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In probably the first such large-scale study of its kind, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the ministry of health proved that bidis and other forms of tobacco (supari, gutkha, among others) are more harmful than cigarettes. The study had a follow-up period of 5.5 years with as many as 87, 222 male members from Mumbai participating in it. As per the study, the incidence of oral cancer in bidi smokers was 42% higher than in cigarette smokers. For all respiratory and intrathoracic organs combined, the increase was 69%; for lung and larynx, the increases were 35% and 112%, respectively. Smokeless tobacco, on the other hand, was associated with cancers of the lip, oral cavity, pharynx, digestive, respiratory, and intrathoracic organs. While the study was completed last year, it was published last month in the prestigious medical journal — Cancer Causes and Control — on March 5. “While the popular perception is that bidi is natural, hand-rolled and has fewer chemic...

Chennai: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed between the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) and Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at the Madras Veterinary College. The NCRM is a Japanese institute which carries out research, training (both scientists and physicians) on clinical applications-protocol development in regenerative medicine based on cell therapeutics, with emphasis on stem cells, Progenitor cells, precursor cells and autologous cells with regenerative capability and to take them to mass clinical application, while maintaining the highest ethical and scientific values of international standards. P. Thangaraju, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity , said, "The centre is an Indo-Japan joint-venture institute, created for taking up stem cell research. Both the institutions would jointly work towards establishing possible therapeutic modalities, especially for the crippling surgical conditions." "Initially d...

Patan (Gujarat): For students of north Gujarat, going to the US for further studies will be easier as a university here on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an American university for academic collaboration. K.K. Shah, vice-chancellor of the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU), and Brian U. Adler, vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) signed the MoU at the Rang Bhavan hall at the HNGU campus, 130 km from Ahmedabad. "Just imparting information is not education in real sense. It needs to be combined in an everlasting process that is noble and spiritually sublime," Adler said quoting Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore while addressing the gathering. "The MoU will open the door for HNGU student at GSW. Henceforth, students of this university will also be getting American visas in large numbers," he said. According to the MoU, the two universities envisage "exchange of undergradua...

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Agreement of Cooperation (AoC) with two universities from Germany and United Kingdom (UK) to accelerate the process of integration of higher education. The AoC was been signed between Axel Freimuth, Rector, Cologne University and JNU Vice-Chancellor, B.B. Bhattacharya on behalf of the Institute of Indology & Tamil Studies of University of Cologne, Germany and JNU's School of Language respectively. It was signed in the presence of Fritz Schramma, Lord Mayor of Cologne. Poonam Kudaisya, Spokesperson, JNU, said, "The collaboration is in the areas of language, literature, and cultural studies with emphasis on Tamil and German. This will be expanded in other areas such as economics, geography, arts and aesthetics". "As a consequence of signing the MoU and AoC, the signatory institutions would be able to exchange their students, research scholars and faculty. We wo...

New York: Two Indian students in the US are among a group of researchers who have developed ZunaVision, a technology that allows you to view a video and change a still photo inside it. The Stanford University researchers, computer science graduate students Ashutosh Saxena and Siddharth Batra, and assistant professor Andrew Ng, say the technology will have many uses, Science Daily reported. For instance, suppose a favourite video of a birthday party is marred by a small, troubling detail - in it is a photograph of your ex-wife. ZunaVision will allow you to "take down" the photo - and replace it with your current wife's photo. The researchers said the software can place an image on almost any plane surface in a video - it can even insert a video inside a video. This, for instance, opens up the possibility of your singing karaoke side-by-side with your favourite singer. Or livening up those dull vacation videos. The researchers said that anyone with a video camera might now ...

New Delhi: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), has announced admissions for the third batch of its Certificate programme in Video Production, to be offered under the aegis of Centre for Media Studies (CMS), located within the University Campus at Kashmere Gate. The Certificate programme in Video Production is targeted at media professionals and students who wish to acquire the knowledge of film making. The course will provide inputs on camera handling, lighting, sound and editing and will emphasize more on practical learning than theoretical knowledge. The three months programme will commence from January 2009. The classes for this course will be held from Monday to Friday, in the evenings. The programme fee is Rs.15,000. The minimum eligibility criterion for course is 12th pass from a recognized Board/ equivalent. Admission will be granted on the basis of first-come-first serve. Interested candidates can obtain the Application Form from the Centre for Media Studies, G...

