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Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said central school education boards have been asked to adopt a grading system and the states were free to pursue their own curriculum and examination system. "I never said we will scrap the class 10 board exams in the states. They are free to decide their own curriculum," Sibal told reporters here after inaugurating a central university in Koraput. He, however, reiterated that the grading system will be introduced in schools during 2009-10, which was agreed to at a meeting in New Delhi. Sibal said there was no opposition to grading system and it had been supported by all the boards at a just concluded meet, though there was some opposition to scrapping the class 10 board exam. IANS

Professional Kolkata: Professional education institution WLC College India (WLCI) has announced special scholarships for defence personnel, their families and ex-service men. "These scholarships will be offered for professional courses in business economics, fashion technology, advertising and graphic design, visual communications and mass communications," WLC College India Chief Executive Officer Malobika Sengupta told sources. "Lot of defence personnel join our institute for the courses after glorious careers in the armed forces. So we thought we should do something as a token of appreciation of their service to the country," she said. The scholarships for the defence personnel and their wards have been categorised into three prominent sections. Children of personnel, of any rank, who were killed in action, will be given full scholarship. Wards of personnel of any rank who died in harness will be provided 50 percent scholarship. Moreover, army officers and childre...

http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Australian_Deputy_PM_to_visit_LSR_College,_IGNOU_9142/ New Delhi: The Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, will visit Delhi's prestigious Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College for Women and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on August 31, 2009. During her inaugural five-day visit to India, Gillard will also travel to Chennai. The trip is seen as a move to strengthen Australia's relations with India. During her visit to LSR College, the Australian Deputy PM will speak on the topic Women in Leadership. Gillard will also launch a new Diploma of Primary Education, a joint collaboration between Queensland University of Technology and IGNOU at the varsity here. Furthermore, Gillard will launch the Australia-India Institute. This institute is a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and La Trobe University. The Institute will support research, graduate training, executive briefings, policy a...

New Delhi: Community and voluntary organisations have a crucial role to play in the delivery of quality education at the grassroots in the country with 42 million children aged between six and 14 still outside the purview of the recently-passed Right to Education law. A two-day workshop, "Community as Vigilante: The Role of Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) for Building Ownership and Ensuring Accountability in Education", by global non-profit network Oxfam here, is showcasing community-based initiatives in primary education in villages from states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to demonstrate community monitoring is the most effective tool to implement the Right to Education Bill.

Sydney: Sydney: Stem cell scientists have modified a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line to glow red when they become red blood cells. The modified hESC line, ErythRED, opens the way to generating mature, fully functional red blood cells (RBCs) from human embryonic stem cells. The research was led by Andrew Elefanty and Ed Stanley, both professors at the Monash University (M-U) Immunology and Stem Cell Labs. Whilst hESCs have the potential to turn into any cell type in the body, it remains a scientific challenge to reliably turn these stem cells into specific types such as the RBCs. The development of the ErythRED embryonic stem cell line, which fluoresces red when haemoglobin genes are switched on, is an important development that will help researchers to optimise the conditions that generate these cells, said a Monash release. "Not only will the ErythRED cell line lead to more efficient creation of red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, but these cells are a crucial ...

New Delhi: New Delhi: There's good news for the visually challenged. A new course which aims to make them economically independent by training them in fields like information technology and communications has been introduced by an institute recognised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). A unit of the Venu Charitable Society, the Venu Institute of Universal Education, was set up with the aim of capacity building for the visually impaired. The 10-month diploma in New Economy Skills, as the course is called, aims at application of information technology and communications skills so that the visually challenged can be employed in call centres, corporate houses, audio-video related jobs and the likes. Among the course modules for the programme, besides information technology, are general knowledge and current affairs, soft skills, mathematics and logical reasoning. IANS

Kolkata: Kolkata: The government on Wednesday said it will provide food processing training to 500,000 women in collaboration with industrial training institutes (ITI) as part of its efforts to create 10 million jobs by 2015. "The training given to the women will strengthen the food processing sector, which has emerged relatively unaffected from the economic slowdown," Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai said here. The government is also facilitating setting up of 350 food processing units, Sahai said at an interactive session with members of the Merchants Chamber of Commerce. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to inaugurate a state food processing ministers' conference Oct 6 in New Delhi to chalk out strategies for further development of the sector in the country. A vision document for 2015 aims to increase the size of the industry to around $210 billion, besides raising the level of perishable processing from the present 6 percent to 35 per...

