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A larger role awaits college teachers Tepid response to CGLE online process The introduction of online application for the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2010, failed to receive response from a chunk of the candidates.According to a senior official of the Staff Selection Commission, about 7 lakh ... GUIDANCE PLUS Study at the university town of Princeton Princeton University has a tradition of serving as a stimulating haven for study and research for scholars from all parts of the world. Ventura is making big strides NIT-Tiruchi's business plan competition has been attracting more participants. Coming up Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, has invited applications for an all India level entrance test to be held on May 16 for admission to its MBBS and BDS courses. Those who have passed Plus Two with English, physics, chemistry, biology ... FISAT meet on advances in signal processing The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) is organising a national conference on ‘Emerging Trends in RF and Signal Processing' from March 25 to 27.The ... Aspirations 2020 Infosys Technologies has announced the national winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Programme. The winning team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, received a ... New arrivals The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram:Himanshu Prabha Ray (Ed.), Archaeology and Text : The Temples in South Asia, 2010Gurucharan Das, The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Art of ... Whither entrance exam reforms? The Department of Higher Education is preparing a draft Bill to give a legislative spine to the proposals made by the R.V.G. Menon Committee. TEST TRACK The Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) has invited applications for a joint entrance examination to be held on July 11 across the country for admission to the following undergraduate and postgraduate ... Applications invited for M.Tech. courses The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, has invited applications for admission to its M.Tech. programmes related to aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, chemical engineering, civil, computer sciences and engineering, electrical, ... Q & A 
Options for nursing graduatesI am a B.Sc. Nursing student and would like to know more about the postgraduate courses that I can join other than M.Sc. Nursing.VIJAY V.R.THIRUVANANTHAPURAMB.Sc. Nursing is a professionally-oriented course and the ... Placements for MBA graduates on the upswing There's good news for management aspirants, and the pay packets are getting bulkier. Indian students find Australia safe The survey of over 500 Indian students by FIAV reveals that an overwhelming majority are happy with their decision to study down under.
Private deemed universities neglected research programmes, says report Beyond centums and rote learning If the aim is to encourage critical thinking, examinations need to bring out the real potential of students and not merely test their memory. Placements on the upswing There's good news for management aspirants, and the pay packets are getting bulkier. CAMPUS CONNECT Challenges faced by women entrepreneurs discussed The Commerce Department of Sree Narayana Guru College conducted a lecture on “Challenges and Opportunities for New Entrepreneurs in India”. U. Jerina Bi, faculty, Avinashilingam University for Women, spoke on the topic.She ... Students caught between IPL, exams The concept of 20-20 cricket is so appealing that students wouldn't want to miss it, writes ABHIJIT DEV KUMAR Campus Connect A symposium on ‘Health Education for Social Change' was conducted by the Department of Sociology of Madurai Kamaraj University recently. R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor, in his presidential address, said that researchers in Social ... Campus Connect R. Kakkar, Commissioner of Income Tax, was the chief guest at the Annual Day of the Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College held recently. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kakkar called upon the students to take full advantage of the facilities available ... Aspirations 2020 Infosys Technologies has announced the national winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Programme. The winning team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, received a ... Seminars on economic meltdown Even as speakers reiterate continuously that the global economic recession is in its last stages if not over, and that India has been spared from its worst effects, the University of Madras has been active in conducting seminars on the effects ... Engineering management courses from University of Warwick An initiative to improve the manufacturing units in the United Kingdom about 30 years ago by a university professor helped companies in that country to educate, collaborate and conduct research to improve their industries.The ... CAREER GUIDE Higher studies in aerospace engineering There is a gamut of opportunities for aerospace engineers. Dr Reddy's Laboratories recruits nine JKC students As many as nine B.Sc (Chemistry) students of the district secured a rare opportunity to work as junior executive trainees in Dr Reddy's Laboratories and simultaneously pursue M.Sc course in a reputed institute.Campus ... Discussion on budget 2010-11 A panel discussion on ‘Budget 2010-11 and its impact on people' was conducted by the Department of Economics, Madura College. R. Gopi welcomed the gathering, S. Theenathayalan, Head, Department of Economics, shared his views on the ... Go for grades, not marks CBSE puts an end to unwanted competition as well as peer and parental pressure on students Go for specialisation in Indian dance forms Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, Hyderabad, offers a two-year PG course in Performing Arts. College receives grant to conduct staff development