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SMU-DE Convocation 2010: The Best Day of Your Life is here…

2010-09-15T18:55:00.000+05:30

The biggest day of your life is near. The day when all of Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education(SMU-DE) students participate in the convocation to receive their degrees of excellence and step onto a brand new walk of life. It’s a day that every student wants to experience often but has to be satisfied with the minimal. Nevertheless it is a cherished day for all students and members of SMU-DE that will be remembered for life.

SMU-DE has been a pioneer in the path of practical industry oriented education and its degrees have been recognized as more valuable than those offered by regular colleges. Today as SMU-DE stands chosen as the best distance learning institute of India in terms of teaching efficiency and results and the third best overall, we relish the fact that students of SMU-DE pass out with degrees that work in the real world. It’s no surprise then that SMU-DE students can be found in every industry including the top notch companies such as ICICI Bank, Infosys, HCL, IBM, Wipro, Accenture and Nokia Siemens.

This year SMU-DE has set aside 3 dates for the convocation ceremony spreading across 6 cities. They are September 6 (Kolkata), September 7 (New Delhi) and September 8 (Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Patna and Guwahati). A host of dignitaries are expected to grace the occasion at these places namely R Ramaraj (co-founder Sify), Rajasekaran Pillai (VC, IGNOU), R C Sobti (VC, Punjab University) and Devanand Konwar (Governor of Bihar).

The importance of graduation and the convocation ceremony for many symbolizes the end of student life at SMU-DE and starting of a new journey as being part of SMU-DE alumni. It’s a ceremony where every student is treated like a celebrity with loved ones and friends waiting to capture the moment. The tossing of the hat marks an exuberance of joy and the transition from students to professionals. Be there to enjoy and savor the moment. After all it’s not a day that comes often and should not be missed.

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) Result July 2010 – SMUDE Results

2010-09-08T11:02:00.000+05:30

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) Result July 2010 or SMUDE Results has been announced on the official website of Directorate of Distance Education Sikkim Manipal University at www.smude.edu.in as SMU DE has been declared its Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) Result July 2010 or SMUDE Results today on September 6, 2010. Candidates can check their Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) Result July 2010 or SMUDE Results or SMU Results of SMU University from the below given links. SMU University has 3 stages of logins its website like Student login, LC login and Edunxt Login to know more information related to Directorate of Distance Education Sikkim Manipal University.
Sikkim Manipal University is the pioneer institute in distance education. The university offers top courses like MBA, MCA, Executive MBA, BBA, BCA, BAJM, MScIT, BCom Prodegree, BScNT Prodegree.
Results have provided at the home page of SMU Website. SMUDE Results can be checked here online by enter their registration number at the space given in following links. Results are available for CEIT, BBA, BBARO, MBA, PGDBA, MBAB, MBABPO, MBAIB, MBAIT, BCOMIS, MCOMIS, PG Dip Specializations.

Distance Learning MBA and Business Management Courses

2010-09-03T15:40:00.000+05:30

Distance Education in India

Distance learning MBA and Business Management Courses have become the order of the day with growing number of professionals from diverse fields opting for this mode of study. MBA aspirants and graduates are aware of the lucrative avenues it opens up. Ambitious working professionals seeking career leap often like the idea of pursuing a good distance learning MBA or Business Management course because it gives them the advantage of continuing employment while broadening their knowledge horizons at the same time.

Although there’s nothing that can replace the experience of a full time MBA course given the amount of time you dedicate to acquire theoretical and practical exposure, distance learning mba Courses have increasingly been gaining acceptance in several top line organizations. There are a number of institutes that offer distance learning courses in MBA, PGDM in Business Management.

Are you Eligible for a Distance Learning MBA or PGDM in Business Management course?
Different institutes may have different criteria for admission to their distance learning MBA and Business Management programmes. However, the basic requirements remain the same. Most institutes require the applicant to have bachelor’s degree (10+2+3) from a recognised university. Candidates soon to appear or those awaiting results of their final year examinations can also apply. Diploma holders are also eligible for distance learning MBA and Business Management Courses provided they have adequate work experience.

Students with BBA/BBM degree enjoy the edge of already having got a decent idea about business management. Institutes such as NMIMS make it mandatory for candidates to apply only if they have secured a minimum of 50% marks at the graduation level or have certain years of work experience.

Distance Learning MBA, PGDM in Business Management Courses at a Glance
Distance Learning MBA programmes of the present times are structured in a way to bring out the best of a dedicated learner. Lessons are usually simple to understand and self-explanatory without a compromise on the quality or comprehensiveness of the study material. Many of such courses have gained good credibility in the job market owing to the eligibility norms and assessment methods followed by universities.

If you are seeking answers to questions like what subjects to usually expect in a distance learning MBA/ Business Management course, admission procedure and more, this section is worth a read.

Selecting the Mode of Study: Certain institutes offer a choice of modes to suit individual requirements. They are:
Correspondence mode - Online mode - Distance learning mode

In the correspondence mode, the students are given study materials in self learning format, which they can receive by postal mail. The distance learning mode provides well-designed study materials to students and also offers them the choice of attending classes at Learning centres where in the personal teaching method is practiced periodically. Institutes usually conduct live interactive classes along with mail packages offering study materials to the learners.

Advantages of distance/online learning programmes
Some institutes conduct such classes every Sunday while some others conduct it before the end term exams so that the students can seek clarifications on topics they find dubious. In the online mode, the student is given geographic flexibility and good networking opportunities. Amity School of Distance Learning offers the online MBA programme. This mode cuts geographical barriers and students can also enrol themselves into the online MBA programmes of prestigious international universities.

Course duration: A typical distance learning PGDBA programme is of 2 year duration divided into four semesters. Exceptions can be of universities/institutes offering 3 year distance learning mba Courses divided into six semesters. Institutes generally offer 4-5 years of registration validity from the year of enrolment.

Choosing the specialization: Often, a two year MBA programme focuses on the core subjects in the first year and specialization subjects in the next. Learners will be required to choose their specialization at the time of enrollment. Following are the popular specializations you can consider in a distance learning MBA or business management programme.
Human Resources
marketing - Finance - Operations - Customer Relationship Management
Information Technology - Supply Chain Management

Some institutes name their post graduate diplomas according to the specialisation chosen by the candidate like PGDFM, PGDMM, PGDHR and so on. Project work is usually a part of the last semester of the distance learning MBA and Business Management curriculum based on the specialization opted for.

Core Subjects: Typically, a distance learning MBA curriculum covers about 10-12 core subjects in the first year which explain the basic modalities of management. The core subjects in the first year of the distance learning module are usually from the ones listed below:
Management Theory & Practice
marketing Management
Organizational Behavior
Information Systems Management
Business Economics
Financial Accounting
Corporate Policies & Practices
Essentials of HRM
Project Management
Business law
Business Communication
Quantitative Techniques in Management
Total Quality Management
International Business
Production & Operations Management
Computer Application in Management
Marketing Research
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility

Admission Procedure: The candidates can opt for online registration, walk in or postal admission. With the walk-in facility offered by several institutes, the applicant is required to submit the completed application form, registration fee, and necessary documents and he/she can walk out with the admission letter and ID card. Certain institutes have learning centres across the country. The candidate can visit the nearest one and complete the admission formalities.

Similarly, the applicant can send all the necessary documents through post and receive the admission letter and ID card on his postal address. Some institutes provide the online registration facility but prefer the fee payment through demand draft which can be submitted or sent by courier to the institute.

Job Prospects: Gone are the days when distance learning MBA and Business Management degree holders were considered lesser in the competitive job market. Growing credibility of distance learning mba Courses from reputed institutes, which now focus on application of theory to practice and familiarizing the student with the real corporate world, has lead to the qualified alumni being absorbed in sectors such as marketing, Retail, Human Resource, Project Management, Banking, Information Systems, Healthcare Services, Finance Management, Quality, and others. For distance learning management graduates, the dream of having a career as Human Resource Manager, Project Manager, marketing Executive, Supply Chain head, Project Supervisor, Project Manager, Operations Manager, or Accounting and Resource Manager is not so unrealistic anymore!

Distance Learning MBA – The Obvious Edge
The above-mentioned institutes offer quality learning material for MBA aspirants. Usually the learning material is self-explanatory and requires minimum guidance. The institutes conduct personal contact programmes periodically for students wishing to obtain more information on topics they find dubious. Such personal contact programmes are great for learners because they get to experience the classroom environment where they can interact with fellow learners and lecturers and seek clarifications on lessons they need help on. Besides, the flexibility offered by such distance learning MBA programmes is great for working professionals.

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BBA from Sikkim Manipal University Vs. B Com Subject from Delhi University #1

2010-06-14T15:59:00.000+05:30

Summary: There has been an ongoing debate for some years now–Which course is better ? BBA from Sikkim Manipal University Or B.Com from Delhi University? It's a subjective topic and hence, varied opinions on the same. After reviewing the experiences of thousands of students across the length & breadth of the country, we've attempted to weigh both the courses across some common parameters. Read on to find what we have to say on this!

Once students are done with their 12th standard examinations, they look forward to better and lucrative career options. However, they often find themselves landed up in dilemma when it comes to choosing courses of specialization. The confusion is all the more serious for students of commerce stream. Which course to choose? BBA or B.Com? Once clear about the course, another confusion pops up--which institution to choose?

In this article, we have tried to highlight the comparitive analysis of two courses— BBA from Sikkim Manipal University and B.Com from Delhi University.

To begin with, management education has evolved remarkably in India. A number of good management education institutions have surfaced addresing the ever increasing demands of varied UG & PG management courses in India. Since our country has witnessed a sound economic development pace over the last decade, management education has been well received by the students and the job sector. Many of the top Indian Universities today offer BBA course, which is almost like a gateway to pursue higher management course & eventually become efficient managers.

The management courses can be pursued full-time, part time or distance learning. Sikkim Manipal University offers BBA, which is a carrer-oriented management degree. If a students wants to explore challenging & dynamic career, this degree is apt to get started with. This course encompasses all major concepts such as economics, finance, statistics, strategy, marketing, organizational behavior & management etc., which are applicable to the current corporate world.

On the other hand if we talk about B.Com from Delhi University, it is an undergraduate business management degree that (unlike BBA from Sikkim Manipal University) highlights more on theoretical business aspects & corporate principles besides case studies, micro economics, corporate accounting, income tax, fundamentals of investment etc.

Now it's the right moment to dicuss the key objectives of each of these courses. Broadly speaking about the key objectives of BBA from Sikkim Manipal University, this program is an amalgamation of three core management disciplines of communication, leadership and decision making & problem solving. However when we talk about B.Com course from Delhi University, the key objective seems to be making the student enhance his/her knowledge base of business-centric concepts and principles.

Now let us turn our eyes to the other aspect of these two courses—Eligibility criteria. When we talk about BBA from Sikkim Manipal University, the pre-requisite for getting admission is to have a 10+2 or equivalent degree/3-year diploma from the State Board of Technical Education. In case of B.Com degree from Delhi University, the eligibility criteria is 10+2 degree.

Keep reading our subsequent articles for gaining a deeper insight into the details associated with BBA (from Sikkim Manipal University) and B.Com (from Delhi University).

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BBA from Sikkim Manipal University Vs. B.Com Subject from Delhi University #2

2010-06-14T15:56:00.000+05:30

BBA from Sikkim Manipal University Vs. B.Com Subject from Delhi University #2

Summary:In our last article, we discussed the key objectives of the two management courses— BBA from Sikkim Manipal University and B.Com degree from Delhi University. In this write-up, we would be discussing some more key aspects of these courses so that students like you get a better idea about which course to choose.

Well having dicussed the core objectives of both the courses-- BBA from Sikkim Manipal University and B. Com degree from Delhi University—it's time to focus on other parameters of these degrees.

If we talk about the duration of BBA from Sikkim Manipal University, the minimum tenure of this course is 3 years. Since it is a distance learning course, it can be pursued for upto a maximum time period of 6 years. This distance learning program has an edge over the other degree (B.Com from Delhi University) since even if you miss out on appearing in the examination of one or more semesters, you can reappear in the next term since you have an ample time to finish your course in 6 years. However speaking about the duration of B.Com from Delhi University, the duration of this course is strictly 3 years.

Let us discuss the structure of each of thes two courses.

To begin with BBA from Sikkim Manipal University, it's a course divided into 6 semesters. Each semester has distinct subjects to be covered by students. For instance, Semester 1 entails subjects such as Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Communication Skills, Financial Accounting and Computer Fundamentals. Semester 2 covers subjects such as Management Information Systems (MIS), Legal Regulatory Framework, Business Strategy and Financial Resources Management. Semester 3 encompasses subjects like Management Accounting, Financial System & Auditing, Quality Management and Small Business Management.

Semester 4 covers subjects such as Financial Reporting, Human Resources Management, Taxation, Managing Information, Production and Operation Management. Semester 5 is inclusive of subjects like Capital & Monetary Market, MNCs & their roles, Online Marketing, E-Commerce and Technology Management. Semester 6 includes subjects such as Cross-culture aspects of Business, Entrepreneurship Development, Economic Reforms Process in India, Roles of International Financial Institutions and Management Development.

