The IIT Bhubaneswar organised an open house JEE counselling and interaction meeting on Sunday for the benefit of IIT aspirants.
A large number of participants, including 45 JEE 2018 (Advanced) rank holders and their parents/guardians participated in the counselling session.
The registered participants came not only from Odisha, but also from several other States like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, etc.
The session started with welcome remarks by Prof VR Pedireddi, Dean Student Affairs. Prof RV Rajakumar, Director IIT Bhubaneswar, gave an in- depth presentation on IIT system including the 1st , 2nd and 3rd generation IITs, IIT education in general and about the rapid strides being made by IIT Bhubanewar on all fronts, including education, research and infrastructure building.
This was followed by an introduction to programmes of study by Prof NC Sahoo and presentation on general procedures to be followed for admission and counseling at IITs by Chairman JEE, Dr C Bhamidipati.
The girl students were also counselled by the JEE help desk team to fill as many choices as possible to maximize their chances of getting a seat in IITs.
Various schemes of financial assistance (including Vidyalaxmi scheme introduced last year by MHRD) to the admitted students were presented by the SBI Regional Manager S Panigrahi.
The IIT Bhubaneswar would conduct Reporting Centre (RC) activity for JEE Advanced 2018 qualified candidates in its campus at Argul from June 28 to July 20.
Candidates allotted seats in any of the IITs can do their reporting, document verification and accept their seats at IIT Bhubaneswar during June 28 to July 19. More details can be found on the website: http://josaa.nic.in.
The Q and A session was highly interactive with an active participation of all the participants.