New Delhi: The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), established by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), has revised the procedures and criteria for accreditation of technical institutions.The new procedures and criteria of accreditation will be effective from January 01, 2009.
NBA Announcement
The revised guidelines and format in respect of the accreditation process for the Degree level programmes in Engineering and Technology are available on NBA website: www.nba-aicte.ernet.in.The NBA has been established by AICTE for proper planning, coordinated development and regulation of technical education in India.The NBA has become a provisional member of the prestigious Washington Accord on June 20, 2007 and is expected to become full-fledged member of the Washington Accord in the next biennial meeting of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) scheduled in June 2009.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Indian engineering graduates still root for IT - Study
Never mind that the IT industry is going through a bad phase following global recession. It continues to be a preferred career option for the majority of Indian engineering students, says a new study.
A study, released on Tuesday, was conducted among 4,352 final engineering students across 151 engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and found that 43 percent of students still prefer working in the IT sector.
"The charm of the IT sector has not faded. Students prefer IT for its MNC culture, opportunities to work with technically sound professionals with cutting edge technology, training and growth opportunities," said Vatsala Pant, associate director, Consumer Research, The Nielsen Company, which conducted the study.
The automobile and automobile ancillary, telecom, energy - oil and gas, infrastructure and real estate and power sectors were the other preferred choices for engineering graduates.
"The fact that many of the top companies with huge turnovers hail from the IT sector furthers their choice," said Pant. The Nielsen Campus Track T-Schools study was conducted in February and March 2009.
However, the choice of IT sector among students recorded a seven percent drop compared to last year.
"The global economic crisis has decreased the overall students' preference for management consultancies, financial sector followed by the IT sector. Sectors less affected by the downturn are infrastructure, and automobile and automobile ancillary," said Pant.
The survey also tracked the attitudes of students towards companies as prospective employers.
"The soon-to-be engineers want to work for a technically sound company when they pass out. They want to work on sophisticated and state of the art technology, where there is good learning on the job and want to work in a growing industry, where they get hands on exposure to projects," said Pant.
Nanotechnology is being perceived as the industry of the future with 12 percent voting for it followed by IT services (11 percent), and power (nine percent), energy - oil and gas (eight percent) and telecom (six percent).
"Graduates today are looking at honing their skills in their first job. They want to practice what they learnt theoretically in their course. You have to be a master of your skill to succeed in today's competitive environment and this sends students in search of advanced technology that provides good learning on the job," said Pant.
Half of the batch of 2010 plans to move out of their first job in three years or less, with 51 percent citing higher studies as a reason for leaving.
"Better career opportunities, better salary, better designation and job satisfaction are some other reasons for students deciding to move out of the first job. Among those keen to pursue higher studies, 69 percent intend to do an MBA," said Pant.
A study, released on Tuesday, was conducted among 4,352 final engineering students across 151 engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and found that 43 percent of students still prefer working in the IT sector.
"The charm of the IT sector has not faded. Students prefer IT for its MNC culture, opportunities to work with technically sound professionals with cutting edge technology, training and growth opportunities," said Vatsala Pant, associate director, Consumer Research, The Nielsen Company, which conducted the study.
The automobile and automobile ancillary, telecom, energy - oil and gas, infrastructure and real estate and power sectors were the other preferred choices for engineering graduates.
"The fact that many of the top companies with huge turnovers hail from the IT sector furthers their choice," said Pant. The Nielsen Campus Track T-Schools study was conducted in February and March 2009.
However, the choice of IT sector among students recorded a seven percent drop compared to last year.
"The global economic crisis has decreased the overall students' preference for management consultancies, financial sector followed by the IT sector. Sectors less affected by the downturn are infrastructure, and automobile and automobile ancillary," said Pant.
The survey also tracked the attitudes of students towards companies as prospective employers.
"The soon-to-be engineers want to work for a technically sound company when they pass out. They want to work on sophisticated and state of the art technology, where there is good learning on the job and want to work in a growing industry, where they get hands on exposure to projects," said Pant.
Nanotechnology is being perceived as the industry of the future with 12 percent voting for it followed by IT services (11 percent), and power (nine percent), energy - oil and gas (eight percent) and telecom (six percent).
"Graduates today are looking at honing their skills in their first job. They want to practice what they learnt theoretically in their course. You have to be a master of your skill to succeed in today's competitive environment and this sends students in search of advanced technology that provides good learning on the job," said Pant.
