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College News Archive [October 2003]

Counselling for students

Oct 01, 2003: Hyderabad: The teaching staff of Gandhi Medical College, led by their principal Dr. C. Shakuntala, started a psychological counselling programme for first-year students on Tuesday. Dr. Shakuntala, who demitted office on Tuesday, gave on message to the students on the need to do well and sincerity and commitment to education that will make them not only good doctors, but also good human beings.

Expert prescribes entrance test for self-finance seats

Oct 01, 2003: Hyderabad: A separate entrance exam akin to Eamcet must be introduced for students who seek admission into self-finance courses in medical and dental colleges, according to Prof Kakarla Subba Rao. Rao, chairman of the committee appointed to oversee filling of three % seats reserved for NRIs, also found fault with the government for issuing a GO enabling the students and Union territories to be eligible for self-finance seats. He said that discrepancies in awarding merit by converting grades into marks can be avoided by introducing an entrance exam. Presently, NRIs, foreign nationals and applicants from other states are offered seats after converting their grades into marks, which is done by NTR Health University after following a set of parameters. Three % seats are allocated for this category in all government medical colleges in the state. Similarly, colleges in the state should be graded as per the availability of faculty and infrastructure and a separate fee structure should be prescribed based on the grading.

Medical seats on offer for Rs 22.5 lakh onwards

Oct 01, 2003: Hyderabad: From next year, Government Medical Colleges in Andhra Pradesh will be offering MBBS seats under ‘self-financing’ category at fees ranging between Rs 22.5 lakh and Rs 30 lakh. Three % of the total seats will be available under the category. For the purpose, the selection committee for ‘Self Financing’ or ‘College Development’ seats is proposing to grade government medical and dental colleges into A, B and C categories from next year depending on their infrastructure facilities and faculty. The total fee proposed to be charged for the course for category A will be Rs 30 lakh, B Rs 25 lakh and C Rs 22.5 lakh. Presently the annual fee charged for medical seats under this category is US$ 12,000 and dental $ 8,000. These seats numbering 40 could also be availed by NRIs, for whom no special quota was created this time because many seats under the quota remained unfilled over the years. About three % from the enhanced government seats allocated to the self-financing category.

PM announces setting up of five more IITs

Oct 02, 2003: Kanpur: Impressed with the research and development record and the quality standards maintained by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) across the country, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced setting up of five new IITs. Seeking private participation in the endeavour to building the new IIT's, which would be done by "upgrading existing academic institutions that have the necessary promise and potential" the Prime Minister lauded generous contributions - 'guru dakshina' - made by alumni to their alma mater in the country. "I am told that many distinguished alumni have given generous donations to set up new facilities at IIT, Kanpur and at other IIT's. I warmly commend their spirit of giving back and urge more and more wealthy people in our society to emulate this spirit, so that we can rapidly modernise our educational infrastructure," Vajpayee added.

Expressing his happiness at being present at the occasion of inaugurating the new faculty in IIT, Kanpur which has been raised by the MPLAD (MP local area development scheme) of Union Minister for Disinvestment, Telecom and IT Arun Shourie, the Prime Minister also talked about his good old days in the city when he studied in the DAV College as a post-graduate student of political science.

Minority colleges back to old game of misleading students

Oct 03, 2003: Hyderabad: Minority College managements are back to their old games of misleading the minority students on whose name they extract several benefits and concessions from the government. The colleges offering MBA and MCA courses seem to have adopted a novel way to “sell” their seats at a price and yet follow the rules to escape the wrath of the public as well as the authorities, if the students are to be believed. Aspirants allege that the colleges gave very little time for students after issuing the notification on September 29 for filling up 55% of seats, which have to be filled with the government prescribed fee and taking merit into consideration.

Thirty % of seats are filled by the Convenor, while 15% seats are left for the management to fill at a higher fee. The forms have to be submitted by October 3. But here lies the catch, September 30 was a non-transaction day for the banks, while October 2 was a national holiday due to the Gandhi Jayanti and October 3 too is a holiday for government institutions due to Durga puja. Students also allege that the colleges also turned away the students citing frivolous reasons when they went for application forms. A senior official in the APSCHE admitted that the colleges are trying to find some legal loopholes in the absence of clear rules after the Supreme Court verdict. Students are demanding that the government strictly monitor the admissions and ensure that they are based according to merit and prescribed fee.

Shourie funds biotech centre at IIT Kanpur

Oct 03, 2003: New Delhi: This is one transgression of rule that Prime Minister A B Vajpayee is unlikely to regret. On Wednesday he inaugurated a spanking new biotech centre at IIT Kanpur. Nothing strange about that. The ‘irregularity’ is that the entire centre has been financed by telecom and disinvestment minister Arun Shourie’s MPLADS (member of Parliament local area development scheme), which normally goes through PWD norms and is usually used for setting up hand pumps and village roads. Mr Shourie wanted none of this. Especially because in the Hindi heartland of UP and Bihar MPLADS funds are usually given to favoured contractors. The minister instead wanted a biotech centre with state-of-the-art equipment and an eco-friendly building.

The choice of the field of research was decided upon by the National Advisory Committee for IIT. They opted to go for an area in which they had long wanted to venture but hadn’t for the lack of funds. The IIT had so offered M-Tech and Ph.D in biotech; now it’ll offer B-Tech courses, thus spreading the study in this sunrise field. At present, it is equipped with 16 research labs, two teaching labs, seminar hall, three service areas, autoclave, oven, basement and a cafeteria. The building is ‘‘green’’ as it uses minimum energy in its day-to-day running. Energy use in the building is down by 40% and nearly half the air-conditioning tonnage required. A five-member faculty is already in place at the centre. The equipment and infrastructure is already in place. This has made it possible to attract the top researchers in the field.

Chattisgarh to set up two new universities

Oct 07, 2003: New Delhi: Chattisgarh will set up two new universities and one Open University in the state, Chief Minister Ajit Jogi has said. The Bastar University and Rajmohini Devi University in Sarguja are intended to ensure societal needs of Bastar and Sarguja and create employable graduates, he said inaugurating a two-day workshop at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here. Besides, the Sunder Lal Sharma Open University is expected to emerge as a virtual University and help Chattisgarh to integrate conventional and distance education in the state, an IGNOU press release quoted Jogi as saying.

"The tribal areas should no longer be treated as museums, as they have capacity to strengthen to the mainstream," he said. A paper shall be formulated to make recommendations for establishment of two conventional universities and one Open University in Chattisgarh. Speaking on the occasion, Chattisgarh Minister for Education S N Sharma said the native of the state should get employment opportunities apart from education.

Govt to move apex court seeking more time for medical admissions

Oct 07, 2003: Hyderabad: The State Government proposes to file a writ petition in the Supreme Courtseeking extension of time to complete admissions into medical and dental colleges and rectify the violations if any. The date for completing the process of admissions into medical and dental colleges expired on September 30. It has also decided to scrutinise the entire process of admissions into private medical colleges in the light of allegations of violation of rules. According to guidelines, 50% of the total seats in private colleges will be filled on the basis of merit and rule of reservation. As many as 25% seats will be filled according to the merit and rule of reservation. The remaining 25% seats, C category, are left to the discretion of managements. They will have a fee structure as decided by the management and no merit and rule of reservation will be followed. Minister for Medical and Health Kodela Siva Prasada Rao told that they would seek one-week time to complete the admissions. He said that around 40 to 50 seats might have been converted from B to C category.

NTR Health University admissions are not transparent

Oct 08, 2003: Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandra Sekhar Rao said that the counselling for MBBS and BDS first year admission conducted by NTR university of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) was not transparent and glaring errors were committed by officials. He said that nearly 350 seats in Telangana region could not be filled due to non-renewal of existing colleges in the region. Better rank holders from Telangana region failed to secure admission, whereas their counterparts in other regions managed to get seats, he alleged. The SFI also demanded an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the medical and dental counselling. Meanwhile, Minister of Health Kodela Siva Prasad left for New Delhi. Sources said that the State Government would be filling an appeal in the Supreme Court on the reported cancellation of 270 medical seats by the Medical Council in India.

Director of Medical Education Dr Sasi Prabha said that MCI has submitted the report to the Government of India after reinspection of the colleges allegedly having poor facilities. However, she could not confirm about the status of 270 seats. She also denied the report of private medical colleges admitting more students than the number of seats available.

OU extends last date for UGC-Net exam applications

Oct 08, 2003: Hyderabad: The Osmania University has announced that the last date for the receipt of applications for the UGC-Net December 2003 examination will be October 20. Application Forms should be submitted to the coordinator of UGC Net-December 2003 Examination at the office of the Principal, University College of Science, OU, Hyderabad-7 in person or by post. No application will be accepted after the last date. The university has also announced that the classes for MBA first and third semester regular courses in the colleges under the jurisdiction of OU will commence from October 16.

