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The countdown begins
For candidates with equal scores, getting a seat may depend on their date of birth.
Making students job ready
The industry sees a talent crunch in the academic world


Good demand for audiologists
They diagnose hearing problems and treat communication disorders

Ten key questions applicants must ask
What are the key determinants that students should keep in mind while choosing engineering colleges for admission? S. Raghavan, faculty, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, who is ...
NITs second to none
For students, if the dream of IIT is shattered a new horizon opens up with NITs

Boom time for engineers
A plethora of job opportunities await engineers irrespective of the branch they opt for say senior academics at the career counselling programme conducted by The Hindu Education Plus in association with Sri Chaitanya Educational Institu

Campus connect
The Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, organised a three-day workshop on ‘Trends in systems biology and bioinformatics’ recently.In his address, Vice-Chancellor P. ...

INSTITUTION IN FOCUS
Making education affordable INSTITUTION IN FOCUS
Four decades into its inception, Arignar Anna Government Arts College in Karaikal has sustained its credibility in catering to the higher education needs of rural students in the district. It has been offering several undergraduate and ...
China beckons medical aspirants
A ray of hope is available for those who miss out on an MBBS seat with Chinese medical schools opening the doors to welcome Indian students

CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Credit system of evaluation at AU campus jottings
Students of Andhra University’s arts and science colleges are most likely to get assessed in a new method. Vice-Chancellor L. Venugopal Reddy has asked all the Boards of Studies of these colleges to discuss the introduction of credit system ...
The personality equation
Being sincere and hard working should be vital aspects of our daily life
Safety devices from budding engineers
Mookambika’s students have created two devices — one helps to detect accidents using a remote control, and the other to prevent fraudulent ATM card transactions.
BITS Pilani admissions
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani (Rajasthan), has invited applications for admission to integrated degree programme conducted on its Pilani and Goa campuses. The programmes offered at the Pilani campus are BE (Hons) ...
Employability programmes pay dividends
Women colleges in Tiruchi city have almost doubled the placements by virtue of conducting specialised employability programmes for final year students.Principals are buoyed by the trend. “The number of students who secured placements ...
Sail in high seas
The Indian Navy has called for applications from meritorious young and bright unmarried men who have passed Plus Two to join the Naval College of Engineering at Lonavala (Pune) and Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) in Kochi, ...
ICICI course
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is offering a Post Graduate Programme in Management and Insurance (PGPMI), an intensive training programme in management and insurance. Students need to take a test to register for the programme. On ...
Take the right step

Bhavan’s English course
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan will offer English language courses (basic and advanced) beginning June 4. A trainer certified by the British Council will teach the course, according to a release. The 14-hour basic level course will be offered in ...
Role of seaports and airports in global trade
The post-graduate department of International Business of the Sri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science recently organised a seminar on “Role of Seaports and Airports in Global Trade”. S.V. Manivannan of the ...

Q & A
It’s all about attitude, aptitude: experts
Attitude and aptitude is what matters, but not the branch, says experts. They advise students to choose the college, which has good infrastructure and faculty

DIL SE
Cashing in on talent Dil se
ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY: Proper use of talent for better results depends to a large extent on the individual concerned. It is indeed a divine blessing to have skills and talent that others would envy. Everyone is blessed and ...

DIL SE
The ragging menace Dil se
ANITS: The very thought of entering an engineering college or for that matter any college raises the question of ‘ragging’. The most dreaded word among the fresher’s! The word just simply runs a chill down the spine, with ...
Let’s get QUIZical
1. What has Appa Sherpa done for 17 times, more than any other human being in the world?2. The largest settlement ever paid in a direct action lawsuit in U.S. history has been immortalised in an Oscar-winning film. Name the ...
Principals’ meet held
The Tamilnadu Principal’s Association, Madras University Chapter, recently conducted a symposium on ‘Administrative problems faced by principals and legal issues involved in academic administration.”In his presidential ...
Function
The Commerce Association of Sree Narayana Guru College held its valediction recently. Various competitions like business quiz, ad-zap and choosing the best student of the Commerce department were held. Prof. Saravana Selvan of the UGC Academic ...
Nursing as a career option
The demand for skilled nursing professionals has risen across the globe and a degree in nursing is seen today as a sure passport to settle abroad
Charting out a career path
SIDDHARTHA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE: Various influences are leaving a long-standing impact on the minds of young ones. From TV to Internet, youths have access to all the latest technological advancements and products as well. It ...
Welcoming the juniors
It’s free time and also fun time for the intermediate students after the completion of the public exams and different competitive exams like EAMCET. They have ample of time before getting admission in respective medical or engineering ...

