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About Exam (IIEST 2011)
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST 2011) are institutes proposed by the Government of India to meet the growing demand for engineering and scientific manpower to meet India’s increased industrialization. The proposed IIESTs would be created by an act of the Parliament of India. They would be given the status of Institutes of National Importance, on the lines of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) by the Indian government. The first institute to actually be granted the IIEST status is Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, which is going to granted the IIEST status from the Academic Year 2011-12 onwards.
IIEST 2011 will integrate under-graduate education, post graduate education and research in engineering and science under the same umbrella. IIEST will be an institution of international standard and will produce quality manpower for the strategic sector of the country, research laboratories and quality teachers for the institutions of engineering and science education.
The IIESTs are supposed to receive funding similar to that of IITs after the planned upgrade over next five years. IIESTs can achieve more govt. support/funding by uniting together on a collective bargaining principle. Each college will receive one-time amount (spread over 5 years) of Rs. 500 crores (Rs. 5 billion or $ 125 million) for infrastructure improvement and annual funding of Rs. 50 crores.
Institutes under IIEST 2011
- IIEST Kolkata (Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur) (BESU)
- IIEST Cochin (Cochin University of Science & Technology)
- IIEST Hyderabad (Osmania University College of Technology)
- IIEST Visakhapatanam (Andhra University College of Engineering)
- IIEST Varanasi (Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University) (IT-BHU)
Note: As of October 2010[update], of the original five institutions, the government have decided IT-BHU will be upgraded to an IIT. Of the other four, the only institution on which the government has moved forward was BESU,the rest being kept pending.
Admission Procedure for IIEST 2011
Admissions to IIEST will be made from the merit listed candidates (Engg) of the JEM 2011 conducted by West Bengal Joint entrance Examinations Board (WEBJEE 2011).
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