The State Government on Wednesday paved way for 50 percent reservation in admissions for Jharkhand students in BIT Mesra through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the institute.
The Government also signed another MoU with Deepak Foundation and The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi to improve primary healthcare centres in the State.
Chief Minister Raghubar Das said after first MoU signed in the day between the Government and BIT Mesra that that the premier technical institute should be developed as a centre of excellence. He said that 50 percent of the total BIT seats will be reserved for students of Jharkhand.
Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravansi, Principal Secretary to the CM Sanjay Kumar and Secretary to the CM Sunil Barnwal, BIT Mesra Registrar AP Krishna and other officials of the university were also present on this occasion.
“BIT Mesra should impart quality education to the students so that they can become self dependent and create new avenues of opportunities for themselves. A team can be formed for studying the work culture of top technical institutions of the nation,” said the CM after the MoU was signed by Higher Education and Technical Education Secretary Ajay Kumar Singh and BIT Mesra Vice Chancellor Dr M K Misra in the Chairmanship of the Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Amit Khare.
After another MoU between the government on one side and Deepak Foundation and The George Institute for Global Health (New Delhi), Das said that the rural areas of the state needed improvement in health services. He said that NGOs, institutions related with health services and others should work in coordination so that people in these areas can get better health services.
Under this MoU, Deepak Foundation will work with First Referral Unit and Health Sub Centre, Madhuban and National Health Mission in the field of Health, Education and Family Welfare.