EAMCET 2013: Counselling dates extended to September 1

EAMCET 2013: Counselling dates extended to September 1:

The EAMCET counselling dates have been extended to September 1.  The counselling was to begin on June 20.

As per the orders of Andhra Pradesh High Court the EAMCET Engineering 2013 schedule was announced by the Higher Education Council of Andhra Pradesh. The counseling procedure will commence from August 19.

Engineering classes will begin from September 10 or 11.

The college management has been told to make the applications for management quotas available on their website. The application should also be displayed on the college notice board.

Candidates can also download the applications from the official website of Higher education council. Students can also send their applications not only through the website but also directly to the colleges along with necessary copies of the certificates.

The following is a list of the dates and the events scheduled for that date:

August 19 - Certificate verification process begins for filling convener quota engineering seats. This will be done across Andhra Pradesh in 53 centers and will continue till August 30.

August 22 to September 3 - Students can give pick and select college options.

September 4 - Last date to make changes to the options list.

September 5 - Seats allotment.

September 6 - Students can take admissions in allotted colleges.

September  10 or 11 -  First year engineering classes will begin.

37 helpline centers have been established in Seemandhra for engineering counseling. Acharya Rao also said that a decision on the postponement of the schedule, if necessary, will be taken on August 17 or 18.

Source : Indian-colleges

IIT-JEE 2013: Rankers to get first quota seats:

IIT-JEE 2013: Rankers to get first quota seats:

IIT-JEE 2013 rankers will get management quota seats in some of the best engineering colleges.

Students who give EAMCET entrance exam will find it difficult to get seats in the premier institutes.  

Each engineering college has 70 per cent merit quota seats (category-A), to be filled through EAMCET counselling.

 30 per cent management quota (category-B) seats are filled on their own.

According to the latest norms, out of the 30 per cent management quota seats, 5 per cent has to be offered to children of NRIs.

The rest have to be offered to JEE (Main) rankers irrespective of which state they hail from.

The EAMCET counselling dates have been extended to September 1.  The counselling was to begin on June 20.

As per the orders of Andhra Pradesh High Court the EAMCET Engineering 2013 schedule was announced by the Higher Education Council of Andhra Pradesh. The counseling procedure will commence from August 19.

Engineering classes will begin from September 10 or 11.

Source : Indian-Colleges

Satyam - 13 Year old boy qualified for IIT in India

Satyam - 13 Year old boy qualified for IIT in India:

Satyam is a 13-year-old student in Bihar . His father is farmer. This Year Satyam wrote the entrance test for IIT and has successfully qualified for the admission. He is the youngest to crack the IIT entrance exam. He is now aiming to become an IAS officer. He got an all India rank of 679 out of 1,50,000 who had appeared the IIT-JEE exam. Satyam on his own words says " I am very happy that I am the youngest IITian and I broke the record of one who had already been the youngest IITians. So I am feeling proud that I'm the youngest IITian of the country, After completing my B-tech from IIT, I'll be around 17 years. So in the break of 17 to 21 years, I'll be preparing for IAS. After completing 21 years, I'll be giving IAS exams" Born to farmer parents and satyam belongs to a poor family . Satyam has successfully qualified and cleared IIT-JEE exam twice. He had taken the exam first when he was 12-year-old after getting special permission from CBSE but he took the exam again as he was not happy with his rank at the age of 12. He grew up in a humble background but achieved what what most students can't dream of attaining ever. Cracking IIT-JEE entrance exam at the age of 13 is only the first milestone out of many milestones he wishes to achieve in his life. He aspires to become an aeronautical engineer by the age of 20 and working for NASA is his next target. He was home-schooled till standard 8 as his family didn't have the necessary financial means to send him to a school and the government institution in his village lacked basic teaching facilities. The CBSE granted him special permission to take the Rajasthan Board Exam and the Resonance Institute in Kota gave him free admission to prepare for IIT exams. "I feel proud that my son cracked IIT at the age of 13. He also made his village proud," said his father. Satyam now has his eyes firmly set on his goals. After completing B-Tech in computer science from IIT, he wants to launch a social media platform and then take the UPSC exam to become an IAS officer. Congratulations to Satyam :) Source: All India Daily

IIT-Bombay to develop equipment for police and paramilitary:

IIT-Bombay to develop equipment for police and paramilitary:

The Indian government, in association with the private sector, is setting up a centre of excellence on internal security that will function as a "resource centre", do high-end research and develop cost-effective, state-of-the-art technology which can be integrated into the security apparatus to tackle problems like naxalism, urban terrorism and cyber attacks.

