The initiative aiming to equip thousands of students from 240 schools in Tamil Nadu with essential road safety knowledge and skills through master trainers.

Safety Practices

Inculcating road safety practices in childhood is vital as it helps embed these habits into long-term memory, making them a natural part of their lifestyle. By teaching road safety early, the society can ensure that safe behaviors become second nature, helping to save lives on roads.

Further Training

These trained individuals will impart further training programs in their respective schools and traffic jurisdictions creating multiplier effects driving practices, traffic rules, and hazard awareness, say sources from IIT Madras.

By investing in the education of young drivers, CoERS and Ford aim to reduce accidents and create a safer future for all road users, say sources from IIT Madras.

Inaugural

An Inaugural session of the training program along with MoU signing ceremony was organized at IIT Madras campus on 30th August 2024. This collaboration will provide valuable resources and expertise to the program, further enhancing its impact.

Director of IIT Madras

Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, IIT Madras is committed to driving social change through various initiatives. Engaging the younger generation in these efforts is crucial for fostering a culture of safety on the roads.

We have previously worked on improving driver behavior, and through this initiative, we aim to sensitize the younger generation—the drivers of tomorrow—towards safer driving practices, said IIT Madras director.

Need For Collaboration

Prof. Venkatesh Balasubramanian, Head, CoERS, IIT Madras, and RBG Labs, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras emphasized the need for such collaborations.

Early exposure to road safety procedures is essential for preparing young brains and fostering behavioral changes that will enable them to drive safely, he said.

This initiative with Ford will facilitate equip the young minds who are the future drivers with the essential skills and behavioral change required for them to be a responsible road user, he said.

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Empowering Educators

Mr. Sreenivasan Janakiraman, CSR Head, Ford, said their focus is on empowering educators to foster a culture of road safety, ensuring that the students and the young riders are equipped with the knowledge and skills to navigate the roads safely.

This collaboration with CoERS, IITM to inculcate Activity Based Learning Pedagogy helps nurture the next generation of safe drivers, he said.

CoERS works on various aspects of human factors engineering, road engineering and vehicle engineering to bring about significant improvements in road safety globally.

This CoERS also advises various stakeholders and Governments to bring about a data-driven systems approach to road safety.

The entrance exam for IIT admission will be conducted by IIT Kanpur for 2025. As usual, JEE Advanced 2025 registration is expected to open a few days after the result for second edition of JEE Mains 2025 is announced.

This means, a candidates can now attempt JEE Advanced for two times in two consecutive years, there is more to it than meets the eye as far as JEE Advanced 2025 registration is concerned.

Schedule

JEE Advanced 2025 registration will take place from 23 April to 2 May 2025.

The last date to pay the registration fee in connection with JEE Advanced 2025 registration is 5 May 2025.

Admit cards will be available for download from 11 to 18 May 2025. The exam will be held on 18 May 2025. The results are to be announced on 2 June 2025. Details are available in the table below:

Admission process

Candidates have to take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration online. Those who have submitted applications will appear for JEE Advanced 2025 conducted by IIT Kanpur.

Individuals have to pass the entrance test with required qualifying marks to be eligible for further procedure which includes counselling.

Counselling is the process where the students can choose the course of their choice and the institution where they desire to study it.

Selection will be done based on performance in the qualifying exam, written test, choice of the course by candidate and availability of seats there.

Who can take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration?

The eligibility required to take up JEE Advanced 2024 registration is a pass in plus two from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India.

They must have passed plus two from science stream with subjects as maths/biology physics and chemistry.

Those keen on pure engineering can pass plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as core subjects.

And, candidates focusing on biology or biotechnology oriented engineering courses should have passed plus two with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects.

Applicants must also have passed JEE Mains with a rank among the top 2.5 lakhs on a national level. Candidates who fulfill all these conditions can take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration.

The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser of the computer and the website has to be allowed to download.

Process differs here as applicants are divided into two categories – Indian citizens and foreign nationals and the process to register is different for both these categories.

Foreign applicants

Once the web page is available in the browser, candidates must click the registration link.

Post clicking the link, candidates can provide details like their name, date of birth, and email id and create an account comprising a username and password.

Once the account is ready, candidates can log in and start filling out the application form for JEE Advanced 2023.

The form has to be filled and the registration fee has to be paid and submitted.

Post submission, applicants have to wait for the message indicating successful submission, once it is obtained, it can be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for future use.

Indian applicants

Eligibility for Indian applicants is a pass in plus-two and also in JEE Mains. They can visit the official website mentioned above and click the registration link.

Post clicking the registration link, they can enter their JEE Mains roll number, date of birth and other information and log in and begin JEE Advanced 2025 registration.

JEE Advanced 2025 registration fee is to be paid and the form has to be submitted.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025 registration can be accessed here

1. Type the URL mentioned above and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, click the link for downloading the hall ticket.

3. Enter application number, date of birth and other details to view the admit card.

4. Download the admit card and take a printout of it.

After JEE Advanced 2025 registration

Candidates have to attend the exam on the date which would be mentioned at the appropriate time.

Those who have passed the exam with required qualifying marks and are keen on studying BTech in IITs can go for the counselling conducted by JoSAA.

Students who have a desire to study BArch in IITs can appear for AAT (Architecture Aptitude Test) which will open for registration after result declaration for JEE Advanced 2025.

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