Thursday 31 May 2012

IIT alumni to move court on changes in JEE



The new format would increase dependence on coaching institutes, they argue
BS Reporter / New Delhi May 31, 2012, 16:53 IST
(A Business Standard report)


Alumni members of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are gearing up for a legal recourse on the changes to be introduced in the joint entrance examination with effect from 2013.
IIT Delhi alumni president Somnath Bharti told Business Standard, "We will have a meeting tomorrow at IIT Delhi campus to work out the modalities of which court to approach and decided on the petitioners."

 
The councils of IITs, NITs (National Institutes of Technology) and IIITs (Indian Institute of Information Technology) on Monday decided to have joint entrance test for engineering colleges from 2013.

The new format would increase dependence on coaching institutes and would be subject to the varying standards of Class XII boards, bringing down the standard of IITs. IITs have technical leadership and by doing this, Kapil Sibal would be jeopardising the vision Nehru had while creating IITs as a centre of excellence, he added

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, who made the announcement after chairing a joint council of IITs, NITs and IIITs, said the selection of the candidates for the IITs and other central institutes would be different even as all the aspirants will have to go through all the steps under new format. This system will replace the IIT-JEE and AIEEE.

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), which meets on June 6 at New Delhi, is expected to pass a resolution to hold common entrance test for all technical educational institutions across the country.

Tuesday 29 May 2012

JEE's New Pattern:Professor Proposes...Lawyer Disposes

Professor Proposes...Lawyer Disposes


Know the inside story of the opposition by the respectable professors of IIT, whose
proposal was not taken in totality for consideration..

Views on JEE by Prof. Sanjeev Sanghi, President Faculty Forum, IIT Delhi
Based on input from General Faculty meeting called by Faculty Forum
Contributions in document preparation.Professors V. K. Agarwal, S. K. Atreya, C. Chakravarty, R. Chatterjee, A. Chawla, A. K. Ganguly, H. C. Gupta, S. Kaushik, S. Kohli, A. K. Mittal, S. V. Modak, B.S. Panda, D. K. Pandya, M. R. Ravi, S. Sanghi, K. Sen, A. Sharma, S. P. Singh, S. V. Veeravalli, and more... (including colleagues from IITK, IITB, IITM, IITR, IIT Kgp)

 

 See the Video... and see How a lawyer did not pay heed to voice of Professors and took decision on his own whims.New pattern may have its own merits....but it should not have ignored the voice of people who have produced luminaries who have ruled the world






Chetan Bhagat blasts politicians on new pattern for IITJEE

Dear ALL

Today Chetan Bhagat, an alumni of IIT came down heavily on Changed pattern.  Sharing his tweets as it is.Posted one hour before by him



Tweet 1:Disastrous. The new IIT selection rules. Part of govt's 'Can't make new A-grade institutions. Let's destroy what we have policy.'

Tweet 2: It makes me extremely sad to see an institution that gave me so much being destroyed by politicians.

Tweet 3:Including class XII marks in IIT selection will NOT reduce student stress. Creating more A-grade colleges will.

Tweet 4: In my class XII practicals, people who knew the teacher got full marks. Now that will count in IIT entrance.

Tweet 5: And coaching classes won't reduce. Double in fact. Class XII + Entrance Exam, coaching for both required!

Tweet 6: Politics of symbolism has to stop. And we have to know the difference. Education system has NO easy fixes. Make new institutions!

Will you keep you posted on this..

Vikas Kumar
Ranchi


Monday 28 May 2012

Opinion divided on counting class XII marks in IITs


New Delhi: The opinion over making Class XII results count for IIT entrances has been divided. While career counselors say it will increase stress on students, IITs insist the move will rejuvenate the schooling system.
Speaking to CNN-IBN Career counselor Zubin Malhotra said, "I am of the opinion that it is wrong on just about every objective that this new format seeks to address. Let's try and understand what those are. We want to reduce pressure on students whereas what this is proposing to do is to make it a one-shot hit or miss exam every year. In my mind that increases the pressure on the students."
"Narayan Murthy says he is bemoaning the quality of the students who are entering IIT's and IIT professors have gone on record saying so, I don't think this will change it at all. If you want to improve that, fix the school education system," he added.
However, IIT Kanpur Director Professor Sanjay Dhande differs. "Now the most important motivation is that the school system in this country needs to be given a certain importance in terms of the admission process, either directly or indirectly. Therefore, in the case of the IITs, senates of the IITs has indicated some preferences. They had made very clear that the ranking and selection of the IITs will be based on the advance test."
Starting 2013, students appearing for the country's most prestigious engineering institutes will face a whole new system – class 12 board exam results will be taken into account along with a two-tier joint entrance examination.
Under the new structure decided by Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and the IIT council, the IIT entrance exam will be split into two parts – main and advanced. Also, class 12 board exam marks will be given 50 per cent weightage.
Sibal said the selection of the candidates for the IITs and other central institutes would be different even as all the aspirants will have to go through all the steps under new format. This system will replace the IIT-JEE and AIEEE.
Students will sit for a main test and an advance test conducted on the same day.
For admission to all the centrally funded institutes, there would be 40 percentage weightage for performance in Class XII (after normalisation of marks), 30 per cent weightage to performance in main and 30 per cent in the advanced test.
In case of IITs, there would be a filtering process involved. The board results and the main test will be given 50 per cent weightage each. Only the top 50,000 students will be selected for the advance test after taking into account their performance in the board results and the main result.
"The merit only in advanced examination will be considered for admission" to the IITs, Sibal said, adding that the IIT council has agreed to move to the other system by 2015.
(With additional information from PTI)

