1) Homi Bhabha National Institute Accorded Approval to Start its Off-Campus Centre at Bhubaneswar.
- The Central Government, on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC), has accorded its approval to the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, Maharashtra to start an off-campus centre at Bhubaneswar in the name of National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER) with prospective effect.
- The aforesaid Act allows for conduct of academic course/ programmes, subject to review of the off-campus centre by the UGC biennially for six years and subsequently after every five year subject to usual terms and conditions as prescribed under the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2010 and its amendments in 2014 and 2015.
- The Institution Deemed to be University viz Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai had submitted a proposal to Ministry of Human Resource Development in the year 2010 for establishment of an off-campus centre at Bhubaneswar in the name of National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER).
- The proposal was examined by the UGC with the help of an Expert Committee in terms of the provisions of UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2010 and its amendments.
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai was declared as an as Institution Deemed to be University on the advice of the UGC on 3rd July 2005 consisting of following ten Constituent Units:
(1) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai
(2) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam
(3) Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT), Indore
(4) Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata
(5) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata
(6) Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar
(7) Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar
(8) Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad
(9) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai and
(10) Institute of Mathematical Science (IMSc), Chennai
2) Make In India Week Concludes In Mumbai.
- More than 8 lakh people visited the Make In India Expo and other events, of which 49,743 were registered delegates. 102 countries were represented in the mega expo.
- A total of 150 events were organized under the Make In India Week banner while more than 25,000 people participated in Seminars and Symposia, where over 1,200 experts from various walks of life from Ministers, Chief Ministers, policymakers, industrialists, academicians and spiritual gurus spoke on wide ranging issues concerning business and society.
- The Make In India Expo was spread over 23 lakh sqft area, housed under air-conditioned hangers in 27 halls. 215 exhibitors show cased their strengths and opportunities in 11 sectors covering aerospace & defence, automobiles, chemicals & petrochemicals, construction machinery, food processing, infrastructure, IT & electronics, industrial equipment & machinery, MSME, pharmaceuticals and textiles. 17 Indian states and 3 countries – Germany, Sweden and Poland had their pavilions in the Make In India Centre.
- Make In India Week also provided platform for nearly 8,200 Business-to-Business, Business –to-Government and Government–to-Government meetings.
Key deals concluded during the MIIW
- Sterlite Group company TwinStar Display Technologies & MIDC for LCD manufacturing unit in technical collaboration with Autron of Taiwan.
- BAE Systems and Mahindra for assembling and testing of M777 Howitzers.
- ORACLE’s USD 400 million investment in India to set up 9 incubation center.
- Trivitron healthcare manufacturing unit in Chennai.
- Gujarat Government and Vestas (Denmark) for wind mill blades manufacturing unit at Ahmedabad.
- Raymond Industries to invest Rs. 1400 crore for manufacturing linen yarn and fabric facility.
- Mahindra & Mahindra: Investment – Rs. 8000 crores (Nashik: Rs. 6500 crores, Chakan – Rs. 1,500 crore).
- Gujarat Government and Tar Kovacs Systems (France) for offshore platform to develop marine applications in Gujarat.
- Tar Kovacs and Government of Karnataka for setting up ocean based renewable energy project.
- Yes Bank and IREDA for financing of renewable power projects.
- Ascendas | Investment: Rs. 4571 crore | Employment: 1.09 Lakh.
- Mercedes | Investment: Rs. 1500 crore | Employment: 4270.
- Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers | Investment: Rs. 6204 crore | Employment: 140.
- Godrej Industries| Investment: Rs. 3000 crore | Employment: 2000.
- JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd | Investment: Rs. 6000 crores | Employment: 1000.
- CREDAI and MCHI for 5.7 Lakh affordable homes with an investment of Rs. 1.1 lakh crore and 7.6 lakh jobs.
- Government of Jharkhand and Vedanta Ltd.
- Government of Jharkhand and Adani group to set up a thermal power plant with a total capacity of 1,600 MW to be supplied to Bangladesh Grid.
- Agreement between Government of Jharkhand and Adani Group to set up a Coal based Methane fertilizer plant.
- Uber and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department (SDED) of the Maharashtra government.
- Solar Industries and Government of Maharashtra to set up a Nagpur plant for manufacturing of ammunition for armed forces.
Policies/ initiatives unveiled
- Rs. 2,200 crore Electronics Development Fund was unveiled by the Communications & IT Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad to finance innovations, research and development in electronics manufacturing sector.
- National Capital Goods Policy was unveiled by the Heavy Industries Minister Shri Anant Geete aimed at creating an ecosystem for a globally competitive capital goods sector.
- Investment Opportunities in Food Processing Industry by Ms.Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
- E toll policy covering 360 toll plazas on the National Highways across the country.
3) Indian Naval Symphonic Orchestra Mesmerises Delhi Audience.
- Indian Naval Symphonic Orchestra captured the hearts and minds of the music aficionados of New Delhi during an Annual Symphonic Musical Extravangza held at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
- The world famous band regaled and enthralled the audience with a wide range of repertoire of stirring Martial Music, arrangements of Western Classical, Indian Classical and other forms of contemporary popular and folk music.
- The harmonious evening was organised as part of the Navy Week Activities - 2015, at Siri Fort Auditorium. Hon’ble Raksha Rajya Mantri Rao Inderjit Singh, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.