Having talked about th structure of the degree BBA from Sikkim Manipal University, it's time for us to have a glance at the structure of B.Com degree from Delhi University. B.Com is a 3-year degree course divided into yearly syllabus, and the scheme of grading is annual unlike BBA from Sikkim Manipal university, which has semester wise grading scheme. Well, the subjects covered in B.Com degree from Delhi University are enumerated as below:

Year 1: BO&M, Financial Accounting, Micro Economics (I), Business Statistics, Business Law, Introduction to Computers, Business Communication, Politics, Ethics & Social Responsibility.

Year 2: Corporate Accounting, Cost Accounting, Micro Economics (II), Business Mathematics, Corporate Law, Income-tax, E-commerce, Auditing, MIL : English/Hindi

Year 3: Management Accounting, Macro Economics, Indian Economics, Optional Groups—EA inclusive of Financial Management, Fundamentals of Investment etc. EF inclusive of Corporate Tax Planning and Business Tax Procedures & Management.

After having analysed the course structure, it is quite evident that BBA from Sikkim Manipal University outpaces B.Com from Delhi University since the former focuses more on the practical aspects of business administration & management. However, the latter emphasizes more on theoretical aspects of business management.

Stay tuned for our subsequent articles to gain more in-depth knowledge about the degrees--BBA (from Sikkim Manipal University) and B.Com (from Delhi University).

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BBA from Sikkim Manipal University Vs. B.Com Subject from Delhi University # 3

2010-06-14T15:46:00.000+05:30

Summary:
In our last article, we focused on some important parameters of the two degrees-- BBA from Sikkim Manipal University and B.Com degree from Delhi University—tenure & syllabus covered in each of them. In our latest attempt, we would be giving you some more information about these two courses, whih would help you take the right decision for your career.

After enlightening you on some key parameters such as objectives, eligibility criteria, tenure and course structure of the two degrees--BA from Sikkim Manipal University and B.Com degree from Delhi University—we find that this is an apt juncture, where we should highlight you on some other important parameters associated with these degrees.

To start with the fee structure of B.Com from Delhi university, the fee needs to be paid on an annual basis, and it is somewhere between Rs. 3,000—Rs. 4,000 for each year. In addition to this, the students also needs to pay a meagre amount of Rs. 200—300 as library and other maintenance charges. This nominal amount is refundable, and can be taken back at the completion of course.

However if we talk about BBA from Sikkim Manipal university, the fee is around Rs. 10,450 per semester, which is inclusive of Exam free (Rs. 800) and Alumni Fee (Rs. 100). This fee structure is revised from time to time.

Looking at the comparitive fee structure of the two courses, you might feel a bit nervous and confused about which course to opt since reading our previous articles of the series, the picture would have become somewhat clear by now. However, we recommend you not to be so perplexed since you need to look at the bigger picture & pursue a course that might put a temporary strain on your pocket but opens a gateway to great career opportunities in the longer run.

Once you've cleared your airs of confusion about which course you're likely to choose now, it's our duty to educate you about the career opportunities or future programmes associateed with these two courses.

If we look at the study tends, it is interesting to note that BBA from Sikkim Manipal University has yet again an edge over B.Com from Delhi University. In the last couple of years, more & more students have shown their increasing interest in optiong for this distance learning course. On interviewing some of the students an amazing concept has surfaced, which highlights that even after being awarded with B.Com degree, students don't feel confident to put their feet forward in the competitive scenario or even when they appear for entrance examinations of higher management degrees. The students feel that they have acquired the degree but no real learning.

However, the students who have already completed BBA degree from Sikkim Manipal University have a different story to tell. They feel that they took the right decision to have opted for this course since it has given them the right measure of confidence, learning and aptitude to either go for higher management studies or even step out and become successful managers. Also, some students praised this degree highly since they could manage to complete their degrees in a right way within the extended period of 3 more years in spite of some unavoidable circumstances/failure in any semester during the course.

To conclude, we would recommend BBA degree from Sikkim Manipal University to all the 12th Standard pass outs of this year & forthcoming batches. It would be a right career move. Trust on this one!

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WHAT AFTER 10+2? -CONFUSED -NO WORRY

2010-05-29T13:07:00.001+05:30

WHAT AFTER 10+2? -CONFUSED! -NO WORRY

DID YOU KNOW?

PROFESSIONAL COURSES BBA/BCA WITHOUT TUTION FEE MADE EASIER AT APAR INDIA

If not please go through this news item which will give an insight to those parents who want their wards to be more self sufficient and self competent in their future careers and those students who could not get enrolled in any university colleges for any degree courses, but have fire in their bellies and want to take up the challenging step to pursue professional courses like BBA, BCA, can have a ray of hope to fulfill their long standing ambitions with APAR INDIA COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

It has become an open secret that learned parents as well as enthusiastic 10+2 students irrespective of their % can pursue higher education by opting for professional courses like BBA (Gen) - BBA (Retail)-BCA-B. Sc (IT)-BA (Journalism) - MBA (Finance-Marketing-HR-Information System-TQM-Retail Operations-Project Mgt-Operation Mgt) at APAR India College of Management and Technology Sector-8 Rohini Delhi-85.

Nowadays people are becoming more education oriented and they know what their children should study after 10+2. Many learned parents are inspiring their children to opt for professional courses in regular stream or through correspondence (distance education) in any B school or any Institute of Management Studies. Even students have realized that possessing a professional degree helps them to have the cutting edge in the future when they compete with other students with general graduation for the jobs.

But to get direct admission to any professional course BBA-BCA-B.Sc-BA(J)-MBA by paying nominal University fee without paying any extra tuition fee is not possible anywhere, but it is possible only in APAR India College and this is true 100%. Present education system is so vast and it has paved ways for more career oriented and growth oriented courses, streamlined the general educational background up to 12th standard thereafter pursuance of professional courses.

But it is unfortunate that many parents still guide their wards to study degree courses like BA B Com etc in any university colleges with a belief that award of degree with university stamp will pay more dividends when they enter the job market but only time will tell what is stored in their fate. Because they do not know corporate world which is more vibrant and gives importance to professional course degree holders, whom the corporate pundits think more knowledgeable and competent to withstand any odds in the management scenario.

While the innovation in every sphere of life is the hallmark and buzzword people in the society are also changing their lifestyle and are moving forward accordingly in their day to day life span. It is advisable here that in the era of competition where students after their secondary education should opt for computer education course being imparted by private institutes like JETKING, NIIT, DOAECC, DICS to become self sufficient to attain self competency in their sphere. Similarly there are some students lured by private institutes BSL-OXFORD and VETA.

Also there is no dearth of students who aspire to attain proficiency in foreign languages like German, French, Spanish, Japanese, by pursuing foreign language studies in any of recognized institutes to take up translation work or transcription work easily which will get gainful employments.

Today Multi National Corporations (MNCs) prefer to hire those students who have equipped themselves with BBA BCA MBA MCA degrees (either through regular or distant education) who, they opine possess soft skills with vibrant managerial skills and are more competent to man the industry as well as employees. Keeping in view of this tendency many students want to upgrade their professional skills by undergoing professional courses, Personality Development, Total Quality Management skills. Also it is the desire of students to possess knowledge in tallying, Basic Book Keeping and Basic Accounting so that they can move laterally or horizontally or vertically in job market and will get success.

Union Education & HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal has made it clear that ‘today there is no dearth of lucrative jobs in India, but there is dearth of skilled professionals’. He opines that today corporate world desire to hire such skillful talents and heads who are competent, possess soft skills equipped with professional degrees. Here he emphasized in some of his addresses that mere possession of professional courses degree will not in any way guarantee the availability of jobs but they should have mastered the professional skills to withstand any odds, which is the intrinsic value of their overall competency.

But nowadays in never ending process many B schools, institutes of management studies, institutes of management education are mushrooming in every nook and corner of the country and beckoning gullible students towards them with their fee structures and assure many things during the time of admission but in the end some of the promises will not get fulfilled – may be due to lack of interest or lack of skills among students. That is why today students are running hither and thither to gain knowledge in different places by paying hefty fee and spend more of their precious time.

But if all these skills, education and training will be available under one roof then it will become paradise for any aspirant. Students will not only save their hard earned money but also their precious time at minimum investment. Even if they shell out more money to attain lucrative job they may not be able to fetch such job due to lack of professional course degrees. Therefore it is advisable in all hypes and buzz, aspirants should focus themselves to join such institute of management studies which can provide direct admission to any professional course without exorbitant fee but nominal university fee inclusive of exam fee and study materials).

Keeping in view of all these objectives APAR INDIA College of Management and Technology situated in Sector-8 Rohini having its campus at Rohini and Dwarka sector 19 with built-in state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities and first ever Management College in the country to be ISO 9001-2008 certified, is dedicated to students’ overall success and rendering its yeomen service to the humanity.

APAR India College of Management and Technology offers professional courses like BBA (general), BBA (Retail) BCA, B.Sc (IT) B.A(Journalism) (all are three years duration) and MBA (Two Years) MCA (Three Years) and MA (Journalism-2 years) for throw away fee which is very nominal compared to other institutes and award university degree certificate.

Besides imparting education in accordance to the University’s curriculum, students gain the functional and industry specific knowledge at APAR INDIA which helps them to get prepared and become valuable contributors to the industry. As a result, the graduated students of APAR INDIA are employed in top multi nationals in India. It offers high quality programs in different areas of management to a wide cross section of students, executives and professionals across northern India.

Case-based learning is an important component of business education at APAR INDIA and most of the courses are taught through real life cases designed to help bridge the gap between management theory and practice.

For further information any student can contact the Institute at Tel. No. 4504-4000 (Rohini). Dwarka campus: 45607500. Or they can visit APAR’s website: www.aparindiacollege.com and blog at www.aparindiacollege.blogspot.com and they can also get any information by mailing their queries to e-mail ID: info@aparindia.in.

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2010-05-29T13:07:00.000+05:30

Varsities facing de-recognition get a reprieve

2010-05-10T16:24:00.001+05:30

Varsities facing de-recognition get a reprieve

New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the 44 deemed universities whose recognition is at stake to accept fresh students, despite strong objections from the human resource development (HRD) ministry.
The apex court dismissed on Thursday a plea by the HRD ministry that the universities, indicted by the Tandon Committee last year, be restrained from admitting new students.
A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Gyan Sudha Mishra pointed out that the very basis of the Tandon panel had been questioned, thus it wouldn’t be appropriate to pass any prohibition order against the universities, which the Centre sought to de-recognise.
The court will hear the matter on August 3. It asked the parties concerned to fileaffidavits and responses by then.
SC also rejected solicitor general Gopal Subramanium’s argument that at least a condition be imposed on the disputed universities that they would abide by the court’s judgment and fresh admissions would be subject to that decision.
The apex court had on April 13 decided to examine the core issue of whether the government had the power to drop the “deemed” status of the 44 universities.
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal had in October last year issued notices to the universities after a review committee headed by professor PN Tondon recommended dropping of their “deemed” status on the ground that they had failed to meet the standard required for sustaining the status.
The panel said the universities were being run as family fiefdoms, rather than as institutions of academic excellence, which they claimed to be.
Sibal had also announced formulating a national commission for higher education and research bill to scrap the concept of deemed universities.
There was a hue and cry as the future of about 1.5 lakh students had been put at stake.
The task force then recommended that the failed institutions, which were earlier colleges or state affiliated universities, should be reverted to their original positions and all the students enrolled there must be allowed to complete their studies there.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_varsities-facing-de-recognition-get-a-reprieve_1380050

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Toppers over the moon in Bangalore, aim higher

2010-05-10T16:23:00.002+05:30

Toppers over the moon in Bangalore, aim higher

Bangalore: For toppers of the SSLC 2010 examinations, the results announced on Thursday are the first step towards pursuing their dream jobs.
Apoorva J, from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore, was not surprised at all when she heard of her top-class performance in the exams.
“I really expected those marks, but I didn’t know I would be the topper. In the school preparatory exams, I consistently got 616, 617 and 619. I am very happy,” beams a visibly confident Apoorva, who scored a high 619 out of 625 marks, one of only three this year who have scored the near-perfect marks.
Apoorva had received an award during her school graduation day for securing the highest marks in all subjects in the school-level exam. She aspires to be an IAS officer. But before that she wants to get into engineering graduation.
“I have decided to take up science (PCME subjects). I plan to do my graduation in engineering and want to be an administrator by clearing the IAS examinations,” she told DNA.
Her formula for a good score? “There’s no point in studying 8-10 hours a day. I used to study for 3-4 hours a day. I prefer to study at night,” Apoorva said. Vijaya Composite or Junior College is her first choice of college, she said.
Aishwarya Rajiv from Sadvidya School, Mysore, who also scored 619 marks, unlike Apoorva, is pleasantly surprised with her achievement.
“I am really surprised that I am one of the toppers. I want to thank my parents and teachers who supported me. My school conducted more preparatory exams which helped me to score well,” said Aishwarya. She wants to be a doctor and has decided to take up science (PCMB) in PUC.
DNA also spoke to a few students who passed with distinction. Abhishree S who scored a total of 600 out of 625 is from AV Education Society, JP Nagar, Bangalore. “I had not expected this result and I am really happy with it,” she said. Abhishree wants to be an engineer.
She is also glad that her school mate, Apoorva, is among the three toppers in the examination. Another top scorer is Pavani Acharya, with 607 marks in her kitty. From Carmel Convent High School, Jayanagar, Pavani wants to join Christ College and take up commerce. “In my family, we have many engineers. I want to do MBA,” said Pavani.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_toppers-over-the-moon-in-bangalore-aim-higher_1379649

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There is a lot to be learnt from Indian cos: Nitin Nohria

2010-05-10T16:23:00.001+05:30

There is a lot to be learnt from Indian cos: Nitin Nohria

MUMBAI: Harvard Business School (HBS) may not build a campus in India, but it is committed to expanding its presence and reach through its research centre, which is creating intellectual capital that can be widely used in other parts of the world, said Nitin Nohria. The newly-appointed dean of HBS said management education is best derived from actual practises of managers and there is a lot to be learnt from Indian companies.

