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Student unions or event managers?
Fee structure, lab facilities, placements are rarely on the agenda of student councils in most colleges


For new-age legal brains
Mysore University to offer five-year integrated course leading to B.A. LLB

Careers with a winning edge
Engineering and medicine remain the favoured choice of many, but globalisation and economic growth have expanded the job canvas to many interesting areas.

Making of an architect
An interdisciplinary course that combines science and art, architecture programmes in the country require a complete revamp in terms of content and duration.

JRF fellowship for TNAU students
Eight students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, have been awarded the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).A release from K. Vanangamudi, Dean (Agriculture), said the ...
Perform your task sincerely
A princess throws her kerchief into the arena where a boisterous lion is roaring with hunger, and asks her fiancée to bring it back to prove his love. The boy has two options, jump or not to jump. If he jumps, the result can be ...
Home Science course: opening new vistas
Home Science is a holistic course that opens up a number of avenues and is aimed at all-round development of women
Got the skill, you get the job
A first class degree would not serve the purpose, the candidates have to satisfy the skill sets that the companies look for
Revaluation to cost more
Students of degree colleges attached to the Bangalore University will have to pay much higher for revaluation of their answer scripts. The University’s Academic Council has approved a steep hike in revaluation fees and also given its ...
Managerial training programmes from MMA, AIMA

For a career in animation
For those looking for a career in animation, Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), an animation and visual effects institute, is offering various courses in computer graphics, 3D animation and special effects. MAAC’s Coimbatore centre ...
For the best of builders and project managers
An overview of various courses in construction management

CAREER GUIDE
Explore the fascinating world of zoology Career guide
Zoology is the subject that deals with the study of animals and animal life. It is a fascinating field of study and has great scope for research and study options. At the postgraduate level there are choices such as biotechnology, ...

CAMPUS CONNECT
Workshops liven up campuses Campus connect
The Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya organised a quality sustenance programme for the faculty recently. B. Sampath Kumar, secretary of PSG College of Arts and Science, spoke on what a real teacher is. He told a real teacher should be committed. She ...
HCU, San Diego varsity MBA programme
The School is a partner in the Global Entrepreneurship MBA Programme
English, the ever evolving language
Hail English! The title of the new English Textbook for Intermediate students denotes the beginning of a new era in the teaching of English at college level in India. They called it, not incidentally, ‘InterNet’. Its foreword ...

STATE OF EDUCATION
Kodava chair
The Academic Council of Mangalore University has approved the statute relating to setting up of Kodava Samskrithika Adhyayana Peetha (a chair on study of culture and history of Kodavas). The State Government in its 2007-08 Budget had proposed ...
Get trained by Stanford physicians
The Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) and Stanford School of Medicine have launched a two-year full-time residential postgraduate programme in emergency care, beginning July 16. Under the agreement with EMRI, Stanford physicians ...
Take the health way for a career
It is that time of the year when students discuss, debate, explore and decide on a course to pursue. For those in Coimbatore a whole new set of career options have opened up with the growth of the heath care sector here. In an effort coordinated ...
Learn to love the dictionary
Words are tools for life. And dictionaries make them work for us. We use dictionaries to expand our knowledge of words so that we can communicate effectively in both written and spoken language. A good vocabulary broadens our understanding ...

CAMPUS JOTTINGS
AU to attract foreign students campus jottings
Andhra University is keen to admit as many foreign students as possible in a bid to make the institution internationally known. It is a laudable idea on the part of the Vice-Chancellor but foreign students coming from Gulf and other rich ...

STATE OF EDUCATION
Flight Dynamics
The academic council of the Bangalore University, on Thursday, approved a proposal to start an M.Sc course in Applied Flight Dynamics (AFD). The course, which has been designed for people who have substantial flying experience, is all set to ...
Students develop microcontroller to navigate electric vehicle
Final-year Electrical and Electronics engineering students Anupriya Selvaraj, Deepika M. and Gayathri M.A., of Sri Venkateswara College have developed a microcontroller-based automatic navigation of an electric vehicle. Their project ...
Grooming economists
The Indian Economic Service (IES) offers an opportunity for youngsters to be part of the country’s decision-making team on national economic affairs. Opening up new avenues for those who dream of taking up this role as a career, the Union ...

Get into animation
The scope is enormous and it is fun

Experts for overhauling SVU


STATE OF EDUCATION
Admission norm
The agriculture universities in Bangalore and Dharwad and the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries University have decided to admit students only on marks obtained in the Pre-University examination and not the Common Entrance ...
E-publishing promises a lot
A boom in e-publishing industry of late has led to a spurt in job opportunities for youngsters on the lookout for a promising career. The work pattern involves converting raw manuscripts or written materials into a readable and ...
A test of leadership and alacrity
The examination conducted for the Indian Economic Service tests the allround knowledge of the students. It has Part I and Part II. Part I consists of a written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks in subjects that include General English ...
Mechatronics is an exciting field
Mechatronics involves mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computing. It is an exciting field that gives you opportunity to explore new horizons of automation. Mechatronics is the science behind controlling robots and operating ...
Grooming economists
Now is the time to apply, if you are interested in becoming part of the IES
Law graduates going places
Global leaders have begun to recognise the value and worth of Indian law graduates.
Careers in gaming
Edusphere, the education division of Spheretech Solutions Pvt Ltd, is offering intensive courses in the field of gaming. The course has been designed keeping in mind the needs of the industry and provides industry relevant course material, a ...
Appreciate good work
S.D.M. Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala: Appreciation boosts morale to the extent that it goads the person to achieve many more things in life. This is particularly true with regard to students and young people, who are all set to enter the ...
A test of leadership and alacrity
The examination conducted for the Indian Economic Service tests the all-round knowledge of the students. It has Part I and Part II. Part I consists of a written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks in subjects that include General English ...
Training for specialised cancer care
COPER aims to scientifically train doctors, nurses and social workers in handling the emotional responses of patients.