AP to lose 270 medical seats this year this year too

Oct 09, 2003: Hyderabad: Students in the state will lose out on 270 medical seats for which counselling has already taken place, with the Medical Council of India (MCI) informing the government that it will not restore its recognition for the current academic year. The MCI has reportedly asked the state government to clarify as to why it should not withdraw recognition to these seats in five colleges in view of the “substandard” faculty and other anomalies. The colleges are the Government Medical College (Ananthapur), Kakatiya Medical College (Warangal), S V Medical College (Tirupati), Kurnool Medical College and Rangaraya Medical College (Kakinada). The MCI had told the state in July that it would not recognise the 270 medical seats, as the five colleges had admitted students without securing former permission from the centre. So, the seats did not have MCI sanction the last academic year. The MCI sent inspection teams to all the five colleges recently to ascertain whether the colleges had requisite standard to admit students. It submitted report to the centre observing that the college could not fill up these seats in view of several shortcomings.

Court stays private admissions

Oct 09, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday stayed admissions to unaided private medical and dental colleges. The interim order was made in a writ petition filed by five Eamcet-2003 candidates who complained that after two new private colleges were started in the state, certain candidates had moved from Category B to Category A, which are merit seats. The private managements were seeking to fill up the consequential vacancies without referring the matter the Eamcet convenor, the petitioners said.

MS programme for B.Tech and BE graduates

Oct 09, 2003: Hyderabad: The Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) in association with the Osmania University (OU) will offer ‘MS by research’ programme for BE and B.Tech graduates. The tie-up will facilitate OU academic staff as well as MS students to actively participate in the live research and development projects at ECIL, according to a press release here on Tuesday. Graduates enrolling for the programme will undergo a 24-month course in electronics, communications and computer sciences of which six months will be for classroom lectures at OU and 18 months set aside for work on live research and development projects at ECIL.

B.Ed counseling likely to be delayed

Oct 15, 2003: Hyderabad: Counseling for filling the existing 31,796 seats in the 283 B.Ed colleges in the State may be delayed by a few more days with the Government deciding to file an affidavit in the High Court tomorrow specifying the norms to be followed by private institutions. For candidates, the uncertainty continues despite completion of EdCET, and preparation of the statewide merit list. The delay is also due to the non-availability of the “approved list” of the colleges from the National Council for Teacher Education after renewal of recognition for the year.

In the affidavit to be filed before the High Court, the Government would state that it had complied with the Supreme Court judgement by issuing a GO (No 1038 Dt. Oct.10) providing for allotment of 50 % seats in private/minority institutions to managements without naming them as “management quota” and fixing a common fee for all colleges, Rs 10,800 per year. The private managements too are in a piquant situation. Last year, they were allotted 15 % to the Government. When the apex court fixed the Government-management seat quotas at 50:50, the managements were happy. They, in fact, approached the High Court seeking a directive to the State Government for complying with the judgement. However, the GO issued by the Government came as a dampener, specifying common fee for all the colleges, government as well as private, without giving scope for discretion. Now, it is stated, they want to revert to last year’s ratio (85:15).

Seminar on admissions

Oct 15, 2003: Hyderabad: Edcon Services Pvt. Ltd., is conducting seminars and spot admissions for the Vancouver based Austin College for M.S (Computers), MBA and Masters in Manufacturing Engineering courses at Hyderabad, Vijaywada and Vishakapatnam on 16, 17 and 18 October. Mr. Ernest Numann, programme coordinator of University of Washington, which will give the degree, will present details about the courses, facilities and admissions. The seminar will be held at Hotel Tulip Manohar in Hyderabad. Details can be had on 55627765.

The University of Detroit Mercy is conducting interviews for its graduate and under-graduate programmers on October 15 at Sairam Towers near YMCA, Secunderabad. The intakes of the University are in January, May and September. Interested candidates can contact Visu Consultants on 23398359 and 23399832 for further details.

White paper on medical admissions today

Oct 15, 2003: Vijayawada: The Health Minister, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, said here today that the Government would issue a white paper on medical and dental admissions made by the NTR University of Health Sciences tomorrow and initiate action against those found responsible for the muddle. Speaking to newspersons here today, he admitted that the NTR UHS had failed to follow the GOs in conducting the counseling for admission into MBBS and BDS courses. He said private managements seemed to have malafide intentions in filling up the seats under ‘B’ category without the knowledge the University. He stated categorically that the admissions made by private managements without following rules would not be regularized under any circumstance.

