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U.S. sponsorships for disadvantaged students
Indian students from disadvantaged sections will soon be able to pursue undergraduate courses in America with the US Government inviting applications from them for scholarships.
The students will be funded under the `Partnerships for Learning Undergraduate Studies' programme for two-year courses at select American colleges and universities.
The programme is specially targeted at students who belong to disadvantaged socio-economic communities but can demonstrate academic excellence, requisite proficiency in English, leadership qualities and an aptitude for educational and cultural exchanges, a statement from the U.S. Embassy has said.
Students have to apply by October 4 and the names of selected candidates will be declared in February, it said.
This will be the second batch of Indian students to be selected under the PLUS programme.
National resource centre
The Directorate of Forensic Science (DFS), Gujarat, will be the national resource centre for Forensic Psychology that will train senior police officials, judges and forensic experts.
"The Central Government has granted Rs.40 lakhs for the activities of the centre, which is the first of its kind in the country. Our main role will be to impart training on psychological methods of interrogations of the criminals to the police, judges and forensic experts," said the director of DFS, J.M. Vyas.
He said around 10 research personnel have already been recruited and work on preparation of databases has started. The regular training programmes will start next month.
"As a part of activities of this centre, we will give technology to other states and enter into MoU's with them and help them in setting up similar facilities," Mr. Vyas said.
The forensic method of psychological interrogation includes psychological profiling of a person, lie detector tests, marco-analysis and brain finger printing, he said.
"In the psychological profiling of a person we make an overall profile of a person's background, his tendencies, his circumstances, his family background and several other aspects. In fact, here we make a `Janma Kundali' of a criminal by making him undergo different psychological tests," he added.
"By making a person draw some simple figures and sketches and by interpreting them we are able to take a peep into his mental tendencies, he added.
Australian firm to train 500
Australia-based financial market education pioneer Safety in the Market (SITM) has launched its operations in South India and said it plans to train about 500 persons by the end of next financial year.
SITM has trained over 150 people in Delhi and Mumbai since it launched operations in India in April and is now aiming to have its presence in all major cities in the country.
Founded by renowned Australian trader David Bowden, SITM, part of the $100 million Sydney-based Hubb Organisation will soon launch operations in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune.
"We conducted two workshops in Delhi and Mumbai, following the response from the rest of the country, we commence our operations in South India," country Manager - India, Hubb Events India Private Limited Pradeep Chandrasekaran told reporters.
The SITM courses, based upon the work of W.D. Gann, a famous American stock and commodity trader, are aimed at empowering and educating the retail traders to control the risk in any stock market trade.
In its last 16 years of existence, SITM has trained over 35,000 people worldwide. Its methodologies can be implemented in any free financial market including the stock market, the commodities market, the bullion market and the forex market.
Some of Mr. Bowden's forecasts include one made in November 2003. He gave May 17, 2004 as `Pressure Date,' which proved to be the day when the Indian market witnessed its largest single-day crash its history. He also predicted the Gulf War market crash nearly a year in advance, he added.
Pest management kit launched
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University last week launched its newly developed `kit,' which helps in detection of insects in stored produce, leading to timely control.
Launching the kit, TNAU Vice-Chancellor C. Ramasamy said the presence of insects in store houses were felt only when they were hovering and flying around, "by which time enormous loss and population build up of insects might have occurred."
Timely detection of the stored grain insects would help prevent heavy losses, Dr. Ramasamy said adding the Centre for Plant and Protection Studies in TNAU has developed the kit named `TNAU-Stored Grain insect pest management kit' containing prototypes of all the devices along with a CD-Rom about the devices and how to use them.
The kit would be of great use in popularisation of TNAU technologies across the country and would be an ideal `hands-on-training' tool for education, extension centres and also for private warehousing, Dr. Ramasamy said.
Travel BPO course
A travel BPO course was launched recently by 19-year-old Ankit Fadia, renowned computer Security and Digital Intelligence consultant.
The course is to be run by Kuoni Academy of Travel (KAT), a leading travel and tourism academy, at its centre here.
Ankit, who is doing his degree course in computer science with specialisation in information security at Stanford University, US, told reporters here that he was happy to launch India's `first' travel BPO course.
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