VIT chancellor Dr G Viswanathan said that 1,57,554 students had applied for the entrance examination, conducted on April 17 at 231 centres in 94 cities across the country.
The VIT University conducted its eighth edition of VIT Engineering Entrance Examination last weekend.
VIT chancellor Dr G Viswanathan said that 1,57,554 students had applied for the entrance examination, conducted on April 17 at 231 centres in 94 cities across the country.
"Fulfilling the demands of students from the Middle Eastern Countries, this year we have put out a centre in Dubai, Riyadh and Singapore also," he said, adding that this year 8,819 more students are taking up the examination.
Results would be announced on May 8, 2010 on www.vit.ac.in followed by counselling in batches.
According to Dr G Viswanathan, under the VIT IGNITE Scholarship scheme, there is a 100% tuition fee waiver for the top three higher secondary exam rank holders in each state, and the top 50 candidates in the VITEEE will get 100 percent of tuition fee waiver and the students ranked 51 to 100 in the VITEEE will get 50% of tuition fee waiver.
GV Selvam, Pro-Chancellor, VIT University, pointed out that while conducting an entrance exam on such a large scale was a logistical challenge, they were able to manage the increasing numbers because of strong systems and processes. "Everything is computerised and handled in-house; we have never needed to outsource the entrance exam. The results announcement, counselling, everything is done online with complete transparency in the process. Once you ensure that, credibility is automatically gained and students believe in it absolutely," he said.
The scope for engineering, he opined, largely depends upon the institute. "At VIT we work closely with industry groups and have experts constantly updating our curriculum as per their needs. We are working with some industry groups whereby a specific program is developed for a particular group of students.
Rather than work in the institute workshop, they will work in the company’s factory itself. We have introduced the fully flexible system for the first time in India where a student can select the professor, the timing, even the classroom, and that too online. Our placement department also studies industry requirements and guides the students. They have two to three offers in hand so there is no need of searching for a job. In fact, we were mentioned in the Limca Book of Records for placement of 1075 students by one company — TCS — on one day, at one campus." he added.
Selvam advised engineering aspirants not to be pressurised by parents or friends. They should visit the campus, discuss with professors before taking a decision. They should be clear about their future — business or a job — and select the brand accordingly. Avoid the herd mentality of opting for a branch just because everyone else is going for it, he cautioned.
This year, VIT will be starting a new campus at Chennai, the first foray outside Vellore. "We were not able to accommodate all the students who wanted to study at VIT so it was necessary to expand. We are putting our 25 years of experience there; it will not be like a new campus starting from scratch. Phase 1 will be 15 lakh sq. ft. We have 80 MoUs with foreign universities and our goal is to provide international quality education. Our aim is to see that India and NRI students should not need to go abroad for higher studies, the mindset needs to change," he emphasised.
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