RGPV National Entrance Test (RNET) 2013 was organized on Sunday. More than 2500 students from the country appeared in the examination for admission in dual degree courses of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV).
The entrance examination for admission in dual degree programme was organised for the first time.
First of its kind in the State the dual degree programme will make a student complete Bachelors and masters of engineering and bachelors of engineering and MBA in five academic years which normally takes six academic years.
Huge interest of students from Allahabad was witnessed in the courses due to which RGPV made examination centre in Allahabad also. These kind of dual degree courses are offered by few IITs and few national institutes.
RGPV Vice Chancellor Pankaj Trivedi said that these courses provide edge to the students, around 50 per cent students after completing BE opt management courses so it is better to offer them already.
In the first batch of the courses 60 seats will be in BE+ME course and 60 seats in BE+MBA courses, the courses will be taught in the RGPV University Institute of Technology. According to the students the question paper of the examination was average.