IIT Bombay to launch Massive Open Online Courses:

IIT-B has collaborated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard to launch Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).  IIT Bombay has developed and deployed training programs, engaging thousands of participants at a time using Information and Communication Technologies.  The project aims to understand and solve issues in scaling up quality education using technology. IIT Bombay has a total of 14 academic departments, six centres, one school, and three interdisciplinary programmes.  It is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research.  It is reputed for the quality of its faculty and the outstanding calibre of students graduating from its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Around 39,000 engineers and scientists have graduated from the institute. Source: Indian Colleges

Students from underprivileged background crack entrance exam JEE results 2013:

28 of the 30 students from Bihar's Super 30 free coaching center cracked the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).

Abhishek Kumar son of amechanic cleared the prestigious engineering exam. Abhishek aspires to become an electrical engineer, a trait that runs in his genes.

Others students of Super 30 like Bhanu Pratap son of Rampyare Pratap, a poor laborer from Uttar Pradesh also cleared the exam.

Pranav Kumar from Samastipur district in Bihar is the son of a landless farmer, Pankaj Kumar. Pranav studied in a government school. On cracking the exam, he said that AnandKumar "not only taught us but gave us the confidence to excel even in the face of odds".

When Ankit Kumar from Vaishali district in Bihar lost his father, a lineman in the telephone department, in a road accident last year, his life seemed to come to a standstill.

"I came to know of Super 30 and cleared its screening test. Here, I seemed to have found my new father," he said.

Shivangi Gupta, daughter of magazine vendor in Deha, 50 km from Kanpur, saw acute hardship from her childhood as her father Viresh Chandra Gupta struggled to make both ends meet.

"I was provided all help and stayed in Anand Kumar's and finally cracked my dream exam,"Shivangi said.

Farhad and YasmeenShafi's son Hanjala has also made it through the IIT-JEE. Hanjala's parentshave a small shop in Patna. They somehow scraped together money to pay his school fees. "Today my son is set to go to IIT," said a proud Yasmeen.

Santosh Kumar's father Sanjeev Mallik from Madhubani is worried how he will pay his son's IIT fees,but he has faith in god to see them through. "I don't have the money to buy him new clothes and books. But when god has brought him this far, he will take care of his future also. I am a driver and don't even know what IIT is," Mallik said.

A proud Afsar NathMishra, a Sanskrit teacher and priest from Banka, is proud that his daughter Preeti Kumari will be an engineer. "She will be our support when we are old," Mishra said.

Source: Indian Colleges

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13-year-old cracks IIT exam, again:

ARA: A 13-year-old child prodigy from Bihar's Bhojpur district, who had created history by becoming the youngest student to clear the IIT-JEE entrance exam last year, had cracked the prestigious examination again with an improved ranking this year. Satyam Kumar, whose father is a farmer, secured an all India rank of 679. He had got 8,137th rank last year and took the exam again to improve his ranking. The boy had broken the record of Delhi's Sahal Kaushik last year. Kaushik had cracked the IIT-JEE exam when he was 14. Born on July 20, 1999, Satyam had shown exceptional talent since childhood. He left Patna's Central Public School to move to Kota in Rajasthan to join an IIT coaching institute. The institute's director, R K Verma, took his test and found his so talented that he helped finance his studies for one of the toughest examinations in the country. Satyam, who passed his Class X examination from a Kota school, said he wants to be a scientist to contribute to aeronautical and aerospace engineering. At a function organized to felicitate him, Satyam told students to solve difficult problems of mathematics and physics playfully through duplet method. Source: TIMES OF INDIA URL : www.examhook.com

13-year-old cracks IIT exam, again:

ARA: A 13-year-old child prodigy from Bihar's Bhojpur district, who had created history by becoming the youngest student to clear the IIT-JEE entrance exam last year, had cracked the prestigious examination again with an improved ranking this year. Satyam Kumar, whose father is a farmer, secured an all India rank of 679. He had got 8,137th rank last year and took the exam again to improve his ranking. The boy had broken the record of Delhi's Sahal Kaushik last year. Kaushik had cracked the IIT-JEE exam when he was 14. Born on July 20, 1999, Satyam had shown exceptional talent since childhood. He left Patna's Central Public School to move to Kota in Rajasthan to join an IIT coaching institute. The institute's director, R K Verma, took his test and found his so talented that he helped finance his studies for one of the toughest examinations in the country. Satyam, who passed his Class X examination from a Kota school, said he wants to be a scientist to contribute to aeronautical and aerospace engineering. At a function organized to felicitate him, Satyam told students to solve difficult problems of mathematics and physics playfully through duplet method. Source: TIMES OF INDIA URL : www.examhook.com

Students can now create their own eBook:

