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Helping students make informed choices
Hundreds of students and parents turned up for the The Hindu-EducationPlus pre-counselling programmes conducted at Kannur, Kozhikode and Kochi in the past few days. They benefited from the knowledge and advice of experts on courses in the professional stream and the admission process itself.



GUIDANCE PLUS
CSIR, the cornerstone of science research
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research touches almost every branch of scientific knowledge and promotes continuing research, growth, and development.

Opening new vistas of opportunities
Young aspirants gained valuable insights on studying abroad thanks to the window of opportunities that opened up before them at the third edition of The Hindu-EducationPlus ‘International Education fair 2011' held in Kochi on May ...

MANUU starts new courses
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, the only university offering courses at higher level through Urdu medium, has started three new courses at post-graduate level and two new research programmes this year.The university is ...

PG course in online media
From the next academic year, the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Madras, will offer a two-year master's programme in Online Media, replacing the M.Sc. in electronic media course.It was initially a year-long ...


NEW ARRIVALS
KCHR LIBRARY
 The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Rumsfeld, Donald (2011), Known and Unknown: A Memoir, New York: Penguin. Bickers, Robert. (2011), The Scramble for China: ...

TEST TRACK
Applications have been invited for Common Entrance Test (CUCET- 2011) to be held on June 18-19 for admission to the following undergraduate, PG and research programmes conducted in seven central universities including Central University of ...

COMING UP
The National Power Training Institute, Bangalore, has invited applications for admission to graduate engineer course in operation and maintenance in transmission and distribution systems. Course duration: 26 weeks. BE / B.Tech. holders in ...

Stepping stone for higher education
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme prepares students to take up courses in art, architecture, medicine or even engineering.

Final programme in State capital
The last of the pre-counselling guidance programmes The Hindu-EducationPlus has been organising in different centres in Kerala for those seeking admission to courses in various professional streams will be held today (May 10) in ...


Q & A
Higher study options in computer science and engineering
I would like to pursue M.Tech. degree course in computer science and engineering. Kindly let me know the details of the colleges that offer this course.ANN SEBASTAIN, EMAILThe M.Tech. degree course in computer science and ...
Know Your English

Helping you take the next step
The Hindu is back with its annual career guidance sessions
The magic of a foreign master's
One trend that emerged at The Hindu Education Plus International Education Fair'11 was that master's courses turned out to be the chief motivation for students to study abroad.

Master's degree in Online Media
From the next academic year, the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Madras, will offer a two-year master's programme in Online Media, replacing the M.Sc. in Electronic Media course.It was initially a year-long ...

Sparking curiosity on stars and planets
There are numerous academic and research options available to youngsters in astronomy and astrophysics in India.


CAMPUS CONNECT
Professors told to motivate students
The Department of Management Studies of Kathir College of Engineering conducted a conference on “Managing Multicultural Workforce in Indian Business Scenario”. K. Karunakaran Vice-Chancellor, Anna University of Technology, ...
Stepping stone for higher education

Reunion
Reunions are flavour of the season. Caught in the complexities of life we all want to go down the memory lane and recall those good old days spent in school and college, and reunions are a platform for refreshing those memories. The Hindu ...
Campus jottings

Managing art and culture
Interested in managing the art wealth of the country? Here is a course that aims at equipping you with the necessary skills

Campus capsule
Ashok Kumar Manoli, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, inaugurated the two-day inter collegiate annual cultural festival “Milagro 2011” at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering.Mr. Manoli, alumni of UVCE, said ...

Highest number of patents from IIT-M

A hub of education and opportunities
Hyderabad has been attracting students from all parts of the country
Course in optometry

NUS, for high class education
Professors with a Ph.D. from Oxford or Cambridge, top-class labs, good coaching… the list is endless

GUIDANCE PLUS
Key centres of research in forestry
Thrust areas of research in forestry vary from identification of seed production areas and establishment of seed orchards to development of suitable agro-forestry models.
Disconnect with real business
MBA is Master of Business Administration. How in this world can you administer something that you do not know about? And yet this is precisely what happens in the minds of many a B-school student.Business school students feel that an ...
Thrust areas of research in forestry
A number of institutes all over the country offer subjects ranging from agroforestry to biodiversity assessment
Karunya University to offer courses in kinesiology
Keeping in times with the changing concept of health that is shifting from curative to all round wellness, the Karunya University, Coimbatore, will offer two distinctive courses in kinesiology from this academic year.The Department of ...
Vampire fiction is the buzzword
Gone are the days when teenagers used to read Jane Austen, Enid Blyton, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew for pastime. Now supernatural genre is gaining a strong foothold among teens.Girls are now seen reading books that specifically cater to ...
Highest number of patents from IIT-M
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has won a national award in intellectual property for an educational institution securing highest number of patents, with 78 patents to its credit, in the last five years.The ...
Course in IPR and Patent Management
Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP) invites applications for the nine-month (full-time) Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Patent Management.Classes will commence on June 24 at Bangalore Centre. The ...
Take the MSIT
Any master's course should provide an experience of learning unlike a degree programme where the subject is just taught. Students who head to foreign lands for an MS degree precisely go for such an experience as it would make them ...

UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
Stress on rural-based activities
Sri Venkateswara University Vice-Chancellor N. Prabhakara Rao formally inaugurated the ‘Tirupati Institute of Development Studies' (TIDS) on the varsity campus last week.The centre aims at promoting action research, publication of ...
Chosen for studying in European varsities
Five students and two faculty members from the University of Madras have been chosen to pursue education in select European universities as part of the Maheva project.In the first phase of the Maheva (Man Health Environment Biodiversity ...

