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  • Engineering Services Exam 2011 on May 14

    New Delhi: The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) will hold the Engineering Services Examination 2011 commencing from May 14, 2011. The examination will be held at various centres across the country.

    For details regarding eligibility conditions, the syllabi and scheme of the examination, centres of examination, guidelines for filling up application forms etc. aspirants can consult the detailed notice of the examination published in the employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated January 8, 2011 and also on the UPSC website.

    The candidates are required to apply online. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the website.

    The candidates residing in certain remote areas specified in Para 6 of the detailed notice published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated January 8, 2011 have the option to apply offline by using the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examinations.

    These forms can be purchased from the designated head post offices/post offices throughout the country In case of any difficulty in obtaining application forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned Post Master or UPSC’s “Forms Supply Monitoring Cell” over telephone.

    All offline applications, if any, received from candidates residing in normal areas/abroad shall be rejected by the commission. The option of offline application is available only to candidates residing in specified remote areas.

    All online applications can be filled up to February 7, 2011 till 11.59 p.m. after which the link will be disabled.

    All offline applications must reach the UPSC on or before February 14, 2011. No application will be received by hand or by courier.

    In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their application, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s facilitation counter in person or over telephone.

  • Panel may recommend IIT fee hike.

    initiative purpose The commit tee is also expected to recommend creation of specialised chairs at IITs in an effort to generate more funding for the insti tutes from independent sources.

    Students at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology may soon have to face a substantial fee hike if the recommendations of a panel established to suggest financial reforms are accepted by the IIT council at a meeting scheduled for January 21. The IIT Bombay chairman, Mr Anil Kakodkar, head of a panel set up by the Union HRD minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, is likely to make a presentation on the issue. At the IIT council meeting, the highest decision making body of the institutes, the panel is expected to present a new detailed financial model to allow the IITs to generate their own income and depend less on the government.

    Sources stated that the new financial model, which proposes to hike tuition fee for independent resource generation, has been put forth to allow the IITs to get greater autonomy. However, it is understood that any proposal to hike the tuition fee is expected to face stiff resist
    ance at the meeting.

    The panel is also expected to recommend creation of specialised chairs at IITs in an effort to generate more funding for the institutes from independent sources.

    A committee headed by the secretary, science and technology, Dr T. Ramasami, is also expected to make a presentation on examination reforms.

    Source : DC

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