Half of the batch of 2010 plans to move out of their first job in three years or less, with 51 percent citing higher studies as a reason for leaving.
"Better career opportunities, better salary, better designation and job satisfaction are some other reasons for students deciding to move out of the first job. Among those keen to pursue higher studies, 69 percent intend to do an MBA," said Pant.
Clinical engineering
Clinical engineering is a specialty within Biomedical engineering responsible primarily for applying and implementing medical technology to optimize healthcare delivery. Roles of clinical engineers include training and supervising biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs), working with governmental regulators on hospital inspections/audits, and serving as technological consultants for other hospital staff (i.e. physicians, administrators, I.T., etc.). Clinical engineers also advise medical device producers regarding prospective design improvements based on clinical experiences, as well as monitor the progression of the state-of-the-art in order to redirect hospital procurement patterns accordingly.
Their inherent focus on practical implementation of technology has tended to keep them oriented more towards incremental-level redesigns and reconfigurations, as opposed to "revolutionary" R&D or cutting-edge ideas that would be many years from clinical adoptability; however, there is nonetheless an effort to expand this time-horizon over which clinical engineers can influence the trajectory of biomedical innovation. In their various roles, they form a sort of "bridge" between product originators and end-users, by combining the perspectives of being both close to the point-of-use ("front lines"), while also trained in product and process design. Clinical Engineering departments at large hospitals will sometimes hire not just biomedical engineers, but also industrial/systems engineers to help address operations research, human factors, cost analyses, safety, etc.
Their inherent focus on practical implementation of technology has tended to keep them oriented more towards incremental-level redesigns and reconfigurations, as opposed to "revolutionary" R&D or cutting-edge ideas that would be many years from clinical adoptability; however, there is nonetheless an effort to expand this time-horizon over which clinical engineers can influence the trajectory of biomedical innovation. In their various roles, they form a sort of "bridge" between product originators and end-users, by combining the perspectives of being both close to the point-of-use ("front lines"), while also trained in product and process design. Clinical Engineering departments at large hospitals will sometimes hire not just biomedical engineers, but also industrial/systems engineers to help address operations research, human factors, cost analyses, safety, etc.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Importance of old question papers
Cracking old question papers is a very good exercise and every student should do it regularly. It not only gives you an idea about the trends in the exams, it also gives you a lot of confidence.Solve the questions in the specified time only and try to score as much as possible. After doing the papers look for the common mistakes (I call it silly mistakes).Every student has a peculiar way of repeating these type of mistakes like not reading the whole question, confusion in questions having "all except", confusion in similar looking words etc.By good practice of solving papers again and again you can win over these silly mistakes and mind you by only minimizing these mistakes you can score a lot more in entrance tests, example- if you divide the types of questions in any entrance test like aipmt/aippg/iit-jee/aiims/afmc/aieee etc ,about 60 -70% questions are very easy questions and even an average student can crack them easily,nearly 20% are the tough ones which only some extra ordinary students can answer and rest 10 to 20 % questions are only for very brilliant or topper students but if we consider the cutoff merit or selection range of marks its always somewhere near 60-70% which means even if you are not a brilliant student or a topper you can crack the test with just minimizing your silly mistakes.
AIIMS/CBSE/AFMC/AIPMT/IIT-JEE/AIEEE /AIPPG - Preparation tips
Art of learning
Why do we study so much?
what is the purpose of revising the same topics again and again? because the immediate goal of studying is to remember the facts and to sharpen the ability to recall them at once when needed, you are probably never more aware of this than when sitting in an examination.,how can you forget that for competitive entrance tests like pre medical or pre engineering tests there are tons and tons of information that we have to remember and to recall every bit of it all at once at the time of examination.So many different subjects, hundreds of chapters and countless topics, you have to recall each and every bit of the information at the D-day and too 100% accurate in a very limited time…..is it a mission impossible or what?Well guys if you are running in this race you are running to win it don’t you? And nothing is impossible if you have a strong will power and a proper guidance.
what is the purpose of revising the same topics again and again? because the immediate goal of studying is to remember the facts and to sharpen the ability to recall them at once when needed, you are probably never more aware of this than when sitting in an examination.,how can you forget that for competitive entrance tests like pre medical or pre engineering tests there are tons and tons of information that we have to remember and to recall every bit of it all at once at the time of examination.So many different subjects, hundreds of chapters and countless topics, you have to recall each and every bit of the information at the D-day and too 100% accurate in a very limited time…..is it a mission impossible or what?Well guys if you are running in this race you are running to win it don’t you? And nothing is impossible if you have a strong will power and a proper guidance.
