Directorate of Medical Education, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal has issued counseling notification for admission into NRI Seats of MBBS and BDS Courses for the academic year 2011-12. Admission to these medical courses in in Government Autonomous Medical / Dental College of Madhya Pradesh will be held at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal as per schedule given below:

1. Scrutiny of documents / certificates: 01-08-2011 (From 10.30 AM onwards)
2. Allotment of Course / College: 02-08-2011 (From 10.30 AM onwards)

Eligibility: Candidates who have submitted their application as per rules in the Directorate of Medical Education, MP are only eligible to appear for the counseling. In case the candidate has been awarded grade in the 12th Examination, a certificate from the concerned authority of institution / college as to the percentage of marks to which that grade correspond has to be submitted at the time of counseling. The allotment of seats in all the courses / colleges will be done based on the merit. Call letters will not be sent for the counseling.

All the candidates should attend counseling along with all the required original documents and two sets of attested photocopies of all the documents. The detailed information for counseling of NRI seats for MBBS and BDS courses is also available on website www.mp.gov.in/medicaleducation.

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum (Karnataka) has announced notification for admission into Part Time and Full Time Ph. D. Programs in the disciplines of Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration, and M.Sc.(Engineering) By Research. Selection will be based on the performance in Technical Aptitude Test and Interviews. Following are details of programs, eligibility, application procedure, scheme of the Technical Aptitude Test (TAT) and recommended / useful books for the test:

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can download application forms from the University website www.vtu.ac.in . Filled in application forms should be submitted along with a DD for Rs. 500 drawn in favour of ‘Finance Officer, VTU, Belgaum’ along with all the required documents. Last date for the receipt of completed application forms is 16th August 2011. Address:

Following is the syllabus / Exam Pattern for Technical Aptitude Test (TAT): This is common for Civil Engineering Science / Computer Sciences / Electrical Engineering Science / Polymer Science / Textile / Silk Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Bio-Tech/ Mechanical Engineering Science / Architecture / Physics / Chemistry /Mathematics and M.Sc.(Engineering).

1) Part I: Mathematics Section: 30 questions
2) Part II: Discipline Oriented Section: 50 questions
3) Part III : Aptitude Section Reading Comprehension, Data Sufficiency and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning and Computer Awareness): 20 questions

Recommended Books of TAT:

1. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
2. Higher Engineering Mathematics by Dr. B.S. Grewal
3. Introduction to Numerical Analysis by S.S. Sastry
4. Elementary Engineering Mathematics by Dr. B.S. Grewal