STATE OF EDUCATION
For industry
The Visvesvaraya Technological University, which launched the state-of-the-art interactive VSAT channel of EDUSAT network on May 28, proposes to dedicate the utilisation of this channel to industry so that it can offer Technology Specific ...


STATE OF EDUCATION
Job assistance bureau
The Employment Information and Guidance Bureau for the Kuvempu University, sanctioned by the State Government in 1997, is doing a good job, serving the needs of the students. Functioning at Jnana Sahyadri, the varsity campus at Shankaraghatta, ...


STATE OF EDUCATION
Leadership workshop
Leadership would be an easy undertaking if we only faced problems for which we already know the solutions. However, in these times, problems are tougher and solutions fewer and farther in between. Businesses, schools, governments, agencies and ...

No more a women’s domain
As lifestyles change with demanding work schedules and with people becoming more and more health conscious, nutritionists and dieticians have a significant role to play.
‘A Spectrum of Feministic Ideologies’
The post-graduate and research department of English of Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women organised a national seminar on “A Spectrum of Feministic Ideologies”. Eminent writer Usha Subramaniam was the chief guest of the ...
UK delegation visits Osmania
A 15 member delegation from various universities in United Kingdom headed by Derek Wyatt, Member of Parliament, UK, visited Osmania University. The meeting was held for discussions of possible tie-ups of Osmania University with other universities ...
Research retell
All ye researchers! Shed your inhibitions and come out of your laboratories. This is your chance to get your ideas and works published. We welcome research papers not just from Science stream students but also from Social Sciences and ...

Q & A
Complete the backlog first
I have about an year’s experience in IT recruitment with corporate experience of five months. I want to don the role of a HR Generalist and not get into the dynamics of recruitment. I have applied through the job portals; however, I get a ...

BOOKS
HTML and CSS for everyone books
Among the most accessible books on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the Visual Quickstart Guide by Elizabeth Castro. The introduction to the fundamental language of the web happens today in school for many students. Others learn it ...
Faculty development workshop
A four-day faculty development workshop on soft skills was organised by the ICFAI National College, Coimbatore recently. Inaugurating the workshop R. Nandagopal, Director of PSG Institute of Management Studies said that management ...

RIGHT TURN
Time is money
The participants in our motivation classes when asked “What is your total wealth as on today?”, only then they start calculating their assets. Knowing the present value of our wealth is the prime factor of Money management. The ...
Spin a yarn
Being able to talk well lands you the best job
German student visa procedures
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), an association of higher education institutions and student bodies in the Federal Republic of Germany, is organising a talk on German student visa procedures, by Petersohn Barnhusen, Visa section, ...
National workshop
The Department of Bioinformatics of G.R. Damodaran College of Science organised a two-day national workshop on Python Programming and Data Visualisation recently. Prabhu Ramachandran, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering of ...

Fashion competition held
Students of the department of Textiles and Fashion Designing of the Vivekanandha College of Arts and Science for Women won the State-level fashion competition FASC 2007 held at Erode. Competitions besides solo dance, mehendi, cat walk, fashion ...

