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Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack
Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build the same wall?
A. No time at all it is already built
Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand.
Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs , He sleeps at night.
Q. What looks like half apple?
A : The other half.
Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A : Dinner.
Q. What happened when wheel was invented?
A : It caused a revolution.
Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid
Finally Interviewer said ..... I shall either ask you 10 easy questions or 1 really difficult one ? Think well before you make up your mind!
" The boy thought for a while and said, "my choice is one really difficult question."
Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this - What comes first, The Day or Night?
The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer, but he thought for a while and replied ... "the DAY Sir"
"How" ? The interviewer asked.
Sorry sir, the deal was to ask ONLY ONE DIFFICULT QUESTION? Therefore, NO SECOND QUESTION PLEASE.
No doubt he has to get the job ..... he was selected.
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28 June 2009
25 June 2009
1100 Quota Seats in IITs Not Filled
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MUMBAI: Every year, Lakhs of Students burn the midnight oil for months to get into the hallowed Indian Institutes of Technology. But as admissions closed on Wednesday, one startling fact emerged — there weren't enough qualified candidates to fill up the reserved seats on offer for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, or the physically challenged.
IIT heads told TOI that over 1,100 seats will now be transferred to the preparatory course. This course, which is like a feeder class, trains quota students for a year to equip them to qualify for the IITs. Students for the preparatory course are selected by reducing cut-offs even further.
On the OBC (other backward classes) reservation front too, 53 seats were transferred to general category candidates, though the IITs are still only in the second year of the quotas (they are implementing 18% quota before moving to the total 27% reservation).
The IITs, in fact, had made various concessions to ensure they could fill the SC/ST seats. They lowered entry levels for these categories and even went as low as 50% below the last general category student's marks to do justice to the quota. Even this did not help them get the required number of backward category students.
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15 June 2009
AIEEE 2009 Counselling Information
On-Line Registration and Choice filling (June 08 — 28, 2009)
The eligible candidates will exercise their choices from anywhere over the Internet. They can change their choices till the specified date and time.
The following are the steps to be followed by the candidate for online choice filling and locking:
1. For Online choice filling a candidate has to log on to the website www.ccb.nic.in .
2. Register as a new candidate by using the details given on the admit card.
3. The candidate has to verify his/her credentials such as category, subcategory, gender, state of eligibility and address for communication etc. and will be allowed only once to change.
4. The candidates will fill their choices of seats on-line to indicate the choices of institutions with branches in order of their preference. There will be indicative allotment (Mock Counselling) to make the candidates aware of the possibility of getting a seat for his / her rank.
5. The candidates are permitted, if they so desire, to change or re-order their choices, delete earlier choices and add new choices any number of times until they lock their choices on or before the last date for locking.
6. Finally, candidates have to lock their choices on or before June 28, 2009 by 11.55PM and a print-out of this locked choice is to be preserved with the candidate for further reference. After this, the candidates can not change their options under any circumstances. After locking the choices, if a candidate again logs in, then the choices given by the candidate will be displayed.
7. If the candidate fails to lock his / her choices before the due date, he/she forfeits his right to claim admission and will not be considered for seat allotment.
Seat Allotment and Reporting
The choices submitted by the candidate will be processed centrally and the first round of provisional allotment of seats will be displayed on the internet on 30th June 2009.
If the candidate fails to satisfy the qualifications prescribed, the provisional allotment of seat automatically stands cancelled
For admission, the allottees are to report to any
1. Documents like Admit card, Score card, 10th class or equivalent certificate, 10 + 2 or equivalent certificate, category and subcategory certificates will be verified. Transfer certificate, two sets of xerox copies of the certificates and four passport size photographs should be submitted.
2. An initial fee deposit of Rs. 25,000/- will be collected at the fee counters for admission. The deposit is to be made through a demand draft in favour of “Chairman, C C B – 2009”, payable at
3. In order to be considered for the vacant seats, candidates must submit willingness to include their options given already for getting higher preferred choices.
