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Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) Entrance Exam : Importants Dates SCRA 2012 Entrance Test:  An examination for selection of canidates in Mechanical Department of Indian Railways (UPSC SCRA) are as described.. Date Of   UPSC-SCRA 2012 Notification:  22.Oct' 2011 Last Date For RECEIPT Of SCRA 2012 Entrance Application Forms: 21 Nov' 2011 (Monday) Date of Commencement of SCRA 2012  Exam: 29.January'2012 (Sunday)  The   Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA)  scheme was started in 1927 by the British, to select a handful of most intelligent Indians to assist them in their Railway Operations, after training at their Railway's largest workshop, i.e. Jamalpur Workshop, and for one year in United Kingdom. The selected candidates were required to appear in the Mechanical Engineering Degree Exmination held by Engineering Council (London). Since then, the few  SCRA admission seats   for one of the country's first engineering college ha...

Add caption Birla Institute of Technology and Science ( बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी एवं विज्ञान संस्थान पिलानी ; BITS Pilani ) is a private university in Pilani , Rajasthan , India . BITS Pilani is considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in India. The university consists of 15 academic departments with a focus on education in engineering and the sciences. The institute was established in its present form in 1964 with a vision to realize Jawaharlal Nehru ’s project of nation-building with its emphasis on "science, technology and modernization." At that time, its transformation from a regional engineering college to a national university was backed by the Ford Foundation and G.D. Birla . MIT provided the technical assistance that was required for this transformation. The institute has developed and administers the all-India computerized entrance test BITSAT (BITS Admission Test), which is the first of its kind in India. Acceptance rate in BITS is ver...