JMET Entrance Test,JMET 2010,MBA in IITs,Joint Management Entrance Test, What is JMET - Joint Management Entrance Test ? Appearing for Joint Management Entrance Test 2010 (JMET 2010) is the first step in the process of seeking admission to the Post-Graduate Programmes in Management offered by IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee to the 2-YEAR FULL TIME Post-Graduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by IISc and the IITs for the academic year beginning July/Aug 2010 JMET 2010 is only a qualifying examination. Candidates have to apply separately to the Institutes of their choice. They are also advised to look up the details provided in the brochure about the programmes available in the participating Institutes. There is no limit to the number of programmes a candidate can apply to, so long as he or she meets the eligibility criteria. JMET 2010 IMPORTANT DATES Commencement of submission of data for ONLINE Application Monday Se...

IGNOU All Programmes Admissions July 2009/ January 2010 – Notification IGNOU announces admissions for Doctoral, M.Phil, Master’s, Bachelor’s Degrees, Post Graduate Diplomas, Diplomas, Post Graduate Certificates and Certificate programmes for JULY 2009 / JANUARY 2010 SESSION A Detailed Notification Available here Application Forms are available round the year. Last date for submission of Application forms at concerned Regional Centres for July 2009 session: 30th June, 2009 for January, 2010 Session 1st July to 31st October (without late fee) 1st November to 30th November (With late fee of Rs.200/-)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 National Eligibility Test (NET) Advt. No. 10-2-(5)/2009(ii)-E.U.II Joint CSIR-UGC Test For Junior Research Fellowship And Eligibility for Lectureship on 20th December, 2009 Results of Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) & Eligibility for LS (NET)-21-06-2009 - Qualified candidates for Paper-I (CSIR-UGC NET held on 21.06.2009) CSIR UGC NET JUNE 2009 IMPORTANT DATES Date of examination: 20.12.2009 Date of start of sale of application form through banks and on line submission: 25.08.2009 Date of close of sale of application form through banks and online submission: 23.09.2009 Important dates Schedule for sale of information bulletin through bank (i) Start of sale of information bulletin: 25.08.2009 (ii) Date of close of sale of information bulletin by post only: 16.09.20...

Shashi Tharoor, Aligarh: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Shashi Tharoor delivered the first national lecture series programme on 'Why Foreign Policy Matters?' at the Kennedy Hall Auditorium of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Dr. Tharoor said that the ultimate purpose of any country's foreign policy is to promote the security and well-being of its own citizens. "We want a world that gives us the conditions of peace and security that will permit us to grow and flourish, safe from foreign de predations but open to external opportunities", he said. He said that our foreign policy debates in Parliament and the media seem obsessed with Pakistan with ophemera, or worse ephemera about Pakistan and urged that our society as a whole and particularly its educated young people, must care enough about India's place in the world to participate actively in shaping our international posture. "We do have a handful of thinkers on international issues...

Central Counselling Board (CCB) Extends Reporting Date for AIEEE Fresh Allottees Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IND, 2009-08-20 11:29:50 (IndiaPRwire.com) The Chairman, Central Counselling Board 2009 announced today that the candidates who got seat allotment for the first time in the 5th round of AIEEE-09 counselling and couldn’t report at their respective allotted institutes before 12th August 2009, can now report at their respective allotted institutes on or before 24th August 2009 by 5.00 P.M., failing which their provisional allotment shall stand cancelled with out any prior notice. The next round of allotment for vacant seats will be taken up on 25th August 2009. For further information, all the eligible and locked candidates are advised to see the web site www.ccb.nic.in The next round of allotment for vacant seats will be taken up on 25th August 2009. For further information, all the eligible and locked candidates are advised to see the web site www.ccb.nic.in Source : IndiaPRwire

