Kerala govt, aided engineering college fees to go up by 25%

The fees of BTech and MTech courses at all government and aided engineering colleges in the state is set to increase by 20 to 25% from the academic year 2013-'14.

The fee revision comes following a proposal by the director of technical education for a hike in fees being charged for various courses conducted in government and aided engineering colleges and fine arts colleges under the department.

As per the government order, the fee for MTech (regular) has been hiked from Rs 12,000 per year to Rs 15,725. The fee for MTech (evening) has been hiked from Rs 12,000 per year to Rs 15,725 from this academic year.

There is also a hike in BTech fees. While the fee for BTech (regular) has been hiked from Rs 5,565 per year to Rs 8,225 this academic year, the fee for BTech (evening) has been hiked from Rs 12,000 per year to Rs 18,000 this academic year.

The hike in fee will be applicable to nine government colleges and three private aided colleges. There are 153 engineering colleges in the state with a total sanctioned intake of 48,988 of which 141 are self-financing colleges. The sanctioned intake of government colleges during 2012 was 3,236 (6.6%) and aided colleges is 1,566 (3.2%).

Though there is a hike of 20 to 25 % in fees, which includes admission fee, tuition fee and special fee, it is much lower than the fees paid by students in private engineering colleges.

While a student enrolling under government quota in a private engineering college has to pay Rs 65,000 per year, those who seek admission under the management quota have to pay anything between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.24 lakh a year.

Also fees for fine arts courses have also been hiked. From the present fees of Rs 1,910 for BFA course, the student will have to pay Rs 2,675 from academic year 2013-14. For MFA course, instead of the present fees of Rs 7,300, students will have to pay Rs 7,850.

IN A NUTSHELL
Course Existing fees Revised fees

M.Tech(regular) Rs 12,000 Rs 15,725

M.Tech(evening) Rs 31,330 Rs 46,950

B.Tech(regular) Rs 5565 Rs8225

B.Tech(evening) Rs 12,000 Rs 18,000

BFA Rs 1910 Rs 2675

MFA Rs 7300 Rs 7850

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Kerala-govt-aided-engineering-college-fees-to-go-up-by-25/articleshow/19748546.cms

IIIT Kota's new session likely to start at MNIT in Jaipur

The state technical education department has expressed a possibility of starting the maiden session of Kota's Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at the Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur. On Thursday, the Ministry of Human Resource Development had cleared the land for campus at Ranpur in Kota. But, with only two months remaining for the new session, the possibility appears a far cry.

Companies like Cairn India Limited, Hindustan Motors, Genpact and Vakrangee Software Limited have tied up with IIIT, making the institute a preferred choice among students after IITs and NITs.

The state government had announced the IIIT in Kota during the 2010 budget. So far only the partners have been indentified, grants allocated and land has been finalized. Processes including forming a society, governing council, recruitment of academic and administrative staff, curriculum design and modules are still pending.

"The results of JEE and JEE Advanced are to be declared in May and June, respectively. If the processes are not completed within two months, the chances of attracting applicants for IIIT's new session are slim," an official of the department said.

Is the endless wait for the proposed Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota (IIIT) is over? A day after team of Ministry of Human Resource Development had cleared the land (campus) at Ranpur in Kota followed by state technical education department expressing possibility of starting its maiden session at Malaviya national Institute of Technology (MNIT) in the upcoming admission season without any deadline has confused students eyeing admission.

The central government institute is based on PPP modal and companies like Cairn India Limited, Hindustan Motors, Genpact India (Jaipur) and Vakrangee Software Limited partnering at various levels has made the institute a most preferred choice after IIT's and NIT's.

The IIIT was announced by state in Kota during budget 2010. Since then, only land has been finalized, partners were indentified and grants were allocated. Other process including, forming a society, governing council, recruitment both academics and administrative, curriculum design and modules is yet to be worked out.

"Admission process has a very brief period. Students can wait till the result of JEE and Advanced which is scheduled to come in May and June respectively. Anything beyond these deadlines will lose the chance of getting quality students," said education official.

The IIIT was awarded to Kota after city failed to get IIT despite pressure created by Congress MP Ijyaraj Singh and then home minister Shantilal Dhariwal.

Even the multi-bullion coaching industry has lobbied for the same for but in vain. IIIT is among the 20 such institutes announced by the union government for promoting technical education in the state.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/IIIT-Kotas-new-session-likely-to-start-at-MNIT-in-Jaipur/articleshow/19749102.cms

B.Tech prog in IIT-Gn wins best innovation award

The Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar's (IIT-Gn) B.Tech programme has been awarded "best innovation by an engineering institute" by a clutch of organisations, including United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), partly for having the country's largest Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) component among technical programmes.

The award was given to the institute at the "World Education Summit 2013" on Tuesday, organised annually by the AICTE, Elets Technomedia, Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) and UNESCO.

"The award recognised several innovations in the IITGN's undergraduate programme, including a compulsory course on design and innovation," the IIT-Gn said in a press statement issued on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/b.tech-prog-in-iitgn-wins--best-innovation-award-/1107396/

B.Tech students at IIT-B to study Biology next year

From the coming academic year, all first-year BTech students at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) will have to take compulsory courses in Biology and Physics, in a set of academic revisions passed by the institute’s senate (academic decision-making body) on Tuesday, geared towards producing more well-rounded engineers.

“We are very enthusiastic about this and it would mark a big change from tradition,” said one professor and senate member. “This could be the first IIT that recognises that engineers should know biology. It is an essential component for a basic sciences foundation.”

However, the decision will only be formalised once the minutes of the meeting are issued.

Devang Khakhar, director of the institute and the senate chairperson said this was part of “fine-tuning” the syllabus, which had last been revised about five years ago.

“These areas [biosciences and bioengineering] are becoming increasingly important and are areas in which engineering graduates might later work,” said another professor. He added that basic sciences courses had been in the curriculum until some years ago, and that the decision to bring them back in would help “broaden the base”.


Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/B-Tech-students-at-IIT-B-to-study-Biology-next-year/Article1-1049948.aspx

Farewell bash for IIT Patna final year students

Time to bid goodbye: The farewell party thrown by the juniors of Electronics and CS Department at IIT Patna for the final year students was one happening affair. "The only agenda was to have loads of fun and masti and make this bash a memorable one for all the seniors," said Jijo, one of the organizers.

Jive on! The highlight of this do was dancing. The first ones to hit the dance floor were Mohit and Pavan. Soon, Titu and Gaurav too joined them on the dance floor and they all shook a leg on Chinta Ta Ta.

However, the real masti took place when the girls joined the boys on the floor. Karisma, Sbandana and Neha were spotted matching steps with the boys.
While everyone had fun dancing, Kshitija and Namita spent most of their time chatting. We even spotted Subham and Onkar sitting in a quiet corner watching everyone dance.


Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/parties/others/Farewell-bash-for-IIT-Patna-final-year-students/articleshow/19725569.cms

ISC mulls four to five leap

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations is contemplating a proposal to make it compulsory for ISC students to attain pass grades in five subjects instead of four so that engineering aspirants are not disadvantaged by the new percentile system for admission.

“As of now, there is no change and students sitting for ISC 2013 need to pass only in English and three other subjects. But we are examining whether there is a need to change the existing system and make it compulsory to pass in English and four other subjects in the coming years,” Gerry Arathoon, chief executive of the council, told Metro.

