Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is inviting applications for admission into MBA and MCA programs. Selection of candidates will be based on the marks in TANCET 2011 results. Bharathiar University has separate departments for both the courses and the programs are offered for the academic year 2011-2012 through the notification released to newspapers and also displayed on www.b-u.ac.in. Following are details of eligibility and application procedure:

1. MBA: Applicants should have passed in any Degree and must have appeared for an Entrance Test conducted by TANCET, Tamil Nadu.

2. MCA: Candidates should have passed in any Degree in 10+2+3 or 4 year pattern and must have studied Mathematics / Business Mathematics at 10+2 level. Candidates with bachelors degree with 10+3 years diploma +3 years pattern with Mathematics at Diploma level or Mathematics or Statistics as on of the subjects at the degree level or pass in any Degree with Mathematics / Statistics as any one of the subjects along with TANCET 2011 score are eligible.

Interested candidates can apply online of offline. Application forms can be obtained from ‘The Registrar of the university by posts or in person on payment of Rs. 500 for each course (Rs. 250 for SC/ ST candidates). DD should be drawn in favour of ‘The Registrar, Bharathiar University’ and payable at Coimbatore. Application forms can also be downloaded from the university website www.b-u.ac.in . Filled in application forms along with TANCET 2011 scores have to be submitted with in 10 days from the date of publication of TANCET results.

Are you thinking of out of the box careers in Engineering and Technology fields? There are really excellent opportunities for several emerging engineering branches like Petroleum Engineering, Polymers Technology Industrial Engineering, Power Management etc. Following are some of the best institutes offering courses in these emerging specialisations. There are highly specialised branches and institutions for careers in power engineering, Aeronautical engineering etc. You can pursue Bachelors, Post Bachelors, Diploma, Post Diploma and Post Graduate Programs in most of these specialisations.

Usually candidates with +2 education in Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry subjects are eligible for most of the programs. Institutes conductes their own admission entrance tests and may also admit based on the all India rankings in IIT JEE, AIEEE or other state level entrance examinations. Following are the details of institutes for various specialised and modern branches:

Institutes for Petroleum Engineering Technology:  

1. Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
2. University of Petroleum and Energy studies (UPES),Gurgaon, Hariyana
3. Bharatidasan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchirapalli
4. Aligarh University, Institute of Petroleum Studies and Chemical Engineering, Aligarh
5. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere
6. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
7. Amaravati University, Amravati
8. Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur
9. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune

Colleges offering Polymers, Plastics and Rubber Technology:

1. Anna University, Chennai
2. Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur
3. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
4. College of Engineering and Technology, Akola
5. Mahatma Gandhi University, Thodupuzha
6. LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
7. Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi
8. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore

Aeronautical / Aerospace Engineering Colleges:

1. Indian Institutes of Technology (Madras / Kanpur / Kharagpur / Mumbai)
2. Anna University, Chennai
3. Centre for Civil Aviation Training, New Delhi
4. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
5. Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai
6. Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
7. Park College of Engineering Technology, Tirupur
8. Nehru Group of Institutions, Coimbatore

Ceramics Engineering Colleges:

1. Anna University, Chennai
2. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
3. Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
4. Ceramic Institute of Technology and Research, Rajasthan
5. College of Ceramic Technology, Kolkata
6. Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, Gulbarga

Other Specialisations / Branches and respective colleges:

1. Fibre Technology: Institute of Jute Technology, Kolkata
2. Irrigation Water Management : MS University of Baroda, Vadodara
3. Naval Architecture Colleges: 1. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 2. Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUST), Kochi 3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
4. Paints Technology Colleges: 1. Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur 2. University Department of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 3. North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
5. Industrial Engineering: National Institute of Industrial Engineering, NITIE P.O., Mumbai
6. Power Management: National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad (Has center in Nagpur and some other cities)
7. Foundry and Forge Technology: National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi