The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) is planning to develop a state-of-art Model High School in the new administrative capital. The school would be developed in phases. The estimated cost of the phase 1 of the project is Rs25 crore which may vary, officials stated.
The NRDA is already looking for a Technical Consultant to prepare a Master Plan for the entire campus besides, also making a concept design for the various requirements for the project.
Notably, Naya Raipur is also coming up as a hub for global education as the process for development of Phase-I of the state-of-art campus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) including its building Raipur will commence shortly.
The Phase-I of the campus is being developed at a cost of Rs296.45 crore with the completion of the works being estimated within a period of two years, they stated. Significantly, the Chhattisgarh Government had been focussing on providing an elaborate platform for various institutions to establish their state-of-art campus in the new administrative capital.
The State Government has also established the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Naya Raipur. The IIIT has been established as a University, under a public-private partnership (PPP) model between the Government of Chhattisgarh and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
The IIIT Board set a target of commencing B Tech programmes, with 60 seats each in Computer Science and Information Technology, from academic session 2015-16.
It had been decided by the IIIT Board of Governors that IIIT—Naya Raipur would establish an identity for teaching and research in some such specialised areas of IT in which existing IIITs do not have expertise.
In this connection, keeping in view the teaching and research needs for IT applications in the energy and mining sectors, the Board requested NTPC to prepare a preliminary plan for developing IIIT’s capacities and expertise in this direction.
The Board also decided that IIIT—Naya Raipur would give particular attention to tailoring the programme to the needs of the IT industry, so that students passing out from IIIT may be employed directly by leading IT companies, without further skill development.
For this, IIIT would establish strong linkage for course development, internships and collaboration with leading IT companies and educational institutions of national importance located in Raipur, among which are included an IIM, an AIIMS, a National law University and an NIT.
At the same time, IIIT would make special efforts to attract reputed faculty from academic institutions and experienced Adjunct faculty from industries, so that both the conceptual and experimental sides of students are strong.
The IIIT is now taking systematic steps, right from the first batch of 2015 admitted through the JEE entrance examination, for attracting students securing a higher merit rank to opt for IIIT—Naya Raipur.
The Chhattisgarh Government has also identified sites for permanent and temporary campuses for the proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Durg (Bhilai) and New Raipur respectively. The Mentor Institute of the new IIT in Chhattisgarh would be IIT Hyderabad.
In the Union Budget Speech 2014-15, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely had announced to set up five IITs — one each in the Jammu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and five IIMs — one each in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra.