NPTI Nagpur PGDC CET for Thermal Power Plant Engineering

National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Nagpur is inviting applications for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Thermal Power Plant Engineering. The NPTI shall conduct PGDC CET (Common Entrance Test) for short listing the candidates. It is a highly job oriented course with a duration of one year. Selected candidates will have formal training at NPTI centers at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Badarpur (New Delhi), Durgapur (West Bengal), Neyveli (Tamil Nadu), Guwahati (Assam) and Nangal (Punjab). Candidates will also get on job training at nearby Thermal Power Stations and NPTI simulators at Faridabad or Badarpur or Nagpur. Following are details of eligibility, fee, selection and application procedure:

Course: PGDC in Thermal Power Plant Engineering: 340 Seats (Nagpur – 65, Badarpur – 65, Durgapur – 65; Neyveli – 65; Guwahati – 40; Nangal – 40). NPTI has announced PGDC CET notification for 2012-13. You can get the nature and pattern of question paper along with the notification details in another post.

Eligibility: Applicants must have B.Tech/ B.E. or equivalent in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Power/ Electronics / Control and Instrumentation Engineering. Those candidates appearing in their final year examination can also apply. They need to submit certificates at the time of counseling. Age must be below 27 years as on 31-08- 2011. Selection will be based on Merit in a Common Entrance Test (CET) result followed by counseling.

Fee for non sponsored candidates is Rs.1, 80,000 (in 3 installments). For candidates sponsored from SEBs / PSUs / Private Utilities fee is Rs.2,80,000/-. Sponsored candidates have to pay lump sum at the time of admission. Though the fee is is high for a one year course, it is worth trying for education loan as the there are good placement opportunities for the successful candidates.

Candidates have to apply online with a DD for registration fees of Rs.800/- dranw in favour of ‘NPTI Nagpur’, payable at Nagpur. Other details are available on www.npti.in and www.nptinagpur.com .
Printed forms should be sent to ‘The Principal Director, National Power Training Institute (WR), south Ambazari Road, Gopal Nagar, Nagpur- 440 022’ along with two copies of passport size photographs and other requirements. Candidates can contact at 0712- 2231478 / 2220476 / 2236545 or E-mail: info@nptinagpur.com for any clarifications.

VIT EEE 2011 Results and Counseling Schedule

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