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New Delhi: Ramjas College of the Delhi University has announced that it will be opening four new centres of excellence from July this year in order to go beyond the regular curriculum. The four new centres, that would have Ramjas College Principal Rajendra Prasad as their chairman, would be South Asia Centre, Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Centre for Media Convergence and Centre for Multicultural Studies. The courses at these centres will be of a duration of three months and they will be open to both students as well as professionals. Rajendra Prasad said that the centres will be highly critical and relevant to today's world and each of them would deal with issues that affect our daily lives directly. "Whether it is media ethics, politics of South-Asian countries or various scam happening in the government that we hear of everyday, these are important issues and require a closer look," he said. He further added that the introduction of these centres and courses ...

New Delhi: India's effective literacy rate has recorded a 9.2 percent rise to reach 74.04 percent, according to provisional data of the 2011 census released on Thursday. Effective literacy rate in the 2001 census was 64.83, which improved to 74.04, said Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C. Chandramauli. Interestingly, literacy rate improved sharply among females as compared to males. While the effective literacy rate for males rose from 75.26 to 82.14 percent marking a rise of 6.9 percent, it increased by 11.8 percent for females to go from 53.67 to 65.46 percent. According to provisional totals of the latest census, literates constitute 74 percent of total population aged seven and above. Chandramauli said it was encouraging to note that out of total 217,700,941 literates added during the decade, females at 110,069.001 outnumbered males at 107,631,940. He said a significant milestone reached in 2011 census was the decline of illiterates by 31,196,847. Ten states a...

LONDON: An anonymous Briton bought a Mahatma Gandhi letter for £11,400 at an auction in London on Tuesday evening. Bonhams, the auctioneers, described the document as "one of the most important Gandhi letters to come in the market in 30 years". The letter, written on December 15, 1919, refers to India's "passive resistance" against the British rule and the need for Hindu-Muslim unity. It was earlier estimated to sell for £8,000-10,000. "I venture to claim that I have rendered a service of the highest order by advising the Mohamedans of India to express their sentiments in a restrained manner and by advising the Hindus to make common cause with them," the Mahatma wrote in the letter. Gandhi declares his "relentless pursuit of truth" and explains his attitude towards and actions vis-a-vis the British and his position in relation to the Khilafat movement. The letter was dispatched from an address in Lahore — 2-Mozang Road and answers English jou...

NEW DELHI: India's population rose to 1.21 billion people over the last 10 years — an increase by 181 million, according to the new census released today, but significantly the growth is slower for the first time in nine decades. The population, which accounts for world's 17.5 per cent population, comprises 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females, said a provisional 2011 Census report. China is the most populous nation acounting for 19.4 per cent of the global population. The country's headcount is almost equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together, it said. The population has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011, the report said. The growth rate in 2011 is 17.64 per cent in comparison to 21.15 per cent in 2001. The 2001-2011 period is the first decade — with exception of 1911-1921 — which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade, Registrar G...

NEW DELHI: A common entrance test for all undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, a licenciation exam after internship and a new M.Med. course for medical graduates are among the reforms mooted by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Talking to reporters after a national meeting on reforms in medical education, S.K. Sarin, who heads the board of governors of MCI, said reforms aim at meeting the dual challenge of having more graduates and maintaining the quality. "The most significant challenge for regulatory bodies like the Medical Council of India has been to balance the need for more medical colleges with the maintenance and improvement of quality standards," Sarin said. Sarin said that the common entrance test, which was supposed to begin this year, will start from 2012 for both undergraduate, post graduate and super specialty courses in medicine. "National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for both P.G. And U.G. Courses will start from 2012," Sarin sai...

DUBAI: Education is the answer to world's pressing problems, Anand Kumar, a mathematician and founder of Super 30, said on Wednesday. Kumar said the meaning of education lies in developing responsible citizens and stressed the need for quality teachers. "Unless we have good teachers, education cannot improve." "Youth should be encouraged to take up teaching profession and the governments around the world should strive to make it a lucrative option. It is said that all parents want good teachers for their wards, but they don't want their wards to be teachers," he said at a mega conference organized by 'Education without Border' at the UAE's Higher Colleges of Technology. Anand's Super 30 -- the programme that selects 30 meritorious candidates each year from economically backward sections and trains them for the IIT-JEE -- success story has become a toast of international media, with several invitations from different countries requesting him t...

New Delhi: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed to introduce an Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) degree from the year 2013, which will be a national level examination to increase the credibility of medical practitioners. The MCI has planned to introduce two such examinations, one each for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and has said that the tests would be similar to an ISI mark for doctors that would ensure good quality of service. MCI governing body chief Dr. S.K. Sarin said on Tuesday that the IMG test will be conducted two months after undergraduate medical students appear for their MBBS examinations. He added that appearing for the test would be voluntary and any undergraduate student would be able to take it between the years 2013c and 2016. The MCI has planned that the test would be made mandatory for all undergraduate students from the year 2017. The Council has further planned to introduce a Master of Medicine (M.Med.) examination for postgraduate medic...

Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar was established in January 1997 for advancement of Technical Education. The University has under its affiliation more than 300 Colleges offering Courses in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Hotel Management, Medical Lab Technologies & IT disciplines.The University has total strength of more than 3.25 lakh students approximately. Introduction : Ph.D. Entrance Examination Results 2011 of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.ptu.ac.in/Upload/NoticeBoard/161.pdf

Guru Nanak Dev University was established at Amritsar on November 24,1969 to mark the 500th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is both a residential and an affiliating university. In conceiving the future course of the University, the objectives enshrined in the Guru Nanak Dev University Act 1969, emphasised that the new University would make provision for imparting education and promoting research in the humanities, learned professions, sciences, especially of applied nature and technology. Introduction : UG / PG Examination Results 2011 of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.gndu.ac.in/results/annualug.asp

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences was established under an Act passed by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in July, 1998. The mission of the University is to create an intellectual, academic and physical environment, conducive to free flow of ideas and exchange of information between various faculties of the University and between this University and other Universities of Health Sciences in the country and abroad,thereby opening a window to the world for the health professionals, health planners, health managers, biomedical and social scientists and educators in health sciences of the country . Introduction : MD/MS/Dip. & MDS, DM Cardio. DM Gastro, DM Neurology, M.Ch (Plastic Surgery) – PGET Entrance Examination Results 2011 of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://bfuhs.ac.in/PGRRESULT11/pgetresult.htm

University College of Engineering, Burla, the oldest and premier Engineering College of Orissa, is a constituent College of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela. It ha already produced more than 10,000 graduate engineers and 2000 Postgraduates in different fields of Engineering and Technology. The college was founded on the 12th August, 1956 under Utkal University. In January 1967, the management of the college of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela. The college is located at the foot of the world famous Hirakud Dam amidst beautiful surroundings of lakes and mountains. Burla is well connected to Bhubaneshwar and Kolkata with roads and railways. Sambalpur to Burla is 10 kms both by road and rail. Hirakud Railway station is only 2 km away from the college. Introduction : B.Tech / M.Tech. Examination Results 2011 of University College of Engineering, Burla in Orissa has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.vssut.ac.in/newsnevents/default...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commissioner of Higher Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP). The MoU has been signed in order to offer certificate, diploma and associate degree programmes in Vocational and Skill Education through its Community College. "Our government has declared 2010-2020 as the 'Decade of Innovation'. We need to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth in education and skill development. New solutions in many areas are necessary to reach such targets in expedient ways. We have the largest youth population in the world. We need to explore all the possible ways and means to provide them education and employable skills," said Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai. "The Community College will identify academic programmes to be offered in the community after the need-analysis of local job requirements and opportunities and incorporate these findings int...

Gurgaon: Women who often grapple with re-joining work after a sabbatical now have help on hand, courtesy a course offered by a business school here. School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), a business school, is offering a one-year programme titled Career Reconnect for Women. According to a statement, the programme will help women gain insight into relevant and contemporary areas of business that will help them rejoin corporate life or start their own entrepreneurial venture. "A large pool of educated women today is consciously putting their career on hold for raising family," the statement said. "When she decides to return to work and resume her career, she deals with issues such as making up for her time away from work and explaining the gap in the employment history," it added. "Understanding the increasing career aspirations of Indian women, the changing mindsets of women and their families and the rising importance of a higher education qualification among th...

A second batch of 66 students studying at the Indian Institute of Management-Shillong were today awarded certificates at the institute's second convocation here. Addressing the convocation, the CMD of Power Grid Corporation of India SK Chaturvedi, who was the Chief Guest said, IIM Shillong has been emerging as a leader in the field of management education in India. "The farsightedness and positivity of the institute in creating a niche for itself as one of the most tech savvy campuses in the country," he said. Urging the diploma holders to serve the environment, Chaturvedi said, "protection of the environment counts, so does the demand for a fair distribution of resources among stakeholders present and future." Noting that paradigms have changed from sustainable yield targets for each commodity to an integrated approach known as sustainable development, the CMD said, "neither agriculture, nor forestry or any other sector can develop in isolation." Ads ...

