coimbatore parttime be and btech courses would be offered for unemployed diploma holders from this year until last year the 35year degree programme was offered only for working diploma holders said representatives of coimbatore institute of technology cit which is the secretarial centre for the parttime bebtech admissionshowever to be eligible the candidates must possess at least twoyear work experience and an engineering diploma in the same branch that they are applying for the parttime courses elango associate professor cit said they had requested the state to open the programme for unemployed diploma holders in view of the pandemic situation and the higher education department had given its consent for the same he is also the coordinator for the parttime bebtech admissions the candidates should have obtained diplomas in engineering from polytechnic colleges under the department of technical education there is no age limit for the parttime courses they could either be working now or should have at least two years work experiencewhile the all india council of technical education regulations say the candidates must be working at a company within 120km of the college it would not be applicable for now and they could apply in any college elango saidparttime courses are offered at nine government and aided engineering colleges in the state government college of technology psg college of technolog and coimbatore institute of technology in coimbatore government college of engineering in salem government college of engineering in tirunelveli alagappa chettiar government college of engineering and technology in karaikudi thanthai periyar government institute of technology in vellore government college of engineering in bargur and thiagarajar college of engineering in maduraithis year the admissions and counselling for the 1465 seats across the nine colleges would be held online said elango last year only 35 of the seats were filled this year with the relaxation on the employment criteria we hope to see more candidatesv selladurai cit principal said parttime candidates would have to undergo theory and practical sessions just like regular engineering candidates this would help them explore better career prospects or promotions in their existing jobsthe online application process was activated on monday one could log on to wwwptbetneacom for the same the last date for applying is august 30 the application status would be published on september 10 and ranking would be announced on september 17 the online counselling would be held from september 19 for special reservation and teacher quota and from september 23 to october 9 for general category for details call 94869 77757 4222574071 and 4222574072 extn 460 streams that are available under the parttime bebtech courses are civil mechanical textile electrical electronics electronics communication and computer science engineering