“We have written over 50 case studies on Indian companies for use in the classrooms at Harvard,” said Mr Nohria, in a telephonic interview. “They offer learnings on how companies build large-scale distribution systems, how they set up systems for recruiting that touch a vast number of people, and how they fill institutional voids.”

Asked what his policy agenda would be, the new dean said that it would emerge from discussions with colleagues and students in the coming weeks. “But I do know my priority is to make this a period of innovation at Harvard. We want to be a beacon for education and create business leaders for the next century.” HBS is already experimenting with different kinds of pedagogy, including immersion programmes that send students out to different countries and different industries. But there’s no plan to move away from its trade-mark case study pedagogy. “The innovations we’re introducing will complement the case study method and we hope they will be as sticky as the case study method.”

His new responsibilities notwithstanding, Mr Nohria hopes he will be able to continue teaching. “I’d be very sad if I were disconnected from the classroom. My first love has always been teaching, and I intend to do everything I can to stay connected with students and the classroom.”

Last year, he introduced a mandatory course for first-year course students called ‘Leadership & Corporate Responsibility.’ It’s a theme he’s passionate about and he’s even propounded the idea of a kind of Hippocratic Oath for business. “I believe business has a vital role to play in society and it needs to be conducted with honour,” he said. “In the past few years, society has lost faith in business because it has let short-term profit overshadow long- term interests. We’ve been trying to get our students to understand this. They have to see their careers as a marathon, not a sprint. This means contributing to the world, not just your own life.”

IIT-Bombay gave him a fabulous education, he said, providing life-lessons that have served him well in his career. “The IIT taught me to survive anything. Being in the USA was challenging in the initial years and my IIT experience really helped. We should be proud of the IITs and what they do for their students.”

Mr Nohria considers the Indian-American immigrant experience to be similar to that of immigrant communities that came to the USA before, a subject that he has explored in his book Paths To Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. “I’m proud to be an American citizen,” he said. “We all started off in a few narrow fields like medicine, engineering and teaching, but Indian-Americans now see opportunities in all walks of life, from Hollywood to literature to politics. My father taught me to follow my passion and that’s the advice I give my students.”

That’s actually a standard piece of advice. But Mr Nohria’s most important life-lesson, the one he passes on to his students in the very last classroom session on every course he takes, is something else. He talks to them about generosity: “Life gives it all back to you in more ways than you can imagine.”

Source Link: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/education/There-is-a-lot-to-be-learnt-from-Indian-cos-Nitin-Nohria/articleshow/5900359.cms

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Girls continued to outshine boys in SSLC-2010

2010-05-10T16:22:00.001+05:30

Girls continued to outshine boys in SSLC-2010

The score card reads 619 out of 625—that’s the top score in this year’s SSLC exam, Karnataka. Three students, two from Bangalore South and one from Mysore, have cracked this score. An overall pass percentage of many students has been 63.56% in this exam.
The new model introduced by the Karnataka Secondary Examinations Evaluation Board (KSEEB) gives more weightage to descriptive answers than to multiple choice questions. The results have been satisfactory this year.Of the total of 8,20,778 candidates who had appeared for the SSLC examinations held last month, 5,21,658 candidates passed.
There’s been a rise and dip in the pass percentage in the previous years. In 2008, it fell to 66.37% and in 2009, it crossed the 70% mark with 70.22%. The students taking the exam this year were under pressure owing to the new exam pattern. Till 2009, students could score 60% marks in multiple choice questions, an easy scoring option versus the new pattern, which reserved 75% marks for descriptive answers. As compared to last year’s overall pass percentage of 75.77, this year only 68.77 per cent of the 8, 20,778 students who had appeared for the exams passed. The success rate is the lowest in the last four years.However, girls continued to outshine boys this year, too, with their pass percentage standing at 70.97 per cent as compared to 66.67 per cent among boys.
SSLC examinations were held at 2,895 centres across the state. The Evaluation started on 15 April 2010 with 39,000 evaluators.

Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/Girls-continued-to-outshine-boys-in-SSLC-2010---/data-0001-fdbffe73286a0bf701286bf69c5b0da6

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'Choose the subjects that you like most'

2010-05-10T16:21:00.000+05:30

'Choose the subjects that you like most'

Bangalore: Dr BS Jayashree, principal, Vijay PU College, has some words of advice for students who are wondering what courses to choose after the SSLC. “The SSLC 2010 results are out. This is the stage when students are expected to make a choice of subjects for further study. The best way to make that decision is to examine your own interest and aptitude, and to choose the subjects you enjoy most.”
It has been a pattern across the country over several years: students who score the highest marks often opt to study science, which is considered necessary study for entry into the most prestigious professions. “However, so much of the higher education in science depends on a sound understanding of basic concepts. Even if the score in the SSLC is high, many students find themselves in a tight spot at higher levels, as the syllabi in the science subjects even in the pre-university level is so different,” says Dr Jayashree.
“A science student needs to be disciplined and methodical,” says Dr Jayashree, adding that although science was for long considered the most prestigious course, Commerce subjects too offer challenges. Medicine and engineering are no longer the only professional fields that make for a secure income; those with a variety of educational backgrounds now have a range of options, she says.
Repeating that oft-cited reason for studying the Arts subjects, Dr Jayashree says, “Those who would not like to face a great deal of pressure in studies can opt for the Arts. Subjects like Sociology and Psychology open up whole new areas for students.”

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_choose-the-subjects-that-you-like-most_1379647

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Apar India

2010-05-05T10:55:00.000+05:30

Apar Inida

2010-05-05T10:23:00.000+05:30

Apar India Institute full of Advantages

2010-05-05T08:46:00.000+05:30

Apar India Institute full of Advantages

Apar India Institute is the brainchild of Mr. Raj Kumar Jain. He is the founder of the "Apar India College of Management and Technology.” The institute is located at Dwarka and second center at Rohini. Within the short spam of time the institute has created a special place for itself in the list of B-Schools. Apar Institute is famous among the students because of many reasons. It has many salient features which makes it different from others.

Apar Institute is well located and connected by the local transport. Both the centers of the institute are well connected by Delhi Metro. The distance of the institute from the metro station is just few minutes walk. This is the big advantage for those students who live in North or in West Delhi, they can easily commute. To commute for a longer distance might be the problem for some, but with Apar institute you have the facility that you can easily reach there without any baffle.

Beyond this there are many more advantages you can enjoy being there. Being a management student you suppose to pay a hefty amount as fee. But, here in Apar the institute charges no tuition fees from students. The institute offers you the best conducive environment for education and without charging any tuition fees. This innovative initiative is taken by the institute for the students. Charging no tuition fees from students and giving them education free of cost is really a milestone in the history of the education. No institute has ever taken such a great step for the benefit of students. Presently, most of the institutes charging big amount from students as their fees for the course. But, Apar has changed this trend and charging no fees from the students like other government colleges, where you need not to pay tuition fees.

Some students might get confused if the institute is not charging any fees from students then it might not be upto the level of other B-Schools. In case of the Apar Institute, it is envy for other colleges because it offers you the best infrastructure facilities and modern teaching aids like: air-conditioned lecture theatres, classrooms, seminar halls, an auditorium along with audio/video facilities, LCD projector, vast Computer labs, a well-stocked library with a rich collection of reference books of various subjects. The institute caters all the requirements of the students. The faculty of the institute is renowned and expert of their respective field. Here, every student gets ample opportunity to groom and prepares themselves to face the challenges of the professional world. The placement cell of the institute is also very active. The companies from all over the country came here to recruit the students. Some of the big names like: GAIL, Mother Dairy, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, IBM, Birla Soft, MTNL, HDFC Bank Ltd., Indian Air Force, Eureka Forbes and Seimens etc. are in the list of the recruiters of the campus. Every year most of the students get placed in good companies and most of them are earning good salary.

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A Career and a Choice

2010-04-27T15:09:00.000+05:30

A Career and a Choice

And so I became a doctor although I would rather have been a journalist. But because my heart wasn't with the profession, I soon outgrew this and became a part of the charitable non-profit sector where I have spent most of my years.

WHEN I was a young student, most of the people did not have many career choices. Usually the children chose to do what their parents did before them – so lawyer’s children were encouraged to be lawyers, a teacher’s children to be teachers and so on. And if the parents were none of these and wanted something different for their children, they would push their children to become a doctor or an engineer or a civil servant. In those times these and a few others were considered to be aspirational careers which parents encouraged their children to strive for. The children’s own wishes were of little consequence. If you have seen the movie, 3 idiots, you would notice that such a tradition still exists.

And so I became a doctor although I would rather have been a journalist. But because my heart wasn’t with the profession, I soon outgrew this and became a part of the charitable non-profit sector where I have spent most of my years. And while working in an NGO, I have seen an amazing variety of people who were trained to be something else but ended up with something quite different. As the head of an organization which deals with women and children who have been trafficked, I have a team which is full of people who were trained to be something but are finding themselves driven by a passion for something else.
Today the choices and options available to young people are many. So, parents are happy to leave the choice of a viable career option with their children, but youngsters often find it difficult to make a choice. They are caught between peer pressure, the materialistic values that increasingly guide the society and the inner calling and vocation whose voice often gets muffled out.

As we consider various career options and courses for study, the singular question to ask ourselves is: “Will this help me become a better servant for others?” Our choice of a job or a career in life should be about how we can best serve our family and others with the gifts and abilities God has given us. If our whole focus in choosing a job or career is only about getting rich and serving ourselves, then we are making sinful choices. There was a time when certain professions, subjects of study and vocations were considered holier than others. Those who pursued that path were considered set apart for “full time” work. But today we know that whether we serve as a pastor or serve in a coal mine as a technician or as a Air Traffic Controller at the airport, as long as through our studies and jobs, we are able to fulfill our responsibility of stewarding this created world in a God honoring way, we are doing fine.

William Sloane Coffin, a former chaplain of Yale university speaks to our own challenge of responding to God’s call, of choosing the pathway of faithful living, when he reminds us, “A career seeks to be successful, a calling to be valuable. A career tries to make money; a calling tries to make a difference.”

The fact is that, no matter what we do for a living, it’s about serving others. Whether we work at a Café Coffee Day outlet or are a CEO in a big company; whether we are a doctor or a garbage collector, we should do our job the best we can with the understanding that we are serving our generation and our people and our careers and studies are but a tool to this greater end.

Source Link: http://www.merinews.com/article/a-career-and-a-choice/15804831.shtml

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Eight students to represent India at Intel Science Fair

2010-04-27T13:14:00.000+05:30

Eight students to represent India at Intel Science Fair

Bangalore: Eight students who have been successful at India Initiative for Research & Innovation in Science (IRIS) with their Science and technology projects will represent India in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) at San Jose, California from May 9-14.
The students (four in individual category and two each in the Team category) with their winning science and engineering projects will compete against more than 1500 others from various countries, an Intel statement said.
As the world's largest pre-college science fair and the only global science competition for students in grades 9-12, the Intel ISEF, is a program organized by Society for Science and the Public (SSP), it said.
The Intel ISEF winners are judged on their creative ability and scientific thought, as well as the thoroughness, skill, and clarity shown in their projects.
At the national level, IRIS encourages only research based science projects, the statement said.
At the week-long Science and Engineering Fair, students will have the opportunity to meet leading scientists and exchange ideas on various evolving topics in Science, Research and Technology, the statement said.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_eight-students-to-represent-india-at-intel-science-fair_1374687

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Canadian government threatens McGill against fees hike

2010-04-27T13:13:00.000+05:30

Canadian government threatens McGill against fees hike

When taking the decision to raise the tuition fees for the MBA programme, the McGill University did not realise they will face problem by the name of Quebec Government.
To help the management department funding the university had earlier on decided to raise the annual cost for Quebec students from $1,700 to $30,000.
Despite its argument,that the change will make McGill the best university in Canada, the Education Minister Michelle Courchesne did not permit the government to make such changes considering the fact that it limit the accessibility of some Quebec students to the MBA programmes.
Almost threatening McGill, Courchesne said if the hike is brought into action the government will take away the subsidies amounting to $28,000 per student that it has awarded to McGill.
So far no reaction has come from the McGill side of the controversy.

Source Link: http://studycanada.learnhub.com/news/1022-canadian-government-threatens-mcgill-against-fees-hike

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B-schools or placement agencies- Panel discussion at Praxis Business School

2010-04-27T13:12:00.000+05:30

B-schools or placement agencies- Panel discussion at Praxis Business School

Popularity of B-schools these days rests on their placement records. Greater the percentage of those placed, the better the quality of education imparted by these B-schools- this is the general notion.
It was this issue that was taken up for a panel discussion on April 17 by Praxis Business School on the occasion of the convocation ceremony of class of ’09 and ’10. The panel consisted of K Dasaratharaman, President, Specialty Businesses, Spencer’s Retail, Shankar Chatterjee, Managing Director, Bertling Logistics, Dr Prithwis Mukerjee, Professor, VG-SoM IIT Kharagpur and Santosh Desai, MD & CEO, Future Brands Ltd, Future Group.
Moderating the discussion was Prof Charanpreet Singh, Associate Dean, Praxis Business School. Singh elaborated on the topic and presented both its sides – why should B-schools not be called placement agencies and B-schools should have a greater aim.

