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Private colleges against clusters GUIDANCE PLUS Be flexible, understand better Find out what flexible reading is all about. U.K. offers two-year work permit for students Applicable only in Scotland till last year, the permit is valid now across the U.K. New Arrivals The new additions to the Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram, are: Balasubramanian R. (Ed.), The Life-World of the Tamils: Past and Present-1; Vol.6, Part-5: In the Series of History of ... A future with history If you are a prospective student with career dreams wavering between tourism, civil services, media, diplomacy and social work, you might want to consider studying history. The career paths of history graduates nowadays go far beyond traditional ... Computing seminar High performance computing will be in focus at an international seminar on Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for High Performance Applications to be conducted at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Angamaly, ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS - CALICUT UNIVERSITY Drive launched to digitise manuscripts Calicut University has launched a drive to digitise all the prized manuscripts it has stored in the departments of Malayalam and history. The drive, although was talked about for quite a long time, has gained momentum now with the government ... 
At home, yet longing for AfghanistanA group of Afghan students studying in a Malabar college shares their perceptions with The Hindu EducationPlus on the education system here and much more. Q & A 
GATE and M.Tech.I am a B.Tech. holder in electronics and communication. I would like to join an Indian Institute of Technology for M.Tech. Please describe the features of GATE and its relevance. Please also let me know about the M.Te ch. ... Test Track Applications have been invited for the Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED- 2009) to be held on January 18, 2009 at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai and Roorkee. CEED is a qualifying examination ... A mine of opportunities Opportunities for mining engineering graduates are increasing due to the expansion of the country’s mining sector. Price index should reflect reality There is a dire need for the government to revamp the price index to reflect the present day lifestyle of the people so that the index could serve as the true barometer of the current cost of living. The run away inflation due to the spike in oil ... Madras Management Association to organise mega student convention The convention will be held in collaboration with the University of Madras on September 26 and 27
Sport can be a passion, and also a career. For those with the aptitude and fitness, many sporting areas offer job and prestige. Crack civils with business-like approach With changes in the civil services exam pattern, the appropriate strategy will be to identify the changes along with the expected areas and prepare accordingly CAMPUS JOTTINGS Online exams may be withdrawn campus jottings The second mid-term examinations of Andhra University PG courses are held online. This method gave the university a high-tech look and is appreciated by many but soon some lacunae have surfaced.Students and faculty of campus colleges are ... All set for the good times Some hitches apart, engg. freshers are getting adjusted to colleges far away from home Postgraduate programmes at TISS Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, is offering postgraduate programmes in Social Work, Disability Studies & Action, Counselling, Development Studies, Education (Elementary), Women’s Studies, Health Administration, Hospital ... A new passage to India German Academic Exchange Service is all set to launch its new initiative that will benefit students and young researchers from Germany and India. JNTU-affiliated colleges asked to improve facilities Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Anantapur, B. Krishna Gandhi, has asked all the engineering and pharmacy colleges affiliated to the university to improve infrastructure and offer quality education. Even the new ... When the pay packet is heavier than the grant Vice-Chancellors from the south discuss ways and means to create a sustained interest in sciences among students. Sun-Karunya tie-up for faculty development Sun Microsystems and Karunya University would have a strategic relationship to set up a faculty development programme and update Karunya’s existing curriculum using Sun’s resource library, according to a recent press release.As ... CAMPUS CONNECT Inter-collegiate contests conducted AJK College of Arts and Science, Navakkarai, conducted inter-collegiate competitions as part of Onam celebrations. Students took out a procession from K.G. Chavady to Navakkarai with the traditional ‘chenda melam.’ ... Jobs aplenty in electronic media Being a cusp of technical, non-technical elements, one needs to be a ‘jack of all’ in electronic media Association launched The activities of the Mechanical Engineering Association of Velammal College of Engineering and Technology were inaugurated by Sunil S. R. Gancolli of TVS Cherry.In his inaugural address, Dr. Sunil referred to the significant contribution ... Efficiency is their USP Till 2003, almost all universities in China were state-owned. A few private ones were ranked at the bottom and were barely surviving. In 2003, the China Ministry of Education started an initiative of creating about 340 new universities affiliated ... Q & A Be creative, usher in change I am confused about the lateral entry schemes in computers that Sikkim Manipal University is offering; other universities are also offering the same courses. Being a Diploma (CSE) holder will I benefit? Besides, will the same be ... MMA to organise mega student convention For registration and further details, students may check out the website www.mmachennai.org. College records 85 p.c. pass in university examination Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, has secured the first place in results among colleges coming under the Anna University-Coimbatore. A release from the college says it has secured a pass percentage of 85.88, with 2,768 of the 3,224 ... Price index should reflect reality There is a dire need for the government to revamp the price index to reflect the present