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Monday, September 15, 2008

PESTIM para-medical courses in Shimoga

PES Institute of Technology and Management (PESTIM) of Shimoga, which has made its presence felt in the technical education field within a year of its coming into being, has decided to offer para-medical courses from the next academic year.

The courses to be started are: Diploma in Medical Lab Technology, Diploma in Medical Lab Technology, B.Sc Medical Lab Technology, B.Sc Radiographic Technology, B.Sc Neuro Science Technology, B.Sc Cardiac Technology and B.Sc Operation Theatre Technology.

While the duration of the first two courses is three years and two years respectively, the duration of all the other five courses is three-and-a-half years. The eligibility for the first and the second courses is 10th Standard and 10+2 respectively; the eligibility for the other five courses is 10+2 Science with 35 per cent marks.

The first two courses are affiliated to the Directorate of Medical Education and the remaining five to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The Founder-Chairman of the PES Institutions, M.R. Doreswamy Naidu, said that the increasing job openings in the para-medical services both in the private and government hospitals prompted his institution to offer these courses.

MBA courses

PESITM had started MBA courses affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and the BBM affiliated to the Kuvempu University of Shimoga with an intake of 60 and 72 respectively.

PES has also decided to start an International Residential Public School on its sprawling campus located on the Sagar road from the next academic year.

PESITM recorded pass percentage of 84.54 in the first semester and 84.39 in the second semester in the first year examination of the engineering courses in four branches. The management has offered to waive the second year fees of four students who scored 85 per cent and above in the first year. They are C.M. Kavana who scored 88.90 in Computer Science Engineering, B. Medha (87.81), L.R. Rakheeshree (87.14) and K.B. Nithin (85.74) in Electronics and Computer Engineering.

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