College students across India may beable to pick and choose standalone chapters in a variety of subjects. In a move towards interactive education,Attano, a store for interactive educational ebooks, has launched Chapter Buy. Students can now buy chapters from arange of books by publishers in subjects including Engineering, Management,Science, and Commerce. “Students in India are adopting technology. With over 10 million tablets andover 60 million Internet connected phones – this is a no brainer that in a matter of time most students will use these devices to study,” says DeepakSheth, Director, Sheth Publishers Pvt Ltd, who has tied up with Attano. Sheth believes that giving students the chance to make their own book is the way forward. Soumya Banerjee, CEO, Attano is optimistic about the initiative. “Chapter Buy starts at just Rs 3. The median price point across the 10,000+ chapters we are offering is approximately Rs40,” he says. Chapter Buy includes 900 books at present and includes both UG and PG programs. It also covers entrance exams. The chapters can be read on a free Attano Reader that can be downloaded from the Attano websites and can be usedon PCs, laptops, androids and ipads. Students do not need to be connected to the internet once they have finished downloaded the chapters. Source:Indian Colleges

IIM admissions 2013: Odisha's tribal youth gets into IIM

For the students of many tribal groups in Odisha, clearing the Class 10 exam is considered a huge achievement.But a little help can bring out the best as it did for Ganeswar Miniaka, who isall set to take admission into one of India's coveted B-schools. Miniaka, 20, who belongs to Odisha'sprimitive Kandha tribe, has been invited by several prestigious institutions,including Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), after he scored 56.46 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) held in October last year -thanks to his efforts and the support provided to him by a private institution here. CAT is one of the most rigorous entrance examinations for business administration programmers, and the test score is used by the country's top B-schools to shortlist applicants for admissions. "Although I have got six calls including those from IIM-Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Kashipur (Uttarakhand) and Udaipur (Rajasthan), I have decided to join IIM-Triruchiapalli," Miniakatold IANS in an interview. Miniaka, a resident of Serigumma village in Rayagada district, about 550 km from here, attributes his success to his continuous efforts and the support he received from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), which provided him free coaching, study environment and proper care. Located in Bhuvaneswar, KISS is hometo around 20,000 tribal children who receive free education from kindergarten(KG) to post-graduate (PG) level and vocational training. Miniaka was invited by KISS in 2010 to take admission in a three-year degree course after he passed the Class 12 examination with 68 percent marks from a college in the district head quarterstown of Rayagada. He cleared the commerce degree programme this year with distinction. "I used to help my father inagricultural work during my school days. I had never thought I would ever be able to study in a B-school. It has become possible only because of KISS,"he said. Miniaka's two elder brothers, one of whom has a bachelor's degree, are engaged in agricultural work. "My future plan is to help poor students of our community, he said. Source : India colleges URL : www.examhook.com

Cut-offs revised for IIT admissions:

HYDERABAD: Only those students who are among the top 20 percentilers in the Intermediate Public Examination (IPE) while considering all the subjects would be eligible to take admission in the IITs in the country this year. This means that a general category student would have to score 437 marks or above out of 530 to become eligible.

 Earlier, the top 20 percentile criteria took into account only the marks scored in Maths, Physics and Chemistry. But the authorities have decided to take into account all the subjects now. Following this, sources in the Board of Intermediate Education detailed the cut-off marks for students of different categories. While it would be 457 for general category students, it would be 428, 387 and 396 for OBC, SC and ST candidates respectively.

In percentile scores, general category students, who get 79.63 percentile, will qualify for admissions. Percentiles required for other categories are 79.607 for SCs, 79.55 for STs, 79.69 for OBC and 79.68 for differently-abled category. A total of 1.5 lakh candidates had written the JEE-Advanced examination on June 2.

Sources from the secondary education department said that officials calculated the top 20 percentile as several requests were coming from parents and students asking for the same. "The document is, however, not final as the actual calculations are to be done by IIT-Kanpur which is in charge of conducting the examination. IIT-Kanpur will announce the results," an official said.

The rule under which intermediate marks are taken into account while fixing the eligibility criteria for students was introduced this year. Till last year, only performance of candidates in the competitive examination (JEE) was considered.

Source by: Indian Colleges.

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IIT JEE EAMCET 2014:

ExamHook is an exclusive online examination portal for IIT JEE. We provides IIT JEE (Main/Advance), EAMCET, AIEEE, CA Study material and online practice.It is developed as one point solution for senior secondary level students to take immediate study planning. Online test will help you to know how extent is ready for your exams, and assess yourself by practice tests and mock tests. This page is an exclusive for IIT JEE, AIEEE and EAMCET online practice. You can practice up to the completion of question bank. Along With Exam Practice We Also Provides assessment reports and performance trend reports to each member of Examhook.

Examhook guides the students how to prepare for IIT JEE, AIEEE and EAMCET entrance exams and suggests the students to build a career in a right manner. Guide the students in a manner to get ready for exams and excel in their performance. Guidance page is not only for exam guidance but also for career guidance. We provide information which will very useful for each and every student. 

