If you want to have a hand in building the new and improved India, here is the course for you. Institute of Career Studies has the details .

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Originally known as the University of Cochin, the institute that later came to be known as the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) came into being in 1971. The university has three separate campuses, two in Cochin and one at Pulinkunnoo, about 65 km south of Cochin.

CUSAT has nine faculties — engineering, environmental studies, humanities, law, marine sciences, medical science and technology, science, social science and technology. It has 29 departments of study and research, offering postgraduate programmes across a wide spectrum of disciplines in the areas of engineering, science, technology, humanities, law and management. During the last three decades of its existence, CUSAT has also built up academic links and exchange programmes with renowned institutions across the globe.

CUSAT offers BTech in civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, safety and fire engineering, instrumentation, naval architecture and ship building, polymer science and rubber technology and a five-year integrated MSc in photonics.

UGC set up a centre of excellence in lasers and optoelectronic science here in 2002, with the aim of producing and sustaining superior quality education and research.

CUSAT has a placement centre for engineering students that makes available information about employment opportunities and higher education. Placement talks and campus interviews are also arranged. The centre has been able to secure coveted jobs in multinational companies and government agencies for a large number of students.

The notification is issued in February and application forms can be obtained from selected post offices on payment of Rs 750 (Rs 400 for SC / ST applicants). Candidates can also register online. They have to then send a demand draft worth Rs 750 (from any State Bank of India branch or its allied banks) drawn in favour of the registrar, CUSAT and payable at Ernakulam. The draft should have the candidate’s name and registration number (obtained at the time of online registration) on the reverse. A printout of the confirmation page should also be sent along with the draft to the director, IRAA unit, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University PO, Cochin-682022.

Eligibility

Applicants should have completed the higher secondary exam with mathematics, physics and chemistry as subjects, or any other equivalent exam, securing a minimum of 50 per cent in mathematics and 50 per cent marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry combined.

Entrance exam

Admission to BTech courses is through an all India common admission test that is conducted by the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, in June at centres all over the country .

Pattern of exam

The test has two papers, one in mathematics and another in physics and chemistry. Each paper consists of 125 objective-type questions, in the ratio of 5:3:2 among the three subjects.

How to prepare

Some of the books you can refer to are Mathematics by S.L. Loni, I.A. Maron, Abhijit Guha and R.D. Sharma, Physics by I.E. Irodov, H.C. Verma and Lodiwala and Chemistry by Krishna and Arihant publishers as well as Physical Chemistry by R.C. Mukherji. Make sure your concepts are clear.

Sources: The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)

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