Education News in India

What institutions expect from industry 29/Dec/2009
Fortunately for the job market, the realisation among universities and colleges that the seriousness with which they perceive industry-institution interaction will reflect positively in employability of students has set in very well. In a scenario wherein industry sector is grappling with intense ..
Study in the land of rising sun 29/Dec/2009
The land of the rising sun, as Japan is often referred to, happily merges her ancient traditions with the most modern technology. There is a mix of the East and the West, the natural and the artificial. Japan has rare skills and techniques in the production of arts and crafts. The land has not only Samurai swords, ..
Be tech-savvy' is the message 29/Dec/2009
The rapidly advancing technology in the medical field has been opening up new dimensions, and putting more challenges before paediatricians. They should, therefore, update themselves with the latest developments to efficiently handle critical cases. This was the aim and objective of the First South Zone Conference on ..
Shining in the business of cinema 29/Dec/2009
The interest that students of management have in the film industry, particularly in its business aspects, seems to be growing, if the trend at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad is any indication. When the institute introduced an elective on ‘Contemporary film industry - a business perspective' in ..
NITC students get excellent offers 29/Dec/2009
National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) recorded its highest salary for placement this year. Amazon.com recruited two of its computer science students offering an annual pay of Rs.16 lakh. “This is the highest for a student to get in the history of NITC,” said Prof. T.K. Suresh Babu, Head of the ..
Job market hotting up once again 29/Dec/2009
The fear of global economic recession is still in the air. But the current market trends indicate that the future of engineering graduates will not be as murky as widely feared. The recession has had an impact on all campuses irrespective of their strength and credibility, but not in a uniform manner. ..
Mohd. Hafeez adjudged NESA outstanding scientist 28/Dec/2009
Mohammad Hafeez, a professor of Parasitology and Director of Research with Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, has bagged the prestigious ‘Eminent Scientist of the year award - 2009' from National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), New Delhi. T.R.C. Sinha, President of NESA's ..
Pocket money should be spent judiciously 28/Dec/2009
Earlier, pocket money was given to children to meet unforeseen expenses in emergency situations or as a reward for a job well done. Of course, it was limited in quantity and was expected to be spent judiciously. However, this simple phenomenon which was meant to boost a kid's morale and also give him/her scope to ..
The toughest of them all 28/Dec/2009
One of the toughest examinations with intense competition but rarely in the news is the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), administered by the IITs and IISc for admission to all the post-graduate courses in engineering in the country. These courses are offered as M.E., M.Tech. and M.S. depending on the ..
Ever thought of Iceland? 28/Dec/2009
We may question the rationale of a student from India, a country with a population of more than a billion, moving for higher education to Iceland, a country with a little over three lakh people. After all, this European island is just a speck with an area of 103,000 sq. km. in the North Atlantic Ocean, just below the ..

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