B-Tech Courses in BU-Coimbatore
Bharathiar University has decided to introduce B.Tech courses in textile technology, computer technology and information technology this academic year, its Vice-Chancellor G.Thiruvasagam told a press conference here on Wednesday.Listing the major decisions taken at the meeting of the university Syndicate on April 30, he said this would be the first time that an arts and science university was going in for a three-year technology course.The major reason for this was to extend to a large number of youth technical education which had good scope in the job market but was pretty costly if one were to get it from the engineering colleges. "We want this type of education to be provided to as many students as possible."Though this would be a three-year degree course as against the four-year degree course of the technical universities, this would be very helpful to the "ordinary students" as these degree-holders would be treated on a par with other engineering degree-holders. The syllabus, framed with the help of experts, including former Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr.Subramaniam, would involve 95 per cent application and 5 per cent theory.
While the students would have to spend only two days per week in the classroom , they would spend four days in a week with the industry concerned. Thus they would learn while undergoing training. Syllabus-wise it would be equivalent to B.E. The evaluation system would also be "totally objective." The unique thing that the university had decided was to have it as a collaborative venture in association with select colleges.While three city colleges and two rural colleges with excellent infrastructure would be selected, "they are yet to be identified."While the colleges would be the `service providers,' the university would be the `facilitator.'The funds sharing would be 60 per cent by the college and the rest by the university, he adds. To a question, Dr. Thiruvasagam responded that there was no necessity for the university to get the approval of the All India Council of Technical Education.
"Universities are entitled to offer courses provided they have facilities."He wondered why an arts and science university should not offer technology courses when courses in humanities were offered by technical universities. "I have already spoken to the University Grants Commission also."He pointed out that a number of universities in the north were already offering such courses. Only those in the south had been very conservative.As a natural consequence, "we propose to introduce M.Tech also in 2010-11."
