IIT course to set Metro engineers on track

With the Metro rail network extending across several States, a specialised course will soon be offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi on Metro technology. The idea is to impart technical education to budding engineers in all aspects of planning and construction of a Metro rail network.

“DMRC has tied up with IIT-Delhi to start a one-year course on Metro technology, which covers all aspects - right from designing till execution of the project,” said a Delhi Metro spokesperson. The move will serve the purpose of indigenisation of technology and development of skilled manpower in the field of Metro Railway engineering.

Delhi Metro on Tuesday also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Delhi Technological University (DTU), with an aim to take up projects jointly in the fields of design development, research and indigenisation of technology. This will broaden the expanse of learning for engineering students. As part of the initiative, Delhi Metro may also provide internship to DTU students for their summer training.

DMRC and DTU will establish a joint interface committee (JIC), comprising representatives of both the organisations, with matching expertise in electrical and electronics engineering.

“Initially, the MoU has been signed with DTU’s electrical and electronics, computer and communication engineering departments. However, the ambit of understanding may be expanded further,” said the spokesperson.

As part of this pioneering initiative, DTU can undertake consultancy projects related to design, analysis, development, forecasting, investigation, system integration, embedded systems and other software/hardware based solutions.

Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/city/134186-iit-course-to-set-metro-engineers-on-track.html

CBSE fixes admit card errors

Several candidates to the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE- Main), an entrance test to the country's premier engineering institutes, who had got admission cards with wrong information, received the corrected ones on Tuesday.

A day after TOI wrote about the discrepancies in several hall tickets, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials worked overtime to fix the errors. Several candidates had received cards with wrong photos. The CBSE is conducting the centralized engineering entrance test for 12.82 lakh students on April 7.

On March 6, the board uploaded the admit cards but several students were taken aback when they saw that their hall tickets carried wrong details, in some cases even wrong photos.

Rajbir Singh, officer in-charge for JEE-Main, told TOI: "We are working till midnight and correcting the hall tickets. No student will be distressed."

Some students, who TOI spoke to, said they were waiting for the CBSE to upload their corrected admit cards. Others like Armaan Rais Ahmed Mansuri, an 18-year-old student from Nashik, were luckier. "This morning, when I checked the website, a fresh hall ticket with the right picture had been uploaded by the CBSE."

Meanwhile, the CBSE helpline number — 8506061071-78 — has been constantly buzzing with students calling in and seeking corrected hall tickets.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/CBSE-fixes-admit-card-errors/articleshow/19081572.cms

Class XII student ends life hours before exam

A 16-year-old boy who was to appear in class XII ( science) fourth semester exam was found dead in his room in Ghatlodia. He had hanged himself. Police suspect pre-exam stress may have driven him over the edge.

According to Ghatlodia police, Jay Soni, a resident of Vasukinandan Flats, had hanged himself in his room at his residence before 6.30 am on Monday. Jay, a student of Mangaldeep High School in Nirnaynagar, was preparing for the exams for past month.

"According to his father Rajendra Soni's statement, Jay used to stay up late for the preparations in a separate room," said a Ghatlodia police official. "When he started studying after dinner on Sunday, Jay was a bit apprehensive about his overall and specific preparation for Monday's mathematics paper. He was weak in that subject. He, however, assured his parents that he was going good and would score well."

Thus, when Rajendra Shah woke up at 6.30 am, he saw light in Jay's room. Worried, he pushed the door and found Jay hanging from the ceiling fan. The investigators who went to Soni's residence on Monday talked to some of the relatives.

"We could not gather much details due to mourning but got to know that Jay was a good student and had scored well in the previous exams," said the official. "He, however, had been restless for a couple of days."

Alka Patel, the principal of Mangaldeep High School, told TOI that the exams for class XII have become more difficult due to multiple preparations. "The student not only prepares for the semester exam but also for exams such as JEE and NEET that come soon after the board exams," Patel said. "What I want to convey to the students is - this is not the last exam of your life and there are countless exams and many who have scored only average marks or failed, have done well in other spheres of life."

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Class-XII-student-ends-life-hours-before-exam/articleshow/19063684.cms

Horizons expand for IIT-M students

Soon students and faculty of IIT-Madras will have ample opportunity to engage in research activities with one of Ireland’s oldest publicly-funded comprehensive universities, University College Cork (UCC). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in January between the two institutions which would facilitate research collaborations in specific areas, such as Ocean engineering, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Energy Engineering, Future emerging technology and Biotechnology/ Bioengineering.

UCC and the Cork region have a strong tradition of science and innovation stretching from Robert Boyle (Boyle’s Law) and George Boole (UCC’s first professor of mathematics and founder of Boolean Algebra) to the Tyndall National Institute for ICT, Nano-technology and Photonics.

