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Faculty of NIT-T to fan out to schools

Staff Reporter

To increase awareness of entrance examinations

TIRUCHI: Faculty of National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi will soon fan out to schools to increase awareness of All India Engineering Entrance Examinations under the aegis of World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, its Director, M. Chidambaram, said on Sunday.

Addressing prize-winners and participants of the Quiz 2006 and Indian Institute of Metals Merit Award, he said the level of awareness of the examination was low and the NIT-T would inform the students about its benefits.

With the new quota system in place, there would be several hundreds of additional seats created in the 20 NITs and reputed deemed universities across the country.

In each NIT, the allocation of 50 per cent is for the respective States and the rest is for the candidates from the other States. This helps the students to study in a rich environment of miniature India and improve upon their social and cultural dimensions of thinking.

As in jobs, the students must not hesitate to pursue their higher education in far off places.

It was imperative for the students at the higher-secondary level to understand the career avenues in various disciplines of engineering, including metallurgy, civil, mechanical, chemical, aeronautical and petrochemical engineering, besides Information Technology and software, he said.

A. Chandrababu, General Manager (Outsourcing), BHEL, Tiruchi, underscored the relevance of the topic of the quiz competition - Metals and Materials - stating that a deep understanding of the prices of various metals ruling at the Metal Exchange, London, determined the profitability of any manufacturing organisation.

The prices of nickel, copper and zinc, for instance, have spiralled over the recent past, he said.

For a country with a huge population such as India, core-engineering programmes hold the key to largescale development.

G. Umashanker, Chairman of IIM, Tiruchi Chapter, which conducted the programme, spoke on the need for conducting similar programmes by various other professional organisations.

The programme commenced two months ago at seven centres in the Central districts. The team from T.V.S. Lakshmi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai, comprising Ramsundar and C.S. Siddarthan, bagged the first prize. The second place was won by P. Pravin and N. Balaji of Boys' Higher Secondary School, Srirangam.

The Vice-Chairman of IIM, Tiruchi Chapter and Chairman - Quiz-2006, V. Thyagarajan, said these two teams will participate in the Brahm Prakash Memorial International Quiz to be organised by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, on September 30, 2006.

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