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Is a return to academics a clever move?
More working professionals seem to be interested in taking academic courses to reshape their careers.
Click, learn, pass the exam
Online coaching goes interactive, and students are benefiting from it
What they think and feel….
A questionnaire about their institution and what success means to them was distributed to the students of the PSG Institutions recently. They were asked to return the forms, which had multiple choices for answers, in a week.“For an ...
Time to bid goodbye
Come summer and it’s the season for farewell parties on college campuses


Ensuring benefits from coaching
Show me a shelf of the most popular and latest set of management books and I will point to at least a few of them on the shelf that relate to coaching!Increasing hiring, the dearth of specialised and trained talent have forced all ...

Civilisation ’08
Civilisation ’08, a three-day national-level technical symposium organised by the students of the department of civil engineering (society of civil engineers), College of Engieering, Anna University, begins on March 4. The event will ...
Q & A: Ask the CBSE


UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
BIZ BEAM 08’ conducted
Sri Venkateswara University’s Department of Business Management conducted its national-level management meet ‘BIZ BEAM 08’ last week, in which students from various MBA colleges of Rayalaseema region took part. ...
Creating ideal retail managers
RIMS offers a two-year PG programme

Seeking the right coach
Companies employ them to enhance quality

Victoria invites skilled migrants
As Australia finds it challenging to meet its need for skilled manpower, individual states in the country have begun to actively woo valuable ‘source countries’.“India is our top source country for migration,” says ...
Coaching class
For students preparing for the All India Engineering Entrance (AIEEE) scheduled to be held on April 27, and looking for some professional coaching, Brilliant Tutorials will offer a one-month intensive course.The programme scheduled to be ...

SLIET entrance examination
The Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), a deemed university and national-level institute under the Union government, has invited applications for a national-level entrance test to be conducted on June 7 and 8 at all ...

IGNOU launches convergence project
Convergence seems to be Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) new mantra to take education to the remotest corners of the country.Aimed at tapping the best of conventional education and distance learning, the university ...
Campus connect
A seminar on ‘Advances in social work practice: emerging issues and new perspectives’ was organised by the Department of Social Sciences, Lady Doak College, on Thursday. It was intended to be a platform for sharing knowledge among ...
A.D.M. College digital library, a boon for rural students
A.D.M. College for Women (Autonomous) in Nagapattinam has commissioned a modern digital library to cater to the educational needs of researchers and students in rural areas. It is a boon to the rural students, said Agriculture Minister ...
SKU to set up centre on sociological research
Proposals have been prepared by Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU), Anantapur, for setting up a research centre on social awareness in the name of ‘Babu Jagjivan Ram Centre for Dalit Studies’ on the campus to enable study and ...


UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
VRSEC conducts technical symposium
The Department of Computer Applications of the VR Siddhartha Engineering College (VR SEC) conducted the “TECHNOMANIA-2008”, a national-level technical symposium, in which technical paper contests and programming skills contests were ...


CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Does NAAC grading gets more funds?
Even as Andhra University is totally involved in preparing for the National Assessment and Accreditation Committee’s Peer Team visit in a few weeks, a doubt is lingering in the minds of a few if a good grading from NAAC will get the ...
Many takers for speech therapy courses
25 Bachelor’s and 20 Master’s seats are available
Training programme
Career Boot Camp, an institute that facilitates career choices for graduates, has designed a certificate training programme aimed at making students industry-ready. The programme, to be conducted by experienced trainers, will be offered ...
JIPMER invites applications for entrance test
The Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has invited applications for its entrance examination for admission to the first year MBBS course starting in July. Applicants must have passed Plus Two or ...
Campus Connect
The Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering of Seshasayee Institute of Technology (SIT) organised a workshop on ‘recent trends in instrumentation’. It was inaugurated by the principal in-charge, S. Sangapillai. The ...
Let’s get QUIZical
1. Which fabled Egyptian ruler’s original name meant “Living Image of Aten”?2. Who created Wallace & Gromit?3. The bird ‘Geococcyx californianus’ has been made famous thanks to being made a comic ...


Q & A
Helping executives to shape up
I want to attend a management development programme in the domain of Operations Research from any of the Indian Institutes of Management or business schools of repute. Please guide me. Bhoopal Reddy via Email ...

BIM placement goes up by 17 per cent
This year’s placement at Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), which is listed among the top-ranking B-schools in the country, has shown a 17-per cent increase in the average salary offered to candidates. The average salary ...

QUERY CUE
Pursuing B.Tech course in distance mode
I secured 91 per cent in SSC and am now studying Intermediate. My subjects are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science. I want to know if it is a right choice to opt for B.Tech in Computer Science in dist ance ...
NKC’s recommendations for better schooling nationally
“We have a number of suggestions and recommendations covering the different aspects of school education, but the essential thrust can be summarised in terms of more resources, more decentralisation and more flexibility.” ...
Amendments likely in carryover system
Mangalore varsity heeds demand of student unions

Handling news in a flash
A look at New Media, the new kind of journalism

Campus Connect
The Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management of the Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, conducted a one-day workshop on “Bar Tending Techniques” recently. The workshop taught students various techniques on order taking ...

UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
OU organises seminar-cum-workshop
The Department of Geo-Physics, Osmania University organised a seminar-cum-workshop on ‘Strategies on Integrated Geophysical Exploration Technologies’. T. Tirupati Rao, Vice-Chancellor inaugurating the seminar said that ...


RIGHT TURN
Revision before exams
In continuation of last week’s article, here are few more tips to prepare for your exams. Cut down exhilarating discussions or heated arguments before your studies that increases the garbage space in the brain. Go to bed immediately ...

Helping apprentices
Board of Apprenticeship Training, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, jointly with the Directorate of Technical Education, Vocational Education, and Canara Engineering College, Dakshina Kannada, will organise an ...
Short takes
For SASTRA University, Thanjavur, this seems to be a very interesting season. An independent survey conducted by biotechnology magazine BioSpectrum has ranked SASTRA University’s School of Chemical and Biotechnology as ...
Symposium on IT trends
SMK Fomra Institute of Technology (SMKFIT) hosted a one-day national symposium ‘Le Magnanimous’ last Friday. The department of computer science & engineering, department of information technology and postgraduate department of ...

Rural Development Management
The National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) has launched a one-year Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Rural Development Management.Admission into the course will be through an entrance test that will be conducted on April ...


GUIDANCE PLUS
Further strategies in email communication
Get a grip on email etiquette. Avoid sending wrong signals to those you choose to communicate with.
Receives award
The Kongu Community Radio operating from Kongu Engineering college campus, Perundurai, has been adjudged as Best Community Radio and bagged the Best Community/campus Radio award 2008 at a conference organised by Radio Duniya in ...
JKC centre opened
Y.P.R. College of Engineering & Technology in Medak now boasts of a Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC) thus opening the doors for students in this backward area to pick up skills on par with their peers in the city. The centre was inaugurated by ...
Placements at ISB
Indian School of Business (ISB), one of the leading management institutes in the country, is all set for the placement sessions. This year 200 players will make offers to 425 students.M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, “An interesting ...
Hospitality industry welcomes rural students
Hospitality industry holds a lot of promise for many rural students with a diploma or degree in hotel management.
Aiding creation of manpower for nuclear power
Countries the world over are inclined towards using nuclear energy to meet their power needs. This means there will be a need for manpower in abundance for nuclear power generation in a not too distant future.And along with that comes the ...
Q & A
My sister is studying B.Sc. Microbiology final year. Please list some of the postgraduate options and the career prospects. Microbiologists study the anatomy, genetics and physiology of micro-organisms such as bacteria, ...

DIL SE
Got an idea, share it
The City University of New York: Ideas are so important – they are the beginning and end of everything. They need to be transmitted – yes! You need to propagate your ideas – writing, art, music, dance, theatre, ...
Taste of culture
The food was good, so was the music and dance from the North-East
Clarification
With reference to the report ‘Direct PG degrees lose their charm’ that appeared in Education Plus dated February 18, 2008, S. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Dean, Planning & Development, SASTRA University, Thanjavur writes: The ...
IT can get stifling
Colleges shape students for a job, not for learning
What CLAT holds for law students
Beginning this year, students aspiring to get into some of the national law institutions will have to take a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Some views on how it will benefit law aspirants.
Celebrating life
S.D.M. Siddhartha Mahila Degree College: Celebrations are common on college campuses, as the students and staff enjoy fond memories of sharing their experiences together for two to three years. It is always a wonderful thing that so many ...

Courting change
Loyola Academy Degree and PG College: There is nothing permanent except change. We all have heard this but many of us do not observe the change in our lives. When somebody tells us that we have changed, we always reply that we are ...

Symposium on IT trends
SMK Fomra Institute of Technology (SMKFIT) hosted a one-day national symposium ‘Le Magnanimous’ last Friday. The department of computer science & engineering, department of information technology and postgraduate department of ...

Civilisation ’08 begins tomorrow
Civilisation ’08, a three-day national-level technical symposium organised by the students of the department of civil engineering (society of civil engineers), College of Engieering, Anna University, begins on March 4. The event will ...

Research retell
It is time to shed your inhibitions and come out of your laboratories. This is your chance to get your ideas and works published. Be it research, seminar or technical papers that you have published as part of the academic curriculum. ...
For better schooling nationally
The National Knowledge Commission has come up with wide-ranging recommendations for the reform of school education in the country. Some highlights.

On coaching and improving performance
Show me a shelf of the most popular and latest set of management books and I will point to at least a few of them related to coaching!Increasing hiring and the dearth of specialised and trained talent have forced all companies to look ...



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