Undergraduate students of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), mainly from the computer science and information science branches, will have a new syllabus from this academic year.

The VTU, in association with Intel Corporation, has prepared a multi-core curriculum which the varsity officials said was aimed at integrating parallel programming at the undergraduate level to nurture future software developers.

The new syllabus will come into effect from the current academic year, classes for which commence on September 6.

The VTU plans to revise curriculum for undergraduate courses once in every four years and once in every three years for MCA courses. M Tech courses will be revised once in two years. “The main objective is to have a useful and innovative institute-industry linkage,” said H Maheshappa, vice-chancellor, VTU.

The students of all the branches would study the fundamentals of computers and C programming during their first year, said K Rajanikanth, chairman board of studies, VTU. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology has trained the faculty members on the revised curriculum. Meanwhile, Intel has assured to provide support for the colleges who want to setup laboratories

Engineering students pursuing their PHDs needn’t fret over errors in their results anymore. The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has introduced online evaluation of answer scripts for its PhD students from 2010-11. On a pilot basis, VTU  has already scanned the 750 PhD answer scripts.

If all goes well, it’ll be extended to MTech and MBA courses too. In fact, this leap could work wonders for the student community overall.

“Digitizing the answer script is a novel idea and the first-of-its kind in the state. This method saves a lot of time and is error-free,” said H Maheshappa, vice chancellor, VTU.
Manual evaluation is not only time-consuming but leaves multiple scope for errors. “Sometimes, the evaluator would have overlooked a question or missed an answer sheet. There have been instances where wrong marks were awarded due to incorrect totalling. These kind of glitches can easily be curbed through digital evaluation,” Maheshappa added.
According to the VC, in case of multiple solutions, the evaluator will have the freedom to decide. “Fraction marks won’t be awarded. Accidentally, if the evaluator gives more than the maximum marks allotted, the system will reject it immediately,” he said.
The university is also mulling over getting evaluations done from other centres, besides VTU. This method will also allow the university to mail photocopies to students.
HOW IT WORKS
Once exams are over, answer scripts are sent to the university for scanning. The process take only a few minutes and the scripts get stored in the system. A software developed exclusively for digital evaluation helps the evaluator open the answer booklet with just a mouse click. Next, the screen displays a series of register numbers. The evaluator can have his pick. The question for the particular answer is displayed on the screen, along with the scheme of evaluation. This contains marks for each question and the format. For instance, definition — 2 marks, solution — 1 mark, etc. The board chairman designs the scheme.
This concept also allows two evaluators to check the same answer script simultaneously. Marks are totalled digitally and sent to the main server under categories ‘evaluator 1’ and ‘evaluator 2.’ The final evaluator then draws an average out of the two. “In case of a difference of 15 marks or above, the third evaluator reassesses the script. If the marks allotted by him/her are closer to any of those awarded by the previous evaluators, then the average of those two are considered,” Maheshappa explained.

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Elections would be held on June 21 to elect four members of the Karnataka Legislative Council from the Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies.

The election is necessitated with the expiry of the term of four members from these four constituencies in the state. The four members whose term expires due to retirement are: P M Nadagouda (Karnataka North-West Graduates’ Constituency), K T Srikante Gowda (Karnataka South Graduates’ Constituency), G K Patil (Karnataka North-West Teachers’ Constituency) and Basavaraj Horatti (Karnataka West Teachers’ Constituency). Their terms expire on June 30.

According to the announcement of elections made by Mysore division regional commissioner M V Jayanthi, who is the Returning Officer for the Karnataka South Graduates’Constituency, candidates intending to contest the election should not be below 30 years of age. Only graduates registered in the electoral rolls of Mysore South Graduates’ Constituency will be eligible for voting.

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