Success in these entrance exams becomes very easy once you understand the basic fact that your ability to recall information is determined by the way you study the material in the first place i.e. your preparation technique…. I call it your study style, your success in these examinations is greatly affected by your study style.You must have seen many guys working so hard and studying all the time day or night in the reading rooms or libraries but at the end...their Result is even below averageso to get successful in these exams you have to develop the right technique.Simply hard work alone is not enough to get success in these tests.According to various researches, in our brain learning takes place most effectively when data is processed in small pockets spread out overtime.
So, to remember what you study, take information in smaller chunks at a time, many times, like if you study for 10 hours a day make 5 divisions of 2 hours each and study different subjects in each of the division (with a mandatory break in between).Try to learn small information at a time and make a habit of revising it again and again...revision makes your concept hard and strong.
The best way to get a strong start on effective learning is to complete all assignments, reading, understanding etc before the class,it can be your regular college class or a coaching class.Make yourself familiar with the concept before the main lecture then attend the class and take thorough notes,followed by reviewing and editing your notes as soon as possible after the class. This way you can get a better understanding of the concept and your main lecture will work as a revision of the topic.And this way you will go far ahead of your colleagues.If you prepare yourself in this manner, studying for an examination should be largely a matter of systematic revisions only.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Preparation for medical entrance
The medical entrance in India is one of the most difficult examinations. It needs a lot of hard work, determination and tons of good luck to get a seat in this competition. Limited seats and unlimited candidates, So it’s not the matter of just performing outstandingly but you have to perform better than the others. I call it selection by means of non rejection. The aim of such examination is to reject almost all of the candidates and to select only those who escape this rejection. To get your selves among those lucky ones is a hard task and you have to crack it DON’T YOU?So the first step in the preparation is your determination. Make a do or die attitude, secondly make a plan of what to study and how to study. For medical entrance your preparation for every subject should be high class. Take the syllabus of the respective subject and prepare all the given topis (syllabus based study) .its good to consult many good books to prepare a topic, it helps in easy understanding but it can also confuse you some times. So make a rule of making one book as your main reference book like for all India PMT its NCERT books. After preparing the topic make it strong by group discussions, test series, multiple choice questions etc .do all the available test series and MCQS related to the topic and also practice to do it under strict time control. Dear out of thousand students if only one is getting the seat what does it mean? It doesn’t mean he was the best among all others. He was not the most intelligent one but he was surely smart enough to secure the seat and to be such smart you need some skills. Time management is one of them. there are many questions in the competition which are very easy and any body can answer it rightly but only those who took minimum time succeeds so try to be one of them .Always rememberProper hardwork in the right direction is the real key to success
How to overcome exam blues
COME February-March, everybody gets worked up, especially parents, teachers, and students. Who amongst them are most affected is hard to say, because it differs, based on the mental make-up of each of them. This is the season of advice, which students get unsolicited from all corners. Caught in the vortex of the collective frenzy, any student will be at the end of his tether. How can a student overcome this exam-phobia and face it calmly, and confidently, and come out not just unscathed, but really victorious?
To begin with, we must all know that hypersensitivity to anything is not desirable, and that includes exams. Being too anxious, concerned or worried is not a state of mind suitable for exams. The best state of mind is a quiet confidence that is borne out by adequate preparation to face the exam. Undue anxiety is counter-productive. Fear, more imaginary than real will sap the energy that is to be used for intelligent learning. Stress, up to a certain level acts as a motivation to study. But undue stress can bog you down. There are cases of students who become too nervous during exams. They cut down on their sleep and food, and get into a desperate mode of study. These are likely to be dangerous. The human brain functions best when the mind is calm and the body is healthy. Giving up sleep and food in the run up to the exam is a recipe for disaster.
A well-planned schedule and a steady routine, aided by a calm mind, provide the best backdrop for effective preparation for exams. Start studying. No work will be done, unless it is started. Extending the same logic, we can say that any work will be done if it is started. So the important first step is to start studying. Once you start, you get interested, and you become more confident and more interested. Do not ever look back.
