IITs to offer about 500 seats under EWS

NEWDELHI: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will offer about 500 seats to candidates from economically weaker sections this year, IIT officials familiar with the matter said.

In January, the Centre had announced 10% reservations in jobs and educational institutions to economically weaker sections (EWS) from the general category in a move that, it said, was done to provide social equality. The EWS quotas were done without disturbing the existing quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, it clarified.

In case of admission to central institutions, the 10% reservation for EWS entails an overall increase of around 25% seats to ensure the number of general category seats remains unchanged. Implementing the EWS quota can be staggered over two years.

According to the tech school officials, most of the 23 IITs will, on average, implement around 4% EWS quota this year. The Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), for admission to IITs, is scheduled to be held on May 27 and will be conducted by IIT Roorkee.

“With the introduction of EWS category in 2019, IITs are going to offer around 500 seats to EWS candidates, which is approximately 4%. The increase in the total number of seats will be a little less than 9%. Thus, the total number of seats will cross 12,500,” said Prof A K Chaturvedi, IIT Roorkee director who is the chairman of the Joint Admission Board of JEE (Advanced), 2019.

According to an information brochure for JEE (Advanced) 2019 uploaded by IIT Roorkee on its website on Saturday, the top 2,45,000 candidates from the JEE (Main) would be eligible for the JEE (Advanced) this year. This includes 9,310 candidates for the General-EWS category and 490 for the General-EWS-PwD (physically disabled) category.

In 2018, out of the 2,31,024 candidates shortlisted after the JEE (Main), only 1,65,656 students registered for the JEE (Advanced). A total of 11,279 seats were offered by the IITs in 2018, an increase of 291 seats from 2017.

Siddharth Pandey, chairman of JEE (Advanced) 2019 IIT Delhi said: “This year, IIT Delhi will be implementing 5.6% EWS quota. We will have an overall increase of 105 seats. For this, we are already constructing a girls’ and a boys’ hostel. We have also explored accommodation outside the premises.”

In comparison, IIT Madras implement 4% EWS quota this year. “This will throw infrastructural challenges, but it is doable. Classrooms will not be much of a problem but accommodations have to be worked out,” director Bhaskar Ramamurthy said.

IIT Kharagpur is likely to reserve 3% seats for EWS candidates, said officials requesting anonymity. The officials said the real infrastructure challenge would come in the second year of EWS implementation when a fresh batch of students would have to be accommodated. In case of new IITs, which are in expansion mode, this would be relatively easier. “We have proposed to allot funds for additional infrastructure, laboratory equipment and more teachers...,” said R Subhramanyan, higher education secretary in the human resource development ministry.

Source: Hindustan Times dated April 3, 2019

Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2019: Entrepreneurs leveraging blockchain in business

An increasing number of enterprises have been exploring blockchain applications to make work flows more efficient and transparent. Commonly known to be the technology underlying cryptocurrencies, blockchain has proven its use case when applied in financial services, supply chain management, digital identification, among many others. A number of this year’s 30 Under 30 Asia list entrepreneurs have harnessed the power of blockchain in scaling businesses and growing investments.

To read the full article, please visit:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamelaambler/2019/04/01/forbes-30-under-30-asia-2019-entrepreneurs-leveraging-blockchain-in-business/#79b8ed822835 (Accessed on April 1, 2019)

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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B26875-B26882	JAIN, NILAKSHI Au / KALBANDE, DHANANJAY R	DIGITAL FORENSIC	INFT	UG BOOK	WILEY	2019	8	DIGITAL FORENCIS(DL)
MECHANICAL
B26837-B26846	GERE, JAMES M. Au / GOODNO, BARRY J.	MECHANICS OF MATERIALS	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	CENGAGE LEARNING	2013	10	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
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B26848	RAO, Y.V.C	ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS THROUGH EXAMPLES	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	UNIVERSITIES PRESS	2011	1	THERMODYNAMICS
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B26851	COURTNEY, THOMAS H	MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2000	1	MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
B26852-B26853	CHAPMAN, W.A.J	WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY: PART 1: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE 5th.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	CBS	2001	2	PRODUCTION PROCESS-I
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B26856-B26857	CHAPMAN, W.A.J	WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY: PART 3  3rd.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	CBS	1975	2	PRODUCTION PROCESS-I
B26858	By GREWAL, B. S. Au / GREWAL, J.S. Au / DHANOA, J.K	HIGHER ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS  44th.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	KHANNA	2017	1	APPLIED MATHEMATICS-III
B26859-B26860	BALLANEY, P.L	THERMAL ENGINEERING: ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNIQUES	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	KHANNA	2015	2	THERMODYNAMICS
B26861	GERE, JAMES M. Au / TIMOSHENKO, STEPHEN P.	MECHANICS OF MATERIALS	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	CBS	2004	1	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
B26862	BASAVARAJAIAH, B.S. Au / MAHADEVAPPA, P.	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS  3rd.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	UNIVERSITIES PRESS	2019	1	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
B26863	JAIN, R.K.	PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS   19th. Vol.No. 1	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	KHANNA	2019	1	PRODUCTION PROCESS-I
B26864	JAIN, R.K.	PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: MACHINING TECHNIQUES AND AUTOMATED MACHINE TOOL SYSTEMS 19th. Vol.No. 2	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	KHANNA	2019	1	PRODUCTION PROCESS-I
B26865	LAKHTIN, Y. Au / WEINSTEIN, NICHOLAS Tr.	ENGINEERING PHYSICAL METALLURGY	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	CBS	1998	1	MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
B26868	AGRAWAL, B.K.	INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING MATERIALS	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2016	1	MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
B26869-B26870	DIETER, GEORGE E.	MECHANICAL METALLURGY 3rd.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2016	1	MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
B26871	SUBRAMANIAN, R.	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 3rd	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS	2016	1	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
B26872	GANGOPADHYAY, A.K. Ed. / RAMANANDA, B.S. Ed. / RANGANANTHAN,M.V. Ed.	PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2016	1	PRODUCTION PROCESS-I
B26873-B26874	BEER, FERDINAND P. Au / JOHNSTON, E RUSSELL Au / DEWOLF, JOHN T. Au / SANGHI, SANJEEV / MAZUREK, DAVID F.	MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 7th.	MECHANICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2017	2	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
ELECTRICAL
B26866	BELL, DAVID A.	ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS 5th	ELECTRICAL	UG BOOK	OXFORD	2008	1	ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
B26867	SUBRAHMANYAM, VEDAM	ELECTRIC DRIVES: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 2nd.	ELECTRICAL	UG BOOK	McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION	2011	1	ELECTRICAL MACHINE-1
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CD3125	CHOPRA, RAHUL Ed.	OPEN SOURCE FOR YOU (DVD): MARCH 2019 (OSFY) Vol.No. 7(06)	ALL	CD	EFY ENTERPRISES	2019	1	NIL
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