Opening the discussion was K. Dasaratharaman. The IIM A passout spoke about the philosophical, cultural and sociological aspects of a B-school. He humorously narrated how students of reputed B-schools can easily get a credit card or find a spouse.

What made his speech stand out was however a unique observation: “Life is not a choice of ‘or’ but it is the tyranny of the ‘and’. While you do one thing you have to be conscious of its opposite.” He concluded his speech by advising students to be multi-potent and ambidextrous.”
Referring to the issue under scrutiny, the next speaker Shankar Chatterjee explained the meaning of a B-school: “It is a congregation of individuals who join to create something that the business world wants.”

Chatterjee considered B-schools to be the sellers, MBA graduates to be the products and corporates to be the buyers. “These days B-schools follow the practice of selling by yelling. Instead basic fundamental values should be instilled. We, Indians, should be confident”, added the corporate honcho. He felt corporates should give importance to the individual instead of the institute. Prithwis Mukherjee, the third speaker took an extreme position and believed that B-schools had indeed reduced themselves to placement agencies.
He criticized B-schools for propagating the idea of ‘industry ready graduates’. Citing an example from his tryst with the software industry Mukherjee said, “If you know coding and C++, then you are ready for the software industry. There is no original idea because we are all ‘industry ready’.”
“Leadership, Mathematics, Psychology and Technology are the most important factors that an MBA should work upon”, felt Mukherjee, demonstrating the idea with a power-point presentation.

The final speaker Santosh Desai elaborated on the idea of how successful people are never questioned as they are considered to be intellectuals. “The essential question to ask is what does the industry need?” said Desai. He urged the students not to be in love with what exists but instead be creative. He further advised the B-schools to figure out what the business world needs and encourage students to question. The discussion, enjoyed by the audience, gave rise to a lot of questions – why B-schools are not following the way of open-source system, why cannot students stress on education, why are Indians not successful in India and the like. They all got satisfying answers from the distinguished panel and the fresh graduates had lots to take away with them.

Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/B-schools-or-placement-agencies/data-0001-fdbffe7e282ac19301282acf21d906bf

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Focus on increasing college enrolment - Sibal

2010-04-27T13:11:00.000+05:30

Focus on increasing college enrolment - Sibal

Chandigarh: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal recently called for substantially increasing the number of students joining colleges for higher studies after completing their schooling.

"In India, nearly 220 million students go to schools and around 14 million go to colleges. Our Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), that is the percentage of students going from schools to colleges, is only 12.4 percent," said Sibal here at a seminar on education reforms.

He added, "This is a matter of worry as in other developed countries GER is not less than 40 to 50 percent. If we talk about the research sector, then in Europe for every million people not less than 6,000 go for research, in the US this number is 4,700 whereas in India it is just 156."

He said that we have to make sure that by 2020 India's GER increases to 30 percent.

"At presently 480 universities and 22,000 colleges are fulfilling the need of 12.4 percent GER. If we have to reach a mark of 30 percent GER, in the next 10 years we need around 700 to 1,000 universities and nearly 45,000colleges," he said.

He said the definition of wealth has changed globally and it now refers to ideas, innovation and creativity that are intellectual assets.

Sibal said changes are needed in school education as well.

He said that no government can run schools efficiently therefore there should be a transfer of ownership to community from the government.

"Under the Right to Education Act, we have impressed on the need of involving 75 percent people from the locality, out of which 50 percent should be women, in a school management committee. Ownership should be gradually transferred to the community and people, especially mothers of students, should decide a school's operations," said Sibal.

Talking on exam reforms, he said, "We need to move away from the examination system to creativity. There should be no exams or boards. We require a constant evaluation not for those skills that a student does not have but for those that he actually possesses." IANS

Source Link: http://www.indiaedunews.net/Today/Focus_on_increasing_college_enrolment_-_Sibal_11416/

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Manipal Univeristy inks MoU with two international varsities

2010-04-27T13:10:00.000+05:30

Manipal Univeristy inks MoU with two international varsities

Bangalore: Manipal University along with Manipal Education, leading academic and educational service provider, today signed MoUs with Univerity of Melbourne Australia and University of Nottingham, to faciltiate and enhace academic cooperation bilaterally and multiterally.
The MoUs will translate into a number of joint programmes, which will be initially focussed on India. Later, based on the experience gained, and mutual agreement, the MoUs allow for programmes to be extended to other countries that Manipal Education is present in, Anand Sudarshan, CEO and MD, Manipal Education told reporters.
These broad-based MoUs with the two top univiveristies aim at facilitating active collaborations, he said.
Individual areas would also be identified, and specific working agrements will be arrived at. These areas would range from offering joint programmes, providing joint and dual degrees, teaching collaborations, student and faculty exchanges, to development of collaborative research programme.
These relationships will also potentially result in the development of new generation programmes and explore other collaborations in line with opportunities accorded by the education sector reforms being ushered in by the government.
University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis replied in the negative when asked whether the number of Indian students seeking admission to Australian universities had declined following incidents of attack on Indian students in his country.
Nearly 400 Indian students were studying in Melbourne university, he said.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_manipal-univeristy-inks-mou-with-two-international-varsities_1375856

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SP Jain won't 'lie' about placements

2010-04-27T13:09:00.000+05:30

SP Jain won't 'lie' about placements

Mumbai: It is going to do what no other business school in India has done before. The SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, will get its placement data audited by an external agency.
It is a bold move by the management institute made at a time when there have been allegations that many business/management institutes exaggerate placement statistics to lure students.
“The whole issue of whether B-schools give misleading salary figures — what is the actual CTC (cost to company) and what is being projected — has become a major concern. That is why we have decided to get our placement statistics audited and verified by an agency to make things transparent,” an SP Jain source said.
“One should not try to attract aspiring MBAs by projecting exaggerated salary packages. Also, business school fees are becoming quite high. So, it is essential that we give students a correct picture of what is going on. One way of doing it is to get compensation figures validated by a recognised, external organisation,” the source added.
The external agency (the source did not name it) will audit the placement data of students of the two-year, full-time post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM) programme.
Confirming that all 174 of its PGDM students have been placed, the SP Jain placement office said that it will officially release the placement data only after it has been audited and verified by the agency.
“There have been cases of institutes making false claims about placements. Some institutes have quoted exaggerated figures when their students have been placed at low salaries. Good institutes abroad mention their lowest and highest ranges, as well as the middle range. But such is not the case in India,” the source said.
The institute has asked companies offering placements to its students to send in the final offer letters on their letterheads.
“Most students will join work by June. So, it will take some time before we get the final letters from the companies,” the source added.
SP Jain will calculate the figures and hand them over to the agency.
“If there are discrepancies in our figures, we will make the necessary changes. We will be the first institute doing this. Hopefully, others too will be doing the same in future. It will help students make informed choices,” the source said.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sp-jain-won-t-lie-about-placements_1375577

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Asian academicians meet in Australia to improve international ties

2010-04-27T13:08:00.000+05:30

Asian academicians meet in Australia to improve international ties

Hundreds of higher-education leaders from the Asia-Pacific region came together in a conference in Australia to define equal partnerships with Western institutions and their need to be flexible to adapt to a rapidly changing economic environment, says a report published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Though most believed that Asian higher education was finally finding a way of its own, there was a general feeling amongst representatives from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and others that their international activities should be stepped up.
Asian universities tend to be very domestically oriented, and their self-esteem is very high within the nation. But they are very limited and their standards are not global," said Doo-Hee Lee, a business professor at Korea University and the association’s founder and president. “Western universities still set the standards, and Asian universities are always falling behind.”
To ensure that graduates do not grow up in an environment where they know nothing about their neighbours, especially in Asia, Lee announced the creation of the Asia Pacific leaders program with the participation of 15 Asian countries and 22 universities. Under this program top university students will study, volunteer, and learn the local culture in a neighboring country’s university.
There is definitely an increased interest of academicians from Asian universities about creating for themselves a regional identity. This can be verified with the increased number of participation in the annual conference ( total 900 attendees, 300 more than expected) and a definitely doubled sponsorship for the same.
Arun Sharma, deputy vice-chancellor for research and commercialisation at the Queensland University of Technology, in Australia, gave the opening address. “If the profits stay in the country, then you can broaden your network, enhance your brand everywhere, do your research at the cost price, even get some government funding and provide education in that country,” he said.
“Seeing higher education merely as an export for profit is a route down the food chain,” Sharma said. Hence, he called for a mercantile approach to higher education, in which Western countries export their programs to Asia and then repatriate the profits. He noted that the government of India is currently considering a bill that would welcome foreign universities but require profits to remain in India, which he supported.
Building partnerships at home and abroad was a popular topic with attendees since its is the best way to leverage limited resources and expose the faculty and students to a broad array of ideas.
Internationally most popular Singapore has already been working on plans and programs to attract more foreign students through a new university of technology and design, a new American-style liberal-arts college affiliated with the National University of Singapore.
In 2001, Peking University even introduced the Yuanpei honors college, a pilot program that immerses a select group of students into a liberal-arts project similar to those in the United States.
Lee wrapped up the conference saying that while American universities have time-tested academic programs, Asian universities continue to be in an age of experimentation.

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Government plans to truncate post-grad courses to one year

2010-04-23T10:39:00.001+05:30

Government plans to truncate post-grad courses to one year

New Delhi: The government plans to cut the duration of post-graduate (PG) degree courses from two years to one year. All streams, barring medicine, will have a shortened PG degree programme. At present, a PG degree in medicine takes three years to complete.
While the two-year courses will be condensed, but with the necessary ingredients, the government may toughen the admission criteria to allow entry only to the brightest graduates.
To begin with, PG in law (LLM) is being reviewed by a set of experts under the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The ministry of human resource development (HRD) has tasked the UGC to work out modalities to restructure the existing LLM from two years to one year, with selectivity in admission to attract the brightest graduates.
While there is debate among the ministry, the bar council and other stakeholders on how to go about it, the idea is being pushed by citing cases in other countries. “When it can happen in the US and the UK, then why not in India?’’ has been its logic.The ministry believes a shorter duration course will not only save crucial years for the students, but also attract more of them towards higher education and research.
“While the ministry is insisting on a shorter duration PG degree course, there is a view in the legal fraternity that the conventional processes in law cannot be concised in LLM. We are going to deliberate on this issue during a national consultation for reforms in legal education to be held this Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi,” said Priya Hingorani, vice president of the Supreme Court bar council.
Minister of state for HRD D Purandeswari made it clear that the proposal for PG law would be considered for other PG programmes as well. The UGC is holding consultations with the vice chancellors of the state and central universities in this regard.
“This proposal would be considered in respect of other post-graduate programmes of study which are amenable to restructuring without any compromise on the quality of education,” Purandeswari said.
At present, legal education is being imparted by 913 colleges recognised by the Bar Council of India and 14 national law universities established under various state laws.
While law minister M Veerappa Moily is himself on board with the HRD minister Kapil Sibal’s idea of reviewing the legal education, he doesn’t want to take a stand without the bar council on his side.
“One of the neglected areas of legal education in the country is post-graduate studies in law and research…We are looking for the prospects for national and international collaboration in improving the standards,” said Moily.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_government-plans-to-truncate-post-grad-courses-to-one-year_1374125

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Faith in God reduces stress, says a university research

2010-04-23T10:38:00.000+05:30

Faith in God reduces stress, says a university research

Having faith in God certainly helps! Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that believing in God can reduce stress and anxiety immensely. The result, published in Psychological Science, shows distinct brain differences between believers and nonbelievers.
Assistant psychology professor Michael Inzlicht, leader of the study, used a Stroop task, a psychological test that entailed hooking up participants to electrodes that measured their brain activity. The result showed that religious people were less afraid of facing the unknown or committing mistakes, says a report published in 7th Space.
Compared to non-believers, the religious participants in the study showed significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that helps modify behaviour by signalling when attention and control are needed, usually as a result of some anxiety-producing event like making a mistake.
The stronger their religious zeal, the less their ACC fired in response to their own errors, and the fewer errors they made.
“You could think of this part of the brain like a cortical alarm bell that rings when an individual has just made a mistake or experiences uncertainty,” Inzlicht said in an interview to a health journal.
He added that religious people or even people who simply believe in the existence of God showed significantly less brain activity in relation to their own errors.
Many researchers agree that believers tend to be happier, healthier, less stressed than compared to atheists, drink and smoke less and better at creating strong marriages and family support.
Hailing this research, Beato, author of The Power of Prayer, Endurance and Truth said,” I believe my life is less stressful because my belief in God,” says Beato. “God has given me support, hope and peace of mind anytime I’ve needed it."

