IIT Bhubaneswar to start classes this year in mechanical, electrical and civil engineering

Following is an excerpt from a report in dnaindia.com.

The proposed IITs and their mentor institutions are IIT Gujarat/Gandhinagar (IIT Bombay), Punjab (IIT Delhi), Patna (IIT Guwahati), Rajasthan (IIT Kanpur), Bhubaneswar (IIT Kharagpur), and Hyderabad (IIT Madras). While all will offer electrical and mechanical engineering, IIT Gandhinagar will offer chemical engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar will offer civil engineering, and the rest will offer computer science and engineering.

“The curriculum, syllabus, fee structure and other rules for the new IITs will broadly remain the same as in the respective mentor IITs,” the IIT-B official said.

The first-year classes for IIT Punjab, Rajasthan, and Bhubaneswar will be conducted at the campuses of the mentor IITs. The students will be shifted to the respective locations in the second year. Classes for the other new IITs will be conducted in the cities where the IITs are being located.

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IIT Orissa, Gujarat and Punjab likely to admit students this year

Update: A report in Telegraph has a more detailed story on how this happened.

Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindu.

“Consequent to the government of India issuing notification for the setting up of eight new IITs in the 11th Plan, admissions to three more new IITs in Punjab, Gujarat and Orissa, other than at Hyderabad, Patna and Rajasthan, for the academic session 2008-09 are likely to be made through JEE-2008,” said an official release.

… Counselling for admission begins on June 17 for the declared All-India rank holders. Courses allocated to the successful candidates will be declared on June 30.

“An extended merit list has also been drawn to facilitate admission to other government institutions. Students on the list might be counselled by the Indian Institute of Space-Science Technology, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research and Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology. The Indian Institute of Maritime Studies also offers admission based on JEE-2008 results,” said the release.

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IIT JEE 2008: What branch can I get with my rank?

The following is copied from http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in/2007/openclose.htm. There is no guarantee but it should give you some idea about what branches you may be able to get. Please note that this year at least 3 (Hyderabad, Patna and Rajasthan) and perhaps even 6 (+ Orissa, Gujarat and Punjab) new IITs may come to play. The opening and closing ranks of 2006 is available in the IIT JEE Counseling brochure of 2007 at http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in/2007/CBJEE_2007.pdf.

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Details of NISER Bhubaneswar interview for admission

Following is from http://www.iopb.res.in/niser/session08-09/niser-interview.html.

The list of candidates short-listed on the basis of performance in NEST-2008 held on April 20, 2008 and called for interview is available HERE.

Candidates should report at the above address at 8.00 a.m. on the day of the interview. The interview will be held throughout the day. The interview of a candidate may be held anytime between 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on that day. Outstation candidates should make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. SC/ST and PD (Persons with Disability) candidates will be entitled to travel allowance (second class train fare/bus fare from place of residence to Bhubaneswar and back, by the shortest route) as per the institute norms.

Candidates are required to bring with them at the time of interview the following documents in original :

• Class X and Class XII mark sheets.
• Proof of date of birth.
• Caste/tribe certificate issued by a competent authority (in case of SC/ST students).
• OBC certificate and undertaking (in case of OBC candidates in the non-creamy layer)

In case of non-availability of class XII mark sheet in original, the candidate will have to give an undertaking to that effect. In case of candidates in the PD category, a Medical Officer appointed by the Institute for the purpose will certify whether a candidate qualifies to be under that category. Format of OBC certificate and undertaking can be seen HERE.

In case of any problem, please send e-mail to admission@niser.iopb.res.in

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Provision for free nursing education for SC/ST students in Orissa: Sambada

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Plus two toppers (top twenty ranks) of Orissa board: Samaja

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Six new IITs (including the one in Orissa) to start classes this year

Following is an excerpt from a report in howrah.org.

The Union ministry of human resources development, it is learnt, has given the nod to another three IITs to begin functioning from 2008-09. These are the IITs which are to be located in Orissa, Gujarat and Punjab.

So instead of the initial three IITs that were slated to begin functioning from the forthcoming academic session, the government has now decided to launch another three. A decision to this effect is reported to have been taken earlier this week and conveyed to the existing IITs that will act as their mentor institutes.