Students in ISC schools can study up to six subjects but currently need to attain pass grades in only four, including English. This used to be an advantage over the CBSE system, which requires examinees to pass in five subjects, but the newly introduced percentile method of drawing up merit lists for engineering admission has triggered calls for a change.

The method, introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education that also conducts the highly competitive JEE, makes plus-two grades as important as an engineering aspirant’s performance in the entrance test.

Beginning this year, the all-India entrance test will comprise JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced. Admission to the IITs will be based on category-wise all-India ranks in JEE-Advanced, subject to the candidates being in the top 20 percentile in their respective Class XII board examinations.

The top 20 percentile will be calculated on the basis of scores in five subjects, including physics and maths. In simple terms, an individual’s percentile is calculated by dividing the number of examinees who have scored less than him or her by the total number of students who took the test. The result is then multiplied by 100.

Say Student X appears for an exam with 1,000 candidates and ranks 10th, that would mean there are 990 others below him or her. The percentile will be calculated by the formula 990/1000*100, which equals 99. Therefore, Student X is in the 99th percentile.

Many ISC students don’t even write their fifth paper, focusing on doing well in the mandatory four subjects. Teachers fear this could rob even deserving students of engineering seats from this year onwards.

Although its rules remain the same, the ISC council has asked its affiliated institutions to apprise their students of the CBSE’s percentile system for engineering entrance. “We have instructed the heads of all ISC schools across the country to caution the students about the implications of not studying and doing well in a minimum of five subjects,” council head Arathoon said.

In Gujarat, a section of ISC students who will sit for the 2013 JEE-Main and Advanced tests learnt just a couple of months before their board examinations that they need to write at least five papers to stand a chance of qualifying.

The majority of private English-medium schools in Calcutta are affiliated to the CISCE, whose syllabi and system of evaluation is acknowledged as being comprehensive yet student-friendly.

“Now that there is a percentile method to contend with for JEE, maybe it’s time for a rethink,” a Calcutta principal suggested.

So how soon might the council ring in the change? “We will amend the rule only after thoroughly examining the proposal. The engineering entrance test is taken only by a section of science students and we don’t want to burden those studying arts and commerce,” a council official said.

Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130426/jsp/calcutta/story_16829464.jsp

AP Board results are out, Cut-off percentage to come under top 20 percentile is still not clear

Andhra Pradesh board intermediate results were announced yesterday, but students still don’t know whether they will be eligible to get admission in IIT or not. From this year admission to IITs is a two stage process, in 1^st stage students will appear for JEE Main, only top 1.5 lakh students will be eligible to appear for 2^nd stage, JEE Advanced examination. The admission to IITs will be based on JEE Advanced merit list with eligibility criteria to come under top 20 percentile in their respective boards. Each board will have a separate cut-off percentage to come under top 20 percentile and only students who have scored above than cut-off percentage in XII board will be eligible to get admission into IITs.

Now as the AP board results have been announced, students want to know whether they are eligible to get admission into IITs or not, but no one is there to answer their queries.
“As per a survey done previously, the average cut-off percentage to be scored by a student in AP to appear for JEE (Advanced) as per 2010-11 comes to 92 per cent, while that for 2011-12 comes to 94 pc. It can be assumed that the cut-off for students is likely to fall between 93 and 95 pc to appear for the exam on June 2. Parents and students have been pleading with the state government to clear the uncertainty. “How will the student know that he or she is not eligible even though they have scored well over all?” said Dr P. Madhusudhan Reddy, general secretary of Government Junior College Lecturers’ Association (GJLA

One month for JEE Advanced, Last Minute Preparation Tips

JEE Advanced is on 2nd June, You have almost one month for preparation of JEE Advanced, here are some tips that will be very handy for you

1. Don’t start a new topic:
You have very less time now with less than one month for preparation so don’t start a new topic which you didn’t start in the first place , it is alright if you have not touched few topics and completely left them.
2. Minimum requirement :
Hope you have already done with your minimum requirement which is your school text books and :
Physics:  Concepts of Physics by H.C.Verma volume 1 and volume 2
Chemistry: NCERT books (only for the theory ) , IIT chemistry by Tata Mc Graw Hill or O.P.Tandon
Math: IIT Mathematics ’s by M.L .Khanna or Mathematics XI & XII R.D. Sharma

3. Revise the formulae and difficult problems  :
Pickup your coaching notes or school notes and revise all the formulae from each of the subjects and also go through all the difficult problems which really test your concepts. You can use 100Marks Mind maps to revise formulae quickly
4. Practice, Practice and Practice :
This is the time you should be practicing a lot , pick a good question bank with solutions and practice all the problems and also go through previous years IIT JEE question papers, especially the last 3 years.
5. Chill and do some meditation :
Be sure you keep your calm, meditation is one of the best ways to do that and also listen to some good music and chill.
You should be good to go,

ALL THE BEST

Tools for measuring your JEE Advanced Preparation, Self assessment

what can’t be measured cannot be improved

Self assessment is one of the key factors for success in JEE Advanced , with self assessment you measure your preparation and get to know the status quo and you will know what it will take to reach your goal from where you stand, continuous self assessment will make it possible for you to make necessary adjustments in your study plan , on how much time you need to spend on a particular topic or how many more questions you need to solve in order to reach your goal. Below is a self assessment tool which will indeed help you measure your preparation and hence improve it.
Self Assessment: Assess and mark yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on your level of preparedness for each topic, where 5 is very good and 1 is very bad

Very Good	Good	Ok	Bad	Very Bad
5	4	3	2	1

You should give yourself a score of 5 when you are among the top 5% in your class (whether coaching or school).
You should give yourself a score of 1 when you are among the bottom 50% in your class.

S. No.	Chemistry	Rate		Mathematics	Rate		Physics	Rate
1	Basic concepts of chemistry			Complex numbers			Units, dimensions, vectors and calculus
2	Structure of atom			Quadratic equations			Kinematics
3	Periodic properties			Logarithms			Laws of motion
4	Gas laws			Progressions			Work, Power and Energy
5	Chemical bonding			Permutations and combinations			Center of mass, linear momentum, collision
6	Chemical energetics			Trigonometry			Rotational dynamics
7	Chemical equilibrium			Straight lines			Elasticity, fluid dynamics and properties of matter
8	Ionic equilibrium			Circles			Gravitation
9	Redox reactions			Conic sections			Simple Harmonic Motion
10	General organic chemistry			Binomial theorem			Wave motion
11	Hydrocarbons			Functions, Limits and Continuity			Heat and Thermodynamics
12	Alcohols and ethers			Differentiability and differentiation			Electrostatics
13	Alkyl and aryl halides			Application of derivatives			Electric current and resistance
14	Solutions			Indefinite integration			Magnetism
15	Solid state			Definite integration			Electromagnetic Induction and AC
16	Chemical kinetics			Area under the curve			Geometrical Optics
17	Electrochemistry			Differential equations			Wave Optics
18	Nuclear chemistry			Determinants			Modern Physics
19	Functional groups containing nitrogen			Matrices
20	Aldehydes and ketones			Probability
21	Carboxylic acids and their derivatives			Vectors
22	s-Block elements			Three dimensional geometry
23	p-Block elements
24	d-Block elements
25	Metallurgy
26	Qualitative salt analysis
27	Coordination compounds

IIST Admission Notification for B.Tech. Programs

Engineering Entrance ,

Admission to Under Graduate Programmes (B.Tech. 2013)
(A) Who can apply ?
Only Indian citizens can apply for admission to IIST. The date of birth of candidates belonging to GEN and OBC (NCL) categories should be on or after October 1, 1988, while the date of birth of those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories should be on or after October 1, 1983.

