Admission to Annamalai varsity through TNEA
R. Sujatha
CHENNAI, April 30, 2018 00:00 IST
Varsity location is a disadvantage: V-C
From this academic year, admission to Annamalai University’s engineering programmes will be conducted through the single-window online counselling of the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission.
The decision follows a request from Annamalai University Vice-Chancellor S. Manian last week to Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbalagan during the university’s convocation programme.
On Friday, the Higher Education Department issued an order stating that following a letter from the Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University that admission to its Faculty of Engineering and Technology had been “severely affected” as the university was in a rural area, and due to “fierce competition from mushrooming engineering colleges,” it agreed to permit single-window counselling. The university has been offering engineering programmes since 1945 and has the approval of the All India Council of Technical Education’s for all its 10 engineering programmes.
Fee committee
“This is a government university and our fees are determined by the fee fixation committee. Despite our strong alumni presence and over 50% placement record, we have not been able to fill up our seats. So, we decided to give it to the Directorate of Technical Education,” the V-C said.
Till two years ago, the university was unable to fill seats in the Backward Classes category, though it managed to fill seats in the MBC, SC and ST categories. In 2016-17, only 400 of 800 seats were filled.
R. Sujatha
CHENNAI, April 30, 2018 00:00 IST
Varsity location is a disadvantage: V-C
From this academic year, admission to Annamalai University’s engineering programmes will be conducted through the single-window online counselling of the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission.
The decision follows a request from Annamalai University Vice-Chancellor S. Manian last week to Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbalagan during the university’s convocation programme.
On Friday, the Higher Education Department issued an order stating that following a letter from the Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University that admission to its Faculty of Engineering and Technology had been “severely affected” as the university was in a rural area, and due to “fierce competition from mushrooming engineering colleges,” it agreed to permit single-window counselling. The university has been offering engineering programmes since 1945 and has the approval of the All India Council of Technical Education’s for all its 10 engineering programmes.
Fee committee
“This is a government university and our fees are determined by the fee fixation committee. Despite our strong alumni presence and over 50% placement record, we have not been able to fill up our seats. So, we decided to give it to the Directorate of Technical Education,” the V-C said.
Till two years ago, the university was unable to fill seats in the Backward Classes category, though it managed to fill seats in the MBC, SC and ST categories. In 2016-17, only 400 of 800 seats were filled.
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