Engineering

KCET 2011 Notification has been announced by Karnataka Examinations Authority, Government of Karnataka for admission to various professional courses in the Government and private colleges in the state of Karnataka. KCET 2011 is a common entrance test for Engineering, Medical and other professional courses for the academic year 2011-12 to be conducted in colleges in Karnataka. This test is much popular as as KCET across the south and has good number of students appearing from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Following are details of KCET 2011 Notification, Results and Admission Counseling.

KCET 2011 will be conducted for two days on four different sessions. The dates are 27th and 28th April as per the schedule released by KEA, Karnataka. The courses offered through KCET 2011 are Engineering and Technology, MBBS, BDS, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy and Yoga in Medical stream. Engineering and Technology courses are for the students of Maths stream and other courses are for Biology stream. Kannada language test will be conducted on 26th April for Gadinadu and Hornadu Kanndiga students in two different sessions.

Important Dates:

1. Biology Test: 27th April 2011 Wednesday at 10.30 AM to 11.50 AM.
2. Mathematics Test: 27th April 2011 Wednesday at 2.30 PM to 3.50 PM.
3. Physics Test: 28th April, Thursday from 10.30 AM to 11.50 AM.
4. Chemistry Test : 28th April, Thursday from 2.30 PM to 3.50 PM.

Applications of KCET 2011 will be made available through colleges / schools of the Karnataka state. Cost of application is Rs. 650 has to be paid in the form of DD in favour of ‘Executive Director, Karnataka Examinations Authority, Bangalore’.

1. Last date for submission of DD at schools and colleges: 11th March 2011.
2. Last date for submission of DD by speed post : 15th March 2011.

For more details about KCET 2011 application procedure, please visit, kea.kar.nic.in . Email: keauthority-ka@nic.in; Phone: 080-2346 2599, 2346 1575, 2356 4583 ; Address: KCET Office, 18th Cross, Sampige Road, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. 560 012 . KCET authorities shall release KCET 2011 results on the above mentioned website. Detailed rank wise counseling schedule also will be displayed on the site after the release of results/ scores. Details of KCET Old / previous papers are also made available on the site very soon.

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT Delhi) announced Notification for admission to Ph.D. Program (Computer Science) for the year 2011-12. IIIT Delhi is one of the leading technical institutions in the country with reputed faculty and good infrastructure. GATE score is optional for the candidates. IIIT Delhi provides Rs 20,000 per month as stipend in the first year and Rs. 25000 for 2nd to 4th year. The institute also waive tuition fee of Rs. 1 Lakh per year for full time Ph.D. students with teaching or research assistantships. Following are other details:

IIIT Delshi offers Ph.D. (CS) in following areas: 1. Emerging Architecture and Systems Design 2. Information Management and Data Analytics 3. Image Analysis and Biometrics 4. Software Engineering 5. Mobile and Ubiquitous computing 6. Theoretical Computer Science 7. Security and Privacy

Eligibility: Applicants must have first class marks through out class X, XII and professional course. They should have BTech/ BE/ M.Tech./ MS/ ME in CS/ IT/ ECE/ EE OR MCA/ MSc (CS/IT/ECE) with a good academic record. MSc in Mathematics candidates also can apply. Interested candidates can apply online only through www.iiitd.ac.in . Contact for more details: phd-admissions@iiitd.ac.in

Important Dates:

1. Online application process opens – First week of March
2. Last date of online application – April 4th, 2011
3. Screening results of shortlisted candidates: By April 7th, 2011
4. Uploading the list of research papers for students: April 7th, 2011
5. Test / Interview (at IIIT-Delhi campus) : April 23rd, 2011