UG/ PG for Working Professionals

Working Professionals

Direct Second Year of BTech – Indian Students (PG)

First Year of MTech – Indian Students (PG)

WCE has been awarded permission by AICTE , Shivaji University and State of Maharashtra to offer BTech and MTech courses for Working Professionals. The biggest advantage of this is professionals / engineers / executives / supervisors can pursue these programs while doing their job.

Courses and Intake

PG (Working Professional)

Sr. No.	Branch	Code for Admission Process	Sanctioned Intake
1	Structural Engineering	0600721270U	15
2	Design Engineering	0600760170U	15

UG Direct Second Year (Working Professional)

Sr. No.	Branch	Code for Admission Process	Sanctioned Intake
1	Computer Science and Engineering	600724270U	30
2	Electrical Engineering	600729370U	30
3	Mechanical Engineering	600761270U	30

Eligibility

In addition to qualification and eligibility for candidates eligible for respective Professional Education Post Graduate Courses Candidate shall have following additional requirements for admission to courses for working professionals, namely: –

The candidate shall be working professional in Registered Industry or Organization (Central or State) or Private or Public Limited Company or Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) located within fifty(50) kilometer radial distance from the Institute.

The candidate shall have Minimum of one Year Full time or Regular working Experience in the prescribed format available at CET website in Registered Industry or Organization (Central or State) or Private or Public Limited Company or Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s).

Additional notes

The mode of Conduct of Classes shall be as applicable for Regular Programs as defined in the AICTE Public Notice Vide. No. AICTE/AB/Academic/2020-21, dated 13th August, 2020(In Regular Face to Face Mode).

Minimum admission required to run the course shall be 1/3 of the approved intake in each course.

One seat in every Institute shall be Reserved for Candidates working in the Central Government Organizations or Industries or Companies or Autonomous Organizations purely on MERIT Basis. In absence of any such Candidate, the vacant seat shall be transferred to General Category.

Working Professionals provisionally admitted in a course of the institute where total admissions in a course are less than 1/3 rd of approved intake of the course after pre cut-off date for admissions shall be transferred strictly on merit basis in the nearby institute within 50 kilo meter radial distance from the working industry or organization in the same course or different course in case vacancy exists in nearby institutes on the request of the candidate.

Provisional Admission of the candidate shall be cancelled automatically if the candidate is not able to secure the admission on merit against vacancy in other institutes.

This process of transfer shall be carried out between Pre cut-off date and cut-off date for admissions to working professionals.

Institute having admissions below 1/3 rd admissions after Pre cut-off date has to refund full fees to the candidate in case of cancellation/transfer of admission immediately within two days of cancellation or transfer of admission

Any other eligibility criteria or requirements declared from time to time by the appropriate authority and AICTE as defined under the Act.

Centralised Admission Process (CAP)

The Centralised Admission Process (CAP) is conducted by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra. The admission process involves the following steps:

Registration_: Candidates must register online for CAP on the official website.
Document Verification_: Candidates must verify their documents at designated Facilitation Centres (FCs).
Option Form Filling_: Candidates must fill in their preferred college and course options in multiple rounds ( CAP1, CAP2, CAP3 etc)
Seat Allocation_: Seats are allocated to candidates based on their merit and preferences.
Reporting to College_: Candidates must report to the allocated college to confirm their admission once student confirms allotment through CAP

Fees

Since there are self-finance courses , Fees are as decided by Fees Regulatory Authoriity of state of Maharashtra.

Scholarships

No scholarship

The detailed chart of Fees and Scholarship benefit is as below

DSE BTech (Working Professionals)……click here
FY MTech ( Working Professionals) ……click here

Institute level Admissions at FY level

For unaided courses , institute level seats are surrendered to CAP

Vacancies against CAP

Institute advertises for admission against CAP vacancies and invites applications and fills all seats as per directions of CET cell inter se merit in respective category of seats
Detailed notification can be seen here……….Click here. (https://cetcell.mahacet.org/)

Policy and guidelines for working professionals’ courses in Walchand College of Engineering for engagement of classes , examination etc

This will be a full-time regular program, but timing will be adjusted as per the convenience of working professionals
The program will follow the same structure as the usual full-time program, including the curriculum and credit requirements. Students will adhere to the same academic pattern and will take the same examinations as their full-time counterparts.
The lecture engagement will differ from the regular programs
This will be a separate division as called ‘W’
Every Monday to Friday on all working days, a minimum 2 hours of lecture engagement will happen on the premises or through online mode via VC or equivalent platforms
The online platform will be used only for the delivery of lectures and attendance shall be recorded.
Laboratory work and tutorials will be conducted on Saturday and/ or Sunday as per the department’s priority
It will be ensured that in case Saturday is working for students in their employment at least half a day concession shall be granted
The laboratory or tutorial engagement to the tune of 8 to 14 hours shall be engaged on weekends in offline mode only.
As with other students and ordinances applicable to them. 100% performance in lab sessions/tutorials is mandatory and requisite attendance in theory lectures in online/offline mode is also mandatory
The teachers teaching this load will be remunerated as per college policy considering this as an additional load and supporting staff also shall be given additional remuneration as per the policy
For Any seminar/project/mini project /slash research project a preference shall be given to the project from the employer organization. During project mentoring/guidance, the student is expected to report in person on campus at least once a week fortnight along with a progress report and the rest of the time online.
In case of the provision of internship, their experience in the employer organization shall be considered equivalent
Any initiative towards employability shall be extended to these students also in case students wish to enroll for it however students will not be offered any employment assistant/opportunity as they are working professionals, and their employer has supported joining this course so it is expected that the benefit of additional knowledge of post-graduation should be first utilized in the current organization
The engagement on public holidays shall be compensated by taking additional load with the mutual consent of students on some alternative days.
No separate arrangements shall be made for terminal examinations. Students will appear along with regular full-time students. Mid-Sem exam and other assessments may be re-aligned to weekends or other alternative media.