The SPDC scholarship for eligible NRI/PIO students has been announced for 2010-11. This time, there would be no separate exam but the marks received in qualifying exams (eg. CBSE XII, ICSE and other curriculam) would decide the merit list. The completed forms need to be submitted to EdCIL by 10 June 2010.
Full details of the scheme can be found at below link
SPDC Guideline and Application Form
There are a total of 100 scholarships (50:NRI, 50:PIO) and the eligibility criteria for NRIs is salary less than US$2250 per month
Good luck.
JEE Exam- How to Crack it?
This post discusses few tips, tricks and ideas on how to breeze through AIEEE exam. The AIEEE exam is conducted by CBSE for admissions to India�s premier national level institutes like NITs, IIITs (Indian Institute of Information Technology), DCE, PEC, many deemed universities, government funded institutions and technical colleges in the country. More than 1 million candidates appear for this exam and the exam is counted as the largest exam in the world held on a single day. AIEEE 2011 Information Brochure The AIEEE consists of two papers. Paper -1 (PCM) is administered to the candidates desirous of admissions to B.E/B.Tech stream and Paper 2 (Part I-Maths, Part II- Aptitude & Part III-Drawing) is administered to candidates for B Arch/B.Planning. The exam has objective type format with multiple choice questions. There is negative marking in the exam- for every wrong answer one fourth (1/4) of the mark allotted for that question is deducted. For left out questions, there is no negative marking. Marking more than one answer for a question is considered a wrong answer and negative marking is applied. The exam is not tough at all and can be cracked with some discipline and hard work. The candidates scoring about 50% marks in the exam can expect to get a rank around 10000. In cricket terminology, if you can avoid follow-on in the exam (i.e. score say 226 out of 425), you are on the way to get a rank below 10000. Here are some tips and tricks to crack this exam and the rules can be generally applied to crack any engineering exam. Continue reading
DASA/NRI Engg admissions- Discussion
Update: 2 July 2011
The minimum SAT2 score requirement of 1800 could be relaxed to 1440 during spot admission. Those applicants who have taken admissions in private colleges due to minm SAT2 score requirement have a big opportunity to get admissions to NITs as NIT brand is highly recognised in India and abroad.
Update: 1 July 2011
DASA-2011 1st Merit List has been declared today. Hearty Congratulations to all those who got their preferred branch and the college :).
Please find below the list
Following is the actual SAT2 Cut-off for various branches and colleges
DASA-Cut-off-College-Branch-actual
The key highlights of DASA scheme merit list year are
1) Mechanical branch was the most popular branch going by the cut-offs, followed by ECE and CSE. Out of top 100 applicants, 33 opted for Mechanical, 21 for ECE and 25 for Computers.
2) NITK was the most popular college. Following is the number of DASA scheme toppers selecting this institute:8 out of 10, 15 out of 20, 34 out of 50 and 58 out of first 100 toppers selecting NITK.
3) NITK (58 out of top 100) was followed up by NIT-Trichy (18 toppers out of 100), NIT-W (8 out of 100) and PEC & NIT-C getting 7� toppers each out of 100 toppers. We have been consistent in giving this ranking� on this blog. Last year (2010), the break of college-wise preference of top 100 applicants was as following: NITK (37), NIT-T: 23, NIT-W:14, NIT-C: 10 and PEC:9.
Leaving aside cut-off scores, following is the break-up of applicants for DASA2011: NITK: 90 applicants, NIT-T:75, NIT-C: 65, NITW:62, PEC: 40, MNNIT-Allahabad: 31, SVNIT-Surat:23, MNIT-Jaipur: 20, VNIT-Nagpur: 15 applicants.
4) Due to steep fee hike in DASA scheme, less applicants have selected DASA scheme this year, many opting for other govt/private colleges. This is evident by number of students opting for DASA scheme has come down by about 15% in the category of those getting more than 1800 SAT2 score as compared to last year.
My apologies to all those parents/students whose querries I could not respond in last week due to minor injury I had on my wrist.
Update: 27 May 2011
Following is a new blog post on ranking of Indian engineering intitutes.� These rankings take care of various parameters (students, faculty, infra, placement etc).
List of Indian Engineering College Ranking
Update: 31 Dec 10
As promised, we are publishing expected SAT2 score cut-off for DASA scheme 2011 admissions.� Obviously, these are only indicative SAT2 PCM cut-off figures and would depend on the relative performance and yet-to-be-decided preference by the individuals .� However, they could provide some clues on the available choices with the given scores.
DASA-SAT2-Cut-off-College-Branch
We wish a very happy new year 2011 to all of our blog readers
Update:�17 Dec 2010
The NRI/Foreign Nationals desirous of getting admissions to Indian central engineering colleges (i.e NITs) under DASA scheme for the session 2011-12 should visit following official site periodically to keep track of any new information on the scheme
http://www.dasanit.org/
DASA scheme 2011:
DASA Scheme 2011 Guidelines/Procedure
The list of participating institutes and available seats in each institute is available� at the following link
DASA Scheme 2011- Participating NITs/Institutes and Seat Matrix
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on DASA scheme and SAT 2 subject tests is given at below link
DASA-scheme-FAQ-SAT2-NIT-NRI
Continue reading
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Exams – How to Crack Them
This post is all about “How to Crack Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Exam”. I am pleased to share with blog readers that today my article on the subject has been published by ezinearticles.com, the best online article publisher directory.
“Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) exams with negative marking are the current trends for exams internationally. The exam pattern is feared by some students because the choices look confusing, tricky and risky, especially when exam preparation is not 100%. Here we would discuss few ways to improve scores to solve/crack the multiple choice questions (MCQ) based exam.
Having myself passed three of the 20 hottest certification exams (Sun Java, Value Engg, PMP) based on MCQ format, I have concluded that MCQ tests are like Driving License Test. These driving tests are not about whether you can start engine, put your foot on gas pedal and go. On the other hand, they are about general understanding of vehicle itself (i.e. exam pattern), navigation skills (when to speed up, when to slow down, have control at all times, do defensive driving), know all traffic symbols & rules- high speed lane is only meant to overtake (i.e. hurry up with questions only when essential), give way to vehicles when needed to be safe (skip tough questions to save time), look out on road for potholes/obstacles/wetness and slow down (i.e. watch out for tricky questions and don’t fall in traps/distracter), follow drive-test examiner’s instruction completely (follow the question’s instructions as to what is expected from us) and so on. Following are the general tips on how to crack multiple choice question (MCQ) exam:
List of New IIMs, IITs, NITs, IIITs and AIIMS
List of New IIMs, IITs, NITs, IIITs and AIIMS
List of New IITs: There are total eight (8) new IITs that have started functioning as per IIT JEE 2011 prospectus.
IIT JEE 2011 Information Brochure/ prospectus
Only limited branches are offered in the� new IITs as on 2011 plans and they are:
IIT Bhuvaneshwar (under IIT Kharagpur): Branches offered: Civil, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Gandinagar (under IIT Mumbai) Branches offered: Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Hyderabad (under IIT Madras) : Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Indore (under IIT Bombay) : Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Kota (under IIT Kanpur) : Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Mandi (HP) (under IIT Roorkee): Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Patna (under IIT Guwahati): Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
IIT Ropar (under IIT Delhi): Branches offered: Computers, Electrical, Mechanical
Old IITs
IIT- Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madra, Roorkee.
While�IT-BHU is under process to be converted to IIT- BHU, ISM-Dhanbad had opted out of IIT umbralla to keep its unique identity
List of New IIMs
India already has seven functional IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong. IIM Ranchi and Rohtak have also started taking admissions.
CAT 2010-11 Information, list of IIMs and Eligibility
A total of� 5 new IIMs are being set-up in India.
From 2012-13 :��IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Raipur,�J&KK, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan (the locations are yet to be decided).
Non-IIM List of MBA Colleges Accepting CAT scores
List of New NITs
Ten new NITs (National Institutes of Technology) have been set-up per following
National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh (mentor NIT Durgapur)
�National Institute of Technology, Delhi (mentor NIT Warangal)
�National Institute of Technology, Goa (NIT Surathkal)
�National Institute of Technology, Manipur (NIT Agartala)
�National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya (SVNIT Surat)
�National Institute of Technology, Mizoram (VNIT Nagpur)
�National Institute of Technology, Nagaland (NIT Silchar)
�National Institute of Technology, Puducherry (NIT Trichy)
�National Institute of Technology, Sikkim (NIT Calicut)
�National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Garhwal (NIT Kurukshetra)
The admissions to these new NITs have started from the academic session 2010-11.
List of Old NITs
1. National Institute of Technology, Agartala
2. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (U.P.)
3. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
4. National Institute of Technology, Calicut (Kerela)
5. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (West Bengal)
6. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh)
7. Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
8. Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (Punjab)
9. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
10. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (Haryana)
11. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (Maharashtra)
12. National Institute of Technology, Patna (Bihar)
13. National Institute of Technology, Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
14. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (Orissa)
15. National Institute of Technology, Silchar (Assam)
16. National Institute of Technology, Hazartbal, Srinagar (J&K)
17. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (Gujarat)
18. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Mangalore (Karnataka)
19. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu)
20. National Institute of Technology, Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)
AIEEE 2011 Information Brochure
Recommended Books for IIT JEE and AIEE preparation
List of New AIIMS Hospital and Research Institute
A total of six new AIIMS hospital and research institutes would be set-up on the lines of All India
Institute of Medical Sciences-New Delhi per following: �AIIMS- Bihar(Patna), AIIMS- Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), AIIMS- Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), AIIMS -Rajasthan (Jodhpur), AIIMS- Chhattisgarh (Raipur) and AIIMS -Uttaranchal (Rishikesh).
Each institute will intake 100 UG students. Once opened, this will significantly increase the intake of students from existing 50 seats (total-including all quota) in AIIMS.
AIIMS-�Academic Programmes, Eligibility and Exam Schedule
New Central Universities (14) and Word Class Universities (16)