(B) Eligibility
After qualifying the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main)–2013 conducted by CBSE, the candidate must appear for IIT-JEE(Advanced)-2013 and score the following minimum prescribed category-wise marks in JEE(Advanced)-2013:
(a)    General Candidates: At least 5% marks in each of the three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) and 20% marks in aggregate.
(b)    OBC (NCL) Candidates: At least 90% of the marks prescribed for General Candidates under (a).
(c)    SC, ST & PD Candidates: At least 50%  the marks prescribed for General Candidates under (a).

The marks secured by the candidate in JEE(Advanced)-2013 examination will be used only for deciding his/her eligibility for admission, and will not be considered for preparing the rank list for admission to IIST.

(C) Rank List for Admission

Admission to Undergraduate Programmes (B.Tech) for the year 2013 will be based on the All India Rank List (including category rank list) to be prepared and published for the year 2013 by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). This rank list is based on 60% weightage of score in the Joint Entrance Examination JEE(Main)-2013, and 40% of normalized score in Class 12th or other qualifying examinations.

A candidate not meeting the eligibility criteria given under (B) will not be considered for admission to B.Tech programme of IIST even if his/her name appears in the JEE(Main)-2013 rank list.

Online registration of application for admission to IIST will commence at www.iist.ac.in on 17th May 2013 and end on 8th July 2013.
Detailed information and IIST Admission Brochure will be published in our website by 30th April, 2013.

More details of JEE (Main) – 2013 may be viewed at http://www.jeemain.nic.in
More details of JEE (Advanced) – 2013 may be viewed at http://www.jee.iitd.ac.in

GBTU mulls online version of UPSEE from next year

Engineering Entrance ,

From next year, the lakhs aspiring for UP State Entrance Examination (UPSEE) may have the option to appear for the test online.

Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU) Vice-Chancellor R K Khandal on Wednesday said that the university is considering introducing an online exam, apart from the one on paper. At present, only the registration for the examination is online.

The plan is a part of measures that the university is planning to introduce, including a more stringent security process during the examinations, days after busting an inter-city organised gang of impostors this year during UPSEE.

To recommend the measures, a high-level committee has also been constituted under the chairmanship of D S Chauhan, founder V-C of UPTU (before it was divided into GBTU and Mahamaya Technical University). The committee will suggest measures to improve the overall conducting of examination as well as look into other administrative issues, Khandal said.

"Over the past few years, the university has been witnessing some irregularity or the other. In 2009-10 there was the case of HBTI (Harcourt Butler Institute of Technology, Kanpur —- where a large-scale inter-city admission racket was busted). And now, recent events indicate that the situation is still unsatisfactory. Hence, the said committee will look into past issues and make recommendations," the V-C said, adding that the university is also planning biometric screening of candidates for the entrance examinations.

"The committee's role will also be to establish procedural fairness in the system. The idea is to have a long-term solution," he said. With the police alleging involvement of certain teachers in the racket, the V-C said that the committee will also establish the role of teachers. Already, GBTU is evicting illegal occupants from the hostels of Institute of Engineering and Technology, the constituent college of GBTU.

Conducted by GBTU, UPSEE is the entrance examination for admission to degree courses in engineering, pharmacy, architecture, hotel management, and fashion and apparel design technology in government-aided and private unaided institutions affiliated to GBTU and Mahamaya Technical University (MTU), Noida, along with some other state universities. Over 1.7 lakh candidates had appeared for the SEE on Sunday, held at 262 centres in 31 cities in multiple shifts. About 1.5 lakh of these were registered for engineering courses.

2 students expelled for impersonation

Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU) on Wednesday expelled two students for impersonation during the UP State Entrance Examination (UPSEE) examination held on Sunday. "Prakash Panwaria, a second year BTech (chemical engineering) student and Kushal Babu, a final year BTech (civil engineering) student, have been expelled from the university for impersonation during UPSEE," GBTU pro vice chancellor D S Yadav said. "The proctorial board is trying to locate three others, who are absconding. If they do not turn up within a week, they will be suspended."

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gbtu-mulls-online-version-of-upsee-from-next-year/1107138

The dream factories

Engineering Entrance ,

The despondent look in his eyes was unmistakable. Sitting alone in a canteen in a coaching institute at Kota, Kamal Singh was accompanying a friend who was seeking admission there to prepare for the entrance exams for the Indian Institutes of Technology. Singh knows the difficulties his friend faces in achieving his goal. A native of Muiyan village in Bihar's Siwan district, Singh first came to this nondescript Rajasthan town in 2009 after completing his Class 12 with the same dream. He couldn't make it despite studying as many as 12 hours a day for two years and spending close to Rs 2.5 lakh, an amount that his small-time shop owner father arranged by selling their farm land. "There was no point in going back," he says. "I had come to be an engineer and could not have returned without being one." His dreams shattered, he now studies in a private engineering college in Jalandhar, Punjab, shelling out another Rs 6 lakh for the course. "There was no admission test and I was admitted on the basis of Class 12 results," he says.

Singh's friend is among more than one lakh students who arrive in Kota, the mecca of IIT coaching, every year. Girls comprise nearly a fifth of the students. This year about 1.25 lakh students are likely to join Kota-based institutes, according to estimates by coaching centres. Besides, there are the so-called "droppers", who stay on for repeat attempts by hopping from one institute to another. Most students fail to make it to the IITs as seats are limited and competition intense. That still hasn't dampened the aspirations of thousands of others.

Depending on the course, students spend between Rs 40,000 and Rs 1 lakh a year on tuition fee alone in Kota's coaching centres. Annual boarding and lodging expenses are at least Rs 60,000. Most students are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. Students are coming in from faraway places, too. Anurag Gulung, 17, from Gangtok, Sikkim came to Kota last year while Mohammed Kamran, 16, is here from Oman. Gulung's first introduction to Kota was from a Chetan Bhagat novel -- Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition -- in which the protagonist comes to the town for engineering coaching. "This place (Kota) is ideal for coaching," says Gulung. "It has the best faculty. If you follow what the teacher says, selection is guaranteed." Kamran, who is here with his 80-year-old grandfather Amir Mohammed, agrees. "I always wanted to be at the IIT and this is the best place for its coaching."

THE BUSINESS OF COACHING
There are about three dozen coaching centres in the town, including big ones such as Bansal Classes, Allen Career Institute, Resonance, Vibrant, Motion IIT JEE, and Career Point. In 2011, South Korean coaching company Etoos set up shop in Kota. "IIT is the most famous Indian education brand overseas and Kota is the hub for it," says Choi Young Joo, Director for overseas business at Etoos Academy. He says Etoos plans to record lectures at its centre and provide them online through streaming services to students in Delhi.

