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Off course?
This PG programme envisaged by the vice-chancellor of University of Madras has sparked off debate.
It’s payback time for industries: VCs
Industries should pump in at least one per cent of their profits into universities to fund student and faculty training programmes, say Vice-Chancellors.
Testing times for IIM aspirants
IIMs have partnered with Prometric to provide logistics, handle the infrastructure and in short, organise the test
Developing entrepreneurial skills
The words like “entrepreneur” and “entrepreneurship” have been considerably debated in recent years among managers, policy makers and bureaucrats with the academic circles and institutions being no exception. Management ...
Workshop on Machine Vision
A one-day workshop was conducted on ‘Basics of Machine Vision and its applications’, jointly by TIFAC-CORE Center, Rajalakshmi Engineering College and Soliton Technologies, Bangalore, on October 24.The workshop covered ...
TAPMI to start new PGDM courses
The T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) in Manipal will be starting three new Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses in June 2010. The courses are in Banking and Financial Services; International Business; and Healthcare ...
JNTUH students can access MS tools freely
Taking yet another step to provide sound technology footing to its students, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Hyderabad (JNTUH) has tied up with Microsoft to make available various Microsoft tools for its students to work ...
Campus Connect
Home Science College and Research Institute celebrated World Food Day on the theme ‘Achieving food security in time of crisis’ at Vowalthottam. P. Banumathi, Dean, in her presidential address, highlighted the need to strike a ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Human Rights wing to be transferred to law college
The human rights wing of Department of Sociology of Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce is likely be shifted to the AU Dr. Ambedkar College of Law from the next academic year. The transfer should have happened during this academic ...
IGNOU launches six-month course in poultry farming
Apart from imparting technical proficiency in poultry breeding, IGNOU will provide study material both in English and in Tamil.
Diploma in non-violence and peace
The International Gandhian Institute for Non-Violence and Peace (IGINP), Kadavur, Madurai, is offering a diploma course in Non-Violence and Peace in the distance education mode. The course is being offered in collaboration with the ...
Skill development courses are in
The National Skill Development policy states that the skill development initiative should focus of modular, open architecture and short-term courses. The focus should be on short, relevant and effective courses that would get candidates into ...
Overseas education fair
The IMTP Consultancy Services (Chennai) Pvt Ltd is organising an overseas education fair at Hotel Residency here on November 6. Sasidharan Nambiar, its Managing Director says, those participating in the fair include institutions like ...
EPLUS ACTIVITY
Students showcase their debating skills
The points were shared equally among the members of the E-Plus Club at Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College when they eagerly debated on the topic ‘NGOs and charity/ social work organisations do much better job of providing relief than the ...
QUERY CUE
Options galore for mechanical engineering students
Get a low-down on Careers & courses
Removing online anxieties
An interview with Prometric, which is all set to conduct computer-based CAT in partnership with the IIMs
GUIDANCE PLUS
Flying high in kiwi land
The eight universities in New Zealand and a number of other institutions run a wide variety of programmes at different levels in diverse disciplines.
Campus Connect
The Microbiology Department of Dr. NGP Arts and Science College organised a symposium on “Antimicrobial Resistance and Drug Discovery”. Kulbushan Sharma, Advisor, World Health Organisation, was the chief guest. He reinforced the fight ...
An earnest call to return to basics?
Wide knowledge gap and learning styles among students who have given more importance to JEE than school exams have compelled academicians to take note of the higher education system in India, writes PRISCILLA JEBARAJ
Conference on international marketing
The GRD School of Commerce and International Business, Dr. G.R. Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore, will organise an international conference on “International Marketing in Asia Pacific - Issues and Challenges” on November 4 ...
‘Sadbhavana Divas’ observed
SPMVV Centre for Indira Gandhi Studies observed the 25th death anniversary of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the form of a lecture programme at SGS Arts College on Saturday.T.V. Subba Rao, professor of Law, spoke on the ...
Coming up
* The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy examination on April 18, 2010. Unmarried male candidates who have passed Plus Two (for Air Force, students should have studied physics and ...
Narayana Guru Polytechnic reunion
As part of Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Sree Narayna Guru Polytechnic College, Madukkarai, the institution proposes to conduct a reunion of its first batch (1984) students on its campus on Dec 12. For details, contact the ...
Applications invited for B.Sc. Nursing
Applications are invited from female candidates for admission to the four-year B.Sc. (Nursing) course at the College of Nursing under the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, and the three-and-a-half year Diploma in General Nursing and ...
ISEC course in development
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, is offering a short-term Certificate Course in Managing Development (CCMD). It is a three-week residential programme designed to provide the participants a rich exposure to various ...
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Latest developments in IT discussed
Montessori Mahila Kalasala conducted a conference on information technology recently, when Montessori committee president V.V. Krishna Rao, director and correspondent V. Koteswaramma and others spoke. As part of it, quiz, coding, spot topic ...
Wanted: more experts
The National Skill Development Corporation was launched recently as part of an initiative to boost the skilled manpower pool
FOSS potential yet to be tapped
Free and Open Source Software is a boon to educational institutions. It is cheaper and virus resistant, and most importantly, a virus attack can be solved immediately by programmers worldwide.
A new platform for sharing information
Engineering and Management students have a new platform to share information. Thanks to city-based IT consultants, Honeypot IT Consulting Private Limited students can logon to ‘
Help for students going to Australia
The Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI) has drawn up an eight-point action plan to ensure a conducive environment for Indian students planning to study in Australia in view of the reports of Indian students ...
