XLRI to conduct online entrance exam

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, AUG. 10. The Jamshedpur-based management institute XLRI will henceforth conduct its admission tests online right from the application stage.

Fr. P.D. Thomas, Director, XLRI, who was in Chennai today to promote what he called ``a pioneering initiative of the institute'', said the electronic process would simplify the test process. Online application happened through the XLRI website (www.xlri.edu). Students could go to their preferred exam centre, invariably Internet centres, with sufficient infrastructure. The test to be held in January 2002 could be taken and answered by students online and the answers evaluated speedily. ``We will eliminate cumbersome paperwork like application and processing, besides the need to print question papers. Students need not travel great distances to a centre to take the examination.''

The institute, he said, had tied up with Bluseshift, an Internet applications firm, which had produced `SENATE' (service engine for assessment, testing and e-learning) to manage the entire test process from application processing to result generation and reporting.

Dr. Sankaran P. Raghunathan, Chairman, Blueshift India, said the company was providing for online Registration, content preparation, website design, tieups with test centres, test supervision, delivery and reporting. Dishnet DSL and Junction 96 would provide the test centres across the country and Sathyam Infoway, host the contents.

He explained the various safeguards taken to ensure a foolproof examination and candidate-ID system, which would at the same time be user-friendly for the candidates.

Fr. Thomas said other institutions now using CAT and MAT scores could now use XLRI's scores and benefit from the quick electronic process. Slowly, the Institute planned to use products such as SENATE for online education.

He also explained the role XLRI was playing for improving economic and development activities in the Jharkand State, including preparing a development plan for the State and a programme to help students from the tribal and poorer sections prepare for competitive and civil service examinations.

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