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Making an informed choice
With good placement records and modernised courses, the better Arts and Science colleges should be the logical destination of the serious student.
Savour the integrated courses
BU offers more integrated courses to boost research and upgrade quality
Making waves with music
Counselling is on for admission to Rahman’s music conservatory which will run a foundation programme this year as a preamble to the graduation course to begin in May 2009.
Join reputed institutions, students told
Students should set long-term career goals, say experts at The Hindu Education Plus career guidance workshop


‘All branches are considered job-fetching’
Which has to be given preference to, good branch in a mediocre college or a so-so branch in a reputed college? The latter is preferable. A well-established college with all infrastructure, qualified faculty members, ...

Kakatiya entrance schedule
Kakatiya University has announced entrance schedule for admissions into five year PG programme in Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to Director of Admissions P. Indrasena Reddy, the last date for submission of application forms is June 30 ...
Manipal’s MBBS in Nepal
The Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Pokhara, Nepal, is calling for applications for its five-and-a-half year MBBS course beginning August 2008. The institute is a collaborative effort between Indian education service major Manipal ...

YOUR VOICE
Strategy matters
Time management and staying focussed are crucial in higher studies

True grit, anyone?
Few opt for defence as a career these days

Manipal’s MBBS in Nepal
The Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Pokhara, Nepal, is calling for applications for its five-and-a-half year MBBS course beginning August 2008. The institute is a collaborative effort between Indian education service major Manipal ...

Choice-based credit system makes an entry
Here’s the blueprint of the academic credit system to be introduced in all colleges this year.

AIEEE counselling from June 16
This year, candidates can also opt for dropout/unavailed seats.

EMRI training
The Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), one of the global leaders in emergency services, offers a two-year full-time residential postgraduate programme in Emergency Care. EMRI has partnered with the Stanford School of Medicine, ...

Any foreign medicine degree is recognised

Campus connect
Infosys Technologies Limited organised campus recruitment at J. J. College of Engineering and Technology recently. Five hundred students from J.J. College and Periyar Maniammai College of Engineering and Technology participated. They appeared for ...
For the sake of knowledge
Christ College offers six non-professional courses

‘Leadership from within’
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, hosted the 2008 edition of ‘LCube’ between May 30 and June 1. The event was inaugurated by Harsh Manglik, MD and Chairman of Accenture India Pvt. Ltd., who delivered a keynote address on ...

Chennai Business School calling
The course pays attention to solving problems of Indian industry.
Spotlight on civil engineering
Focus on development of tier-II cities cited as reason.
AIEEE counselling from June 16
This year, candidates can also opt for dropout/unavailed seats.
ANGRAU programme
A one-day training programme on research, growth and management of bio-fuel plants was organised by Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) at Rajendranagar. Nominated divisional officers and supervisors from the Agriculture ...

CAMPUS JOTTINGS
PG admissions commence campus jottings
Summer vacation for Andhra University campus colleges ends on June 20 but the campus is busy with admissions into the post-graduate courses. It seems the counselling for admissions is not going to be a smooth affair.The first day’s ...

Q & A
The business of running hospitals
I would like to have information on the Hospital Administration course conducted by TATA Institute, Bombay. Rajendra Shetty via e-mailThe Master of Hospital Administration is a full-time, two-year course ...

An option other than higher secondary
A large number of students look for study options other than the higher secondary courses. Let us look at some of the options before them.Diploma in Engineering / TechnologyJobs in the field of ...

Calculating the medicine cut-off
More candidates will be found in the different marks bands, starting with the top slot of 200 marks.


GUIDANCE PLUS
Professional avenues for Plus-Two students in MPC group
We had hinted that the optional subjects in Class XI should be selected wisely, keeping in mind the desired channels in higher education. If you opt for humanities or commerce in the higher secondary classes, it would not be possible for you to ...

Identify root of the problem
A particular bed in a corner room at a South African hospital, where critically ill patients were kept, acquired a spine-chilling reputation of being cursed by evil spirits. Whichever patient assigned to that particular bed died the next Friday ...
Two new courses at Urdu varsity

Fair on global study options
If admissions time is both exciting and stressful for those looking for courses at home, both the thrills and the tension are multiplied when one plans to study abroad.After all, with the kind of investment required to study overseas, ...
Campus capsule
Admissions are open for one-year distance learning programmes offered by the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) - Advanced Diploma in Creative Writing in English (postgraduate) and Diploma in Creative Writing in English (for ...

IGNOU’s new programmes
B.A. in international hospitality administration and diploma in retailing are among the offerings

Making waves with music
KMMC is beginning a foundation programme, which is a preamble to the graduation programme.


CAMPUS CONNECT
Symposium on entrepreneurship development
The Department of Commerce of the Avinashilingam University for Women organised a symposium on “Entrepreneurship Development” recently. Vice-chancellor Saroja Prabhakaran inaugurated the symposium and said that entrepreneurship ...

Exciting career in Merchant Navy
As the popular song goes, “Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, learn science, technology? Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true on the land or on the sea…? ‘Merchant Navy’ yes, you ...

Two new courses at Urdu varsity
Two new Post Graduate courses, M.A. Persian and M.A. History, are being introduced by Maulana Azad National Urdu University from this academic year.Application forms and prospectus are available at the university campus for Rs. 100 or can ...

Take that
How about writing about your classroom and your backyard that is your college campus? Heart-rending (heart-warming too) experiences that moved you. Incidents that stirred you or things you did not like. Youth festivals or workshops ...

