பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் தேர்வு முறையில் மாற்றங்கள்!

பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் தேர்வு முறையில் மாற்றங்கள்!

அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் புதிதாக சேரும் மாணவர்களுக்குப்   புதிய பாடத்திட்டம் அறிமுகம் செய்யப்பட்டதோடு, அரியர் என்ற முறையும் ஒழிக்கப்படுகிறது என தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அரியர் முறை ஒழிக்கப்பட்டு, தேர்ச்சி பெறாத பாடங்களின் வகுப்பில் கலந்துகொண்டு தேர்வு எழுத வாய்ப்பு வழங்கப்படும்.

இதுகுறித்து அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகப் பாடத்திட்டத்துக்கான குழுவின் இயக்குநரும் பேராசிரியருமான கீதா, “சென்னை அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக வளாகத்தில் உள்ள மூன்று கல்லூரிகளிலும், குரோம்பேட்டையில் உள்ள எம்.ஐ.டி. கல்லூரியிலும் பாடத்திட்டம் மாற்றப்பட்டு நடைமுறையில் இருந்து வருகிறது. மாணவர்கள் தாங்கள் தேர்ந்தெடுத்த துறை தவிர, வேறு துறைகளிலிருந்து இரண்டு விருப்பப்பாடங்களை தேர்வு செய்து படிக்க வேண்டும். இந்த முறை ஏற்கெனவே இந்த நான்கு கல்லூரிகளிலும் நடைமுறையில் உள்ளது. இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டில் தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள 518 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளிலும் புதிய பாடத்திட்டம் அமல்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.

அதன்படி, 2017-18 கல்வியாண்டு முதல் ‘அரியர்’ முறை ரத்து செய்யப்படுகிறது. படிப்பில் மந்தமாக இருக்கும் மாணவர்கள், ஒரு பருவத்தில் இரண்டு பாடங்களைக் கைவிட்டுவிட்டு தேர்வு எழுத முடியும். ஒரு மாணவர் அனைத்துப் பாடங்களிலும் தேர்வெழுதி ஒன்று அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட பாடங்களில் தோல்வியடைந்தால், தோல்வியடைந்த பாடங்களை உடனடியாக அடுத்த பருவத் தேர்வின்போது எழுத அனுமதிக்கப்பட மாட்டார்.

மாறாக, அவர் தோல்வியடைந்த பாடம் மீண்டும் எந்தப் பருவத் தேர்வில் வருகிறதோ, அப்போதுதான் அவர் எழுத முடியும். அவ்வாறு எழுதும்போது இன்டர்னல், எக்ஸ்டர்னல் இரு தேர்வுகளையும் எழுதுவது கட்டாயமாகும்.

இதனால் ஒரே நேரத்தில் அனைத்துப் பாட பகுதிகளையும் படிக்காமல், சிறிது இடைவெளிவிட்டு படிக்க முடியும்.

மேலும், மாணவர்கள் தேர்ச்சி பெறாத பாடத்தில் புரியாத பகுதி ஏதேனும் இருந்தால், அந்த வகுப்பு நடக்கும்போது அதில் கலந்து கொள்ளலாம். இதனால், மாணவர்கள் தொடர்ந்து பாடத்தோடு தொடர்பில் இருப்பார்கள். மேலும், எளிதில் தேர்ச்சி அடைய முடியும்.

இந்தாண்டு விருப்பப் பாடத் தேர்வு முறை அறிமுகம் செய்யப்படுகிறது. இதன் மூலம், மாணவர்கள் துணைப் பாடங்களில் (எலெக்டிவ் பாடம்) தாங்கள் விரும்பும் வேறு பாடத்தை எடுத்துப் படிக்க முடியும். ஒரு துணைப் பாடத்தை தங்கள் துறை சாராத, வேறு துறை பாடம் ஒன்றை எடுத்தும் மாணவர்கள் படிக்க வாய்ப்பு வழங்கப்படும்.

