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Running on a shoestring budget
The K.V. Rabindran Nair University Finances Review Committee recently submitted its report to the State government in which it has called for the setting up of a Universities Restructuring Fund of Rs.100 crore to improve the financial health of the universities. G. MAHADEVAN takes a close look at the recommendations made by the committee.


Wipro announces admission to WASE
Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE), an off-campus ‘earn while you learn' programme pioneered by Wipro in collaboration with BITS, Pilani has announced admissions for the year 2010-11. The admission process involves a ...

National meet
Aiming at exploring the potential of nanotechnology for new product development and tapping benefits through its application, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, Tiruchi, has planned to organise a national conference ...


GUIDANCE PLUS
Study abroad: Iceland beckons
Considered to be one of the most developed countries, Iceland offers diverse programmes in undergraduate and graduate studies.

Applications invited for State entrance test
The Commissioner for Entrance Examination has invited applications for the entrance examinations to be held from April 19-22, 2010 (10 a.m.-12.30 p.m.) for admission to the following degree courses in Kerala.Medicine: MBBS, BDS, BHMS, ...

For a career in speech therapy
The Mysore-based All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) is one of the key institutions in the country that strives for the empowerment of persons with disabilities.Having world-class infrastructure and expertise, AIISH has ...

Coming up
Apply for COMEDK PGET 2010 to be held on January 31, 2010 in Bangalore through the website www.comedk.org. This test is conducted for admission to postgraduate courses in private, unaided medical and dental colleges in Karnataka for the year ...

The CAT disaster
CAT aspirants are angry and outraged as the IIM authorities are yet to respond to their demand for a re-test.

Q & A
I have completed my Plus Two examination and I am appearing for an improvement examination in mathematics. I would like to pursue a career in the merchant navy. Kindly advise me whether I should opt for B.Sc. (nautical science) or B.Tech. in ...

Test Track
The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad (Haryana), has invited applications for admission to its two-year fulltime MBA programme in power management for the year 2010–12. This is a pioneering venture to develop ...

Setting up a ‘knowledge highway'
About an innovative educational partnership between Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies and McDaniel College in Maryland, U.S.

Watch out for XCEED at kurukshetra 2010
Kurukshetra, the annual technical festival of the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai takes a pan-India avatar with this edition of XCEED – a pre-Kurukshetra Robotics event. This year, there's excitement in store for ...

SCMS introduces new courses
SCMS-Cochin is introducing two more PGDM programmes in insurance and banking and in retailing and merchandising.The B-School already offers a number of PGDM programmes in areas such as finance, marketing, HR, logistics, production, ...

Short-term programme in biomedical engineering
With the demand for biomedical engineers and technicians being increasingly felt in health care institutions in Puducherry, two tailor-made certificate courses for engineers and diploma-holders have been launched to train candidates in the ...

New Arrivals
The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram:Ramendra Nath Nandi, Ideology and Environment: Situating the Origin of Vedic Culture, 2009Leon Trotsky, The Hidden Dynamics of Chinese ...
Know Your English

Moving up the value chain
NIT-K, Surathkal, is getting more incentives for research and quality improvement
The CAT fiasco
CAT aspirants are angry, frustrated and outraged as the IIM authorities are yet to respond to their demand for a re-test.

Technology to help disabled students
Loyola College in association with Computer Society of India, NASSCOM and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a three day national conference exploring the various educational, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the ...

NSS volunteers urged to serve in villages; stress on rain harvesting
The NSS units of Sankara College of Science and Commerce celebrated NSS day. A. Mohana Sundram, Head, Department of Commerce, Sree Narayana Guru College, pointed out the importance of being an NSS volunteer and urged the students to serve in ...
Campus Connect
National Service Scheme volunteers of Arul Anandar College organised a seven-day special camp on the theme ‘youth and environment' at Jothimanickam village in Usilampatti taluk. It was inaugurated by M. R. Sebastian. The volunteers, who ...
Education quality draws students to U.K.
Over 44,000 Indian students are currently studying in the U.K. and this number is steadily growing.
For a career in speech therapy
AIISH, Mysore, is offering a diploma course to meet the demand for speech therapists
AU-Tiruchi to organise national meet in nanotechnology
Aiming at exploring the potential of nanotechnology for new product development and tapping benefits through its application, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, Tiruchi, has planned to organise a national conference ...
Read the data fineprint
Today's businesses realise that to manage, maintain and accurately analyse the sea of data generated on an everyday basis, and then take various decisions to run the businesses better, is a challenge. The challenge is two-fold: one, to collect ...
Study in the ‘Lion city'
When it comes to study abroad, a number of destinations pop up in the mind. They vary from US to UK and from Australia to other European countries. One destination, which is equally potential, but has kept a low profile, is Singapore. A number ...
Conference on didactic literature in Tamil
The Department of Tamil, Bharthidasan University College, Kurumbalur in Perambalur district, recently conducted a conference on ‘A didactic literature in Tamil – growth and dimension'. C. M. Ravichandran, Head of the Department of ...
Online course on biomedical research ethics
In the city recently, a very significant meeting likely to have far-reaching ramifications for bio-medical research in the country, was held rather quietly in Sri Ramachandra University, Porur. The varsity along with the University of Miami is ...
Moving up the value chain
The National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal in Mangalore, in its golden jubilee year, has many reasons to cheer.The government has sanctioned for the institute 67 new faculty positions which will help it to ...