DIL SE
Making them feel wanted
GMRIT: Each child is precious, each child is created by God; unfortunately some are born with abnormal visual, auditory, speech and mental capacities. It is better to refer them as physically-challenged rather than physically ...
Master yogic sciences
If event management, advertising and fashion technology do not interest you and if you think medicine and engineering demand too many years of dedicated study, you could probably consider a course in Yogic Sciences. It is a good career option for ...
Start your journey to the U.K.
The British Council is organising a free seminar on the student visa process for students who have secured admission from U.K. institutions for courses beginning in Fall 2008. Ryan Bennett, Entry Clearance Officer, British Deputy High Commission, ...
Brainstorming, a skill development device
Is it possible to practise an activity which will facilitate free flow of ideas, encourage patient hearing and active listening of each and one of a group? Brainstorming, the brainchild of Alex Osborne, a Latin American journalist, is one such ...
Women no longer inferior
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering: “A free race cannot be born of slave mothers”- Margaret SangerA couple of days ago while I was travelling to the suburbs of Visakhapatnam I came across people from different ...
Students take a SIP
The students of ICFAI National College (INC) in Gulbarga city are making waves in the academic circles with their entrepreneurship skills and creating new benchmark in the “earn while you learn” concept with their outstanding ...
Courses in governance and sustainable development
With rapid changes in politics, economy, society, government and administration, new conceptualisation of governance, administration and development is the need of the hour. To cope up with new requirements, Gandhigram Rural University has ...
EMRI training
The Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), one of the global leaders in emergency services, offers a two-year full-time residential postgraduate programme in Emergency Care. EMRI has partnered with the Stanford School of Medicine, ...

Awareness programme
The Salem Government College of Engineering conducted an awareness programme on utilisation of solar energy and generating electricity under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme in Vasamperi village. The College had installed ten ...

Management meet
The School of Management Studies of Anna University, Coimbatore, organised a management meet titled “Kautilya 2008” recently. Sri Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Master Stroke, Dubai, inaugurated the event and R. Radhakrishnan, ...

Engineering Association launched
The Department of Aeronautical Engineering of Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology launched an Aeronautical Students’ Engineering Association recently. ResearchCommodore (Retd.) ...

Inter-collegiate fest
The Department of Commerce with Computer Applications of the SNR Sons College organised an inter-collegiate fest called ‘FIESTA ‘08’ recently. T. Sathish Kumar, Regional Business Manager, GE Money, inaugurated the fest, ...

Kakatiya entrance schedule
Kakatiya University has announced entrance schedule for admissions into five year PG programme in Chemistry and Biotechnology. . The last date for submission of application forms is June 30 and will be accepted with a late fee of Rs. 200 up to ...
Different stages in development of software discussed
Department of Computer Science, J. J. College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, organised two lecture programmes recently. The first one was on ‘SDLC and J2EE basics’. R. Rajkumar, Programme Analyst of Cognizant Technology Solutions, ...

Founder’s Day celebrated at training institute
Mahatma Educational Institutions, Pudukkottai, celebrated the Founder’s Day and second anniversary of Mahatma Teacher Training Institution. N. Mohamed Nasser, correspondent of the institutions, presided over the function. Head of the ...

PG diploma in Educational Administration
The Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning , Pune, proposes to launch a unique programme of study in the distance learning mode — a postgraduate diploma in Educational Administration. Such a programme of study has already become popular in ...
In search of teachers for Architecture
With many candidates opting to do active practice rather than teach, the situation is not encouraging for this course.

Fair on global study options on June 13, 14
If admissions time isboth exciting and stressful for those looking for courses at home, both the thrills and the tension are multiplied when one plans to study abroad. After all, with the kind of investment required to study overseas, ...

Choice-based credit system — the potential and the challenges
The proposed academic credit system calls for a fair and transparent internal assessment and teachers who will orient themselves to the new pattern to reap its avowed benefits.

Good performance in examinations
A student of the Rajaji Institute of Technology, Salem, bagged the first place in the state in the second semester examinations held in April 2008. Hamsaveni of Information Technology scored 889 marks to bag the first place. Surya Priyanka of ...
PG Diploma in community cardiology
Omega Hospital, Mangalore is offering a Post-Graduate Diploma in community cardiology. This course has been developed by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to create essential knowledge and skills regarding non-invasive cardiology. ...

Have ‘Yogyata’?
IIIT-B offers it as a ‘bridge course’

Reviving interest in basic sciences
There is an urgent need to revamp instrumentation and experiments.
Let’s get QUIZical
3. Which was the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?4. In Norse religion/myth, who/what was the einherjar or einheriar?5. Vicente Yañez Pinzón was the first European to sail into which ...
Q & A
I would like to know about courses and career opportunities in pharmaceutical chemistry. Pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacology, involved with designing, ...

Start your journey to the U.K.
The British Council is organising a free seminar on the student visa process for all students who have secured admission from U.K. institutions for courses beginning in Fall 2008. Ryan Bennett, Entry Clearance Officer, British Deputy High ...

Psychometric test reveals trends
In the pay-for-performance era, doing your job to the best of your ability usually means enjoying it – those who love what they do usually end up at the top of the career ladder. So how do you know how suited you are to a particular career ...

Diploma course in tool and die-making
The Keltron Toolroom Research and Training Centre (KELTRAC) at Aroor in Kerala has invited applications for its four-year diploma programme in tool- and die-making. O.P. Dua, managing director of Keltron, said recently that the programme offered ...



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