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TNN 13 August 2009, 10:21pm IST
VARANASI: To help the young students of secondary and senior secondary classes in their pursuit of goals, a group of students of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) has come up with an e-learning venture.
"We have initiated an e-learning venture (www.padhakujoker.com). Keeping in mind the importance of
and intermediate in shaping one's career and importance of this phase in a student's life, our utmost focus is to solve the queries and most common doubts present in the minds of secondary and senior secondary students in a comprehensive manner in turn providing them with a logical solution," said Akshay Dhar, one of the members of the group of six.
Hailing from different parts of the country, they came together to create a multi-purpose platform for young students. The platform, as conceived by the team, is designed to meet the needs of school students and adolescents vying for various professional courses. These days the educational scenario has become much more demanding and complicated. Everybody wants to be an achiever and have a good job with high salary. "In regard with that we have witnessed widespread dissatisfaction amongst students of all ages. Their demands remain unfulfilled due to methodological shortcomings. We felt a need to mentor them," Dhar told TOI.
To help the young students they designed this portal with a short, simple and effective approach to address problems. "They have the solution to all confusions, everything that the school pass outs want. Our specifically tailored information and a comprehensive and insightful research desk will serve them round the clock," said a confident Dhar.
All the six students are pursuing BTech in ceramic engineering in IT-BHU and they want their experience to be the armour of young students against all their problems. Besides Dhar, who hails from Delhi, the other members of the team are Yogesh Shukla (Delhi), Priyesh Ranjan (Bihar), Sanchit Khandelwal (Rajasthan), Pranav Kumar (Bihar), and Anuj Tejpal (Rajasthan).
"We have received an overwhelming response is a short span of time. Around 4000 students have hit the site in 45 days," he said adding that they also got words of appreciation form professionals and the venture is getting support from the institute under Malviya Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE). In order to promote this site, they are also conducting quiz in various schools in the city. "We have conducted a quiz in seven schools with the participation of 3500 students," he said and added that other such activities like essay writing would be held in schools regularly.
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Additional link
* IT-BHU Chronicle June 2009 issue
Ceramic Engineering students start "Padhaku Joker"- an e-learning website
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/06/index-campus-view.php#004395
* Website of Padhaku Joker
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Binay Singh, TNN 27 July 2009, 10:21pm IST
VARANASI: Will the high concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere bring about a catastrophe on the Earth?
"Unless we reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million (ppm), we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the Earth," says Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist and author. "Currently, we are breathing in an atmosphere with about 390 ppm CO2, which is alarming for the living beings on the Earth," he points out.
The alarming concentration of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere if not stopped immediately will bring disastrous impacts on people and places all over the world, he informs TOI. McKibben, the author of books like 'Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities' and 'The Durable Future and The End of Nature', was in the city on Sunday. He also took part in a seminar on 'Climate Change: A Global Concern' organised by the Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF) on Tulsi Ghat on Sunday evening.
Referring to the drought-like situation due to scant rain in UP and other places, he says the disastrous impact of high concentration of CO2 are being seen across the world. Drought is becoming much more common, making food harder to grow in many places. It is estimated that there will be a reduction of 30-40 per cent in the production of major crops, he says and informs that glaciers, the source of drinking water, are melting and disappearing fast. Mosquitoes, who like a warmer world, are spreading and bringing malaria and dengue fever. Sea levels have begun to rise and scientists warn that they may go up as much as several metres this century. If that happens, many of the world's cities, island nations and farmland will be underwater. Even an increase of one degree C temperature on Earth causes impacts like increasing evaporation and droughts in dry areas. Just a few degrees increase in temperature can completely change the world and threaten the lives of millions of people, he points out.