New Delhi: A six-and-a-half-year-old boy has become the youngest recipient of an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) degree, passing the exam for the Certificate in Craft and Design Programme, a university official said on

New Delhi: "In modern times, communications and information services have emerged as the effective tool for the empowerment of marginalized sections of the society. Trained and capable manpower is required to ensure that technology and technological advancements delivers to the common man." This was stated by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal while laying the foundation stone for National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF) and Institute of Advance Radio Spectrum Engineering and Management Studies (IARSEMS) here on Monday

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the Special Class Railway Apprentices' Examination, 2011 on July 31, 2011 for recruitment to the Special Class Apprentices in the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways

FIITJEE was created in 1992 by the vision and toil of Mr. D. K. Goel, a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from IIT Delhi. We had a very humble beginning as a forum for IIT-JEE, with a vision to provide an ideal launch pad for serious JEE aspirants. Onto the way to realization of this vision, we somewhere went beyond just coaching for IIT-JEE. We actually started to make a difference in the way students think and approach problems. We started to develop ways to enhance students’ IQ. We started to leave an indelible mark on the students who have undergone FIITJEE training. We started changing lives. And all this was not a sheer coincidence. It was the urge, the compelling desire, to always aspire for perfection and in the process, continuously keep on setting newer benchmarks of excellence, which enabled us and our students to achieve what we have achieved. Today, aiming for the unachievable and continuously raising the bar has become a part of the FIITJEE DNA. Introduction...

With the rapid growth in the number of mobile phone subscribers in India (about 700 million as at the end of Dec 2010 and growing at about 20 million a month), banks have been exploring the feasibility of using mobile phones as an alternative channel of delivery of banking services. A few banks have started offering information based services like balance enquiry, stop payment instruction of cheques, record of last five transactions, location of nearest ATM/branch etc. Mobile Payment has gained increasing acceptance amongst various sections of the society in last few years. The reasons for its growth can be traced back to technological and demographical developments that have influenced many aspects of the socio-cultural behavior in today’s world. Mobile services have registered impressive growth in preceding years and m-payment is slowly but surely showing signs of a healthy growth. According to the industry report, in 2013 almost 300 billion transactions worth more tha...

The largest chunk of private spending in the higher education sector in India is on the engineering discipline. Of the Rs 30,700-crore private investment in education in 2008-09, 30% (Rs 9,838 crore) was on engineering courses, according to a report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (C II) on Thursday. Titled ‘The Status of Higher and Technical Education in the Western States’, the report looks at various aspects of higher education in Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Among all the western states, Maharashtra has seen the largest private participation. “Since the 1990s there as been rapid growth in privatisation in the higher education sector and the public growth has been marginal in these 20 years,” states the report. “The distribution of private institutions across the country is, however, uneven, with growth concentrated in a few states.” The next largest chunk of private investment, Rs 5,366 crore, was on graduation courses in arts, science and commerce...

If HRD Minister Kapil Sibal called for an end to politically managed appointments of vice-chancellors to universities, Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, expressed disappointment with the government lethargy on higher education reforms. Speaking at the V-Cs’ conference Friday, Pitroda said the government must “act now” on education reforms “as there has been no progress in this regard in the last five years”. He said India desperately needed to devise its own model of education as western models did not work here and focus has to be drawn to the changing role of the teacher. Pitroda said he tried to follow up on the status of the many National Knowledge Commission recommendations, but he was continually told that discussions and consultations were on. “Five years have gone by and nothing has happened... there is no need for any discussion, it’s time to act,” Pitroda said, adding that such inaction in higher education was “near-cr...

NEW DELHI: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has decided to introduce the core syllabus for science and mathematics in its senior secondary classes from the 2011-2012 academic year. Consequently, the new batch in Class XI this year will take the Class XII board examinations with common syllabuses in 2013. With this, of the 32 education boards in India, 20 boards including two national boards — CISE and Central Board of Secondary Education — have decided to introduce common syllabuses for physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics in Class XI from this year. The CISCE is the national board which conducts the ICSE and ISC examinations, for Classes X and XII, respectively. At present, there are 1,800 schools affiliated to the board, of which 900 are senior secondary schools, including four in foreign locations. Gerry Arathoon, additional secretary and officiating chief executive of ICSE, said, "Our schools have already been intimated of the change an...

Washington: Indian American Nitin Kotak has been elected vice president and chief financial officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) engaged in advancing scientific research and education in the US. Kotak, 53, joins the Institute from Bethesda-based Technest Holdings, Inc., where he was chief financial officer and treasurer. "Nitin comes to us with great enthusiasm for our mission and significant experience in financial analysis, reporting, and compliance," said Cheryl Moore, HHMI's executive vice president and chief operating officer. At HHMI, Kotak will oversee budget and financial analysis, the controller's office, treasury, internal audit, and procurement. "I am very excited at this opportunity to be a part of this outstanding organization and work in a spirit of giving back to the community. I feel honored to be selected for this great responsibility," said Kotak. During fiscal 2010, the Institute made disbursements of $889 million, includi...