Q & A
Seeking a career in HR
I have completed a master's programme in hospitality in the regular mode and another master's and M.Phil in the distance mode. I have two years of work experience in the non-governmental sector. Due to various personal and professional ...
MANUU starts new courses
Maulana Azad National Urdu University, the only university offering courses at higher level through Urdu medium, has started three new courses at post-graduate level and two new research programmes this year.The university is ...

SBIT students show the way
Fuelled by creative zeal to come out with flying colours in their professional careers, a group of enthusiastic engineering final year students of Khammam based Swarna Bharathi Institute of Science & Technology (SBIT) have designed an ...

More MBA schools accepting GRE now
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced that the GRE General Test, the world's widely accepted graduate admissions test, is now accepted by more than 500 business schools worldwide for their MBA programmes.In the last four ...

Campus connect
Vickram College of Engineering organised a ceremony for the launch of ‘Young India Students Net' recently. M.SR. Rajsanthosh, secretary, presided over the function. He said that the objective of the tie up was to make young students to ...


DIFFERENT STROKES
Dance, shoot, design, sing…
Students are choosing off-beat courses over professional ones

GOAL POST
Learning from diversity in the U.S.
Being part of the Community College Initiative Programme has been a wonderful experience for this girl.

CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Students excel in Inter exams
Students of GA and K Abhyudaya Junior College secured an overall pass of 70 per cent in the Intermediate second year public examinations. The college stood in second position among the aided junior colleges in the Krishna district, said ...
Coming up
The Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai, has invited applications for admission to its full-time Ph.D. programme in finance and economics.Last date: May 13. Web site: www.ifmr.ac.in.The Centre for Development ...

INSTITUTION IN FOCUS
Still going strong
AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences started a pharmacy course at the university-level in the early 1930s
GRE format to change from August
Apart from MS, the score will also be considered for admission into MBA programmes by some universities such as Yale, Wharton, Stanford and MIT

E-PLUS CLUB
Your favourite sport
(Members of E-Plus clubs in colleges have been given the following topic for discussion and debate)Theme: We cannot really imagine a life without sports, can we? Irrespective of whether you are a player or a spectator, sports are ...
National-level test for fellowships in life sciences
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has invited applications for a national-level test to be held on July 17 in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Varanasai, Guwahati, Kolkata for the ...

Agri-business course from KAU
The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has invited applications for admission to the two-year full-time MBA (agri-business management) offered at the College of Co-operation, Banking and Management in the main campus at Vellanikkara, ...


QUERY CUE
Placement record matters
Get a low-down on Careers & Courses

Making a difference with their efforts
JNTUH College of Engineering, Nachupally students do their social responsibility bit with ‘Redeem'

Demand for quality photographers
With specialisations such as wildlife photography, fashion and portrait photography, there is scope to make it big in this field


TALKING POINT
Avoid using repetitive phrases
Last week, we were discussing awkward usage of the phrase ‘the same' in formal writing. I mostly come across this use of ‘the same' in emails and office work related communication. In emails, people write sentences like, ‘I ...

Test for fellowships in life sciences
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has invited applications for national-level test to be held on July 17 at Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Varanasi, Guwahati and Kolkata for the ...

EPlus Club schedules
Theme: - We cannot really imagine a life without sports, can we? Irrespective of whether you are a player or a spectator, sports are endless reserves of fun and excitement. Performing in sporting events is not just about following an aim; it's ...

IEEE workshop on improving engineering education



ACADEMIC ARENA
Spearheading research in sciences
The College of Science and Technology in Andhra University was incepted in the year 1931 under one-roof housing the colleges of Arts, Science and Technology. In tune with the Founding Vice-Chancellor C.R. Reddy's quotable quote “Applied ...

CSR award for Siva Sivani
Siva Sivani Institute of Management has been conferred with “CSR Top Institutes of India” award for 2010. The award instituted by the Competition Success Review (CSR) is presented to educational institutions across the country for ...

Computer training for visually-impaired
The Model Resource Centre of Disability Services of Loyola College, Chennai, would start free summer training for visually-impaired candidates who have appeared for the Plus Two examination in 2011.The camp will start on May 15 and is ...
International Education Fair 2011
The Hindu EducationPlus show is being held today


TEST TRACK
PG test
The University of Delhi , South Campus, has invited applications for an entrance test for admission to the following courses:M.A. applied psychology. Registration is from June 23 to July 7. The entrance test will be held on July ...

Online IIT-JEE course
EdServ has launched a one-year comprehensive online learning course for IIT-JEE 2012 aspirants and a two-year course for IIT-JEE 2013 aspirants on its online learning portal www.lampsglow.com.Each facet of this course has been created, ...

Cracking the BITSAT
BITSAT is an online test conducted by BITS, Pilani, for admissions to the Integrated First Degree Programmes of BITS in May and June. The online exam will be a three-hour duration test consisting of sections of questions in physics, chemistry, ...

Courses in Special Education
Vidya Sagar, an 25 year old organisation based in Chennai, that focuses on the holistic development and education of children and adults with special needs, will offer two long-term courses in Special Education for the academic year ...

CSIR invites applications
CSIR, New Delhi, has invited application for admission to its two year full-time residential postgraduate research programme in engineering. Engineering graduates in the relevant discipline with at least 70 per cent marks are eligible to ...

Direct admission scheme for NRI, foreign students
Applications have been invited from foreign students/ NRIs and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) under Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) Scheme for admission to BE/ B.Tech professional courses conducted in National Institutes of ...

Civil services coaching goes online
Civil services coaching has gone online now. The recently launched portal ‘www.upscmantra.com' promises to be an alternative for classroom coaching and will be helpful to candidates who don't have access to coaching ...



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