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| Friday, Nbvember 23, 2007
Seven engineering colleges planned
TIRUCHI: Anna University–Tiruchi (AU-T) has decided to
start seven constituent engineering colleges spread over 11
districts in its jurisdiction with the objective of making quality
education affordable to students belonging to rural schools.
The first of these proposed institutions would become functional
at Panruti in Cuddalore district from 2008-09, offering six
B.E. programmes _ Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics,
Electronics and Communication and Computer Science Engineering,
and IT_, Vice-Chancellor V. Ramachandran informed on Thursday.
The remaining colleges would be started in a similar way in
subsequent stages in the districts of Perambalur, Nagapattinam,
Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram, he said.
Of the 20 such institutions that the Government has planned
for the State through the four government technical universities,
AU-T will have the largest share of seven colleges. Anna University–Chennai
and Anna University–Tirunelveli will have four constituent
colleges each and Anna University–Coimbatore will have
five.
With concurrence from the Department of Technical Education,
the AU-T has extended its Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
facilitating teachers to acquire M.E. qualification to faculty
in polytechnic colleges. The university has received 300 applications
from polytechnic teachers from all over the State for the FDP
that will commence in January 2008. The FDP got operational
from the start of the current academic year for teachers in
affiliated engineering colleges. To begin with, teachers in
Computer Science Engineering department were facilitated to
take up FDP and complete their post-graduation by fulfilling
67 to 70 credits under Modular-Based Credit Banking Scheme.
From January onwards, the FDP would encompass Structural Engineering,
Thermal Engineering, Embedded System Technologies, Pervasive
Computing Technologies, Communication System and Software Engineering
as well. The university was exploring possibilities for extending
FDP for PG programmes for aspirants in corporate sector through
e-learning mode, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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