Now, the question is, what should be done. Concentrate on what remains to be done, and how best you can do it. Thus the crucial question that makes the whole difference is `getting started'. Performing well in exams does not necessarily mean that the student is more intelligent than the others. More often than not, it is because they have a better sense of planning and organisation about their study. In other words they are better organised. Such people take into account the time available, consider the relative difficulty level of each subject, and allot a time frame for each subject.
During `study holidays' as they are popularly known, a timetable has to be drawn up by every student. This self-drawn timetable should be religiously observed. A student's earnestness is best tested in the observance of this timetable. A student who is truthful to his/her own timetable will be successful.
You need a frame of mind to study well. Effective study calls for absolute concentration. This requires a thorough cleaning up of your mind. Do steer clear of all those unwanted, unhelpful thoughts, which take away your attention while trying to study. While TV viewing is a good pastime, it is the most dangerous distracter for a student preparing for an exam. Students can make a list of distracters and vow to keep them at bay. One example would be long telephone conversations with friends. Study holidays are meant for serious individual effort.
In most of the cases, combined studies end up as combined chat sessions. However, there is no harm in seeking clarifications from friends or teachers, when a real need arises. Sharing of information and discussion of topics are certainly good academic exercises, but not on the eve of the exams when time is at a premium. Those who own computers with an Internet connection ought to be on their guard. Internet, though a veritable source of valuable information, has chances to distract youth. Avoid Internet like a plague during the exam season.
The time, duration and place of study are also matters of personal choice. What is very important, however, is choosing a calm and quiet place, conducive to serious study, and absolute concentration, away from all possible distractions. Some students want to study behind closed doors. This is not a good idea, because chances are that one sleeps off, or goes on to some other distracters. In any case, even if you are in your own study room, do not lock the door. One must study for a few hours and then take a short break and relax. It is very important that one relaxes now and then, especially when one grows weary and tired.
Reading and writing should go hand-in-hand while preparing for exams. A subject like maths particularly is not to be read like other subjects. Problems in maths will have to be worked out, again and again to learn them thoroughly. Note making for other subjects has several advantages. The notes will be of great help on the eve of the exam, when one will not have time to read the entire portion. Note making also helps keep one's mind on tract. Writing practice helps acquire speed when appearing for the exams. The human mind is very capricious. It can just refuse to toe the line, and has the tendency to wander off. One of the methods to hold the mind's attention on a given task is to read aloud. It is the best mnemonic (memory skill) device. Loud reading, however, should not become a habit, to the total exclusion of silent reading. When there are other children also studying at home, reading aloud can pose problems, and in that case reading may have to be regulated by restricting the time or changing the location of reading. Repetition can obviously be wearisome, but necessary. Preparing for exams is basically an exercise in repetition. The more we read, the more we absorb. The more we write, the stronger our memory. Reading, writing, and memorising over and over again are the only means to perform better in exams.
Whether we like it or not, exams are here to stay, and memory has tremendous value in exams. The only sensible option is to face them head-on, by studying well, and repeatedly, with a self-imposed punishing schedule, till every part of the syllabus is at our fingertips. When we reach that stage, or near about it, we will become confident. Let us not forget that exams are a test of our confidence, as much as it is that of our knowledge.
"Nothing succeeds like success." For this, the very first condition is the will to succeed. We need to have the determination to succeed against all odds, a desire to perform the best in the exams. An unshakable determination followed up with unflinching perseverance is the secret behind the success of every individual. There is no shortcut to success, except hard work.
Every serious student must be prepared to put in real hard work for the exams. It is a fact that the human brain can be most receptive during pressing circumstances, like exams. It can receive vast amounts of knowledge and retain them. The brain co-operates very well. Why don't you co-operate too? It is never too late, if only you started. So start now.
To begin with, we must all know that hypersensitivity to anything is not desirable, and that includes exams. Being too anxious, concerned or worried is not a state of mind suitable for exams. The best state of mind is a quiet confidence that is borne out by adequate preparation to face the exam. Undue anxiety is counter-productive. Fear, more imaginary than real will sap the energy that is to be used for intelligent learning. Stress, up to a certain level acts as a motivation to study. But undue stress can bog you down. There are cases of students who become too nervous during exams. They cut down on their sleep and food, and get into a desperate mode of study. These are likely to be dangerous. The human brain functions best when the mind is calm and the body is healthy. Giving up sleep and food in the run up to the exam is a recipe for disaster.
