Having given IIT-JEE & AIEEE, students are less stressed about this exam

Nineteen-year old Karthik Venkat has just returned from a holiday in Chennai and is in no mood to prepare for the MHT-CET exams on May 17. I have given the IIT-JEE and AIEEE and I am keeping my fingers crossed to get good scores in one or both. MHT-CET is also important, but I am appearing for it so as to keep my options open, he feels.

An estimated 29,930 students will be appearing for the exam this Thursday at 65 centres all over Mumbai. But most less stressed as compared to other tests. IIT-JEE and AIEEE both went reasonably well, but I cant be assured of a seat there. Thats the reason I am giving MHT-CET. Its pretty easy to pass CET as they are much simpler and has objectives unlike other tests, says 18-year-old Neville Mascarenhas. Moreover, there is no negative marking in MHT-CET, he adds.

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Around 700 candidates for a medical entrance test went through a harrowing ordeal after their exam was cancelled today for unexplained reasons in the Jogomaya College which was the venue for the eastern region. The examination, ASSO-CET 2007, is organised by the Maharashtra-based Association of Managements of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges (AMUPMDC).

The ASSO-CET is conducted for admissions to seats in private medical and dental colleges in Maharashtra. With the exam scheduled to begin at 2 pm today, the candidates reached the venue on time only to find the gates of Jogomaya College shut.

We had been left in the lurch as none of the college authorities or those from the AMUPMDC had stepped out to inform us about the delay. At 3.30 pm they merely put up a notice saying the exam had been cancelled without giving any reasons, said Amrita Pritam who has come all the way from Bihar to appear for the exam.

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Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated his demand of an IIT in the state, even as Biju Yuva Janata Dal members staged a dharna before the Raj Bhavan here.

The party was protesting the Centres decision to not set up an IIT here but in Andhra Pradesh.

Naveen, who met Union HRD minister Arjun Singh at New Delhi today, reiterated his demand. Orissa does not have a single institution of national excellence and the demand for IIT is a long-standing one, he said while justifying the demand.

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Taking up the issue of establishment of an IIT in Orissa with Union HRD minister Mr Arjun Singh in New Delhi today, chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik justified the demand

pointing out that the state did not have a single institution of national excellence.
Mr Singh is said to have informed the CM that the matter would be considered while finalising proposals of his ministry for the 11th Plan.

Mr Patnaik also put forth demands for a Central varsity for KBK region and an IIM. At his meeting with Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Mr Ram Vilas Paswan today, the CM urged for early revival of the FCI plant at Talcher. Congratulating Mr Paswan for his decision to revive the closed fertiliser units under the Central government, including the one located at Talcher, Mr Patnaik wanted the Talcher to be taken up in the first phase.

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A final year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, (IIT-G) has been missing since last week, IIT-G officials said here on Monday.

A Public Relations cell officer of IIT-G said that Pramathesh Ramchiary, a final year student of the Computer Science Engineering Department, was missing since May 8.

The officer added that the students father had contacted the Institute on May 11, being unable to contact his son.

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Established in the year 1958, the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) is chalking out plans to celebrate its golden jubilee later in 2007 in a big way and various events spanning over a year are being planned.

The IIT-Bombays golden jubilee opportunity would be used to launch new initiatives, celebrate successes of past years and reflect on the past and plan for future, said an official of the countrys premier engineering institute.

The Foundation Day would be celebrated on March 10, 2008 and the Institutes golden jubilee celebrations committee is planning to invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend the event, where a book on IIT-Bombays 50-year journey would be released. For the 2008 convocation, the president would be invited. The concluding event would be celebrated on March 10, 2009, when a vision document would be released. From January 14-18, 2008, a vice-chancellors conclave would be held and vice-chancellors, presidents, directors from across the globe with connection to the premier institute would be invited.

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The 10-member panel of urban design experts of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) will submit the Perspective Plan - Vision 2030, for the development of the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by the end of May 2007, according to the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).

The Perspective Plan would focus on the land use development of the city.

BDA vice-chairman Arun Panda said, The experts would submit the Perspective Plan by May 2007. The development Plan for the capital region has been initiated under the Orissa Technology Mission.

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