Around 800 students from 19 Indian States secured admission in nine branches of Bachelor of Technology (BTech) offered by Graphic Era Deemed University and seven branches of BTech offered by Graphic Era Hill University. The combined counseling for BTech was held for both the universities in campus on June 8-9, with 950 students attending the counseling, said Graphic Era Hill University Chancellor Kamal Ghanshala.
As in past years, this year, too, students preferred to choose BTech branches like computer science, mechanical engineering, electronic and communication and civil engineering. Students of different States like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and other States attended the counselling and 800 of them enrolled for BTech.
Ghanshala said, "From this academic session, the university has decided to give discount on fees to students whose siblings are currently studying in the university while discount on fees through lottery system will be given to students whose siblings have passed out from the university. Thirty per cent seats have been reserved for Uttarakhand students who will receive 25 per cent concession on fees in Dehradun and Bhimtal branches of Graphic Era Hill University".
He said, "For providing affordable quality professional and technical education to the youth of Uttarakhand’s mountainous regions, Graphic Era Educational Society (GEES) established Uttarakhand Graphic Era Hill University in 2011 with campuses at Dehradun and Bhimtal. The UGEHU campus at Bhimtal has been designed as a self contained community with academic facilities and administrative offices. Facilities like students’ accommodation, amphitheatre, cafeteria, play fields, library and computer centres and lecture theatres have been provided for."
Ghanshala said that UGEHU offers 19 courses at its two campuses. Both campuses have been equipped with quality infrastructure, best of minds from academia and industry. Programmes offered by the university are aimed at providing opportunities to strengthen students’ knowledge, broaden their experience and develop their skills that will be of interest to potential employers.
UGEHU vice chancellor Prof Sanjay Jasola said that the university offers various career development programmes designed to meet requirements of the contemporary business world. It offers academic programmes at under graduate and post graduate levels which cover various disciplines of management, computer application, mass communication and law.
In Dehradun campus, under School of law, candidates can secure BA llB (Hons) and BBA llB (Hons) five year integrated course. The School of Architecture and Planning offers (B Tech) five years; School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers courses like Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (three years), Bachelor of Business Economics (three years) and BCom (Hons) (three years).
"Under school of management, we have BBA (three years) and MBA (two years). Under school of Engineering and Technology, we have BTech (four years) in Petroleum engineering, electronic and communication engineering, computer science and engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, civil engineering."
School of Computer Applications offers BCA (three years), MCA (three years) and MCA (two years) while School of Allied Sciences offers three-year BSc (Animation and VE) and BSc (IT).
In the Bhimtal Campus, the School of law offers llB (three years), BA llB and BBA llB fiver years integrated; School of Management offers BBA (three years) and MBA (two years); School of Engineering and Technology offers BTech (four years) in ECE, CSE, CE and ME and MTech (computer science); School of Computer Application offers BCA and MCA (three years) and MCA (lateral) (two years), whereas the School of Allied Sciences offers bachelor of Hotel Management (threeyears) degree.
These programmes will train the students on each relevant aspect so as to develop the theoretical and practical skills required in different spheres of instrumentation and control industries. Jasola further said that the university has been developing a rigorous system of quality assurance for higher education with a view to continuously assessing ways to protect and improve the quality of courses, qualifications and research and ensure minimum standards.
"Our effort operates in four areas of quality assurance by designing courses that meet minimum standards, conducting continues reviews of existing courses, carrying out faculty audits and engaging in quality promotion and capacity development. We are vigilant about quality and are able to ensure that appropriate systems are in place and functioning consistently," he added.
He further said that the university has all necessary lab facilities, equipment and software across disciplinary levels to enhance theoretical understanding and practical exposure and expertise. At GEHU, students will have access to all the modern amenities, including comfortable and well-designed classrooms, libraries, digital library and well-equipped computer labs.
More than 90 faculty members have PhD degrees while over 60 are from IITs and NITs. The university has signed a memorandum for joint research, students’ exchange, faculty exchange, collaborative higher study opportunities for students and faculty members with California State University, San Bernardino, California, USA, University of Worcester, UK, Sheffield Hallam University, UK; Institute of Commercial Management (ICM), UK and IEC Worldwide, UK.
Graphic Era University is preferred for recruitment for almost all the companies who visit it for campus placements. Big names like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Accenture, HCl, Mahindra Satyam and others have been continuously recruiting the technical and management graduates from Graphic Era.In the academic year 2011-12, a record number of 1,322 students have already been placed with the majority securing jobs in large corporates like Accenture, Infosys, Wipro and others.
Samsung has offered an attractive package of Rs5.8 lakh to 18 GEU students, while Ashok leyland selected four students at an annual package of Rs7.2 lakh.
In the year 2012-13, 2029 students were placed in reputed companies including 418 in Infosys, 355 in Accenture, 293 in Wipro Technologies, 52 in Genpact, 40 in Cease Fire industries, 37 in Smart Data Enterprises, 20 in Aegies Global limited and others.
"GEU is a pioneer institution of the region in providing quality technical and professional education for over 15 years and has brought employment revolution by placing thousands of students in world’s leading multinational companies and corporate organisations. The GEES which was established in 1996 is committed to provide quality higher, technical and professional education to perspective aspirants with an objective to provide competitive edge in the emerging knowledge era which can propel India into a position of global leadership," Jasola added.