From next year, engineering counselling set to go online

TNN | Updated: Nov 10, 2017, 05:26 IST



CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has issued orders for Anna University to conduct online counselling for the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) and Tamil Nadu Common Admissions (TANCA) from the academic year 2018-2019. While the government has been mulling over taking the counselling process online, official orders for the same were issued this week.

In a GO dated November 6, the government issued orders for the varsity to be the nodal agency for conducting the counselling process completely online from the upcoming academic year. It also ordered for the reconstitution of the co-ordination committee for conducting online counselling for admissions to first year B.E./ B.Tech./B.Arch./ M.E./ M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan from 2018- 2019 onwards, for a period of three years from the date of issue of the order.

The 14-member reconstituted committee has the VC of Anna University as the chairman while V Rhymend Uthariaraj, professor, department of information technology, MIT Campus, Anna University, has been appointed as the new secretary for admissions replacing J Indumathi.

Registrar of Anna University, S Ganesan had earlier written to the higher education minister regarding online counselling for engineering admissions, so as to avoid discomfort to students and parents travelling from various districts to Anna University to attend counselling and to fill up the vacancies in colleges that may arise due to discontinuance of students who opted to join medical /veterinary / agriculture or any other stream.

The GO further states that based on the directions given by the government, action has already been initiated to implement online counselling. Faculty members were asked to design and develop the software that may be required to conduct online counselling.

The other members of the reconstituted committee are principal secretary to government, higher education department, commissioner of technical education, registrar, Anna University, director of government examinations, member secretary of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, legal officer, Anna University, director (admissions), Anna University, secretary, selection committee, medical education, Kilpauk, registrar, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Vandalur, director of collegiate education, director (E.E.), Anna University, George Washington , director (Knowledge Data Centre), Anna University.