Amity University sets Jan 20 as last date to register for convocation

Amity University will be organizing 5^th convocation on February 8, 2014 and has requested students to register their names by January 20, 2014 which is mandatory to do.

While registering, students will be asked for educational and personal information and have to follow the process online. To register students can click on http://amity.edu/events/eventdetails.asp?id=3061

PES Scholastic Aptitude Test scheduled from May 3 to 18 May

PES, after getting  the status of private university has now announced the date of PES Scholastic Aptitude Test that will be conducted between May 3 to 18. 2014 at 46 different centers across India.

The test will be conducted online and students can take up the centers and date as per convenient. Duration of the test is three hours and the registration will be open from January 6 to April 5. For candidates from Bangalore the extension has been given upto April 19. The counseling for the same will be held between June 9 to 14.

PES will be offering 40% seats to state government which will be filled through state CET, conducted by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA)

Maharashtra govt decides to set up Technological University

Maharashtra govt has decided to set up technological university for all engineering and technology institutes spread across state. This university will be facilitated for UG and PG students taking up relevant courses in institutes.

The divisional centres of the new university will be opened in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad, the sub-divisional centres would be based in Kolhapur, Solapur, Amravati, Nanded and Jalgaon. Moreover, 15 crore has been allocated by state for this project.

The main centre of the university will be located at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological Education University premises in Lonere in Mangaon taluka of Raigad district.

The aim of establishing it was to bring all technological training institutions under one roof. University will also include all subjects except those already taught in civil architecture and pharmacy institutes.

Source: Times of India

CMAT 2014-15 online registration date extended

The date of online registration for CMAT 2014-15 has been extended to 16^th Jan, 2014. Earlier the date was 3^rd Jan, 2014.

 CMAT will be conducted online over a five-day window from February 20 to February 24, 2014. The admit cards for CMAT (Second Test) 2014-15 will be available for download from February 5, 2014. 

CMAT exam is conducted by AICTE twice in a year to select students for admission in all management programmes approved by AICTE.

Candidates who have already appeared in CMAT (First Test) may also appear for Second Test and better of two scores will be used for admission for 2014-15.

Date Sheet announced by CBSE for 2014 Board Exams

Students in class X and XII need to gear up for the upcoming CBSE board exams that will begin from March 1, 2014. As per CBSE's Regional Director, RJ Khanderao, this year 10% more students will be sitting for Board examinations in both class X and XII.

Class X exams will end n March 19 where as class XII exams would go on till April 17. All the exams would begin at 10.30am

With the announcement of data sheet students can now plan their studies accordingly. "I am glad all the main papers will get over by March 15 as then we will be able to happily enjoy Holi, which falls on March 17," said Ankush Chopra, a class X student.

Class XII science students on the other hand are quite worried about short breaks during exams. I have opted for both medical and non medical and I feel scared because there are only three days to prepare for Biology after Chemistry Exam and after four days of biology will be Mathematics and," said Nitika Bansal, a class XII Science stream student.

To know the data sheet of class X 2014 exam visit: http://media2.intoday.in/learntoday/images/CBSE_ClassX_2014_Date_Sheet.pdf

To know the data sheet of class XII 2014 exam visit:

http://media2.intoday.in/learntoday/images/CBSE_ClassXII_2014_Date_Sheet.pdf

Agriculture college to conduct pre-qualification exam for PG Students

Nagpur’s well known College of Agriculture has announced the pre-qualification exam for PG Students for all nine subjects taught in college.

However, this is not the first time the college has taken this decision. In its earlier decision, it has drawn lot of opposition. But this time, the college's associate dean VS Gonge has taken the decision after seeking consent of students as well as the teachers. "It is an effort to improve the future prospects of the passing out post graduate students. Immediately after MSc, students have to face job interviews as well as interviews for entrance to doctoral degree. But truly speaking, except for academic information, they are not at all equipped to face these interviews and have little knowledge of future job or research prospects. This exam will prepare them for all this," said Gonge.

This pre-qualification exam will consist of 50 mark objective questions that will cover academic portion, general knowledge as well as names and works of various state and national agricultural bodies and institutions. 

This examination will also help to know students' knowledge on various crops in country, cultivation practices, books and journals in the field of agriculture, both national and international ones.

Source: Times of India