In an effort to bridge the gap between teachers and technology-savvy students and thus make education more interesting, the Academic Staff College (ASC), University of Madras, recently organised an orientation course for teachers on content development for E-learning in collaboration with the Chennai-based Access ..
Interviewer: Why don't you tell us something about yourself?
Job aspirant: Oh, it's all there in my resume (a copy of which the interviewer is holding).
Interviewer: Yes, I know that, but why don't you tell us?
Aspirant: Sorry, I did not have time to go through the resume.<br ..
It has been only around 66 years since the aqualung was invented by the famous French oceanographer Jacques Yves Cousteau. It enabled man to stay underwater for an extended period. Also called SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus), it was initially used only by marine biologists and other oceanographers ..
Every year the decision on the nature and mode of the all-important Common Entrance Test, which determines admissions to professional courses in Karnataka, stirs up a hornet's nest, often leaving the hapless student in the lurch till weeks before the examination.
Last year, as late as February, members of ..
How to transform the civil services to keep it in tune with the challenges posed by a rapidly transforming economy and society? Let all the officers become students for a while. And that's how it turned out to be, thanks to a joint initiative by the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) and the Maxwell School ..
Web counselling that gave sleepless nights to engineering aspirants and other professional course seekers in the State may come with some changes next year given the controversy it generated despite having its own advantages.
If sources are to be believed there is a strong division within the officials ..
Digiterati, IT Finishing School is launching the official training and certification program on Win 7, Microsoft's latest full 64-bit Seventh Generation Operating System (OS) Windows 7.
This product launch is expected to provide a huge job opportunity for system administrators. Win 7 certified ..
Selecting eminent personalities for awarding honorary doctorates, particularly the Kalaprapoorna award to be given to a personality from the field of art and culture, during its convocation is always a big exercise for Andhra University's administration. With the 76th Convocation to be held on December 5, ..
It is a story of making the impossible possible. B.Bhavna, a girl affected with cerebral palsy, who is wheel-chair bound and cannot speak coherently, is studying for a Bachelors degree in Commerce at Ethiraj College for Women.
Bhavna, her mother Kalpana Rao says, is the first person to use a communication ..
Getting funds for a business plan or a project is perhaps one of the toughest aspects of seeing your dreams take off. The idea could be a successful innovation or germinate into a business venture later, but some financial help can make a lot of difference.
Your little savings or the money pooled in from ..