Source Link: http://learnhub.com/news/1009-faith-in-god-reduces-stress-says-a-university-research

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Investing in MBA programme can be risky, says a report

2010-04-23T10:35:00.000+05:30

Investing in MBA programme can be risky, says a report

If you are thinking about investing your time and money on a MBA accreditation, be very careful in selecting the institute or your investment will get wasted.
The advice follows the release of rankings by the Chinese edition of Forbes magazine on April 19th.
As per reports published in local Chinese media, the ranking was based on a survey conducted in 45 domestic B-schools and mainly focused on the feedback of students who graduated in 2005 and 2009 – people who have now been working for five years and one year, respectively.
The list was topped by China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), which has topped the list third time consecutively.
The survey also found that MBA programmes offered in various Chinese B-schools have varied greatly in the past few years. While some B- schools have fared well this time around, the performance of others have deteriorated.
Talking about the importance of making the correct choice of the institute and programme to pursue MBA, Liu Ruiming, executive editor of the Chinese edition of Forbesm said,” In the mid- and long-term, investing in an MBA or EMBA education can achieve a good return, but only for those excellent programmes.”
Quoting an example, the magazine said graduates from CEIBS realised cumulative income growth over the five years that followed of 524,000 yuan.
The income growth rate was 116.7 per cent when comparing salary before and immediately after their MBA.
On the contrary, graduates from relatively weak business schools saw no obvious rise on salary.
However, there were cases when students had not recovered even the costs of their tuitions.
The survey was conducted on the basis of return on investment after five years. It also considered the first-year starting salary for graduates and the income growth rate after graduating.

Source Link: http://learnhub.com/news/1008-investing-in-mba-programme-can-be-risky-says-a-report

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New building policy for educational institutes in Gujarat

2010-04-23T10:33:00.000+05:30

New building policy for educational institutes in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Soon, all existing or upcoming colleges and institutes for higher education running in commercial complexes or any such buildings will have to follow the new guidelines of the state government.
The government has planned to publish new General Development & Control Rules (GDCR) under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act 1976, which is likely to be called 'building regulation act' for higher education institutes.
A highly placed source said, "With the help of new GDCR, the government aims to focus on the security, safety and convenience of the students studying in higher education institutes." Under the proposed GDCR, escape routes of the education institute for emergency evacuation must be at least 3 metres. Fire escape, sunshade roofs, etc should also be provided in the institutes. The source added that the new rules will also have specific provision for the Global Floor Space Index (GFSI) which will be almost parallel to the existing norms for the township policy rates.
"The premium is likely to be between 25% and 35% as per the addition of GFSI. The maximum allowed height for the institute is likely to be 70 metres only and the built-up area is likely to be around 45% in low-rise and 30% in case of high-rise,'' said the source.
The government is also working on the new GDCR rules and policy for hospitals, hotels, malls and multiplexes.
Recently, a presentation on the proposed policy change was made before chief minister Narendra Modi.
"The urban development department is working on all these policies simultaneously and will announce the final result possibly in the next few months,'' said the source.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_new-building-policy-for-educational-institutes-in-gujarat_1373804

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Students' web design firm going great guns

2010-04-23T10:32:00.000+05:30

Students' web design firm going great guns

BELGAUM: Their story is inspirational: four enthusiastic youngsters of the Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT-Belgaum) start their own little firm, dotCord IT Solutions, helped along by the college.

dotCord, a web designing firm, is doing well for itself. Sandeep Hegde and Manoj, who are behind the start-up, worked together on a website for IEEE GIT for a competition organized by IBM. The site drew much appreciation, and slowly crystallized into work.

"We began to think that we could start a firm based on our potential. And ever since, we haven't looked back," elaborated Sandeep. They were joined by Manav and Chinmay, and also put some interns to good use.

For the students, it's both a learning and earning experience. They design websites according to the requirements of clients, on the college campus itself. GIT has helped them by setting up an IT incubation centre, which encourages such extra-curricular activities.

The students have provided web solutions for small and medium-scale corporate companies -- locals as well as outsiders -- and have successfully designed over 40 websites so far. They also have some handsome projects in hand. "Initially, it was very difficult for us to get our first client. Entrepreneurs in Belgaum were generally looking towards Bangalore and Pune for web designers," said Sandeep, in his final year.

But, all that has changed. "Many entrepreneurs liked our job and are contacting us with projects," says Sandeep. And why is their work popular? He said they prefer to provide designs which are easy to operate technically, rather than making new and tough ones.

Prof Santosh Saraf, coordinator for IT incubation centre, said these students' attitude is an inspiration to the other students of the institute. They are also developed the site of an institute, he added.

Their firm won the `Best Student Entrepreneur Award' from TiE, the world's largest organization in fostering entrepreneurship, in 2009.

Source Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Students-web-design-firm-going-great-guns/articleshow/5841388.cms

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Top body will help commerce students find the right job

2010-04-23T10:29:00.000+05:30

Top body will help commerce students find the right job

Mumbai: Are you a commerce graduate who is unable to find a job? Don’t worry. There is some help coming for you from the Indian Commerce Association.
The association is holding a talent search examination across the country to help the industry get efficient candidates.
The All India Commerce and Management Talent Search Examination, as it is called, will be held on June 6 at several centres across the country.
TA Shiware, the coordinator for the exams in Maharashtra said the scores of candidates would be sent to the industry.
“Such a move will help bridging the gap between the industry and academia,” said Shiware, also the principal of KPB Hinduja College of Commerce.
“The students will be graded according to the industrial needs. The curriculum is also framed in a different manner, by taking inputs from several courses.”
A workshop at Indore and Hyderabad was conducted to decide on the test format.
All final year undergraduates are eligible for the exams to confirm their compatibility with the industry needs.
The exam will be divided in to two parts. Part-I will include the basic knowledge of commerce and management and will carry 200 marks, whereas with 50 marks, part-II will test the candidates’ business communication and managerial skills.
Nihal Shah, a final year student from a college in Vile Parle, said, “We do not know how this particular exam will help us. Most of the commerce students are forced to take up some post-graduation course to add an extra degree to their profile to get a good job. Today just holding a BCom degree is not enough. You need an MBA or a CA in addition to your graduation. If this exam promises to land us a job immediately after graduation, then it is a welcome change.”

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_top-body-will-help-commerce-students-find-the-right-job_1374129

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Admission queries a click away

2010-04-23T10:27:00.000+05:30

Admission queries a click away

For students like Saurabh Kumavat, cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT) to secure admission in the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) comes with its share of concerns.
But, there are channels available that help students like him take a smoother test.
A similar channel is Minglebox, a dot com company that offers services like help with online admissions and counselling amongst a host of other features, all for free.
“With four years of experience we have recognised common concerns that parents and students face while seeking admission in a management school or any other discipline,” said Kavita Iyer, CEO and Co-founder, Minglebox.com.
Minglebox has features like B-school recommender — a quick way to choose options like budget, location of the school; e-CAT Prep — an online platform for CAT preparation and online App 2010 that enables students to apply to more than 100 B-schools.

Source Link: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/admission-queriesclick-away/392315/

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Group Discussion and Personal Interview is the key for success

2010-04-21T18:01:00.000+05:30

Group Discussion and Personal Interview is the key for success

Before getting admission into any higher education institute you first go through the all the requirement and qualifications needed for admission. After the completion of the graduation the students choose various field and professional courses to pursue. Some prefer to do their masters in the same field and some choose professional courses which will assure a good career in future. Students from all fields like science, arts, and commerce want to go for some MBA or PGP in management.

Taking admission in any PGP in management or MBA course in management is not an easy task. It requires some special skills for admission also. After clearing the entrance test all the students required to excel in group discussion and personal interview. Some institutes ask students to write some easy or to prepare some presentation on their future goal. Now, the question arise when aspiring candidates take admission in other professional course they are not asked to go through these kind of tough entrance test, so why these MBA institutes use such tough measures to select the candidates. These kinds of hurdles help the selection committee to judge the intelligence level of the candidate, team spirit, ability to work in group and ability to find solution for various types of problems which they need to demonstrate in real situations.

All MBA candidates required to acquire some special skills which will help them to be the good managers of the future. Apar Institute is one which inculcates all these special skills in candidates. It imparts best knowledge to its students and helps them in overall grooming. Apar institute conduct special classes for personality development and communication skills. It arranges mock GD and Interview sessions for students. The classes of group discussion evolve students and prepare them to face the masses in an effective manner. This kind of personality grooming classes helps them to be a good speaker, so that they can express their selves well in public. Students suppose to prepare different kind of presentation on various topics.

The faculty and personality development experts always try to sharpen the skills of the students, so that they will be fully prepared if they face any kind of problem in real world. The students are given various case studies to learn from them and understand the complexities of the professional world. If any firm hires some candidate then they expect that the candidate will surely prove helpful in the growth of the company, manage the team well and always be ready to face the challenges of the sector. The faculty always keeps all these points in mind while imparting classes. Faculty always makes sure that the students should be groomed overall, so that they prove their metal in all situations. The motto of the Institute and the Director of the institute is to deliver the best education to all the students in every aspect. The director Mr. R. K. Jain understands the importance of personality development and public speaking which is really important for MBA candidates. He believes if a students is clear with his/her thoughts it will be not difficult for him/her to make other’s understand his/her point which is really needed in professional world.

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Facilities at Apar

2010-04-21T14:34:00.000+05:30

Facilities at Apar

Apar Advantage
Taking an admission at Apar India and pursuing a professional course on a regular pattern would entitle the students for triple certification – a UGC recognized university degree from SMU, industry oriented autonomous Diploma provided by Apar India and certificates for job-oriented courses. All these are being provided to the students without charging any tuition fees. Only the University fee is payable.
Instructional Methodology
• Classroom Teaching
• Industrial Visits
• Case Study
• Seminars
• Group Discussions
• Presentations
• Role Plays
• Projects and Assignments
• Mock Sessions
• Personality Development Programs
• Interview Training
• Summer Training
• Ethics & Moral Values Training Program Infrastructure • Well-ventilated and well-lit classrooms
• AC Classrooms equipped with audio/video facilities, & LCD projector.
• State-of-art computer labs connected through LAN.
• A/c seminar Hall for all the extra curricular activities
• Comprehensive Library, which has a wide collection of reference books, related to different subjects.

Hostel Facilities

Separate hostel/ PG accommodation facilities are available for boys and girls. As a matter of fact, even to this date we have students who have come from as far as Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, U.P. Varanasi, Aligarh, Meerut, Calcutta, Thailand, Abu Dhabi etc to name a few. We have been providing lodging facilities to these students and serve as local guardians to these students.

Career Guidance
The Institute has a full-fledged Training & Placement Cell. The Cell is actively involved in continuously studying the market forces. A vibrant placement cell provides the necessary linkage between the students and the Industry. We also counsel our students for better career prospects.

The placement cell conducts
• Training In Soft skills
• Training In Group Discussions,
Interview skills
• Campus Interviews
• Job Fairs
• Getting Resumes rectified

Some of the Aparians are placed in companies like GAIL, Mother Dairy, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, IBM, Birla Soft, MTNL, HDFC Bank Ltd., Indian Air Force, Eureka Forbes and Seimens etc.

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About the Founder of APAR

2010-04-21T14:29:00.000+05:30

About the Founder of APAR

Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, a renowned social activist, philanthropist, educationist and a President of India Awardee. He has been associated with different acts of social upliftment, Health awareness, Environment protection and many other activities in various other fields for the past 25 years.

He believes in working round the clock for the betterment of mankind.

He has a multifaceted personality who not only thinks for the improvement of the mankind but also acts and gets the things moving.

Profile
Writer & Journalist
• Jounalist - Punjab Kesari, the largest circulated Hindi Daily in India.
• Hony. Judge with Lok Adalat,
• Editor of Braham Gyan – a book on spiritual life which was presented personally to the President of India Prime, Minister of India, Dy, Prime Minister of India and many Cabinet Ministers of India.
• Regular Contribution in many weekly newspapers.
Awards & Honours
“President of India Award” – Presented by the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan “Sewa Rattan” “Samaj Rattan Sight Ambassador etc. dozens of awards presented by Union Ministers, Governors, Chief Minister of Delhi, Famous Film personalities etc for working in the field of Blood donation, Eye Donation, Handicapped & service to the Humanity.
Guest Speaker

At Seminars, Workshops, Debates etc. organized by National & International organizations and colleges.
Association With
Lions Club International since 1980 and worked in the different capacities such as Club President, Chairman, Addl. Cabinet Secretary etc.
Bharat Vikas Parishad

An International Organisation of repute having more than 1000 branches in India & and 14 other countries. Governor of Jharkhand State Justice Rama Jois (Former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana Court) is the National President. Top functionary of India are associated with this organization such as Union cabinet Minister of India Mr. Jag Mohan, Former Director of CBI S. Joginder Singh, International Jurist Dr. L. M. Singhvi M. P. (Former High Commissioner of India in England) Justice H. R. Khanna, (Former Judge of Supreme Court of India) Justice J. V.Gupta (former Chief Justice of High Court) At Present I am working as state Vice President and associated with the organization for the last 16 Years.
Bhartiya Yog Sansthan
Associated with Bhartiya Yog Sansthan for the last 22 years – Worked as President of - Shalimar Bagh & Rohini Zone and now the spokesperson of the all India organization working for the last 35 years in the field of Yoga & Health having many branches in different countries of the world.
Social Commitments

Associated with scores many social organizations such as Indian Red Cross Society, Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh, Indian Federation of United Nations Association, D.D.A. Parks Advisory Committee (Appointed by the Delhi Development Authority, a central Government Organisation), The Engineers club (Regd), A regd. body of Engineers of India, Rohini Resident’s Welfare Federation

• Founder Director - Hukum Chand Dharmarth Physiotherapy & Medical Centre

• Founder Gen. Secretary - Bhagwan Mahavir Dharmarth Medical Centre

• Patron - Bhartiya Natren Heen Kalyan Parishad (NGO working For the welfare of Blind & Handicapped and running a Blind girls hostel)

- School for the Handicapped, special school for Deaf & Dumb Boys & Girls

• Patron - Hindu Parve Samaroh Samiti (Regd)

• Life member - Guru Teg Bahadur Foundation

• General Secretary - Shri S.S Jain Sabha Sec-8 Rohini

- Bhagwan Mahavir Sewa Sansthan (Regd)

• Zonal Secretary- - Delhi Jain Mahasang

• Convenor - Aggarwal Sabha Rohini (Regd)

- Rohini Dharmik Sabha (regd)

- All India S.S Jain Conference
Contribution Towards Society
WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION
Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, floated the concept of providing free professional education and thus, established Apar India. It facilitates students who want to pursue professional education but are unable to do so due to limited availability of seats in the Government Institutions and exorbitant fees charged by renowned private Institutions. Through the Institute we are catering to those students who have been denied the opportunity of Higher Education due to limited availability of seats in prestigious Colleges or due to inability to pay the exorbitant fees that are charged by Private Professional Institutions. He also said that Apar India has come up with a unique idea of giving free full time classes to all, along with job oriented certificate courses such as Foreign Language, Communication Skills, Personality Development, Hardware & Networking and Financial Accounting etc, which would prepare the students for the present job market. Though Apar is providing free professional education and training to its students, but it never compromises with the quality of education that is imparted to its students and maintains International standards, as is obvious by the ISO 9001:2000 certification being awarded to the Institute. The Institute is also functional in instilling the core values of honesty, Integrity, sincerity, loyalty and a sense of responsibility towards the Nation through the motto of “Shiksha” “Sanskaar” & “Sewa”.

WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF HANDICAPPED
• BLIND: Mr. Jain has been involved with Bhartiya Netraheen Kalyan Parishad helping the blind time and again by distributing the White Sticks that are the guiding factors for the blind.
• Mr. Jain has been conferred with the Abhinandan Patra for his outstanding ontribution in eye donation project, which was organized by Venu Charitable Society. He is the SIGHT AMBASSADOR for donation of eyes.
• DEAF & DUMB: He has constructed a building for the Deaf and Dumb School to assist the deaf and dumb.

• HANDICAPPED: Tricycles, Artificial Limbs, have by distributed regularly to the needy by Mr. Jain.
• Mr. Jain has organized many cultural functions for the handicapped, which serves as the podium for the projection of the inner talents of the otherwise handicapped children.

WORK IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AWARENESS
• PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC: Mr. Jain has established Physiotherapy clinic whereby people are given treatment free of cost for the last ten years.

• HEALTH CAMPS: From time to time Mr. Jain has organized free check-up camps for heart, eye and ENT.

• BLOOD DONATION CAMPS: In association with Bharat Vikas Parishad, Mr. Jain has been actively involved in organizing blood donation camps at regular intervals.

• ASSOCIATED WITH YOG SANSTHAN FOR THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT OF MANKIND: He has been associated for 25 years with the Bharatiya Yog Sansthan and has constructed a massive ashram in Rohini in 6000 sq. mt. Allotted by DDA and the services are free.
WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT & POLLUTION
• Working as a Chairman of DDA Parks Advisory Committee, Mr. Jain has worked actively for the protection of Environment and Keeping the environment green and clean. Working towards this goal Mr. Jain has planted thousands of saplings in parks adopted and developed many parks with the help of DDA & MCD authorities

• Has organized many seminars in the Schools of Delhi to educate the students regarding the harmful effects of using polythene bags and has motivated the students to quit the usage of polythene bags.
WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF ELIMINATING SOCIAL EVILS

• CRUSADE AGAINST FEMALE FEOTECIDE: Mr. Jain was the Chairman of the Organising Committee which organized a seminar to create awareness against the female feotecide to eliminate the gender bias that is prevalent in India. The seminar was held at Constitution Club and eminent personality like Sahib Singh Verma, Sadhvi Rithambara, Mridula Sinha and many other personalities were present at the meeting and expressed their views on this evil.
WORK DONE AT THE TIME OF NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
• IN THE WAKE OF GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE Mr. Raj Kumar Jain who is the Chairman of Lion’s Club along with other members of the Lion’s Club collected cash and other materials which was sent across to assist those in need.

• At the time of Kargil War Mr. Jain along with the other members of Bhartiya Vikas Parishad organized blood donation camps for the benefit of the soldiers fighting for the country at the borders.
• He also awarded 1 lakh each to the widows of the martyrs of the Kargil war.

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Book fair in Mumbai - A mecca for book lovers

2010-04-21T12:14:00.000+05:30

Book fair in Mumbai - A mecca for book lovers

Mumbai: The initial response to the ongoing book fair organised by Ashish Book Centre at Sunder Bai Hall, New Marine Lines, clearly indicates that Mumbai has no shortage of book aficionados.

With more than 2 lakh popular titles available under one roof at an 85% discount, it's appears to be the perfect place to stockpile books for the summer.
For instance, the India - Travel Guide (Lonely Planet) usually sold at Rs1,500 can be availed at a discounted price Rs500.

Worldwide best sellers and excellent works of reputed authors - reputed titles, which are normally priced at Rs500 and above, can be obtained here for just Rs50 and Rs100.

A comprehensive range of encyclopedias is also available at amazing discounts during the book fair, which is being held up to May 3, 2010 from 9.30 am. to 8.30 pm.
Book lovers can choose from a wide range of categories and subjects including advertising, architecture, art, beauty, cookery, computers, fashion, fiction, non-fiction, health, history, management, photography, sports, textiles, travels, and more.

There's also an extensive collection of children's books to keep youngsters occupied.

Damji Nishar, proprietor, Ashish Book Centre, who has been in the business for a decade, organising this exhibition at the same venue since the past several years, revealed that on the first day of the exhibition, he received feedback from more than 3,000 readers.

Five thousand plus books were sold on day one itself and the crowds increased substantially on weekends.

"These days, people are more health conscious, as the result of which most of books on health related topics are expected to be sold. There are more than 1 lakh books in each category. This exhibition is ideal for parents as the lowest prices enable them to buy many more of their children's favourite books in the minimum budget, thus enhancing intellectual potential and adding to happiness. It's a not to be missed opportunity to avail other great books at unimaginable prices. You can find a never before collection of books here at a never before price," he pointed out.
According to him, it is heart warming to see a generation hooked on the Internet, movies and television reaching out for books in both, fiction and non-fiction categories.

Instead of waiting to see the film version of a popular novel, a rising number of Mumbaikars have begun to buy, read and discuss the novel itself. Quality is another factor pulling in the crowds.

"Our book fairs at Sunderbai Hall have been rousing successes because people want to get the original book instead of a pirated copy. It takes a well-planned and equally well-executed fair with hefty discounts on popular books that are currently still on the top reading lists, to really pull in the serious book aficionados," he emphasised.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_book-fair-in-mumbai-a-mecca-for-book-lovers_1373337

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50% decline in Indian students opting for studies in Australia

2010-04-21T12:13:00.000+05:30

50% decline in Indian students opting for studies in Australia

Chennai: Australia today said though Indian students opting for studies there has declined by 50% this year, but it is confident of "rebuilding the numbers" in the coming years.

"Statistics show a decline of around 50% at the current numbers. We are confident that in the longer term, we can rebuild the numbers," Australian high commissioner to India Peter Varghese told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in Chennai.
"There is also reduction in number of international students coming to Australia. This is something to do with global economic environment and strengthening of the Australian dollar," he said.

On attacks on Indian students in Australia, Varghese said both the countries are engaged in constructive dialogue to resolve the issue.

Australia has taken many steps like increasing police resources and changing legislation to give police greater powers to tackle the problem, he said.
He pointed out that sentences given by courts in some cases were very strong and severe. "We have arrested over 70 persons involved in attacks and they are being dealt with," he said.

"Majority of international students in Australia, including Indian students, have a safe, positive and enjoyable experience in the country," Varghese claimed.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_50pct-decline-in-indian-students-opting-for-studies-in-australia_1373211

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Temping tempting for fresh MBAs

2010-04-21T12:11:00.000+05:30

Temping tempting for fresh MBAs

Mumbai: Campuses might be brimming with placements, but MBA student Ronak Solanki wasn’t lucky enough to find a job. Very few companies visited his institute in Mysore.

As he scouted all around Mysore and Bangalore for a decent job, his friend Arun Kumar, an engineering student, suggested an alternative with a temporary staffing firm in Bangalore.

Kumar knew that some temporary staffing firms were hiring. If they join the firms, Kumar and Solanki will work on project basis for IT, retail, and insurance companies, but will be on the payrolls of the staffing firms as temps.
The temp jobs will not only provide them with a salary of Rs8,000-10,000 per month and work experience, but also flexibility and exposure to different organisational cultures and processes.

Though recruitment across MBA and engineering campuses this year has been better compared to last year, students from tier II and III institutes are finding it tough to get jobs.

Hence, students like Solanki and Kumar are exploring options like temping, which sometime ago was not given much thought.

E Balaji, CEO of Chennai-based human resource solutions firm Ma Foi Management Consultants, says that earlier, job seekers had a strong preference for being on the payrolls of companiesthey would be working for. “But that attitude is gradually changing with people ready to join temping companies.”

Sometime ago, mostly arts, commerce or science graduates would join temping firms, but now engineering graduates and MBAs are joining as well, says Rajesh AR, vice-president of Bangalore-based staffing firm TeamLease Services.

Human resource consultant Anish Laikar says companies look for temps for functions like finance, administration, accounts, sales and data processing.
Starting salaries in temping can range from Rs6,000 in retail to Rs8,000-12,000 in insurance, IT and financial services.

Temping companies are seeing demand from India Inc surging by approximately 12% quarter on quarter. “We are witnessing growth. Hence we should be adding 10,000 temps per quarter,” says Sudhakar Balakrishnan, managing director of Adecco India, a Bangalore-based firm with 81,000 temps.

Rajesh says TeamLease would be looking at adding 2,000 temps per month to their current strength of 65,000.

Experts say the demand for temps is growing, as temping allows companies to save 10-15% of their manpower costs in areas like pensions, insurance, healthcare expenses and provident fund.

Moreover, for short-term projects, like the marketing of a new product, companies prefer having temps rather than adding more people to their payrolls.

“Moreover, in scenarios like these, where recovery is still slow, companies would prefer not to add to their manpower costs,” Rajesh says. “Thus, they would go for temps.”

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_temping-tempting-for-fresh-mbas_1373736

Doors closed for ‘profit-oriented’ universities in India

2010-04-21T12:10:00.000+05:30

Doors closed for ‘profit-oriented’ universities in India

Despite the Foreign Education Bill being passed in India, the University of Phoenix, the aggressively expanding Monash University of Australia, or Britain’s first private company-university BPP College of Professional Studies would not be permitted to set foot in the country. This is because India plans to shut its doors to the world’s public and private universities that operate for profit.
This has been mentioned by the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry in the in the third restrictive clause of the Foreign Education Providers’ Bill. The other two conditions include forbidding foreign universities from repatriating funds to their home country and setting up a minimum corpus of US $11 million.
“We are not going to permit every foreign university to come in. For one, universities listed on any stock market as well as for-profit universities would not be allowed to set up campuses in India,” a senior official in the HRD ministry told a leading daily.
Though the Cabinet has approved the bill, it is still not clear in what form are the universities planning to come to India. Some have only so far declared to setting up a research centre or starting joint programme, but so far there have been no talks of building up a campus in India.

“Not allowing for-profit colleges and universities would narrow the scope of institutes that can come in, but they are clearly in the education sector for financial gain and we are not very comfortable in allowing such players,” added the HRD official.

Experts around the world say it’s difficult to separate the for-profit universities from the private ones in countries where government supervision is unclear. Also there is no specific count of such universities so far.
“How do you differentiate the not-for-profit from the under-the-table for-profit institutes? And India should know this is a tough zone,” said Philip Altbach, director of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College.

Source Link: http://learnhub.com/news/1003-doors-closed-for-%27profit-oriented%27-universities-in-india

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Living life the yoga way

2010-04-21T08:18:00.000+05:30

Living life the yoga way

LOOKING from within, living within and growing within’ are the main essence of life which can be achieved through Yoga, Also to become a good human being one needs to devloep confidence, cheerfulness, correct body posture, concentration power which also contribute to the psychological growth of human being. This was the observation made during a workshop ‘Human Qualities Development’ organized by Apar India Institute of Management & Technology, Sector-8, Rohini in association with Bhartiya Yog Sansthan Research Institute, Sector-3, Rohini. The founder of Sansthan Prakash Lal and Yogacharya Rishi Ram Sharma were the key speakers who said that with the growth of inner self and consciousness one can learn to cope up with various internal and external stresses, Speaking on the occasion, Raj Kumar Jain, Chairman of Apar India said their motto is not only to make students good professionals but also a good human being. With this objective in mind, such events are organized for the students. The students also participated in Yoga exercises meant for concentration.