New Delhi: New Delhi: As a part of the second 100-day agenda of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Human Resource Department (HRD) Ministry will soon bring to the Cabinet the student loan interest subsidy scheme. The ministry has decided that the parental income criteria for students to avail the subsidy for professional courses will now be Rs.4.5 lakh per annum. According to a senior official, "Though initially Rs.2.5 lakh income criteria was being mulled, the Planning Commission and the Committee of Secretaries to which it was later referred recommended that the income criteria be fixed in such a way that the scope and scheme gets widened. Therefore, a reasonable income criterion has been fixed. The revised scheme will be mulled in the Cabinet soon." Currently Rs.14,000 crore is being provided as loans to students annually under the existing higher education loan scheme. But, many poor and meritorious students do not apply for the loan considering the int...

New Delhi: New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced a series of new schemes for women and for the housing, energy and education sectors. "Our government will make sustained efforts for social and economic empowerment of women. We have decided to launch a National Female Literacy Mission, through which female illiteracy will be reduced by half in the next three years," he said in his Independence Day address to the nation. Noting that the government had started the Jawaharalal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for the urban areas, he lamented that "lakhs of our citizens live in slums which lack basic amenities". "We wish to make our country slum free as early as possible. In the next five years, we will provide better housing facilities to slum dwellers through a new scheme, Rajiv Awas Yojana," the Prime Minister said. To increase the use of solar energy and to make it affordable, Manmohan Singh said, "We will launch the Jawaha...

Dubai: Dubai: A charitable trust in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides education to four million children in 20 countries as part of its endeavour to remove the obstacles to their progress and to secure their future, sources said recently. Dubai Cares, launched by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, provides primary education to children in developing countries and is considered to be the largest NGO in the world dedicated to this cause. Dubai Cares Chairperson Reem Al-Hashimy said, "Limited accessibility to quality education among children in developing countries is a significant issue affecting their progress. As part of our endeavour to provide complete integrated education solutions, Dubai Cares strives to eliminate the main underlying issues that prevent access to basic primary education, which is every child's birth right and the foundation of sustained economic growth, sound governance and effective institutions." "We have received t...

New Delhi: New Delhi: Criticized for using force and unfair means to recover loans, personnel from several cooperative banks will get training on how to recover loans legally at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here. Around 20 senior administrators of urban cooperative banks from various parts of the country will start their education on legal aspects of recovery management beginning today, varsity officials said on Saturday. The training programme is organized in collaboration with National Federation of Cooperative Urban Banks and Credit Societies Ltd (NAFCUB). "The training programme will focus on machinery available for recovery of loans under various laws for urban cooperative banks, legal impediments for enforcing the concerned act and proper execution of loan documents," an IGNOU spokesman said. He said the bankers shall also learn about various acts like Debt Recovery Tribunal Act 1993, Civil Procedure Code 1908 and the Limitation Act 1963 and Enforc...

Pilani (Rajasthan): Conquest 2009 - the final round of International Business Plan Competition organized by Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, BITS Pilani was inaugurated on Saturday 8th August 2009. The two day event being held on 8-9 August will provide opportunities to interact with several entrepreneurs, experts and venture capitalists apart from presentations by the five finalists which were chosen from over 300 entries received from different countries. Inaugurating the event, Vice Chancellor of BITS, Prof L K Maheshwari said that this is the sixth International Business Plan competition being organized by the CEL. Calling upon the educational institutions to produce entrepreneurs and leaders, he cited the example of Harvard Business School and said that every batch of 1000 graduates produces 500 entrepreneurs. He said that such competitions would encourage young minds to start entrepreneurship, however, the real success will be measured when we see the participants becoming ...

