Education News in India

AIEEE: Tamil Nadu needs to shape up for better results 8/Nov/2010
The addition of 10 new National Institutes of Technology last year by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to the existing 20 has meant a welcome expansion of opportunities for engineering aspirants across the country. But the corresponding benefit has not trickled down to Tamil Nadu, where the ..
Infobuzz 8/Nov/2010
PG business courses Curtin Singapore, a unit of Australia’s Curtin University, West Australia’s biggest varsity, has launched three post-graduate business courses for Indian students in Singapore. The programmes: Master of International Business, Master of Finance and Graduate Certificate in Finance, ..
Taking the TOEFL 8/Nov/2010
TOEFL or the Test of English as a Foreign Language which evaluates a student’s proficiency in the English Language and is offered on the computer in most parts of the world. However, there are still some areas where a paper and pencil version of the test is administered. TOEFL scores are valid for ..
A blockbuster of a career 8/Nov/2010
Call centres are out, multiplexes are in. With multiplexes increasing a dime a dozen in cities across India, the employment opportunities in the field have doubled in the past few years. The entertainment industry is growing at about 18-20 per cent per year, making the multiplex industry grow at about 35-40 per cent ..
Diwali mela with a biz school twist 8/Nov/2010
A day-long Diwali mela at the Management Development Institute (MDI) Sunday combined work and play, with the business school using the event to map consumer behaviour and market research. “The fair has a two-fold objective - to help students learn corporate market research and at the same time ..
A varsity with a difference 8/Nov/2010
Over the past couple of years the Vellore Institute of Technology, (VIT), which was started as an engineering college in 1984 has seen good growth. According to Dr G Viswanathan, Chancellor of the university, VIT imparts futuristic technical education and instils high patterns of discipline through its dedicated staff. ..
A successful team effort 8/Nov/2010
Headquartered in Coimbatore with campuses in Amritapuri, Kochi, Bengaluru and Mysore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has emerged as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in India. Students at this institute obviously seem to take pride in their work as is evident from a student project at the ..
Michelle Obama ?makes a difference? 7/Nov/2010
Michelle Obama played hopscotch, danced and sang with 33 disadvantaged children from the Indian charity Make a Difference at the University of Mumbai. Almost immediately after arriving at the university’s library Saturday, she kicked off her flats and joined in a game of vocabulary-building ..
Teachers' shortage for Community Medicine 7/Nov/2010
Low salaries and lack of teachers have resulted in less than the desired level of attention being paid to Community Medicine, an important subject taught to students of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. Also, the subject comes under the control of two departments. The Institute of Community Medicine in the ..
Kerala agricultural varsity keen to work with TNAU on climate change? 6/Nov/2010
Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is keen to work with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) on climate change. It is proposing to enter into memoranda of understanding with it in areas of research, education and technology transfer, K.R. Viswambharan, Vice-Chancellor, KAU, said here recently. ..

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