According to him, the global warming is happening faster than ever and humans are responsible for it. For all of human history until about 200 years ago, the atmosphere contained 275ppm of CO2, which is a useful amount because without some CO2 and other greenhouse gases that trap in the atmosphere, the planet will be too cold for humans to inhabit. Beginning in the 18th century, humans began to burn coal and gas and oil to produce energy and goods. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere began to rise. We're taking millions of years worth of carbon, stored beneath the Earth as fossil fuels and releasing it into the atmosphere. The 350ppm, what many scientists and climate experts are now saying, is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led scientists to conclude that we are already above the safe zone at our current 390ppm, he says.
According to him, James Hansen of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the scientist who warned about global warming, wrote that if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth was adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggested that CO2 would need to be reduced to 350ppm.
"It is a hard task, but not impossible. We need to stop taking carbon out of the ground and putting it into the air," he says, adding there is a need to start using solar and wind energy and other such sources of renewable energy. "If we do so, then the Earth's soils and forests will slowly cycle some of that extra carbon out of the atmosphere and eventually CO2 concentrations will return to a safe level." By decreasing use of other fossil fuels and improving agricultural and forestry practices around the world, scientists believe the Earth can get back to 350 by mid-century. But, the longer we remain in the danger zone (above 350ppm) the more likely that we will see disastrous and irreversible climate impacts, he concludes.
Campaign to make a difference
VARANASI: The saying of Mahatma Gandhi- "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history"- is the driving force of the 350.org, an international campaign dedicated to creating an equitable global climate treaty that lowers carbon dioxide below 350 parts per million. The campaign was launched in March 2008 by Bill McKibben.
A group of such spirited people, both from the US and Varanasi assembled on the Tulsi Ghat on Sunday afternoon, to discuss the environmental issues with a commitment to spearhead the campaign against water and air pollution.
McKibben, who led the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history, was in the city on Sunday wanting a collaboration with the Sankat Mochan Foundation (SMF), a local organisation working for the cleaning of the Ganga for past 27 years, to address this environmental issue. Appreciating McKibben's initiative, the SMF president and retired professor from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra, said there was a need to rope in more social and voluntary organisations as well as individuals to address the burning issues of air and water pollution.
"While McKibben is advocating for the protection of atmospheric climate, we are working to stop the sewage discharge into the Ganga. Both air and water are the important components of the nature and it is the duty of all to maintain the balance of nature," said Mishra.
Speaking on the occasion, McKibben said the United Nations is working on a treaty, which is supposed to be completed in December this year at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. In this meeting, delegates, non-governmental organisations and businesses from every nation will meet to finalise a new global climate change agreement. He also called upon to organise events to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action on October 24.
The seminar was also addressed by IT-BHU director Prof SN Upadhyaya, climate scientist and retired professor from BHU Prof BRD Gupta, Dr Devendra Mohan, Dr TM Mohapatra, Prof SK Mishra, Dr Vishwambhar Nath Mishra and others.
Pollution boards have a different take
VARANASI: While the alarming concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has raised concern of climate experts, the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are not monitoring the CO2 level.
However, the CPCB is executing a nation-wide programme of ambient air quality monitoring known as National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The network consists of 332 operating stations covering 121 cities/towns of the country. Under NAMP, four air pollutants including sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen as NO2, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) have been identified for regular monitoring at all the locations. The monitoring of meteorological parameters such as wind speed and wind direction, relative humidity (RH) and temperature were also integrated with the monitoring of air quality.
"The CO2 is not regarded as pollutant like carbon monoxide (CO)," Dr Franklin, the scientist at the regional office of UPPCB, told TOI on Monday. According to him, the CO2 does not cause direct fatal impact on human health. The CO2 is the byproduct of all aerobic decomposition. He, however, admitted that the high concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was responsible for the global warming and climate change.
Quick Facts
# 350.org is an international campaign dedicated to creating an equitable global climate treaty that lowers carbon dioxide below 350 parts per million.
# 350 is the number that the leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide measured in "parts per million" in the atmosphere.
