Engineering Colleges

MUMBAI: With supply outstripping demand for engineering and management seats, the country may stop new professional colleges coming up from 2014. This firm stand was taken recently at a meeting of the All-India Council for Technical Education, the country's inspector which grants permission to new professional technical colleges. The decision follows requests from several states that want the Council to reject fresh proposals for more colleges. While many states wanted...

BHOPAL: After scrapping pre-engineering test (PET), government is now planning to put an end to college-level counselling in engineering colleges. A decision in this regard is likely to be taken soon. From next year, students will have to appear in the joint entrance exam ( JEE)-Main to take admission in state engineering colleges. College-level counselling was started after several thousand seats remained vacant in engineering colleges of the state. Cracking an engineering entrance test...

INDORE: The results of Class XII board examination and other competitive examinations are yet to be declared, but anxious aspirants for medical and engineering seats have already begun to look for options. If ensuring a seat in the private medical and engineering colleges of the state to pursue the course of their choice is the worry of a student, capitation fee is the added woe for the parents. Sources informed TOI, "An MBBS seat costs anywhere between Rs 30 and 35 lakh while the...

hyderabad:as part of efforts to improve academic standards, the andhra pradesh state council of higher education (apsche) has begun an exercise to grade engineering colleges in the state. to begin with, the apsche has chosen colleges, which have rolled out at least one batch of engineers, for grading. the system will help students choose between the best, better and good engineering colleges in the state during the centralised admission process. admissions into the engineering colleges are being made in...

ALAPPUZHA: Students of Cochin University College of Engineering in Kuttanad are up in arms against the lack of facilities at the college. According to the students, majority of those studying here are from north India and other parts of the country. However, there are no university hostels here. "We are staying in various houses here. Often we feel uncomfortable and unsafe. Though we have demanded the college authorities to set up a hostel for girls, they are not ready...

BHOPAL: The state government has decided to scrap the pre-engineering test (PET) organized by the MP Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) for admission to engineering colleges in state. The decision comes in wake of the scam in medical entrance and other recruitment tests organized by the board. From next session, admission to various engineering colleges in the state will be made on the basis of JEE- main (joint entrance exam) score conducted by the CBSE. CBSE conducts JEE...

BHOPAL: Having a mandatory minimum attendance is no more a concern for engineering students. Helping the students to keep date with their more pressing engagements, an innovative way has been found out: Shelling out a cash fine. And the remedy is going down well not just with the students but the college authorities as well. According to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) rule, students need to have a minimum 75% attendance. However, in case of 65% attendance,...

PUNE: Heads of engineering colleges in the city have said that Indian engineering students will find it easy to get jobs abroad once institutions get permanent membership in the Washington accord. The accord has evoked a positive reaction among engineering institutions in the city. India, along with Pakistan and Bangladesh , are provisional members of the Washington accord. As per provisions, a country is eligible to apply for a full-time membership...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sixteen new engineering colleges and five medical colleges in the private sector would come up next year in Kerala, said Chief Minister A K Antony. Speaking after the inauguration of a NRI-funded hospital in Kozhikode, he said the government had realised that it would not be able to invest in higher education. It would therefore allow the private involvement. The Chief Minister said he would not claim his one year in office made the state a land of milk and honey.

NAGPUR: In a setback to Nagpur University, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Friday, asked it to submit a detailed affidavit on factual position of the regular teachers in professional colleges, including those offering engineering, pharmacy, education, law, MBA and MCA courses. A division bench comprising Justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Atul Chandurkar granted NU officials four days to complete the task after petitioner Sunil Mishra pointed out that a...

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Technical University has issued notice to Takshashila College of Engineering in Rajkot asking why it should not be scrapped as an examination centre. Earlier, a total of 102 students of Takshashila College of Engineering in Rajkot had allegedly indulged in mass cheating in their sixth semester examination conducted by the university. Action was taken against 51 of the 102 students and they were barred from appearing in the...

MADURAI: While many seats in engineering colleges lie vacant, the apex body for the institutes has no qualms in giving nod for more colleges in the state. All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has given nod for 24 new engineering colleges to start operations from 2013-14 academic year, revealed a top functionary of AICTE here on Monday. For the last several years, the gap between the number of available seats and number of students enrolling for...

CHENNAI: Many engineering colleges have woken up to the fact that industry-institute linkages are important to ensure campus placements and draw up updated curriculum keeping pace with the needs. But few help industry solve issues or convert patents into products. An analysis of AICTE-CII Survey of Industry-Linked Technical Institutes 2013 shows only 1% of technical institutes do consultancy work or research projects for industry. Another area that institutes struggle with...

BANGALORE: Private professional colleges have written to the government asking them to initiate steps to implement the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006 from next academic year. In a letter to the chief minister, M K Panduranga Setty, secretary of Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association ( KUPECA), urged the government to form committees as "the committee, after its...

PUNE: The all-India joint entrance examination (JEE-Main) for admissions to first-year engineering courses for the academic year 2014-2015 will be held on April 6, next year. The entrance test includes those for undergraduate engineering programmes in the National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other centrally-funded technical institutions. The state directorate of technical education (DTE), which is the competent authority to grant admissions in engineering...

BHUBANESWAR: Private engineering colleges have threatened to move the Supreme Court against the state government decision to join the national level JEE (Main)-2014 for admission to engineering and architecture colleges. Secretary of Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) Binod Dash said the government's unilateral decision was illegal since the matter pertaining to validity of the Orissa Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of...