The three IITs that were initially expected to begin functioning from 2008-09 are the ones in Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.

… Punjab will have IIT-Delhi as its mentor institute while the one in Gujarat will have IIT Powai as its mentor. The one in Orissa will be mentored by IIT Kharagpur. As for the admissions to these three institutes, sources said no decision has been taken as yet on the numbers that will be admitted to each. However, they will be admitted on the basis of the joint entrance examination (JEE) that has already been held and whose results are yet to be announced, said ministry sources. In the case of the IITs in Bihar, Rajasthan and AP, each will be admitting 126 students for the 2008-09 session. No decision has been taken yet on the numbers that will be admitted to the IITs in Orissa, Punjab and Gujarat.

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Ranking of engineering colleges in Orissa

(Update on June 17 2008:  For guidance on what you can get with your Orissa JEE rank in 2008, please see http://www.orissalinks.com/archives/1185 I do not have more information than that.)

The following is from our earlier post titled: "2007 ranking of Orissa Engineering colleges that participated in BPUT counseling - solely based on student preferences."

Continuing with our methodology, and solely based on the student preferences in the GE (general) category,  we develop a ranking below. Our methodology is we compare when the various branches of the colleges get finished.  For example below when we write CET (8, 8, 12, 12, 16) it means that two of the CET branches were all finished in the GE category by the ranks 800, two by 1200 and one by 1600. We will use the first three numbers unless it becomes necessary to go beyond that.

• 1. UCE Burla (8,8,12,12,16)
• 1. CET Bhubaneswar  (8,8,12,12,16)
• 2. ITER Bhubaneswar (16,16,16)
• 3. Silicon Bhubaneswar (16, 20, 20)
• 4. CV Raman Bhubaneswar (20,24,28)
• 5. NIST Berhampur (24, 24, 28)
• 6. GITA  Bhubaneswar(28,28,32)
• 7. Orissa Eng College Bhubaneswar (28, 28, 36)
• 7. IGIT Sarang (20,28,45)
• 8. College of Eng Bhubaneswar (36,36,41)
• 9. Gandhi Eng College Bhubaneswar (36,41,45)
• 10. Krupajala Bhubaneswar (45,45,45)
• 10. Trident Bhuabneswar (41, 45, 50)
• 11. East Bhubaneswar (45,55,66)
• 11. Gandhi Inst for Tech Bhubaneswar (50,50,60)
• 11. GIET Gunupur (50,50,60)
• 12. Orissa school of mining eng Keonjhar (45, 55, 117)
• 13. NMIET Bhubaneswar (66, 72, 78)
• 14. DRIEMS Dhenkanala(72,72,100)
• 15. Konark Bhubaneswar (78, 78, 117)
• 15. Koustuva Bhubaneswar (78, 100, 100)
• 15. Mahavir Bhubaneswar (78, 84, 100)
• 15. Synergy Dhenkanal (78, 84, 100)
• 16. Nalanda Bhubaneswar (84, 84, 100)
• 17. Rajdhani Bhubaneswar (84, 100, 100)
• 18. Roland Berhampur (84,100, 108)
• 19. Techno Bhubaneswar (84, 100, 117)
• 19. Padmanav Rourkela (100,100,100)
• 20. Ajay Binay Cuttack (100,100,117)
• 21. Ghanashyam Hemalata  Puri(100,108,136)
• 22. Jagannath Cuttack (108,117,147)
• 22. Bhadrakh (117,117, 136)
• 23. JITM Parlakhemundi (117,126,147)
• 24. Inst of Adv Rayagada (117,136,159)
• 24. Sanjay Memorial Berhampur (117,147,159)
• 24. Purushottam Rourkela (126,126,136)
• 26. Balasore (136,136,159)
• 27. Seemanta Mayurbhanj (159, 159, 186)
• 28. Padmashree Baragarh (172,172,200)
• 29. Majighariani Rayagada (172,200,200)
• 30. Satyasai Balasore (159, 172, 999)
• 31. Samanta Chandra Sekhar Koraput (186,999,999)
• 32. Gopal Krishna Jeypore (999,999,999)

The colleges that are missing from the above are NIT Rourkela, and KIIT. I consider NIT Rourkela to currently be the best in Orissa. I would slot KIIT around ITER and Silicon.