DIL SE
Plan towards achieving your goal
Maris Stella College: Preparation is very important before one sets out to perspire to achieve a goal. Without preparation, any amount of perspiration will go waste and will not help the individual. In this, what you plan determines your ...

UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
Central varsity ties up with Italian institute
University of Hyderabad has entered into an MoU for research cooperation with Politecnico di Milano, Italy. According to the MoU, Politecnico and UoH will form a partnership aiming at promoting young Indian researchers mobility and integration in ...
Environment management programme from IIM-Lucknow
Realising the importance of teaching environmental management strategies to the future business managers, IIML has announced a Management Development Programme (MDP) on Corporate Environmental Management and Carbon Markets. The three-day ...
Campus connect
The Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, organised a one-day training programme on ‘Intellectual property rights’ on the college premises on Thursday. K. Ramamoorthy, Dean, ...

WASSUP
PG in bioinformatics wassup
Osmania University College for Women, Koti, is offering a two-year Post Graduate course in Bioinformatics. The course is open to all women graduates and post-graduates in Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Computer Sciences. Interested ...


DIL SE
Decisions for the future
Andhra Medical College: So, the results of the entrance exams are out and the rhetoric of courses and careers is more than conspicuous in the myriad homes of the nation. It’s time for students and parents to sit back and ...

Get into animation
The job potential is set to expand in the years to come
Get to know the Singapore success story

Campus connect
The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) honoured S. Karuppaiyan, Youth Red Cross (YRC) coordinator of Bharathidasan University, with the Best YRC Coordinator Award for 2005-2006 at a function in Chennai recently. T.M. Radhakrishnan, Special Officer, ...
The ultimate happiness
Dr. L.B.College: No man is completely happy. King who wears the crown is regarded as the symbol of greatness, glory and even divinity because he is glorious; people think that he is also the happiest of human being. But this equation of ...
Creating digital concepts
NID launches PG course to cater to health, banking and information sectors
Singapore admissions fair

Take that
How about writing about your classroom and your backyard that is your college campus? Heart-rending (heart-warming too) experiences that moved you. Incidents that stirred you or things you did not like. Youth festivals or workshops ...
Making of an architect
Architecture programmes require a complete revamp in terms of content and duration

GUIDANCE PLUS
Banking management in the IT era guidance plus
We move on to banking management, with an introduction to the country’s banking sector.
Learn to love the dictionary
Not many students on our campuses seem to be tuned to the possibility of using the dictionary as a powerful learning tool. Here is an introduction to this fascinating world
Milestones in the growth of Indian banking
1921 - The Imperial Bank of India (amalgamation of the three Presidency Banks)1935 - The Reserve Bank of India, as the central bank1949 - Transfer of Reserve Bank to the Government Sector1949 - The Banking Companies Act / ...
Let’s get QUIZical
1. Who captained India in its first Test match that began on June 25, 1932?2. Name the posture that some dragonflies take that is named after a type of sculpture.3. What was the nationality of the comic book creator ...
Research Retell
All ye researchers! This is your chance to get your ideas and works published. Be it research, seminar or technical papers that you published as a part of the academic curriculum, send abstracts of them across to us. The abstracts ...
TEST TRACK
The Institute of Archaeology under the Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi, has invited applications for admission to its two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Archaeology. Entry qualification is a Master’s Degree in Ancient or Medieval ...
Q&A
I would like to know about the career prospects in fire engineering and the institutes that offer B.E fire engineering. Fire engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their ...

A flexible programme for faculty to pursue PG
Anna University, Tiruchi, has commenced its Professional Education Enrichment Programme (PEEP) to facilitate Computer Science and Engineering teachers with B.E. and B.Tech. qualifications in affiliated colleges to acquire M.E. in the discipline ...

Cambridge of south India
Located on the banks of Cauvery in the temple town of Kumbakonam, the Government Arts College (Autonomous), is popularly called the ‘Cambridge of South India’. The over 150-year-old institution, serving as a beacon for several ...

Learn to love the dictionary
Not many students on our campuses seem to be tuned to the possibility of using dictionaries as a powerful learning tool. Here is an introduction to the world of dictionaries.

Grooming India’s future economists
Now is the time to apply, if you are interested in becoming part of the Indian Economic Service.

The leading ones
Some key dictionaries are listed below:• The Oxford English Dictionary (20 volumes, 22,000 pages).• Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 volumes, 3,793 pages).• Oxford Dictionary of English (2,110 pages, ...

Integrated M.Sc in molecular biology


Course in Applied Flight Dynamics
The academic council of the Bangalore University has recently approved a proposal to start an M.Sc course in Applied Flight Dynamics (AFD). The course, which has been designed for people who have substantial flying experience, is all set to take ...
Know Your English




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