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to launch a huge survey on the state of higher education in India, owing to the inadequacy of information that is available about the subject. The ministry has assigned the task of conducting the survey to the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). The survey will be completed in one year's time. An official from the ministry said that the higher education sector in India has been marred with a lack of reliable data which has hindered the implementation of policy initiatives that are required. "The information on Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) does not get updated properly keeping in mind the increasing intervention of the private sector in higher education," he said. The decision to carry out the huge task of conducting the survey was taken by a task force that was headed by a senior official from the HRD ministry. The collection of the data will begin in a short period an...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will award degrees and diplomas to about 215,000 students April 2, a varsity official said on Thursday. "It will be our 22nd convocation ceremony. Apart from the degrees and diplomas, 78 students from across the country will be honored with gold medals," the IGNOU official added. A total of 6,628 students including 12 gold medalists from Delhi will receive their degrees and diplomas. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will be the chief guest. The ceremony will be held at Sanchar Kendra at the IGNOU headquarters. All students who have passed their Master, Bachelor and Diploma examinations held in December 2009 and June 2010 are eligible for award of degrees/ diplomas. A committee for Liaison, Transport and Accommodation etc. constituted by Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai resolved that five mini buses and 20 Gramin Sewa vehicles would be engaged for providing transportation to the students and g...

Panaji: Yoga guru Swami Ramdev Friday backed regional languages Konkani and Marathi as the medium of instruction in schools in Goa that is witnessing heated public debate and rallies over making English the medium of instruction. "We are not enemies of the English language, but Indian languages should be given first preference," Ramdev told reporters in Panaji, when asked if he would back English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in Goan schools. "Almost every country in the world uses its own indigenous language as a medium of instruction. There is a reason for that. Your own language helps you stay in sync with your culture," said Ramdev, who is in Goa to address a public meeting organized by the Bharat Swabhiman Trust (BST). The yoga guru also said that attempts to make English as the MOI in Goa was aimed at destroying local languages of the region namely Konkani and Marathi. Ramdev's comments have come amidst a raging debate in the state over the MOI to be us...

Thiruvananthapuram: At least 4,000 Kerala schools will get access to high-speed broadband internet connectivity, thanks to a deal between the state government and the state-run BSNL. IT@School Project of the Kerala government will also provide high-speed VPN (Virtual Private Network) over broadband internet connectivity to 300 education department offices in the state. K. Anvar Sadath, executive director of IT@School Project, said the agreement will also enable unlimited data sharing without the need to avail normal internet bandwidth. "Kerala has achieved this unique landmark of high speed broadband connectivity to all schools, a feature that is unavailable in schools and colleges in any other state in the country," said Sadath. The new VPN based broadband connectivity would be provided to 2,461 high schools, 1,236 higher secondary schools, 377 vocational higher secondary schools, 233 upper primary schools, offices of deputy directors, district education officers and assista...

Thiruvananthapuram: Technopark Technology Business Incubation Centre (T-TBIC) is setting up a Knowledge Network and Industry Connect (KNIC) programme to bridge the gap between industry and academia. The initiative is a joint venture with leading industry bodies to address the skill gap between the industry demands and what academia delivers. KNIC will have all the necessary facilities to mentor and transform the students in various domains within the college itself through video conferencing and smart classrooms. Technopark CEO Mervin Alexander said that through the programme, the students are directly mentored by the industry experts so that they get real exposure of the industry process and right industry mentoring. "The proposed project makes the investment of technology upgradation at colleges to enable an intelligent learning environment in the partnering campus. KNIC will conduct systematic interventions like industry connect classes and faculty development programmes to bri...

New Delhi: Senior secondary students across 19 boards of education from all over the country will have core syllabuses for science and mathematics from the next academic session of 2011-12. The combined syllabus for science and maths was developed by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE). The syllabus will first be offered to students of Class 11 from the year 2011 in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. The first board examinations for the courses with the new syllabus will be conducted in the year 2013. The CBSE has already informed all schools affiliated to it and has also uploaded and published the new syllabus on its website. Other boards are still in the process of intimating their schools and students regarding the changes to the syllabus. COBSE officials have said that there are currently 32 school education boards in India, out of which 19 have confirmed to introduce the new syllabus for...

New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided to launch a huge survey on the state of higher education in India, owing to the inadequacy of information that is available about the subject. The ministry has assigned the task of conducting the survey to the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). The survey will be completed in one year's time. An official from the ministry said that the higher education sector in India has been marred with a lack of reliable data which has hindered the implementation of policy initiatives that are required. "The information on Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) does not get updated properly keeping in mind the increasing intervention of the private sector in higher education," he said. The decision to carry out the huge task of conducting the survey was taken by a task force that was headed by a senior official from the HRD ministry. The collection of the data will begin in a short period an...

