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New tools for tech studies
A collaborative effort to create content for online engineering studies is starting to pay off.


Germany as a higher education destination
An education fair in Chennai promises to throw light on higher education in Germany.
Raising the bar for multimedia training
CYS Multimedia, a training institute, is opening more branches to cater to the increasing requirement of skilled multimedia professionals.
Soft skills for professional accountants
High achievement in accountants have to be fortified with skills that help professionals adapt to job requirements.
Business festival at ASB

MGR University PG courses in tie-up with Sunderland University
Dr. M.G.R. University of Maduravoyal will conduct two postgraduate programmes of the University of Sunderland, U.K. from February 2007. The programmes are: Information Technology Management and Information Systems Engineering. The postgraduate ...
Sai's Bioscience offers training in Accelrys software

Innovation is the password
National Instruments India (ni.com/india) organised last week the fifth National Conference on Virtual Instrumentation (VI) in Engineering Education which saw over 450 educators and academicians interacting. National Instruments actively ...
Guide to the World's Top Universities

Methodology behind the rankings
The following factors have been used in the research undertaken by QS in 2006 to identify the top universities worldwide: Peer review of 3,703 research-active academics worldwide, asked to identify up to 30 universities in the world best for ...
Test tracker
The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, has invited applications for an all-India entrance test to be held on February 18 at Varanasi for admission to its MD and MS courses Entry qualification is pass in MBBS, ...
The essence of India in a semester
For the 16 students of Davidson College in North Carolina, the period spent at MCC, Tambaram, was an enriching experience learning about life in India.
Q & A
I am doing graduation in Civil Engineering. I would like to know the career prospects in GIS. Also, please let me know the institutions where GIS is taught in south India. Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system for creating, ...
Fly like a bird
Air Commodore Vania recently relived his experience of para jumping for students of Park College of Engineering and Technology in Coimbatore.
Integrated Ph.D. in neuroscience
The National Brain Research Centre, a deemed university, at Gurgaon, Haryana, has invited applications for a written test on February 4 for admission to its integrated Ph.D. and Ph.D. programmes in neuroscience. The autonomous institute functions ...
GUIDANCE PLUS
Writing for specific readers
Insight and tips on the mechanics of writing a thesis.
CAT 2006: an analysis
For those two-lakh-plus MBA aspirants who appeared for the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year, there were quite a few surprise elements in the paper. While students were surprised to find just 75 questions, reported errors in the question ...
``Tamil Nadu needs medical research university''
Tamil Nadu needs a medical research university where doctors can focus on unexplored areas of preventive and diagnostic medicine, State Planning Commission Member P. Jagadeesan said. At a seminar organised recently in Chennai by Comprehensive ...
Options for art studies in U.K.
Spend a few idle moments by the river Thames, stroll down London's streets or take a peek at its museums where history sleeps peacefully. Do anything for inspiration and London is ready to nurture the artist in you. The Education U.K. ...
Sponsorship for research projects
The Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre proposes to sponsor two research projects in the fields of Science, Astronomy and Technology for a period of six months at Rs. 1,500 per month. The centre has invited applications from candidates ...
Short Takes
Saveetha University recently celebrated Graduation Day. Dev Swarup, UGC joint secretary, presented certificates to 260 graduates of BDS, B.Sc. Nursing, BPT and BOT courses. University of Madras Vice-Chancellor S. Ramachandran awarded gold ...
Know Your English

What is the meaning of `Eeyorish'?
First, let's deal with the pronunciation. The `ee' is like the `ee' in `feel', `peel', and `heel'; the following `o' sounds like the `o' in `hot', `cot', and `dot'. Eeyore is the name of one of the characters in A. A. Milne's children's classic, ...
What is the meaning and origin of `Garrison finish'?
Early this year, our one-day team pulled off a couple of sensational victories. When we thought that the match had been lost, someone or the other did something incredible and helped the team win the match. This come-from-behind victory is called ...
What is the difference between `break a sweat' and `break into a sweat'?
When you do something `without breaking a sweat', you do it without any difficulty. You find the task so easy that you don't have to exert yourself at all; you perform the task very easily or quickly. There is no need for you to sweat. *Rahul ...
What is the difference between `I read your article' and `I did read your article'?
The first sentence is a statement. It could be the reply to the question, `Did you read my article?' The second sentence is what you would tell someone if they didn't believe that you had actually read the article. The `did' is used to add ...




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