MBA, MCA in Distance Education
The Centre for Distance Education under Anna University, Chennai – 600025 has invited applications for entrance test to be held on 31st January 2010 (10 AM to 12 noon) for admission to MBA, MCA and MSc (IT) courses. Specialization ...

It's all about communication skills
Job aspirant: Oh, it's all there in my resume (a copy of which the interviewer is holding).Interviewer: Yes, I know that, but why don't you tell us?Aspirant: Sorry, I did not have time to go through the resume.This ...
Guest lecture delivered
A guest lecture programme was conducted at Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Management, Sivapuram, Pudukkottai, recently. The chief guest S. Venkataraman, Vice-president – HR, Delphi – TVS, Chennai, inaugurated the workshop on ...
Funding dreams
Many institutions are offering seed grant to encourage innovation at the college level
Behaviour management: the essential skill for teachers
Teachers who master behaviour-improvement skills are better placed to instil a sense of discipline among students.
MBBS at Wardha
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha (Maharastra) has invited applications for entrance examination to be held on 18th April 2010 at Nagpur, Delhi, Hyderabad & Mumbai for admission to MBBS Course for the ...
Wipro announces admission to WASE
Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE), an off-campus ‘earn while you learn' programme pioneered by Wipro in collaboration with BITS, Pilani, has announced admissions for the year 2010-11.The admission process involves a ...
COMING UP
The Yenepoya Medical and Dental Colleges, Mnagalore, has invited applications for admission to its medical and dental postgraduate programmes. Last date: December 31. Website: www.yenepoya.org.The Indian Institute of Information ...
Read the data fineprint
If you have an analytical mind and are good at decision making, get into data warehousing
Premier B-School launched in Chennai

Growing in popularity
Postgraduate study in the U.K. is growing in popularity among international students thanks to the variety of programmes offered by the higher educational institutions in the country. According to the latest estimates given by the British ...
Applications invited
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited applications for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) 2010 to be held on April 25, 2010 for admission to BE/B.Tech./B.Arch./ B.planning courses conducted at several ...
CAMPUS CONNECT
Out of 375 participants in the two-day Job Fair organised by the Srimad Andavan Arts & Science College, Srirangam, recently, 125 were chosen by five Business Process Outsourcing companies.Twenty-five students were given spot orders. ...
All for that perfect script
A 20-part virtual course on scriptwriting is being launched by UGC

GUIDANCE PLUS
An education system of global repute
Finnish education and science policy is geared to promote quality, efficiency, equity, and internationalism.

UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
Honour for UoH V-C
Seyed E Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad has been invited to be a member on the newly constituted Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (SAC-PM).Prof. Hasnain who was also member of the SAC-PM ...
TEST TRACKER
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, has invited applications for an entrance test to be held on April 18, 2010 at various centres including Nagpur, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai for admission to MBBS ...
The Finnish route to a doctorate
Its education policy is geared to promote quality, efficiency, equity and internationalism
An endeavour to empower students
The Fully Flexible Credit System launched by the Vellore Institute of Technology is widely seen as a student-friendly innovation which will help them develop into all-rounders.

Short-term programme in biomedical engineering
With the demand for biomedical engineers and technicians being increasingly felt in health care institutions in Puducherry, two tailor-made certificate courses for engineers and diploma-holders have been launched to train candidates in the ...

Telugu varsity celebrates silver jubilee
Educational institutions are also places of cultural effusion and hardly a college function goes without musical and dance performances. However, when the State's cultural bastion Telugu University does it, it has to be different. In place of ...

Q&A
Optometry is an interesting option
I have completed B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Anna University) and am pursuing M.E. in Systems Science (IISc). I require more knowledge of advanced mathematics. Are there any universities in which I am eligible to do M.Sc ...
TCS to groom quality researchers
Concerned over the growing scarcity of quality faculty pool in the country, which is key for grooming talented workforce particularly in professional education institutions, the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has decided to fund doctoral ...

CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Students have a blast on Freshers Day
Rivulets of sweat drenched them to the bone as students of Roots Business School welcomed the first year students of MBA at a Freshers' Day party. Chief Guest K.J.A. Swaroop, DGM [HR], ITC Limited made the students understand the importance of ...
TCS to groom quality researchers
The company will help 200 students at the Ph.D. level over a period of five years
Tryst with astronomy
Astronomy, is a subject that has fascinated mankind for many centuries. Dealing with the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere, astronomy is one of the oldest sciences.Kumara ...
The Finnish route to a doctorate degree
The education policy of Finland has been geared to promote quality, efficiency, equity and internationalism, writes B.S. WARRIER
Safeguarding cyber space
PG courses in cyber law and information security cover both managerial and technical aspects of security


DIFFERENT STROKES
It's a double whammy
Having to write two exams for joining professional courses is a pain for some and just okay for others

Watch out for XCEED at kurukshetra 2010
Kurukshetra, the annual technical festival of the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai takes a pan-India avatar with this edition of XCEED – a pre-Kurukshetra Robotics event.This year, there's excitement in ...

QUERY CUE
Opportunities galore for nursing students
My Daughter completed her B.Sc in Nursing. Please tell us about institutes offering M.Sc Nursing. What are the other courses she is qualified to take up?Kuruvilla VergheseThe following are some institutes offering M.Sc in ...

E-PLUS CLUB
Fear is a normal thing
Do you have any phobias? What is the scariest story you have heard or read?


YOUR CHOICE
Where's the help?
A number of schemes introduced by the government for the disabled are still only on paper

Positive thinking holds the key
Take on students' test of nerves
Campus Capsule
The two-day inter-collegiate technical festival — Inspiration-2009 — was held at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) recently. Over 1,500 students from 100 colleges in Bangalore city participated in events such as ...
Test Track
The Centre for Distance Education under Anna University, Chennai – 600025 has invited applications for entrance test to be held on January 31, 2010 (10 A.M. to 12 noon) for admission to MBA, MCA and MSc (IT) courses. ...
ISB launches new course
The Indian School of Business (ISB) launched Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX). The programme incorporates best practices and knowledge from Kellogg School of Management and The Wharton School.It will ...
Newscan
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited applications for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) 2010 to be held on April 25, 2010 for admission to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch./ B.Planning courses conducted at ...
Coming Up
The Yenepoya Medical and Dental Colleges, Mnagalore, has invited applications for admission to its medical and dental postgraduate programmes. Last date: December 31. Website: www.yenepoya.org.The Indian Institute of Information ...
Mahila varsity holds national conference
Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam's (SPMVV) Dept of Computer Science conducted a national conference on ‘Intelligence systems and communication' last week to provide comprehensive knowledge on the latest applications of computer ...


HOT TOPIC
Students need lessons on road safety
Most colleges of late are situated on the outskirts. Students use bikes to reach college early. But many are paying a heavy price by falling prey to road accidents. In many cases it is because of rash driving and non-usage of helmets. Students ...

Discipline your child with NLP
The dream of any teacher is to have a disciplined classroom where the students are not only clear of the dos and don'ts, but also adhere to the same. It is also the dream of every parent to have highly disciplined children in their homes. But ...

IPE invites applications
The Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, has invited applications for admission to its 2-year fulltime postgraduate diploma in management, PGDM in retail and marketing, banking, insurance and financial services, international business ...

JNTUH joins hands with American varsity
The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Ferris State University, USA and IPOMG, a private company have signed an agreement to set up an International School of Animation (ISA) that will provide high quality training ...

Share your views
The violence unleashed by some students in the Telangana region was horrifyingly watched by the State on television screens. Is there a need for resorting to violence when students have the power of taking a movement further intellectually. As ...

238 receive Ph.D.s at Andhra University Convocation
The 76th Convocation of Andhra University, held on Sunday saw as many as 238 Ph.D.s and 62 M.Phil. degrees presented. This could be the largest number of doctorates and M.Phils presented during a convocation in AU, said many associated with ...

TALKING POINT
Use colourful expressions
When we want to describe something bad or disappointing, we usually rely on some common adjectives, such as “bad”, or “terrible”. But it is possible to use some interesting and colourful expressions too, especially in ...

Eplus Club schedule
Theme: - Been afraid? Well most of us have and will continue to be. From the irrational and weird to the tangible threats that surround us all the time, we are often brought face to face with fear and need to learn the tricks of fight and ...



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