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2011 commencing from 9th July, 2011. The examination will be held at various centres across the country. Candidates are required to apply online only on the website www.upsconline.nic.in. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the website. All online applications can be filled up by April 18, 2011 till 11.59 p.m. after which the link will be disabled. The candidates residing in certain remote areas specified in Para 6 of the detailed notice published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated March 19, 2011 have the option to apply offline by using the New Common Application Form (Form-E) devised by the Commission for its examination, which can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar) throughout the country. All offline applications, if any, re...

Jodhpur: The Board of Technical Education, Rajasthan has announced that the Rajasthan Pre Engineering Test (RPET) - 2011 will be conducted on May 19, 2011. The test is conducted for admission to the first year of undergraduate programmes leading to Bachelor's degree in different disciplines of Engineering (B.Tech./B.E.) in various government aided and private unaided technical institution of Rajasthan for the academic session 2011-2012. To be eligible for applying for the examination, the candidate is required to gave a minimum academic qualification of a pass with at least 50% marks with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and any on of the optional subjects that include chemistry, biotechnology, computer science and biology. Candidates that would be appearing for the qualifying examination (10+2) in 2011 are also eligible to apply for the examination. Only candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 1, 1986 can apply for the exam. In the case of scheduled ...

Bangalore: Former Wipro executive Anurag Behar was on Tuesday appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the newly set up Azim Premji University (APU) by its chancellor and Wipro chairman Azim Premji. Behar (42), who spearheaded Wipro Infrastructure Engineering division's remarkable growth, heads the Azim Premji Foundation (APF), a non-profit organization launched by Premji to contribute towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. During his decade-long association with Wipro, Behar was also involved in key strategic investment decisions in water and clean energy sectors. "Behar was instrumental in making the engineering division number one in high precision hydraulic cylinders, as the business grew to $300 million in 2010 from $30 million in 2006," Premji said in a statement here. The Bangalore-based university is being set-up with a view to educate and develop professionals of high caliber with commitment to social causes. The APU will offer post graduatio...

Aligarh: All important activities in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), including admissions and examinations, remained paralyzed on Tuesday on account of the forced locking of the central offices by the students' union a day earlier. Vice Chancellor (VC) P.K. Abdul Azis constituted a committee to talk to the students' union, which locked the administrative block and registrar's office. But president of the union A.A. Farooqui rejected the offer. Talking to the sources Farooqui said, "The VC is joking. Instead of agreeing to our one point demand to remove the proctor from his present post because he has failed miserably... the vice chancellor is only further compounding the issue." Azis appealed to the students' union to unlock the administrative block comprising the finance office, controller of examinations and admissions office and all other administrative offices of the university and the proctor's Office so that the inconvenience caused to students ...

Chennai: The first joint project by French cement major Lafarge Group's research arm and the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is expected to kick start soon, an official said here on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Revindra Gettu, professor at IIT-M's Department of Civil Engineering, said the research project will test the durability of concrete as a building material in different climatic conditions. The cement major's research arm, Lafarge Research Centre, and IIT-M last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which the IIT's civil engineering department set up a laboratory to carry out joint research programmes. Lafarge Research Centre has funded the laboratory to the tune of Rs.1.5 crore over a period of three years. According to Gettu, the tests will be conducted on concrete in different parts of India to identify the carbonation and its effects on concrete in different atmospheric conditions. "Lafarge aims to improve the performance of...

NEW DELHI: Top colleges in the country like St Stephen's in Delhi and St Xavier's in Kolkata may be allowed to give their own degrees if the recommendation of a committee set up by the HRD ministry is accepted. The ministry has in fact set up a panel to create a roadmap for implementing the recommendations of the Madhav Menon committee about autonomy in higher education — which suggested that top colleges be allowed to give degrees — and reports by committee of vice-chancellors on issues like centralized admission test. On the issue of colleges awarding degrees, sources said: "It all depends on what the HRD committee thinks." The panel consists of the special secretary, two additional secretaries, the joint secretary, higher eduction, chairpersons of the UGC and AICTE, and two members to be co-opted from the Menon and VCs' committee. Earlier this month, the Menon panel had said there was a need for paradigm shift in the way higher education is conducted in the cou...

Chaturvedi is alternative president, Education Promotion Society of India, which along with the Association of Indian Management Schools, had petitioned the apex court against the notification. He says he is in possession of the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2010 when the controversial provisions were put on the table. Chaturvedi claims that the meeting was held and the crucial decision was taken "without a quorum". Interestingly, the dearth of regulations in management education in India has been a cause for worry. According to figures provided by Career Launcher, a management test preparation company, there are approximately 3000 MBA colleges in India. "Very optimistically, only 150 of these provide quality education," says chairman and co-founder, Gautam Puri. FICCI general secretary Dr Rajiv Kumar proposed a self-regulatory mechanism which can be adopted by management institutions at will. "It is just a beginning of an idea; an intermediate st...