Pilani (Rajasthan): Pilani (Rajasthan): Conquest 2009 - the final round of International Business Plan Competition organized by Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, BITS Pilani was inaugurated on Saturday 8th August 2009. The two day event being held on 8-9 August will provide opportunities to interact with several entrepreneurs, experts and venture capitalists apart from presentations by the five finalists which were chosen from over 300 entries received from different countries. Inaugurating the event, Vice Chancellor of BITS, Prof L K Maheshwari said that this is the sixth International Business Plan competition being organized by the CEL. Calling upon the educational institutions to produce entrepreneurs and leaders, he cited the example of Harvard Business School and said that every batch of 1000 graduates produces 500 entrepreneurs. He said that such competitions would encourage young minds to start entrepreneurship, however, the real success will be measured when we see the pa...

Kharagpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) plans to increase its student intake from 8,000 to 20,000 by 2020 with an investment of about Rs.1,800 crore, B. Muthuraman, the chairman of its board of governors, said here on Saturday. "The expansion will be done in two phases. The first phase envisages increasing intake capacity to 11,000 at an investment of Rs.800 crore by 2011-12. The second phase includes enhancing seats to 20,000 at an additional investment of about Rs.1,000 crore," Muthuraman, who is also managing director of Tata Steel, said during the 55th convocation function of the premier engineering institute. The IIT-Kgp also plans to set up a medical college including a 300-750 bed hospital. The institute's director Damodar Acharya said, "The hospital will be set up with a private partner. We are taking help of the University of California, San Diego." IANS.

Agartala: Agartala: Tripura will be declared fully literate in September next year, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Tuesday. "On the occasion of World Literacy Day (September 8) next year, Tripura will be declared an entirely literate state. The final phase of all out efforts to achieve this goal has begun," Sarkar told a meeting of the state literacy mission authority. According to the 2001 census, Tripura was the 12th most literate state in India with 73.66 percent literacy and the second most literate state in northeast region after Mizoram, where the literacy rate was 88.49 percent. According to a study by the Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute in 2006, the literacy rate in Tripura had risen to 80.14 percent. According to the state information department, 64,000 of the 3.8 million people in Tripura are illiterate. IANS

Exam Results SMS RESULT to 56263 Melbourne: Australia will provide more than $8 million to fund a new Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne that will work to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced here on Friday. The Institute is a joint project of the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the University of New South Wales and they will invest around $2 million bringing the total investment in the project to more than $10 million over three years. "As the world's largest democracy and a key emerging economy, India is redefining its role in international affairs. Its influence in our region and globally is growing. India is currently a top ten trading partner for Australia and the economic relationship between the two countries has grown strongly in recent years," said Gillard. "The Institute will work to increase Australians' understanding of India, its culture, its history ...

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology Punjab (IIT-RPR) will start functioning from its new campus on August 20, after a year of parenting at the IIT Delhi (IIT-D). The institute will function with last year's batch and the new batch of around 240 students in three disciplines from Roopnagar (formerly Ropar), around 60 km from Chandigarh. "The institute will start operation with 11 teachers and around 15 professors of IIT-D will continue to help them in taking classes," IIT-D Director Surendra Prasad said on Friday. He said though the institute is starting out of a polytechnic building, the facilities are not bad. "I am telling you, the campus is not bad. They have hostels, good classrooms and good laboratories as well," he added. Prasad said 25 were selected for teaching posts but the institute shall start with 11 teachers. "The number (of teachers) will certainly be good in two months time." He told reporters that 1,419 students are graduating...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar: Orissa's Berhampur University has tied up with Riverside University of California for collaboration in research and faculty development. Berhampur University's Vice-Chancellor B. K. Sahu said the agreement will allow students and faculty members from both institutions to go to the other for study and research. The MBA department will avail of the benefit initially, he added. Initially both the universities will hold joint academic events such as seminars. But later it will be expanded to collaborative academic research and exchange of scientific information. The agreement has been signed for five years initially, and can be extended later. Riverside University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Raj Singh called the agreement a "win-win" situation for both universities. "It will also help the business students from the USA as more number of companies is setting shop here. Initially we will start with exchange program which will be expanded later,"...