A well-planned schedule and a steady routine, aided by a calm mind, provide the best backdrop for effective preparation for exams. Start studying. No work will be done, unless it is started. Extending the same logic, we can say that any work will be done if it is started. So the important first step is to start studying. Once you start, you get interested, and you become more confident and more interested. Do not ever look back.
Now, the question is, what should be done. Concentrate on what remains to be done, and how best you can do it. Thus the crucial question that makes the whole difference is `getting started'. Performing well in exams does not necessarily mean that the student is more intelligent than the others. More often than not, it is because they have a better sense of planning and organisation about their study. In other words they are better organised. Such people take into account the time available, consider the relative difficulty level of each subject, and allot a time frame for each subject.
During `study holidays' as they are popularly known, a timetable has to be drawn up by every student. This self-drawn timetable should be religiously observed. A student's earnestness is best tested in the observance of this timetable. A student who is truthful to his/her own timetable will be successful.
You need a frame of mind to study well. Effective study calls for absolute concentration. This requires a thorough cleaning up of your mind. Do steer clear of all those unwanted, unhelpful thoughts, which take away your attention while trying to study. While TV viewing is a good pastime, it is the most dangerous distracter for a student preparing for an exam. Students can make a list of distracters and vow to keep them at bay. One example would be long telephone conversations with friends. Study holidays are meant for serious individual effort.
In most of the cases, combined studies end up as combined chat sessions. However, there is no harm in seeking clarifications from friends or teachers, when a real need arises. Sharing of information and discussion of topics are certainly good academic exercises, but not on the eve of the exams when time is at a premium. Those who own computers with an Internet connection ought to be on their guard. Internet, though a veritable source of valuable information, has chances to distract youth. Avoid Internet like a plague during the exam season.
The time, duration and place of study are also matters of personal choice. What is very important, however, is choosing a calm and quiet place, conducive to serious study, and absolute concentration, away from all possible distractions. Some students want to study behind closed doors. This is not a good idea, because chances are that one sleeps off, or goes on to some other distracters. In any case, even if you are in your own study room, do not lock the door. One must study for a few hours and then take a short break and relax. It is very important that one relaxes now and then, especially when one grows weary and tired.
Reading and writing should go hand-in-hand while preparing for exams. A subject like maths particularly is not to be read like other subjects. Problems in maths will have to be worked out, again and again to learn them thoroughly. Note making for other subjects has several advantages. The notes will be of great help on the eve of the exam, when one will not have time to read the entire portion. Note making also helps keep one's mind on tract. Writing practice helps acquire speed when appearing for the exams. The human mind is very capricious. It can just refuse to toe the line, and has the tendency to wander off. One of the methods to hold the mind's attention on a given task is to read aloud. It is the best mnemonic (memory skill) device. Loud reading, however, should not become a habit, to the total exclusion of silent reading. When there are other children also studying at home, reading aloud can pose problems, and in that case reading may have to be regulated by restricting the time or changing the location of reading. Repetition can obviously be wearisome, but necessary. Preparing for exams is basically an exercise in repetition. The more we read, the more we absorb. The more we write, the stronger our memory. Reading, writing, and memorising over and over again are the only means to perform better in exams.
Whether we like it or not, exams are here to stay, and memory has tremendous value in exams. The only sensible option is to face them head-on, by studying well, and repeatedly, with a self-imposed punishing schedule, till every part of the syllabus is at our fingertips. When we reach that stage, or near about it, we will become confident. Let us not forget that exams are a test of our confidence, as much as it is that of our knowledge.
"Nothing succeeds like success." For this, the very first condition is the will to succeed. We need to have the determination to succeed against all odds, a desire to perform the best in the exams. An unshakable determination followed up with unflinching perseverance is the secret behind the success of every individual. There is no shortcut to success, except hard work.
Every serious student must be prepared to put in real hard work for the exams. It is a fact that the human brain can be most receptive during pressing circumstances, like exams. It can receive vast amounts of knowledge and retain them. The brain co-operates very well. Why don't you co-operate too? It is never too late, if only you started. So start now.
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