day lifestyle of the people so that the index could serve as the true barometer of the current cost of living. The run away inflation due to the spike in oil ... All is not lost for medicine aspirants Though the admission process in the State is over, students hoping to become doctors can pursue the course in China and former USSR countries as admissions are open till November Extension activities started Extension activities for the academic year were inaugurated recently at Saraswathi Narayanan College by Pari Parameswaran, Director of Youth Welfare, Madurai Kamaraj University. N. K. Jeyadevan, Principal, administered a pledge to staff ... CAMPUS CONNECT Staff and students of Tamilavel Umamaheswarar Karanthai (TUK) Arts College, Thanjavur, accorded a rousing reception recently in front of their college to about 65 NSS volunteers of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchi, who were on their march from ... GUIDANCE PLUS Need for speed: reading as an art Feel weighed down by heavy books and a slow reading pace? Help is at hand. This series explains the art of speed reading and better comprehension. U.K. offers two-year work permit for students Applicable only in Scotland till last year, the permit is valid now across the U.K. Entrance for Civil services coaching The entrance examination for Civil services coaching at the All India Civil Services Coaching Centre will be conducted on November 9 at various examination centres in the State. The examination centres are Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, ... Cordys opens centre Cordys, a Netherlands-based software company, got a new Research and Development centre in Coimbatore. Inaugurating the centre, Jan Baan, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cordys, said it planned to host a university programme in ... Workshop on microbial tech. The Biiogeneic Institute of Biotechnology, Namakkal, conducted a workshop on advanced techniques in microbial technology. UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP Shramdan at Satavahana University National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers of Satavahana University participated in Shramdan programme by removing shrubs and weeds and cleaned their campus on the outskirts of Karimnagar town, near LMD reservoir on Friday. Satavahana ... KVIC training from October 1 Several Khadi and Village Industries Commission offers training in village industries are being offered at Gandhi Niketan Ashram, Dr. J.C. Kumarappa Institute of Rural Technology and Development at T. Kallupatti in Madurai District from October ... March for national integration Staff and students of Tamilavel Umamaheswarar Karanthai (TUK) Arts College, Thanjavur, accorded a rousing reception recently in front of their college to about 65 NSS volunteers of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchi, who were on their march from ... 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. Pen all those moments and touching ... It’s fun, but there’s a limit Students speak out on the perpetual menace of ragging Working towards a research-led education One way to attract the best minds to teaching is to develop world-class research institutions, says Shiv Nadar, chairman and Chief Strategic Officer, HCL Technologies. Applications invited Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, has invited applications for admission to a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in management and a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in rural ... Naval architecture a challenging frontier The course deals with the design, construction, maintenance and repair of all types of marine vehicles and can play a major role in the economic development of a country CAMPUS CONNECT The Ramanujan Mathematics Colloquium of Thiagarajar College of Engineering has been organising seminars for students to bring out their inner talent.In the recent seminar, Divya Meenakshi, a postgraduate student, delivered a lecture on ... TEST TRACKER CEED tests the candidate’s aptitude for design, including visual perception ability, drawing skills, logical reasoning, creativity and communication skills. More stars add lustre to Indo-German cooperation German Academic Exchange Service is all set to launch its new initiatives, ‘A new passage to India’, that will benefit students and young researchers from Germany and India. Certification in ethical hacking Maze Net Solution Private Limited, in collaboration with EC Council, the U.S., will provide the Certified Ethical Hacker Certification – CEH – in Coimbatore.According to a release, it will also provide online certification ... WASSUP Pioneer introduces food technology Pioneer Institute of Hotel Management (PIHM), Hyderabad, has launched a three-year B.Sc. programme in Food Technology and Management. The course has approval from the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) affiliated to ... Coimbatore student wins award P. Senthilkumar, an M.E. Computer Science and Engineering student of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, has bagged the best project award at the State level.His project ‘An application architecture for semantic ... NIT-T workshop on telemedicine As a preparatory step to starting a Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Engineering, the National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi will host a workshop on ‘Telemedicine’ on September 27 under the Technical Education Quality ... Novel learning experience The 17 groups of 93 final-year B.Sc. Agriculture students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) returned after a 60-day stint of “role-playing” as farmers and agriculture officials, part of experiential learning. ... ‘Roboveda’ showcases Indian history Roboveda’08, an all India national level robotics festival conducted by the Robotics Club - Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology witnessed around 100 participants from 12 different States and nearly 630 participants from Hyderabad ... World Ozone Day observed Sri Padmavathi Women’s Degree and PG College, Tirupati, observed ‘World Ozone Day’ at its premises last week.Prof. K .Satyavelu Reddy, a professor of Zoology at SVU and also the convener of District Environment Centre ... TEST TRACKER Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, has invited