programmes Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology has received grants to conduct two staff development programmes, each of 14-day duration. The programmes will be held for teachers of engineering colleges across India.P. Anbalagan, ... TCS recruits 12 NEC students Twelve students of Narasaraopeta Engineering College (NEC) in their final year year of engineering course got selected for the IT giant Tata Consultancy Services.Ranodeep Sen, HR head of the company and his 10-member recruitment team ... Seminar organised The Department of Commerce and Research Centre of Sourashtra College organised a national-level seminar on ‘Corporate governance – new dimensions' with the objective of propagating the concept of corporate governance among ... Safe place to study in The thought of Australian residency was instilled in students' minds by education consultants in India Setting a benchmark for quality education Stanford University promotes multi-disciplinary research and teaching, and has world-class libraries, studios, laboratories and computer facilities Opportunities in environmental markets Ram Babu, Chief Executive Officer, Green Carbon, delivered a talk on business opportunities in the environmental markets at XLRI as part of the institute's CEO Forum.He offered help to students in incubating ideas in this domain. Some ... Applications invited from student game developers Dare to be Digital, an international computer game design competition, is calling for teams of talented student programmers and artists. According to a release from British Council, applications are invited from teams with game ideas targeted ... GRIET hosts tech festival Fancy aviation law? NALSAR offers rare specialisation PG course in VLSI at Tiruvannamalai college A Memorandum of Understanding signed between Frontier Research Center of Tokyo Institute of Technology and SKP Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, recently, resulted in the college administration planning to set up a Centre of Excellence in ... Course in Chemical Industry Management Nandini Consultancy Centre, a firm of chemical engineers and project consultants based in Chennai and Singapore, will conduct a two-week vacation course for college students in Chemical Industry Management at Chennai.According to the ... IGNOU scheme going full throttle A student can enrol for a regular degree while pursuing another complementary course under the scheme Dance as a career The Department of Dance at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, Hyderabad, offers a two-year post-graduate (Master of Performing Arts) and Ph.D. degrees in the subject.The MPA programme is devised to a) enhance ... Campus Capsule Bangalore students Nakul P. Sangolli (R.V. College of Engineering), Anirudh S. Hukeri (Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering) and Parth Sheth from Pfizer Limited won the regional finals of Tycoons 2010, a large-scale on-campus ... Adios, class X exam This will be the last Class X CBSE board exam. This academic year onwards students will be assessed on the basis of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. IVDP scholarship to students Integrated Village Development Programme (IVDP) a non-governmental agency, headquartered in Krishnagiri, has extended Rs. 5,000 education scholarship to 100 economically backward students from the rural areas recently. The scholarship was ... 93 candidates get offer letters at TNAU job fair Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) organised a job fair on March 13 and 14 for graduates of the university and its constituent colleges.As many as 14 companies from finance, sugar, and agriculture sectors, non-Governmental ... VITS celebrates youth festival Students of Vaagdevi Institute of Science and Technology in Proddatur celebrated the National Youth Festival “Festivities-2k10” as a grand gala event on the college campus on March 13.In the festival aimed at honing talent, ... Travel in peace and style College students air their views at the E-Plus club debate New system, new woes The CBSE has devised a new system for admissions to class XI following the introduction of a grading system for class X exams. A look at this new system. To study in Canada With Canada relaxing its immigration procedures for students, more numbers of them are expected to pursue higher education there, according to Satish Shankar, Co-ordinator, Universal Immigration.Speaking to The Hindu he opines that ... Sporting meet on at VSU Vikrama Simhapuri University Vice-Chancellor C.R.Visweswara Rao inaugurated the Second Annual Sports and Games meet in the city on Thursday.Speaking on the occasion, the V-C said sports and games should be a part of life for every ... Q&A Aim: to become an IPS officer I am in Standard IX. I want to become an IPS officer. What courses should I take in the future and how do I start preparing for the examination?Amit Lokhandevia e-mail, HaveriThe Indian Police Service (IPS) falls under the ... WASSUP Two-day English literature conference at MANUU Department of English, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad, is organising a two-day National Conference on “New Perspectives in Non-Native Literatures in English” from March 23 to 24.Abhai Maurya, V-C, ... E-PLUS CLUB The ideal life? Villages have their charm, and drawbacks too Managing chemical industry Nandini consultancy centre will be providing a vacation course in chemical industry management for college students in Chennai between May 3 and May 18.A maximum of 25 students will be admitted to the course.The last date for ... Sree Vidyanikethan celebrates annual day The annual day of Sree Vidyanikethan group of educational institutions was celebrated last Thursday and Friday in the form of a colourful bash on the sprawling campus at A. Rangampet here.The event synchronises with the birthday of film ... Role of modern banking The B.Com. Accounting and Finance department of DRBCCC Hindu College (Evening), Pattabiram, conducted ‘Finofest 2010' on March 18.S.Santhanam, former