மாணவர்கள் ஆறு செமஸ்டர் வரை அனைத்து பாடத்திலும் தேர்ச்சி பெற்று ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக 7.5 கிரேடு பாயின்ட்களைப் பெற்றிருந்தால், எட்டாவது செமஸ்டர் பாடத்தை ஏழாவது செமஸ்டரிலேயே படிக்க வாய்ப்பு உண்டு. எட்டாவது செமஸ்டரில் களப்பணிகளை மட்டும் செய்தால் போதுமானது.

ஒரு பட்டப்படிப்பை முடிப்பதற்கான காலக்கெடு முடிந்த பிறகும் அடுத்த மூன்று ஆண்டுக்குள் தேர்வு எழுதி முடிக்க வேண்டும். ப்ளஸ் டூ முடித்தவர்களுக்காக வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள 14 செமஸ்டர்கள் கொண்ட படிப்பை அதற்கு பிறகு மூன்று ஆண்டுக்குள் முடிக்க வேண்டும். பிற்சேர்க்கை திட்டத்தில் (Lateral Entry) 12 செமஸ்டர்கள் கொண்ட படிப்பில் சேருவோருக்கும் இது பொருந்தும்” எனத் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

Southern Railway told to pay Rs 7 lakh to boy for MRTS accident

By Express News Service  |   Published: 28th July 2017 01:28 AM  |  

 

An MRTS station in Chennai. (File photo: EPS)

CHENNAI: Six years after a three-and-a-half year old boy fell into an uncovered sewage canal in a gap between the wall and floor at Kotturpuram MRTS railway station, the Madras High Court has directed Southern Railway to pay a compensation of Rs 7.1 lakh towards the boy’s medical expenses.

S Srinivasan’s son fell almost 20 feet into the sewage and he was rescued after more than 5 minutes. During this time, the child’s entire body was full of sewage reportedly affecting his face, nose, mouth and almost all parts of the body. He was rushed to a private hospital nearby and treated there. Srinivasan had to pay Rs 2.1 lakh for his son’s treatment.

Srinivasan filed a writ petition in February 2011 praying the court to direct the respondents to pay a compensation of Rs 15 lakh.

 

“The contention of the railways they are not at all responsible for negligence, cannot be accepted,” a recent order by Justice S Vaidyanathan said.  “Similarly, the contention of the petitioner that the entire fault is on the part of the railways, cannot also be accepted. There appears to be contributory negligence on the part of both parties. It is the duty of parents to take care of the children, more particularly when children are in the playful tender age”.

However, the court said this was no ground to reject Srinivasan’s plea, especially as there was a gap between the station building and the canal retaining wall. The court directed the railways to pay a compensation of Rs five lakh and medical expenses of Rs 2.1 lakh. However, as Southern Railway had paid Srinivasan Rs one lakh by way of an interim order, it was ordered to pay the remaining medical expenses of Rs 1.1 lakh, thus amounting to a total of Rs  6.1 lakh.

As Srinivasan’s son was a minor (aged three-and-a-half  years at the time of filing the petition), Southern Railway   was directed that Rs 3.5 lakh with interest at six per cent per annum be deposited in the name of the boy in an interest-bearing fixed deposit scheme in any one of the nationalised banks. The court ordered that the remaining amount of Rs 2.6 lakh be paid with interest at six per cent per annum to Srinivasan.

Payment of fines for traffic violations too goes digital

By Express News Service  |   Published: 27th July 2017 08:13 AM  |  

A traffic cop collecting fine from a motorist using a PoS machine in the city on Wednesday

CHENNAI: Call it a measure to bring in transparency or one to keep pace with the digital revolution. Chennai City Traffic Police will now allow traffic violators to pay spot fine through debit or credit cards. As many as 100 Point of Sale (PoS) machines were distributed on Wednesday, with senior police officials stating they will be put to use immediately.