Exam Results SMS RESULT to 56263 Jaipur: The central admission committee of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) has extended the last date of filling option form for admission to B. Pharma and D. Pharma courses from August 10 to August 18. The admissions in Pharma courses in Rajasthan were done through Pre-Pharmacy Test from many years but the admission in the above courses were made centralized from this academic session. The admissions would be given on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in XII examination (Physics, Chemistry, and Maths/Biology/Biotech/Biotech). The candidate has to fill in the option form and undertaking forms available on www.ruhsraj.org and have to submit accordingly.

Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi (School of Engineering and Technology) Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 Announces admission IGNEAT 2009 Full time Degree and Diploma programmes in Engineering January 2010 session Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with Sri Angala Parameshwari Educational Trust (SAPET) invites application from eligible candidates for admission to the following full time Degree and Diploma Programmes in Engineering for fresh candidates and working professionals with flexible timings. 1. Civil Engineering (CE) 2. Electrical Engineering 3. Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) 4. Mechanical Engineering (ME) 5. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) The above programmes are being offered at various IGNOU-SAPET centres for engineering studies throughout India Degree in Engineering (B.Tech) Admission to 1st year Eligibility criteria: 10+2 pass (PCM) or equivalent, Duration: 4...

The Indian Institute(s) of Management The Indian Institute(s) of Management (IIMs) finally decide to conduct the Common Admission Test (CAT) online. Almost three lakh students seeking admission into IIMs in November this year will be able to appear for the Common Admission Test online , as India’s premier management institutes seek to transform the over three-decade-old examination system and provide more flexibility to IIM aspirants by adopting an internet-based system reports the Economic Times. The online CAT test will be based on the GRE-GMAT format. All questions will have multiple options. The IIM (Indian Institutes of Management) and other premier business schools have reportedly agreed to conduct the online test for CAT. According to IIM Sources, there could be at least three sets of question papers, which will be used in different cities during the CAT Online Test. There may not be any significant changes in the question pattern, but timing could be factor while conducting the...

Central University of Punjab Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, P. O. Box 55, Bathinda-151001, Punjab, Advertisement No. T-01(2009). Central University of Punjab, is looking for dynamic and dedicated partners to join the university as founder staff members. Applications are invited for appointment, in a phased manner, to the following positions on regular/deputation/contract basis. Professor/ Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor in following areas: 1. Environment Science and Technology – School of Environment and Earth Studies. 2. Comparative Studies – School of Social Science and Humanities. 3. Bio-sciences – School of Basic and Applied Sciences. 4. South and Central Asian Studies – School of Global Relations. Essential Qualification & Experience: Minimum Qualification prescribed by UGC. For details regarding pay scales, Age Limit, application forms, etc. visit Website: http://www.centralunipunjab.com/Advertisement/Faculty_Post.php How to apply for above post: Application...

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – SSA Society, Chandigarh, Additional Deluxe Building, Sector 9, Chandigarh 160009, (UT) India. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – SSA Society, (Registered under the Societies Registration Act-1860) eligible and ineligible candidates are invites applications latest by 13th August, 2009. prescribed format for recruitment of teachers on contract basis up to 31.3.2010 for filling up the following posts: Teachers Required in Various Field as follows: 1. Mathematics: No of Post-15, 2. Social Science: No of Post-10, 3. Geography: No of Post-06, 4. English: No of Post-09, 5. Science Non-Medical: No of Post-39, 6. Science Medical: No of Post-08, 7. Hindi: No of Post-19, 8. Punjabi: No of Post-08, 9. JBT Teachers: No of Post-79, 10. JBT UrduTeachers: No of Post-03, Age Limit: The upper age limit for all the posts is upto 30 years As On 1.1.2009. Scale of Pay: TGTs Rs. 9500/- p,m fixed (Likely to be enhanced), Scale of Pay: JBTs Rs. 8000/- p.m. fixed (Likely to b...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kangra (Himachal Pradesh): The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) branch in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district will award doctorate degrees in fashion designing, Union Minister of Textiles Thiru Dayanidhi Maran said here on Wednesday. "Kangra's Centre for Apparel and Textile Studies would be first of its own kind in the country to offer doctorate degrees in fashion designing, fashion communication, accessory design, textile design and fashion technology," Maran told reporters while inaugurating the NIFT branch at Chheb village near this town. On setting up more NIFT branches in the country, Maran said, "The central government is considering to set up centres in Punjab, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh." The NIFT has already reached agreements with 29 leading fashion institutes of the world under which students and faculty would visit various c...