Outlook for 2008-2009:

Now that ITER’s parent organization Siksha O Anusandhan has become a deemed university, ITER may opt out of Orissa JEE and/or 2008 BPUT counseling.

In 2008 and 2009 there would be several new colleges.

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Developing the Berhampur-Bhubaneswar knowledge corridor

The existing and would be Knowledge Corridors of India[1] are:

(i) Kharagpur-Kolkata(116 kms)-Kalyani (50 kms from Howrah Station):  Kharagpur has the IIT, World Class Central University will be near Kolkata, IIM is in Kolkata, ISI is in Kolkata, and IISER will be in Haringhata, Kalyani.

(ii) Mumbai-Pune 150 kms (176 kms by rail): Mumbai has the IIT, Pune has the IISER, the world class central university will be in Pune.

(iii) Bangalore-Mysore 140 kms (138 kms by rail): IISc and IIM are in Bangalore, World Class central University will be in Mysore.

(iv) Indore-Bhopal 186 kms (218 kms by rail): IIM is in Indore, IIT will be in Indore, IISER and World class central university will be in Bhopal.

(v) Amritsar-Ropar-Chandigarh (217 kms): IISER is near Chandigarh, World class central university will be in Amritsar, IIT will be in Ropar 45 kms from Chandigarh.

Thus we propose the following major Knowledge Corridor (rather network) in Orissa[2]:

Cuttack-Bhubaneswar-Berhampur and Bhubaneswar-Puri-Vedanta University  

Berhampur to Bhubaneswar is 179 kms by road[3]  and 165 kms by rail. The following table shows the distance by rail with respect to the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar-Berhampur corridor.

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News on the various new IITs

1. IIT in Punjab to be in Ropar (45 kms from Chandigarh) and classes will start this year. IIT Delhi will be the mentor institution: Times of India.
2. IIT Himachal will be mentored by IIT Roorkee. It is to be located in the Mandi district: myhimachal.com
3. IIT in Gujarat to be mentored by IIT Bombay. Classes will start this year at the Vishwakarma Government Engineering College campus at Chandkheda in Gandhinagar district where IIT Bombay has the extension center. This year 120 students will be admitted in the disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical. It will be located in the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad Knowledge Corridor: Hindu , Indian Express.
4. IT BHU on its way to get IIT tag. The is expected to take around a year with the government modifying the BHU Act 1915 in Parliament.: Business Standard.
5. IIT in Orissa rumored to be located near Bhubaneswar. No formal announcement has been made but the IIT Kharagpur officials have discussed with the CM regarding their preferences and the CM has written to MHRD to allow classes to start this year.
6. IIT in Rajasthan to be mentored by IIT Kanpur and classes will start this year. 120 students will be admitted in Electronics engineering, computer science and mechanical engineering.  "Apartments of IIT-K’s guest house would be converted into hostels for students of IIT-Rajasthan. Classes and labs would be held in shifts. If IIT-K classes are held in the morning shift, IIT-R students would have to attend classes in the evening and similar arrangement would be made for labs"."Along with IIT-K, Prof Sanjay Govind Dhande would also be the director for IIT-R" : Times of India.
7. IIT Hyderabad would be mentored by IIT Chennai. : Times of India.
8. IIT Patna would be mentored by IIT Guwahati. : Times of India.

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Talabasta near Banki a likely site for the world class central university: Samaja

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Some plans for the proposed world-class universities

Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.

India has asked Britain for financial and technical assistance to set up a new “world class” university (WCU) …

Sources said Purandeswari told Rammell at a meeting in Delhi yesterday that India needed assistance in modernising teacher-training programmes in higher education.

Faculty support — a euphemism for greater participation of guest lecturers from the foreign country — was another request put forward by Purandeswari, the sources said, adding that she also dwelt on skill development — educating students for the job market — as a “key issue”.

Rammell is learnt to have told the minister that the UK was in the process of restructuring its own skill development process, and was willing to share its experiences.

The two ministers are expected to meet again in London on July 18 or 19.

… the universities are set to come up in Bengal (Calcutta), Assam, Orissa, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

The universities will be controlled by the Centre but kept distinct from existing central universities, and will be nurtured to compete with institutions like Harvard and Cambridge.

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