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IIT-JEE (advanced ) exam 2013 to be held tomorrow June 2: The IIT- JEE 2013 advanced exam will be held on June 2. The IIT- JEE ranks will be announced on July 7. Psychologist Arti Vadnerkar,  shares some tips for students appearing for the Recall It is never too late to put in the extra work to improve your grades. Spend time on recalling few days before exam. This will help you to remember the important points for each answer. Revise Be organized. Don’t just read over the notes as you will quickly lose concentration. Make your revision active by making a list of questions, a mind-map or reciting information aloud. Take help Test yourself on work that you have covered. Ask your parents to test you, especially for the formulas, definitions, concepts. The Central Board of Secondary Education will provide photocopy of OMR Sheet, answer key and the Calculation sheet to the IIT-JEE 2013(Mains) aspirants. Source:INDIAN COLLEGES. URL : www.examhook.com

JEE (Advanced): How toppers approach the exam:

If Vickram Tripathi ever talks to you about JEE toppers, there is one word he will use: Focus. “There is a difference in the way that toppers approach JEE,” says the director of KVN Classes, Punjabi Bagh Centre, Delhi. Toppers focus on strengths Toppers, according to Tripathi, will not waste time on areas that they are not sure of. “An ordinary student spends time on problems that they are not sure on,” explains Tripathi.  A bright student starts off with the areas they are strong at before they start with other sections. “This would have given them a boost in their confidence,” he says. Toppers minimise negative marking JEE (Advanced) has negative marking. Being a topper is about having a good strategy. “Minimising on negative marking is must for toppers as this is an area that you can score,” says Tripathi. Toppers are comfortable Of course, toppers would have spent the past two years preparing for JEE. “We’ve seen that it is those who stay calm and composed that come out on top,” says Ashwin Muralidharan, founder, JEE Funda, an initiative by IITians for students who are sitting for JEE. “They have attempted numerous papers and answered so many questions that there is a comfort level,” adds Tripathi. Toppers read the question Even bright students lose marks if they do not read a question properly. “Never assume that a question asks for something. Be cautious and read the instructions. Do not panic. The paper is for three hours. Believe in yourself,” concludes Tripathi. Source:INDIAN COLLEGES. URL : www.examhook.com

3 myths about gifted students:

Many parents wish they had gifted children without realizing the implications of what it means to bring up a sensitive child who is a quick learner, often gets bored and is more comfortable with older children rather than their classmates. Let’s look at three myths about gifted children when it comes to academics: Gifted children get great grades Not all gifted children get good grades. Most children who are gifted usually learn how to read by the age of 5 and they will know more of the curriculum than other students. So why don’t all gifted children go to IITs and IIMs? This is because gifted children like to question and are problem solvers. This is an aspect which is not encouraged in the Indian education system. What many teachers do not realize is that it takes one sarcastic comment to hurt a gifted child. It also takes a good teacher to provide them with the opportunities. Some gifted children fear that anything less than an A is a personal disappointment. These children may also think a lot and may find it difficult to take risks. Gifted children are more intelligent than children of their age Gifted children learn faster, but this does not make them smarter in other aspects. A five year old may be reading books for 10 year olds and have the ability to spot mistakes but they may not have the emotional maturity. Gifted children have good jobs A study conducted in 2010 by British psychologist Professor Joan Freeman followed the lives of 210 child prodigies. It found that only six ended up becoming extremely successful. What to do As a student: If you think that you are a gifted child, approach your parents and ask them to talk to a teacher or a counsellor so you get the additional support apart from academics that you require. This will help you nurture your talents. If you are a parent and you think that your child is gifted: There is a gifted assessment test that a psychologist can conduct. There are gifted enrichment workshops that your child can take part in.  Also, make sure that you treat your child like any other child and provide them the love and support that they need. For a teacher: If you have a gifted child in the class, they may not like a fact or a problem explained repeatedly. A gifted child is more likely to ask questions that you may not have the answer to. You may not have that much time to deal with a gifted child individually, but you can spare 5-10 minutes after class and give them worksheets of the chapter taught in class but at a more advanced level. Source:INDIAN COLLEGES. URL : www.examhook.com

JEE normalization formula for class XII marks confusing

NAGPUR: Officials conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) have revealed the formula to be used this year for normalization of class XII marks. However, experts feel this formula is too complex to be comprehended by students. This normalization of marks is being done so that the scores can be used for admissions to non-IIT institutes. Abhishek Bansal, who heads a national level coaching institute in Nagpur, said, "It is indeed a complicated formula and little chance that the layman will understand it. What they basically have decided is that the 40% weightage for board exams will be split further into half. The first 20% will be for board exams and the other 20% will be taken from JEE (Main) scores among that particular board's students." URL : www.examhook.com