Aviation Management Course to be started

Continuing with the expansion of the gamut of courses to be introduced soon, Ravenshaw University has decided to offer a course in Aviation management. The University is looking for a collaboration with University of Krems, Vienna. A course in hotel management and hospitality has also been planned.

The following news article has been retrieved from here:

" The number of candidates graduating from Ravenshaw University has fallen considerably owing to a reduction in the overall success rate.

The overall success rate in the science, commerce and arts streams this year has declined to 90 per cent from 96 per cent last year.

University authorities, however, attributed the decline in the success rate to the poor performance of students in new subjects such as business administration, information technology and management. “This has had an effect on the aggregate score of the students in general,” said university registrar Satyakam Mishra.

While the university had declared 1,097 students as successful, the results declared on Friday indicated that 96.74 per cent of the arts students passed. The pass percentage was comparatively lower in science and commerce streams at 82.46 and 87.88 per cent respectively. In geology, the pass percentage was just 65.

Meanwhile, the university has decided to award a gold medal to each of the students, who topped in 25 subjects, while deferring declaration of the best graduate of the year. Of the 25 toppers, 20 are girls.

Earlier this month, vice-chancellor Devdas Chhotray had, in his report, said Ravenshaw had adopted the semester system, revised the syllabus and a massive drive was on to recruit faculty.

“We have now schools for physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, earth sciences, mathematical sciences, languages among others,” said the report, a copy of which was made available to the reporters during the first convocation on May 10.

“Ravenshaw has constituted a school of aviation management and is looking for collaborating with the University of Krems, Vienna, to catch up with the growing demands of civil aviation sector. It has also sought support from the Centre for establishing a school of hotel management and hospitality, seeking strength from Orissa’s tourism potential,” the vice-chancellor said.

Ravenshaw has envisaged a centre for understanding Orissa to develop the art of overseeing and understanding a culture, the report said."