Accordingly, it was decided that the University should fill up 50 % seats in private medical colleges on the basis of EAMCET ranks for a tuition fees of Rs.50,000 per year under ‘A’ category. The managements were given freedom to fill 25 % seats under their quota at a fee to be fixed by themselves under ‘C’ category. The remaining 25 % seats were to be filled following EAMCET ranking and reservation principle under the supervision of the University under ‘B’ category. The private managements followed these guidelines scrupulously in the first phase of counseling. But they dodged when it came to filling the ‘B’ category seats which fell vacant due to sliding in the wake of admissions made to one dental and four medical colleges on September 29 and 30 leading to the controversy. The University has also failed to get the list of admissions made by private colleges under ‘B’ and ‘C’ categories by September 30 as directed by the Supreme Court.

68 medical admissions likely to be cancelled

Oct 16, 2003: Hyderabad: The government is likely to cancel admissions to 109 dental and 68 medical seats as gross irregularities came to light during the counselling process The two-member panel, which probed the alleged irregularities during counselling for private medical and dental colleges, has reportedly listed the lapses in the report to the government. Health Minister K Sivaprasada Rao is also likely to issue a white paper clearing the anomalies that have crept into the admission process and direct the authorities to allot the seats to the candidates on the Eamcet merit list. The admissions are therefore illegal and fit for cancellation. However, the committee failed to gather the information on 37 more medical admissions. The panel also found fault with the NTR University of Health Sciences registrar for the admission fiasco. Meanwhile, the government’s petition before the Supreme Court, seeking to extend the deadline for the medical counselling process in the State from September 30 to November 30, would come up before the apex court.

BRAOU exams from December 12

Oct 16, 2003: Hyderabad: The first year MA Sociology examinations of Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) will be held from December 12. The examinations are for the students who joined the PG course in the academic year of 2003-03. Examinations for diploma in Environmental Studies, Marketing Management, Business Finance, Human Rights, Women Studies, writing for the mass media (Telugu), certificate programme in food and nutrition, Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science will also be held from December 12. The last date for submission of filled in applications is November 12. Students of the old batch can collect examination registration forms from their respective study centres or directly from the controller of examinations.

MBA dethrones MCA course

Oct 16, 2003: Hyderabad: The three-year MCA course slowly descending the popularity chart. It is the two-year MBA, which has come up trumps. While the number of aspirants for MCA programmes has decreased by 20-30% in various institutions in the city, MBA programmes have witnessed an equal spurt in the number of applicants. Similarly, the placements given by the institutions offering MCA have been reduced by 60%, while MBA students still see a bright future irrespective of the market trends. On the changing preferences, Dr. A Venugopal Reddy, Department of Computer Science, Osmania University (OU), says: “Computer application is a wide area which offers multiple programmes like MCA, M.Tech, B.E and others. But the software industry is not large enough to accommodate the large number of MCAs coming out every year. Courses like MISCA, MSIT and BCA are no longer hot cakes at OU. There has been a migration of students from these areas to business management.

To stem the downfall of computer courses, the varsity has introduced MS in collaboration with the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL). While this is so, tough competition is going on for tail-end jobs in the software sector. The employers are preferring professionals from other sectors without solid academic experience, as the former can dictate salary terms. So, it’s hay day for management students with plum offers coming their way.

New MBA Programme

Oct 18, 2003: Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University Kota Harinarayana inaugurated the MBA (Technology Management) programme of Osmania University for the academic year 2003-04 at the university campus. Institutional framework for identifying right technologies, developing technology management capabilities and technology management capabilities and technological preparations for infrastructural development are the need of the hour, he said.

Technology has assumed centre stage even in small-scale industries and a scenario devoid of technology is unthinkable, he said. Presiding over the function, Prof J Anantha Swamy, Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University, pointed out that technology management is a continuous process of implementing latest technologies to compete globally.

Panel asks govt. to sack registrar of NTR varsity

Oct 18, 2003: Hyderabad: Taking cognisance of the findings of a two-member committee which nailed the involvement of NTR University of Health Sciences officials in the medical admission fiasco, the varsity’s executive council reportedly recommended to the government to sack the registrar and other officials involved in the scam. The executive council members met health minister K Sivaprasada Rao on Friday and conveyed their decision.

