engg classes begin before seats are selected anupama g.s. bangalore: even before seat selection for engineering courses is over (the special admission round for engineering courses will end on october 16), first semester engineering classes have already begun in most of the engineering colleges. this has certainly inconvenienced students who are seeking fresh seats in the special admission round.
such students, who have gone in for a fresh seat or a course, are find it difficult to cope with the syllabus since they would have missed the first few months of college. "by the time i start attending college, the syllabus would have started. i will miss quite a few theory and practical classes," rued rashmi, one of the many students who have sought a fresh seat in the special admission round. it is a long-felt demand of students and colleges that the education department and the visvesvaraiah technological university formulate a calendar of events for engineering colleges. the calendar of events should specify each year when classes will begin, based on the seat-selection schedule. "if the government releases the seat matrix on time and adheres to the calendar of events, students and colleges won't be put into any inconvenience. even after the seat-selection process, the government continues to allot additional seats which creates this confusion," another student felt. achiever harish g of dr ambedkar institute of technology has been selected for the ieee/acm super computing 2001 conference, scheduled from november 10 to 18, at denver, colorado, usa. happenings after winning several inter-collegiate competitions, it was time for sri bhagawan mahaveer jain college to host one. taru samskriti, the week-long fest ended on october 13. and it was a hit. over 30 colleges participated in the event. the science, management and commerce associations hosted events for two days each and the concluding day was dedicated to cultural programmes which included music and dance competitions. mount carmel college won the overall championship in the management events, while christ college walked away with the championship in commerce events. nmkrv college bagged the championship in cultural events. christ college organised espirit, an all-india inter-collegiate management fest on october 12 and 13, with environment as the theme. bbm students of the college planted trees to commemorate the event. eight events were held in the fest: ecologic - a business quiz; jack and the green stock - a stock market event with online trading sessions; congeniality - an individual personality event; green options - related to taxation of diversified portfolios; green harmony - musical management event; green merchants - retailing event; greenolution - related to marketing strategies; recycle, revive and replenish - related to sick units. about 20 colleges participated, including mahajana college, mysore, ethiraj college for women, chennai, and loyola college, also from chennai. the government ramnarayan chellaram college of commerce organised a blood-donation camp in association with the kidwai institute of oncology on october 12. ymca, bangalore, organised mindstorm-2000, an inter-collegiate kannada and english debate competition, on "is it possible to eradicate terrorism through global campaign in this decade?". university law college represented by vinay aditya and thimothy franklin, bagged the rolling shield in the sir c.v. raman inter-collegiate english debate competition. vinay aditya of university law college, smitha chakravarthy of mount carmel college won the first and second prizes, respectively. the third prize was shared by smrithi daniel of christ college and aditya b.n. of mes college. in the prof t. reubin memorial inter-collegiate kannada debate, vivekananda college represented by santhosh killedar and hariprakash v.k., won the rolling shield. aravind h.t. of v.v. puram law college won the first prize, hariprakash v.k. of vivekananda college and kshama nargund won the second and third prizes respectively. minister for kannada and culture rani sathish inaugurated the new computer block and the bca, mca courses for the academic year 2001-2002, at kle society's s. nijalingappa college, rajajingar, last week. sri bhagawan mahaveer jain college bagged the overall championship at prayas 2001-2002, the inter-collegiate commerce fest, organised by christ college on october 5. over 20 colleges participated. jain college emerged champions in most of the events. manthana, the inter-collegiate fest organised by surana college, had more than 125 students participating. the fest was held between october 11 and 13. events r.v. college of engineering is hosting the visveswaraiah technological university inter-collegiate chess tournament between october 17 and 21. the zonal-level chess tournament is open to all engineering colleges under vtu and will be held between october 19 and 21. the last date for enrolment is october 16. contact prof k.a. ranganatha setty or k.s. radhakrishna at the college on 8600184. the centre for education beyond curriculum, christ college, is organising a non-residential workshop on managerial skills for heads of departments, administrators and senior lecturers on october 30 and 31 at the college premises. the programme includes tqm techniques, teaching methodology, professional ethics, research, managerial issues in the field of higher education and leadership skills for managing knowledge workers. for further details, contact 5502052. awarded p. prakash has got a phd from bangalore university for his thesis on 'an assessment of moral judgment in children using facial expressions - an experimental investigation' in the faculty of psychology. institutions and students can write to campbuzz, c/o the times of india, 40/1, s&b towers, m.g. road, bangalore-560 001 or email at anupamags@indiatimes.com.
