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The long wait for more MBBS seats
There are proposals to add more medical seats, but will they be cleared for the current year?
It’s almost an art, and lucrative
BDS curriculum is set for a revamp, and dental treatment goes hi-tech


ATS to the rescue
An alternative training scheme for marine engineers, offering an unconventional route to a career in the Merchant Navy

NIT-T plans tie-up with NUS
The National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi (NIT-T) is exploring the possibility of a tie-up with National University of Singapore (NUS) to facilitate aspiring engineering students to earn a postgraduation degree or Ph.D with global ...

CAMPUS CONNECT
‘Women’s position in society depends on education’
Avinashilingam University for Women organised the Dr. Mahalingam Pearl Jubilee Endowment Lecture recently. K.M. Ramathal, Chairperson, State Women’s Commission said that the position of women in society largely depended on whether they were ...
Future bright for literature students
There are several higher study options for graduates in English language and literature, such as journalism, tourism, linguistics, library and information science etc

Diploma in yoga therapy
Yoga -- the age-old Indian way of keeping the body and the mind in perfect condition for a healthy life has gained such popularity in the West that Yoga practitioners are in great demand. The new-age Indians too have realised its efficacy and are ...


CAREER GUIDE
Two promising options for pharmacy graduates
Several higher study options are available to pharmacy graduates who have valid scores in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) or the Common Admission Test (CAT) of the Indian Institutes of Management. M.Tech. in Biotechnology or ...

Campus Connect
The Department of Bachelor of Business Administration of Lady Doak College organised a ‘Management meet’ recently. B.T. Bangera, Managing Director, Hi-Tech Arai, who was the chief guest, spoke about the current business ...


CAREER GUIDE
Two promising options for pharmacy graduates
The intersection of computing and biology is an area of higher study that pharmacy professionals can look at.

Campus connect
Teachers of various departments gave special lectures during the seminar week (April 14 – 21) organised by the Staff Chapter of the Indian Society for Technical Education of Shri Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology, Siruganur. ...


QUERY CUE
All about Aeronautical Engineering
I want to do BE/ B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering. Please give me the details of the institutes offering it. Also, tell me about IIST? Rakshit Dayal AllamrajuAeronautical engineering makes way to the most exciting career ...
For language buffs
Have a B.A. English degree? The world is yours
A new approach to Economics education
To many academicians, it is puzzling that Economics has not, in recent years, attracted keen students in south Indian colleges and universities. One is tempted to contrast this with the situation at University of Delhi where the demand for ...

Education is not just about getting jobs
In an interview to The Hindu-EducationPlus, Prabhat Patnaik, eminent economist, and Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board, advocates social regulation of private self-financing institutions. First of all, there ...

M.Sc. Food Technology
The Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, has invited applications for an entrance and aptitude test to be held at Mysore and New Delhi on July 20 for admission to the two-year M.Sc. food technology course. B.Sc. degree ...

Aim high for a bright future, students told
Graduation Day was celebrated recently at VSB Engineering College, Karur. Former Union Cabinet Secretary and now Director, HCL Technologies, T.S.R. Subramanian, participated as the chief guest and distributed degree and merit certificates to ...

Radio diagnostics, general medicine preferred
Jillela Naga Srinivasulu, first ranker, was happy getting MD radio diagnostics in OMC
Specialising in software engineering
Carnegie Mellon and SSN join hands to offer a master’s degree programme in the emerging field of embedded software engineering.
Encouraging an upcoming generation of scientists

Sigma Xi grant for engineering student
Deivaraja Ramasamy, final year student of the Department of Electronics and Communication, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, has received Sigma Xi’s Grant-In-Aid-of-Research award, funding a research project on digital ...

QUERY CUE
Aeronautical Engineering beckons
I want to do BE/ B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering. Please give me the details of the institutes offering it. Also, tell me about IIST? Rakshit Dayal AllamrajuAeronautical engineering makes way to the most exciting ...


DIL SE
Enjoying college life
GMRIT: Starting a new life in college can seem a bit strange and it is important that you learn a few tips and tricks to be sure you will survive and also enjoy college life. The first thing and the most obvious is that ...

Intellectual political activism way to go
Doubtlessly, it is one of the important questions to be asked as for as the student community is considered. Due to the immense competition in the market to survive, students are unable to keep a sight on the socio-political development of ...


UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP
NSS unit of SVU conducts special camp
The National Service Scheme (NSS) bureau of Sri Venkateswara University conducted a special camp last week, in which 150 volunteers from across Chittoor district took part.During the camp, the students conducted ‘Shramadan’ and ...

CIPET entrance
The Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) has invited applications for its July 13 joint entrance examination for admissions to various courses. A two-year M.Tech. in plastics technology is offered at the ...


GUIDANCE PLUS
How to keep it simple
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.”— Niels Bohr Writing is often divided into three stages: prewrite, write, and rewrite.Prewriting: Decide the purpose of writing a ...
Student presented with laptop
M. Solaiammal, a third year student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Park College of Engineering and Tekhnology, has recently come up with a programme in C language to solve Sudoku in a second, at the press of a key. ...

RIGHT TURN
Permissive parent, passive child
Two selfish people walk on a rainy day with a single umbrella. Each one wants to have its comfort, try to shove the other and as a result both are drenched by the time they reach their destination. This move is comparable to an ...