Two-step common entrance examination for IIT admissions from 2013






NEW DELHI: Admissions to all centrally-funded engineering institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, will have to take place through a two-step common entrance examination from 2013. For the first time Class XII board results will be taken into consideration for admissions.

This decision was taken at a joint meeting the IIT Council, NIT Council and IIIT Council on Monday. Human resource development minister Kapil Sibal was able to forge this consensus only after conceding to the demand by the IITs that they would have a different formulation for selecting students.

Even though all engineering aspirants would have to appear for the two-step Joint Entrance Examination (main and advanced) for selecting students and class XII board examination results will count for admissions, the manner in which these scores will be used is different for the IITs and all other Centrally Funded Institutes. Even as Sibal emphasized that there was no "dissent" among the Councils about the move to a common examination system, the minister acknowledged that "resistance from the IITs" was the main reason for not having a uniform system of admissions.

The IIT Senates and faculty federations had opposed the idea of using one set formula for all engineering schools. "There was a lot of resistance from the IIT system. In the end I have accepted their point of view, one that I don't understand," Sibal said.

In order to ensure that IITs participated in the "one nation, one test" formula, the ministry accepted two core demands-first, the IIT merit list would not include class XII results and it would be based on a system set up by the IITs and second, academic control would remain with the IIT system. The IITs will give equal weightage, 50% each, to class XII board and the JEE (main) results. This will be used to filter roughly 50,000 students, corresponding roughly with the top 20-30 % of students who appear for the entrance examination.

The performance of only these shortlisted students in the JEE (advanced) will be considered. The final merit list for admission to the IITs will be prepared based on performance in the JEE (advanced) exam. For all other Centrally Funded Institutions, admissions would be based on a combined score which gives a weightage of 40% to class XII board results, and 30% each for the JEE (main) and JEE (advanced).

Even as the process of selection to the IITs would be different then other institutes, he said the counselling to IITs and other institutes will be done jointly and allotment of seats will be done together. "I as a student will get a rank in IIT and also get a rank for NIT and IIIT. I will give my choice in both and depending on which is my first choice in either, I will get a seat," Sibal explained.
 

Joint Entrance Exam from 2013


New Delhi: Starting 2013, a joint entrance examination will be held for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as IITs, NITs and IIITs.
The councils of the IITs, NITs and IIITs on Monday decided to have joint entrance test for engineering colleges that come under these three councils.
According to the decision taken, for the first time, the class XII examinations will count towards entrance. There will be 50 per cent weightage to the class XII examinations and the rest of the 50 per cent to the main test.
Joint entrance test for IITs, IIITs and NITs from 2013
As there are many boards that conduct the class XII exams, therefore, the marks will be nutralised on percentlile basis through an appropriate mechanism.
When a student qualifies in these exams, he/she will appear in an advance test. In case of admissions into IITs, a student who clears the three tests, will have to appear for yet another advance test.
Earlier, the IITs had resisted a joint test with other institutions, following which the two tier-system was evolved. The IITs though have agreed that if the formula works for the first three years, they may agree to do away with two tier system and have just one exam

BITSAT 2010: Rank versus Branch


Dear All 

As you are waiting for result of BITS....I am sharing the cut off  of 2010

As you are aware All candidates who have appeared in BITSAT-2012 and are interested in admission will be required to submit application forms with 12th marks and programme preferences before 30th June 2012

 lowest cut-off marks for any of BITS course:  274, 
 BITSAT Cut-off for waiting list : 245

   Marks Cutoffs for Branches in 2010
Degree Program  BITS PILANI          Hyderabad                GOA 
 
B.E.(Hons.)-Computer Science 342 302 307
B.E.(Hons.)-Electronics & Instumentation 329 313 293
B.E.(Hons.)-Electrical & Electronics 339 299 303
B.E.(Hons.)-Mechanical 327 295 296
B.E.(Hons.)-Chemical 310 284 285
B.E.(Hons.)-Civil 310 290   --
B.E.(Hons)- Manufacturing 304   --   --
B.Pharm.(Hons.) 259 258   --
Post Graduate Courses 
M.Sc. (Tech.)-General Studies   --   --   --
M.Sc. (Hons.)-Economics 302 278   --
M.Sc. (Hons.)-Physics 300 279 282
M.Sc. (Tech.)-Information Systems 286 268 270
M.Sc. (Hons.)-Mathematics 296 274 277
M.Sc. (Hons.)-Chemistry 290 273 275
M.Sc. (Tech.): Engineering Technology   --   --    --
M.Sc. (Tech.)-Finance 275   --    --
M.Sc. (Hons.)-Biological Sciences 281 268 269



