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Enunciating a rights-based viewpoint
With an aim to empower differently-abled persons, the Kerala government is planning to set up a Centre for Disability Studies in the State capital. G. MAHADEVAN spoke to Dr. G.N. Karna, Chairman of the Working Group on Disability for the 11th Five Year Plan on the scope of this proposal


A new institution in the making
The proposed Centre for Disability Studies is expected to develop new educational technologies for different categories of the differently-abled persons

Community colleges, a novel concept
Karnataka’s tryst with community colleges, a concept spearheaded by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), has begun with Geeta Ramanujam Educational Institution (GREI) enrolling 29 students for a two-year Associate Degree at its ...

Study abroad: plan your stay in Singapore
Before leaving for Singapore, students could explore various avenues for availing scholarships; related information can be found on various web sites.

COMING UP
•All India PG Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE-2010) for admission to MD, MS, diploma and MDS courses in medical and dental colleges will be held on January 10, 2010. Apply before October 12; web site:
Australia tightens its noose around con agents
Australian government suspends agents sending students using fake documents. Interestingly many of them are Indian

‘Think differently and try to excel in a team’
Passion for doing things differently and diligently and the drive to excel in a team are the two prominent factors that budding engineers and management students should posses to create opportunities for themselves in the multi-national ...

NEW ARRIVALS
The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram:Nandi Bhatia (Ed.), Modern Indian Theatre: A Reader, 2009 John Gray, Gray’s Anatomy: Selected Writings, 2009 Andre ...

Options for electrical engineering graduates
I have completed my B. Tech. in electrical engineering. Kindly provide me with the details of higher study options in this discipline. SREEDIVYA K.M., EMAILThere are several higher study options for B.Tech. degree ...

TEST TRACK
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has invited applications for entrance test for admission to its postgraduate and post-doctoral courses commencing January 2010. PG courses include M.D., M.S., M.Ch., MDS ...

IGNOU joins hands with Indian Army
To provide professional certification for higher learning among the soldiers

For ragging-free campuses
The Visvesvaraya Technological University is looking forward to making the campuses of all its affiliated engineering colleges in Karnataka “ragging free.” The recent meeting of principals, hostel wardens, student representatives from ...

NIBM offers PG course in banking and finance
The National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, has invited applications for admission to its postgraduate programme in banking and finance.Eligibility Bachelor’s degree holders with 50 per cent ...

Taste the flavour of integrated courses
To transform Karnataka into a legally conscious society, by providing quality legal education that is professionally competent and socially relevant so as to realise the constitutional primordial goal of social, economic and political justice and ...

Stepping up the quality of technical education
Finishing schools are being set up in polytechnic colleges to improve the employability of students.

Fix goals to fight constraints


Diffusion of ‘Gyan’ is the motto
Gyanvani - the educational radio FM channel from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is on the task to impart Gyan (knowledge) in the main towns and cities in the country by its deviant kind of educational content. Gyanvani ...

Civil service coaching
Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad will be starting a free residential coaching programme in January 2010 for minorities and women for entry into IAS and allied services. The MANUU Coaching Academy will admit students through ...
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