Meanwhile, Justice A Gopal Reddy of AP High Court on Friday directed the NTR Heath University not to cancel the admission of 25 students admitted under Category B into first year medical and dental courses in Narayana Medical and Dental College, Nellore, in the ongoing counselling process. The order was made in the writ plea that will be taken up for hearing on Oct 22.

Pass in Plus-Two enough for admission

Oct 18, 2003: Chennai: Students, who secured a mere pass in Plus-Two and wrote the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination this year, are eligible for engineering admissions, the Madras High Court has ruled. Allowing a batch of petitions assailing two government orders, which kept the minimum aggregate marks at 60% in the related subjects for open category candidates, 55 for backward communities and 50 for most backward communities, a Division Bench said that while the All-India Council of Technical Education had prescribed admissions based on either 60% in Plus-Two or the entrance test marks, it was not correct on the part of the State to create a third category, incorporating both the requirements. The judges recorded the submission by counsel for the Association of Unaided Non-Minority Engineering Colleges, S. Prabhakaran that in all 28,850 seats remained vacant this year, and said “It is a clear case where seats available but the authorities were denying the students admission on the ground that they didn’t qualify according to the stipulated standards and norms”. But this was “not a case where there are more applicants than the available seats so that the State could lay down higher qualification than the one laid down by the Central Government.

Stalemate Over Medical Seats

Oct 20, 2003: The fiasco in admissions to medical and dental colleges is still continuing even after the government had come out with a White Paper. The officials from the Ministry of Medical, Health and Family Welfare have no idea on their future course of action if the Supreme Court denies permission to provide fresh counselling dates for admissions into Medical and Dental seats in the State. The Supreme Court has set September 30 as the last date for completing the counselling while the Medical Council of India has asked the State Government to complete the counselling within the stipulated time-frame. Top health official sources feel that it is highly unlikely that the Supreme Court will revert back its decision though the State Government has asked the court to consider keeping in mind the lives of the students. Health Minister Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, too, has preferred to maintain a stoic silence in this regard. Grapevine has it that the higher-ups in the government are aware that it will be the private college management who will have the last laugh.

Time to ease pressure

Oct 20, 2003: Hyderabad: Worried over the spate of suicides of students, the government is looking at various options to ease the pressure on students, at schools and colleges as well as at their homes. Among these are possible changes in the syllabus, introduction of open book examination system, counselling for students, teachers and parental education. And for students of professional colleges, the government is considering an orientation programme through television. The Government will soon initiate a debate on the reasons for the manifestation of stress .Options such as the open book examination system where students are allowed to refer to text books while writing exams, course and curriculum changes, counselling at schools and educating parents, especially to ensure that they do not compare the performance of their children with others, will form part of the debate. The perception that a student has only engineering or medicine as options needs to be dispelled, these issues will be presented with the aim to boost the self esteem in students, he added. Subba Rao said that the issue of students committing suicide will be taken up at the upcoming principals’ meet on Nov.2 in the city.

Aptech to set up content outsourcing facility in Chennai

Oct 21, 2003: Mumbai: Aptech is planning to set up a dedicated content outsourcing facility in Chennai to provide educational content to overseas clients. "There is a lot of interest among third party clients for good education content and we plan to create both instructor-led and online educational content at the centre," an Aptech release said.

The company expects to house an additional 150 content developers, including visualisers, graphic artists and instructional designers, increasing its total number of developers to around 250, it said. Aptech, which expects 20% of its total revenues to come in from content development, also plans to recruit over 100 professionals in the next one year, it said.

Last date for paying Inter exam fees extended

Oct 21, 2003: Hyderabad: The Government has extended the last date for payment of examination fee without fine for second year regular and private students appearing for the March 2004 Intermediate Public Examination to October 27. This decision was taken by the government on receiving numerous representations from parents and students. The last date for payment of examination fee with a fine of Rs 100 will be October 31, 2003. The extension of the last date will be applicable for both the general and vocational courses. The principals of the junior colleges have to submit the nominal rolls to regional inspection officers concerned on November 1.

JNTU to get World Bank aid to modernise its laboratory

Oct 22, 2003: Hyderabad: JNTU, Kukatpally, along with its two constituent colleges at Anantapur and Kakinada will get a grant of Rs 50 crore each from the World Bank to modernise its lab. “A three-year project is in the offing to enable the colleges modernise their labs. Of the total aid, Rs 35 crore would have to be repaid in easy installments,” JNTU Vice-Chancellor Prof Y Venkatarami Reddy told City Express. Based on their existing infrastructure, the three institutions will get grant directly from the World Bank, Reddy said.