The institutes and related businesses such as hostels, stationery shops, cyber cafes and photocopiers have spawned an industry with estimated annual revenue of Rs 1,700 crore. For instance, there are an estimated 500 private hostels in Indra Vihar and Rajeev Gandhi Nagar localities alone. Overall, nearly 70 per cent of Kota's economy depends on these businesses. The lure of some coaching centres is such that students even have to take an entrance test to join these institutes. In recent years, however, growing competition among coaching centres has led to simpler entrance tests. Most institutes admit almost all students who apply as they do not want to lose revenue. "If we say no to a student, he will take admission at some other institute," says Pramod Maheshwari, a Kota native and IIT-Delhi alumnus who founded Career Point in 1993.

To attract students, the institutes provide a host of academic and non-academic services. These include orientation programmes for students and parents, help in school admissions as well as lodging and boarding and even in opening bank accounts. Some institutes also organise quiz contests at a local shopping mall where the winning students are offered discounts on fee and study material. These institutes pack, on average, 180 students in a batch. To focus on the top students and maintain a high success ratio, the institutes then create smaller batches of 15 to 30 students who work with the best teachers.

Kota's success as an IIT coaching factory has had other effects as well. The real estate market is booming. In Jawahar Nagar, a hub for hostels, land prices have jumped from Rs 700 per square feet about a decade ago to Rs 3,500 now, according to Puneet Dadhich, a local builder. Hotels, hostels and coaching institutes have come up on industrial land owned by state-run Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation, he adds.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION
The foundation of the coaching industry was laid in early 1980s by V.K. Bansal, an engineer at a J.K. Synthetics factory who began his teaching career by taking math tuitions for local students. Slowly, his students started clearing the IIT exams. In 1986, Kota came in the IIT limelight when local boy Sanjeev Arora topped the entrance exam. Bansal says 13 of his students cracked the entrance test in 1990. In the mid-1990s, after the closure of the J.K. Synthetics factory, several engineers joined Bansal Classes. Many of them later started their own institutes. One such was B.V. Rao, who founded Rao Academy.

Kota's image got another boost in 1995 when 51 students from the town made it to the IITs. This further attracted aspiring engineers and teachers. Such was the euphoria at the time that coaching centres started hiring IIT graduates as teachers. R.K. Verma, an IIT Madras alumnus who founded Resonance in 2001, had also initially joined Bansal Classes. Maheshwari of Career Point recalls recruiting 12 faculty members through campus placements at IITs in 1997. This trend continued until 2002, when IITs stopped allowing coaching institutes to participate in campus placements. But hiring was still possible as institutes started putting posters in hostels and fresh graduates could directly apply. Today, almost 35 per cent of the coaching fraternity is from the IITs.

Almost all institutes run in-house faculty training programmes to beat competition and keep a buffer of teachers, says Verma of Resonance. Demand for good teachers is such that their salaries have shot through the roof. The average annual salary of the faculty hovers around Rs 30 lakh and the experienced ones carry home double that amount. To stabilise faculty pay, the coaching centres had an unwritten no-poaching arrangement. But that was broken early this year when Etoos poached 11 teachers from Resonance at an annual salary closer to the Rs 1 crore mark, says Om Sharma, an IIT Bombay alumnus who teaches math at an institute.

The role of coaching institutes gained even more importance in 2005 when the format for the engineering entrance exams was changed. The subjective paper was done away with and the exams now comprise only multiple-choice questions. Puneet Hakoo, who teaches physical chemistry at an institute, says the multiple-choice format is a test of memory rather than intelligence. "It works like a short cut and is detrimental to students as the fundamentals are ignored," says Hakoo. The system also hampered the quality of the faculty, says Sharma. "Since the subjective paper required mastery over the subject, the faculty standard was very high until 2005."


The reason students focus more on coaching rather than school is that the format of the engineering entrance tests is different from the Class 12 exams, which retain subjective questions. The institutes tapped into this opportunity and tied up with schools. Under such arrangements, students enroll in these schools but do not attend classes. Instead, they prepare for the engineering entrance tests and go to school only to take their Class 12 exams. Some institutes have opened their own schools and are admitting students from Class Six onwards to prepare them for IITs. The tuition fee for Classes Six to Eight is Rs 30,000 on average while the coaching fee is Rs 20,000. Hostel charges can be as high as Rs 80,000 a year. The coaching fee for Classes Nine and 10 goes up to Rs, 30,000 and to as much as Rs 1 lakh for the final two years of schooling. Some institutes have gone a step further and opened colleges and even universities to maximise revenue opportunities.

The new entrance test pattern introduced from this year, which will give high weighting to Class 12 board exams, will add another dimension. Maheswari of Career Point says the new pattern will increase the dependence of students on coaching centres. "It would double the pressure on students. Earlier, the students were taking coaching for the entrance exam. Now, they will have to take it for the board examination also."

THE PITFALLS
Govind Maheswari, Director, Allen Career Institute, says some coaching chains such as FIITJEE, Aakash, Sri Chaitanya and Narayana, which operate multiple branches across India, tried to establish a footprint in Kota but did not succeed. Ramashish Paul, who was part of a six-member FIITJEE launch team sent from New Delhi in 2002, recalls how for the first six months only a handful of students enrolled. FIITJEE wrapped up its Kota operations within three years. "Kota has its own system," says Paul, who teaches organic chemistry. "You mould students here and students, in turn, mould you. It's a very flexible system where the bonding between teachers and students is very strong."

The mushrooming coaching industry has a dark side as well. The town witnesses at least a dozen suicides a year by engineering aspirants. Psychiatrist C.S. Sushil, a professor at Kota Medical College, says the problem of depression is growing among students. He says the town has 11 psychiatrists, who attend at least five children daily on average. In most cases, these students were toppers in their schools, villages and states. But when they come here, amidst a line of toppers from across India, their rank falls. "At the back of a student's mind is the fear of being a failure and all the money that his family has spent on him," says Sushil. He adds that, since children come here at a young age, they suffer from separation anxiety disorder due to staying away from home for a prolonged period. "Such cases have shot up in the past seven-eight years."

Bansal, the man credited with giving the town a new identity, is saddened by these developments. He regrets the falling standards of teachers. Sharma, the math teacher, says there is little difference among institutes now. "The key difference is who has the best student and a better marketing team."

The Kota-based institutes are now expanding to other places, from Guwahati and Patna to Chandigarh and Bangalore. Bansal, however, says engineering aspirants will continue to flock to Kota in spite of the failure of students such as Bihar's Kamal Singh. That belief stems from the high number of students who do make it to the IITs. Though there is no official data, estimates from people in the coaching business suggest students from Kota grab nearly a quarter of the seats in the IITs.

As for Singh, he wants to go back to Bihar after completing his engineering studies and open an IIT coaching centre in Siwan district. "I know exactly how coaching is imparted, what are the drawbacks and how to overcome the loopholes," he says. "Kota gets maximum students from Bihar. Every parent wants to send his child to Kota for engineering coaching. I want to stop that."

Source: http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/kota-coaching-institutes-brand-iit/1/194170.html

Despite high suicide rate, IIT-JEE aspirants make a beeline for a seat in Kota's coaching

dreaming to join some premier tech institute in the country.

Like Vishvesh there are about 1.5 lakh young boys and girls who are currently studying in one or the other coaching institutes in the city. According to the official website of Kota, there are 129 big and small coaching institutes in this city in Hadauti region of Rajasthan. They coach primarily for joint engineering entrance tests - IIT-JEE (JEE Main+ Advance)/AIEEE (JEE Main) - and pre-medical tests.