Diploma in Developmental Rehabilitation
Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped (THPI), Hyderabad is conducting Post Graduate Diploma in Developmental Rehabilitation (PGDR). The course is designed to train students as Rehabilitation ...
Entrance test for ayurveda course
The National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, has invited applications for an entrance test for admission to the three-year PG course of Ayurveda Vachaspati (M.D./M.S. Ayurveda). The test will be conducted on August 5 in Jaipur. Intake: 55 ...
Q & A
I am doing final-year mechanical engineering. What are the career prospects after an M.S. in computational fluid dynamics? Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is one of the branches of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods ...

QUERY CUE
Two courses at one go
Can we do a regular course in one subject and study another subject in distance mode simultaneously? P. Kranthi KumarYes, you can do two courses at a time. One through the regular mode another through the distance ...
Marine engineer training
The Chennai School of Ship Management has invited applications for its marine engineer training programme. Course duration is 30 months. Students will be taught marine engineering drawing, marine heat engineering, applied mechanics and ...
Ignorance is bliss
S.V.I.T: Knowledge is power. That’s what we are taught all our lives. But what they forgot to teach us is that in life we don’t always have the knowledge of what lies ahead. I, like a lot of others, was obsessed with the ...
Management programmes
The Institute of Management Education and Training will conduct a two-week management development course. Finance, business communication, administration, supply chain management, production, retail, public relations, advertising, marketing, ...

DIL SE
Exams and ‘S’ factor Dil Se
CMR COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH: Exams! The very word is horrifying in every student’s life! I always wonder as to what could be the main purpose of conducting these examinations.Are they necessary?? Or is it some way to land ...
In-plant training
Chennai-based Hindustan Software Ltd (HSL) offers In–plant training (15 days) for engineering students from Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Science and Information Technology branches. The course costs ...

M.Tech. in VLSI design
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mohali – 160 071 (near Chandigarh) has invited applications for admission to two-year fulltime M.Tech. in VLSI design programme. BE/B.Tech. degree holders in electrical, ...

Niche research prospects attract scholars to Germany
Nine research scholars from south India have been awarded the DAAD Fellowship this year to pursue research at various institutes in Germany.

Lectures by top scientists just a click away
National Centre for Biological Sciences will host a website of seminars by leading biologists.

Competition hots up in Puducherry
The race for admission into engineering and medicine courses is likely to be more intense this year.

TEST TRACKER
Anna University, Coimbatore Centre of Excellence in Technical Education and Research, has invited application from meritorious B.Sc. degree holders for admission to three-year BE and B.Tech. programme (self-supporting): BE computer science and ...

Nurturing young talent worldwide
Intel’s International Science Fair is the culmination of a range of efforts to encourage students pursuing science, maths and engineering.

JIPMER entrance on July 22
Last date for submission of filled in application is June 15. The last date for submission of application for B.Sc.(Medical Lab Technology) and B.Sc.(Nursing) Course is also extended up to June 15.

Looking beyond engineering and medicine
Aviation, animation, biotechnology… career avenues are ever increasing and students need to expand their choice.


GUIDANCE PLUS
The hospital managers of tomorrow Guidance plus
Details of some hospital management and administration programmes conducted by different institutions in the country.

About the DAAD Fellowship
DAAD fellowships are awarded to those who wish to get their doctorate degree from a German university or institute and are targeted at scholars with admission to a doctoral programme in a German university. The duration of the fellowship is 3-4 ...
Pre-placement training for engineering students
Come June, the campus recruitment heat is on in the engineering colleges. Though the number of eligible students for campus tests has been on an upward spiral, the success rate in the job corridors continues to be abysmal — around 15 ...

A facelift for marine engineering wing
The Cochin University of Science and Technology will soon inaugurate a new marine engineering complex.

Broadcast communication course at MOP Vaishnav College
MOP Vaishnav College for Women is inviting applications for its two year postgraduate degree programme in Broadcast Communication.The course is aimed at equipping students with skills needed for employment by TV channels, radio production ...

Certification programme in service skills
Sinar Academy for Service Excellence is offering certification programmes in skill related areas such as cleaning and maintenance of premises, food, hygiene and cleaning, food and beverage service, reception and telephone operations.The ...

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