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Nanotechnology: are we ready?
Tamil Nadu institutions scramble for laboratory equipment and trained faculty.
Pay more to earn more
Fee hike by IIMs and IITs cannot be grudged, feel many
The new rating methodology
India is one of the largest higher educational systems in the world, having more than 400 universities, 18,000 colleges and an enrolment of 11 million students. The present enrolment is eight per cent which is low compared with to the ...
CAMPUS CONNECT
‘Aspiring entrepreneurs should be prepared to meet challenges’
To ensure access to the latest developments taking place globally in entrepreneurship education to all its members, the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) has entered into collaborations with Stanford University and TiE Global, Vinod ...
Campus interviews: boon or bane
Some say that the trend is healthy and is the order of the day while others feel that a ‘not so healthy’ culture is seeping in
Campus connect
Integrating technology like computers and internet with teaching would certainly upgrade the quality of teaching. Such efforts would help rural children get quality education on par with school education available in urban areas, according to S. ...
Kakatiya varsity common entrance test in May
Kakatiya University at Warangal is conducting Common Entrance Test (KUCET 2008) in May, 2008 for admission into various PG courses for the next academic year. According to Director of Admissions Prof. P.Indrasena Reddy, the sale of ...
UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
DU conducts workshop on folklore
Dravidian University conducted a four-day workshop on ‘Folklore Outreach through Media and Tourism’ under the auspices of its Department of Folklore and Tribal Studies at its Kuppam campus last Wednesday. The event was inaugurated by ...
Q & A
Legal experts have a field day
I am doing my PU in a college in Bangalore. I am in the Commerce faculty. I have heard that DSE in Delhi is one of the best institutions in the country. Please guide me on the PG programmes that I can pursue in this ...
Test Tracker
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has invited applications for entrance examinations for admission to various courses starting in August.The institute admits only women to the four-year B.Sc. (Hons) nursing ...
Diploma in software testing
Chennai-based Softsmith Infotech, a software services provider specialising in independent third party testing and quality assurance services, has launched a diploma programme in software testing. The diploma programme encompasses course work in ...
CPL may still not fetch pilots a job
Many flight schools in the country are only looking to cash in on students and do not provide the kind of training national carriers look for when hiring new hands.
Good habits leave lasting impressions dil se
SRR and CVR Government College: Good habits are important and they should be cultivated quite early in life. If they are imbibed into young minds, it will leave a lasting impact on them and inspire them to do all good deeds in ...
Draw up a plan for IIT-JEE
Coordinated by IIT Roorkee, the proposed pattern of JEE 2008 will test students for six hours in one day
Q & A
I am doing my under graduation in pharmacy and I would like to do a post graduation course in clinical pharmacy. What are the career prospects? Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy where pharmacists provide patient care that ...
Crack IIT-JEE with confidence
Proper planning and strong determination can take you to your goal
Pursuing Ph.D. in Yoga
Yoga is regaining its lustre. Though its ultimate goal is to help individuals attain enlightenment, these days it enjoys a prominent status among the various relaxation techniques and therapeutic practices. Yoga helps in overcoming stress ...
Excellence in research is the need of the hour
Harnessing knowledge is key to determining the prosperity of the country.
Job-ready students
EdServ (formerly Lambent Softsystems P Ltd), a 7-year-old Staffing solution and Consulting Company has recently launched a 4th Generation education model that promises employment for every registered candidate.The company plans to address ...
SKU to introduce new courses
Identifying the increasing significance of computer education in the job market the Centre for Distance Education (CDE) of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) here has decided to cash in on the trend by attracting more and more students for its ...
Get ready for an objective test
V-C feels CLAT is affordable and will improve quality of legal education
MMA offers certificate course
Madras Management Association is now offering certificate courses in Human Resource Management, Retail Management and Financial Management starting from May 3rd, May 17th and June 7th 2008 respectively. Classes will be held on ten ...
Students develop spatial information system
The final-year students of the Department of Information Technology, Sathyabama University, have developed a spatial information system for hospitals, clinics and other health-related services. The aim is to develop a semi-automated system for ...
SKU to recover dues
The existence of Krishna hostel for the research scholars on the campus of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) in Anantapur has getting increasingly difficult with the continued piling up of mess bills’ dues. Though the hostel has been ...
Grab the jobs in the hospitality sector
Swiss expert offers insights, woos Indian students
NSD entrance
The National School of Drama, New Delhi, has invited applications for admission to its three-year full-time residential diploma in dramatic arts starting in July. Graduates in any subject from a recognised university who have participated in at ...
UoH admission notification issued
The University of Hyderabad has issued the admission notification for the various courses offered by it for the academic year 2008-09. Admissions are made on all-India basis in order of merit in the entrance examination. The University ...
EDI courses are on offer
Objective is to help people face the onslaught of globalisation
Learning without boundaries
A fresh and inspiring take on management education.
‘Rocking’ time at annual day campus jottings
Students of TKR Educational Society had a rocking time during the two-day festival to mark their annual day as well as the students’ festival. Popular rock band ‘Parikrama’ performed live during the student’s festival much ...
Come, join the network
CISCO plans to meet shortfall of skilled IT hands
For better managers
The thematic structure of courses at TAPMI is a big draw.