At present, riders caught violating the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act (1988) are apprehended by police, who employ hand-held machines for spot fining. There are around 40 types of violations, such as disregarding traffic signs and driving without licence, for which fine amounting to a minimum of Rs 100 is levied.

a transaction slip | Express

However, instances of fine receipts not being issued and cops demanding quick money to let the drivers free have led to a significant section of people to share a negative perception about the system.
Senior police officials believe the latest measure will help to change the public impression. “This system of card payments will bring in transparency since there will be no involvement of hard cash.

We are looking to expand this provision in future,” K Periaiah, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) told Express. Though 100 machines, supplied by the State bank of India, have been put to use currently, more PoS machines will be procured soon. Only personnel holding the rank of Sub-Inspectors (Traffic) or above have been authorised to use the machines, for which training has been given to them.

“Three receipts will be generated for the rider, the officer and headquarters. The fine amount will be directly deposited in the road safety fund of the Transport department,” said a police officer. He added that drivers caught for all violations except for riding without helmet can pay using their cards. Helmet-less drivers are issued challans and have to pay their fines after appearing in court.
Police officials say they collected around Rs 25 crore as fine amount from violators last year. This year until this month, Rs 12 crore has been collected as fines, with maximum violations being reported for overspeeding and parking.

This year so far

Traffic police have filed a total of 10.5 lakh cases, with fines totalling D12 crore collected for the same

Maximum offences
No parking: 1.5 lakh cases, fine amounting to Rs 1.7 crore collected
Without licence: 3,000 cases, fine amounting to Rs 14.60 lakh collected
Overspeeding: 37,000 cases, fine amounting to Rs 1.14 crore collected
Stop-line violations: 41,000 cases, fine amounting to Rs 43 lakh collected
Signal violations: 60,000 cases, fine amounting to Rs 60 lakh collected

Bengaluru-based IT professional booked for illegally accessing Aadhaar database

By Express News Service  |   Published: 27th July 2017 11:20 PM  |  

 

BENGALURU: In a case highlighting the security flaws in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), officials have filed a complaint against one Abhinav Shrivastava and others of Qarth Technologies Private Limited for allegedly leaking Aadhaar data.

According to the complaint by the Ashok Lenin, deputy director of UIDAI, Abhinav Shrivastava, the director of Qarth Technologies, had developed an app on Play store to provide e-KYC documents. The documents were allegedly provided by accessing the Aadhaar database without any permission from UIDAI or other authorities.

Aadhar officials also suspected that the accused colluded with others to secure the database before leaking the information to Qarth Technologies.

Pronab Mohanty, deputy director general, UIDAI, Bengaluru confirmed that a case has been filed in Bengaluru. "However, it does not pertain to the regional office, Bengaluru," he said. He also said that the complaint was not a case of malpractice, but that the fault stemmed from the flaws in National Informatics Centre.

Accessing secure Aadhaar database and leaking information from the same is an offence under Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 and Information Technology Act, 2000.

In the FIR registered, Section 37 (intentionally discloses, transmits, copies or otherwise disseminates any identity information collected in the course of enrollment or authentication ....), Section 38 (deals with intentionally accessing Central Identities Data Repository and downloading data) read with Section 29 (2) of Aadhaar Act has been evoked. Apart from it, section 65 (tampering with computer source documents) and section 66 (hacking a computer system) of IT Act, and sections of IPC has been filed against the accused.

Qarth Technologies

According to Zauba Corp, a data bank of various firms, Qarth Technologies was incorporated in October 2012 at Kolkata and was involved in data processing. Directors of the company were Abhinav Srivastava (accused in the case) and Prerit Srivastava. The company, as per Zauba Corp was based out of Science and Technology Entrepreneurs' Park, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Hit by lightning in air, UK plane grounded in Chennai

Saurabh Sinha

New Delhi:





Lightning strike has left a British Airways (BA) wide-body aircraft grounded in Chennai since July 23. According to sources, the London-Chennai flight (BA 35) was hit by lightning soon after take-off on Saturday afternoon. “No malfunction was reported after the lightning strike which happened in London airspace. So the crew decided to continue the almost 10-hour flight to Chennai. The aircraft reached its destination and landed there safely. But after landing when it was inspected, the plane was found to have suffered significant damage,“ said a highly placed aviation source.