Cape Town: India and South Africa need to deepen and harmonise ties in the educational field for mutual benefit, according to Indian High Commissioner Rajiv Bhatia. Bhatia was speaking at an Indian Evening at the University of Western Cape (UWC) here on Friday, when a bust of Mahatma Gandhi was installed in the campus. "The two countries are linked by a bilateral agreement, signed in 2006, on cooperation in the field of education," Bhatia reminded the audience, adding that India had been working closely with the South African government "to manage and deepen our bilateral cooperation in the field of human resource development". Successes in this regard included 495 South African nationals participating in India's training programmes since 2005, fully financed by the Indian government. But the private sector was now also playing a major role in this regard. "In a welcome development, Indian private sector companies have now come forward to impart training t...

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced the introduction of an 'Appreciation Course on Environment' from January 2009. The course, with multi-media inputs and developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests, aims at creating environmental consciousness among professionals like engineers, doctors, government officials, planers, academicians and all the citizens interested in the cause of environment. The eligibility for admission to the programme is graduation from a recognized university or an equivalent qualification. The course is of three months duration and is available in both English and Hindi medium. The prospectus and admission forms for the course can be obtained from the Registrar SR&D, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 and from all the regional centres of IGNOU. The prospectus and application form can also be downloaded from the varsity's website. The last date of submission of the filled-in app...

New Delhi: The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) is organizing a Business Skill Development Programme, in association with Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Institute, Government of India. The one-month programme was inaugurated today by Mr. Subhash Goel, Chairman, Stic Travels Pvt. Ltd, Delhi; Mr. Suresh Yadavendra, Director, MSME Development Institute; Mr. Balraj Nandwani, CEO, Skills Academy Delhi, and Prof. Sanjiv Mittal, USMS, GGSIPU, among others, at the University campus in Kashmere Gate. The programme endeavours to motivate young students to take up entrepreneurship and provide guidance on areas like how to identify a business opportunity, steps involved in setting up a business enterprise and how to manage it thereafter, covering issues like marketing, finance, Human Resource management etc. About 30 students of GGSIPU are participating in th...

With liberalization of aviation industry in India, several job profiles have opened up for experienced job-seekers as well as freshers. Those desirous of a career in aviation sector have plenty of option to look out for. From customer support, ticket reservation, transportation of perishable cargo, regulation of traffic to cargo reservations, aviation administration and cockpit resource management, the aviation sector offers plenty of job opportunities. Even the government or aviation regulatory bodies offer numerous job profiles related to this field. Aviation job profilesIf you are interested in a career in Aviation sector, then look out for job opportunities suiting your interests and qualifications. Jobs for Pilots: Candidates with training in flying may join any of the reputed airline companies in India or abroad as pilots. Jobs for Aeronautical Engineers:Candidates with degrees in aeronautical engineering have excellent career opportunities in the aviation industry. Several aircr...

. Bioinformatics or computational biology relates to the use of information technology in the field of molecular biology. It involves the application of computer technology for analysis and management of biological data. The computers are used to collect, analyze, store and merge the biological data. The aim of bioinformatics is to collect the wealth of biological information and use it to improve the living standards of human beings. Bioinformatics is applied in various fields like human health, environment, agriculture, biotechnology and energy to advance the biomedical research and development. It is used in the field of molecular medicine to produce the customized medicines for the prevention or cure of the disease. Bioinformatics is today rapidly growing field all over the world. Therefore one can start a career in Bioinformatics and find employment opportunities in biotechnology , biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, in industries, hospitals and research institutions. Bioinfor...

Singapore: A special university for the children of overseas Indians will start from the next year in Bangalore. This was announced by the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, on the eve of the first ever Asia-Pacific conference under the rubric of "Pravasi Bhartiya Divas". "Land acquisition has already started for this purpose. This idea was mooted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh", informed Vayalar Ravi. The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been entrusted with the project, further said Ravi. Addressing the gathering, he said that this project has been approved by the Cabinet for the benefit of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIO) among the foreign nationals. Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/PIO-NRI_varsity_in_Bangalore_to_begin_next_year_6294/

Stockholm: Two Japanese and a US scientist shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics, according to the prize committee on Tuesday. Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa were named for the year's Nobel Laureates in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences here. Japan-born US citizen Yoichiro Nambu of the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago was awarded "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics", a press statement said. Makoto Kobayashi of High Energy Accelerator Organisation (KEK) of Tsukuba Japan and Toshihide Maskawa of Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Japan were recognised "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature". Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in recognition of the achievements in science, peace, literature and economics. The pri...

