Delhi Technological University has announced the new admission procedure for BTech courses under the Delhi University. From 2010-11 academic sessions, DTU would be admitting aspirants from the NCT on the basis of their All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSC).

University has reserved 85% seats for the Delhi Candidates and the rest 15% for outside Delhi students. While students for outside Delhi category has been admitted on the basis of rank obtained in AIEEE so far, the students from Delhi were selected on the basis of the rank obtained in the Combined Entrance Examination of DU. From the next academic session the admissions for both the category would be based on AIEEE rank, through the counseling conducted by DTU.

The admissions would be made for 14 BTech courses including 10 programs of the erstwhile DCE. Four new courses will be introduced this year including B Tech in software engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, automotive engineering and engineering physics. Prospectus for all the courses will be available from February, next year.

I just read in the Times of India that the Delhi University, in collaboration with seven French institutions, is going to offer dual-degree in MTech in nuclear science and technology from this year onwards.

Students enrolled for DU’s three-year MTech programme would be spending third and fourth semester in Paris and they would be awarded a Master’s in nuclear energy. Once they come back from Paris and spend fourth and fifth semester in DU, they would get an MTech degree.

This new Master’s degree is also offered by University of Paris, Paris Tech( consortium of 12 French institutes ), Ecole Central Supelec and INSTN.

The industry-driven programme will be offered in collaboration with EDF and Areva — organizations working in the field of civil nuclear energy.

With this new collaboration Indian students will get a chance to work as an intern with EDF and Areva. Students interning with these organizations would get a chance to work at their nuclear reactor sites.

This course will provide students with an opportunity to gain practical knowledge of production of nuclear energy.

This new course will not only help the students in acquiring knowledge on cutting-edge technologies but will also prove beneficial for our nation. As we know that India faces a big power problems and nuclear energy is answer to it because very small amount of nuclear element can produce huge amount of energy.

A recently released list of the top 100 Universities in the World has come as a shock to me. I was surprised to see none of the Indian Universities ranking among the top 100 Varsities of the world. What surprised me most was the fact that even University of Hong Kong is ranking at 24. No prices for guessing, most of the positions in the top 100 list are taken by U.K and U.S Universities. According to the report, America’s Harvard University has maintained its top position in 2009. Next, U.K.’s Cambridge University has journeyed up from third to second position. Yale University of US has fallen one position and is the third in ranking.

After the final list, UK is still showing the thump above its weight. Second position is held by U.S. U.S has begged four out of the top 10 slots and 18 in the top 100.

There are 14 to 16 numbers of Asian Universities in the list of top hundred. The University of Tokyo ranked 22 in the list and it is the highest among the Asian Universities. Besides Tokyo University, the University of Hong Kong stands at 24. Leading UK Universities said, institutions in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong are cracking at the heels of western institutions, to give a clash they need additional financial support to compete on the global stage.

To me, this is a big shame for all of the Indian Universities which make false claims of being world-class.

University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been ranked as the number one University in India on the basis of indicators like publication quality and also overall performance in the rankings given by a reputed agency.

The University of Hyderabad stands first among top 25 universities in the ranking given by SCOPUS, a not-for-profit international body. The rankings are based on the papers published during 1999-2008.

SCOPUS gives the ranking once in three years. Our very own Delhi University is second in the list of 25 Universities.