IGNOU signs MoU with IRT New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Institute of Rail Transport have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer high quality educative programmes in rail transport management. The MoU was signed between U.S. Tolia, Registrar of IGNOU and A.P. Ramanan, Executive Director, IRT in the presence of IGNOU Vice-Chancellor (VC), V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai and Chairman of the Railway Board, S.S. Khurana. "The aim is to develop rail transport-related vocational education training and skill development of the youths, ensuring better opportunities of employment. It might become a model for many other areas," said Pillai. According to Khurana, "The IRT will benefit from the expertise of IGNOU and help in making education more real and broadly recognized." "A slew of academic programmes - right from short-term trainings to certificate, diploma, bachelor's, master's and research programmes - would be provided i...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney: Having an imaginary friend seems to play a positive role in a child's language development, says a new study. Elaine Reese, professor at the University of Otago (UO), New Zealand and Gabriel Trionfi investigated the language skills of 48 boys and girls aged five-and-a-half, of whom 23 had imaginary friends. They found that the 13 girls and 10 boys who currently or previously engaged in imaginary companion play had more advanced narrative skills than children who did not engage in this type of play. "Because children's storytelling skills are a strong predictor of their later reading skills, these differences may even have positive spin-offs for children's academic performance," said Reese. The researchers assessed the children's language skills in several ways. First, they measured the children's vocabulary levels. They then asked them to tell two types of stories, one...

Common Admission Test New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) have announced the dates for online Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009. The first computer-based CAT exam will be held between November 28 and December 7, 2009. The test will be held twice — once in the morning and the other in the evening. A candidate can choose a test date, session (morning/afternoon), and venue across thirty centres (cities) all over India, subject to availability. However, IIMs have not yet clarified whether the online CAT exam would be available for candidates abroad. The CAT scores not only determine admission into the IIMs, but also to several other reputed management institutes. While about 95,000 candidates took the CAT in 2003, the number rose to about 250,000 in 2008, indicating a whopping 163 percent rise. According to the IIMs, this has resulted in severe strain on the administrative system of the institutes to conduct the CAT in its existing format. The computer based CAT will be can...

Mumbai: The Bombay Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday has put a stay on the admissions of the Allowed to Keep Terms (ATKT) students for junior college after blowing the 90:10 quota favouring state board students. The order has come as a set back for more than one lakh students who were initially declared eligible for admissions this year despite of failing in a subject or two in board exams. The next date of hearing is August 27. The stay was announced in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a right-wing students' organization Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The student wing alleged that the government had initiated the scheme in haste, without even making the required provisions both constitutionally and in terms of infrastructure. Shailendra Dalvi, Mumbai Secretary of ABVP, said, "The city colleges do not have the seats or proper infrastructure to accommodate these many students. The decisio...

Kanpur: Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) will soon start an FM radio station in the campus. This is for the first time an FM radio station is going to be operational from IIT campus. The FM station will broadcast scientific programmes and classical music. IIT-K has already received green signal for the project from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The FM station in IIT-K will operational following the model of America's National Public Radio (NPR). Cultural programme will also air by the upcoming FM radio station at IIT-K. "We have decided the land for the FM station and instruments worth Rs.22 lakh have been purchased. All formalities have also been completed to start the FM station," said Prof. Dhande, Director IIT-K. A four-member committee headed by Prof. Sanjay Kasalkar, Registrar of the institute has been constituted to put the whole project into operation. The most important feature of the FM station will be the phone-in progr...

