Punjab Engineering College (PEC) has began taking initiatives to extend admissions to its postgraduate packages, which have seen a constant lower within the final 5 years.

A report of a particular committee, which had been constituted by the institute to research causes for the low consumption and counsel measures to enhance it, was accepted by the PEC senate in its final assembly.

As per a senior PEC official, the committee’s strategies included the revision of the PG curriculum, which is already underway and prone to be applied from the subsequent session.

It was additionally urged that the institute present hostel lodging to PG college students as properly, and steps are already taken to the identical. Also, a nomenclature change has been urged for one division.

As per particulars shared by the institute, 259 college students took admission in PG programs in 2017; adopted by 228 in 2018 and 192 in 2019 in opposition to 287 complete seats. Later, the numbers additional dipped as 190 college students took admission in 2020 and 111 in 2021 in opposition to 290 seats.

PEC gives eight undergraduate packages and 12 postgraduate packages, moreover PhD packages in varied disciplines of engineering, science and different fields.

More give attention to analysis in MTech

The institute has now made analysis necessary in MTech second yr. Earlier, college students got a option to go for an internship or analysis.The college students may even go for collaborative analysis with different institutes. officers stated. PEC director Baldev Setia stated, “We are strengthening research through this and it may attract more students.”