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It seems, nowadays, I have been receiving at least a piece of news everyday that makes me proud as a CECian. The glory continues! Another happy news!

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Ajith C A of CEC-2011-CS has been selected to Indian Navy, as officer. His entry was through SSB in the SSC (Tech.) entry scheme. His SSB was conducted at Coimbatore, and now has received the call letter and will be joining on 21st June, 2012. A big congrats, pal

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Feathers keep increasing! This year itself, Ms. Ansha V Thomas-CEC-2010-EC had offers from both Indian Army and Indian Air Force, and she chose to join Indian Army. Number of CECians in the military increases year after year!

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• http://www.cecblog.com/2012/02/11/ansha-v-thomas-cec-2010-gets-into-indian-army/

• http://www.cecblog.com/2011/06/26/cecians-in-indian-military/

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Regards,

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Many have been asking me what are the procedures for doing M.S degree in United States! Well, I am completely ignorant of this; yet, I would like to help the folks – here is a document that perfectly summarizes all the basic and fundamental information regarding admission process to M.S degree in the U.S.

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The author is Mr. Karthik Raghunathan, an alumnus of National Institute of Technology, Calicut and Stanford University. He’s also served as a member of M.S. Admissions Committee of the Dept. of Computer Science of Stanford University, in 2010.

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Download “Demystifying the American Graduate Admissions Process”

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All the rights held by Mr. Karthik Raghunathan only. For detailed info, visit his blog: http://ktick.blogspot.com. Contact him at: kr [at] cs [dot] stanford [dot] edu.

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More on admissions, by the same author, at: http://nlp.stanford.edu/~rkarthik/admissions.html

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All the Best!

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Regards,

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Here’s the event report of ‘Meet Our Alumni’ series held at April 2012 with Dr. Appu Shaji (2002 CEC).

Date: 2nd April, 2012

Time: 2.00 PM – 4.10 PM

Venue: Seminar Hall (307), College of Engineering Chengannur

No. of Participant’s: 60+

IEEE Student Branch College of Engineering, Chengannur in association with Alumni Relations Cell,  organized a talk by the alumni Dr.Appu Shaji on 2nd April, 2012. Dr. Appu Shaji was an alumnus of College of Engineering, Chengannur. He holds a Ph.D. from IIT Bombay and is currently doing post-doctoral research in EPFL Switzerland. The talk was on the topics:

• Why and when one should (and should not) do a PhD and what to expect in case you end up enrolling at a graduate school.

• Promises, opportunities and future directions in Computer Vision

The session began at 2:00pm.  Dr.Appu Shajii spoke about, “How? When? –The right time to take Ph.D.” He spoke about the importance of taking a Ph.D. the various challenges and hurdles faced. He impressed upon the audience that hard work and perseverance are the main keys to getting a Ph.D. He also discussed the various research programs going on at IIT Bombay and EFPL, Switzerland.

Next he spoke about Computer Vision, the prospects and developments in this field. He later spoke about his start-up which is on the lines of Computer Vision and illustrated some software based on it.

After the talk, there was an interactive session. The event came to an end by 4:10pm.Overall, the session was inspiring and motivating and had a captive audience throughout.

Thanks to Nileena G.S & Atlin Elizabeth Varghese ( 2014 EC ) for compiling this report.

Event Photos

Regards,

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Shahul Hameed

CEC 2014 CS.

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Here are some useful documents and links for those who qualified GATE 2012:

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• Centralized Counseling for 20 NITs 2012: Click Here

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• Post-GATE Guidance for CSE students by The GATE Academy: Click Here

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• Last Date of Application at Various Institutes (all streams): Click Here

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• Post-GATE 2012 Counseling for all streams, by ACE Hyderabad: Click Here

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• Post-GATE Admission Evaluator by GATEforum: Click Here

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• FAQ on GATE for starters: Click Here

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• More info about GATE: www.inspirenignite.com

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P.S: Thanks to my pal Sambhav Sharma, NITC and Nabeel Nasir-CEC-2011-CS for the info.

