Vikas Vaidya

By Vikas Vaidya Dr Kishor Taori, Chief of Advisory Council and Chairman of Maharashtra Medical Council along with Dr Nirmal Jaiswal, noted Critical Care Specialist opened the live workshop of barriatric surgery and Kunal Karnik along with his team members heaved a sigh of relief. They all spent sleepless nights till the programme concluded. It was a huge responsibility and everybody worked with the sense of commitment that borne the fruits. All youths are from Nagpur. They had conducted such workshops earlier but those were seen within India. This workshop was held at Pune and Ahmedabad, broadcast live supposed to be watched at Kuwait, Dubai, Nepal, Bangladesh and India (Nagpur). It was KREAD Foundation’s first such mega project. Briefly the 1st Medicon Workshop was conducted successfully; wherein the topic that covered was Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Live Surgeries that were executed at Pune and Ahmedabad broadcast live across five countries. Doctors based at 5 countries ...

By Vikas Vaidya Like any other year, 2014 was also filled with events, some happy some otherwise, for the education sector of Nagpur. Resignation of Dr Vilas Sapkal as Vice-Chancellor of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), the grand 100th convocation of RTMNU and declaration of IIIT and IIM at Nagpur can be called as major events of the year gone by. Previous School Education Minister Rajendra Darda’s efforts of streamlining school education were laudable and would help generations to come. Now new Minister Vinod Tawde has all education-related portfolios. The Nagpur Divisional Board continued working without full time Chairman and Secretary. The boycott by teachers organisation on valuation of university examinations. According to India Today survey, Nagpur topped in education in emerging city’s category. In the aftermath of the cancellation of visit of President of India Pranab Mukherjee, the 100th convocation of RTMNU, which was supposed to held in 2013...

By Vikas Vaidya The condition of government hospitals in the city like Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH), as well as dispensaries run by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, could not show much improvement even in the face of hard efforts by Dr Prakash Wakode, Dr Abhimanyu Niswade, Dr Rajaram Powar and Dr Vaishali Khedikar. However, there is a glimmer of good things to come also. The good news is All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is coming to Nagpur. The city has already got status of AIIMS for GMCH under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). But this project is moving at snail’s pace. The bhoomipujan was performed in the year 2009 and since then the work is under way at a very slow pace. Work is on since last five years but no consistent progress can be seen. The IGGMCH is one example where the alumni, all private doctors, joined hands to bring the alma mater’s glory back. Dr Rajara...

  By Vikas Vaidya Most of the students who study technical education are not employable. The reason, industry-institute linkage is not properly worked out. Understanding this problem, Director of Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) Dr Pramod Naik has decided to impart industry training to teachers. Dr Naik disclosed this decision while talking to The Hitavada. He was in Nagpur to attend national workshop on quality framework by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) hosted by Jhulelal Institute of Technology (JIT). Dr Naik said, “Nowadays the talk of industry-institute linkage is going on. Unfortunately the awarness about industry teaching is lacking among teachers. Considering this, we have decided that first we should impart industry training to teachers. The teachers with trained skills can pass on the same to their students.” Second important decision Dr Naik has taken about conducting on-line examinations. “We received lot of complai...

      By Vikas Vaidya Water Resources Department (WRD), which had run into controversies over the past couple of years owing to siphoning of of funds meant for irrigation development, is in for a change. Close on the heels of the State Government giving nod to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for open enquiry against the then Water Resources Ministers Ajit Pawar and Sunil Tatkare, the new WRD Minister Girish Mahajan has set course for reforms in the department. “Our Government has sent a clear message that we will not spare anybody found guilty in the multi-crore irrigation scam,” Mahajan told ‘The Hitavada’. There was an unholy nexus of contractors-politicians in WRD. When it was pointed out that even the senior officers were facing the charges of involvement in the irrigation scam, Mahajan said that officers may not be guilty in all the cases as they might have worked under pressure from the political bosses. “But, we cannot say anything on it at this juncture...

By Vikas Vaidya New Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Avinash Pant emphasizes on having syllabi in technical institutions that should match with industry needs. Pant was speaking exclusively to The Hitavada. He had been to city to be the key-note speaker during the workshop on national skill qualification framework organised by AICTE and hosted by Jhulelal Institute of Technology (JIT). Prof S S Mantha has resigned from the post and Vice-Chairman Avinash Pant who is also the Director of College of Engineering, Pune was given the responsibility of Chairmanship. Pant said, “We have to develop skills to overcome the gap and it is important for the education industry to be aware of what skills are in demand in the market." He added that all stakeholders need to work together for the success of skill workshops being held across the country.” Pant pointed out, “In the year 2012, considering increase in vacancy of seats in engineering, AICTE has lowered...