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City college announces tie-up with Florida Institute of Technology

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Deal to allow students to study in India and abroad for two years each

FORGING TIES: Raghavendra G. Deshmukh, a professor in the FIT in Melbourne (second from right) going through a report at the inauguration of a three-day national-level symposium `Focus 06' on IT organised by GVP College of Engineering in Visakhapatna m on Friday. — Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

VISAKHAPATNAM : "Our mission is to work with the department heads, faculty and students in order to develop a tie-up programme that will enable students interested in pursuing studies abroad to do so with minimum financial burden," said Prof. Raghavendra G. Deshmukh, eminent faculty member of the Florida Institute of Technology, inaugurating the Focus '06 technical seminar at The Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering here on Friday.

Development

He was in the city to announce the tie-up programme between the college and the Florida Institute of Technology that will allow engineering students to study in India for two years and the remaining two years abroad. "This will be an exchange programme involving both students and faculty," he said. The project will enable an exchange of ideas and lead to the development of infrastructure and facilities at the college.

Focus '06 is a three-day national level symposium , conducted by the college student group `Organisation of Bright and Intellectual Technocrats' to encourage students all over India exhibit their technical skills. "This year we received 110 technical papers from colleges all over India out of which 50 papers have been selected for the technical paper presentation," said Head of Department of Information Technology of the College, Dr. N.B. Venkateswarlu. Topics for discussion include automation, power, electronics and drivers, microprocessor applications, optical camouflage and computer forensics.

Interactive sessions

Apart from technical paper presentations; the seminar also includes other interactive programmes such as speed programming and a technical quiz.

Morale boost

The technical quiz will test the student's awareness on upcoming technologies while speed programming will test the students' problem solving abilities in the stipulated period of time. Four prizes will be awarded in the technical paper presentation session and four for speed programming and the technical quiz. "Through this programme, we hope to boost the morale of students and encourage group activities at a national level," said secretary of the college, Prof. P. Somaraju.

Chief Guest for the programme, president of the college, B. Swamy, commended the work of the staff and students. Principal of the college, N.S.V.V.S.J. Gandhi presided over the programme.

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