# 350ppm: It's the number humanity needs to get back below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.
# 350.org is coordinating an international day of action on October 24, 2009 across the world to unite the public.
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Additional link:
Official website of Bill McKibben
(Bill Mckibben)
24 October 2009 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
http://www.350.org/plan
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Naveen Kumar, TNN 22 July 2009, 09:21pm IST
VARANASI: The millennia-old city witnessed one of the rarest celestial phenomenons, the longest total solar eclipse of this century, spanning over three minutes and five seconds on Wednesday morning.
While the denizens including foreign tourists and visitors watched the splendid event with bated breath as the mighty Sun went through a number of transitions before sailing across clouds to appear in all its glory, a number of scientists and research students, gathered around PAC camp in Samneghat area, virtually erupted with joy and hugged each other after watching the magnificent event.
"It is definitely the most fascinating event of my life," said Prof BN Dwivedi, head, department of applied physics, Institute of Technology (IT), Banaras Hindu University, while talking to TOI after watching the rare celestial event. "Luckily, the weather god was also kind enough to provide one of the most fascinating glimpses of the solar eclipse in its totality," he added.
It may be mentioned here that a team of scientists including Prof Dwivedi, Prof RC Kapoor of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore, and Prof D P Choudhary of California State University, Northridge, along with M. Tech students of department of applied physics, IT-BHU and a team of scientists and students from Goa (supported by DST) were camping in Samneghat area from Tuesday night for viewing and studying the longest total solar eclipse of this century.
"We could not sleep the entire night and the magnificent sight on Wednesday morning proved its worth, providing the pleasure of watching the totality of the solar eclipse in its majestic glory," said Prof RC Kapoor, who had witnessed a number of exciting expeditions on total solar eclipse in different parts of country in 1980s and 90s. "The Varanasi expedition has surpassed all the previous expeditions and it has also provided a wonderful opportunity to carry scientific research on different aspects of total solar eclipse," he added.
It is also worth mentioning here that the focus of the study of scientists in the city is predominantly based on the outer solar atmosphere that includes its structural changes, temperature density and the reasons for enormously high temperature of corona.
Similarly, Saurabh Kumar, M. Tech student of department of applied physics, IT-BHU, who had come to study the shadow bands during total solar eclipse, along with eight other students, was also ecstatic after the celestial event.
"Our digital cameras have captured the magnificent event and we are going to process it in the laboratory to study the geomagnetic activity during the formation of shadow bands," he said.
The high resolution telescope (alpha telescope) and white light photography with high quality lens also attracted the show as the event left everyone satisfied and filled with joy.
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The Department of Applied Physics, IT-BHU organised an interactive seminar on total solar eclipse in Varanasi on July 21, 2009. Inaugurating the programme Prof. S.N. Upadhyay, Director, IT-BHU said that the rare celestial phenomenon had special significance in Hindu mythology and its scientific study and research was needed to dispel the fear and superstitions attached to the event. Head of the Department Prof. B. N. Dwivedi discussed the various concepts and perceptions of solar eclipse including their scientific implications on the occasion. Prof. R.C. Kapoor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore presented an anecdotal account of some of the total solar eclipse expeditions on the occasion.
A documentary film titled 'When the Sun Disappears from the Varanasi Sky', jointly prepared by Prof. D.P. Choudhary, California State University Northridge and Prof. Dwivedi was also released and screened at the start of the programme. The programme witnessed participation of a number of faculty members and enthusiastic students including girls from Vasanta College, Rajghat. Dean, faculty of engineering and technology, BHU, Prof. Virendra Singh and other senior faculty members were also present on the occasion. The documentary film is available on
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9r0Ic-XQI
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Professor & Head
Dept. of Applied Physics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India.