What V.K. Bansal, founder of Bansal classes and now its chairmancum-managing director, started as tuition classes in 1981 has now become the famous Bansal Classes Pvt Ltd. Following Bansal's footsteps, several coaching institutes have mushroomed in Kota and it forms a major part of the Rs.20,000 crore coaching industry in India.

Most of the premier coaching institutes have their new campuses in Kota's Indraprasth Industrial Area developed by the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO), the state enterprise for industrial promotion. Several electronic units sold out their industrial sheds to coaching institutes and the the industrial area has promptly changed into a commercial one.

Cut-throat competition

A student has to pay as much as Rs.1 lakh tuition fee and an equal amount on lodging and boarding, Anamika said. It makes the coaching market of Kota worth Rs.300 crore. As such, unlike traditional tuition centres, top institutes not only look, behave and have a corporate approach but are engaged in cut-throat competition. Latest to join the market is Eduwave launched by three Jain-brothers who were the faculty members at Bansal Classes.

The corporate character is also attracting big investment companies. Equity broker and financial services group CLSA and Milestone Religare, which have their headquarters in Hong Kong, have reportedly invested Rs100 crore and Rs.60 crore respectively in Resonance Eduventures. Franklin Templeton and Nadathur Group, owned by N.S. Raghavan of Infosys, have invested Rs.50 crore and Rs.54 crore respectively in the rival Career Point.

"This unhealthy competition has had its negative impact on the students as they lose faith in the system of education that Kota was known for. Students don't know when their teacher will shift to another institute," Bansal said. In some cases bright students, too are stolen by rival institutes by offering financial allurement in the form of scholarships and even cash, he added.

The annual pay package of a teacher ranges between Rs.15 lakh to Rs.50 lakh and may go up to Rs.2 crore in the case of a star teacher, Jain said.

"It is in this background that getting an opportunity to teach in an institute has become a status symbol even for those employed in government schools," social activist Brijesh Vijayvargia said. The mushrooming of coaching institutes has not only given an economic boost with several hostels and paying guest accommodations coming up in the vicinity of the institutes but has also placed Kota in a prominent place on India's academic map.

Suicides still won't be kept away

As the competition to grab a seat in the best coaching institutes in Kota is on the rise so are the suicidal tendencies among students.

There are instances when parents force their children to undertake coaching and be a part of this cut-throat competition without actually considering the child's aptitude or capacity for the subjects. While every parents' dream is to see their ward in the IITs or NITs, which offer 10,000 and 16,000 seats respectively, this puts the child in tremendous stress, at times leading to depression and suicidal tendencies.

Every month at least one student commits suicide for not being able to cope with the pressure, according to Kota police's records. The number of suicides that was eight (including one girl) and six (including one girl) in 2010 and 2011 respectively almost doubled in 2012 when 11 students including four girls committed suicide. Till April 18 this year four students - two boys and equal number girls took the extreme step of ending life.

The increasing trend of suicides was a serious matter and requires immediate address, Dr R.C. Sahni, head of Samvedna Research Foundation said. Following the character of Joy Lobo in the Aamir Khanstarrer 3 Idiots, at least three suicides were committed during the recent past by hanging from ceiling fan and notes left behind reading: " Sorry Papa, I quit" similar to the one left behind by Joy, Sahni said.

Sahni added that the main causes for depression among teenaged students were pressure from parents and teachers alike and the coaching system of which the cruel gradation was an integral part. "Instead of telling to compete with one self and acquire excellence students were asked to compete with others", Sahni opined.

The managers of the coaching institutes unanimously alleged that the new system of joint entrance tests, initiated at the behest of HRD minister Kapil Sibal, have unnecessarily increased pressure on students. The new system which gives weightage to the board results was already taken care of in the old system as almost all the qualified students fulfilled the criteria.

Doctor by day and shopkeeper by night in busy coaching hub

Dr Vitul Khandelwal, 40, completed his MBBS from Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Medical College in 1992 and started practising in DCM colony.

Around that time his father had opened a small grocery shop in Talwandi, developed by Rajasthan Housing Board for small and fixed income group families.

Soon after, like most other colonies of the city, the houses on the main road were converted into multi-storey guest houses and paying guest accommodations for students.

This first prompted his MBA wife Sulekha to convert the Shrudha Shopee into a departmental store followed by Khandelwal, himself to take up its front desk operations.

"On the tenth year of my medical practice, I converted my clinic into a partnership venture and started giving my evenings to the departmental store as it was more lucrative," Khandelwal said. "With the emergence of coaching institutes and large number of guest houses I found it worth giving more of my time", he added.


Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kot-coaching-coaching-institutes-iit-jee-aspirants-suicides/1/267308.html

Top Engineering Colleges In Maharashtra

The list of top Engineering Colleges in Maharashtra is:

IITs/NITs/IIITs Engineering colleges in Maharashtra

1. IIT-Bombay, Mumbai
2. VNIT, Nagpur

Other Deemed Universities/ Central Universities Engineering colleges in Maharashtra

1. Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai (UDCT), Mumbai
2. NMIMS College of Engineering (MPST&M),Mumbai
3. Symbiosis International University, Pune
4. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

State Universities/Affilated Colleges Engineering colleges in Maharashtra

1. College of Engineering, Pune, Pune
2. Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune
3. Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Andheri (W)
4. Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai
5. Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
6. D.K.T.E. Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
7. Government College of Engineering, Karad
8. K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyanagar
9. Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering, Kolhapur
10. Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
11. Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad
12. Sri Ramdeobaba KN Engineering College, Nagpur
13. Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli
14. Government College of Engineering, Amravati
15. Pillai’s Institute of Information Technology, Engineering, Media Studies and Research, Panvel
16. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai
17. Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli
18. Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai
19. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
20. Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra (West)
21. Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Nerul
22. Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad
23. M.H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai
24. Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune
25. Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Alandi (D)
26. P.E.S. Modern College of Engineering, Pune
27. Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar
28. Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune
29. Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala
30. Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune
31. Bharti Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering, Pune
32. Army Institute of Technology, Pune
33. Finolex Academy of Management & Technology, Ratnagiri
34. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad
35. Marathwada Institute of Technology,Aurangabad
36. Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, Mumbai
37. D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Pune
38. Padmashree Dr. D.Y.Patil Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pune
39. Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust’s College of Engineering & Technology, Jalgaon
40. St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai
41. Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur
42. Terna Engineering College, Navi Mumbai
43. Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Bandra (W)
44. Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur
45. Yeshwanthrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur
46. Abhinav College of Engineering & Polytechnic, Pune
47. PES College of Engineering, Aurangabad
48. Rizvi College of Engineering, Mumbai

IIT shows its innovative side

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi), the country’s premier institute of science and technology, exhibited their wide range of pioneering research-based projects at the ninth edition of its annual open house, I2Tech 2013.

I2Tech 2013 aimed at providing a distinctive platform for the students and professors of IIT Delhi to present some of the most innovative and commercially viable technical advancements developed as a part of their extensive research work and course curriculum.

The I2Tech 2013 Open House was held on Saturday, April 20, at the IIT Delhi premises. An established yearly entity, the I2Tech Open House provided a unique insight into the research driven curricula of IIT Delhi, facilitated by the state-of-art research facilities available at the institute.

One of the major attractions of the one-day event scheduled on April 20 was
the ‘multi-purpose wheelchair’ made by the students of IIIrd year. Anurag Kumar Singh, one of the students of the three-member team, explained further about their innovation. “It took us four months to make the wheelchair and it was sponsored by the Industrial Research Development (IRD) wing of IIT.

The wheelchair has four major facilities like the seat can be rotated and can adjusted on a western toilet, it can reach at a height of seven feet from the ground to get something from cupboards, it has a table to keep laptops and dishes and lastly it has a facility to clean the floor.” He further added, “We are really happy to announce that our project will soon be patented as there is no such wheelchair
anywhere.”

Another PHD student Pravin Jagtap also shared his thoughts on his innovation. “We made a rubber pad and a sliding system which can be used to prevent earthquake
vibrations. These products can be kept under any object, like a mirror almira as it has the ability to absorb earthquake vibrations and hence helps to retain the objects
during earthquakes.”

According to Manjeet Jassal, chairperson of Open House, there were many highlights of the event. “The live display of ground breaking research projects developed by students, staff and faculty, technical workshops by industry experts and a guided showcase of the on-campus laboratories were some of the highlights of the one of its kind exhibition.

There were a total of 600 projects that were displayed and more than 4000 outsiders visited the event.”

Other key projects displayed at I2Tech Open House 2013 were fresh and cool smart technology for garments, green power generation using diesel engines fueled with biodiesel – CNG, spectrum aware rural connectivity and biosensor chip for analysis of pesticide residue, heavy metal and bacterial contamination in milk.

The event was dedicated to provide an insight into path-breaking research work, student projects and the numerous advanced facilities and laboratories available at IIT Delhi. It consisted of presentations and demonstrations of projects worked upon by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/327801/iit-shows-its-innovative-side.html

Where engineering gets a fair share

Kaveri Kala and Prerna Singh, both fourth-year mechanical and automation engineering students of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), shared similar thoughts before they joined the institute. “We were fascinated by the idea of designing a car. We wanted to be technically as good as the boys, when it comes to making a car,” they say.

Both of them, along with other batchmates, have spent a great time running from the busy markets of Delhi like Mayapuri, Kashmere Gate, Chawri Bazaar and Inderlok to research on their car designs and buy scrap and other spare parts for the vehicles they make as part of their competitions.

Kala, who opted out of her physics (hons) programme at Hindu College, is happy with her decision of joining IGIT. “I wanted to become a mechanical and automotive engineer and IGIT offered great scope. Being an all-girls engineering college, it offers a lot of exposure to all its students. I now want to work with the auto and farm sector and have been placed at the R&D unit of Mahindra and Mahindra near Chennai. I will be researching on tractor engines and there is immense scope for breakthrough innovations which I always wanted to do,” she says.

USP: IGIT has made rich contributions to the growth of quality technical education and research among women during the last 15 years. The institute boasts of 100% placement of its students in prestigious companies and MNCs. These include TCS, Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, Maruti Suzuki India Lt, GE Research, Cisco, Hindustan Unilever, Mahindra and Mahindra, and Samsung. The highest salary package offered to students of computer science and Engineering last year was Rs. 16 lakh per annum by Microsoft.

“The mission of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women is education, employment and empowerment of women as they deserve equal opportunities, better treatment and a bright future. The technical education imparted by our university will make them employable and self-reliant,” says Nupur Prakash, principal, IGIT, who has been appointed as vice chancellor of the new university.

Programmes: Though the institute is set to be granted university status officially from May 1, 2013, for the 2013-14 session, admission to its four BTech programmes and MCA programme would be conducted by GGSIP University, Delhi, through a common entrance test. The soon-to-be university plans to start new MTech programmes in 2013-14, for which the announcement will be made in May and sale of brochures will start from June 1, 2013.

Currently, the following programmes are on offer: BTech (computer science and engineering); BTech (electronics and communication engineering); BTech (mechanical and automation engineering); BTech (information technology); MCA; and MTech (ECE) part-time. The new MTech programmes to be launched from 2013-14 are MTech (information security); MTech (mobile computing); MTech (robotics and automation) and MTech (VLSI design).

Infrastructure: IGIT has a learning resource centre which has a collection of over 16,000 books in the areas of science, engineering and technology. Two girls’ hostels are also available on campus.

In addition, there are mechanical and automation engineering laboratories, computer science and engineering laboratories and electronics and communication engineering laboratories etc.

Admissions: For all BTech programmes (IT, CSE, ECE and MAE) as per GGSIPU, the common entrance test is on May 19, 2013. For the MCA programme as per GGSIPU, the common entrance test is on May 11, 2013. For all MTech programmes, sale of admission brochures begins on June 1, 2013, and the application deadline is June 30, 2013.

Clubs and societies: SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. Students have been taking part in SAE India competitions such as BAJA SAE India, SUPRA and Effi-Cycle. Students also excelled in the annual BAJA SAE 2013 inter-college design competition, which invites institutes to design and build a prototype of a rugged single-seater, off-road recreational vehicle and then test the static and dynamic attributes of the vehicle. Each vehicle while being tested for its design characteristics, cost factor and engineering solutions is also subjected to various trails to evaluate maximum speed, acceleration, manoeuvrability and endurance.

This year, 300 teams were registered for the event. The vehicle designed by team Yantriki of IGIT survived the endurance race which lasted for 3.5 hours and won the Chairman’s Award for Rs. 1 lakh.

Factfile
The Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT) was established in 1998 by the Directorate of Training and Technical Education, Delhi government, as the first engineering college for women. In 2002, the college became the first constituent college of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Wishlist
“We want better coaching facilities for sports. We also want the library timings to be extended beyond 5pm and also on weekends,” says Anjana Dharmani, a second-year student

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTEducation/Chunk-HT-UI-HTEducationSectionPage-OtherStories/Where-engineering-gets-a-fair-share/SP-Article1-1048967.aspx

Students find engg entrance test easy

The physics and chemistry papers for the state engineering entrance examination which began on Monday was relatively easy and candidates repeating the test said they got sufficient time this time unlike last year.

“Both the papers were not difficult though I found physics easier. A basic preparation would really have helped many. This is what some of my friends too felt”, said Alex A., who took the exam at SRV Government Model High School.

Another student Aditya S.  said time-management was a crucial factor and on Monday he was able to fare quite well. However, students fear that the ease with which they took Monday's examinations could make things difficult on Tuesday when they face mathematics. "We hope things will be like this tomorrow too”,  some said.

Ernakulam district has the highest number of students for the entrance examination - 14,360 - being held in 41 centres. Nearly 1.09 lakh students are taking the tests from the state. The medical entrance  for courses other than MBBS and BDS which have a national entrance test, are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130423/news-current-affairs/article/students-find-engg-entrance-test-easy

Mixed response to JEE mains

A lengthy and tough physics section, chemistry questions right out of the CBSE syllabus and a relatively easy math section — this was the predominant opinion among most students who took the online JEE mains on Monday.

Nearly 1,200 students in the city took the test.  Since the test centres were located in engineering colleges on the outskirts, most said the biggest problem was reaching the centre before 7.30 a.m.

“I was worried about power cuts, but the exams went smoothly. There were people to assist too,” said a student who took the exam at a centre in Sriperumbudur.

The offline test was held on April 7 in Coimbatore, Madurai and Puducherry and many students had chosen to write it. “While some students were not comfortable with the online format, many who had prepared for the test wanted to finish it off as early as possible to get more time for JEE advanced,” said Ankur Jain, managing director, FITJEE.

Niranjan P, who took the test on Monday, said he was nervous before the exam especially because the offline test was an easy one. “I choose to take the test today, and not later, because the test can get tougher as the date advances.”

There were some unexpected questions too. For instance, some theory-based ones in chemistry and physics were difficult, said students. “I was asked about the Baker’s reagent. I did not know about it, neither did my friends,” said Ashish Nagarajan, a student.

K.K. Anand, who runs SMART coaching centre in the city, said the paper was very similar to AIEEE in format. “Also, the students who are taking the online test had the advantage of looking at the offline paper. They had time to prepare too.”

He said the offline paper had many questions in Physics from portions of NCERT textbook recommended only for the mains exam and not for the advanced test. “Concepts such as magnetism, semiconductors are easy but often neglected because they don’t feature in JEE, but since they appeared in mains, many students have prepared for them,” he added.

Nearly 14 lakh students had registered for JEE mains 2013. The online and computer-based JEE mains will also be held on April 23 and 25 in 26 cities. Of the total number of students taking the test, nearly 1.5 lakh will be selected to take up JEE advanced. The test determines admission to undergraduate engineering programmes at National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Information Technology and other centrally-funded technical institutions.


Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mixed-response-to-jee-mains/article4644623.ece

BITS Pilani acquires its Dubai campus

BITS Pilani has acquired the infrastructure of its Dubai campus from its long term partner ETA LLC Group, ending a 12-year collaboration.

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani made the announcement adding that all the statutory requirements for acquisition had been met.

BITS had set up its only international branch in Dubai in 2000 in collaboration with ETA LLC Group. Under the agreement, the latter provided infrastructural facilities and administrative support while the former managed the academics.

Talking about the move, Syed M Salahuddin, Managing Director of ETA remarked that the campus had grown a lot in past 12 years.

“Now we pass on the responsibility to BITS Pilani to take it to further heights of excellence in Engineering and Technology education in the Middle East region,” he said.

Professor Bijendra N Jain, Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani in India, said: “Now that BITS Pilani has taken full responsibility as an infrastructure-provider for its Dubai Campus, it will aggressively work to expand opportunities for education and applied research at its Dubai Campus.”

“BITS Pilani brand is looking forward to strengthening its Dubai campus by expanding programme offerings, student enrolment, faculty strength, research and community outreach activities, with a view to attracting best of talents,” added Professor Ravi Kant Mittal, Director of Dubai campus.

Currently, the Dubai campus offers seven undergraduate programs in Engineering besides several postgraduate and doctoral programmes, with a student strength of over 1500.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/bits-pilani-acquires-its-dubai-campus/article4626734.ece

Indian Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad prof new director of IIT-BHU

Prof Rajeev Sangal of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad joined as the new director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Tuesday.

Prof Sangal did his masters and research in Computer and Information Sciences from University of California, USA after completing BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Kanpur. He earlier served as director-cum-vice chancellor of IIIT-Hyderabad.

Prof Sangal is known for his work on development of software for converting and translating languages. He has developed eight softwares for the conversion of the matter from one language to other. He has also built 18 systems of machine translation out of which eight systems are released for public use. He has led a consortium of 12 institutions for building machine translation system for nine Indian languages.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Indian-Institute-of-Information-Technology-Hyderabad-prof-new-director-of-IIT-BHU/articleshow/19607869.cms

95% of India’s engineers are unfit for jobs in MNC’s – Study

Rerportedly a study conducted by Knowledgefaber on 356,000 engineering and technology students who graduated last year and found out that 95% of them are unfit to join Multinational Companies.
The report said that only half of 356,000 engineering and technology graduates gained employment and that only 45 percent of students, who studied from Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges, were only good enough to work with IT services firms like Infosys and Wipro.
The report also said that only 5 percent of students who are from Tier 1 colleges like IIT’s and NIT’s were smart enough to be employed with companies like Google and yahoo

Top Engineering Colleges for Chemical Engineering In India

here is the list of Top Engineering Colleges for Chemical Engineering In India

1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
5. IIT BHU
6. Birla Insitute of Technology & Science Pilani
7. NIT Trichy
8. NIT Warangal
9. University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), Mumbai
10. Delhi Technological University