4. The candidates have to collect the fee receipt cum admission letter to submit at the allotted institute.
Seats will be allotted against reserved categories as per Government of India norms.
For more information download Information Leaflet for AIEEE Counselling 2009
Dates of Admission
Registration, filling up the choices and Indicative allotment and locking | June 08-28, 2009 (up to 11.55 PM on June 28, 2009) |
First round of seat allotment | June 30, 2009 |
Reporting at Admission centers against the First round of allotment | July 01 to July 5, 2009 |
Second round of seat allotment | July 07, 2009 |
Reporting at Admission centers against the Second round of allotment | July 08 to 12, 2009 |
Third round of seat allotment | July 13, 2009 |
Reporting at Admission centers against the Third round of allotment | July 14 to 18, 2009 |
Fourth round of seat allotment | July 19, 2009 |
Reporting at Admission centers against the Fourth round of allotment | July 20 to 24, 2009 |
Reporting at Allotted institute | July 16 to 24, 2009 |
Admission Centers
National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh
National Institute of Technology,
Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Shakarpur, Near Madhuban,
School of planning and Architecture,
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
National Institute of Technology,
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka
National Institute of Technology,
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology,
Atal Behari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Pt. Dwaraka Prasad Mishra Indian Inst. of Information Technology,
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology,
Dr. B. R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jallandhar,
Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology,
National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura
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08 June 2009
Education Loans in India
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FAQ ……… [ Frequently Asked Questions ]
Students perusing Higher Education don’t have to struggle hard anymore to finance their Studies as now many Banks in
With expensive professional education becoming mandatory for people across the country, a student loan seems the most effective way to tide over these expenses. Most students expect to land high salaries at the end of their professional training and are likely to be in a position to repay these loans over a period of time.
What does one needs to look at in order to choose a loan?
Ideally, take a loan from a bank located at your place of study than one located where you reside, unless it concerns overseas studies. This is because you will have better access to funds if you take a loan from the place of your study. Secondly, Make sure the repayment period starts only after six to twelve months after you begin your working life. And thirdly, Banks typically prefer to finance students who opt for traditional courses.
For What Professional Courses do Banks generally provide education loans ?
Management students are among the top choices for most of the banks. Technology students from the country's premier institutions can also get student loans from Banks and Medical and engineering college students.
Banks don’t provide loans for students with a bachelor's/master's in Arts . Also, for courses where employment prospects are less (as per Bank’s own evaluation), loans are sanctioned on the basis of the parents' income.
How much Loan you can get ?
Loan for Studies in
Overseas study loans : Amounts worth Rs 7 lakhs and above are usually sanctioned against fixed deposits, NSC certificates, property worth the loan amount and a margin amount of 15 percent (what this means, again, is that you will get 15 percent less the amount sanctioned as loan; you will have to put together the rest of the money). Also, if a loan below Rs 4 lakhs comes at x rate of interest, the loan over Rs 4 lakhs is usually charged one percent higher interest. The Reserve Bank of
Important Note : Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has recently formed a working group to address the issue of student loans and the rising rate of default. The group has submitted its findings to the Reserve Bank of
Repayment - Course period + 1 year or 6 months after getting job, whichever is earlier.
What are the Documents required for applying a Student Loan ?
All students are required to submit mark sheets of last qualifying examination, poof of admission scholarship, schedule of expenses for the specified course, his/her bank account statement for the last six months, an income tax assessment order for the previous two years, a brief statement of assets and liabilities, of the co-borrower, which is usually the parent or guardian and proof of income, if any.
Some banks require all or any of the following documents as pre sanction documents:
To furnish the following documents along with the completed application form. Relevant information would relate to the guardian and the student both, when the loan is jointly taken.
1)Mark sheet of last qualifying examination for school and graduate studies in
2)Proof of admission to the course
3)Schedule of expenses for the course
4)Copies of letter confirming scholarship, etc.