Who are the students who will benefit by this MoU? Says Dr. Shepard, Co-ordinator, UCC, Ireland, “The exchange will be two-way. In the first instance, the programme will be open to research students (Ph.D scholars). But, we envisage that this will be extended to those in the final year of their B.Tech degrees. In principle, the two-way movement is open at every level after the MoU. We are currently investigating the best ways to maximise this.”

How easy is it to study in Ireland?

University College of Cork was only one of the 15 participants in an education fair held at The Park, Chennai, recently to facilitate an interaction between Indian students wishing to study in Ireland and representatives of various colleges and universities.

Expenses

A student would have to spend on an average between €5,000 and €10,000 a year on living expenses and fees. There are options for part-time work for students engaged in full-time study for at least a year, internships and placements. It may also be possible to stay back in Ireland after completing the course of study for the purpose of seeking employment under the Irish Third Level Graduate Scheme.

Ten fully-funded government of Ireland scholarships have been awarded this year to students pursuing one-year masters degrees. These are from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland Galway, Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University. The universities’ websites have the details of how to apply for these scholarships. Apart from these there are partial and full scholarships for undergraduate programmes.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/horizons-expand-for-iitm-students/article4515673.ece

CBSE school ban girls from wearing skirt – New dress code ‘Salwaar Kurta’

Reportedly in Rohtak a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) school, Shiksa Bharti senior secondary school , has issued a new dress code ‘salwaar-kurta’ for girls students from class 8th to 12th. Girls are not allowed to wear skirts from new academic session. According to sourced all this has been done in order of girls student security.

“Its not a ban, its a dress code, which is being followed in all the school run by the management committee across India,” said principal of Shiksa Bharti senior secondary school.
Mostly parents are happy with this step of school authority and supporting them. “It has been made compulsory, owing to the fact that girls are not comfortable doing Yoga and morning prayer in skirts in which they have to sit on floor for 40 mins,” said President of Shiksa Bharti School institution, Satish Sindhwani

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IIT-Madras engineers, doctors work on devices to cut costs

A group of engineers at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is writing a new prescription for healthcare — one that reduces cost, increases accessibility and improves quality. For two years, the city's doctors have been brainstorming with engineers at IIT-M's Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a research and development centre supported by the department of biotechnology of the science and technology ministry. The doctors have been telling researchers what drives healthcare costs up and what machines they wish were cheaper.

Two years and many meetings later, three products are ready to hit the market — a camera with intelligent image processing to screen the retina, a mobile surgical unit for cataract surgery, and a handheld device to measure the stiffness of carotid arteries , the vessels that supply blood to the brain.

More than 80% of high-end medical equipment used by doctors in India is imported. "Most equipment isn't designed for Indians and is expensive," said Mohanasankar S, an electrical engineering faculty, who heads HTIC.

One imported device that pushed up the cost of eye care was the fundus camera, a screening device for the retina, which costs 12 lakh. This means the tests, which are done once a year to rule out eye disease, become expensive for patients. Bangalore-based start-up Forus worked on a device with IIT-M's help and sells it at less than 50% of the price.

"It is one of the best examples of this collaboration ," said IIT-M director Bhaskar Ramamurthi. While the company built the basic camera, HTIC researchers helped them improve the image quality. "Together, we have created a device that can be used outside a hospital. It has algorithms to interpret results. So, technicians can screen patients instead of doctors. Patients with ailments are referred to doctors," he said, adding that more people could be checked for diseases.

IITs have vast knowledge that can be put to use to improve healthcare services. Experts from various departments in IIT-M , including electrical engineering , engineering design, physics, chemistry and biotechnology, have been working with doctors. "We have built a platform for high-end , collaborative research," said Ramamurthi.

The collaboration ecosystem is the key to success in med-tech innovation, says Mohanasankar. "We have created an ecosystem that brings together doctors , technologists, engineers, researchers and industry to attack this highly complex area," he said.

Doctors who have used the equipment agree. Ophthalmic surgeon Dr Rashmin Gandhi, who has used the mobile surgery unit for around 500 surgeries, said, "The facilities on the bus are as good as the ones in the operation theatre at Sankara Nethralaya. We were operate on people who would never have come to hospital." The health ministry has approved the mobile surgical unit for cataract surgery.

The device to screen the stiffness of the carotid artery has also found favour in the medical community. Senior cardiologist Dr S Thanikachalam is conducting a clinical study with the device at Sri Ramachandra University.

The IIT-M team collaborated with sonologist Dr S Suresh to make create the device that works on the principle of ultrasound, but can be used by nonexperts. "This device can be used for mass screening. We may be able to identify people with heart disease and prevent disease progression," said Dr Suresh.

HTIC has several projects in the pipeline and is working with 20 medical institutions and industry partners. "All of them are focused on devices that are affordable and accessible," said Mohanasankar.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/IIT-Madras-engineers-doctors-work-on-devices-to-cut-costs/articleshow/19055497.cms