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Get fired up
BLAME IT on the ever-growing industrialisation or massive urbanisation, risks of fire accidents have increased. But in this adversity, lay greater opportunities for youngsters looking for a challenging career. But very few institutions train ...


Architecturally in demand
THE MOMENT one introduces oneself as engineer, invariably the next question will be, "are you a computer engineer?" Well, the present era belongs to computer nerds you see! But apart from ECE and IT, there is another branch of engineering -- ...
Nursing it for a better future
NURSING EDUCATION is going to witness a sea change in the State from next academic year with the Government deciding to allow boys to join B.Sc (four-year) degree course in nursing. A lot of job opportunities awaits students pursuing the ...
In letter and spirit
LETTER WRITING is an age-old art. In the era of Internet and email, this age-old form has undergone a radical change. And yet nothing can replace the older form whose intimate tone and personal signature are unsurpassed by the tools of new ...
They just manage
THE MENTION of the word `tunnelling' might throw up a picture of a train passing through a dark tunnel in some deep forests. You are not wrong but for a management student and aspirant, it is something different. The jargon is used to describe ...

THE RULE of testing puts two different individuals with equal scores on the same platform. Or so, a student appearing for competitive exams thinks. But that may not be the case for candidates appearing for tests like GMAT or GRE and unfortunately ...
Doing its BIT
SDK TECHNOLOGIES, city-based IT company working in the field of e-learning initiatives, has launched a test runner CD for students appearing for BITSAT, the computer-based entrance examination for entry into BITS. BITSAT is a challenge for ...
MT course
Innsoft Solutions Ltd. will conduct a written test for admission into the Medical Transcription(MT) course on April 10 & April 24, according to its managing director, BSSV Laxmi Narayana. The test will be in English language and comprehension . ...
Documenting it for good
IT IS all about making oneself clear. Putting across one's ideas through presentations in the best possible ways, harnessing technology along the way and then garnering maximum mileage out of it. An engineer cannot just do without effective ...
Attitude makes the difference
"No M.N.C. would hire a person who cannot communicate properly in English. The fear of making mistakes is what holds back most call centre job aspirants from honing their English language skills. A positive frame of mind and learning from ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
JAC's tent gutted
A few days before Prof. Simhadri's term came to an end, the tent under which the JAC for Protection of AU, was gutted. The JAC alleged that it was an act provoked by Prof. Simhadri and wanted him to be arrested. They reportedly named five ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Simhadri's term ends
The three-year term of Y.C. Simhadri as Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University came to an end. His has been the most tumultuous term for a Vice-Chancellor of AU, his reforms and actions receiving both bouquets and brickbats, more the ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Race hots up for post of VC
With Prof. Simhadri's term coming to an end the race for the post of Vice-Chancellor has become keen and intense. According to rumours, the race is now between three senior professors. V. Balamohan Das, Surannaidu and Ramachandrudu are said to ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
APSCHE seeks opinion
Andhra University is busy preparing a report on revision of curriculum, to be submitted to the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE). The APSCHE, now headed by K.C. Reddy, sought the opinion of every university in the State on the ways ...
The long haul
WHY DON'T we do things we desperately want to? Why do we always like the final target but not the course of action? For example, a student desires to study hard to get a rank. He procrastinates. A girl wants to lose weight by avoiding sweets. She ...
Horticulture for a fruitful career
INDIA MAY have famously lost turmeric, neem and nearly yielded basmati to the powerful "patent or perish" lobby, but many wonderful, momentous developments are taking place in the scientific world in the country that are the proverbial silver ...
Silicon photonics
THE FIRST continuous wave all-silicon laser was developed by the researches at Intel using a physical property called the Raman Effect. The experimental device was built using the existing standard CMOS high-volume manufacturing processes. A ...
Ph.D in microbiology
I have done my M.Sc in Microbiology from Ambedkar Marathwada University. I have secured 52%. Which universities in India offer Ph.D programmes in Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular biology and related subjects with 50% marks as the eligibility ...
Personality development
UNLESS WE know in which direction you want to develop and your basic problems, it is difficult to suggest any book. The popular "success" books have four approaches. Confidence building: These books essentially tell you to recognise your strong ...
Showing others the way
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. — Theodore Hesburgh, President, University of Notre Dame. THERE ARE ...
Walking along with global youth
`Globalisation' its advantage is obvious and can be summed up as "economies of scale". The impact of globalisation on the media has meant that not only same movies and television programs are available simultaneously in many countries, but more ...
Take that
How about writing on your classroom and your backyard i.e. your college campus. Heart-warming stories, things that moved you, things that you do not like, a college festival or a workshop. Pen all those romantic and hilarious moments and ...
Women - Let's respect them
Most Indian movies portraying heroes harassing girls, and making it appear macho, do not reflect reality. In most cases, such "eve teasing" is not innocuous and borders on sexual harassment. In the movies, our well-paid heroines might fall in ...

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