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IELTS widens its reach further NIT-Tiruchi gears up for Ventura’ 10 Ventura ’10, the country’s largest international business plan contest being organised by the Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T), promises the rare opportunity for those looking ... Statistical consultancy lab opens at SVU A Centre for Statistical Training and Consultancy-cum-Laboratory was opened last week at Sri Venkateswara University Department of Statistics. Vice-Chancellor N.Prabhakara Rao inaugurated the centre named after Padma Vibhushan Prof. C.R. ... GUIDANCE PLUS Seeking entry to colleges in Germany There are nine major technical universities that have excellent facilities for studies in engineering and sciences IISc. to start degree programme by 2011 What ails science education in India In the Nobel season, the focus is again on basic sciences. Academics speak about the need to draw more students to research. Changing times, changing needs Reforming the way law is taught in colleges is the need of the hour 
Higher study options in international relationsI am pursuing my degree in political science. I would like to know about the postgraduate courses in political science. Kindly let me know about the scope of these courses and related study facilities. ABIN BEN, ... The path to success Over the years many have documented the road to success. Those who happen to tumble upon these documents like articles and books and imbibe those required characteristics would definitely succeed in life. Success means different things to ... COMING UP •The IIITM-K has invited applications for admission to its Master of Science in Information Technology and M.Phil. in ecological informatics courses. Degree will be awarded by Cusat. Last date: October 20.•The National ... Student chapter of CICES launched Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Kilapuk, Chennai, has conducted a curtain raiser event towards the setting up of the College Chapter of Centre for Indian Cultural and Economic Studies (CICES). The CICES student chapter in the college ... 
For affordable education in the U.S.Sixteen second-tier educational institutions, or in other words, community colleges from the U.S want Indian students to consider them for higher education in the U.S. TEST TRACK The National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad, has invited applications for admission test to be held on January 9 and 10 across the country for admission to the following courses:•Graduation diploma programme in design ... Lessons from India and China India and China, two frontline nations in the emerging economies, have a role to play in the shaping of the global economy, particularly after their successful handling of their country’s affairs to limit the impact of the devastation of ... Indo-U.S. education summit With an aim to encourage and establish collaborations in education and research, the Indus Foundation will be organising an Indo-American Education Summit which will serve as a platform for interaction between university representatives of both ... NEW ARRIVALS The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram: Eleanor Robson and Jacqueline Stedall (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics, 2009 C.V. Raman Pillai, ...
IISc’s UG programme aims to create ‘a new cadre’ of scientists and engineers to find solutions to today’s problems – climate change, disease, agricultural productivity Strong message to universities Academics have lauded IISc move to start bachelor’s programme Role model or a burden? The UGC’s proposal to set up model degree colleges comes with a catch: State governments are expected to meet two-thirds of the expenditure What ails science education? In the Nobel season, the focus is again on basic sciences. Academics speak about the need to draw more students to research. Training to become a writer Apart from enrolling in full-fledged writing programmes offered as a value-add in many colleges, students can benefit from creative writing groups in Chennai. CAMPUS CONNECT Skills not an option, but an imperative The Department of English and Foreign Languages of Bharathiar University organised a one-day workshop for postgraduate students on “Interview Skills and Employment Opportunities Abroad”. Inaugurating the workshop, Vice-Chancellor C. ... Apprehensions over new CAT format haunt aspirants Centres in far-flung areas, confusion over level-playing field, quality of invigilation and advantages to candidates taking the test on the last day are some of the issues haunting the Common Admissions Test (CAT) aspirants this year. One of the ... ‘Concept of having 4 question papers faulty’ Many of the engineering students of colleges affiliated to JNTUs in Andhra Pradesh face a peculiar ‘Catch-22’ situation when it comes to question papers, be it in the first year annual examination or the subsequent semesters in the ... Campus Connect Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, organized a two-day national level seminar on Recent trends and research directions towards cloud computing recently. It was organized with the financial ... Campus Connect The Departments of Biochemistry and Hospital Administration of Shrimati Indira Gandhi College designed and brought out a magazine Biopearl-09. It was released by N. Balasubramanian, Dean, KAP Viswanatham Medical College, and ... HOT TOPIC Students must know mobile phone etiquette The novelty look in present day youth is the usage of destroying capsules called mobiles. The usage of this instrument decides whether it makes or mars our life. It mainly impinges on the youth’s behaviour. They are acting like stumbling ... GROUP DISCUSSION Advertising gets good support In a heated debate, the members of E-Plus club at Raghu Engineering College came out openly to both counter and concur on the topic ‘Business can flourish on good advertising alone; maintaining quality is not so important’, at the ... Research initiative If “below average” Indian students are reaching Australia for cookery and hair styling courses with an eye on Permanent Residency (PR) status, top Australian universities are coming to India in search of research students and ... Q & A Take to the skies for a career Who are the persons/officers to be contacted for getting information on small industries in Karnataka? We have a vocational training course in our institution and we need to understand the functioning of small ... Special workshop on emergency healthcare The Tirupur Kumaran College for Women conducted a special workshop on ‘Basic Life Support and Emergency Healthcare’. Australia tightens norms to check ‘dubious’ agents Creation of a registration system by the Indian Government for Indian students travelling overseas to study, development of a training module for pre-departure information for Indian students intending to study in Australia and provision of a ... ‘Concept of having four question papers faulty’ Many of the engineering students of colleges affiliated to JNTUs in Andhra Pradesh face a peculiar ‘Catch-22’ situation when it comes to question papers, be it in the first year annual examination or the subsequent semesters in the ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS Students protest brings out some issues Students of Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce went on a flash strike twice during the last week over a hike in semester examination fee and suspension of two students who have been hyper active in the agitation.Those watching ... Know your