 The British carrier mostly uses the latest Dreamliner (Boeing 787) aircraft on London-Chennai route like many of its other India flights.While BA did not comment on the lightning strike and the damage caused by it, it said in a statement: “We apologised to customers and rebooked them onto alternative services after our flight from Chennai to London was cancelled on Sunday following a technical issue. The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority and the aircraft is being inspected by our highly qualified engineers before it returns to service.“ The BA statement shows the plane is grounded since Sunday , when the return flight it was to operate on Chennai-London route, was cancelled and is being examined. Indian aviation agencies are also seeking a report on this lightning strike.

Modern aircraft are built to withstand lightning strikes. While lightning rarely causes structural damage to aircraft, there have been instances of such strikes leaving puncture holes on the surface. Lightning strike can also affect avionics, compasses and engine.





Hindustan Group institutes awards to honour 50 people

Chennai: TNN





As part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Hindustan Group of Institutions will recognise 50 eminent personalities across various fields for their contribution to the betterment of the society. The group has instituted awards in the name of its founder late Dr. KCG Verghese and will present the excellence awards across various categories of Life Time Achievement, Research, Academics, Corporate, Women, Sports, Youth and Community .

This is being instituted through an awards ceremony that will recognize the eminent personalities in the presence of dignitaries such as Prof. K.V Thomas, member of parliament (LokSabha), former minister of food and civil supplies, Govt. of India and Justice, P .Jothimani, judicial member, Green Board of India.
Elizabeth Verghese, chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions, said, “With the view of commemorating our Founders Vision and on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of the group, we are pleased to recognise and honour 50 eminent personalities whose contribution to the society has made a difference in all our lives





IN  A JIFFY - Tangedco's `single day' power connections become big hit

Sivakumar B





Many States Keen On Replicating TN Model 

 

Chennai: The achievement of Tamil Nadu's power utility, providing connections in a single day, seems to have become a big hit, with may discoms keen on replicating the scheme in their states. The 16,000 connections, including domestic, provided by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company Ltd (Tangedco) so far figured prominently at the recent conference of chairmen of discoms in New Delhi.

Under the scheme, consumers seeking a connection can apply and pay the required charges online and receive the new connection within 24 hours. Residents of Chennai region, which includes parts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts, have benefite the most, receiving 8,036 connections.
Only those consumers who are not part of any special or multi-storey buildings falling under the `mere service connection category' are allowed to apply under the scheme. “The applicants of the LT domestic and commercial service con nections can apply either through Tangedco's web portal (http:www.tangedco.gov.in) or in person at the section office concerned. In online mode, the applicant has to fill all the details in the application and upload the scanned copies of the supporting documents,“ a senior official told TOI. The applicants have to ensure that valid documents being uploaded are in complete shape before making online payments. They can pay the charges at the time of registering the application either online or in person at the office concerned.
“We briefed the chairmen [of various discoms] about the scheme and immediately the Centre wanted states to implement it depending on their resources and availabilty of power,“ said the official.
At the meeting held on Saturday last in New Delhi, the financial turnaround that Tangedco had acheieved came up for discussion, with almost all the participating delegates expressing awe at the acheievement. The steps the discom had put in place to make itself financially viable even before it joined the Ujwal Discom Rejuvenation Yojana (Uday) scheme of the central government came in for praise.

“A new domestic connection before the introduction of the scheme used to take 30 days and 60 days for new low tension industrial connection as it involved extension of the transformers or setting up new ones.

But the delay has now been avoided with the introduction of new schemes in both the sectors,“ said the official.

All chief engineers of Tangedco have been asked to take necessary action to ensure that meters and other service connection material are available in the stores for effecting service connections without any delay.

“Once an application for a new LT connection is received, the officials are expected to monitor the progress in providing the connection.Superintending engineers will be taken to task if there is any delay in providing the connection,“ he said.