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Regards,

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Hi all,

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So many friends of mine have been asking very fundamental doubts about admissions through GATE. Today, Malayala Manorama daily published my latest article on “GATE” in their “Career Guru” page. I believe that this shall be a nice start for the “laymen” and it is worth sharing with you all. I put the word “laymen” in quotations, because for those who have fundamental information on admissions after GATE, this article will not provide anything useful. This is for the starters. Here it is:

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Online Reading: http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=11294355&programId=1073753396&channelId=-1073751606&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=10

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An unedited FAQ version is available at: Click Here

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An update on last date of application, guidance after GATE, etc., read: http://wp.me/pSkaI-Em

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(Click on the image to view in large)

Article on "GATE" by Arunanand T A in Malayala Manorama daily dated 27-Mar-2012

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Regards,

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Dear CECians,
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Today, the results of GATE 2012 were announced, We can be proud that CECians are going high again and again. We can expect some IIScians, IITians and NITians this year also. An abstract list of achievers is given below:
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• Nabeel Nasir – CEC – 2011 – CS (81)

• Arathi P Ajayan – CEC – 2011 – EC (213)

• Rahul Nishant – CEC – 2010 – CS (261)

• Rahul Reghu – CEC – 2011 – EC (425)

• Remya Krishnan – CEC – 2011 – CS (438)

• Richu Jose Cyriac – CEC – 2011 – EC (~600)

• Naveen Thomas – CEC – 2011 – EC (~1000)

• Aravind Prasad – CEC – 2011 (2200)

• Deepak Devanand – CEC – 2010 – EC (~3000)

• Reshma E Regi – CEC – 2011 – EC (~4000)

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A Big congrats to the achievers. Apart from the list above, there are many from CEC 2010, 2011 and 2012 batches who have qualified in the exam. This time cut-off marks were so high. E.g., cut-off for CS was ~31.5, whilst it was 25 till GATE 2011. Still, many of our students managed to notch up heights

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Two useful websites for GATE aspirants and qualified people:

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1) http://www.gateforum.com/PostGATEAdmissionEvaluator.php (Leave the GATEFORUM Reg# field blank, if you don’t have one)

2) http://www.inspirenignite.com/

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Regards,

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Dear CECians,

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Happy to inform you that the website of the Arts Fest of CEC, the much awaited UTSAV ’12 has been launched. Visit and comment:

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http://www.cecutsav.in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTaYw8cSBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5YtfqgCc

Congrats to the team behind. It looks cool

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CEC Utsav Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cecutsav

CEC Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alumnicec/

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Dear all,

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Here is the question paper of:

• GATE 2012 EEE (Paper Set Code: A of EE Paper): GATE 2012 EE Question Paper (Set A)
  
• GATE 2012 EEE (Paper Set Code: B of EE Paper): GATE 2012 EE Question Paper (Set B)
  

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GATE 2012 EE KEYS & SOLUTIONS

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• GATE 2012 EE Detailed Solution by Gate Counselor : Detailed Solution

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• Solutions by ACE Engg. Academy (Might contain errors ; still, THE MOST RELIABLE): GATE 2012 EE Key by ACE

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• Solutions by GateForum (Might contain errors) : GATE 2012 EE Key by GateForum

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• Solutions by Made Easy (Might contain errors): GATE 2012 EE Key by MadeEasy

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• Solutions by IES Academy (Might contain errors) : GATE 2012 EE Key by IES Academy

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Official Key of the paper may be available, after a few days, at the official website of GATE 2012.

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Also read:

• http://www.cecblog.com/2012/02/12/gate-2012-cs-question-paper-and-key/
• http://www.cecblog.com/2012/02/14/gate-2012-ec-question-paper-and-key-with-detailed-solution/

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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Dear all,

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Here is the question paper of:

• GATE 2012 ECE (Paper Set Code: A of EC Paper): GATE 2012 EC Question Paper (Set A)
  
• GATE 2012 ECE (Paper Set Code: C of EC Paper): GATE 2012 EC Question Paper (Set C)
  

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GATE 2012 EC KEYS & SOLUTIONS

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• GATE 2012 EC Detailed Solution by Gate Counselor : Detailed Solution

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• Solutions by ACE Engg. Academy (Might contain errors ; still, THE MOST RELIABLE): GATE 2012 EC Key by ACE

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• Solutions by GateForum (Might contain errors) : GATE 2012 EC Key by GateForum

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• Solutions by Made Easy (Might contain errors): GATE 2012 CS Key by MadeEasy

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• Solutions by IES Academy (Might contain errors) : GATE 2012 EC Key by IES Academy

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Official Key of the paper may be available, after a few days, at the official website of GATE 2012.

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Also read:

• http://www.cecblog.com/2012/02/12/gate-2012-cs-question-paper-and-key/
• http://www.cecblog.com/2012/02/14/gate-2012-ee-question-paper-and-key-with-detailed-solution

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Arunanand T A,

CEC 2010 CS.

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