Email: bholadwivedi@gmail.com
Profile on institute website:
http://www.itbhu.ac.in/app/images/profile/bnd_profile_new.pdf
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The Saamne Ghat Camp: Total Solar Eclipse 22 July 2009 (Dept. of Applied Physics, IT-BHU; IIA, Bangalore; California State University Northridge)
It was pure magic. Seconds before totality, a diamond ring formed in the sky sparkling with stunning beauty. Seconds later, all went dark. The Sun was totally eclipsed. A roar went up as thousands at Saamne Ghat cheered in unison, with the awesome sights, when for 3 minutes and 5 seconds, the totality held us spellbound at the bank of holy river Ganges.
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For this year, a total of 729 students were admitted to our institute, out of which 518 were from general category, 149 were from OBC category and 62 from SC category. Of the total, 83 (11.4%) were girls. Last year our institute admitted a total of 621 students.
The students were admitted for 4 year B. Tech programs (total 10 programs) and 5 year DDI-Duel Degree Integrated M. Tech program (total 11 programs) and 5 year M. Tech programs (3 programs) for Applied Sciences. 553 students were admitted for 4 yr B. tech program, 38 for 5 year DDI programs and 138 for 5 yr M. Tech programs.
The opening rank was 1872. The top six preferences are arrived based on median IIT-JEE ranks of students in a particular class. (Median rank is defined as the one for which 50% students above it and 50% below it in the class.)
2009 Student Preference for Programs:
Preference | Programs | Course | Median Rank of the Class |
1 | Computer Science and Engineering | 4-yr | 2651 |
2 | Computer Science and Engineering | 5-yr dual | 3302 |
3 | Electronics Engineering | 4-yr | 3332 |
4 | Electrical Engineering | 4-yr | 3629 |
5 | Mechanical Engineering | 4-yr | 3864 |
6 | Electrical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 3932 |
We are thankful to Prof. M. K. Ghosh, IIT-JEE coordinator for our institute, to provide us with JEE data of admitted students.
The complete list of admitted students:
We are pleased to provide the complete the list of admitted students, branch wise. This is based on official list received from the institute. For privacy concerns, Registration number, category (Gen/OBC/SC/ST) and JEE rank is omitted from the list. The names are arranged randomly branch-wise, sex and name-wise.
To view the complete list of admitted students, please click here.
Here are some quick stats for your information:
2009 Programs and Students Enrollment:
(Ranks shown for General Category students only)
Sr. No. | Program Code | Programs | Course | No. of students | JEE Rank Analysis | Topper of 2009 | ||||
Open | Close | Median | ||||||||
1 | V06 | Ceramic Engineering | 4-yr | 38 | 4713 | 5686 | 5491 | Kartikeya Narain Sharma | ||
2 | V07 | Chemical Engineering | 4-yr | 82 | 3889 | 4582 | 4419 | Shubham Paliwal | ||
3 | V09 | Civil Engineering | 4-yr | 60 | 3886 | 4594 | 4439 | Miss Nikita Agrawal | ||
4 | V10 | Computer Science and Engineering | 4-yr | 45 | 1872 | 2963 | 2651 | Miss Srishti Didwania | ||
5 | V11 | Electrical Engineering | 4-yr | 61 | 2073 | 3782 | 3629 | Akshat Kumar Gupta | ||
6 | V13 | Electronics Engineering | 4-yr | 60 | 1882 | 3544 | 3332 | Ashish Ojha | ||
7 | V24 | Mechanical Engineering | 4-yr | 75 | 3138 | 4014 | 3864 | Deodhar Aditya Rajendra | ||
8 | V25 | Metallurgical Engineering | 4-yr | 46 | 4281 | 4953 | 4773 | Sarthak Gupta | ||
