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  • Chaitanya students shine bright.

    June 5: In the AIEEE results announced on Sunday, Sri Chaitanya students achieved a rare feat. They topped both the prestigious IIT-JEE and AIEEE exams by securing three ranks in the top-10 list in the open category at the national level.

    I. Prudhvi Tej, who secured the all-India first rank in IIT-JEE, got a seventh rank in AIEEE. Similarly, T. Bhargav Reddy secured the eighth rank both in IIT-JEE and AIEEE. The other topper, J. Varun, who got the ninth rank in IIT-JEE, secured fifth rank in AIEEE.

    In a brilliant ever-performance, Sri Chaitanya students secured six ranks in the top-50 and 10 ranks in the top-100 in the open category at national-level. The other ranks secured by Sri Chaitanya in the open category include 12, 33, 46, 64, 74, 84 and 85. As for state ranks, Sri Chaitanya students secured 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 21 ranks. Dr B.S. Rao, the chairman of the Sri Chaitanya Group and Ms Sushmasri, the academic director, congratulated the top rankers, who have made the state proud with their excellent performance. Dr Rao said these results proved that Sri Chaitanya is second to none in securing highly impressive results in various engineering entrance exams.

    Source : DC

  • Colleges vie for ‘deemed’ status.

    After a gap of two years, the “deemed universities” have come back into focus. Several top engineering colleges in the state are vying for the “deemed” status and have submitted applications to the University Grants Commission. The UGC had stopped processing deemed university applications from 2009, based on a report submitted by the Tandon committee, which blacklisted 44 deemed universities across the country, including the one in Andhra Pradesh — Vignan University — for failing to comply with the norms on faculty and infrastructure.

    However, the UGC has recently re-opened the process of examining the deemed varsity applications. This is reportedly due to “political pressure” from the managements. The move came as a surprise, given that the case of prospective blacklisting of 44 deemed universities is still pending with the Supreme Court. These institutions are desperate to acquire a deemed status, to enjoy autonomy in matters of admission and fees. Interestingly, all these institutes are professional colleges that offer engineering, pharmacy, MBA and MCA courses.

    There is a huge demand for these courses in the state, and certain institutions are frantically trying to obtain “deemed” status. Prominent among these are CBIT, Gokaraju Rangaraju, JBIT, MNR, Srinidhi, St. Mary’s and RGIT-Nandyal. Many of these institutions are considered among the top 10 engineering institutes in the state. Apart from them, the Sweekar Rehabilitation Institute, Secunderabad, Gayatri Vidya Parishad, Montessori Mahila Kalasala and Pulla Reddy Engineering college had also applied for “deemed” status.

    The expert committees of UGC and AICTE completed the inspection process of all these institutes in 2008 and 2009 and recommended them for the “deemed” status. Even the state government issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for this purpose. When the stage was set for according a formal “deemed” status to these institutions during the academic year 2009-10, the scenario changed with Mr Kapil Sibal taking over as the HRD minister from Mr Arjun Singh. Mr Sibal ordered a high-level enquiry into all the “deemed” universities and also directed the UGC to keep the new applications on hold.

    Source : DC

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