The development is significant in the wake of a debate over quality in technical education. The project of e-connectivity among classrooms has gained momentum with the introduction of online internal examinations. JNTU is set to conduct online internal tests from December in a bid to ensure transparency and avoid undue delay in declaring results. Add to this, lectures given by faculties will be made available on the net very soon. The students who failed to attend classes, can utilize the facility. The varsity along with its affiliated colleges will accept the AICTE-prescribed syllabus soon. The revision of engineering syllabus by the AICTE is in the final stages. As many as 20 engineering colleges in the State are going to apply for accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

B.Sc. nursing course admissions from Oct.27

Oct 22, 2003: Vijayawada: Selections for provisional admission to four and two year B.Sc. (nursing) courses for the academic year 2003-04 will be held at NTR University of Health Sciences here from October 27 to 29. According to a press release from the university, all the candidates who have applied for admission to the B.Sc nursing courses and who fulfil the eligibility criteria as per the regulations are eligible to attend the selections with all original certificates at their own expenses. Individual intimations were sent to the candidates, the release said, adding that mere attending the selections at the university does not confer right for a seat. The candidates must attend the counseling with a demand draft for Rs 3,000 drawn in favour of the Registrar, NTR University of Health Sciences, payable at Vijayawada, on any nationalised bank, towards the fee payable to the university. While interviews for the four-year course will take place on October 27 and 28, the two-year course selections will take place on October 29.

BRAOU courses

Oct 22, 2003: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University and NIIT are jointly offering certificate programme in English Communication (CPEC) from this academic year. Candidates should have passed Class X and studied English as second language for at least five years. It is also offering MA (English) and M.Com from this academic year. The admission notification for these three programmes will be issued shortly.

Medical admissions: panel detests ‘irregularities’

Oct 22, 2003: Eluru: The committee, constituted by the Executive Council of NTR University of Health Sciences to go into the process of admissions in medical and dental colleges in the current academic year, detected allegedly glaring irregularities in admission in Alluri Sitarama Raju Medical (ASRAM) College here on Tuesday in the course of an enquiry. The committee members—Kodali Venkateswara Rao and N.V.S. Naidu – found that the college management had violated the order of merit and the rule of reservation in admitting right candidates in the first year course of medicine even as the university rejected their admission.

The following is the break-up of the social category of the rejected candidates:- four OC candidates; SC (B) and SC (C) each; two BC (B) candidates and one BC-D.

25 medical seats remain in balance

Oct 23, 2003: Hyderabad: Justice A Gopal Reddy of the High Court extended the stay on cancellation of admission of about 25 candidates to MBBS and dental courses. It may be recalled that the Narayana Medical and Dental Colleges management had moved the High Court complaining that the cancellation of admissions by the NTR University of Health Sciences was illegal. When the matter came up before the court, additional advocate-general Ramesh Ranganathan brought it to the notice of the court that the government was filing an application before the Supreme Court seeking certain clarifications. The judge accordingly extended the stay till October 28 and posted the case to October 28.

Admissions open for course in international business

Oct 23, 2003: Visakhapatnam: GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade has invited applications for its Masters programme in International Business for the academic period 2004-06. The programme includes courses in foreign languages, shipping, logistics, and supply chain management, export-import management, cross cultural change management, international finance, international finance, international marketing and international business strategy. The eligibility criterion for the course is a three-year bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university. Those awaiting results of their degree examinations can also apply. Preference will be given to candidates with two or more years of work experience with a degree in engineering pharmacy and biochemistry. The written examination will be conducted on January 11, 2004, for which candidates can log on to website www.iift.com.

CIEFL students intensify stir

Oct 24, 2003: Hyderabad: There was high drama at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) when the 100-member Participants Association intensified their agitation. The MA, B.Ed, M.Phil and Ph.D student members of the Participants Association, had launched their strike, boycotting classes and pasting posters on the administration’s failures. The demands of the students include 50% student representation in all committees at the institute, improvement in hostel facilities by providing pure drinking water and geysers, among others. They also protested against the irregular allocation of hostel rooms and asked for expansion of hostel space. The demand for representation on the academic council needs the approval of the CIEFL Society.