`SmartDegree' to put an end to fake certificates
Faking educational certificates will be a thing of past, more so if they are from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Hyderabad (JNTUH). The university will now issue tamper-proof degree certificates with a chip containing ...
A nationwide initiative to boost skill pool begins
Manpower equipped with sector-specific skills is essential for economic growth, and the National Skill Development Corporation is addressing this need.
WASSUP
Applications invited for NDA entrance exam
The National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance examination for Class – I Commissioned Officers in the Air Force, Army and Navy will be held on April 18, 2010. The last date for submitting the application forms is November 16, a press ...
Engineering dreams
The initiatives by this community college near Chennai, promise to produce more associate engineers from among the urban and rural poor.
Go for community colleges
Sixteen second-tier educational institutions want Indian students to consider them for higher education in the U.S.
Creating a framework for training
The National Skill Development policy will encourage infrastructure creation for on-the-job training and apprenticeships.
Applications invited for CPMT
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited applications for the all India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination 2010 for admission to MBBS/BDS courses under the 15 per cent merit seat quota in medical and dental colleges ...
Cartoon contest on climate change
British Council in association with Ken Sprague Fund, the United Kingdom, is organising a cartoon contest on climate change. The contest is open to those in the age group of 18 and 35 ...
A call to return to the basics?
Will the proposal to raise the cut-off marks for IIT-JEE pave the way for a learning process where students get a solid grounding in the fundamentals?
ISEC course in development
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, is offering a short-term Certificate Course in Managing Development (CCMD). It is a three-week residential programme designed to provide the participants a rich exposure to ...
Young Scientist Award
C. Guruvayoorappan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University, has been conferred the Young Scientist Award by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, under the fast track scheme. The award ...
‘It’s payback time’
Industry should pump at least one per cent of its profits into universities
CAMPUS JOTTINGS
IIFT opens branch in Hyderabad
Home Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy has inaugurated International Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT) in Hyderabad. IIFT is one of the Asia’s biggest fashion institutes established in 1990 having its headquarters in New Delhi with 70 ...
Have a business idea?
Villgro (formerly Rural Innovations Network), a not-for-profit organisation that works at empowering rural developments by identifying and incubating innovations, for the first time has come up with a business plan competition which is open to ...
GUIDANCE PLUS
Getting into a German college
There are nine major technical universities that have excellent facilities for studies in engineering and sciences
NITs asked to prepare vision paper
A directive to ascertain how to attract talent and how research could be fostered.
RIGHT TURN
Get your priorities right
Take on students' test of nerves
E-PLUS CLUB
Are you cuisine challenged?
Food is a wonderful topic of study. You must definitely study its role through the ages.
Test Tracker
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited applications for the all India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination 2010 for admission to MBBS/BDS courses under the 15 per cent merit seat quota in medical and dental colleges ...
Eplus Club schedule
Theme: I guess it can be safely said that most of us are crazy about food and drinks. Trying new stuff and experimenting with various recipes appear appealing and few things can beat the excitement of discovering a new recipe or sampling a ...
ISEC course in development
Those who network with the private and public sectors will find it useful
TALKING POINT
Playing with phrases
One of my many language related pranks, perpetrated on unsuspecting friends, was a big success. This was during college days, so there was always a group of people I got to meet on a daily basis -- all the classmates and friends. Now one day I ...
Campus connect
The Rotaract Clubs of Jamal Mohamed College and Jamal Mohamed College for Women in Tiruchi and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women, Perambalur, recently conducted Ignite'09 (Rotaract Zonal Confernce for Tiruchi, ...
Learn English, will you?
EducationPlus Club launched in institute near Udupi
Understanding cinema better
It might be one of those songs in the movie that you strongly feel is out of place or the plot of the film that seems annoyingly slack to you. If you think you know what goes wrong in a film and what it takes to be a blockbuster, then there ...
DIFFERENT STROKES
Earn in the morning, learn in the evening
Students of evening colleges are happy, their only grouse being lack of extra-curricular activities
Courses in digital animation
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) is now offering advanced diplomas in 3D animation, which will equip students with the necessary skills to become sought-after professionals in the market. Apart from the usual courses, the two ...
Nominations invited
Have talent, have fun
Foot-tapping Indian and western music, ‘Mad Ads,’ stirring plays and competitions… it was all happening at Equinox ’09, the cultural and literary inter-collegiate festival organised by St. Joseph’s Pre-University ...
Setting an example
Taking some time from their academic activities, students of St. Ann’s College for Women, Mehdipatnam donned the role of social activists and took up flood relief activities in Ayyavaripalli village in Mahabubnagar district. The ...
All for a career in theatre
Rangayana to offer certificate and degree courses
Q & A
UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
SVU gets Rs. 1.20-cr. UGC grant
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has identified the potential in Sri Venkateswara University’s Department of Physics by sanctioning it a Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) with a total grant of Rs.1.20 crore. This is the first CAS ...
Campus Capsule
Three students from the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, are participating in the prestigious Design Camp-Vision 2020, hosted by the Kolding School of Design and Design City Kolding, Denmark.The students — ...
Share your views
Songs raking up controversies has become a routine these days. If it was a revolutionary song penned by Vangapandu Prasada Rao that kicked off a row till a few days ago, now it is the turn of ‘Maa Telugu Talliki’ by Sankarambadi ...
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