dean and Head of Department of Commerce, D.G.Vaishnav College, inaugurated the ... Robotics is the most happening field of study I would like to know about courses in robotics engineering and the universities which offer these courses.Nidduzair DamhaI am doing second year B. Tech (Mech). I love robotics. Please give me some information regarding ... REUNION Caught in complexities of life we all want to go down memory land and recall those good old days spent in school and college and reunions are a platform for refreshing those memories.The Hindu Education Plus wants to be a part of your ... The importance of anaesthetists Recognising the need for training, anaesthetists in Chennai have come together to train postgraduate students specialising in the subject. Undergraduate medical students are also benefiting, as senior anaesthetists have included critical care ... University of Madras signs MoU with Malaya varsity The University of Madras has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Malaya to provide education to 20 students from the university in various subjects, including botany and zoology. University of Madras vice-chancellor G. ... Eplus Club schedule Theme: This week, we look at village life and try to soak in the sights, sounds and vitality of it. As much as we like to bask in the romance of the idyllic countryside, a closer look easily reveals issues, which need our immediate attention. ... DIFFERENT STROKES They feel uncared for at home A look at why nursing students seek greener pastures Happiness and education are closely related The last letter of ‘Shape' denotes Enjoyment. When education is unavoidable, is it not better to enjoy it (enjoying does not mean chatting with friends or watching movies etc) rather than taking it as an irritating burden forcibly thrust ... GUIDANCE PLUS Setting a benchmark for quality education Stanford University promotes multi-disciplinary research and teaching, and has world-class libraries, studios, laboratories, and computer facilities. TALKING POINT Speaking in conversational English has its advantages I keep discussing slang, informal English in these articles, but I'm also aware that there are people who frown on slang usage, and insist that we should speak proper, standard English--the kind we learn in our textbooks.Still, being ... Management students converge at SPMVV Sri Padmavathi Women's University (SPMVV) conducted a two-day national-level management meet, ‘MANASAAGA 2010', which was attended by MBA students from various States.Vice-Chancellor G. Sarojamma in her keynote address advised the ... Aviation industry beckons ‘high-fliers' Despite the economic slowdown, the aviation industry has undergone a paradigm shift and is regaining its momentum, especially in the Asia Pacific region including India. Lukewarm response to CGLE online application process Training in banking for underprivileged sections Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing Development Corporation (TAHDCO) has entered into an alliance with NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and Insurance Training Limited (IFBI), to provide career opportunities in the banking sector to the youth of ... Varsity enables weather updates Residents living in the Sholinganallur area can now access regular updates of the weather in their area with Sathyabama University providing public access to the data collected by its recently-inaugurated instrumented meteorological tower, a ... TCS selects 12 NEC students Twelve students of Narasaraopeta Engineering College (NEC) in their final year year of engineering course got selected for the IT giant Tata Consultancy Services.Ranodeep Sen, HR head of the company and his 10-member recruitment team ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS Bright future awaits cloud computing technology students The MVR College of Engineering and Technology organised a two-day national conference on “Emerging trends in engineering, technology and applied sciences”.Addressing the valedictory function as chief guest, Santosh Baboo of ... ‘Waste materials spread skin infections' People think that only chemical industries are polluting ones, but the pollution due to automobiles, hospitals and other sources was much more dangerous compared to chemical pollutants.Making this statement at the two-day-long workshop ... New Zealand an attractive destination for students The need for people with qualifications and skills in IT, nursing and several other areas is ever increasing in the Kiwi land Go for grades, not marks CBSE puts an end to unwanted competition as well as peer and parental pressure on students Aspirations 2020 Infosys Technologies has announced the national winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Programme. The winning team from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, received a ... BEC students among top 100 in GATE-2010 Track record of Bapatla Engineering College students in getting qualified with flying colours continued at the GATE in 2010 also with 5 of the 177 qualifiers finishing among the top 100 in India. The success can be attributed to eminent ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS Make vocabulary learning a fun, says expert “Two decades ago if engineering or an MCA student said my academic marks are good but my English is poor, then there was still a chance of getting a job. But now the scenario has reversed. A good hold over the language of English is not ... Setting a benchmark for quality education Stanford University promotes multi-disciplinary research and teaching, and has world-class libraries, studios, laboratories and computer facilities Lukewarm response to CGLE online application process The introduction of online application for the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2010, failed to receive response from a chunk of the candidates.According to a senior official of the Staff Selection Commission, about 7 lakh ... |
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