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‘University Acts archaic'K.N. Panikkar, Vice-Chairman of the State Higher Education Council feels that most of the University Acts have become archaic as they are insensitive to the new trends in the organisation and governance of the universities. What prompted the ... 
The art of conducting science experimentsAt least 30 per cent of teachers in elementary schools in France are conducting science experiments in class, says Nicole Ostrowsky, Professor Emeritus, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. Ms. Ostrowsky, who conducted a programme for ... GUIDANCE PLUS 
Study in the Netherlands for quality educationThe Dutch system of higher education enjoys worldwide reputation for high quality that is achieved through a national system of regulation and quality assurance. 
Adopting ahimsa in scienceAt the national conference organised at Jaipur by the Mahatma Gandhi Doerenkamp Centre for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Life Science Education, Bharathidasan University, educationists were encouraged adopt humane alternatives. Coming up Apply for entrance examination for admission to medical, agriculture, engineering and architecture courses in Kerala to be held from April 19-22, 2010 for admission to MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BSMS, B.Sc. (Ag), B.FSc. (Fisheries), B.Sc. ... Australia brings new reforms in education Australia's High Commissioner to India, H.E. Peter Varghese, welcomed the decision by The Council of Australian Governments (which brings together the leaders of Australia's Federal, State and Territory Governments) to create a new, ... Train of knowledge A unique train called Science Express will be reaching Kerala in a few days. 
Q & AI have passed my Plus Two examination and would like to know about the courses available in engineering physics. Kindly let me know if it is possible to puruse any engineering discipline at the postgraduate level after graduating in this ... Common law admission test The Convenor of CLAT – 2010, National Law Institute University, Bhopal, has announced the conduct of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), to be held on May 9, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon across the country for admission to the ... Test track The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, has invited online applications for its national-level entrance test to be held on April 17, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for admission ... Placement season is here again After a turbulent economic situation, campuses are now getting ready for the placement season. However, it may not be what it was two years ago. Reality show The Entrepreneurship Cell [E-Cell] of IIT Bombay is conducting a reality show for budding entrepreneurs who have established their start-up and is giving them a unique opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors to receive funding from ... New arrivals The new additions to Kerala Council for Historical Research Library, Thiruvananthapuram:Meera Nanda, The Good Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu, 2009 (Authors Gift)Ramadurai.N.P., Sabharathnam.S.P. and ...
Technical glitches apart, there was no level playing field, complain many students E-Plus Club If you are interested in starting The Hindu EducationPlus Club in your college, all you have to do is write to us. Also, identify students who wish to improve their communication skills and one or two faculty members who would like to be part ... Jobs vs. talent After a turbulent economic situation, campuses are now more hopeful about placements Placement season is here After a turbulent economic situation, campuses are now getting ready for the placement season. However, it may not be what it was two years ago. For a career in speech therapy AIISH, Mysore, is offering a diploma course to meet the demand for speech therapists. Statehood row: students apprehensive They feel that they may not be able to get back the time lost and will fall behind schedule, writes SUMIT BHATTACHARJEE The magical world of physics A crucial subject among the sciences, physics has evolved over the years, stretching its applications to numerous areas. And keeping pace with the evolving science, higher education institutions are constantly upgrading. Nonetheless, experts ... Campus Connect A refresher course in computer science and environmental studies was inaugurated by A. Abdul Kareem, former Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, at the Academic Staff College of Madurai Kamaraj University. In his address, Dr. ... Campus Connect The students of Indra Ganesan Teacher Training Institute, Manikandam, participated in a mass tree planting campaign on the college campus recently. The chairman of the college, T. Ganesan, inaugurated the programme by planting a few saplings. ... Importance of research stressed Ethirajan Rathakrishnan, an eminent professor of aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, held a three-day national level short term course on “Instrumentation, measurements and experiments in fluids” at ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS AU focal point of agitation Andhra University campus has become focal point for the agitation against the Centre's decision on Telangana and the region's demand to keep the State united.Even before