New Delhi: The 22,000 candidates who took the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) held on March 6, 71 per cent of them have come out successful, said Gopal Subramaniam, chairman of the Bar Council of India on Saturday. This was the first time such an entry-level examination was held, to assess a candidate's capabilities as lawyer at the basic level and to set a minimum standard for admission to the practice of law. Only a pass in this examination will enable the advocate to practise the legal profession. It was held across 26 cities barring Chennai, where it was postponed following violence intended to disturb the examination. The Chairman said that the results, declared ahead of the scheduled date of March 20, could be accessed on the BCI website [www.barcouncilofindia.org]. Candidates could get to know their individual result by typing in their roll number for the AIBE. The results were also being sent to the State Bar Councils across the country. The pass percentage was just above ...

New Delhi: The Post Graduate Committee of Courses (Honours) English rejected the semester system; on the other hand the Under Graduate Committee for BA (Programme) accepted it on Saturday. And thus it is set to go in different directions, it seems. As many as 11 out of the 16 members rejected semesterisation in the honours course and nine out of 10 members passed it in BA (Programme). A large number of serious academic arguments have been made against semesterisation to which there have not been any satisfactory responses by the university. In the light of the above, they feel that it will be unviable to introduce the semester system in undergraduate BA English (Honours), the resolution against passing the semester system said. On the other hand, the committee for the BA Programme course accepted the semesterisation but on the condition that the university administration forms sub committees for the revision of the syllabus. Members of the committee for the honours course also passed a...

Lowering cholesterol is one of the most imperative things to do to promote overall heart health. And now Metamucil and Dr. Michael Roizen, Chairman of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic and host of the upcoming PBS series, "Younger You," have suggested five things you need to do to lower your cholesterol. Take psyllium The first, and one of the simplest tips, is to get more fiber in your diet - but not just any kind, because not all fibers work the same way. Viscous soluble fiber like psyllium fiber, the natural dietary fiber found in Metamucil, is proven to help lower total and "lousy" LDL cholesterol because it forms a thick gel that traps and helps remove some cholesterol, bile acids and waste in the gut. This is why I recommend my patients supplement low fat, low cholesterol diets with 7 grams of soluble fiber from psyllium daily, as in Metamucil. Wear a pedometer and increase daily activity You'd be amazed to see how many extra steps you can take in...

New Delhi: The last date of admission for the Economically weaker section (EWS) students has been extended to May 10, by the Municipal corporation of Delhi on Thursday. Education committee chairman, Mahindra Nagpal said the decision to extent the last date, which previously stood at February 15, was extended for the benefit of parents who were unable to procure the documents required for the purpose. A child whose parents earn less than 1 lakh per annum and have been staying in Delhi for the last three years, comes under the EWS category.

The Bharathiar University was established at Coimbatore by the Government of Tamilnadu in February, 1982 under the provision of the Bharathiar University Act, 1981 (Act 1 of 1982). The Postgraduate Centre of the University of Madras, which was functioning in Coimbatore before 1982 formed the core of the Bharathiar University. In May, 1985 the University received the recognition from University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi for the purpose of grants. Introduction : SDE Examinations(All Courses) Examination Results 2011 of Bharathiar University State University in Coimbatore has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.b-u.ac.in/sde_results_2011/index.html

The Karnataka Private Medical & Dental Colleges Association, in their endeavour to offer an effective, fair and objective testing procedure to determine merit of students seeking admission to the member institutions, have formed “Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka” (COMEDK). Introduction : COMEDK PGET Rank List 2011 at Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental College of Karnataka has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.comedk.org/pget/PgetRankPage.aspx

New Delhi: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has requested Medical Council of India (MCI) to consider Bio-technology as an eligible subject in the higher secondary stage in order to be eligible to appear in All India Pre-Medical Tech (AIPMT) for 15 per cent merit positions for the medical colleges of India. MCI has amended the 'Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 1997' and the candidates who have opted for Bio-technology as an elective subject in place of Biology at +2 level are now eligible to appear in medical entrance examination. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today.