applications for admission to a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in management and a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in rural ... CAREER GUIDE The costing option for commerce students Cost accounting involves, among other things, working to reduce a company’s costs and improve its profitability. This field provides many career avenues for commerce students. XIM management Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, has invited applications for admission to a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in management and a two-year full-time programme for postgraduate diploma in rural ... GUIDANCE PLUS Be flexible, understand better guidance plus Find out what flexible reading is all about. State-level best project award for engineering student P. Senthilkumar, an M.E. Computer Science and Engineering student of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, has bagged the best project award at the State level.His project “An Application Architecture for Semantic ... CAMPUS JOTINGS Loyola Academy welcomes freshers Nervous smiles, vibrant clothes and dreamy eyes brought the campus alive, as freshers walked into their new life of management education. Many seemed determined to catch a glimpse of the next two years through the two-day orientation program, the ... MGR medical varsity’s courses in non-clinical subjects Dr. MGR Medical University has plans to introduce a host of courses. ‘India facing economic depression’ The NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute conducted a seminar on ‘Impact of international currency fluctuation on garment industry’ on its premises recently. Delivering keynote address, M Gopi, lecturer, Department of Commerce, ... UoH students’ suspension raises eyebrows The campus of University of Hyderabad is buzzing with the talk of displeasure among the student community over the management’s decision to suspend four students for six more months pending enquiry. That the suspensions were ordered without ... Courses in non-clinical subjects Dr. MGR Medical University has plans to introduce a host of courses RIGHT TURN Try to think differently Thomas Kuhn, who popularised the concept of ‘Paradigm shift’, argues that, “One conceptual view of the world, living for centuries is replaced by another, and it also hangs around for another change.” He gives the ... MMA to organise mega student convention For registration and further details, students may check out the website www.mmachennai.org. SKU plans to offer engineering in distance mode Engineering is a dream course for many a student in the society nowadays due to its huge employment potential. But, for a majority of those who dream of pursuing the course it would end up as a mirage for various reasons. Financial ... SK varsity to crack the whip on students with low attendance A surprise inspection of classes on the campus of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) by Vice-Chancellor P. Kusuma Kumari on Thursday exposed the poor state of affairs in the university. A majority of the classes inspected by the V-C had only ... Savour those ‘happy days’ GMRIT: As the very first rays of the most formidable force in the universe bend low to kiss the mighty blue ocean, as the last of those insignificant dew drops start trickling down the hearts of pristinely bright flowers, as the steaming ... QUERY CUE Computer science will keep developing What will be the prospects of computer sciences in the coming years? Will my future be bright if I take computer science? BhargavComputer science is a vast subject. With ongoing research, knowledge in the field is set grow by ... Scholarships at UWA University of Western Australia (UWA), one of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities has announced fee waiver scholarships for Indian students aspiring for an academic experience in Western Australia. India scholarship ... ‘Perfect’ tips for students “Refocus your attention on what is right and what is working well, rather than what is not working”, is the advice of P.V.S. Ravindra Varma of Matrix Laboratories Limited to management students. How does this help? It will point ... Efficiency is their USP A look at the Chinese model of studies and governance DIL SE Encourage entrepreneurship Dil Se ICFAI National College: Entrepreneurship is nothing but out of the box thinking and the art of taking risk. For young students, this comes easily with a little effort. Indian business scenario reveals that a majority of the ... PG centre in Chitradurga It will help poor students Reliving those indelible moments GVPCOE: As a consequence of my father’s transfer orders, after my primary education our family shifted from Jeypore to Visakhapatnam. Jeypore not being our native place, we didn’t have many relatives and I was more or ... For better careers in software development Sun Microsystems, VTU partner for EDUSAT Recruitment drive Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (HSC), a global service arm of Tesco, United Kingdom, conducted campus recruitment drive at MLR Institute of Technology, Dundigal, recently. “Tesco’s human resources manager, Rama Kolli conducted ... Bridging the skills gap Learning all about the work culture Postgraduate programmes at TISS Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, is offering postgraduate programmes in Social Work, Disability Studies & Action, Counselling, Development Studies, Education (Elementary), Women’s Studies, Health Administration, Hospital ... YOUR VOICE Youth need right guidance This is the time to develop good habits and a good character Working towards a research-led education One way to attract the best minds to teaching is to develop world-class research institutions, says Shiv Nadar, Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer, HCL Technologies. Let’s get QUIZical 1. Fill in the surname for these famous siblings whose company made news recently: Henry, Emanuel and Mayer _______2. Expand AIG in the name of the major American insurance corporation.3. Which battle is also called ... CAMPUS CAPSULE NIIT will hold the first Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) on September 28 in various cities including Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. TOEIC is a global standard for ... |
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