jaipur from the academic session 201112 m tech students in colleges affiliated to rajasthan technical university rtu can apply for reevaluation in all branches of engineering the decision was taken at an academic council meeting held on july 16this will allow students to apply for reevaluation in case they are not satisfied with marks the university administration felt the need for reevaluation as we have this provision at btech level said rp yadav vicechancellor rtuthe council also decided to give a mercy chance to reappear in the failed papers for those appearing for b tech final exam the mercy chance will benefit thousands of students who could not clear the exams due to backlog in one or more subjects said yadav sources said the mercy chance has been given as many a times the university was found at fault while preparing the resultsthe council also approved the syllabi of new m tech programmes in nano technology and transportation engineering both the branches have been introduced at rtus kota campus from this year considering the problem in finding appropriate books on each subject the council has issued a list of prescribed books for each branch similarly colleges have been asked to make these books available in librariesthe university has comeup with rules and regulations for phd programmes so far it has been following rajasthan universitys rules and regulations the new rules will be uploaded on university websitein another decision which could help poor students the university has deferred checkpoint scheme which prevents students promotion to third year in case of pending backlogs of first yearmeanwhile the university has started counselling for engineering colleges the counselling will last till july 30 rtu has made several nodal agencies where students can submit their omr sheets said yadav students have to fill college code and branch code in the omr sheet