The centre, being set up at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), would develop electronic equipment, which can be indigenously manufactured for use by security agencies like the police and paramilitary forces.

Over the past decade, India's internal security landscape has seen dramatic changes. And, as the economic base of the country expands, it is widely believed that threats to its security will increase. 

Given these changes and the complex security environment, the government is seeking to strengthen the national security infrastructure and communication and information management systems.

The idea for the centre is born out of the perspective and realisation that technology is an enabler. The current technology penetration level across different segments of internal security is very low when compared to developed economies. 

The lack of appropriate technology for surveillance and secure communications continues to plague the system.

Officials and domain experts say there is a need to develop products, specifically for internal security, such as phones that would work better in topographies like thick jungle, and mine detection radars. There are also concerns about imported equipment, which is not readily available in the domestic market or is too expensive for deployment.

Ajay Kumar, joint secretary in the department of electronics and information technology, said that a detailed project report on the scope, funding and industry participation is being prepared for setting up the centre following a concept note submitted by IIT-B.

IIT-B has been running courses for police and paramilitary forces for the last 8 to 10 years on advances in technology which help in operations and investigations. It has been holding discussions with security agencies to work out the feasibility of the centre. 

Last month, it held a workshop involving all stakeholders from various security agencies like the CRPF, the NIA and state police to get more insight into their requirements.

"We held discussions with senior IPS officers across the country recently to decide the form of the centre," said Abhay Karandikar, head of electronics engineering at IIT-B who is spearheading the centre.

Karandikar said the project was being envisioned as a "resource centre" to which the security agencies could turn for advice, consultancy and technology needs.

According to IIT-B Director Devang Khakhar, a large number of faculties are working on technologies which have direct applications to internal security, while the centre could serve as an umbrella under which faculty members with different specializations could pursue research in relevant areas.

Source : Indian colleges

JEE changes made in a hurry: IITs

JEE changes made in a hurry: IITs

IIT alumni association to protest demanding restoration of the original examination system:

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is yet to decide on reviewing the changes in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) joint entrance examination (JEE), but the IITs have given their verdict - the changes have been brought about in a hurry and have complicated the examination.

"We had been, since the beginning, suggesting this new pattern should be implemented from 2014, but to no avail. Though incorporating board marks for admission to IITs is a good move, the new format was implemented in a hurry, without much thought," said Gautam Barua, director, IIT-Guwahati.

"The new IIT JEE has complicated the entire admission process," said Devang Khakhar, director, IIT-Bombay.

Last year, then MHRD minister Kapil Sibal had cleared the proposal to hold the JEE in two parts-main and advanced. Students applying to the IITs have to appear for JEE-main. Of these students, only the top 1,50,000 are eligible for JEE-advanced. For final admission to the 16 IITs, based on JEE-advanced, a student has to be among the top 20 percentile in his respective standard-XII board.

While the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts JEE-main, JEE-advanced is conducted by IIT-Delhi.

Coaching institutes have said the new process of normalisation has made it difficult for deserving students to qualify. The director of a Kota-based coaching institute said, "If a student from Tripura who secured 58 per cent marks in board exams is selected, while one from Andhra Pradesh with 80 per cent isn't, there could be flaws in the system."

"We need to discuss with Indian Statistical Institute (which had prepared the formula for normalisation) experts how real is the issue and whether it a problem on a larger scale. Only after such an analysis can any change be proposed in the process," said a senior IIT official.