5)Copies of foreign exchange permit, if applicable.
6) 2 passport size photographs
7) Statement of Bank account for the last six months of borrower.
8) Income tax assessment order not more than 2 years old
9) Brief statement of assets and liabilities of borrower.
10)If you are not an existing bank customer you would also need to establish your identity and give proof of residence.
What is the Interest rate charged for Student/education loan ?
Most banks are vying with each other to aggressively market personal loans. The student loan segment is being viewed as vast untapped potential. Citibank and ICICI Bank are offering equally competitive schemes. Almost every prominent bank in the country has a student loan scheme in some form. What matters the most to an individual is obviously the cost of credit the terms and conditions for education loans. These, like any other loan, vary among banks. Besides pricing of the product, the most important thing is documentation requirement and the quality of service offered by the bank and the speed at which the loan is approved.
Some banks, such as SBI, also give you a choice between fixed and floating interest rate. Whereas, private and foreign banks offer loans with a fixed interest rate, some banks charge interest on a daily or monthly reducing balance.
Eligibility for getting a loan:
The applicant should be an India National
The applicant must have secured admission to professional/ technical courses through Entrance Test / Selection process
Secured admission to foreign university/ Institution
Which Banks are offering Education Loans in
Most of the Private Sector banks, Foreign Banks and Public Sector Banks in India are providing Student Loans. You can visit Banks offering Student Loans in India for an overview of various loan Schemes offered by banks in
Public Sector Banks to offer Insurance linked Education Loans
CHECK OUT:
- Student Loans For Studies in India
- Student Loans for Studies Abroad
- Eligibility for getting A Student Loan
- Student Loan Documentation
07 June 2009
JEE-2009 Extended Merit List Rank
o VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY AND COUNSELLING
EXTENDED MERIT LIST (EML) http://jee.iitd.ac.in/extended1.htm
Extended Merit List (EML) is for admissions to Central Govt. Institutions IISERs, IIST, IIMS and RGIPT. This list is not for admissions to IITs, ISMU and IT-BHU. For more details, click HERE.
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EXTENDED MERIT LIST (EML) http://jee.iitd.ac.in/extended.htm
Apart from the various Merit Lists [i.e., the Common Merit List (CML), the category (SC, ST, OBC) and sub-category (PD) merit Lists, and Preparatory (for SC, ST, and PD) Merit Lists], JEE also prepares Extended Merit Lists (EML) under different categories, by making some relaxation in the aggregate cut-off. For JEE-2009, the lengths of the Extended Merit Lists are six times the lengths of the corresponding JEE Merit Lists.
The Candidates appearing in the EML are NOT ELIGIBLE for admission into IITs, IT-BHU, and ISMU, and will not be called for counselling of JEE-2009.
The EML is provided to other institutions (see the Table below) for the purpose of admission in these institutions.These Institutions have about two thousand seats in total for various courses offered by them.
Candidates declared qualified in the EML, who are desirous of admission to these institutions, must apply to these institutions directly for admission. For all other details regarding the courses, application procedure, fees, etc., the candidates are advised to contact /visit the respective institutions/websites.
The list of institutions that will be using the EML of JEE-2009 is given below. The list may be updated time to time.
| Sl. | Website | Address | |
| 1. | Indian | Indian | |
| 2. | Indian | | |
| (a) | Mohali | IISER Mohali | |
| (b) | Pune | IISER Pune | |
| (c) | Kolkata | IISER Kolkata | |
| (d) | | IISER | |
| (e) | Thiruvananthapuram | IISER Thiruvananthapuram | |
| 3. | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Society (RGIPT) | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, | |
| 4. | Indian Institute of Maritime Studies (Merchant Navi) | | Indian Institute of Maritime Studies |
VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY AND COUNSELLING
Qualified candidates will be informed by post of their All India Ranks (AIR), and will be called for identity verification in the order of their AIR. A candidate can also obtain this information on the website, IVRS, or by calling the JEE office from where he/she received the admit card, on or after May 26, 2009. Individual zones (IITs) will fix their counselling schedule. They will display the counselling schedule on their websites and also inform the qualified candidates by speed post/registered post. In case a qualified candidate does not receive the counselling letter, he/she must still appear for identity verification on any one of the dates specified in the counselling schedule, at the institute from where he/she had received the admit card.