‘Women creating their own space in various roles’



CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Who is the next VC?
Andhra University campus is quiet as the examinations are going on and the students are getting ready to leave for their homes but the speculation about who will be the next Vice-Chancellor has intensified. Prof. L. Venugopal Reddy’s term ...
For the right kind of scribes
Designing a UG course in tune with the times
Pollution-free cupola


Bridge course for Plus II students
The Gnanamani College of Technology, Pachal in Namakkal, has planned to conduct bridge course for the Plus II students. The course would enable the students to improve their skills to match the requirements for pursuing engineering education. ...

Inter-disciplinary B.A. English programme
The G.R. Damodaran College of Science will offer a degree programme of B.A. English Literature with Computer Applications from the coming academic year. The programme will combine the literary and language aspects with business, ...

ISO certification
Sree Amman Arts and Science College, Chittode, recently secured an ISO certification, says a release from the College. A team of officials from ISO institute, Geneva, inspected the college and appreciated the efforts of the management in ...

All’s well that ends well
GMRIT: With the academic year drawing to a close, there are a lot of activities abuzz on the campuses. Tech Fests are arranged to present papers and models related to technical fields. For the artistically inclined ones, ...
Workshop on ‘introspection’

Delhi varsity law entrance
The Faculty of Law of University of Delhi invites applications for its entrance test to various courses. The LL.B. entrance test will be held on June 15. Graduates or postgraduates with at least 50 per cent marks for the general category may ...
It’s a question of soft skills
To cater to industry needs Ma Foi Academy has started courses to help students
HCL launches CDC
HCL Infosystems launched its first career development centre (CDC) in Visakhapatnam recently, with an objective to meet the increasing demand for skilled professionals in the IT sector. HCL’s CDC provides specially designed ...

Q & A
It’s MBA by a different name
I have completed my B.E. Electrical/Electronics. I am interested in higher education in power systems in Germany. Can you please inform me about the prospects there? Aravind P.M. via Email, Hassan Germany ...
Media course with UNESCO model curriculum

Take that
How about writing about your classroom and your backyard that is your college campus? Heart-rending (heart-warming too) experiences that move you. Incidents that stirred you or things you did not like. Youth festivals or workshops ...
Choosing your college
The school exams are over, and here’s what to look for before you enter the portals of your dream college
Q & A
I am in pre-final-year biotechnology. What are the career prospects in microbial biotechnology? Microbial biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by ...


GUIDANCE PLUS
Stages in technical writing
For technical writing to be effective, you have to get your message across. And that, in turn, means proper planning.

Building global linkages
Besides academic competency, what will make students sensitive leaders and decision-makers? This Ohio university model shows the way.
CIPET entrance test on July 13
The Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), under the Union government, has invited applications for its July 13 Joint Entrance Examination for admissions to the courses conducted at its various centres.A two-year ...

Kerala’s flying school gets off the ground
The Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology in Thiruvananthapuram aims to mould professionals for the burgeoning aviation sector of the country.

NIT-C offers a bouquet of new courses
Most of these courses are in emerging areas. Those in biotechnology, nanotechnology and signal processing have much scope in academics and research.

MITSDE awarded recognition
The Distance Education Council (DEC) of the Government of India has conferred institutional recognition on Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Distance Education, Pune. The MITSDE offers one and two year postgraduate ...

All’s well that ends well
GMRIT: With the academic year drawing to a close, there are a lot of activities abuzz on the campuses. Tech Fests are arranged to present papers and models related to technical fields. For the artistically inclined ones, cultural ...

Enjoying college life
GMRIT: Starting a new life in college can seem a bit strange and it is important that you learn a few tips and tricks to be sure you will survive and also enjoy college life. The first thing and the most obvious is that money is ...


DIL SE
Be an original writer
K.B.N. College: Right from college days, one should aim at sharpening their skills in writing various documents and forms. The sole objective of skill acquisition should be to become an original writer and display some ...

My vote is for…
It’s important, say some but some others don’t care
Share your views
Sportspersons are loved and revered in this country. Cricket may take the chunk of that appreciation but players of other sports too get their share of recognition. Every parent in the country wants their children to be a Tendulkar ...
Sports physiotherapy course
Sports Performance Assessment Rehabilitation Research Counselling Institute(SPARRC) is offering a Sports Physiotherapy certificate programme for physiotherapists (UG/PG). The course is designed by sports medicine specialist, Dr. Kannan ...

Paper presentation festival
PRESPICACIOUS ’08, a paper presentation festival, was recently held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT), Sathyamangalam. The event was held for the first-year students of computer science engineering. More than 60 participants ...

Act now and save the earth
We should not wait for a calamity to set right things
More seats now, but the going is tough
IIT-JEE 2008 was more challenging than the previous versions of the test, say experts.

Grooming students for IT, ITES sector
Almost at every forum in the education arena, the deliberation narrows down to one idea — ‘Get the best out of the boom time in the IT and the ITES sector’. But despite all efforts, the rejection level hovers around 85 per cent ...

Let’s get QUIZical
1. The statue of which Swiss, made famous in a folk tale, would one find in Altdorf town in Uri canton?2. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, who gave a distilling liquor to Juliet to make her appear to be dead and thus prevent her ...

Delhi varsity law entrance test
The Faculty of Law of the University of Delhi has invited applications for its entrance test for admission to various courses.The LL.B. entrance test will be held on June 15. Graduates or post-graduates with at least 50 per cent marks for ...

Hospitality course
UEI Global School of Service Management is inviting students from India to be a part of their three-year degree programme in Hospitality Management for the 2008-11 batch. The course being offered is a B.Sc degree in Catering Science and ...

Test tracker
The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, under the Union government, has invited applications for its August 3 entrance test for admission to three-year, full-time postgraduate diploma courses in direction and screen-play ...



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