Vikas Kumar
Ranchi

Boy From Punjab tops CLAT 2012

CLAT 2012:

AIR 1 :Anhad Singh                                                           159 marks
AIR 2: Pallavi Panigrahi:                                                    157  marks
AIR 3:ASHWIJSURESHRAMAIAH                               157 marks
AIR 4 SARTHAK GUPTA                                              153 marks
AIR 5 AKSHAT GAUTAM                                             152 marks
AIR 6 SAKHI SAMIR SHAH                                           152 marks
AIR 7 AKSHAT AGARWAL                                            152 marks
AIR 8 NUPUR MOHAN RAUT                                       152 marks
AIR 9 ARADHYA SETHIA                                              152 marks
AIR 10 ISHANI BANERJEE                                             151 marks


Best Rank from jharkhand by Gargi Rohi ( 145 marks), who happens to be daughter of Manisha Tiwar, teacher of DPS, Bokaro.Pallavi Srivastav gets AIR 94 with 142


For full result....




Sunday 27 May 2012

Indian boy solves 350-year old math puzzle set by Newton




LONDON: A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here on Saturday.

Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.

Ray solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers, Daily Mail reported.

His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall.

Ray only came across the problems during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable, the newspaper said.

"I just asked myself, 'Why not?'," explained Ray.

"I didn't believe there couldn't be a solution," he added.

Ray began solving complicated equations as a six-year-old but says he's no genius.

After arriving from Kolkata four years ago without knowing any German, Shouryya is now fluent in the language.

His intelligence was quickly noted in class and he was pushed up two years in school - he is currently sitting his exams early, the Mail said.


Saturday 26 May 2012

Who said IIT aspirants take boards lightly?



Published: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 8:00 IST
By Pallavi Smart | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
  
Devdeep Ray, who stood third in Maharashtra state with an all-India rank of 13 in the IIT-JEE results, scored 95.4% in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination.
Pratik Fegade, who came 4th in the state with all-India rank of 16 in IIT-JEE, scored 94% in the HSC.
IIT aspirants have come out with flying colours, proving those wrong who think that they do not give importance to board examination.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) plan of introducing 40% weightage to board marks for entry into IIT hinged on the reason that students ignore board examination while preparing for entrance tests.
Many IIT-JEE (Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Examination) rankers were seen among the HSC high scorers.
The MHRD’s decision has met with opposition in the circle of IITs. It has proposed replacing the multiple entrance tests conducted by states, private engineering schools, and the IIT-JEE and the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) with a single test across the country.
The single test is aimed at reducing the stress of taking multiple tests for students just out of Class 12, reducing dependency on coaching institutes which promote learning by rote, and reinforcing the importance of school education.
“It is a wrong notion that students preparing for competitive examinations totally ignore the board examination. We have proofs now of students who have done well in board examination while preparing for the IITJEE and other competitive entrance examinations for engineering courses,” said Praveen Tyagi, managing director of the IITian’s PACE, a coaching class for IITJEE preparation.
An IIT-B professor said that students aspiring for admission to IITs are generally those who have been performing well consistently in schools. “So they are not likely to ignore school studies for ministry to make them understand the importance of board examination,” he said.

Friday 25 May 2012

CBSE Std 12th result on 28th May


 CHENNAI: The results of the CBSE Class 12 board exams will be published on Monday.

Across the country, more than 8 lakh students took the Class 12 board exam this year. In the Chennai region, 69,825 students, including 7,847 from Tamil Nadu, registered for the exam this year. The Chennai zone comprises CBSE schools in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Daman and Diu.

The board has made arrangements for students to access their exam results on the internet by logging on to www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in. Students can also get their results through the interactive voice response system by dialing 011-24357276 or through SMS by texting the roll number to 9212357123.

To help students overcome anxiety related to the exam results, the board has announced the second phase of counseling till June 7. Students can speak to experts, including principals, trained counsellors or psychologists, trained to address exam results-related psychological problems of parents and students by dialing the toll-free number 1800 180 3456

Source: The Times of India

Thursday 24 May 2012

IITJEE 2012 Counselling: If you are AIR 5000 know the branch that you may get



Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 5000, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 5000 in gen category.You have following options:


IITJEE 2012 Counselling: If you are AIR 4500 know the branches that you may get



Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 4500, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 4500 in gen category.You have following options:


IITJEE 2012: If you are AIR 4000 know the branches that you may get



Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 4000, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 4000 in gen category.You have following options:


IITJEE 2012 Counselling: If you are AIR 3500 know the branch that you may get


Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 3500, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 3500 in gen category.You have following options:


IITJEE 2012 Counselling: If you are AIR 3000 know the branches that you mayget



Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 3000, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 3000 in gen category.You have following options:

IITJEE 2012 Counselling: If your AIR is 2500 know the branches that you can get


Dear All

Based on opening and Closing rank of 2011 you can get idea of branch that you will get this year. If your rank is 2500, you can get following branches in different IITs.


Your rank is 2500 in gen category.You have following options: