Placement scenario is not good in new IITs established in 2009

Reportedly new IITs setup in 2008 are doing well in terms of placement but IITs established in 2009 are yet to pick up. Most of thge students have received offers of Rs 6 LPA. The highest offers made are limited only to IT students.

Students are worried because of dull campus placement in these institutes. One of the student said “Even if I get a job with low pay-package, I will accept the offer for gaining work experience. Later, I will prepare for a management entrance examination or GRE. We were expecting good placements but situation seems worse as the institute is not established yet and running on a rented campus.”

Parents of all IIT students have great expectation but standard of all IITs are not same. Even in same institute placement is not same for all branches. It is the fact that not many students from core engineering branches get international offers.

Placement Is Becoming A Tougher Challenge Than JEE For IITians

Though in IIT campus placement highest pay package has gone around 80 lakhs in computer science department, but situation is not same for other students. Average annual pay package for graduates this placement season has not exceeded Rs 10 lakh; this is even lower for students taking up core engineering jobs. Placement is not balanced, someone is getting a pay package of 80 Lakhs per annum and others less than 10 LPA. Big pay package to few students put an unnecessary stress on other students. The pressure to get a high-paying job is intense. All parents expect 60-80 lakhs pay package for their child but it is not possible.

Generally students think that to clear JEE is biggest challenge of his life but that’s not true.To get a high package job is becoming a tougher challenge than JEE. “It is perceived that every IITian gets multiple offers and is spoilt for choice. Four years ago when I qualified in the JEE, my relatives and family members told me that I would soon be earning in dollars,” said a final year IIT-B student from the civil engineering department who has not yet been placed. Along with that is the cold fact that not many students from this department get international offers. “The pressure to live up to their expectations is constantly weighing on me,” he added.

For students coming from smaller towns situation is much worse, their parents want their child to be placed in international firm. A former dean said he had a lot of trouble convincing a parent who was asking his daughter to not take up a job and wait for something better. The student hails from a small town in Andhra Pradesh and was getting an offer in a leading software company in Bangalore. But her parents wondered how she was offered so little. “They asked their daughter why she was being offered so little when other students from the institute were getting offers of Rs 80 lakh,” he said.

Reportedly this year only one students got pay package of 80 LPA. The average is not more than Rs 11 lakh for students from the computer science department and even less for the ones from the core engineering departments.

 

Source: 100 Marks

Posted by : Sumit Singh

Believe it or not: IBM employs more Indians than Americans

New York: American tech icon International Business Machines (IBM), which is known as “Big Blue”, most likely now employs more people across India than in the United States – if an internal document reported by Computerworld magazine is correct.
According to the document, as reported by Computerworld (details here), IBM has 112,000 workers in India, up from just 6,000 in 2002. When contacted by Firstpost, IBM declined to comment on this document or say anything about the numbers.
IBM is understandably sensitive to criticism that its hiring spree in India could ratchet up the outsourcing debate at a time when US unemployment is stuck at 7.9 percent.
“There’s little that is surprising about this data. It has been widely expected over the past year or two that IBM’s India workforce was on track to exceed its U.S. workforce,” said Computerworld.
“Crossing such a threshold is a symbolic shift more than anything else — a globalization footnote. With a global workforce of 4,30,000, less than a fourth of IBM’s employees are in the US,” added the US magazine.

‘Big Blue’ likely employs more Indians than Americans. Reuters

The last time that IBM made a public statement about its US workforce was in Congressional testimony in the fall of 2009 (here), when it put its US workforce at 105,000. It was at 121,000 at the end of 2007, and more in previous years. For the record, IBM no longer reports where its employees are located.
IBM in recent years has been known for using acquisitions in products such as cloud computing, analytics and consulting services to spark growth and improve profitability in a huge, mature company. IBM, which has an overall successful mix of products, is the company that others like Hewlett Packard secretly want to be, one where high-margin service and software businesses support big but slow-growing hardware divisions.
IBM’s rapid acquisitions will continue to hold the key to its growth strategy at least through 2015. But the firm’s growth also hinges on its winning formula to have large numbers of engineers and employees working in India or other low-cost countries, a thinning layer of highly compensated employees close to their clients, and factory like business processes. India is a crucial cog in the machine at IBM, which now runs large software programming and BPO operations in India.
According to the internal IBM document, the average annual wages for all IBM workers in India was at around $17,000. Although this is much lower than what American IT workers make, it is in synch with better IT wages in India.
In 2009, IBM created a buzz by launching a program called “Project Match” to help laid-off American and Canadian workers find jobs in India, China and other low-wage countries where it is still hiring (more here). American workers who leapt at the vacancies across the Atlantic had to move for local wages instead of generous expat salaries. Big Blue’s “Project Match” initiative signalled the flattening of the world. But predictably, it didn’t go down well with the unions.
“We hear a lot of talk about companies’ offshoring and shifting work, but this is the first time I’ve seen a company encourage employees to offshore themselves,” Lee Conrad, national coordinator for Alliance@IBM, had quipped.
IBM last year reported its full year Americas’ revenues at nearly $45 billion, and total revenues at nearly $107 billion.

Source: Firstpost

Cut-off BITSAT Scores 2012

Dear Students This information is taken from the website of BITS Pilani  Vikas Kumar Ranchi Cut-off BITSAT scores

The cut-off BITSAT scores for admissions to I Semester 2012-13 to different programmes are given below. This is given here for information on the request of many candidates. Candidates should note that the cut-off scores vary from year to year.

Degree programme at Pilani Campus	Cut-off BITSAT-2012 score
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical	316
B.E.(Hons.): Civil	310
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical & Electronics	343
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical	332
B.E.(Hons.): Manufacturing	303
B.Pharm.(Hons.)	260
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science	356
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Instrumentation	331
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences	285
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry	294
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics	311
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics	300
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics	302
M.Sc.(Tech.): General Studies	294
M.Sc.(Tech.): Finance	282
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems	296

Degree programme at Goa Campus	Cut-off BITSAT-2012 score
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical	283
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical and Electronics	303
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical	296
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science	313
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Instrumentation	292
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences	271
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry	276
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics	282
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics	277
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics	282
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems	276

Degree programme at Hyderabad Campus	Cut-off BITSAT-2012 score
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical	283
B.E.(Hons.): Civil	289
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical and Electronics	298
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical	295
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science	307
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Communication	306
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Instrumentation	292
B.E.(Hons.): Manufacturing	280
B.Pharm.(Hons.)	258
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences	271
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry	274
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics	279
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics	276
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics	279
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems	275

JEE Main 2013 Versus JEE Advanced 2013

In lay man’s language JEE (Main) is what used to be AIEEE and JEE(Advanced) is previously held IIT JEE

Scheme of Exam:

1.This exam is to decide Admission criteria to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, Other centrally funded Technical Institutions, Institutions funded by several participating state governments. The Paper-1 of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if

he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs

2. Those Student who passed std 12 in 2011 or 2012 and appearing in 2013 and can appear in JEE main. For JEE Advanced only those students are elligible who have passed std 12th in 2012 or are appearing in 2013

3. Application available in online mode only

4. Form filling began on 8th november and will be available till 15th December.

5. JEE (Main) to be held online and offline. There are two papers. Paper will be conducted in both mode. However paper 2 is held only Offline(paper-pencil)

6. Photograph should be taken on or after 1.10.2012 in high-contrast front-faced passport-size (3x4 cm) photographs. The face must cover at

least 50% of the total vertical space of the photograph. The photograph mustindicate clearly the name of the candidate along with the date of taking the

photograph

7. 1.5 lakh shortlisted student to appear in JEE (Advanced)

8.Pen and Paper Examination Cities in Jharkhand: Ranchi, Bokaro, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad

9. No Centre in Jharkhand for Computer based exam of JEE(Main)

10. Result of JEE (Main) to be declared on 7th May

	JEE Main	JEE Advanced
Mode of Application	Only Online	Only Online
Opening of Website for Online Application for JEE(Main) - 2013	8th November Onwards	8th May for short listed candidates only
Closing of Online Application Process	15 Dec,2012	13th May for short listed candidates
Date of Exam	Pen and Paper Based(Offline): 7th April, 2013	2nd June
	Computer Based Examination(Online): 8th- 25th May
Timing of Exam	Pen and Paper Based Paper 1: 9.00-12.00 (Phy+Chem+Math) Paper 2: 2.00 -5.00 pm (Mathematcis  +Aptitude Test + Drawing Test)	Paper 1: 09.00 to 12.00 hrs (IST) Paper 2: 14.00 to 17.00 hrs (IST)
	Computer Based: 1st Shift: 9.00-12.00 2nd Shifr: 2.00-5.00 (If required) Exact slots will be displayed from 1st february. Students can select it between 1st-15th Feb.
Language of Exam	Hindi + English + Gujrati	Hindi + English
Downloading of Admit cards by candidates from zonal IIT JEE (Advanced) – 2013	1st march onwards	16 May  - 31 May
Date of Result	7th May,2013	23rd June
Rank Card Dispatch	12th  May

IIT 2013 details released by CBSE

Introduction and Scheme of Examination

It has been decided to hold a Joint Entrance Examination from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED. Only the top 150000 candidates (including all categories) based on performance in JEE MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED examination. Admissions to IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile categories. Admission to NITs will be based on 40 % weightage for performance in Class XII board marks (normalized) and the remainder 60 % weightage would be given to performance in JEE Main and a combined All India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly. The policy could also be adopted by other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and participating Institutions. In case any State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities where States require separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightages adopted by the states, then the merit list shall be prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States. The examination will be conducted in the Regional Languages of the State(s) on the requests of such State(s).

 Eligibility Criteria and List of Qualifying Examinations for JEE(Main) Exam 2013

The minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE(MAIN) 2013 is that the candidate must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination (see below). Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2013 may also appear in JEE(MAIN) 2013 provisionally. However, admission criteria in the concerned institution/university will be followed as prescribed by concerned university/institution and as per the guidelines & criteria prescribed by AICTE. The candidates who are seeking admission in NITs, IIITs or CFTIs must ensure their eligibility for the admission in NITs, IIITs and CFTIs.. The candidates who are aspirants only for IITs and ISM Dhanbad must ensure their eligibility for admission in IITs and ISM Dhanbad. The candidates who are aspirants for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs , IITs and ISM Dhanbad must ensure their eligibility for admission in NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, IITs and ISM Dhanbad.

Note – For eligibility of admission in IITs and ISM Dhanbad pl refer JEE(Advanced) website http://jee.iitd.ac.in

Qualifying Examinations – LIST OF QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS i) The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University. iii) Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy. iv) Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system. v) H.S.C. Vocational Examination. vi) A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects. vii) 3 or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

Improvement of Marks/Results

If a candidate wants to improve his performance in Board’s Exam, he/she can do so but for consideration of that year’s result he/she has to appear in all the subjects and not the partial.

Pattern of Examination

Subject combination for each paper and type of questions in each paper are given in the table below: SUBJECTS		TYPE OF QUESTIONS		Duration
Paper 1	Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics		Objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics		3 Hours
Paper 2	Mathematics – Part I Aptitude Test – Part II & Drawing Test – Part III		Objective type questions Objective type questions questions to test Drawing Aptitude		3 Hours

Admissions Criteria including Normalization and Weightage for JEE(Main) Exam 2013 Admission to NITs, and IIITs, will be based on 40 % weightage for performance in Class XII board or other qualifying examinations marks (normalized) and the remainder 60 % weightage would be given to performance in JEE (Main) and a combined All India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly. The policy could also be adopted by other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and participating Institutions.

No of attempts in JEE(Main) Exam The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE(Main) shall be limited to 03 (three) uniformly for all the candidates in consecutive years. The candidates passed +2 exam in 2011 or 2012 or appearing in +2 in 2013 are only eligible to appear in JEE(Main)-2013. Candidates passed +2 in 2010 or before or appearing in 2014 are not eligible to appear in JEE(Main)-2013.

Date of Examinations for JEE(Main) Exam 2013 Offline Exam – 7th April 2013 Online Exam – Between 8th April to 30th April 2013(the exact dates will be announced soon)

JEE(Advanced) related Only the top 150000 candidates (including all categories) based on performance in JEE MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED examination. Admissions to IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile categories of their respective class xii board or other qualifying examination. The percentile will vary from year to year and across the Boards.

For more information and queries about JEE(Advanced) please contact jeeadv@admin.iitd.ac.in

XAT: 2013 Notification

XAT 2013 will be conducted on Sunday 6^th January 2013. Last date of Registration : 5th December

XLRI conducts test on behalf of the XAMI. For more than 60 years XLRI is conducting test at all India level to select the most appropriate for management education. The test score is being used by more than 100 institutes for the admission.

XAT 2013 would be conducted across India in the following cities.

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.

XAT 2013 would also be conducted across the following three international cities.

Dhaka, Dubai, Kathmandu.

Official Website:  http://xatonline.net.in

Frequently Asked Questions

1. When does the Registration for XAT 2013 Start?
   • Registration for XAT 2013 starts on 20^th August 2012 and ends on 30^th November 2012.
2. What is the last date for receiving XAT Confirmation Page ?
   • Last date is 5^th December 2012
3. What is the eligibility criteria for taking XAT 2013?
   • A bachelors degree under 10+2+3 system from a recognized university or a deemed university.
4. I have less than 50% in graduation, am I eligible to apply for XAT 2013?
   • Yes, you are eligible to apply for XAT 2013.
5. I am in the final year of my graduation, am I eligible to take XAT 2013 for applying to XLRI or more than 100 other XLRI associated Management Institutes?
   • Yes, you are eligible for admission to XLRI. You need to complete your final year examination by June 10, 2013. Other XAT Members Institutes may have a different date regarding the completion of the final examination