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CBSE to Conduct NEET 2013-14 on 12th May 2013

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At last, NEET (National Eligibility and Entrance Test) examination dates for 2013-14 have been announced. The NEET (UG) is aimed at admission to MBBS and BDS programmes from the academic year 2013-14. The NEET 2013 will be held on 12th May 2013. This will be first NEET examination being held after lengthy discussions across the country and within the MHRD, Government of India.

The CBSE will conduct conduct the examination across the country on 12th May 2013. The CBSE has held a meeting of representatives from all the states on 22nd August 2012 at New Delhi and finalised the date of NEET. It is reported that the question paper of NEET 2013 will be given in some regional languages also along with English and Hindi.

Initially, several states have not accepted the NEET proposal on the grounds of variations in state board syllabus and CBSE syllabus. Number of State Governments have changed the syllabus to suit the NEET exam. The apprehensions over the realisation of NEET exam has been avaoided as the CBSE has finally fixed the dates.

Barry-Wehmiller Design ACE 2012 Engineering Competition – Online Registration

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August 19: Here is a great opportunity for engineering graduates to showcase their hidden talents and creativity. Barry – Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) is conducting DesignACE 2012 contest for Engineering students of South India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry). This is the fourth contest of the kind by BWIR. The contest is aimed at bringing out the design creativity of the engineering students. Here are details of eligibility, selection process, important dates and online registration procedure:

Winners of the DesignACE 2012 contest will get prizes as mentioned below: First Prize – Rs. 30000; Second Prize – Rs. 25000; Third Prize – Rs. 20000. Teams will be short listed based on their proposed designs, concepts, and processes of the design. Eight teams will be formed for the finals out of which three winning teams will be selected.

Top three teams will get cash prizes along with an opportunity for internship at BWIR. Applicants should be from any Engineering College in South India. They should have good CAD skills. Students of all branches / specialisations are eligible. Interested candidates can submit online registration through the official website http://www.bwir-designace.com. You should send the Design using Solid Works, write up on the concept or mechanism used, explanations, simulation files and a brief note on the sustainability of the concepts.

Important Dates:

1) Model submission for short listing: 1st September 2012
2) Display of shortlisted candidates: 10th September 2012
3) Pre-final – Design Problem round at Chennai: 21st September 2012
4) Final Presentation at Chennai: 22nd September 2012

For more details, contact santhanakrishnan.nagarajan@bwir.com OR lakshmisree.yuvaraj@bwir.com . Phone Number : 044 – 43909100. Address to send design with all relevant enclosures: The Jury, Design ACE 2012, Barry – Wehmiller International Resources Pvt. Ltd., MPL Silicon Towers, 23-1/B3, Velachery Tambaram Main Road, Pallikaranai. Chennai – 600 100, India.