Engineering Colleges

Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Orissa, has announced the results of its various examinations including the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th semeseter B.Tech . B.Pharma , M.B.A and MCA students.

BPUT results can be found on the BPUT’s results page at http://www. bput .org/results/

Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is the Engineering university in Orissa State and was established in 2002. It is located in Rourkela and all the Orissa Engineering Colleges are affiliated to BPUT.

VITEEE 2010 Answer Keys and VITEEE 2010 Solutions

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is one of the top private Engineering Colleges in India.Students looking for admissions into VIT have to appear for the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE ).

VITEEE 2010 was held on 17th April, 2010 in many cities spread across India. Over 2,00,000 students tried their luck at the VITEE Exam.

VITEEE 2010 Answer Keys and VITEEE 2010 Solutions will be available on this site within a couple of days. Please visit again to see where you stand in your effort. Best of luck!

The country’s smallest satellite, StudSat, made by students of seven engineering colleges has been handed over to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

StudSat, the collaborative project, involving engineering colleges from Bangalore and Hyderabad, is all set to be launched in the middle of May with other satellites by ISRO.

A committee comprising the directors from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India is developing a proposal for having a single entrance test for all engineering aspirants in India. The move is being initiated because multiple exams put the aspirants under undue pressure for performance.

When this is implemented, it would lead to the end of the IITs’ Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) and all other individual entrance tests including the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

The latest report from World Intellectual Property Organisation shows that the US has filed for over 45,000 patents, Japan about 30,000, Germany about 16,000 and China about 8,000.

Any guesses how many from India? A pathetic 761!

Just think of it! We produce the most number of engineering and science graduates and our share of innovation is one of the lowest.

This goes on to prove one simple thing and that is, Aamir Khan in his movie 3 Idiots was right. There is a serious flaw in our education system that doesn’t allow us to think beyond marks and grades and landing up a job. No room for innovation. No room for pursuit of excellence.

What a shame!

The West Bengal University of Technology has decided to review its examination system following a revelation that students of private engineering colleges are scoring higher marks than those in reputable tech institutes.

Data collected by the university — the 100-odd private tech colleges in the state are affiliated to it — show that the success rate of its students are better than those studying at premier institutes such as IIT Kharagpur, Jadavpur University and the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.

The trend has left the university concerned as all engineering institutions across the country follow more or less the same syllabus conforming to the stipulations of the All India Council for Technical Education.

Finding it hard to get academics at the level of vice chancellors to be on its inspection and scrutiny teams, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to rope in professors for the task.

The AICTE had recently mandated that only vice chancellor-level academics must be included in teams which scrutinise applications from educational trusts to establish new technical colleges and physically inspect the premises before granting approval to the institutions.

However, the apex regulatory body has now realised that very few serving and past vice chancellors who were available to accept the assignment, whereas there are far too many institutions that need to be inspected and granted approval.

Counselling for admissions to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu will begin on June 28, 2010.

The counselling process is scheduled to be carried on for 27 days and will end on July 25, 2010. This year’s process would be 15 days shorter than the previous year’s counselling.

Application forms will be issued from May 3, 2010 after a public notification on May 2, 2010 and the last date for issue of application forms is May 29, 2010. The last date for submission of completed application forms is May 31, 2010. Random numbers will be assigned on June 15, 2010, the rank list will be published on June 18, 2010, and counselling will take place between June 28, 2010 and July 25, 2010.

The doubts over whether deemed universities would be accommodated in the counselling if the Supreme Court decided to accept the Union government’s recommendations still remain. There is no clarity either from the Central or State government.

The World Bank has approved a $1.05 billion (around Rs4,780 crore) soft loan to fund India’s ongoing education projects, particularly those aimed at universal elementary education.

However, experts were skeptical about the utility of this loan; they claimed the aim should be to fix flaws in existing programmes, not raise new funds.

Of the $1.05 billion loan, the largest ever by the World Bank to fund education, $750 million has been earmarked for the bank’s third loan to Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA); the rest will support 200 competitively selected engineering colleges. The money has to be spent in the next two years.