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Thursday, Jul 02, 2009
Chennai: The number of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) students seeking admission in undergraduate engineering degree courses in the premier Anna University departments declined sharply this year due to stricter eligibility norms for NRI Quota admissions.
The NRI Quota, which is 15% of the sanctioned students' intake in each course, was created a few years ago to enable blood relatives of NRIs to study in the four constituent colleges (now departments) of the renowned Anna University. The beneficiaries of this quota technically need to get a mere pass mark in the Plus Two examinations for an admission into BE/B.Tech courses at the College of Engineering, Guindy; Madras Institute of Technology, A C College of Technology and the School of Architecture and Planning.
"Though as many as 303 seats have been earmarked as NRI Quota seats only 115 of them were filled during the counselling session held on Wednesday at our centre for international affairs," Anna University (Chennai) vice chancellor P Mannar Jawahar said. Among the 303 seats, five percent which works out to 101 seats have been reserved for children of NRIs living in the Gulf countries. The remaining 202 seats are open for NRIs living in other countries.
In contrast, last year 220 students had attended the counselling to choose from the 202 NRI Quota seats alone and eventually 163 candidates were admitted to various courses.
"A key reason for this year's lower turnout could be because the government had made it clear that the seats under NRI quota should be utilised bonafide by the NRIs only and for their children or wards. Whereas, last year the candidature of a NRI quota aspirant could be sponsored by their father or mother, brother or sister or the siblings of parents," Jawahar said.
In fact only 67 seats were filled under the Gulf NRI category and the remaining seats were transferred to the General NRI Quota. But on Wednesday only 48 of the 67 candidates who had applied for admission under the General NRI quota, opted to join the Anna University.
Professor Jawahar also pointed out that the NRI students did not prefer some courses like Leather Technology and Printing Technology. The demand was more for Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering courses.
Turnout of NRI students at Anna Univ declines
Chennai: The number of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) students seeking admission in undergraduate engineering degree courses in the premier Anna University departments declined sharply this year due to stricter eligibility norms for NRI Quota admissions.
The NRI Quota, which is 15% of the sanctioned students' intake in each course, was created a few years ago to enable blood relatives of NRIs to study in the four constituent colleges (now departments) of the renowned Anna University. The beneficiaries of this quota technically need to get a mere pass mark in the Plus Two examinations for an admission into BE/B.Tech courses at the College of Engineering, Guindy; Madras Institute of Technology, A C College of Technology and the School of Architecture and Planning.
In contrast, last year 220 students had attended the counselling to choose from the 202 NRI Quota seats alone and eventually 163 candidates were admitted to various courses.
"A key reason for this year's lower turnout could be because the government had made it clear that the seats under NRI quota should be utilised bonafide by the NRIs only and for their children or wards. Whereas, last year the candidature of a NRI quota aspirant could be sponsored by their father or mother, brother or sister or the siblings of parents," Jawahar said.
In fact only 67 seats were filled under the Gulf NRI category and the remaining seats were transferred to the General NRI Quota. But on Wednesday only 48 of the 67 candidates who had applied for admission under the General NRI quota, opted to join the Anna University.
Professor Jawahar also pointed out that the NRI students did not prefer some courses like Leather Technology and Printing Technology. The demand was more for Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering courses.
Courtesy: Times of India
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