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Hi Tom,
Hi Mudit, As far as I know, to get admission in B. Arch in IIT - Kharagpur you have to clear JEE advanced first and then clear the B. Arch paper conducted after the results are out and not through NATA. IIT Roorkee offers admission on the basis of Architecture Aptitude Test which was conducted on June 21, 2015.
Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) 2015 is an architecture entrance exam for admission into IITs into the 5 years undergraduate B.Arch Course. Eligibility for Architecture Aptitude Test: Only those candidates who would have given B. Arch program (available at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee) as one of their choices while filling their choices online will be eligible to write AAT. Moreover you have to clear JEE Advanced also. To Appear in JEE Advanced you should have cleared JEE Main paper 1.
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Hi Tom,
Architects design and plan buildings and structure which are appropriate in terms of materials and design and also meet the client's specifications. Architects may be involved in all phases of development, from the initial discussion to construction. Their duties demand a variety of skills e.g design, engineering, managerial and supervisory.
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https://www.shiksha.com/career-as-architect-cc-13
https://www.shiksha.com/architecture-is-the-art-and-science-of-designing-spaces-article-4587-1
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Hi Tom,
Shiksha is an education portal and provides unbiased guidance regarding education and career sector. However, we can help you with the parameters that you can keep in mind while choosing an institute.
You can consider the below parameters
1) Faculty,
2) Affiliation / Recognition
3) Course Material,
4) Quality Education,
5) Fees
6) Infrastructure
7) Success Rate.
8) Placement
9) Top recruiting companies.
Also, if possible go through the alumni speak section to get an idea what the alumni thinks about the institute.
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Hi Tom,
Yes, NATA is important for architecture because NATA is conducted by the Council of Architecture and most of the institutes /colleges accept only NATA scores.
NATA is an entrance exam for admissions to 5 year B.Arch. degree course offered by all institutes / schools / colleges of Architecture in India (including Govt., Govt-aided, Private Unaided, University Depts., Deemed Universities, etc.).
NATA is a test which only tests drawing and 3D interpretation skills and even students from humanities or commerce background can answer the exam.The exam does not test mathematics or science knowledge.
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Hi Tom,
JEE Main Paper 2 is conducted for admissions to B.Arch/B.Planning courses at NITs, and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. JEE Mains paper 2 is based on both drawing and maths skills , it has a math section (level is same as the jee mains paper 1) and a sketching and 3D interpretation section. The rank you obtain in paper 2 is independent of the paper 1 rank. The exam, like the paper 1 is conducted by CBSE and helps you secure an admission in SPAs ( School of Planning and Architecture) and the B.Arch courses in NITs. ( SPA Delhi is considered the best in the country).
NATA is a compulsory Exam conducted by the Council of Architecture and most of the institutes /colleges accept only NATA scores. NATA is a test which only tests drawing and 3D interpretation skills and even students from humanities or commerce background can answer the exam.The exam does not test mathematics or science knowledge. The exam is conducted by the Architecture's Association and it helps you secure admission recognized by them and you need to apply to different institutes independently with the NATA scores. CEPT in Ahmadabad is one of the good college which accepts NATA scores.
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Hi,
A fixation on programming languages is the sign of a 2nd rate engineer/computer scientist.
When I was at Google, SVP Alan Eustace was fond of saying that Google preferred to hire generalists over specialists. The reason is that while you might have the world's SQL expert, if you gave him a Google-sized problem, he might only attack it using a relational database, rather than apply a different approach that might be better. Hence, while Google had engineers who wrote JavaScript, they weren't hired as JavaScript-only specialists, but were generalists who decided that JavaScript was the appropriate technology to apply to a particular problem.
Most high-quality organizations have a very similar approach. Even when I was hiring to fill an Erlang server position, I found that the Erlang specialists were much worse engineers than hiring a great all-rounder and having him learn Erlang (or whatever) to fill the position.
Replace SQL/Javascript above with Java/Clojure/Scala/Fad Language of the day, and you'll understand why focusing on a specific language/technology doesn't just narrow your job prospects, it makes you look like a much worse engineer to your future employers.
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