MNNIT LIKELY TO OFFER A BTECH IN MATERIAL SCIENCE THIS YR

PRAYAGRAJ : The students vying for admission to Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)-Allahabad can now opt for BTech in material science at this lone NIT of Uttar Pradesh. From the new academic session, BTech in material science will be run by the department of applied mechanics at MNNIT, informed officials.

This course has been designed under the new National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. The approval to conduct the course has been received from the Senate—the top decision-making body of the institute for all academic affairs. This will now be put before the board of governors (BOG), the apex decision-making body of the institute whose meeting is set to be held soon, the officials added.

The institute also proposes to submit detailed information regarding the syllabus to the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for admission in the new session.

Admission is proposed against 30 seats of this course, the officials shared.

In this course, students will study making, testing and experimenting with new and diverse materials.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have also been included, besides business ethics and social values as additional academic activities.

Prof Abhishek Kumar of the department said that this course has been prepared to help students better understand the new technology of mechanics and designing equipment.

The move means that BTech will be offered in 10 branches at MNNIT-Allahabad from the new session.

In this, admissions will be accepted in electronics and communication engineering besides mechanical, civil, electrical, computer science, biotechnology, chemical engineering, production engineering, computational mechanics and material engineering branches.