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Partnership model mooted to revive pharmacy college

 

11-Apr-2007: PANJIM, APRIL 11 - The state's Ministry for Technical Education is weighing options of a public-private-partnership (PPP) model for reviving Goa's one and only government run pharmacy college.

This proposal was one of the many which came from the think-tank of the Secretary of Education and Technical Education Udipta Ray while participating in an interaction with the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on the Goa Pharmacy College.

The Goa Pharmacy College which has been in the news for a while was today the topic of serious discussion initiated by the Goa Chamber of Commerce for the first time ever.

Ray who was one of the key participants patiently heard views from the industry, doctors, students and others and bore the flak for the alleged downfall of the college over the years categorically said that the government was backing the college a hundred per cent and will support any efforts made from any quarter to restore back to the college its past glory.

He admitted that the college was faced with a twin problem of infrastructure and faculty.

As far as infrastructure, Ray pointed out that the government had so far spent Rs 1.5 crore to give it a face-lift through repairs and renovations and was also financially backing the college's requirements of equipment and instruments.

Even on the faculty front Ray said that the government was open to accepting experts from the industry, experts, as guest faculty but had received no response to earlier invitations.
During the three hour long deliberations today, Ray pointed out that the problem faced presently by the government was on the recruitment of faculty as efforts being made in this direction through the Goa Public Service Commission (GPSC) had not met with fruitful results.

On an exasperated note he said, "I am stumped as far as faculty recruitment is concerned." It was his firm belief that the college would need a good faculty if it needed to get back on the road to improvement.
He earlier disclosed that after much delay that the AICTE provisions for recruitment and pay scales has been accepted by the state government.

Ray told the audience that the government was seriously and genuinely concerned about the pharmacy college and that the trio of the chief secretary, director technical education and secretary education were working tirelessly to find solutions.
While accepting criticism, Ray also snubbed critics politely by accepting all views and suggestions and in the same breath appealed for action and co-operation for which he said the government would even consider remuneration.

Source: Herald Publications