New Delhi: New Delhi: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has signed up with IT@School ViCTERS, India's first dedicated educational TV channel, to allow Indian students access to more than 200 hours of its educational programmes. The agreement will offer schools and students in India the opportunity to see, among others, the popular German programme Mouse TV. It will also bring in documentaries and videos covering science, medicine, waste management, workplace safety, water, world cultures and the animal kingdom. Deutsche Welle called India "one of the most significant providers of educational television worldwide." "This new partnership offers Deutsche Welle a great platform to reach out to students at schools in India," said Angelika Newel, head of distribution Asia/Australia at Deutsche Welle. "We are confident that our brand of edutainment will be a hit with both students and teachers." IT@School ViCTERS is the educational channel of the Kerala gover...

Kanpur: Kanpur: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch Nano-satellite "Jugnu" made by students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) in December 2009. "A team of 20 students from our institute has made the nano-satellite," said Prof. S.G. Dhande, Director of IIT-Kanpur The weight of the satellite is less than 10 kilograms. The satellite is made worth of 2 ½ Crores. The satellite will give information related with drought, flood, agriculture and forestry. In addition to this IIT-K will also celebrate its golden jubilee from August 2009 to December 2010. The inauguration is from August 8th-9th 2009. Inaugural address will be delivered on August 8. Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, the non-executive chairman and chief mentor of Infosys, will join the function as Chief Guest. He is a distinguished alumnus of IIT-K.

Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in association with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) launched its B. Ed. (Special Education) programme on Sunday through distance mode in the area of hearing impairment, mental retardation and visual impairment. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor (VC), IGNOU announced that the programme has commenced from July 2009 session. The duration of the programme is two years and the students keen in joining it should have Bachelor's Degree from any University Grants Commission (UGC) recognized University and have a minimum of two years' experience in a special school environment in any disability area after graduation. Preference would also be given by IGNOU to the candidates who would fulfill any one of the following criteria - be a parent of a child with disability, be a person with disability, posses an RCI-recognized diploma in special education, have undergone bridge co...

Chandigarh Chandigarh: 36 colleges affiliated to the Panjab University has received nod from the varsity to increase 20 seats each in every courses. The syndicate of the varsity has taken the decision. Colleges recommended by the committee formed in the last syndicate meeting to visit these institutions and review the infrastructure offered by them have been allowed to increase the seats. Seats have been increased in under-graduate courses including BCom, BBA and BCA. Among the 36 colleges that had applied for increasing the numbers of seats, 14 were city colleges, most of them private institutions Sorucd:http://www.indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Panjab_University_increases_seats_for_36_colleges_8971 /

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Univers Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh): The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in association with the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BIT), a Sweden-based institute launched its first international Double Degree Programme (DDP) in Signal Processing. "We have launched this course to open up job opportunities in Sweden or any other European countries. Under the programme, Indian students can study in Sweden and vice-versa," said Allam Appa Rao, Vice-Chancellor JNTU-K. Students having BE /B.Tech/ AMIE in ECE or EIE / AMIE / AMIETE degree are eligible for the course. The first semester has to be studied at JNTU-K, second and third semesters at BIT and the fourth and last one was open for the students' choice. More details can be obtained from the website www.jntukakinada.edu.in

Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy award Khabar Lahariya, the fortnightly newspaper distributed to more than 20,000 readers in Uttar Pradesh, is entirely created and marketed by newly literate "low caste" women who are training as journalists in Chitrakoot and Banda districts. The King Sejong Literacy Prize was given to this fortnightly paper, started by Nirantar - a centre for gender and education based in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. In 1989, the UNESCO'S King Sejong Literacy Prize was instituted by South Korea. It is named after Sejong the Great of the 14th century who created the Korean alphabet Hangul and is remembered for his contribution to education in the areas of science, technology and literature. Each winner is awarded $20,000. Nirantar has developed a method of training women as journalists, which involves developing their literacy skills as well as honing their reporting abilities. This includes talking to public figures, gathering information ...

The Union Service Public Commission New Delhi: The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2009 held on May 17, 2009. The successful candidates, whose names appear in the list, have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2009. "The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the detailed application form, which will be sent to them by the Commission for admission to the Main Examination scheduled to be held from October 23, 2009. In case any of the successful candidates does not receive a communication in this regard from the Commission by August 21, 2009, he/she should immediately contact the Commission", the UPSC said. The result of Roll Nos. 198815, 402275, 161998, 173709, 217025, 221826, 222306 & 222466 has been withheld. UPSC have a Facilitation Centre near Examination Hall ...