9 | V28 | Mining Engineering | 4 yr | 63 | 4967 | 6227 | 5894 | Himanshu Singla | ||
10 | V36 | Pharmaceutics | 4-yr | 23 | 5803 | 6964 | 6726 | Gurvir Singh Sran | ||
24 | V39 | Pharmaceutics | 5-yr dual | 12 | 5889 | 7117 | 7904 | Gauri Shankar Sharma | ||
11 | V54 | Applied Physics | 5-yr M. Tech | 12 | 4087 | 4974 | 4804 | Mayank Kumar Chaudhari | ||
12 | V55 | Applied Chemistry | 5-yr M. Tech | 12 | 4944 | 5406 | 5315 | Ronak Jain | ||
13 | V56 | Applied Mathematics | 5-yr M. Tech | 14 | 4035 | 4415 | 7677 | Aniket Pathak | ||
21 | V61 | Biochemical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 12 | 4495 | 5257 | 4955 | Pimpale Abhishek K. | ||
22 | V63 | Biomedical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 12 | 4680 | 5483 | 5342 | Miss Yashu P L | ||
15 | V66 | Ceramics Engineering | 5-yr dual | 12 | 5121 | 5812 | 5695 | Harshit Agrawal | ||
16 | V73 | Civil Engineering | 5-yr dual | 14 | 4019 | 4677 | 4660 | Rohit Chandra | ||
14 | V75 | Computer Science and Engineering | 5-yr dual | 11 | 2993 | 3532 | 3302 | Aman Singhal | ||
17 | V85 | Electrical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 14 | 3807 | 3994 | 3932 | Varun Agarwal | ||
23 | V95 | Material Science | 5-yr dual | 12 | 4708 | 5296 | 5116 | Siddharth Kapoor | ||
18 | V96 | Mechanical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 14 | 3633 | 4136 | 4089 | Shashank Dixit | ||
19 | V103 | Metallurgical Engineering | 5-yr dual | 12 | 4654 | 5164 | 5117 | Madhur Bhutani | ||
20 | V109 | Mining Engineering | 5-yr dual | 13 | 5866 | 6288 | 6090 | Saurabh Kumar | ||
| Total = | 729 |
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JEE 2009 top five rank holders among IT-BHU students:
Merit | Department | Course | Name | Rank |
1 | Computer Science and Engineering | 4-yr B. Tech. | Miss Srishti Didwania | 1872 |
2 | Electronics Engineering | 4-yr B. Tech. | Ashish Ojha | 1882 |
3 | Computer Science and Engineering | 4-yr B. Tech. | Varinder Singh Grewal | 1968 |
4 | Electrical Engineering | 4-yr B. Tech. | Akshat Kumar Gupta | 2073 |
5 | Computer Science and Engineering | 4-yr B. Tech. | Prashant Chaudhary | 2081 |
For last year (2008) IIT-JEE admission statistics
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/08/index-reports.php#003643
Number of students admitted to IT-BHU
Refer earlier article in April 2008 issue of Chronicle:
“Institute to see increased number of students due to implementation of OBC quota”
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/04/institute_to_se.php
Due to additional reservation under OBC quota, all central govt. institutes/IITs, including IT-BHU will see increase in the total number of seats by 54% over next 3 years. The actual available seats and proposed number of increased seats at our institute is shows as follows. The seats increase is based on the base number of 600 (during 2007-2008 session). The increase will be 18% per year for current as well as for next 2 years:
Academic year | Total available undergraduate seats |
2007-08 | 599 |
2008-09 | 621 |
2009-10 (current year) | 729 |
2010-11 (estimate) | 837 |
2011-12 (estimate) | 945 |
The number will also depend upon the available of infrastructure, such as hostels, labs, etc. and number of academic programs offered. It is expected that by the academic year 2011-12, the total intake capacity for undergraduate programs will be around 1,000-1,200 per year. The current campus strength of students for all programs (including M. Tech. /PhDs) is around 3,000. It is expected to be between 5,000 -5,500 by the year 2011-12.
