Exam Name
IIEST 2012
About Exam (IIEST 2012)
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST 2012) 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 2012 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.
IIEST 2012: Institutes
- 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)
IIEST 2012: Admission Procedure
Admissions to IIEST will be made from the merit listed candidates (Engg) of the JEM 2012 conducted by West Bengal Joint entrance Examinations Board (WEBJEE 2012).
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