Source: The Times of India, New Delhi,4 Saturday, September 14, 2002

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APAR INDIA – A MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE IMPARTING RIGOROUS TRAINING TO FUTURE MANAGERS

2010-04-21T08:14:00.000+05:30

APAR INDIA – A MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE IMPARTING RIGOROUS TRAINING TO FUTURE MANAGERS

Apar India Institute of Management and Technology, is a premier Institute in Management. Situated in the heart of North Delhi, easily accessible by metro and bus. The word “Excellence” and Apar India has become synonyms over the years due to the efforts of the sincere and dedicated staff members under the able guidance of Mr. R. K. No. Jain, the Chairman of Apar India, also a well-known social worker and educationist.
The Institute offers various under graduate and post graduate courses in the field of Management, Information Technology and Journalism like MBA, MBA-IT, MCA, MSC-Computer , MA in Journalism and Mass Communication, BBA, BCA, BScIT, BA-JM affiliated with Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), which is a State Government University. The SMU was set up in partnership between the Manipal Education and Medical Group (which is having an experience of more than 50 years in the field of Education) and the Government of Sikkim with the objective of offering quality education and is recognized by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the University Grants Commission. The SMU Degree Diploma/ Certificates are recognized and are at par with Degrees/ Diploma certificates of all the Indian University.
With the strong belief in the motto of Shiksha, Sanskaar and Seva, Mr. R. K. Jain has been progressively working towards creating not only a professional out of each student but also a good human being and citizen.
He also earnestly feels that there is no dearth of good jobs in the market but the shortage lies in multi-skilled professionals. It is with this objective in mind to produce multi-skilled professionals that Apar India not only provide various Degree courses but also organize Personality Development classes, Group Discussions, English conversation classes to groom the future Mangers. The Institute also arranges Industrial Visits for the management students, which serves to provide first hand knowledge to the students about the processes involved right from the level of procurement of raw material till the stage of completion of the end product keeping in mind various quality standards.
The main aim of Apar India is to provide the students with stimulating and learning friendly atmosphere to utilize higher level of their intellectual capacity and meet the desired needs of the dynamic world and serve the society. Special classes are being held for working executives on Sundays.
On the Campus Interviews and placements, highly dedicated, experienced and sincere staff, library and reading room facilities are the other unique strength of Apar India that sets it apart from other study centers.

Source : Competition Success review, March 2005

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Workshop on Personality development

2010-04-21T08:13:00.000+05:30

Workshop on Personality development

PERSONALITY helps a person in succeeding in personal and professional life. And, to have a good personality a balance needs to be maintained between physical, mental, social, spiritual and cultural development of a human being. These were the key words of experts during the personality development workshop organized last week at Apar India Institute of Management and Technology, Sector-8 Rohini. A large number of students were oriented on the issue by noted educationist, Raj Kumar Jain, chairman of the institute, Rita Gangwani, Ex Lt. and convenor of the workshop and Gayatri Subramaniam, Deputy.

Director of the institute. Addressing the students, Gangwani said that even the corporatorte world understands the importance of social values and expects them in their employees. She said human beings are like buildings having qualities like empathy, positive attitude, etiquettes, trustworthiness etc. and imbalance in one of these will effect the entire building. Subramaniam enlightened the students on the courses being offered by their institute and the facilities available.

Source :2 Saturday April 23, 2005,The Times of India New Delhi

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Career guidance at APAR

2010-04-20T12:35:00.000+05:30

Career guidance at APAR

Apar India Institute of Management and Technology organized a career counseling session for students who were not able to secure admissions in courses of their choices in this academic year. The session also included a brief about the various UG and PG courses offered by Sikkim Manipal University. Speaking on the occasion journalist Mr. Raj Kumar Jain said, “Students are looking out for a good course with all the essential elements that will mould them into hardcore professionals.”

Source: HT Horizons 4, August 2004

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Apar India

2010-04-20T12:33:00.000+05:30

Apar India

A premier Management Institute established with a noble cause of imparting quality education in the literal sense of giving theoretical and practical knowledge along with other value added skills that are sought out by the various companies in the individuals seeking jobs. Apar India is now catering to almost 500 students of Sikkim Manipal University under the able guidance of Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, a renowned educationist and social activist who strongly believes in the dictum that youth are the building blocks of the Nation and once we are able to instill the values of “ Shiksha”, “Sanskar” and “Seva” in the youth, the future of the Nation will be very secure and bright. The Institute is offering post graduate and under graduate courses in the fields of Management, technology and Journalism like MBA(with Dual Specialization), MBA(IT), MBA(BPO), MCA, BBA, BCA, BSc. It, BA-JM.
Sikkim Manipal University is a State Government University recognized by the UGC and Union Ministy of Human Resource Development. The Institute is known for its constellation of distinguished Academic Luminaries like, Gayatri Subrmaniam Dy. Director, Apar India and an eminent corporate trainer(YWCA faculty). Porf. Anupma Keshava, M.Tech.,(HOD IT Dept.), Dr. R.K.Goyal Ph.D (Ex IIT Professor) and Ex. Lt. Rita Gangwani, Image Architect, Wing Commander S.K.Sharma, Sq Leader(Dr.) J.P. Singh, K.C. Jain (Ex. Executive Director HUDCO) and international faculty such as Dr. Veena Upadhyay, Ph.D MBA. Gold Medalist (Ex. Prof. Strathclyde University, UK), Prof. A.K Das. Double MBA. Apart from the classes being offered on a regular five day a week basis, Apar India organizes Sunday classes for the working professionals. The students can also take the advantage of VSAT technology, which delivers interactive live classes through satellite being conducted at the studio of Manipal and Bombay by eminent faculties. Workshops, Seminars, Personality Development and Communication skills classes forms a regular feature of course curriculum of the student. The Institute also arranges Industrial visits for the students, which enables them to acquire practical knowledge.

Source: HT Live New Delhi, 15, March, 2005

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Skills for being a relationship manager

2010-04-19T14:39:00.000+05:30

Skills for being a relationship manager

Swati Gandhi had always wanted to join the banking sector. “When I was in Class XI, I was fascinated with the work profile of bankers, and was impressed by the respect they get from their customers,” says this relationship manager (RM) with Axis Bank.
Gandhi, who joined the bank 10 months ago, after completing her MBA (finance), feels that the job is giving her everything she ever wanted. “I started off as an NRI RM and was also handling forex. It’s interesting being an RM as you get to meet a lot of people. You are part of the chain that makes and maintains relationships with the customers on behalf of the bank,” she says.

What Gandhi likes about her job is that her profile is very well defined. “As an RM you have to do field as well as desk work, which gives you a taste of both the worlds. Because of this, the growth prospects here are tremendous,” she says.
Different banks have different profiles for RMs. However, some of the common profiles are: If you are an acquisition manager, you have to acquire clients and focus on fieldwork to get business for your branch. As a service relationship manager, you have to sit in office and resolve the problems that the customers of your branch have. You also try to sell the bank’s products and services to the customers — new or old.

Another benefit of working for a bank is that promotions are frequent. If your performance is good, then you can be promoted from the post of RM to that of a manager in two to three years.

“It is a performance-driven field. If someone comes to you with a problem, then you should have the capability to solve it within a specific time period or else explain to the customers the various ways in which or s/he can get it solved,” says Gandhi.
With promotions come salary hikes. Then you get incentives on completion of targets, which is in excess of your monthly salary or cost to company (CTC).

The toughest part of the job is that you have to have loads of patience. You might encounter impatient/angry customers — some of them might have high expectations when it comes to service delivery and will demand quick solutions to problems. “If you give them a good hearing and manage to placate them, or solve their problems, then you can be sure you have won their loyalty for your bank. This is the time when your mental capabilities are tried and tested,” says Surinder Khanna, RM with a reputable bank in Delhi. “Fitness also counts as you may have to spend a lot of time out in the field. Building a rapport with your customer is important as you might have to meet him or her again and again,” says Surinder.

What’s it about?
Relationship managers or RMs look after the administration of a bank branch. They also look after the direct sales associates (DSA) and direct sales team (DST). Checking files, forming DSA teams, training people, making DSAs aware of various policies of the bank, creating relationships with customers are some responsibilities that RMs share. They also take feedback about DSAs and DSTs from customers. They have to ensure that a bank’s services are topnotch, making a customer feel safe and pampered
Clock Work
8:30 am: Leave home
9:30 am: Reach office
10 am: Brief DSAs and DSTs; fix targets for the day
11 am: Check files (loan), check CASA files (current account, saving account)
11:30 am: Process files
12 pm: Check Credit Investigation Bureau of India Limited (CIBIL) rating
1:30 pm: lunch
2:30 pm: Follow up on the credit team files
4-6 pm: Check files for the day, taking reports from DSAs and DSTs
6:30 pm: Leave office
The Payoff
. Relationship Manager: Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 a month
. Branch Manager: Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month
. District Manager: Rs 55,000 to Rs 65,000 a month
. Regional Manager (AVP): Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh a month
. VP (North, East, West, South): Sky is the limit
Skills
. Good administrative skills
. Good communication and presentation skills
. Sound knowledge of product
. Networking capabilities
. Good at strategising

How do i get there?
Taking up maths or commerce at the plus-two level helps. A BBA degree at the graduation level will make it easy for you to handle the job. Some banks promote executives to RM, some directly recruit MBA freshers for the post of RM. However, many banks will only take candidates with an MBA degree
Pros & cons
. Money is good in this profession
. Good work culture
. You get to interact with interesting people/customers
. Long working hours
. Stressful job

Source Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/hthorizons/hthorizonssectionpage-greatcareers/Skills-for-being-a-relationship-manager/SP-Article1-527646.aspx

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Sikkim University gets its first Vice-Chancellor

2010-04-19T14:38:00.000+05:30

Sikkim University gets its first Vice-Chancellor

Sikkim: Prof. Mahendra P. Lama of the School of International Studies, JNU, at the Centre for South, Central, South East Asian & South West Pacific Studies, has assumed the office of the first Vice Chancellor ofSikkim University. The Central Government also notified the coming into force the Sikkim University Act, 2006 (10 of 2007).
Sikkim University would be the 23rd Central University established by an Act of Parliament. With the coming into force of the Sikkim University Act, the North Eastern region of the country now has at least one Central University in each State, thereby delivering on the commitment of the Central Government to remove disparities in access to higher education and addresses the issue of regional imbalances thereto.
While the university being autonomous would chalk out its own plan of action and developmental design in respect of faculties and disciplines, it is expected that theuniversity would also reflect the unique ambience of Sikkim.
Prof. Mahendra P. Lama is an authority on political economy and has been associated with policy research in the specific context of South Asia.
Many of his research publications have been major policy inputs for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
He has a large number of publications to his credit and has been an active researcher at the JNU.
Prof. Lama is also one of the few authorities on Sikkim having piloted the publication of the first ever Human Development Report of the State in 2001 and was also instrumental in completing the first ever Economic Survey of the State recently.

Source Link: http://indiaedunews.net/Sikkim/Sikkim_University_gets_its_first_Vice-Chancellor_1513/

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Sibal asks IIMs not to hike fees

2010-04-19T14:37:00.000+05:30

Sibal asks IIMs not to hike fees

BAGALORE: Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has asked the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) not to hike the fees.

While interacting with the Chairman of the board of directors of the nine IIMs, Sibal said that the fee for the IIMs' flagship Post-Graduate Management Programme hurt the students coming from middle class families.

He opined that governance issues are a 'roadblock' in efficient functioning of IIMs and to chalk out a multi-pronged strategy on improving governance, enhancing resource generation.

"So IIMs, we believe, should be sourcing money from outside, from those who have passed through the system, - the alumni, sourcing money from business community, from industry. And how that is to be done, another loop has been setup to tell that," said Sibal.

"It is very difficult for academics to do this. We need some professional institutional management, how this is to be done. We have the strategy and look what should be done in near future," he added.

IIM-Ahmedabad, the top ranked of the nine IIMs, has hiked the fee sharply for the two-year course, from Rs 1.25 million to Rs 1.37 million.

The fee was hiked after the IIMs raised the intake, due to implementation of the Other Backward Class (OBC) quota.

Source Link: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/education/Sibal-asks-IIMs-not-to-hike-fees/articleshow/5828502.cms

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President Patil talks environment at Sikkim University

2010-04-19T14:36:00.000+05:30

President Patil talks environment at Sikkim University

Gangtok: President Pratibha Patil spoke at the first convocation of the Sikkim University on Friday and spoke about how all academic subjects today have become intertwined with each other and studies have become multi-disciplinary.

Ms. Patil spoke at length about how the modern curriculum involved global discourses such as climate change, food security, diseases, and economic development, etc and that she was glad that students in the university were allowed to choose their subjects from various disciplines.

She stated that the Indian youth that graduated from universities must learn to work towards the economic betterment of our country, adding that our nation had already become a major emerging economy.

Showing concern for the decreasing numbers of rare plants in Sikkim, Ms. Patil said that as the year 2010 had already been designated the "International Year of Biodiversity", now would be a good opportunity to create a genetic garden within theuniversity comprising of rare and endangered species of plants. "This would help in spreading awareness about the large biological diversity that is found inSikkim," she said

Vice Chancellor of Sikkim University, Mahendra P. Lama, presented the university's progress report and spoke about the initiative taken up by the university to eradicate all forms of traditional systems of learning.

He also said that parents of students in Sikkim preferred sending their children to Indian metropolitans such as Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore for higher education and the university was working towards changing that attitude.