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Like last year, the IIT-JEE Board has published analysis of IIT-JEE 2009 on its website.
http://www.iitg.ernet.in/jee/aggregate2009.htm
It includes JEE ranks and marks obtained, cut-off marks for different subjects, reservation category wise performance, seat allotted during second round of counseling, etc.
a) LIST OF SLIDING UP CANDIDATES ADMITTED AT IT-BHUFOR THE SESSION 2009-10
http://www.itbhu.ac.in/admissions/images/ug_admi/Sliding%20UP.pdf
b) Important Information JEE-2009
* Procedure for Preparing Merit Lists
* Aggregate Total of Different Categories (500th for GE and 100th for OBC/SC/ST/PD)
* Aggregate Total and Subject Wise marks of First and Last admitted candidates
* JEE-2009 Paper - I with Answers
* JEE-2009 Paper - II with Answers
* JEE-2008 Paper - I with Answers
* JEE-2008 Paper - II with Answers
* JEE-2007 Paper - I with Answers
* JEE-2007 Paper - II with Answers
c) Aggregate Total of Different Categories (500th for GE and 100th for OBC/SC/ST/PD)
Common Merit List | |
Rank | Aggregate Marks |
1 | 424 |
501 | 302 |
1001 | 278 |
1501 | 262 |
2001 | 249 |
2501 | 239 |
3001 | 230 |
3501 | 223 |
4001 | 216 |
4501 | 211 |
5001 | 205 |
5501 | 200 |
6001 | 196 |
6501 | 191 |
7001 | 187 |
7501 | 184 |
8001 | 180 |
8295 | 178 |
OBC Category | |
Rank | Aggregate Marks |
1 | 413 |
101 | 282 |
201 | 260 |
301 | 244 |
401 | 231 |
501 | 223 |
601 | 216 |
701 | 210 |
801 | 204 |
901 | 199 |
1001 | 194 |
1101 | 190 |
1201 | 186 |
1301 | 181 |
1401 | 177 |
1501 | 174 |
1601 | 171 |
1701 | 167 |
1801 | 164 |
1901 | 161 |
1930 | 161 |
SC Category | |
Rank | Aggregate Marks |
1 | 326 |
101 | 170 |
201 | 146 |
301 | 132 |
401 | 121 |
501 | 112 |
601 | 105 |
701 | 99 |
801 | 95 |
901 | 91 |
967 | 89 |
ST Category | |
Rank | Aggregate Marks |
1 | 319 |
101 | 114 |
201 | 91 |
208 | 89 |
PD Category | |
Rank | Aggregate Marks |
1 | 289 |
101 | 108 |
138 | 89 |
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(Forwarded by Devender Maun, 3rd year Ceramic Engineering. Email: devender.maun@gmail.com)
University administration has finally banned motorbikes because of increasing number of accidents, especially after few deaths last year; and also for BHU’s VC Prof. D. P. Singh’s resolve to conserve energy and protect environment in Banaras Hindu University. Apart from this, the university administration has started the process to enforce the decision of banning the entry of two-wheelers of outsiders through its Hyderabad Gate. Only BHU employees are allowed to enter with their vehicle through this gate while locals are allowed to take their bicycles or move on foot after entering the campus.
Hostel inmates are not allowed to keep/use automated 2/4-wheelers while they are in the Institute. Keeping/using automated 2/4-wheelers by students will be treated as violation of the University rules and will invite appropriate disciplinary action. All such vehicles will be towed away by the security people.
Students are required to sign an undertaking, which clearly states that, ‘Keeping of automate two/four wheelers in hostel premises and also using the same in Institute premises/university campus are strictly prohibited, and as per rules any students found using the motorized two/four wheelers in hostels/institute premises and university campus, shall be subject to severe disciplinary action including expulsion.’
Related Link
Banned locals stage dharna at BHU gates
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Varanasi/Banned-locals-stage-dharna-at-BHU-gates/articleshow/4826125.cms
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Ragging in any form should not be tolerated. Recently our campus was witness to a ragging incident which provided undue publicity to our institute.