Complete list of institutes and courses available under IPU CET

Here is the complete list of institutes and courses available under IPU CET

68 LIST OF PROGRAMMES/INSTITUTESDURING THE ACADEMIC SESSION 2012-13 4 The details of programmes run in various institutes with sanctioned seat intake during the academicsession 2012-13 is given in succeeding paras. This list has been provided to give prospective candidatesa tentative idea about the programmes/institutes in which admissions were made. However, the final listof the programmes/institutes with seat intake for the academic session 2013-14 may change dependingupon the final approval of the statutory authorities and the final list of the institutes and the sanctionedseat intake for session 2013-14 shall be notified on the University's Website (www.ipu.ac.in) before thestart of counselling/admissions (along with the I st counselling schedule). A: B. TECH PROGRAMMES where Common Entrance Test (CET -2013) will be held.1. Programme : (i) Lateral Entry to B.Tech. Programmes for Diploma holders (CETCode-128)(ii) Lateral Entry to B.Tech for B.Sc. Graduates (CET Code- 129) S.No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration* Sanctioned Intake(in Yrs) CET Code 128 CET Code 129 1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 03Kashmere Gate, Delhi - 110403 B.Tech (ECE) 4 03 03B.Tech (MAE) 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 03 032.  Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 03Technologies & Research B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06(Formerly Ambedkar Institute of Technology),Geeta Colony, Delhi - 1100313. G.B. Pant Government Engineering College B.Tech (ECE) 4 03 03Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, Okhla B.Tech (MAE) 4 03 03New Delhi-110020 B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 034. Ch. Brahm Prakash Government B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03Engineering College B.Tech(CVE) 4 03 03Jaffarpur, Najafgarh, Delhi-110073 B.Tech (ENE) 4 02 015. Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering B.Tech (TE) 4 03 03  Maa Anandmayi Marg, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-II, Delhi-1100206. National Power Training Institute B.Tech (PE) 4 03 03Badarpur, New Delhi-1100447. Amity School of Engg. & Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 03580, Delhi Palam Vihar Road, Bijwasan B.Tech (ECE) 4 03 03New Delhi - 110061 B.Tech(I&CE) 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03B.Tech (MAE) 4 03 038. Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06PSP-4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi-110085 B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03B.Tech(EEE) 4 03 039. Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 03A-4, PaschimVihar, New Delhi-110063 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd shift  4 03 03B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06B.Tech(I&CE) 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03B.Tech(EEE) 4 03 03   69 S.No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration* Sanctioned Intake(in Yrs) CET Code 128 CET Code 129 10. Guru Premsukh Memorial College of B.Tech (CSE) 4 03 03Engineering, B.Tech (ECE) 4 03 03245, Village Budhpur, G.T Karnal Raod, B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03Delhi-110036 B.Tech (MAE) 4 03 0311. Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06(Minority Educational Institute), B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03G-8, Area, Rajouri Garden, B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06Opp. Swarg Ashram Mandir,Delhi-110064 B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 06 06  B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech(EEE) 4 03 0312. HMR Institute of Technology and Management , B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06 Hameed Pur, Delhi-110036 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03B.Tech (MAE) 4 06 06B.Tech (EEE) 4 06 06 B.Tech (EEE)-2nd Shift 4 03 0313. Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06PSP Area, Sector - 22, Rohini, B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03Delhi -110085 B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 06 06B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (MAE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (MAE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (EEE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (EEE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03 14. Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06C-4, Janak Puri, New Delhi-110058 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06 B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 03 03 B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech(EEE) 4 03 0315. Northern India Engineering College, B.Tech (CSE) 4 06 06FC-26, Shastri Park, Delhi-110053 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (ECE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech (IT) 4 06 06B.Tech (MAE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (MAE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech(EEE) 4 06 06  B.Tech (EEE)-2nd Shift 4 03 03B.Tech(CVE) 4 06 06 * Students admitted through latral entry will complete the course in 3 years as they are given admissiondirectly in 3 rd Semester/Second year. 2. Programme : (i) B.Tech./M.Tech. (Dual Degree) (Bio Technology) (CETCode-130) S.No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration Sanctioned Intake(inYrs) 1. University School of Bio Technology B.Tech /M.Tech 4+2 45Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 (Dual Degree) (BT)   70 3. Programme : B.Tech/M.Tech (Dual Degree)/B.Tech (CET Code:131) S. No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration Intake(in Yrs) 1. University School of Chemical Technology B. Tech/M.Tech. 4+2 40Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 (Dual Degree)(CE)B.Tech/M.Tech 4+2 30(Dual Degree)(Bio-chemical Engg.)2. University School of Information & Communication B. Tech/M.Tech. 4+2 60Technology (formerly USIT) (Dual Degree)Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 (IT)B. Tech/M.Tech. 4+2 60(Dual Degree)(CSE)B. Tech/M.Tech. 4+2 60(Dual Degree)(ECE)3. Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 60Kashmere Gate, Delhi -110403 B.Tech (ECE) 4 60B.Tech (MAE) 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 604. Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication B.Tech (CSE) 4 60Technologies & Research B.Tech (ECE) 4 120(Formerly Ambedkar Institute of Technology),Geeta Colony, Delhi - 1100925. G.B. Pant Government Engineering College B.Tech (ECE) 4 60Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, Okhla B.Tech (MAE) 4 60New Delhi- 110020 B. Tech (CSE) 4 606. Ch. Brahm Prakash Government Engineering College B.Tech (IT) 4 60Behind Rao Tula Ram Hospital B.Tech (CVE) 4 60Jaffarpur, Najafgarh, New Delhi-110073 B.Tech (ENE) 4 30 7. Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering B.Tech (TE) 4 60Maa Anandmayi Marg,Okhla Industrial Area,Phase-II, Delhi-1100208. National Power Training Institute B.Tech (PE) 4 60Badarpur, New Delhi-1100449. Amity School of Engg. & Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 60580, Delhi Palam Vihar Road, Bijwasan B.Tech (ECE) 4 60New Delhi - 110061 B.Tech (I&CE) 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 60B.Tech (MAE) 4 60 10. Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 120PSP-4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi-110085 B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (IT) 4 60B.Tech(EEE) 4 6011. Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering B.Tech (CSE) 4 60A-4, PaschimVihar, New Delhi-110063 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (I&CE) 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 60B.Tech(EEE) 4 60   71 S.No. Institute Programme Duration* Intake(in Yrs) 12. Guru Premsukh Memorial College of B.Tech (CSE) 4 60Engineering, B.Tech (ECE) 4 60245, Village Budhpur, G.T Karnal Raod, B.Tech (IT) 4 60Delhi-110036 B.Tech (MAE) 4 6013. Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 120(Minority Educational Institute) B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60G-8, Area, Rajouri Garden, Opp. Swarg Ashram B.Tech (ECE) 4 120Mandir, Delhi - 110064 B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 120B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (EEE) 4 6014. HMR Institute of Technology and Management, B.Tech (CSE) 4 120Hameed Pur, Delhi-110036 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 60B.Tech (MAE) 4 120B.Tech (EEE) 4 120B.Tech (EEE)-2nd Shift 4 6015. Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology B.Tech (CSE) 4 120PSP Area, Sector - 22, Rohini, B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60Delhi -110085 B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 120B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (MAE) 4 120B.Tech (MAE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech(EEE) 4 120B.Tech(EEE)-2nd Shift 4 6016. Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, B.Tech (CSE) 4 120C-4, Janak Puri, New Delhi-110058 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 60B.Tech (IT)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech(EEE) 4 6017. Northern India Engineering College, B.Tech (CSE) 4 120FC-26, Shastri Park, Delhi-110053 B.Tech (CSE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (ECE) 4 120B.Tech (ECE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.Tech (IT) 4 120B.Tech (MAE) 4 120B.Tech (MAE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.T ech(EEE) 4 120B.Tech (EEE)-2nd Shift 4 60B.T ech (CVE) 4 120 B: M.TECH PROGRAMMES where Common Entrance Test (CET -2013) will be held.1. Programme : M.Tech (Regular & Weekend)(CET Code:139) S. No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration Intake(in Yrs) 1. University School of Information & Communication M.Tech.(CSE) 2 18Technology (formerly USIT) M.Tech (IT) 2 25Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 M.Tech (CSE)Weekend 3 60M.Tech.(IT)Weekend 3 60   72 S. No. Name of the Institute Programme Duration Intake(in Yrs) 2. Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication M.Tech (IS) 2 18Technologies & Research(Formerly Ambedkar Institute of Technology),Geeta Colony, Delhi - 1100923. C-DAC M.Tech. (CSE) 2 25 Anusandhan Bhawan M.Tech. (IT) 2 25C-56/1, Institutional Area, Sector-62Noida-201307 (UP). 2. Programme : M.Tech (Regular & Weekend)(CET Code:140) 1. University School of Information & Communication M.Tech.(ECE) 2 18Technology (formerly USIT) M.Tech (ECE)Weekend 3 60Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-1100782. Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication M.Tech.(DC) 2 18Technologies & Research M.Tech.(RF&ME) 2 18(Formerly Ambedkar Institute of Technology), M.Tech.(SP) 2 18Geeta Colony, Delhi - 1100923. C-DAC M.Tech. (VLSI Design) 2 25 Anusandhan BhawanC-56/1, Institutional Area, Sector-62Noida-201307 (UP).4. Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, M.Tech (ECE)Weekend 3 40Kashmere Gate, Delhi -110403 C: M.TECH PROGRAMMES where NO CET will be held. i.Programme : M.Tech Programme (CET Code:152) 1. University School of Bio Technology M.Tech 2 20Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 (FPT) ii. Programme : M.Tech (Programme Code:161) 1. University School of Basic & Applied Sciences M.Tech (EP) 2 18Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 M. Tech (NST) 2 15 iii. Programme : M.Tech (Programme Code:166) 1. University School of Chemical Technology M.Tech (CE) 2 30Sector-16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078  D. B.ARCH PROGRAMME where NO CET will be held (CET Code:100) 1. University School of Architecture & Planning B.Arch. 5 65Kashmere Gate, Delhi - 1104032. MBS School of Planning & Architecture B. Arch 5 120Sector 9,PSP Area, Dwarka. New Delhi110075 Note -:  1: For full forms of abbreviations, Please see at page no.2 2: For Weekend Programme, 5% of the sanctioned intake would be earmarked for the employees of theGGSIP University over and above the sanctioned intake. The seats would be offered in order of merit only to the Group A and Group B employees of the Unversity.