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Despite the slowdown in 2008, engineering still remains as one of the most popular career options for today’s young generation. Graduates from top engineering colleges in India command a lot of respect not only in the country, but globally.
Presently due to the global recession and Satyam scandal, most of the people are in dilemma about Computer Engineering. Students prefer core branches of engineering due to the recession. Trades such as mechanical and civil engineering, which had seen a slump in demand post the boom in the Information Technology sector, are gaining more popularity with more students opting for seats in each branch.
However, Electronics and Communication stream is the most sought-after course with maximum students opting for it. The once highly sought-after Information Technology has taken a backseat.
Parents, who are behind most of these decisions, are weary of pure-IT courses after seeing the impact of the recession on the IT sector and feel that job security is more in these core branches of engineering.
| Third round of seat allotment | 13th July 2009 |
| Reporting at Admission centers against the Third round of allotment | 14th July – 18th July 2009 |
| Fourth round of seat allotment | 19th July 2009 |
| Reporting at allotted institutions against the Fourth round of allotment | 20th July – 24th July 2009 |
The third round of seat allotment for All India Engineering Entrance Examination will be made today. This year, Electronics and Communication stream is the most sought-after course with maximum students opting for it. In the third round of counseling, seats will be allocated against the available vacancies, and the results will be available on the website.
The successful candidates who get seat allotment in this round will have to go to any one of the designated admission centers for Remote Reporting during 14th – 18th July, 2009, failing which their seat allotment shall automatically stand cancelled and the candidate will not be considered for further rounds of seat allotment.
The seats falling vacant will be considered for allotment in the fourth round of allotment on 19th July 2009. In the third and fourth round, no fresh registrations and choice filling will be permitted. Registered candidates will not be allowed to change or resubmit their choices.
The allotment results can be downloaded from http://www.ccb.nic.in
A group of 7 alumni from the prestigious IITs met the President, Pratibha Patil to recommend educational reforms. The President then asked them to formulate a plan detailing all their recommendations. A report is now in place, where the IIT Alumni recommend a 5 point program comprising:
- Implementing reforms in policies and governance
- Mandating quality and increase in capacity
- Enabling quantum improvement in faculty service conditions
- Technological deployments for teaching and collaborative research
- Establishing active industry and academia interfaces
A major aim behind this proposed plan is to increase the enrollment in higher education from the present 11% to a targeted 20%. In order to address the lack of properly trained/experienced faculty, a group of IIT Alumni teaching in the US have come together to form The IUCEE – Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education. This body will facilitate the training of faculty in the IITs. Similar groups will also be created for non Engineering Colleges – the idea being to bring a change in the education being imparted in colleges, along with the method of instruction too.
Another suggestion made by the report is the clustering of universities, based on their offerings. The idea is to include universities with cutting edge research in the first layer, universities with professional and academic degrees/diplomas in the second layer and those with skill based education in the third layer.
These reforms if implemented will surely lead to a major overhaul of the educational infrastructure and perhaps even meet the targeted 20% enrollment in higher education.
More than 600 students took admission to IT BHU, in this year’s intake. A major concern among them was the grant of IIT status to BHU. This, apart from granting students the access to an IIT grant, would also lead to increased funds from the Central Government.
Furthermore, the change would attract more students to the college, leading to a shift in the current trends, where top rankers prefer IITs over studying at IT BHU.
Recently and Executive Council meeting, with representation of BHU in both the academic and executive councils, passed the proposal for IIT BHU. This news comes as a promising development and as a definite precursor to the award of IIT status to IT BHU.
The Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), tucked away in Matunga, a low-brow Mumbai suburb aspires to stand shoulder to shoulder with the IITs. ICT is rated as one of the best in the country when it comes to chemical engineering, its core competency. Research is at the heart of this institute. This is evident from the fact that the institute has landed Rs 150 crore worth of research projects from quassi government institutions such as the Indira Gandhi Centre of Atomic Research, the Department of Biotechnology and the department of Science and Technology.
Cadbury has approached the food technology department to help it find ways to utilize the shells of coco pods used to make chocolates. Previously, these shells were thrown away as waste and now the company wants to find some use to them and cut costs.
The institution is betting on areas such as Nano technology and Nano sciences, nuclear technology with the help of funding by the Department of Atomic Energy, and climate change and low cost alternative energy sources.
Taken physics,maths in high school? Looking for an exciting career? How about taking N-energy sector as an option.
Nuclear Science and technology is about studying atomic nuclei and exploiting their energy for application to “serve humankind.” It is used in food irradiation, medicine, electricity production, space and the industry. A nuclear scientist is a cross between a physicist and an engineer. He is involved in the operation and maintenance of a nuclear reactor.
Nuclear scientists are employed by large organizations and institutions such as Nuclear Power Corporation of India,Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa (AEC), the Council for Nuclear Safety, the Directorate for Radiation Safety of the Department of Health, the National Accelerator Centre, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and private industries like L&T, BHEL and Tata Energy.
IIT Bhubaneshwar plans to set up 3 schools – School of Materials and Mineral Engineering, School of Ocean and Environmental Sciences and School of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. The idea is to introduce the concept of schools rather than departments and to encourage faculty members to work in an interdisciplinary environment.
PhD programs are being started from this session, with a seed funding of 5 lacs to help faculty members set up research programs.
At the moment, IIT Bhubaneshwar’s students are studying in IIT Kharagpur’s campus. The new campus is being constructed in Jatni, about 15kms from Bhubaneshwar. The Orissa government has already allocated funds for roads and other infrastructure.
| Third round of seat allotment | 13th July 2009 |
| Reporting at Admission centers against the Third round of allotment | 14th July – 18th July 2009 |
| Fourth round of seat allotment | 19th July 2009 |
| Reporting at allotted institutions against the Fourth round of allotment | 20th July – 24th July 2009 |
The third round of seat allotment for All India Engineering Entrance Examination will be made today. This year, Electronics and Communication stream is the most sought-after course with maximum students opting for it. In the third round of counseling, seats will be allocated against the available vacancies, and the results will be available on the website.
The successful candidates who get seat allotment in this round will have to go to any one of the designated admission centers for Remote Reporting during 14th – 18th July, 2009, failing which their seat allotment shall automatically stand cancelled and the candidate will not be considered for further rounds of seat allotment.
The seats falling vacant will be considered for allotment in the fourth round of allotment on 19th July 2009. In the third and fourth round, no fresh registrations and choice filling will be permitted. Registered candidates will not be allowed to change or resubmit their choices.
The allotment results can be downloaded from http://www.ccb.nic.in