New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) invites online proposals for opening of new institutions by various stakeholders including State Governments with different courses by a fixed cutoff date for a particular academic year. The approval is granted to the suitable proposals complying with the AICTE norms before the commencement of the Academic Year for which these proposals are received. Also, the Government has approved setting up of 20 new Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) on PPP basis. Various State Governments have expressed willingness to set IIITs on PPP basis. The setting up of IIITs in a state would depend upon the response received from the State Governments and interest shown by industry. In additional to this, under the scheme of 'Sub-mission on Polytechnics under coordinated Action for Skill Development' the Government provides an one time financial assistance of upto 12.30 crore per polytechnic in phases to the state/UT G...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Wednesday launched a two-year Master's course in Business Administration (MBA) programme in corporate governance, an official said. "It will be taught by eminent management and corporate governance experts. A graduate in any discipline with a minimum of 50 percent marks from a recognised university or 45 percent for reserved category is eligible to apply," said the official. The full-time course has been introduced under the aegis of IGNOU's Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy, added the official. All the eligible applicants will be required to appear for a test, group discussion and a personal interview for final selection. The classes will commence from July. "The MBA degree awarded by IGNOU is AICTE (All India Council Technical Education) recognised and will be taught with the theoretical concepts combined with relevant contemporary corporate exposure," the official said...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning to launch a short-term course to train teachers across the country in disability issues, an official said on Thursday. "The cell would provide advanced training to teachers, who are already teaching disabled students. The three-month course will be offered under distance learning mode and will provide hands-on practical training and exposure, apart from theoretical input," the official said. The new programme named 'Foundation Course on Education of Children with Disabilities' has been launched under the aegis of the National Centre for Disability Studies, IGNOU. "Our 100 special study centres present in each state will also be used for this purpose. At present, the programme will be conducted in English and Hindi and by June 2011, it will be offered in nine regional languages," added the official. IANS

Mumbai: The options during admission broadly boil down to two for medical aspirants across India. Any public college which offers the MBBS degree at throw-away rates, is always their first preference is almost followed by the private colleges where education is a lot dearer. But, which is the second best college among the government institutes in Maharashtra or Tamil Nadu or Karnataka? Making that choice will get a lot more hardboiled as the Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to assess and grade their colleges. A student will now be able to make a tough call on whether to sign up at JIPMER, Puducherry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, or at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Stemming the rot that has set in will not be easy. But improving quality of medical institutes is in sync with the larger framework that the MCI's vision document 2015 spells out: raising the bar for Indian healthcare to match the global standards. The Council, which has so far been a colle...

New Delhi: The last date of admission for the Economically weaker section (EWS) students has been extended to May 10, by the Municipal corporation of Delhi on Thursday. Education committee chairman, Mahindra Nagpal said the decision to extent the last date, which previously stood at February 15, was extended for the benefit of parents who were unable to procure the documents required for the purpose. A child whose parents earn less than 1 lakh per annum and have been staying in Delhi for the last three years, comes under the EWS category.

Puducherry is a Union Territory with one of the highest levels of quality of life in the country with excellent physical infrastructure and almost a hundred per cent literacy level. It is also the place where Sri Aurobindo and the Mother chose to stay and their writings remain a tremendous source of spiritual awakening that emphasizes the progress of humanity and its spiritual brotherhood. A unique experimental city, Auroville, the brainchild of the Mother, whose inhabitants are drawn from all parts of the world, is situated on the outskirts of the city. Puducherry, which still carries several marks of French culture and heritage, was also the place where the national poet Shri Subramania Bharathiar wrote several of his masterpieces that fanned the flames of freedom and also enriched modern Tamil literature. Introduction : MBA Entrance Test Results 2011 of Pondicherry University, Pudducherry has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/uploads/d...

The newly established Tumkur University is marching towards the spread of higher education, with its vision “Knowledge is Eternal” The University blossomed in the era of globalization in which the economies of the world are being transformed from their original closed self sustaining structure to the globalized context, where they can expose themselves to the competitive world. This transition forced the arena of knowledge emphasizing itself to more of its application than of accumulation of facts. Tumkur University in order to cope with the present global environment, is attempting to the integrated and interdisciplinary approaches in the dissemination of knowledge with the aim of achieving overall human personality development. Introduction : I and III Semester P.G Examination Results 2011 of Tumkur University, Tumkur has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.resultsgallery.in/tumkur/candidate.asp

JSS University intends to emerge as one of the nation’s preeminent comprehensive universities in the 21st Century. The University will be widely recognized for the quality of its undergraduate, graduate and professional educational programmes, the effectiveness of its research and outreach programmes and the broad access to the university provided through the innovative use of information technology. The university will ensure the quality of its programmes through the careful focusing of its resources in areas of institutional strengths. Introduction : MBBS, M.Pharma, B.Pharma, Pharma.D, BDS,B.Sc. Examination Results 2011 of JSS University in Karnataka has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://results.edulive.in/

JSS University intends to emerge as one of the nation’s preeminent comprehensive universities in the 21st Century. The University will be widely recognized for the quality of its undergraduate, graduate and professional educational programmes, the effectiveness of its research and outreach programmes and the broad access to the university provided through the innovative use of information technology. The university will ensure the quality of its programmes through the careful focusing of its resources in areas of institutional strengths. Introduction : PGET Entrance Examination Results 2011 of JSS University in Karnataka has been declared. For Furhter Details Visit : http://www.jssuni.edu.in/jssupget2011/index.html