Exam Tips , National Defence Academy , NDA Entrance Exam , UPSC The National Defence Academy entrance exam is scheduled for August 30, 2009. Here are a few tips that may be of help NDA Entrance Examination (II) 2009 will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 30th August, 2009 , for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 124th Course and Naval Academy for 44th 10+2 (Executive Branch) Course commencing from 30th June, 2010. The exam has two parts – mathematics (300 marks) and general ability (600 marks). One gets two-and-a-half hours for each test. The difficulty level is not very high but one has to keep their wits about themselves and finish the test fast. There are many noble reasons to join the defence services. But even if you see it as just a job, the revised stipend and pay packages (thanks to the sixth pay commission) will make you happy to join the NDA in Pune. During post-NDA training at the service academies, cadets will now get Rs ...

Delhi Technological University Delhi Delhi Technological University Delhi (Estd by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi vide Act. 6 of 2009, formerly Delhi college of Engineering) Shahbad Daulatpur, Main Bawana Road, Delhi-110042 Admission Notice for B.Tech courses 2009-10 DTU (Delhi region/outside Delhi region) Delhi Technological University has been established by Govt. of Delhi by upgrading the erstwhile Delhi College of engineering vide Delhi Act 6 of 2009 which has come in force with effect from July 15, 2009 with its notification in the official gazette. DTU is committed to provide update curriculum, attract best of minds for its faculty ensure high academic standards and encourage research and innovation in areas of relevance to industry and society. The University is introducing 4 new B.Tech programmes namely Software Engineering, Engineering Physics, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Automobile Engineering with the intake of 60 each from the current academic session 2009-10 Out ...

Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu): Shanhmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) University in association with Lucas TVS will offer an M. Tech course in Advanced Manufacturing. "We were interested in partnership with educational institutions to offer courses. Lucas had set up the Advance Manufacturing cell in Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai and the Centre for Quality at Anna University-Chennai," said Mr. Ravichandran Chief Executive Officer. To offer the course, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the SASTRA University and Lucas. K. Thyagarajan, dean of SASTRA, and S. Pugazhendhi, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, were also present at the time of signing MoU.

Jaipur: Students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), will design a Hi-End Laboratory and a Bio-Reactor for sewerage treatment for the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC). The laboratory will extend a great benefit to world class research in microbiology and various applications of the treated water in agriculture and industrial uses. The laboratory would improve the quality of waste water and make it re-useable. It will also provide Research & Development (R&D) facility to environmental engineering students. The bio-reactor is based on the Activated Sludge Process (ASP). It would help reducing contaminants, pollutants and microbes in sewerage water. Project Incharge Hemant Kumar Sharma claims that this is the first-of-its-kind laboratory in the country by any civic body. Sharma briefed that the treatment would follow the process of reverse osmosis and then the water could be used for industrial and irrigation use. The new technology would allow a reduction i...

University of Rajasthan M.Sc. CCT III Sem Result 2009 About University of Rajasthan: The University of Rajasthan is the oldest institution of higher learning in Rajasthan. It was established on 8th January, 1947, as the University of Rajputana with the main objective of disseminating knowledge and catering to the needs of the students of Rajasthan. It had jurisdiction over the entire state. In the year 1956, the Rajputana University was renamed as the University of Rajasthan, keeping intact its enveloping jurisdiction. With the successive creation of other universities, its affiliating jurisdiction has come down, but it is still the hub of Higher Education in Rajasthan paving the way for the other universities. It attracts students from all over Rajasthan and other parts of India and abroad. Check out M.Sc. CCT III Sem Result 2009 here: http://earxiv.uniraj.ernet.in/result/index2.php?rid=3223 Source: http://www.uniraj.ernet.in/ Contact: University of Rajasthan JLN Marg, Jaipur 302055 R...