The
Eighty-Sixers Topper Award |
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| Introduction: |
The
alumni from Government College of Engineering, Salem 1982-86 batch
(referred to as the Eighty-Sixers henceforth) would like to introduce
The Eighty-Sixers Topper Awards to the current students of
our college . The Eighty-Sixers take great pride in establishing
this award system for the first time in our college to honor deserving
meritorious students. We hope that this will be the first of many
such awards from the alumni of our college
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| Specific
Award names: |
| - The Eighty-Sixers
Topper Award for Civil Engg. |
| - The Eighty-Sixers
Topper Award for EEE. |
| - The Eighty-Sixers
Topper Award for ECE. |
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The Eighty-Sixers Topper Award for Mechanical Engg. |
| - The Eighty-Sixers
Topper Award for Metellurgical Engg. |
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| Objectives:
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- Honor
meritorious students
- Increase
competitiveness among the students of GCE, Salem;
- Improve
the academic performance of the institution;
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| The
objectives of instituting these awards are to |
| We
hope this will be a small step in the long journey to make our
college a world class institution. |
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| Structure
of the award: |
The
Eighty-Sixer Topper Awards are designed to honor the top student
of each department every year. That means there will be only one
award of this kind for the entire department in one year. Each of
these awards carries cash value of Rs.2000, as of Jan 31 2005, a
certificate and an award medal All students belonging to a department
qualify for this award.
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| Criteria:
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This award is
designed to make the efforts popular among all the department students,
not among a particular batch. The following are the criteria that
should be satisfied by the award winner:
- The total
in both the previous two semesters (odd and even) must not be
less than any other students in the same batch.
- The percentage
of the toppers of the different batches should be compared and
the award winner must have scored the maximum percentage among
these toppers.
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| Guidelines
and awarding procedure: |
- The awards
should be presented on alumni association day every year.
- In case if
the alumni association day is not conducted on a particular year,
the awards should be presented on the first working day of the
fourth working week after the grades have been received from the
university.
- The Heads
of the department should present the awards
- If the award
winner is not present, it should be held with the class advisor
and presented to the student at a convenient time
- The awards
will be presented always as a check
- If more than
one person are eligible for the awards, the amount should be split
among the winners equally (checks will be generated accordingly)
and the certificates and the medal would be replicated.
- Each of the
medals should be inscribed with the name of the award, student
and the year.
- The HOD
of the respective departments and the principal will be formally
requested to inform the batch coordinator about the winners not
later than the first Monday of July month.
- Copies of
the form will be provided to the HODs and principal.
- The award
winners have to be decided before the last Monday of July every
year.
- The above
deadlines are designed so that presenting the award during alumni
association meeting is possible. If there are administrative delays,
then the award winners have to be decided before the first working
day of the second working week after the grades have been received
from the university.
- The percentage
has to be calculated as below:
- § Total
marks (including labs) in a semester/No of Subjects (including
labs) to two decimal digits.
Assume the
following students are in EEE
| Second
year : |
A2,
B2 and C2 |
| Third
Year: |
A3,
B3 and C3 |
| Fourth
Year : |
A4,
B4 and C4 |
Recently Passed
out AF, BF and CF
Typically
A2, B2 and C2 would have completed first year and will be in the
3rd sem., A3, B3 and C3 in 5th sem.and A4, B4 and C4 7th sem.during
the ceremony
Grade:
| A2
1st sem 80% 2nd sem 70% |
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| B2
1st sem 60 2nd sem 70% |
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| C2
1st sem 90% 2nd sem 70% |
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| A3
3rd sem 60% 4th sem 70% |
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| B3
3rd sem 70 4th sem 70% |
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| C3
3rd sem 65% 4th sem 70% |
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| A4
5th sem 50% 6th sem 70% |
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| B4
5th sem 50 6th sem 70% |
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| C4
5th sem 85% 6th sem 70% |
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| AF
7th sem 50% 8th sem 70% |
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| BF
7th sem 50 8th sem 70% |
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| CF
7th sem 85% 8th sem 70% |
(F
stands for Final; ie recently passed out batch). |
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| The
Eighty-sixers topper award for EEE goes to C2. |
Same with other
departments.
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| Application:
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No application
form from the student is required
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Committee: |
1982-86 alumni
active members constitute the committee.
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