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
Biharsharif: An undertrial prisoner died of his burn injuries after he doused himself with kerosene and set himself ablaze at a jail in Bihar's Nalanda district on Thursday. The prisoner Ajay Chaudhary, behind bars for two years for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman, poured kerosene on himself and set himself on fire at the jail in Hilsa subdivision, District Magistrate B Kartikeya said. Chaudhury died of his injuries...
06:25 PM, May 16, 2013
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday inked a pact with Government of India for providing Rs 1,350 crore assistance for a highway project in Bihar which falls under the Buddhist circuit. "JICA here today signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Government of India to provide JPY 22,903 million (about Rs 1,350 crore) for the Bihar National Highway (NH) Improvement Project," JICA said in a statement. ...
02:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar's Nalanda district, terming its practitioners "better than scientists" and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated elsewhere. "Indian farmers are better than scientists," Stiglitz said here after visiting organic farmers in Nalanda, the home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. ...
12:18 PM, Jan 15, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on December 28 pitched for improving the standards of higher education by Indian universities and also asked the private players also to contribute their best as there were 'unlimited' demands and 'limited' resources in the sector. "The standards of higher education in India today need improvement. In ancient India, we had universities like Nalanda and Takshashila which had established themselves as international centers of educational excellence where...
04:55 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Biharsharif: A complaint case was on Monday filed in Nalanda district court against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his comments against the people of Bihar. A social activist Biresh Pandey filed the case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Krishna Bihari Pandey under several sections of IPC. The petitioner submitted that the people of Bihar felt insulted and their sentiments were hurt by Thackeray's recent speech in which he...
06:27 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Biharsharif: Two girl students were allegedly gangraped by five fellow students at a lodge in Bihar's Nalanda district on Monday, police said in Biharsharif. The victims have been brought to a government hospital for medical check-up, SP Nishant Kumar Tiwary said, adding that a complaint has been lodged in Silao police station in this connection. Further investigations are on, he said. ...
10:44 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed confidence that work of Nalanda International University would not get stalled after constitution of Nalanda monitoring committee by the Centre and appointment of Nobel prize winner and economist Amartya Sen as the Chancellor of the university. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh specially taking interest and constituting a monitoring committee to oversee the work of Nalanda International University and also after appointment...
04:54 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Patna: Two persons were killed in Bihar's Nalanda and Darbhanga areas after a tremor shook several parts of the state on Sunday evening, officials said. A five-year-old girl died after a wall collapsed on her while she was playing at a house in Nalanda's Sabanhua village, they said. According to an official report from Darbhanga, a youth died of head injury after he dashed against a wall while running out...
10:56 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Patna: A day after the police lathicharge on locals in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday ordered a probe by the AGP (headquarter) into the incident and immediate suspension of policemen found involved in it. "Legal action must be taken against those found guilty," he ordered and asked Director General of Police to view TV footages of the lathicharge and take legal action against policemen found to be...
12:16 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when policemen rained lathis on them in Bihar's Nalanda district during a protest by locals demanding recovery of a missing woman, official sources said. An FIR has been filed and a probe has been ordered. The DGP has promised to take action against all those involved even if they are policemen He said, "No one is above law. Action will...
10:44 AM, Sep 15, 2011
Chennai: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Tuesday said restoring Bihar's Nalanda University - the world's oldest - was a difficult task, but progress was being made. "The university is being re-started right now, and since I happen to have the diffcult task of chairing its interim governing body, I am finding out how hard it is to re-establish a university after a 800 year hiatus," Sen said at the 98th Indian...
11:09 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Chinis Kumar of Bihar has been fined Rs 15,000 for voting. ...
12:02 PM, May 09, 2009
The Indian sub-continent is rich with ancient ruins waiting to be discovered. ...
03:30 PM, Aug 15, 2008
Eminent economist, Professor Amartya Sen is to be on its faculty. ...
12:44 PM, Aug 14, 2008
Over 20 villages in Nalanda district of Bihar are flood hit. ...
10:19 AM, Jul 25, 2008
London: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes a one-day series win against England is within his side's grasp after a six-wicket victory at Lord's put the tourists 2-1 up with two to play. Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten 105, the 21-year-old's second hundred in just six matches at this level, saw Sri Lanka capitalise on a disciplined bowling display after they held England to a sub-standard 246 for seven. Chandimal won the...
12:37 AM, Feb 09, 2008
Mumbai: Zimbabwe have lined up international visits from Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand in 2011 but have not yet confirmed that they will include their first Tests in five years, a Zimbabwe Cricket source said. The country voluntarily withdrew from hosting Test matches in January 2006 but have in the past year staged one-day games with Ireland, Sri Lanka and India. "We're still not sure if they'll be including Tests...
08:25 AM, Dec 21, 2007
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has criticised coach Waqar Younis for questioning the fitness of pacer Shoaib Akhtar in front of the media, saying that such statements will create problems in the team in the ongoing World Cup. "I am surprised at Waqar's statement on Shoaib that he is still half-fit and working hard to gain match-fitness. What does he mean by that? Even if Shoaib is not fully...
04:03 PM, Dec 20, 2007
HIV virus has affected Lalita physically but not her fighting spirit. Instead of sulking down Lalita fights back. ...
09:42 AM, Dec 16, 2006