Singapore A glance at the procedure for securing admission in government, government-aided or independent schools Lessons from India and China How the two withstood the global meltdown is worth studying, feels U.S. varsity dean Haute and happening Be it expressing your creativity or raking in the mega bucks, the glamorous world of fashion designing offers a rewarding career. Film institute invites applications The Satayjit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, has invited applications for admission to three-year full-time postgraduate diploma courses in direction and screenplay writing, cinematography, editing, audiography. Eligibility: ... Coimng Up •Candidates interested in appearing for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination 2010 to be held on April 11, 2010 can apply online from November 1. The last date for applying online is December 7. The notification for the examination will be ... The scope of dairy technology The growth and expansion of dairy industry has opened up vast job opportunities DIFFERENT STROKES Jobs have just vanished Times are hard, but recession could be holding a good lesson for us, say students Look before you leap Be careful when choosing the country, college and course of study. NIT plans to expand its horizon The National Institute of Technology (NIT), which is celebrating its golden jubilee celebrations plans to expand into humanities, business economics and medical sciences in the next three years.President of India, Pratibha Patil and Union ... Planning a new model for varsities of the future In the proposed model of Not-for-Profit Public Private Partnership, varsities have a great degree of autonomy but function with public purpose close to the heart Karnataka ready to fund model colleges The Karnataka Government is ready to provide two-thirds of the capital expenditure required for setting up model degree colleges in 21 educationally backward districts of the State, as proposed by the Centre.Secretary to the Department of ... Smart Business contest A bid to promote spirit of entrepreneurship among management students For affordable education in the U.S, consider community colleges Sixteen second-tier educational institutions or in other words, community colleges from the U.S want Indian students to consider them for higher education in the U.S. St. Joseph’s projects chosen for innovation awards Three final-year projects by students of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering have been recognised for their innovative merit and chosen for a national award conferred annually by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).INAE ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS Narayana student excels A student of Narayana Educational Society, Gopi Sivakanth bagged the 11th Aditya Birla Scholarship worth Rs. 65,000 per annum to pursue his studies at IIT-Powai, Mumbai. Mr. Sivakanth bagged the All India third ran in IIT-JEE 2009 and was one ... You are invited! Get ready for Kshitij-2010, say IIT-Kharagpur students. YOUR VOICE Live life to the full College students should come out of their shell and build useful relationships Differencet Strokes The 11th batch of MBA classes at R.V. Institute of Management was inaugurated by Ajoy H. Chawla, Vice-President, Titan Industries Limited. In his address, he put across 10 points drawn from his experience for a successful career in Business ... Soft skills matter a lot They are more important than domain knowledge, say students JMET on December 13 The next Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET- 2010) will be held on December 13 across the country for admission to the two-year full-time PG programme in management including MBA conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at ... MIC offers new course in communication Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, will offer a six-month programme in Crafting Creative Communications. The programme, which will take off from January 2010, will train and develop talented youngsters as copywriters and art directors. ... UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP Statistical consultancy lab opened at SVU A Centre for Statistical Training and Consultancy-cum-Laboratory was opened last week at Sri Venkateswara University Department of Statistics. Vice-Chancellor N.Prabhakara Rao inaugurated the centre named after Padma Vibhushan Prof. C.R. ... RIGHT TURN The mantra to happiness Last week we were discussing “Problem leading to Unhappiness”. Let us deal with the other side. “Happiness” is a state of feeling of joy in varying degree. Peak of happiness is contentment. There are six ... Student chapter of CICES launched Rajalakshmi Engineering College has conducted a curtain raiser event towards the setting up of the College Chapter of Centre for Indian Cultural and Economic Studies (CICES). The idea is to form chapters of CICES in colleges, each chapter ... Education Plus Club schedule Theme: - Though we are all against wars, they are fascinating to know about and lend history a lot of its charm. Can you imagine our famous epics without the wars? Empires are built upon wars and emperors claim their fame from legendary ... ‘On Track’ Bosch Limited has organised a programme called “On Track” in Bangalore to provide industrial training to engineering students. Around 850 students from across India are participating in this three-day affair. Christain ... GUIDANCE PLUS Planning your stay in Singapore Before leaving for Singapore, students could explore various avenues for availing scholarships; related information can be found on various web sites. QUERY CUE Go beyond the prescribed syllabus I am doing my B.Tech second year from KITS, Warangal. My branch is Electronics and Instrumentation. I need some information on GRE and TOEFL. Please advise me on how to prepare for these examinations? Also tell me about the institutes in India ... Choice-based credit semester scheme A chance for students to study inter-disciplinary subjects NIT-Tiruchi all geared up for Ventura’ 10 Ventura ’10, the country’s largest international business plan contest being organised by the Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T), promises the rare opportunity for those looking ... How perfect is a ranking system? Do rankings help to improve education standards? Experts take a look at the significance of the process. TALKING POINT Get the expressions right As we have seen, there are always a wide variety of options to choose from, whether we are expressing apologies or giving a compliment. And as long as you remember to choose the right expressions based on the context, and then use the expressions ... Networking to produce young leaders Michael Furdyk and Jennifer Corriero were rollerblading after a conference, having a chat about youngsters. Little did they know that the casual conversation would soon drive an initiative that now has 2,69,942 members, across 261 countries and ... Share your views Student Unions have confined themselves to just student issues and most of the times their political affiliations reflect on the agitations they take up. But earlier student unions used to participate actively during natural disasters and help ... Career avenues in Western Australia Perth Education City along with the Western Australian Trade Office organised Western Australian Education Exhibition in Chennai recently. Representatives from some of the most prominent educational institutions of Western Australia who ... |
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