Bhubaneswar, Dec. 30: Students who are pursuing BTech at the IIT-Bhubaneswar can use the institute's infrastructure for up to two years after the completion of their degree course if they want to pursue research work.
Announcing this while speaking on the sidelines of a one-day symposium on Innovation in Materials for Renewable Energy Applications today, institute director R.V. Raja Kumar said that the students would not have to enrol themselves into any particular coursework for availing it's infrastructure, such as library, laboratory or other research facilities.
The IIT-Bhubaneswar wants to encourage more students to pursue "meaningful research". For this, the institute wants to provide them with an opportunity to use its state-of-the-art facilities where they can materialize their ideas.
"We will allow graduates to use the institute's facilities from the next academic year. Initially, we will allow students only from IIT-Bhubaneswar, while later we plan to allow students from other IITs as well. We also have plans to include students from local institutes," said Raja Kumar.
Niser test
The National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) for admission into the National Institute of Science Education and Research (Niser), Bhubaneswar, and the University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CBS) will be held on May 28, 2016.
The entrance will be held for admission to the five-year integrated MSc programmes in basic science subjects, such as biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. Those who have completed or are about to complete their higher secondary examination from any of the recognised Indian boards can apply online for the test by March 4, 2016.
Candidates will be able to appear for the test at 52 major towns and cities all over India. The examination will be held from 10 am to 1 pm. Niser-Bhubaneswar has 100 seats while DAECBS has 45 seats. Applicants will be able to download their admit card from the official website of Niser-Bhubaneswar from April, 2016, while the results are scheduled to be declared in June.
Some of the premier other institutes that accept NEST scores for their programmes are the Integrated Science Education and Research Centre (ISERC) and Visva-Bharati Viswavidyalay in Bengal.
