Yogesh Avasthi

Beginning 2013, GTU will not include first and second year BE results in final year marksheet. Students will need to score CPI of 6.5 as against 6.75 for first class Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/201203272012032703055965161e94fcd/Now-first-class-is-cakewalk-for-engg-students.html ) Gujarat Technological University plans to overhaul its existing marking system for BE and diploma engineering courses to ensure more students get first class and better placements. In a move that will benefit lakhs of students, the varsity has decided not to include first and second year scores for final evaluation at the end of the fourth year from 2013. For diploma students, only their second and third year scores will be included in the final marksheet. Additionally, the cumulative performance index (CPI) of 6.75 has been reduced to 6.5 for a first class degree. The changes are being made to give students access to greater job opportun...

GU will conduct practical exams for MBBS, dental courses under CCTV surveillance. This, after complaints that children of prominent doctors were being favoured by examiners Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/201203202012032000102497360ca111/CCTV-CHECK-FOR-MEDICOS.html ) Practical examinations for medical, paramedical and dental courses conducted by Gujarat University will now be closely monitored on CCTV cameras. The exams, to begin in April, will be supervised by deans from other medical colleges within and outside the state. These measures are being taken following allegations that an ‘organised’ racket was being run to ‘help’ children of some prominent doctors appearing for medical examinations. “Deans from medical colleges of other states will be given the duty of supervising these examinations. The viva voce will also be videographed separately. We want to ensure that meritorious students do not suffer,” said Gujarat U...

Gujarat tech varsity has in the past expressed its inability to sponsor students’ innovation and research for lack of funds; yet this did not stop it from running up a bill of Rs 25 lakh on its first convocation, RTI info reveals Yogesh.Avasthi Posted On Monday, March 12, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2012031220120312010859731e3a69548/Convocation-over-innovation.html Gujarat Technological University’s (GTU) first convocation this year was a grand affair. However, it was also an expenditure fest on part of the university where several lakhs were spent. According to sources, instead of splurging on a convocation, the university could have used the fund to support the innovations and researches done by its students. A right to information (RTI) application made by this Mirror correspondent has revealed that GTU spent a whopping Rs 25 lakh on the ceremony which was attended by just about 400 guests and students. While Vice Chancellor Akshai Aggarwal claimed that his o...

Hriday Acharya and Parth Pandya were promised commendation certificates by the board for refusing to be part of the scam. It’s been four years, but the wait continues Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, March 10, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/201203102012031001093475547daa3d1/Students-who-exposed-scam-await-appreciation.html ) Four years ago, during class 12 chemistry exam on March 14, 2008, two students had shown the courage to expose the fake fracture scam. Hriday Acharya and Parth Pandya, who were tricked into writing papers for Harsh Kotak and Komal Patel respectively, refused to do so after they realised that the duo were feigning fractures. Their act of courage and honesty was praised by everyone, including Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB). The board, in 2008, had announced that it will present Hriday and Parth with certificate of commendation. However, till date, these students have received neither the certificates not any of...

One of them was offered a package of Rs 34 lakh per annum by an international firm while the other received Rs 17.5-lakh offer Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, March 08, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2012030820120308022208627643735bb/Nirma-girls-bag-highest-package-for-law-students.html ) On International Women’s Day, two students of Institute of Law at Nirma University gave female power a boost by bagging the highest pay packages offered to any law student in the state. While one of them was offered a package of Rs 34 lakh per annum by an international firm, the other received Rs 17.5-lakh offer by an Indian company. This is the highest salary offered to any non-IIM student from the city in recent years. The student who got the highest package refused to be named. “The Corporate Law student received an offer from Pennigton Solicitors, a UK-based law firm. The offer is subject to the condition that she would get admission to Cambridge. This is not a tough task ...

Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Friday, February 29, 2012 Gujarat Information Commission is planning to launch a special drive in every district to reduce pendency of cases filed under the Right to Information Act. Currently, 9,024 cases, including 1,973 complaints and 7,051 appeals, are pending with the commission. To be held between March 14 and 30, the drive will begin in Surat where the commission will try to dispose of 250 cases. An official, requesting anonymity, said, “We are sorting out cases according to districts and departments. Most complaints are from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Rajkot. Since we will have to call the information officer and appeal officer from the concerned departments as well as the complainant in each case, we will be dealing with hundreds of people. Once we work out the logistics, we will announce the final schedule. We hope to dispose of at least 40 per cent of the cases.” The officials might combine areas where the number of cases are few. The...