MBAplus is designed in such a way that the would be managers get an MBA degree with a difference along with other industry recognized certificates to enhance the employability quotient in the corporate arena. The right skills and relevant knowledge are taught in the right proportion to make the would be managers industry ready. Most importantly, it imparts the values and attitudes necessary to perform at the highest level. What a student gets in two years from IIFP : MBA Degree from a UGC recognized University. PGD in Financial Planning & Wealth Management from IIFP. Certification in Communication Skill & Personality Development. CFPCM Certification Education. Education for NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets. Placement Opportunities at the end of first year. (Opportunity to have Work Experience of One Year before completing MBA). Study Material and Reference books of all the above programme. Laptop. Business Suit. Eligibility : A graduate from any discipline. F...

Jaipur National University aims to meet the demands of knowledge and learning of life-skills with a difference. Knowledge savvy studies, semester system, ongoing evaluation, advisory system, functional research, integrated dual and joint degree programmes are its salient features. Admissions are offered based on the performance in the Entrance Test, Merit and Interview. Introduction : Ph.D. Entrance Examination Results 2011 of Jaipur National University in Jaipur has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://jnujaipur.ac.in/userfiles/RESULT_of_Ph.D._Test_on_12-2-2011.pdf

The Faculty of Medical Sciences has been established under the provision of statute 9 (Nine) of the Statute of the University of Delhi and the Faculty has such powers and to perform such duties as may be assigned by Statutes and the Ordinances and shall, from time to time, appoint such and so many committees of courses and studies in different branches of knowledge as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. The Faculty shall also consider and make such recommendations to the Academic Council on any question pertaining to respective spheres of work as may appear necessary or on any matter referred to by the Academic Council. Introduction : PGMET Entrance Examination Results 2011 at Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi in New Delhi has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.fmsc.ac.in/Roll%20wise%20result%20-%20MD%20MS.pdf

JIPMER traces its origin to 1823 when a medical school called “Ecole de Medicine de Pondichery” was established by French government. In November 1956 the Government of India took over the medical college in the wake of the de facto transfer of Pondicherry. The college was upgraded as a Regional Centre and named as Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) on 13th July 1964. Introduction : MD/MS Entrance Examination Results 2011, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research in Puducherry has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.jipmer.edu.in/PG%20Counseling-2011.pdf

Management Aptitude and Skills Test – MAST is the latest offering for the benefit of both recruiters and fresh management pass outs alike. In the current business scenario companies are beginning to understand that to stay competitive, they need to focus on developing and hiring most suitable candidates for the right job. The task becomes tougher when the talent is raw and needs focused grooming. It is a huge challenge in terms of time and money for the recruiters to explore this talent from across the B-Schools which have mushroomed in the country in the last decade. MAST is structured keeping in mind the current Industry trends & practices for hiring of young fresh management talents. The objective of MAST is to identify potential managers who are capable of making a difference in the management of the organsiation and create path that is good not only for them, but also for the society. Advantage Students : The two thousand plus B-Schools in India are churning out...

Madras University is the mother of almost all the old Universities of southern India. The University area of jurisdiction has been confined to, however, 3 districts of Tamil Nadu in recent years. This is consequent to establishment of various universities in the State and demarcation of the University territories. This University has been growing from strength to strength while widening its teaching and research activities. Introduction : PG Revaluation Result 2011 of Madras University in Chennai has been declared. For Further Details Visit : https://www.ideunom.ac.in/rvresult/resultmain.asp

Bangalore University (BU) is a public university located in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. The university is one of the oldest in India, dating back to 1886. The university is a part of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and nears the status of “Potential for Excellence” which is reserved for the top 10 universities in India under the Guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Introduction : UG / PG Examination Results 2011 of Bangalore University in Bangalore has been declared. For Further Details Visit : http://www.bub.ernet.in/results.action

The College of Engineering Studies, UPES in collaboration with International Academy of Physical Sciences, Allahabad is organizing 3 days international conference on “Emerging Interfaces of Physical Sc Studies iences” from 14-16 June 2011 at Energy Acres, UPES campus, Dehradun. The conference aims to provide an opportunity to scientists working in different disciplines of knowledge to discuss and underscore the potentialities of the interacting ideas and researches to meet the challenges of the future. It is hoped that the participants will be greatly benefited by the discussions and cogitations on the present status and emerging interfaces of physical sciences & technology. Call for Papers : Original contributions on any topics related to all Engineering field and other applied sciences Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Earth Sciences (Geophysics, Geology & Geography) as well as topics related to Applications of Physical Sciences t...