the Centre announced that the process for forming the Telangana ... How to tame the lions Teachers who master behaviour-improvement skills are better placed to instil a sense of discipline among students All for a perfect script Here is a unique opportunity for those who are on the lookout for learning the art of scriptwriting for film and television from top faculty drawn from all parts of country. A 20-part virtual course on scriptwriting was scheduled to be ... Reality show for to be entrepreneurs The Entrepreneurship Cell [E-Cell] of IIT Bombay is conducting a reality show for budding entrepreneurs who have established their start-up and is giving them a unique opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors to receive funding from ... Study abroad: Iceland beckons In spite of being a small European Island, with a population of a little over 3 lakh, Iceland is considered to be one of the finest countries to live in HOT TOPIC Opt for peaceful ways to agitate Every body in particular young activists have to realize that violence should not be a part of emotional agitation. Any loss to Government is loss to society. Many countries still remember the non-violence path chosen by Gandhiji in attaining ... Reality show for to be entrepreneurs The Entrepreneurship Cell [E-Cell] of IIT Bombay is conducting a reality show for budding entrepreneurs who have established their start-up and is giving them a unique opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors to receive funding from ... U.K. is perfectly okay Over 44,000 Indian students are studying in the U.K., and this number is steadily growing Growing demand for TV technology Campus Connect The Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management of SNR Sons College organised a workshop on ‘Mithai.' It was conducted by K. Chinnathambi, former Senior Chef de Partie of ITC Park Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Chennai. More than 30 ... CSIR-UGC test centres The CSIR-UGC test for junior research fellowship and national eligibility test for chemical, earth, life and mathematical and physical sciences will be held at the following centres in Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology, Guru Nanak ... CAMPUS JOTTINGS B-school students have a gala time Trishna, the annual B-school fest of IBS Hyderabad was a felicitous mix of fun and business with students from 20 business schools showcasing their talents.With the theme “Pandemonium – Ordo ab chao” as its background, ... Talk on Gene and Cell Therapy Inder M Verma, Professor at the Laboratory of Genetics, SALK Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA delivered a lecture on “Gene and Cell Therapy:Medicine of 21st Century” at the University of Hyderabad as part of ... Study in the Lion City World class and cost-effective…that's Singapore education GUIDANCE PLUS Study abroad: Iceland beckons Considered to be one of the most developed countries, Iceland offers diverse programmes in undergraduate and graduate studies. SCMS introduces new courses SCMS-Cochin is introducing two more PGDM programmes in insurance and banking and in retailing and merchandising.The B-school already offers a number of PGDM programmes in areas such as finance, marketing, HR, logistics, production, ... St.Joseph's, Chennai, wins TCS award St Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, won the TCS Best Student Project Award for the project ‘Web authoring and web content management using mobile phone', undertaken by S. Navanath and V.V. Srinivas of B.Tech Information ... Test Tracker The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad (Haryana), has invited applications for admission to its two-year full-time MBA programme in power management for the year 2010–12. This is a pioneering venture to develop ... New players in education sector At a time when two corporate colleges rule the roost in Intermediate education, new players are making inroads into the sector.Fierce as the market might be, the next academic year will see at least two new educational institutions ... Higher studies in nursing It's for those who are interested in higher studies in nursing. The following are some institutes offering courses: Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore offers M.Sc nursing in community health, medical-surgical, paediatrics, obstetrics and ... The art of conducting science experiments WASSUP Applications invited The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad (Haryana), has invited applications for admission to its two-year fulltime MBA programme in power management for the year 2010–12. This is a pioneering venture to develop ... Have a teacher of your choice The Fully Flexible Credit System launched by the VIT University is a student-friendly innovation The magical world of physics Besides vast potential for diversification into various fields, physics offers wide scope in higher studies and research. JAM 2010 The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have invited applications for the Joint Admission Test (JAM 2010) to be held on May 2, 2010 across the country for admission to the following programmes. Online registration facilities are also ... International workshop held at UoH A three-day international workshop on cell cycle regulation and XXXIII AICBC 2009, organised by School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad was inaugurated at the university campus on Thursday.More than 600 delegates including 40 ... Q & A Energy management is a new concept I am studying in the seventh semester of Chemical Engineering at SIT, Tumkur. I am an aspirant for GATE. Please provide information on coaching centres for distance programmes.Parag A.via e-mail, BangaloreThe Graduate ... All for that perfect script Techfest from Jan. 22 Techfest, the annual International Science and Technology festival of IIT Bombay, will be held from January 22 to 24, 2010. This year competitions at Techfest are much more different and would be covering awide variety of ... RIGHT TURN Be enthusiastic towards life Treating life as an adventure is the next quality of successful people. A person's security lies not in his comfort zone, but in his initiative, creativity and courage. Effective people don't label others from their past success or failure, ... Developing software skills IBM sets up centres of excellence in 10 engg. colleges across Karnataka Moving up the value chain NIT-K, Surathkal, is getting more incentives for research and quality improvement. TALKING POINT Be clever while offering advice to anyone When people offer advice on their own, without me asking for it, I tend to get annoyed.I suppose we all have this complicated attitude towards advice.Just as an example, as I'm writing this article if someone comes along and ... QUERY CUE Decide on the profession to pursue, then go for specialisation I have finished my M.B.A (with Finance, I.T, Operations and International Business as specialisations) from Auckland, New Zealand. I worked on SAP (Fico Module). Then I came to India and am now doing LLB. Could you please advise me on whether ... New offer from ISB Participants will attend sessions at Kellogg, Wharton E-PLUS CLUB Making exams easier (To improve their communication and debating skills, members of EPlus clubs in colleges have been given the following topic for discussion and debate)Week 8 (December 14 to 19)Theme: There is no end to exams in our lives. As soon ... Australia brings new reforms in education Australia's High Commissioner to India, H.E. Peter Varghese, welcomed the decision by The Council of Australian Governments (which brings together the leaders of Australia's Federal, State and Territory Governments) to create a new, ... Higher education sector has come a long way India is home to the world's third largest higher education student community BIAL seeks designs from students Students to present their concepts on future expansion of the airport DIFFERENT STROKES Every area needs a better deal Students hope things will change for the better in Bangalore after civic polls are held Coming Up Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, has invited applications for admission to MD/ MS/ MDS programmes. Application form and prospectus can be downloaded from the website www.sriramchandra.edu.in. Last date: January 4, 2010.Apply ... EPlus Club schedule Theme: - There is no end to exams in our lives. As soon as we start learning, we get acquainted with the fact that our learning and competence need to be constantly compared and evaluated. Over the years, the assessment methods have changed ... VVIET, Mysore, wins Innovation Challenge A contest to explore budding engineering talent Stress on entrepreneurship “India is a country made for entrepreneurs, don't try for a job, start something on your own that generates employment for others,” said Ullas Kamath, Deputy Managing Director, Jyothi Laboratories. He was addressing the first ... Quality education at affordable cost Training to be ‘marathon' managers Belgaum academy holds 48-hour training programme for MBA students Adopting ahimsa in science At the national conference organised at Jaipur by the Mahatma Gandhi Doerenkamp Centre for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Life Science Education, Bharathidasan University, educationists were encouraged adopt humane alternatives. Share your views Bus – the most affordable transport of the common man is under attack.Everyone takes out their ire on the bus despite knowing that it is their property. Unfortunately, most of the times student community is involved in damaging or ... Campus Capsule As part of its university relationship programme, Nokia, in association with the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), launched its research laboratory in Reva Institute of Technology and Management (RITM), Bangalore, ... Japanese classes ABK-AOTS DOSOKAI Japanese School announces fresh Japanese language classes in conversation, script and business Japanese from December 20. The institute is also conducting classes for expatriates in Basic Chinese, Tamil and English. For ... Read the data fineprint If you have an analytical mind and are good at decision-making, get into data warehousing. Conference resolutions We the participants recognise that animals are sentient beings and that life in all its forms should be fully respected.We recognise the pedagogical, ethical, environmental and economic advantages of humane and innovative alternatives ... Cell talk Inder M Verma, Professor at the Laboratory of Genetics, SALK Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA delivered a lecture on “Gene and Cell Therapy: Medicine of 21st Century” at the University of Hyderabad as part of ... |
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