New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's assurance on the new entrance test format seems to have done little to allay the fears of some of the IITs. The faculties of some of the IITs were not impressed with Sibal's defence. President of the Faculty Forum of IIT Delhi Sanjeev Sanghi said that the idea of including the Class 12th marks was not good. "Different states have different boards....
07:45 AM, Jun 12, 2012
The single entrance exam proposed has created quite a stir. The students are not too comfortable with it, the parents are disillusioned by it and ...
01:42 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are split over the joint engineering exam for all centralised institutions. While IIT Madras and Guwahati back the government's proposal on the new format, IIT Kanpur and Kharagpur oppose it. The All India IIT Faculty Federation is likely to meet the Prime Minister on Tuesday. Differences have also emerged within the IITs. The Director of IIT Kharagpur, Damodar Acharya, is the first...
01:30 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka students shone in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination 2012, whose results were announced on Sunday. More than 11 lakh students across the country appeared for the examinations, which were conducted in April and May. Sagar Honnungar, a native of Bijapur, secured the All India Ranking (AIR) of 21 in AIEEE and stood first in the state, while Aditi Ragunathan came second, securing AIR 61, and Vivek BS...
09:57 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Differences have begun to emerge among the IITs over HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's proposal for the entrance exam procedure. The Director of IIT Kharagpur, Damodar Acharya, is the first to go against the wave of opposition, endorsing Sibal's idea. This has upset the institute's senate, which is to come out with its action plan on Monday, against the common entrance test. In a statement, All India IIT Faculty...
07:40 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: After facing opposition from certain sections of the IIT, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday got some much needed support from almost all the state government, who reached a consensus on the common entrance test for engineering colleges. "We have to compete internationally, all states have endorsed it. They have given full support," Sibal said. However, even as they backed the idea of a joint entrance examination, almost...
11:24 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: State education ministers have given a go ahead for a joint entrance test for all central engineering colleges. BJP run states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have also endorsed the new common admission test system which will factor in class 12 board results as well. Bihar says state governments should also be consulted on the matter. The HRD Ministry had recently announced a new format for the...
01:56 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: On Monday, June 4, around 11 lakh students across India logged on to the Internet to view their All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) answer sheets. But they were unable to verify if their answers were correct as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) did not post the 'right' answer keys. Taking a cue from the IITs who posted the optical reading sheets (ORS) in May, the...
10:31 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal's 'One Country One Test' dream seems to be running into legal hurdles. Less than a week after he announced a Joint Entrance Exam for all centrally-funded engineering colleges including the IITs, the IIT Alumni Association is up in arms and says it will drag the ministry to the court. "If senate have given their dissent, no ministry can't go ahead legally....
10:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Strongly opposing the new format for admission to IITs and other central institutes from 2013, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni association have decided to take the Union Human Resource Development(HRD) ministry to court. The association will be moving the Delhi High Court on Monday. In a meeting on Friday, the alumni and faculty members of institutions like the IIT, NIT and IIIT have decided to file...
08:59 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: Haunted by the spectre of cheating in the MBBS entrance exam for those aspiring to be doctors, the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) organisers have this year put in place unprecedented security measures. These include bringing answer sheets on a chartered flight, keeping secret the forward route of the sheets and closing all photocopying shops around the test centres. Other steps include taking fingerprints, keeping handwriting experts on...
07:29 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results for 2012 are expected to be declared on Friday, June 1. Over 11 lakh students across the country are anxiously waiting for the same. Candidates can go to http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html to check out their results. The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is conducted to screen candidates for admission into various engineering courses offered by the National Institute of Technology (NITs)....
12:46 PM, Jun 01, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Medical Entrance Examination results have brought cheer to the capital district. It became the second district (along with Malappuram) to have more number of candidates in the first 1,000 ranks, with 124 candidates making it to the list.While the district secured one rank in the top ten, it also bagged the first and second ranks in the SC and ST categories respectively.In top tenThe phone rang incessantly at...
11:43 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: The results for the IIT-JEE 2012 were declared on Friday morning. Unconfirmed reports said that the topper was from Delhi and that he scored 385 out of 401. The results can be accessed on all the IIT websites: http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in, http://www.jee.iitd.ac.in, http://www.jee.iitm.ac.in, http://www.jee.iitk.ac.in, http://www.jee.iitr.ac.in. More than 5.6 lakh students had appeared for the IIT-JEE on April 8, 2012. The maximum number of applications are for IIT-JEE 2012 came from...
08:52 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: It's a big day for students who appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology as the results for the IIT-JEE will be declared on Friday. More than 5.6 lakh students had appeared for the IIT-JEE on April 8, 2012. The maximum number of applications are for IIT-JEE 2012 came from Kanpur zone followed by Madras zone. The exams were held at 1,067...
01:08 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The wait for over 5.6 lakh engineering aspirants who took the IIT-JEE on April 8 will get over on Friday when the results for the most prestigious engineering entrance exams are announced. The maximum number of applications are for IIT-JEE 2012 came from Kanpur zone followed by Madras zone. The exams were held at 1,067 centres across the country for admission to nearly 9,600 undergraduate seats in the...
01:39 PM, May 17, 2012
A former director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, professor MS Ananth, recollects a dinner table conversation with an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer. The IAS officer firmly believed that the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) could easily be replaced by any other exam in India. Like what, asked Ananth? Perhaps, the UPSC examination, argued the officer. It is fair, tough and can pick the best minds in...
11:32 AM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday arrested two doctors in connection with their alleged role in the recent leaking of the post graduate medical entrance papers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Shahi Balender Bakshi and Vimal Dangi, who appeared in the entrance exam, were arrested by the police. The two doctors are believed to be part of a well-organised racket involved in leaking question papers of...
03:23 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested five people for allegedly helping people pass the prestigious MD entrance examination conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Those arrested include one doctor and four others and the police said more arrests are likely. The police claimed that the gang was very well organised. Two members of the gang used to go to the examination centre, scan the paper with...
11:59 AM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: There will be a Common Admission Test for all non-IIM and non-CAT institutes from the year 2012. All IITs and IIMs will be excluded from the exam. All institutes where admissions are not through CAT will come under the ambit of the Common Admission Test from 2012. This will be implied on institutes affiliated to AICTE. The national level test will be conducted online for nine days from...
08:51 PM, Dec 05, 2011
