The Hindu : RVCE pact with University of South Korea

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Apr 25, 2002

Southern States

Southern States - Karnataka-Bangalore

RVCE pact with University of South Korea

FORTY-ONE STUDENTS from Konyang University of South Korea are in Bangalore, to study at the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) as part of a tie-up with their university.

The Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the RVCE, B.I. Khodanpur, says this is the first time the college has entered into an agreement with an overseas university. The batch of 41 Korean students includes 12 girls. They will attend Computer Science classes including practicals, and study English at the Regional Institute of English (RIE).

The Korean students were doing various four-year Bachelor's courses in Cyber Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration, IT, and languages in their country. Most of the students have only basic knowledge of English, and this led to their being enrolled for classes at the RIE.

The students, who will be here for two semesters, will be taught Java programming, enterprise application designing, and systems software, according to the RVCE Principal, K.A. Ranganatha Setty.

For the visually impaired

The National Association for the Blind has awarded certificates to its eighth batch of computer trainees under its free training programme for the visually impaired in coordination with NIIT Swift.

The trainees are taught MS Office, Word, Powerpoint, MS Excel, email, and Internet with Java software.

The three-month course is to help candidates who are employed, and whose jobs have become obsolete due to changes in technology. More than 55 candidates have completed the course in seven batches.

Institute's achievement

The Yellamma Dasappa Institute of Technology, Kanakapura Road, started in 2001-02, has recorded an average of 65 per cent passes in the first semester examinations conducted by the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU).

Out of the total of 113 students who appeared for the engineering examinations in Electronics and Communication, Computer Science, and Information Technology, 21 passed in first class with distinction, 42 passed in first class, and 10 passed in second class. These were the first batch of students allotted by the CET Cell to the college.

`PPR-2002'

The PES Institute of Technology (PESIT) will conduct entrance examinations for the seventh consecutive year under the Placement Process Reengineering Scheme (PPR-2002) in association with top IT corporates.

Students of the VTU studying in the fourth semester in any discipline with an aggregate in excess of 70 per cent in Class 10, Class 12/Second PUC, and first to third semesters of Engineering are eligible. Interested candidates have to register at the PESIT office (phone: 6721983/6720410) on or before May 6 along with proof of marks and a test fee of Rs. 500.

ETYE Programme

The M.S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies is starting the second batch of Encourage Talented Young Engineers (ETYE) Programme for students of third year engineering in colleges in and around Bangalore. Students will be selected on the basis of their scholastic record, an admission test, and interview.

There is no tuition fee. For details, see the website www.msrsas, call 3605539/3601983, or email prakash@msrsas.org.

K. Satyamurty

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