A criminal case under section 26-1 (G) of Anti-Ragging Act was lodged against 10 students of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after they were caught ragging their juniors, officials said Thursday. Eight second year and two third year students of B. Tech (Applied Mathematics) were caught ragging juniors on the Assi Ghat. The university has imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 each on the students. They have been expelled from the hostel for six months and barred from attending classes for 15 days. The decision to punish the accused was taken at a meeting of the university's anti-ragging committee, chaired by BHU vice-chancellor Professor D.P. Singh.
Strict actions were taken as per norms of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in higher education Institutions, 2009. The Institute on its part is also trying to curb ragging and is taking all necessary steps to stop the same. Students are required to submit the both enclosed Affidavit on non-judiciary stamp paper of Rs. 10.00 each regarding ragging duly completed and signed, at the time of registration. Strict observation is being maintained at the university.
Ragging at IT-BHU in news media:
10 IT-BHU students booked for ragging
Three IT-BHU pharma students face music for ragging
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/varanasi/Three-IT-BHU-pharma-students-face-music-for-ragging/articleshow/4899304.cms
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An orientation programme was held for the first year students by the IT Gymkhana spanning August 10, 11 and 12. Students were familiarized with the various activities of the Gymkhana and the CCA wing. Professor SN Upadhyay, Director of IT-BHU, addressed the students on the first day, praising the wide array of events organized under the auspices of the Gymkhana. Thereafter Dr P K Mishra, President of Gymkhana, informed the students about its heritage and introduced the teacher coordinators of various clubs and sports. Mr. Satish Kanaujia (Administrative Officer, IT Gymkhana) gave a brief round-up of the activities in the previous years. Mr. Praharsh Sharma, General Secretary of CCA wing, highlighted the various clubs under the wing. Mr. Abhishek Modi, Convenor of Kashiyatra, also introduced the first-years to the college’s cultural fest. The post holders of various clubs and sports introduced themselves, giving a glimpse of the events that would be organized this year.
Dr PK Mishra and Satish Kanaujia initiated a light-hearted banter and broke the ice between the freshers and seniors. The newcomers came forth and stated their interests, hobbies and achievements. Some enthusiastic students even displayed their dance and musical talents! With such a plethora of talent entering IT-BHU, our college is sure to touch new heights this year!
Aviral Srivastava
B. Tech 2nd year
Mechanical Engineering Dept., IT-BHU
Email: avirals1@hotmail.com
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The admissions to the undergraduate programme at
Previously, once seats were filled, no second round was conducted and seats would remain vacant if people do not join institute. But from this year students will "slide up" within the institute to fill up the vacant seats and a second round of counseling will be held for filling those seats. Seats to which people don’t report at the time of registration are termed as dropout seats. These seats are offered to the students who have been allotted some seat in the same institute. Seats which are vacant even after sliding are used for second round of counseling.
Sliding of branches is done as per merit list in each branch and choices filled by candidate during JEE counseling. Candidates can not be in charge of their branch slide once they have registered in institute. This system helps in reduction of number of dropout seats but a bit unfair as some students having low ranks can manage to get good institute.
List of students granted branch change according to this rule is posted on our institute’s website:
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On 22nd July, orientation program was conducted in Swatantra Bhawan for freshers. Ceremony started by paying tribute to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya followed by welcoming chief guests with bouquet. Kulgeet was performed as par BHU traditions. Ceremony was presided by Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, Director IT-BHU; Prof Virendra Singh, Dean of engineering faculty; Rector Prof B. D. Singh; Prof SK Tiwari, Vice Chairman JEE 2009 and Prof S. K. Sharma, Dean of students, BHU.
Director in his welcome speech assured students and their parents to provide quality education and described the ancient city
Ceremony was concluded by vote of thanks by Prof S.K. Tiwari, Vice-Chairman IIT-JEE 2009 and by national anthem. After ceremony, students and parents were offered tea and snacks.
We, chronicle team, congratulate all the freshers for clearing JEE 2009 and welcome them to IT-BHU fraternity.
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221005, UP