The main purpose of asking the qualified candidates to appear in person for the counselling is to verify their identity. Hence the candidates must bring their admit cards, and various documents for verifying their identity, age, category and mark sheet of qualifying examination, all in original with two photocopies of each. On failing to establish the authenticity of any of the above documents, the candidate will not be considered for admission. The candidate must also bring a physical fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner in a format that will be made available to him/her at an appropriate time.
After checking their identity and documents, the candidates will be asked to submit their choice sheets of courses and institutes. The counselling brochure will help the candidates to exercise this option judiciously. Some IIT faculty may also be available for consultation. However, the faculty at any one IIT may not have information about all the courses offered by all the institutes, and can only provide whatever information is available with them.
After the qualified candidates have exercised their choices as per the counselling schedule, seat allocation will be done centrally, at a later date on the basis of the AIR-cum-choices exercised by the candidates. There is no provision for instant seat allocation at the time when the candidates submit their choice-sheets. However, the course closures will be announced, starting from the first day of counselling of GE category candidates.
To take care of possible absentees, the number of qualified candidates is kept more than the number of seats available in the IITs, IT-BHU,
A counselling brochure detailing various branches of study will be mailed along with the counselling letter, and will also be made available on the website.
Counselling dates for candidates of different categories, including those who qualify for Preparatory Course are provided in the counselling schedule.
IMPORTANT DATES
| Last date of receipt of completed JEE Application Form at the JEE Office | Wednesday | December 24, 2008 | |
| Joint Entrance Examination | Sunday | April 12, 2009 | |
| Declaration of Results | Monday | May 25, 2009 | |
| Medical Examination and Counselling for Qualified PD Candidates (the Schedule will be announced on the IIT websites) | Tuesday - Thursday | June 9-11, 2009 | |
| OBC/SC/ST Candidates | Tuesday - Friday | June 9-12, 2009 | |
| GE/DS Candidates | Saturday - Tuesday | June 13 -16, 2009* | |
| Preparatory Courses | Monday | July 6, 2009 | |
| Architecture / Design Aptitude Test | Thursday and Monday | June 11 & 15, 2009 | |
| Website release of Course Allocation | Wednesday | June 24, 2009 | |
| Schedule of dates for other information on results of JEE-2009 | Saturday | August 1, 2009 | |
* Note that due to printing error, these dates wrongly appear as July 13-16, 2009, in the Information Brochure; whereas actually it should be June 13-16, 2009 (as given here in the website).
02 June 2009
PLUCKED EYEBROW? ... NO ADMISSION UNDER QUOTA
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Girl who plucked eyebrow not true Sikh, says HC
CHANDIGARH: Endorsing a hardline stand by high priests of Sikhism who barred a young girl admission in a minority institution on grounds that she violated a fundamental tenet of the religion by plucking her eyebrows, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ruled that the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was fully justified in doing so.
Leaning on the side of a text-based, more conservative definition of who is a true Sikh and the importance of hair in Sikhism, the full bench of justices JS Khehar, Jasbir Singh and Ajay Kumar Mittal in a 152-page order said keeping unshorn hair was an essential and most fundamental component of the religion.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) had also ruled that she was not a ``true Sikh as she was plucking her eyebrows.'' The court said the requisite of maintaining Sikh `swarup' (appearance) was a permissible precondition for admitting students under the Sikh minority community quota.
The SGPC runs two medical colleges, two engineering institutes, one polytechnic, 40 degree colleges and 150 schools, most of them in Punjab.
