the sets of the film 'Killadi'. Director A Venkatesh, actor Bharath, producer Chandrasekar and others wished him. "I don't have any big birthday plans since I have shooting today. I will take my family for a dinner in the evening," said the actor. Asked about his birthday resolution, Vivek said that he was busy planting trees all over Tamil Nadu, based on...
12:02 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Beijing: India plans to produce about 20,000 mega watt of nuclear power keeping safety features in mind, former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday said as he certified the Kudankulam atomic plant as safe. "India has plan to produce 20,000 mega watt of nuclear power. It is important because it is clean energy. We have lot of thorium reserves. Of course we are now using uranium based nuclear reactors. Another...
04:42 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Beijing: China on Friday rolled out a red carpet to "Missile man" and ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam on his first visit to the country, proposing a joint collaboration for a space solar power mission with India and inviting him to teach at the prestigious Peking University here. In a surprise move, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), the official body operating host of China's space missions as well as...
09:33 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: Not many people will receive a call from a former president of the country. But patients and staff at the Paterson Cancer Centre were on cloud nine when they received a call from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who spoke to them, congratulating the team and blessing the patients. The call came on the occasion of Rose Day, celebrated at the Centre here on Saturday, organised by the Cancer Alleviation...
02:38 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Hyderabad: Visual impairment in India has gone down by just 10 percent in the last six years and blindness has reduced by only 12 percent, according to a survey conducted by the World Health Organisation. More than 450 million in India require vision correction, of which 100 million do not have access to an eye examination nor can they afford a pair of spectacles. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has...
02:50 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Bangalore: Inclusive growth of rural areas must be facilitated and reverse migration must be enabled into our villages in which 70 per cent of Indians dwell, said former president A P J Abdul Kalam. Achievements of people in rural panchayats, be it in agriculture, craftsmanship or tourism need to be celebrated. After all, these 700 million people are living in the 600,000 villages of our nation, he said on Friday,...
11:58 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Kolkata: Pitching for foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday said the country should build capacity for aggressively marketing its products at the global level. Averring that the factors separating the developed and the developing world were "aggressive marketing" and "competitiveness", Kalam said: "As long as we can build the capacity of aggressiveness in marketing and competitiveness, FDI is not a dangerous thing." Addressing...
11:46 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Kolkata: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday came out in support of FDI in retail, saying for a developing world to become developed, an atmosphere of competitiveness and aggressiveness should be there. "As long as we have these, FDI in retail is not a dangerous thing," he said during a lecture organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce. "I personally believe that in the globalised world, we need to...
08:49 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Kolkata: Missile man and former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday said the country is suffering from the "fifth nation syndrome" as it is always the fourth or fifth nation to launch any mission like the space mission or nuclear programme. He said the country should strive to occupy the number one slot. Speaking at the foundation day programme of CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute in Kolkata, he said...
02:42 PM, Aug 26, 2012
