2021 Round-up: Top 5 Engineering news that made headlines
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Engineering education saw major changes in the year 2021 with new regulations coming in place, placement scenario at engineering colleges improving particularly IITs witnessing record placements as sign of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some new age courses were also launched this year like in Data Sciences and so on.
- Record Placements at IITs
- IIT Madras continues to dominate NIRF Rankings
- BTech in regional languages
- Irregularity in JEE Main Exam
- IITs going beyond Engineering
Record Placements at IITs
With majority of academic activity happening online in 2019-2020, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) witnessed record placements in 2021. Students from premier engineering institutions received higher offers and pay packages than ever before. The first phase of campus placements at all IITs began on December 1 and ended on December 18.
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IIT Madras continues to dominate NIRF Rankings
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras created history by becoming the best ranking Indian institute for the third time in a row. The institute was ranked number one in India in both 'Overall' and 'Engineering' category in NIRF Rankings 2021.
BTech in regional languages
After the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) permitted BTech courses in 11 regional languages, 14 engineering colleges from eight states of India opted to teach engineering courses in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bengali from the 2020-21 academic year.
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Irregularity in JEE Main Exam
Alleged irregularities in the conduct of JEE Main 2021 session 4 examinations came to the fore in September 2021. Seven persons of a private consultancy firm were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for charging up to INR 15 lakh per candidate to facilitate admissions in top engineering colleges.
IITs going beyond Engineering
Many IITs went beyond technology and engineering courses to focus on multidisciplinary curriculum this year. IIT Guwahati started a B-School in line with NEP 2020; IIT Madras launched executive MBA degree programme; IIT Delhi launched BDes course and IIT Roorkee established a Department of Design to offer Masters in Design (Industrial Design) and Masters in Innovation Management.
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Yes, students can get admission in BTech at Chanakya University without JEE Main. The university accepts other entrance exam such as: Chanakya University Pravesha Pareeksha (CUPP), or national-level tests like CUET, KCET or COMEDK UGET.
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The JEE Mains 2027 session 1 cit slip will be out on December 30.
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The JEE Main 2027 session 1 admit card will be out on January 13.
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NTA will release the JEE Mains session 1 result in February 2027. The exact release date is yet to be announced.
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No, IIT Tirupati does not accept JEE Main exam for admission, instead the institute accepts the JEE Advanced exam for admisson to the BTech course. To be eligible for JEE Advanced, students have to first appear in the JEE Main exam and land among the top 2,500,000 candidates. After clearning the adv
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Candidates should fill the year in the JEE Main form in which they passed the Class 12 exam for the first time.
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Yes, improvement candidates can register for JEE Main 2027, provided they meet the qualifying-year conditions set by NTA.
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Yes, Parul University offers alternate ways of gettiing admission in BTech other than JEE Mains. Candidates can get direct admission based on performance in Class 12. The university also accepts its internal test scores of Parul Unversity Tests or state-level GUJCET scores.
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Admission to B.Tech at Galgotias University is not strictly based on JEE Main. As per the university's published eligibility criteria, applicants generally need at least 60% marks in Class 12 in the specified subjects, including Physics and Mathematics.
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