Meanwhile, members of the IIT alumni associations are set to go on an agitation later this month to protest against the new system. Somnath Bharti, ex-president of IIT-Delhi Alumni Association and a Supreme Court lawyer, said the matter was sub judice. "We are looking at engaging directly with ministry officials on this issue. It is very unfortunate that these issues have cropped up," he said.

MHRD officials said the Andhra Pradesh government had taken up the issue in a high court.

'State boards interpreted 20% rule differently'

At a meeting between Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju and IIT officials on Wednesday, it was said in the case of the new JEE norms, while the IITs had meant the 20 percentile rule was applicable for students clearing JEE-advanced, state boards had taken it as applicable to 20 per cent of the students appearing for JEE-main.

"The method of calculation of the top 20 percentile had been clearly stated by us from day one. Therefore, we presented this to the minister…we wouldn't make any change to it. However, state boards used a different formula for normalisation and this resulted in the confusion," said a senior IIT official who attended the meeting. It was also decided IITs would draw up a list of students affected by the new rule and hold another meeting to address the issue.

Source: Business-standars

IIT-JEE entrance exam: Does success depends on income?

IIT-JEE entrance exam: Does success depends on income?:




According to a internal analysis by the IITs, it has been revealed that students who have access to coaching institutes fare better.

The report also revealed that the majority of the qualified candidates belonged to 11 cities. Of the 5, 06,484 students registered for JEE in 2012, 24,112 qualified.

Success rate according to background:

City students- 5.8 per cent

Towns- 4.2 per cent

Villages-1.27

If general category the figures for those offered admission were 61 per cent for cities, 27 per cent for towns and 12 per cent for villages. "

According to income slab:

Over Rs 4.5 lakh a year, showed the highest success ratio at 10.3 per cent. Students in the middle income age group — Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh — had a success ratio of 4.8 per cent and those from families earning less than Rs 1 lakh had a success ratio of only  2.6 per cent.

The parents' occupation too appeared to have had an impact on a candidate's performance.
Source: Indian Colleges.

One-third of IIT aspirants are kids of public sector, govt staff

One-third of IIT aspirants are kids of public sector, govt staff:




MUMBAI: Most aspirants for the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are either children of government employees or whose parents hold public sector jobs, while children of businessmen and farmers lag behind.

But data on IIT aspirants and successful candidates reveals that doctors' children performed better in the IIT entrance tests than those whose parents were engineers or government employees.

Aspirants whose parents were in the public sector or government service formed almost one third of the total candidates, around 5.06 lakh, who registered for the joint entrance exam. But their success rate was just 5.8%.

On the contrary, out of the 7,067 doctors' children, 9.92% made the grade, the highest among any other professions. Data (see box) from the IITs revealed an interesting trend among candidates who registered for the competitive exam last year and qualified to enter the most sought after institutes in the country.

While children of government staffers stand at third position, those whose parents are into teaching/research also did better with a success rate of 5.21%. Among girls too, the highest success rate of 5.74% was seen among doctors' children. But most girls, or 54,576 of the 1.69 lakh registering for the test, were children of government employees.

"People in government jobs seek a secure future for their children and they see IIT education as a means to achieve it," said JEE (Advanced) - 2013, chairman, H C Gupta. "More doctors send their children into engineering as a qualification in the medical field takes about nine years while one can become an engineer in just four years," added Gupta.

Aakash Chaudhry, director of a coaching institute, said peer pressure among parents in government and public sector units was too high, and therefore they were major contributors to the aspirants' pool. "Getting into an IIT is a matter of reputation for many families. It is more of a competition among parents than the children," said Chaudhry.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences professor Bino Paul believe that about a couple of decades ago, before globalization, the trend was different.

"IITs remained heavily elitist before and during globalization. However, in the globalised world, brand IIT is facing a challenge from institutes in the Ivy League. The highly networked group prefer to send their children abroad even for undergraduate studies. Students who are in international schools, with higher resources, now have global aspirations. IITs miss out on these chunks," he said.

Paul said the fact that most candidates were from CBSE schools, which are largely preferred by government servants, could be one of the contributing factors. 

Source:Times of India