On Successful Completion of Open House Day on JEE Counselling at IIT Bhubaneswar on 17 June 2018

IIT Bhubaneswar organized an Open House, JEE Counselling and Interaction meeting on 17 June 2018, for the benefit of IIT aspirants, including those who are qualified in JEE 2018 (Advanced) and those who are going to appear in 2019. A large number of participants, including 45 JEE 2018 (Advanced) rank holders and their parents/guardians participated in the counselling session. The registered participants came not only from Odisha, but also from several other states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, etc. Outstation candidates were provided accommodation in the Institute campus.

The session started with welcome remarks by Prof. V. R. Pedireddi, Dean Student Affairs. Prof. R. V. Rajakumar, Director IIT Bhubaneswar gave an in depth presentation on IIT system including the 1st , 2nd and 3rd generation IITs, IIT education in general and about the rapid strides being made by IIT Bhubanewar on all fronts, including education, research and infrastructure building. This was followed by an introduction to programs of study by Prof. N. C. Sahoo and presentation on general procedures to be followed for admission and counselling at IITs by Chairman JEE, Dr. C. Bhamidipati. The inclusion of supernumerary seats for female students from 2018 as per the policy of the Central Government, aimed at bring gender balance in the engineering education was highlighted. The girl students were also counselled by the JEE help desk team to fill as many choices as possible to maximize their chances of getting a seat in IITs. Various schemes of financial assistance (including Vidyalaxmi scheme introduced last year by MHRD, Govt. of India), to the admitted students were presented by the SBI Regional Manager, Mr. S Panigrahi.

IIT Bhubaneswar would conduct Reporting Centre (RC) activity for JEE Advanced 2018 qualified candidates in its campus at Argul from 28 June – 20 July 2018. Candidates allotted seats in any of the IITs can do their reporting, document verification and accept their seats at IIT Bhubaneswar during 28 June to 19 July 2018. More details can be found on the website: http://josaa.nic.in.

The Q & A session was highly interactive with an active participation of all the participants. There were several very pertinent questions put by the IIT aspirants and their parents regarding choice of branch, seat and suitable career choices in future. The questions were very well addressed and answered by the Panel members. The participants expressed happiness on the initiative of IIT Bhubaneswar in educating the students as well the parents on various technicalities in IIT Education, JEE Admission Process and general queries on various academic programs.
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