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‘You Believe, You achieve’

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                                     ‘Doubt can stop you in your tracks; it can drain your desire,                                          Believing on the other hand can set your world afire’ Yes, dear friends, we often come across a failure here, a disappointment there, a loss of hope somewhere, a lack of support out there… do these things often well up in your mind and keep you from doing what you must? If your answer is YES, you ought to read the lines that follow. 99% of your inspiration can come to naught with one 1% of desperation! It is therefore your personal responsibility to keep your spirits high more often than usual.   The kind of books that we read, people we socialize with, movies that we see,   news that bombards us day in and day out can all dampen our spirit and will. Is there a way out to insulate ourselves from these external instigators? There may not be any readymade solution but at the same time, there is no problem under the Sun has no solution. Leo Tols

STUDSAT Project at NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore

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A  picosatellite, named STUDSAT, was launched in July 2010 from Sriharikota aboard the PSLVC-15 along with ISRO satellite named CARTOSAT 2B. It was placed into the orbit of 630 km above the earth and was successfully tracked by the ground station - Nitte Amateur Satellite Tracking Centre (NASTRAC) at NMIT. This very unique work was done by a consortium of seven engineering colleges from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh with NMIT as the lead centre , under much-needed guidance from ISRO. NMIT is one of the  Top 10 engineering colleges in Bangalore, Karnataka. NMIT which is one of the best engineering colleges in Bangalore , constantly takes up and encourages initiatives similar to STUDSAT keeping in mind the interests of students and teachers. How did the project help and impact the students? Team got an opportunity to work on a project that is multidisciplinary in nature. Interaction with ISRO scientists on specifications document, design document, and test results were enriching and en

Total implementation of ‘Outcome Based Evaluation’: Need of the hour

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A study on employability by NASSCOM in 2017, shows that only 4.22% of engineering graduates are employable in product-based companies and that is 17% in service industries.   Some of the reasons attributed for such a dismal level of absorption are: Students have to make do without of date curriculum Graduates lack   communication/soft Skills Institutions mostly follow the traditional method of teaching The evaluation  system has not been made robust enough to find out the knowledge level of the students Given the above, Outcome Based Education (OBE) in Engineering is a need of the hour. Even though the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with the support of ABET has listed 12 Graduate Attributes in the year 2013, most of the Indian Institutions are yet to move to the OBE system in full scale.   It is gratifying to note that our government is motivating the Institutions to get their programs accredited by National Board of Accreditation and is willing to help the institutions to tak

At NMIT, Communication ability is the Priority!

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  It is important that every one of us irrespective of positions and dispositions needs to hone this essential skill every day and in every way. No one can ever say that he knows enough of it and that he does not need more! You may be quite good at communication with others but you do not know the dynamics involved in ’total communication’. Your success in communication, therefore, hinges on the listeners (counterparties), situation, and your own ‘self’ at that point in time. Communication is situational and would have to be multi-faceted and multi-dimensional. Engineering grads by virtue of merit often find themselves in high positions. However, communication ability is found to be lacking even among them. Keeping this in mind NMIT placement team has taken aggressive steps for enhancing linguistic and other abilities on a war footing to help students chase dream jobs into reality. The subject of communication is so vast that half of the paper produced in this world would have in

NMIT's Student First Approach...

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  Nitte Meenakshi  Institute of Technology (NMIT)   is placed  3 rd   among all private engineering colleges in India for innovations and new initiatives by ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement). The Institute has bagged many laurels from renowned organizations. The institute is offering 7 UG and 9 PG courses in engineering with a wide range of disciplines.  NMIT  which    been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with A +  Grade, is ranked 128 among the Engineering Institutions in the country by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) - MHRD for the Year 2020. NMIT always aspires to be up to date with the new courses, new inventions, and robust  skills revived on a regular basis.    As a part of course delivery, NMIT drives the students into workshops, projects, and internships for practical knowledge and industry readiness.    NMIT helps students become committed employees, entrepreneurs law-abiding, and nation-lo

Why a degree in Engineering? Six compelling reasons

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Engineering is one of the most preferred professional courses for science students. In India, Approximately 1.5 Million students pass out every year from engineering colleges to fulfill their future dreams. Among several other professional courses, the engineering course continues to be the best option year after year. Here are the top six reasons why An engineering degree is still a popular   Understanding the Industry Understanding the basics of production, how service industries work, or even starting the own business where you need to learn how sales & marketing, technical support or a website works, can all loopback to the engineering fundamentals, you may have learned. Brings Prestige and Personal Happiness With an engineering degree on hand, you will feel empowered to try hands in different domains. You can teach, coach, research, write, and importantly do consulting. Entrepreneurship and start-up enterprises will be your cup of tea. To grow and earn goodwill, t