New Delhi: With an aim to reform the current scenario of education at all levels, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday announced the setting up of the Rajiv Gandhi Education City at Kundli near Delhi. Addressing the 11th annual convocation ceremony of the New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) here, Hooda said the Government would soon pass the Private University Act to encourage private sector investment in higher education. He urged the management of NDIM to setup a similar facility in the new Education City to come up at Kundli. Hooda presented medals and awards to several students of the institute for their outstanding academic performances. "The Central Government has sanctioned the setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Rohtak, a B-School and a Knowledge Park on the campus of Guru Jambeshwar University in Hisar, a Central university in Mahendragarh district and the Indian National Defence University (INDU) in Gurgaon," Hooda adde...

The University Grant Commission or UGC, as it is commonly known, is the statutory authority in India that is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining standards of higher education in the country. Therefore it also enjoys the power of giving grants to universities and colleges and also the power to recognize and de recognize institutes of higher education .Thus UGC is the watchdog that recognizes the fake universities in India and has the power to take action against them. According to the University Grant Commission, the following Universities are fake Universities in India . Related link: http://www.ugc.ac.in/

New Delhi: Here is good news for students enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as the varsity will soon begin providing all the information regarding its courses, examination dates, results etc via SMS. With IGNOU kicking off its first level of mobile services, the facility will be operational within 15 days. Prof. P.V. Suresh, senior lecturer at the School of Computer & Information Sciences said, "This service will make information gathering and other exhausting procedures very simple and instant. It is a first-of-its-kind experiment to be used by a university or educational institute in India. Most of the students enrolled with IGNOU are either students who are pursing their regular courses or students who are already working. This service will save their time". Talking about the project, Prof. Suresh said, "The project has three levels. The first level will be started within 15 days wherein bulk messages will be sent to millions of stude...

. Following are the list of Colleges and Universities in India A.V.C. College Alagappa Government College of Engineering and Technology All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi Andhra University College of Engineering Anna University Annamalai University Armed Forces Medical College, Pune BMS College of Engineering Bengal Engineering College Birla Institute of Technology Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Calcutta University Central Electrochemical Research Institue Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi Central University of Hyderabad Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Cochin University of Science and Technology Coimbatore Institute of Technology(CIT) Crescent Engineering College Delhi College of Engineering Delhi Institute of Technology Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology Gajra Raja Medical College Government College of Engineering, Pune Government College of Engineering, Salem Government College of Technology, Coimbatore...

Aligarh: In line with the prestigious academic and literary organizations such as the Nobel, the Pulitzer and the Gyan Peeth, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has instituted an international award for literature in the name of its founder. By announcing the "Sir Syed Ahmed Khan International Award" for literature, AMU has become the first ever university in the world that will confer an international award for propagating scholarship, creativity, literary dexterity, education and literal values propagated by its founder. AMU Vice Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis informed that in order to turn attention to Sir Syed's vision and mission, the university will confer the International Award along with a cash prize of Rs.5 lakhs. The award will be given every year on the Sir Syed Day (October 17) in different disciplines. For this year, the award will be given for literature to pay tribute to literary pursuits of Sir Syed. The university has invited nominations from all qua...

New Delhi: In an initiative which will help students get jobs after they graduate, the Delhi University (DU) has now launched its first central placement cell. Making the process as student-friendly as possible, the varsity has made registration form available online on its website www.du.ac.in as well as in all the colleges so that all a student has to do is access the form, fill it in and then wait for the call from a company. Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean of the Students Welfare Department of the university, said that they are already in touch with business bodies like the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ASSOCHAM), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), which will help in the process. "The central placement cell aims at creating an interface between the industry and the academia to provide a unique platform to the Delhi University students. The industry will get a wide choice to select s...

Shimla: Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU). Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association on Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university. Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes. A law student, Shikha felt there was no gender consideration in her election as president. "Of course, there was no gender consideration. It is my ideology and style of working that gave me a chance to fight for the cause of students," she told sources. Her top priorities would be to fight against commercialisation of education and to make the university a profit-making entity. The SFI again dominated the university elections by wi...