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University Of Delhi (DU) Is India's Leading University The University of Delhi (DU) is the top university of India, as per a new survey that has ranked the country's top 20 universities. The survey, commissioned by Zee News and DNA, was conducted by Ipsos, the world's third-ranked research agency. The survey revealed that DU is no. 1 followed by University of Bombay and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Other universities that occupied the top slots are Jadavpur University, Pune University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Calcutta, Hyderabad University, and Aligarh Muslim University. " Source: www.dnaindia.com DTU Accepts AIEEE Scores For B.Tech Program Now, students can take admission in Delhi Technological University (DTU) on the basis of merit achieved in AIEEE for its various undergraduate engineering (B. Tech.) courses like Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Production and Industrial Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Polymer Science and Chemical Technology, Information Technology, Bio-Technology, Software Engineering, Engineering Physics, Automobile Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. "The combined intake of these programs is 910. 85 percent of seats at the university are reserved for Delhi candidates (those who have passed the qualifying examination from a school in the National Capital Region of Delhi) and 15 percent seats are under All-India quota. DTU shall conduct its own counseling for admitting students in these courses," said an official press release from the university. Source: entrance.icbse.com Massive Increase In Number Of IIT Aspirants This Year A massive increase in the number of engineering aspirants, who are desirous to take admission in one of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, has been witnessed. This year, more than 82,000 candidates appeared for the IIT-JEE examination. Professor T S Natarajan, organizing chairman, JEE 2010, said that they received 4, 72,103 applications from across seven zones. Source: www.collegesintamilnadu.com IIM Ranchi Offers Cheapest Flagship Programme Among All IIMs IIM Ranchi offers the cheapest two-year post-graduate programme at Rs 6 lakhs among the eight IIMs across the country. The fee charged by IIM Ranchi is cheaper than IIM-Ahmedabad, which charges Rs 13.7 lakh for a two-year post-graduate course. "Unlike other IIMs, IIM-Ranchi is receiving grants from the Ministry of Human Resource Development to come up with its infrastructure. Hence, the course fee would help IIM-Ranchi to sustain itself in the initial years," said Mr. Dinesh Verma, Chief Administrative Officer of IIM-Calcutta, which is mentoring IIM-Ranchi. Source: 23 April 2010 Hindustan Times IIT-Kanpur Ranked As India's Top Technology School According to a new survey, IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) is the top engineering college in the country followed by IIT-Delhi and IIT-Mumbai. The survey was conducted by Ipsos, the world's third-ranked research agency. IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Madras, IIT-Guwahati, BITS Pilani, Delhi College of Engineering, and Institute of Technology-BHU (Banaras) are also in the top 10 bracket. NIT-Warangal, MN-NIT (Allahabad), Engineering College of SRM (Chennai), College of Engineering (Pune), Visvesvariah Technological Institute (Belgaum), Indian Institute of Information Technology (Hyderabad), Vellore Institute of Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology (Manipal), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Technology (Gandhinagar) and NIT (Trichy) took the next top 20 slots in the survey. The survey was conducted on several parameters like admission process, course curriculum, learning environment, faculty competence, infrastructure, foreign exchange programmes, research facilities, laboratories and workshops, hostel facilities, placements, and new innovative courses of the colleges. Source: 25 April 2010 DNA Shortage Of Faculty At IITs, IIMs The IITs and IIMs are facing a severe shortage of faculty in spite of an attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks. According to HRD minister of state Mr. D. Purandeswari, "IIT Kharagpur has a maximum vacancy of 299 posts, followed by 222 in IIT Bombay, 194 in IIT Roorkee, 138 in IIT Madras, 78 in IIT Delhi, 69 in IIT Kanpur and 65 in IIT Guwahati." The minister further added that the number of vacancies have increased from 877 in IITs in 2008-09 to 1,065 in 2009-10. "Recruitment of faculty is a continuous process and all efforts are being made by the institutes to fill up vacant posts. Institutions have been employing suitable strategies to attract and retain quality faculty which include attractive pay structure, provisions of good residential accommodation, medical facilities and initial research grants," Mr. D. Purandeswari said. Source: 22 April 2010 The Telegraph