Saturday's order, replete with references to Sikh history and Sikh model code of conduct, also noted that the Guru Granth Sahib is for guidance of Sikhs in their pursuit towards spiritual salvation. It does not deal with the code of conduct prescribed for Sikhs. It was the Sikh rehat-maryada (code of conduct) that dealt with issues like importance of unshorn hair.
It added that the Guru Granth Sahib made no reference to the terms amritdhari (Sikhs who wear the five Ks - kesh, kacchha, kanga, kara, kirpan - and who have partaken amrit), sehajdhari (who are learning to be Amritdhari Sikhs) and patit (who were born Sikhs but violated one of the tenets).
Reflecting on contours of Sikh identity, the bench held the cardinal principle of retaining unshorn hair was not only for adults but also for minors, as it was the adults who were required to maintain the hair of their children.
Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.''
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Girl who plucked eyebrow not true Sikh, says HC
CHANDIGARH: Endorsing a hardline stand by high priests of Sikhism who barred a young girl admission in a minority institution on grounds that she violated a fundamental tenet of the religion by plucking her eyebrows, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ruled that the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was fully justified in doing so.
Leaning on the side of a text-based, more conservative definition of who is a true Sikh and the importance of hair in Sikhism, the full bench of justices JS Khehar, Jasbir Singh and Ajay Kumar Mittal in a 152-page order said keeping unshorn hair was an essential and most fundamental component of the religion.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) had also ruled that she was not a ``true Sikh as she was plucking her eyebrows.'' The court said the requisite of maintaining Sikh `swarup' (appearance) was a permissible precondition for admitting students under the Sikh minority community quota.
The SGPC runs two medical colleges, two engineering institutes, one polytechnic, 40 degree colleges and 150 schools, most of them in Punjab.
Saturday's order, replete with references to Sikh history and Sikh model code of conduct, also noted that the Guru Granth Sahib is for guidance of Sikhs in their pursuit towards spiritual salvation. It does not deal with the code of conduct prescribed for Sikhs. It was the Sikh rehat-maryada (code of conduct) that dealt with issues like importance of unshorn hair.
It added that the Guru Granth Sahib made no reference to the terms amritdhari (Sikhs who wear the five Ks - kesh, kacchha, kanga, kara, kirpan - and who have partaken amrit), sehajdhari (who are learning to be Amritdhari Sikhs) and patit (who were born Sikhs but violated one of the tenets).
Reflecting on contours of Sikh identity, the bench held the cardinal principle of retaining unshorn hair was not only for adults but also for minors, as it was the adults who were required to maintain the hair of their children.
Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.''
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01 June 2009
AIEEE Counselling 2009 Online
For details on central counselling, Please visit http://ccb.nic.in or http://aieee.nic.in
Yardsticks for the purpose of counselling has been decided by Central Counselling Board.
State Ranks are based on State Code of Eligibility ie. State from where the candidate has passsed +2 examination. Those who have not filled up State Code of eligibility, their State rank has not been indicated. State rank is privisional subject to verification of documents at the time of counselling.
INSTRUCTIONS :
| 1 | Candidate must preserve Score Card till the process of admission in the colleges/Institutions is over. |
| 2 | Based on relative rankings, a number of students have been permitted for filling of choices, which does not guaranty seat allotment as the seat allotment would be purely on merit in respective categories and availability of seats in those categories in participating institutions. |
| 3 | Admission in a college/Institution is subject to verification of original certificates. |
| 4 | Detailed Admission Procedure and Information Brochure are available on the website www.ccb.nic.in . Candidate must follow this admission procedure and instructions available in the Information Brochure carefully. |
| 5 | The admission process involves the following steps: I. During 8th-28th June, 2009, all those candidates permitted to fill choices on the basis of AIEEE-2009 results are required to register ONLINE through Internet. ( www.ccb.nic.in ) from places of their convenience/near by Admission Centres/Help Centres. |
| 6 | State ranks are based on State of |
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