Education News in India

Aim at the GRE 2/Nov/2009
Let’s begin with a fact: the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not as heavy as it may sound. There is no need to study, all you need is to be is in tune with the basics, practical and smart. If cleared well, the test opens doors to several prestigious colleges in the United States (and a few in Europe), and ..
Scholarly pursuits 2/Nov/2009
Your chance to become a scholar like Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, is here. The Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships 2010, supporting Doctoral studies at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK have been announced. An endeavour marked in honour of the Indian PM, a graduate and Honorary ..
Frequently Asked Questions (Choosing an MBA) 2/Nov/2009
An MBA is a tough, expensive but potentially lucrative undertaking and prospective MBAs have so many relevant questions that entire books could be written on the subject. Here, we filter down the most commonly asked questions for those in the first stages of considering whether or not to do an MBA. How much ..
On your marks, get set and go 2/Nov/2009
Calling for more “weightage” to be given to the Class XII Board exams towards the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in order to check the mushrooming JEE coaching industry may not be a wholesome solution to the problem, feel experts. It is ..
JNTUH students can access MS tools freely 2/Nov/2009
Taking yet another step to provide sound technology footing to its students, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Hyderabad (JNTUH) has tied up with Microsoft to make available various Microsoft tools for its students to work on. The tie-up ensures that over three lakh students of JNTUH, ..
TAPMI to start new PGDM courses 2/Nov/2009
The T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) in Manipal will be starting three new Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses in June 2010. The courses are in Banking and Financial Services; International Business; and Healthcare Management. All the three are full-time residential courses of two-year duration. The ..
Workshop on Machine Vision 2/Nov/2009
A one-day workshop was conducted on ‘Basics of Machine Vision and its applications’, jointly by TIFAC-CORE Center, Rajalakshmi Engineering College and Soliton Technologies, Bangalore, on October 24. The workshop covered various topics on Machine Vision and its applications, and provided hands-on ..
Its payback time for industries: VCs 2/Nov/2009
Industry depends on human resources fine tuned in the universities but rarely partners with them in actually shaping the products they want to grab. But senior academics driving the institutions now want the industries, whether IT or conventional, to pump in at least one per cent of their profits into the ..
Developing entrepreneurial skills 2/Nov/2009
The words like “entrepreneur” and “entrepreneurship” have been considerably debated in recent years among managers, policy makers and bureaucrats with the academic circles and institutions being no exception. Management schools lay special emphasis on various activities that serve to foster this ..
Off course? 2/Nov/2009
On October 14, addressing his first press conference as the vice-chancellor of University of Madras, G. Thiruvasagam announced that master’s degree courses would be launched in Periyar Thought, Anna Thought and Kalaignar Thought. The announcement has set off a debate on studying the political thoughts of prominent ..

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