Entrance Tests

Vignan University, Vadlamudi, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh has issued VSAT 2011 notification for admission to various B.Tech. Programmes. The University conducts All India level competitive exam V-SAT 2011 for the purpose of admissions. Vignan University offers excellent scholarship schemes for meritorious candidates. All the fee waivers are applicable for first year only. Various merit scholarships are available for subsequent years. Vignan University has been consistent in providing good placements for its students. The group has Engineering colleges at Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. Vignan was declared as deemed to be university under Vignan University Foundation for for Science, Technology and Research. The group also has Women Engineering Colleges at Guntur and Visakhapatnam. Following are details of programmes at B.Tech .and M.Tech. levels:

1. B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2. B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering
3. B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
4. B.Tech. Information Technology
5. B.Tech. Mechatronics
6. B.Tech. Civil Engineering
7. B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
8. B.Tech. Textile Engineering
9. B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
10. B.Tech. BioTechnology
11. B.Tech. Automobile Engineering

To apply for B.Tech programmes, candidates should have 60 percent at 10+2 / Intermediate with Maths/ Biology, Physics and Chemistry as optional subjects.

Scholarship and fee waiver schemes are offered as per details below:

Full Fee Waiver is applicable for :

1. Top 100 Rankers of V-Sat 2011
2. Top 400 Rankers of IIT JEE and AIEEE 2011
3. TOP 400 Rankers of EAMCET 2011

50 percent fee waiver is applicable for

1. 101-300 Rankers of V-Sat 2011
2. 401-2000 Rankers of IIT JEE and AIEEE 2011
3. 401-1000 Rankers of EAMCET 2011

25 percent fee waiver is applicable for

1. 301-500 Rankers of V-Sat 2011
2. 2001- 4000 Rankers of IIT JEE and AIEEE 2011
3. 1001-2000 Rankers of EAMCET 2011

Vignan University also conducting M.Tech., MBA, MCA and Ph.D. Programmes. Following are details of Post Graduate Programmes (M.Tech):

1. Power Electronics and Drives
2. Embedded Systems
3. Machine Design
4. Energy Engineering
5. VLSI
6. Digital Electronics and Communication Systems
7. Communication and Signal Processing
8. Biotechnology and Bio Process Engineering
9. Computer Science and Engineering
10. Information Technology
11. Industrial Pollution Control Engineering

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can download application forms from www.vignanuniversity.org/appl. Applications also available at select branches of SBI and Post Offices. You can also get application through post by sending a DD for Rs. 800 (For boys) or Rs. 600 (For girls) along with two self addressed stamped envelopes. DD should be drawn in favour of ‘Vignan University’ payable at Guntur and should be sent to ‘Director Admissions, Vignan Uiversity, Vadalamudi-522213, Guntur (Districtt), Andhra Pradesh, India.’

Important Dates:

1. Commencement of sale and download of V-SAT 2011 applications: 10-12-2010
2. Last Date for receipt of filled in application forms: 15-04-2011
3. V-SAT 2011 Test date: 30-04-2011

The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT 2011) would be conducted by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara on behalf of All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi on 8th May 2011. GPAT is for admission to Masters (M.Pharmacy) and Doctoral Courses in Pharmacy in various institutions across the country. GPAT was initiated in 2010 and registrations for GPAT 2011 will be online only. GPAT 2011 will have objective Multiple Choice Questions and the syllabus of GPAT 2010 has been revised. Interested candidates can visit www.gpat.in OR msubaroda.ac.in for more information on the changes in syllabus. Following are other details like eligibility, application procedure and question paper pattern.

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree holders in Pharmacy (B.Pharmacy – 4 years after 10+2) are eligible to appear for GPAT 2011. Those students who are in the final year of B.Pharmacy course also can apply. Admission to postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Pharmacy for the academic year 2011-12 will be done through GPAT 2011. Candidates joined in the above courses through GPAT will be eligible for MHRD and other government scholarships / research or teaching assistantships in pharmacy colleges / institutes. Candidates with B.Pharmacy and GPAT qualification are eligible for higher level courses like Master / Doctoral programmes in Pharmacy. Some self financing institutes also require GPAT scores for admission to M.Pharmacy Programes. GPAT qualified candidates can also join as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in CSIR Laboratories and they can take up CSIR / UGC sponsored projects.

GPAT Examination structure: The GPAT examination consists of a single paper with 100 Multiple Choice Questions of 3 hours duration. Each question carry one mark and total paper is for 100 marks. The candidates will have to mark the answers on Optical Response Sheet (ORS). There will be negative marking for each wrong answer. This will be 1/3 (one-third) mark of the allotted marks for each question. GPAT score is valid for one year. This year also The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodra-390002, India will act as organising institute for GPAT 2011.

The GPAT questions will evaluate candidate’s aptitude and subject knowledge of Pharmacy. Questions involves basic understanding principles, facts, fundamental ideas, formulae / laws, and application or drawing observations of the fundamentals of pharmacy subject. Following are some model / sample questions.

1. Cell walls of Gram positive bacteria contains :

1. Only polypeptides
2. Mycolic acid and peptidoglycan
3. Only polysaccharides
4. Peptidoglycans consisting of NAM-NAG and D-alanine

2. Gradient elution in HPLC involves :
1. Changing the composition of mobile phase
2. Slow running of the mobile phase
3. Using columns of normal phase and reverse phase alternatively
4. Injecting the samples one after the other

3. G-Strophanthin on hydrolysis affords :
1. Sarsasapogenin
2. Gitoxigenin
3. Quabagenin
4. Digitoxigen

4. The freezing point of 1% w/v solution of sodium chloride is -0.576 0C and that of 1% w/v cocaine hydrochloride is -0.09 0C. What concentration of sodium chloride solution is required to make 1 % w/v cocaine hydrochloride solution isotonic with blood plasma?
1. 0.373 % w/v
2. 0.5 % w/v
3. 0.9 % w/v
4. 0.746 % w/v

Eligible and interested candidates can apply online only. The application fee is Rs. 1000 for General and OBC categories and Rs. 500 for SC/ ST/ PD categories.

Important Dates to Remember:

1. Online Application website opens on: 17th January 2011
2. Online Application website closes on: 21st February 2011
3. Last date for receipt of photo, signature, Bank challan as a proof of payment for examination fees along with the
printout of application: 28th February 2011
4. Date of GPAT 2011 Examination: 8th May 2011
5. Announcement of GPAT 2010 Results: Last week of May