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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: A Guide to JEE Counseling 2011
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. A Guide to JEE Counseling 2011. If you are interested in knowing more about me. This would have a link to JEE Counseling Online Portal, and that page would have links to all participating Institutes. OK Let us get back to what you have to do. You should be getting a Counseling Brochure from JEE explaining the various steps. But basically, your next st...With ...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: College Admission or Lottery?
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Sunday, July 5, 2015. College Admission or Lottery? We love lottery. Lottery is the easiest way to get big bucks, never mind the probability. And hence a large number of people buy lottery tickets. But are we choosing the colleges and universities to study in based on principles of lottery? A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog about how people choose an engineering college. Sir ple...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: 12th class performance of incoming batch at IITK
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Wednesday, October 10, 2012. 12th class performance of incoming batch at IITK. Since COBSE has announced percentage marks equivalent to 80 percentile only for General Category students, we looked at only those students marks in the 12th class. Since 80 percentile was given only for 2012, we have assumed that the marks would have been same in 2011 as well. Added on 11th October:.
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Campus Placements Broken: Who can Fix it?
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Sunday, July 12, 2015. Campus Placements Broken: Who can Fix it? IIT Delhi refuses the request of Zomato to allow them to recruit students on day one. Zomato's founder, Deepinder Goyal, is upset. Link to the news. Deepinder tweeted: Campus placements in India are broken. Placement cells optimise only for money. Growth, esops, quality of work is secondary. Because any other informatio...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Premium Tatkal: Another wonderful step by Railways
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Premium Tatkal: Another wonderful step by Railways. So I was very happy when Railways finally introduced dynamic pricing last December and I wrote a blog. Further, even AC 1st should be brought under dynamic fares. It is very strange to see AC-1st fare to be lower than dynamic fare of AC-2nd in the same train on the same day. (Or at least ensure t...They ...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Six Months Internships for College Students
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Six Months Internships for College Students. So a long term (6-month) internship appears to be a win-win situation on both sides. But what about the delayed graduation. Well, the way I look at it is the following:. Staying in the institute and working on a research project in a good lab (useful to those students who want to make up mind for higher studies but...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Only one chance for NITs too?
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Only one chance for NITs too? Did you give JEE Advanced this year, and are thinking of giving JEE Advanced next year again. Beware. Please read this carefully before accepting a seat from JOSAA. Ever since I wrote the blog on Joint IIT/NIT Counselling. Candidates who accept the allocated seat by reporting at the admitting institute or a reporting center, irresp...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: College Admissions: Infrequently Asked Questions
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Monday, July 13, 2015. College Admissions: Infrequently Asked Questions. So, we all know about the frequently asked questions during the college admission season. The top three reasons are as follows:. Which program has the best placement. Which program gets the highest pay package. Which program has the maximum scope. What is the RoI of certain colleges. (I intend to write a sep...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Variable Pricing of Education
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Variable Pricing of Education. By now, I am sure, people are saying, education is unique. It can't be run on the airline model. There can't be variable pricing in education. But, is that really true. in fact, we already have variable pricing model operational in most universities. Let me explain how. July 14, 2015 at 3:23 AM. In California, a new law allows Lo...
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Expelling Students for Poor Performance
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Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi. I like to write about technical education in India, but I may write about other issues as well. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Expelling Students for Poor Performance. IIT Roorkee has decided to ask 73 students to leave because of their poor academic performance. Here is one of the news report. On this. Asking students to leave for poor academic performance is nothing new for IITs. But what is surprising is the large number involved this time. Is it justified? Having said all this, t...