Good prospects for M.Sc Genetics
I want to do M.Sc in Genetics. Please tell me which colleges in Hyderabad offer the course, their admission and entrance test details. SyedaGenetics is the study of genes. The science is applied in the manipulation of make-up ...
YOUR VOICE
Rejuvenating the ‘Gen–X’
Transition from school to college life, a crucial period
New courses at TAPMI
In addition to entrance examinations, students have to take an aptitude test which will probe their interest in rural business.
New courses at TAPMI
T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) at Manipal is starting a one-year postgraduate residential programme in e-governance in August/September 2008 in collaboration with the National Institute of Smart Government (NISG), Hyderabad. The aim ...
Towards competency-based testing
In an interview to The Hindu-Education Plus at Jyothis Central School in Thiruvananthapuram, Ashok Ganguly, chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), spoke at length about the HOTS-based process, the need for a national core ...
ICFAI releases books on IT, e-governance
The ICFAI University released two books – ‘E-Governance Today’ and ‘IT Today’, authored by Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan, the founder Director of the IIIT, Bangalore. The books were released by J. Satyanarayana ...
CET coaching in Bidar
It was a welcome break from convention. Students in Bidar got a taste of animation-based teaching, to help them perform better in the Common Entrance Test for admission to professional courses. The programme laid emphasis on “giving ...
Turning out job-ready students
“The divide between the academics and industry is ever widening especially after India is projected as a sole source for humanware in the IT sector.”
Take mock tests online
A new format of testing has been made available online by Litmus Education for students appearing for EAMCET, AIEEE or IIT-JEE
Students develop spatial information system for hospitals
The final-year students of the Department of Information Technology, Sathyabama University, have developed a spatial information system for hospitals, clinics and other health-related services. The aim is to develop a semi-automated system ...
Industry-academic interface proves fruitful
Right from the beginning of the academic year, the college managements keep looking for various opportunities on how to prepare students for future careers. The syllabus-framing and instruction in classroom are changing accordingly with ...
For the mobile sector
The mobile subscriber base in the country has reached 24 crore and is expected to grow further. This has created a need for mobile professionals. The manpower requirement of mobile professionals is around eight lakh and growing. Striving to ...
A CPL may not fetch a pilot’s job
It may be easy to get a commercial Pilots licence, but it may be tough to find employment unless you have undergone the right kind of training.
RIGHT TURN
Studying must be a pleasure
To day is ‘Ugadi’, the New Year Day. People take a mixture of neem flowers, jaggery, mango, tamarind and green pepper respectively for bitterness, sweetness, sourness, tang and heat; symbolising life as a combination of pleasure and ...
Work, for the fun
Summer is no longer wasted but spent ‘usefully’
Let’s get QUIZical
1. According to legend, kissing what in Ireland endows the kisser with the gift of gab?2. In which Shakespearen play would you encounter the stage direction line “Exit, pursued by a bear”?3. How is the Hollywood ...
IIM-Calcutta’s programme for executives
For details, email to singhlakshman@yahoo.com
KUCET 2008 in May
Kakatiya University at Warangal is conducting Common Entrance Test (KUCET 2008) in May, 2008 for admission into various PG courses for the next academic year. According to Director of Admissions Prof. P.Indrasena Reddy, the sale of ...
CAMPUS CAPSULE
Campus Abroad, a pioneering consultant in overseas education, will conduct interviews to select eligible students for availing scholarship from U.K. universities. Eight universities — University of Salford, University of Hull, University ...
GUIDANCE PLUS
More possibilities in graphics
Many graphics options can be used to enhance the effectiveness of technical writing.
UGC approves SKU proposal
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved the proposal to set up Centre for Social Exclusive and Inclusive Policy Research in Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) in Anantapur and sanctioned Rs. 50 lakhs for operationalising the centre ...
Making school examinations more meaningful
CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly believes that the HOTS concept is capable of changing the entire teaching-learning process in schools.
Can’t live with or without them
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY: While I was browsing through the net, which has almost become an addiction, I came across a word ‘IRRITAINMENT’. This is an offshoot of modern jargon. It means entertainment and media spectacles that are ...
Effort to create awareness on AIEEE
Every year, Chennai-based students account for over 90 per cent of candidates in the 50 per cent quota of seats for Tamil Nadu at the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi. The obvious reason is that the significance of the All India ...
Trappings of a busy life
St Mary’s College Of Engineering And Technology: As my bus speeds up on the busy roads I wonder what kind of life are we living these days? In today’s fast paced world all of us are running after something or the other, we all ...
Arts students prefer IT jobs
“The only negative side to all these placements is that not many students are taking up post graduation.”
DIL SE
Those were the best days
GITAM UNIVERSITY: I think everyone might have watched ‘HAPPY DAYS’ movie. When I watched the movie and came out from the theatre, my mind was full of memories. I was not able to believe that I was leaving the ...
Share your views
Your response, not exceeding 250 words may be emailed to collegian@thehindu.co.in or by post to Education Plus, The Hindu, Begumpet, Hyderabad-16. The responses ...
New courses from MGR medical university
In an effort to ensure that there are enough teachers in medical education, the Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University has proposed to introduce a number of post-graduate courses from the current academic year.
Grooming students for corporate environment
While corporates attempt to find a fine balance between academic achievement and interpersonal skills in potential employees, a majority of students passing out of colleges are found to be lacking in communication and interpersonal skills. Most ...
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