Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, a central university and an institution of national importance issued Admission Notification for various Graduate, Post Graduate, Research and Diploma courses for the academic year 2011-12. Candidates can apply through online at www.visva-bharati.ac.in or offline methods. Application fee is Rs. 400. Following are details of application forms, courses and other relevant information.

Bhasha – Bhavana (Institute of Languages, Literature and Culture):

1. Two year M.A. Courses: Sanskrit; English; Hindi; Bengali; Indo-Tibetan Studies; Oriya; Persian; Japanese; Chinese; Functional Hindi (Translation).
2. Three year B.A. (Honours) Courses: Bengali; English; Sanskrit; Oriya; Persian; Hindi; Japanese; Santali; Tibetan; Functional Hindi (Vocational).
3. Four year B.A. (Honours) Courses: Tibetan; Chinese; Persian; Japanese.

Vidya – Bhavana (Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences):

1. Two year M. A. Courses: Comparative Religion; Philosophy; Economics; Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology; History; Mathematics; Geography; Journalism and Mass Communication and Anthropology.
2. Three year B.A. (Honours) Courses: Comparative Religion; Economics; Philosophy; Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology; Geography; History; Mathematics.

Siksha – Bhavana (Institute of Science):

1. Two year M. Sc. Courses: Mathematics; Environmental Science; Zoology; Physics; Chemistry; Botany; Statistics; Computer Science and Biotechnology.
2. Three year B. Sc.(Honours) Courses: Chemistry; Physics; Zoology; Statistics; Botany; Mathematics; Computer Science.
3. Five-Year Integrated M Sc Course: Physical Science

Courses Offered by Following Institutes / Schools:

1. Institute of Music, Dance and Drama (Sangit – Bhavana)
2. Institute of Fine Arts (Kala – Bhavana)
3. Institute of Rural Reconstruction (Palli – Samgathana Vibhaga)
4. Institute of Agriculture (Palli – Siksha Bhavana)
5. Vinaya – Bhavana (Institute of Education)

Application fee is Rs.400/- for General and OBC candidates and Rs.140/- for SC/ST candidates. Fee should be paid in the form of DD drawn in favour of ‘The Registrar, Visva-Bharati’ payable on ‘State Bank of India’ at Santiniketan Branch.

Important Dates:

1. Issue of Application Form: April 16, 2011
2. Deadline for Submission of Application Form: May 10, 2011
3. Date of Admission Test: May 29, 2011

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu will release its Engineering Entrance Examination (EEE) 2011 Results during April / May 2011. Counseling will start from June 2011. The VITEEE 2011 results will be displayed on the following websites www.vit.ac.in, www.schools9.com, globalinfowings.com, www.indiaresults.com , www.minglebox.com , www.shiksha.com etc. The VITEEE 2011 will start on 17th April 2011.

Following are brief statistics of VITEEE 2011: The popular entrance exam will be conducted in Vellore, Chennai and Delhi along with 105 cities and 243 exam centers across the country and also in Dubai and Singapore. 166493 candidates have applied for VITEEE 2011. Out of these 133291 are boys and 33202 are girls. Majority of the candidates are appearing from Andhra Pradesh with a total of 27864 applicants.

There will be 20 exam centers in Delhi alone. VITEEE 2011 Counseling will commence from June 2011. Detailed schedule will be announced at the time of release of results. VIT is offering excellent scholarships for top scorers in VIT EEE 2011. These are:

1. 100 percent fee waiver for 100 percent marks scorers
2. 75 percent fee waiver for top 50 rankers
3. 50 percent fee waiver for 51- 100 rankers