University Of Delhi (DU) Is India's Leading University

The University of Delhi (DU) is the top university of India, as per a new survey that has ranked the country's top 20 universities. The survey, commissioned by Zee News and DNA, was conducted by Ipsos, the world's third-ranked research agency. The survey revealed that DU is no. 1 followed by University of Bombay and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Other universities that occupied the top slots are Jadavpur University, Pune University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Calcutta, Hyderabad University, and Aligarh Muslim University. "

Source: www.dnaindia.com

DTU Accepts AIEEE Scores For B.Tech Program

Now, students can take admission in Delhi Technological University (DTU) on the basis of merit achieved in AIEEE for its various undergraduate engineering (B. Tech.) courses like Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Production and Industrial Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Polymer Science and Chemical Technology, Information Technology, Bio-Technology, Software Engineering, Engineering Physics, Automobile Engineering, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. "The combined intake of these programs is 910. 85 percent of seats at the university are reserved for Delhi candidates (those who have passed the qualifying examination from a school in the National Capital Region of Delhi) and 15 percent seats are under All-India quota. DTU shall conduct its own counseling for admitting students in these courses," said an official press release from the university.

Source: entrance.icbse.com

Massive Increase In Number Of IIT Aspirants This Year

A massive increase in the number of engineering aspirants, who are desirous to take admission in one of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, has been witnessed. This year, more than 82,000 candidates appeared for the IIT-JEE examination. Professor T S Natarajan, organizing chairman, JEE 2010, said that they received 4, 72,103 applications from across seven zones.

Source: www.collegesintamilnadu.com

IIM Ranchi Offers Cheapest Flagship Programme Among All IIMs

IIM Ranchi offers the cheapest two-year post-graduate programme at Rs 6 lakhs among the eight IIMs across the country. The fee charged by IIM Ranchi is cheaper than IIM-Ahmedabad, which charges Rs 13.7 lakh for a two-year post-graduate course. "Unlike other IIMs, IIM-Ranchi is receiving grants from the Ministry of Human Resource Development to come up with its infrastructure. Hence, the course fee would help IIM-Ranchi to sustain itself in the initial years," said Mr. Dinesh Verma, Chief Administrative Officer of IIM-Calcutta, which is mentoring IIM-Ranchi.

Source: 23 April 2010 Hindustan Times

IIT-Kanpur Ranked As India's Top Technology School

According to a new survey, IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) is the top engineering college in the country followed by IIT-Delhi and IIT-Mumbai. The survey was conducted by Ipsos, the world's third-ranked research agency. IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Madras, IIT-Guwahati, BITS Pilani, Delhi College of Engineering, and Institute of Technology-BHU (Banaras) are also in the top 10 bracket. NIT-Warangal, MN-NIT (Allahabad), Engineering College of SRM (Chennai), College of Engineering (Pune), Visvesvariah Technological Institute (Belgaum), Indian Institute of Information Technology (Hyderabad), Vellore Institute of Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology (Manipal), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Technology (Gandhinagar) and NIT (Trichy) took the next top 20 slots in the survey. The survey was conducted on several parameters like admission process, course curriculum, learning environment, faculty competence, infrastructure, foreign exchange programmes, research facilities, laboratories and workshops, hostel facilities, placements, and new innovative courses of the colleges.

Source: 25 April 2010 DNA

Shortage Of Faculty At IITs, IIMs

The IITs and IIMs are facing a severe shortage of faculty in spite of an attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks. According to HRD minister of state Mr. D. Purandeswari, "IIT Kharagpur has a maximum vacancy of 299 posts, followed by 222 in IIT Bombay, 194 in IIT Roorkee, 138 in IIT Madras, 78 in IIT Delhi, 69 in IIT Kanpur and 65 in IIT Guwahati." The minister further added that the number of vacancies have increased from 877 in IITs in 2008-09 to 1,065 in 2009-10. "Recruitment of faculty is a continuous process and all efforts are being made by the institutes to fill up vacant posts. Institutions have been employing suitable strategies to attract and retain quality faculty which include attractive pay structure, provisions of good residential accommodation, medical facilities and initial research grants," Mr. D. Purandeswari said.

Source: 22 April 2010 The Telegraph

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i have secured 70 mark in aieee .may i take admission in delhi university

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