Directorate of Distance Education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu issued Admission Notification 2011 (Calendar Year) for MBA, M.A., M.Com., B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., M.Sc. and various other diploma and certificate programmes. Alagappa University offering various modern specialisations in MBA such as Tourism Management, Investment Management, Education Management along with all other Specialisations. All the courses will be administered through Distance Education System. MBA, MSW, MCA and PGDCA courses will be conducted under semester pattern and other courses will be under on semester pattern. Following specialisations are offered in MBA:

1. M.B.A.
2. M.B.A. (Investment Management)
3. M.B.A. (Project Management)
4. M.B.A. (Banking and Finance)
5. M.B.A. (Tourism)
6. M.B.A. (Human Resource Management)
7. M.B.A. (International Business)
8. M.B.A. (Hospital Management)
9. M.B.A. (Corporate Secretaryship)
10. M.B.A. (Education Management)

Other Programmes:

1. PGDCA
2. MCA
3. B.A. Public Admn, / English/ Histroy
4. B.Litt (Tamil)
5. BBA: General / Corporate Secretaryship/ Banking
6. B.Sc. Comp. Science/ IT / Mathematics/ Psychology
7. B.Com: General / Comp. Applications
8 . B.Li.Sc.
9. M.Com: General/ FInance and Control
10. M.Sc. : COmputer Science / IT/ Mathematics
11. M.A.: Childcare and Education / Education/ English/ History/ Mass Communication and Journalism/ PMIR/ Tamil

For details of Diploma, Certificate and Lateral Entry courses, please visit www.alagappauniversity.ac.in. Application Forms and Prospectus can be obtained from ‘The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Alagappa University’ on payment of prescribed fee through DD drawn in favour of ‘The Director, DDE, Alagappa University’ payable at Karaikudi.Applications can also be downloaded from Alagappa University Website.

Last dates for Issue and submission of applications:

1. For Calendar Year Admissions: 15th March every year
2. For Academic Year Admission: 15th October every year

Contact for more details: Dr.V. Balachandran, Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu. Phone : 04565-228098. For more details of Alagappa University Distance Courses , please see www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/dde.jsp

NIMCET is a Common Entrance Test for admissio to MCA in National Institutes of Technology (NITs). 11 NITs in India are offering MCA courses. NITs are famous for technical courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech. etc. MCA also has demand at NITs as the institutes provide quality training and placements. NIMCET is a single window exam for all NITs that are offering MCA. Following are details cut offs of NIMCET, useful books for NIMCET and number of MCA seats available in various NITs:

NIMCET Cut Offs: The NIMCET exam consists of 120 questions. Each question carries 4 marks. Hence the total marks for the NIMCET question paper is 480. Based on the previous admissions at NITs, it is estimated that a score of 300- 350 shall get a seat in comparatively good NIT. With the increase of total number MCA seats in NITs in recent times to more than 800, even a score of around 280-300 may also fetch a seat. But remember that cut offs also varies based on the difficulty level of the NIMCET question paper.

List of useful books for NIMCET

1. Bookhives MCA
2. Logic: Dr. Vatsayana
3. Test of Reasoning: R.S. Agarwal
4. Magical Book on Quicker Maths: M. Tyra
5. General Intelligence Tests: S.L. Gulati
6. Objective Arithmetic: R.S. Agarwal OR S.L. Gulati
7. Intermediate English Gramar: Raymond Murfi
8. ABC of Common Error: Mac Millan Publishers
9. Word Power Made Easy: Norman Lewis

Number of MCA seats in NITs:

1. NIT Agarthala : 20 seats (www.nitagartala.in)
2. NIT Allahabad : 93 seats (www.mnnit.ac.in)
3. NIT Bhopal : 92 seats (www.manit.ac.in)
4. NIT Calicut : 46 seats (www.nitc.ac.in)
5. NIT Durgapur : 71 seats (www.nitdgp.ac.in)
6. NIT Jamshedpur : 92 seats (www.nitjsr.ac.in)
7. NIT Kurukshetra : 92 seats (www.nitkkr.ac.in)
8. NIT Raipur : 92 seats (www.nitrr.ac.in)
9. NIT Suratkal : 92 seats (www.nitk.ac.in)
10. NIT Tiruchirapally : 46 seats (www.nitt.edu)
11. NIT Waranga : l46 seats (www.nitw.ac.in)