Nod for new engineering colleges draws flak

Oct 24, 2003: Hyderabad: the government’s decision to issue no objection certificates to over 10 colleges in the state has drawn flak from the self-financing rural engineering college management’s association, which said it was against the existing norms. As the present institutes are unable to survive with thousands of unfilled engineering seats, the government’s policy to allow new colleges would be detrimental to the already established 225 colleges, association secretary G Pandu Ranga Reddy said. Out of the total intake of 65,970 seats, over 11,000 seats of both in convenor and management quota have remained unfulfilled, he said. Reddy said that issuance of no objection certificates for new engineering colleges were against the existing norms. The government has set up a panel on new colleges.

ICA to open 200 centres by March '04

Oct 27, 2003: Kolkata: The Institute of Computer Accountants (ICA), set up in Kolkata to provide computerised training to accountants based on the lines of European and American accounting standards, has planned to open 200 centres in India by March, 2004. The main aim of opening these centres is to meet the increasing need of Indian corporate houses for accounts persons having knowledge of global computerised accounting standards. The opening of the state-of-the-art centres will help young accountants to learn international accounting. ICA currently has 70 centres across India in states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand among others.

IT colleges face vacant seats

Oct 27, 2003: Bangalore: IT firms riding high on "spurt" in outsourcing software may be hiring techies in thousands, but in India 's Silicon Valley, institutions offering computer courses are seeing a drastic dip in student admission. Students and parents who have witnessed the technology meltdown in the last two years and its resultant dip in employment opportunities are cautious of taking up IT courses, instead they prefer to opt for basic science or mainstream engineering courses. Nearly 2,000 seats in IT related courses of the 8,000 odd engineering seats offered in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) remained vacant this year, while nearly 12 colleges under Bangalore University offering about 1,200 Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) and BSc (computer sciences) seats stopped them due to low demand by students.

"Supply is more than demand for seats," leading private education group Acharya Pata Shala Education Trust Secretary, A R Acharya said. But abandoning of IT courses by students is not happening just in Karnataka, institutions in neighbouring Tamil Nadu are also facing similar low enrolments. Incidentally, with new colleges coming up in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and other states, the enrolment of outside students, a crucial factor in Karnataka's success in engineering education, has dipped by nearly 20%.

Lapses alleged in MBA admissions

Oct 27, 2003: Hyderabad: The Minority Students Organisation (MSO) has asked the government to look into the alleged irregularities committed during MBA admissions into various minority institutions in the city. In a statement issued, MSO representative M A Majeed said the counselling for the minority colleges was conducted before the general counselling, depriving students of their legitimate share of seats. Some colleges issued ‘eye wash’ notifications on September 29 and stipulated October 4 as the last date for submission of applications, he alleged. He said students were not able submit their application forms as September 30 was a bank holiday, October 2 was Gandhi Jayanti, Durga puja was October 3 and October 4 was an optional bank holiday. “All this was done to legalise illegal and back door admissions. Further, the application forms were not made available at colleges or government offices,” he added.

MBBS admissions deadline stays

Oct 28, 2003: Hyderabad: The Supreme Court turned down the State Government’s plea to extend the deadline for admission into medical courses for the academic year 2003-04. The State Government had approached the SC to extend the deadline for admission into 178 medical and dental seats which had fallen vacant following its decision to cancel the admissions made by the managements of private medical colleges for these seats. The State found fault with the private managements for converting certain B category seats into C category. As a result, as many as 20 medical seats and 61 dental seats will remain vacant for the current academic year.

The number of vacant seats will increase, if the High Court which has been hearing cases pertaining to conversion of B – Category seats into C Category and declared the management’s actions as illegal. The HC granted stay orders against State’s move to cancel these admissions. Health Minister Kodela Sivaprasada Rao said the SC has left it to the State Government to take action with regard to irregular admissions and refused to pass any judgement on the issue. Meanwhile, the officials said that the authorities had been considering the option of sending individual intimation to students based on merit order for these vacant seats without conducting any formal counselling. The officials however, were doubtful about implementing the move as it would also amount to admitting students after the expiry of deadline.

Common test for MBA courses

Oct 29, 2003: New Delhi: The ministry of Human Resources Development has devised a common entrance examination structure for all management institutes in the country to regulate admissions in both state-run and private colleges. While a common All-India test will be conducted for all institutions only from 2006 onwards, entrance exam in 2004 will be thorough a set of five different national level tests. Each institution will have to opt for one of the five tests which will be conducted by various national level tests. Each institution will have to opt for one of the five tests which will be conducted by various national bodies.

According to the HRD ministry’s new order, seat allocation is to be governed by central and state level authorities for national and state level admissions respectively. All private institutions will have to submit a list of admitted along with details such as rank obtained and fees paid. The ministry has also constituted a national coordination committee to enforce the new guidelines. Authorities say the move is aimed at streamlining the admission process. The unified entrance regime will also lower the cost of applying to MBA programmes. At present, the average cost of an entrance form for most management institutes ranges between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,500 and with a student applying to several institutions across the country, the average expenditure is usually above the Rs 10,000 mark.

Govt seeks Law Department view

Oct 29, 2003: Hyderabad: The Law Department has been asked to give its opinion for resolving the imbroglio over filling vacant MBBS and BDS seats after the government drew a blank in the Supreme Court to its plea for extending the September 30 deadline for completing the admission process in all medical and dental colleges. The State Government had been anxiously looking forward to a favourable verdict from the Apex Court on its request in order to fill the 178 medical and dental seats that have fallen vacant consequent to its decision to cancel admissions made by managements of private colleges to these seats. But, a Division Bench declined to oblige the Government stating that any change would amount to deviation of its own orders and upset the admission schedule in the rest of the country. There are now two options before the government taking its case to full bench of the Supreme Court or approach the A.P. High Court for punishing erring private colleges.

But the later option would not serve the primary purpose of rendering justice to students eligible for admission to the ‘B’ category seats on the basis of Eamcet marks. Private college managements had earlier approached the A.P. High Court seeking a stay on the alleged harassment by the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) by carrying out surprise raids on several colleges ‘in the name of inspecting their records’. In some colleges, they segregated students admitted under the A, B and C category and read out their names, an action that attracted widespread criticism. The court had stayed the university’s action. Meanwhile, the Registrar of the NTRUHS, S. Narasimha Reddy, was to have made a written request to the Principal Secretary, S. Bhale Rao, who is acting as Vice-Chancellor, for repatriation to the academic side. It may be recalled that the Executive Council of the NTRUHS had recommended stringent action against higher-ups in the university found responsible for irregularities in the counselling.

ICFAI launches PG Diploma Courses

Oct 30, 2003: Hyderabad: ICFAI University has announced launch of 12 new PG Diploma courses in Finance and Management through the distance mode. The courses are in Strategic Finance and Control, Financial Engineering, Accounting Standards and US GAAP, Information Systems Audit, Investment and Tax Planning, Enterprise Risk Management, E-Business, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management and Export Import Management. The courses are open for all graduates and have duration of 6-9 months. The last date for enrolment is November 30.

APSCHE to hold GET

Oct 31, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) will hold the eighth Graduate Employability Test (GET) to assess candidates for assess to entry-level jobs in the IT-enabled services sector. The test is being held at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur on November 8 and 9, to specifically meet the hiring requirements of HSBC, which is expected to open a centre in Visakhapatnam in the coming months. Eligible candidates (graduates from all streams and students in the third year of graduation) could registrar at the APSCHE office at Hyderabad, Pydah College, Visakhapatnam, PB Siddhartha College, Vijayawada and Hindu College (PG), Guntur. Application forms are available at these centres against payment of Rs 200 and registrations will continue till November 5.

Medical admission: BJP for supernumeracy seats

Oct 31, 2003: Hyderabad: The BJP has demanded that the State Government create supremacy seats next year to accommodate eligible students who could not gain admission to medical colleges in the current year on account of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Government’s appeal to extend the deadline for completing admissions. The BJP State President, N Indrasena Reddy, told that several seats could not be filled in the colleges this year before September 30 deadline following serious irregularities in admissions.The students who were eligible to fill the vacancies and their parents have been put to the agony of preparing for the EAMCET again next year. In order to see that they did not suffer, the Government should create supernumerary seats next year. This may entail loss of an academic year for such candidates but it was worth the exercise, he claimed.

Minister gives clean chit to board in inter exams scam

Oct 31, 2003: Hyderabad: Higher Education minister N Md Farooq laid the blame for the Intermediate examinations scandal on the computer company that handled the mark memos and the posting of the results on the net. The minister’s assertion came following reports about the involvement of a minister, a government whip and senior civil servants in the scandal. “The company – CMC – tampered with the memos of as many as 54 students” he said. These students apparently secured admissions to top engineering colleges of the country on the basis of inflated marks. “ Neither the tourism minister Srinivas Yadav nor whip K Venkat Rao is involved. He refused to comment on the possible complicity of the Board of Intermediate officials.

 
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