Other guests that were present on the occasion included West Bengal Governor and interim Governor of Sikkim M.K. Narayanan and Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan

Source Link: http://www.indiaedunews.net/Sikkim/President_Patil_talks_environment_at_Sikkim_University_11350/

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APAR India College: Imparting high quality education at no Tuition fee

2010-04-16T16:08:00.000+05:30

APAR India College: Imparting high quality education at no Tuition fee

Can you believe that a Higher Education Institution can give high quality education with all facilities FREE OF COST. It is difficult to believe, but Apar India College is doing just that for the past 10 years. Apar India College is the dream project of Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, a President of India Awardee. His main dream is to deliver the best education to all those students who really want to excel in life. His belief is that no one should loose a chance to study due to lack of funds, he wants to make higher education within the reach of every student. To fulfill the dreams of all aspiring candidate he started this College. APAR has two campuses in Delhi, one in Dwarka and the other one at Rohini offering courses like MBA, BBA, MCA, BCA, BSc.IT, MAJM, BAJM. The Degrees are awarded by Sikkim Manipal University which is a State University recognized by UGC, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

If you are thinking that since the education is free of cost, it should be running on Government funds with facilities like government schools, then you are wrong.

Some of the basic facilities available at APAR are
• State of the art infrastructure
• Air conditioned classrooms
• Highly qualified and Experienced faculty
• Class room teaching using LCD and Laptops
• Value added job oriented courses
• Industrial visits
• Foreign language and English conversation classes
• Seminars and Group discussions by industrial experts
• Role Plays and Presentations
• Personality Development Programs
• Ethics and Moral Values training programs
• Mock Interview sessions
• Industrial Training
• Campus Placement

All this is offered due to unconditional support given by philanthropists like Mr. R. K. Jain who wants to contribute back to society. Apar India’s Board of Directors have many distinguished names who are ready to provide support and guidance to Apar India to make its journey successful, leading India to next century.

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Apar India -An Institution Of Excellence In Business Education

2010-04-16T16:03:00.000+05:30

Apar India- An Institution Of Excellence In Business Education

The founder of Apar India, Mr. Raj Kumar Jain has started a new age Gurukul namely “Apar India College of Management and Technology” , at Dwarka & Rohini with the purpose of providing quality education to aspiring youngsters. The aim of the College is to educate & train future managers by providing free professional education to all those who are not able to take admission in renowned private & government institutions due to exorbitant fees & limited seats. This pioneering initiative of setting up a college working in a unique manner has been done with a sole intention of developing the capabilities of Management & Entrepreneurship among aspirants so that they can achieve their corporate goals, and thus set a target for others to emulate. While sharing views with CNN, Mr. Raj Kumar Jain highlighted his views on education and circulated the idea of providing valuable professional education at low cost but on high values. The college has an alumni base of more than 5000 students working in various Government & Multi National Companies.

Apar India offers professional courses in the field of Management, Information Technology, and Journalism like MBA, BBA, MCA, BCA, BSc.IT, MAJM, BAJM through Sikkim Manipal University which is a State University recognized by UGC, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. The college conducts regular classes without charging any tuition fees. The working professionals can pursue their higher studies without taking long breaks from their work by attending classes on Sundays. Apar India has focused on training management aspirants to make them future managers of multinational companies coming in various sectors. Students from Bombay, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Agra, Bihar, Ranchi, Kerala, Kashmir, Nagaland, Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, Abu Dhabi etc have enrolled themselves in various courses.

Why Apar India?
• Regular and Weekend classes
• State of the art infrastructure
• Air conditioned classrooms
• Highly qualified and Experienced faculty
• Class room teaching using LCD and Laptops
• Value added job oriented courses
• Industrial visits
• Seminars and Group discussions by industrial experts
• Role Plays and Presentations
• Mock Interview sessions
• Industrial Training
• Campus Placements
The effectiveness of an Institution depends on their ability to provide the students with the conducive environment for learning. Apar India has a good infrastructure equipped with air-conditioned lecture theatres, classrooms, seminar halls, an auditorium along with audio/video facilities, LCD projector, vast Computer labs, well-stocked library with a rich collection of reference books of various subjects.

The placement cell conducts various training programs in soft skills, Group Discussions, Interview skills, Campus Interviews to develop students personality and awareness as per industry requirement. Some of the aspirants are in demand at various big companies like GAIL, Mother Dairy, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, IBM, Birla Soft, MTNL, HDFC Bank Ltd., Indian Air Force, Eureka Forbes and Seimens etc.

Apar India has achieved a desirable reputation in the field of Management & Technology education. The mission of the College is to groom Management aspirants by setting up new standards of excellence in business education

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B-schools see 40% jump in job offers from FMCG firms

2010-04-16T10:49:00.001+05:30

B-schools see 40% jump in job offers from FMCG firms

The booming recruitment environment that B-schools experienced in 2007 could be back on the campuses next year as the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is planning around 40 per cent increase in the number of pre-placement offers (PPOs).
The Indian FMCG companies, especially those expanding their portfolio at a rather fast pace, like Godrej India, are bullish about PPOs this year and claim to be targeting an increase of 40-50 per cent in recruitment.
“We prefer the PPO route as the quality of understanding of the employee is far more as they spend two months in the summer just understanding the company. We are also able to tell whether a student will be suited to the job profile. Besides, the final placement time in the colleges is quite chaotic,” said Sumit Mitra, executive vice-President (HR), Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL).
Companies like Cadbury has already made a Rs 1-lakh offer for a two-month internship to a management graduate from Mumbai-based National Institute of Industrial Engineering. Management students are at present undergoing summer internship at various companies. Post the internship, these companies make job offers to the students, which are called PPOs.
“There will be an increase of more than 20 per cent of the number of offers we plan to give out this year to students from all the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Symbiosis, SP Jain, among others. PPOs to us are important in order to create a talent pipeline,” added Mitra.
FMCG majors say though there had been a slight slowdown in the number of students who opted for a placement in their sector due to the entry of various other options, including global financial consultancies, the number of students employed in the consumer market was still strong.
Industry experts say this year’s pre-placements are important as these PPOs would be given out post a relatively recession-free economy. Also, with more than 15 per cent of the students from the top 20 B-schools being employed in the FMCG sector, it became a tough situation when recruitment was on a downturn. “The consumer sector by and large has been a key recruiter for B-schools for a while now and it certainly creates headroom for more employment opportunities,” said a senior sector analyst.
Besides, it is not just the Indian players who are reaping benefits of recruitment in FMCG. International players such as PepsiCo have a lot to be happy about this year. “Our India sales have seen an upturn in the past few years and as a result we will increase our PPOs by 50 per cent as compared to the past few years. This year alone though, we are looking at an increase in PPOs offered by 20 per cent. The reason for this increase is high expected growth in the coming years,” said Nagina Singh, head-staffing, PepsiCo India.
For starters, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are seeing the old campus favourites like ITC, Kelloggs, PepsiCo, Marico, Amul and Britannia back on summer recruitment drive. “Most FMCG firms are preferring the PPO route this year as they seem satisfied with it in the past,” said Chirantan Shah, placement coordinator, IIM–Kozhikode.
Sector analysts believe with more positive economic sentiment, the end of this year may see the booming recruitment environment that was experienced in 2007.

Source Link: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/b-schools-see-40-jump-in-job-offersfmcg-firms/391864/

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Sibal in New Zealand to broaden collaboration in education

2010-04-16T10:48:00.001+05:30

Sibal in New Zealand to broaden collaboration in education

India's Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal arrived in New Zealand on Sunday on a three-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in the education sector. Sibal is looking at tranforming the Indian education system and is expected to broaden collaboration with New Zealand in the education sector, including cooperation in research, technical and vocational education, teachers' education and open and distance learning.

Sibal's visit was important for the New Zealand education service sector as a rapidly rising number of Indian students has been coming to New Zealand with the number increasing by 42 percent in the last year alone.
India's vast human capital and sound educational system will be of interest to New Zealand as well. India and New Zealand governments, academicians and administrators can look at reforms and entrepreneurs can look for opportunities in the educational sector.

It has been reported that New Zealand Education Minister Anne Tolley and Sibal signed the agreement to strengthen and broaden New Zealand's education engagement with India.Sibal said that collaborative projects and activities are planned in the areas of technical and vocational education, open and distance learning, research cooperation and higher education.

New Zealand and India have also agreed to encourage institutional networking and exchange of officials and personnel.Sibal suggested that New Zealand can look at the area of teachers training programme as India needs thousands of teachers and there is an opportunity for business investors from both countries in this sector.

Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/Sibal-in-New-Zealand-to-broaden-collaboration-in-education-/data-0001-fdbffe7e27f2086a0127f58feca27046

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Role Of Management Education In Shaping Future Managers And Entrepreneurs

2010-04-16T10:46:00.002+05:30

Role Of Management Education In Shaping Future Managers And Entrepreneurs

When we talk of management education, we are basically referring to shaping up the students, aimed towards developing their competency and capability either as a manager fit to join an organization and help it to grow or as entrepreneur, to establish and grow one's own business. This capability does not come from possessing a management diploma or degree, but also requires developing in the students the will and skill to contribute for self sustenance and nation building. Presently it is seen, that there is a wide gap existing between the type of management education imparted in mba colleges and what is there in real life management in business organizations. In order to make management education more realistic and useful for the industry, certain key areas need to be identified. These could be:-

• Benchmarking quality management education to create an enduring quality managers and entrepreneurs.
• Bring in professionalism in management education.
• Adequacy of qualified and competent faculty members, proper infrastructure, support facilities and regular updating of curriculum.

Benchmarking Quality Management Education
Benchmarking with the top management colleges inspires an institute to produce quality managers. Management education needs to include knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) that are needed today and that will be needed tomorrow by the industry. The mission of management education should be to become innovative and creative. The objectives of benchmarking should be to:-
• Make own students employable in industry.
• Moving the institute from academic mode to corporate mode.

To achieve these objectives the agenda should be:-
(a) To identify the industry expectations of the skill sets required of students.
(b) To identify the areas of Total Quality Management (TQM) in management education.
(c) To identify the changes required in teachers imparting management education.

Professionalism in MBA/PGDM Education

There are many reasons for the wide differences in the quality of management education in different institutes in India. The main reason is the absence of a body that can ensure that the standards set are practiced and retained by all management institutes, like AACSB in USA. We do have an apex body – the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), that is responsible for setting the basic framework, guidelines and standards for quality of business education, there are however many problems when it comes implementation of these standard by mba colleges and institutes and these problems undermine the effectiveness of these standards. In order install quality in management education in India, the AICTE and mba colleges / universities in the country should focus on the following issues:-
• Quality of faculty
• Infrastructure development
• Accountability of management institutes
• Values and ethics
• Role of professional bodies (aima, ISTD, etc).

Adequacy of Qualified and Competent Faculty members, Infrastructural Facilities and Updating of Curriculum
• The institutes running MBA / PGDM courses must have core faculty in main areas of management. Faculty must meet at least one of the three criteria requirements, namely – consultancy experience, research experience in management or knowledge of the latest management trends in terms socio-technical systems and managerial techniques in the industry. The other aspects considered are:-
• Infrastructure and facilities: These must include class rooms with multimedia and projection facilities, computers and peripherals and a good library with collection of books on all management subjects.
• Updating the Curriculum: The management courses and programmes being conducted in the institutes must be in line with the current requirements of the corporate world and other organizations.

Source Link: http://www.minglebox.com/article/mba/Role-Of-Management-Education-In-Shaping-Future-Managers-And-Entrepreneurs-By-Asia-Pacific-Institute-of-Management/data-0001-fdbffe7e27d351ba0127e30613ec5153

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Doing an MBA has its benefits, and risks too

2010-04-16T10:46:00.001+05:30

Doing an MBA has its benefits, and risks too

In the recent past, leading business schools in India have announced that they are raising their fees by almost 10%. This begs the question, if an MBA is worth it.

In true MBA style, let's do a cost-benefit analysis of what it means to get an MBA. However, this is not just about looking at what you spend on tuition - and boarding and lodging - and how quickly after graduation you can expect to earn this money back through a high salary.

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Fall in quality upsets Mumbai University senate

2010-04-16T09:43:00.001+05:30

Fall in quality upsets Mumbai University senate

Mumbai: Mumbai University senate members have urged governor K Sankaranarayanan to initiate action to tackle the various issues affecting the quality of academics and administration in the university.
A letter submitted to the governor points out several anomalies, including the delay in renewing accreditation by the university and some of its affiliated colleges, irregularities and illegalities in the exam section and serious lapses in Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI).
Saying that ineligible people were recruited for teaching positions, the letter also claims that there are 461 vacancies in non-teaching posts. Interestingly, each point in the letter has been backed by official documents.
Senate member Vaibhav Narawade said the governor has assured them that he would look into each aspect. “So many issues have been pending. Several committees have been formed and they have submitted their observations. But the university has failed to take any action,” said Narawade.
For instance, said Narawade, while several committees have pointed out financial irregularities, falling academic standards and administrative irregularities at VJTI, no action has been taken against erring officials.
The senate members have also asked the governor to appoint a committee to review and reform the amendments made by the state government for selection of senate members. In September 2009, the state passed an ordinance that the members of governing bodies, such as the senate, management and academic council, who take decisions on vital matters of the university and colleges, must have a PhD. But senate members want the government to withdraw the ordinance.
“We hope that the governor looks into all the matters and takes action to save the university from the degradation of academic, administrative standards,” said senate member Dilip Karande.

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No fund for Right to Education: Mayawati

2010-04-15T16:41:00.000+05:30

No fund for Right to Education: Mayawati

Lucknow: In the midst of a raging row over over her government's spending money for Dalit memorials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said it would not be possible for the state administration to fund implementation of the Right to Education and asked the Centre to give money for the scheme.
She accused the Centre of overlooking practical aspects of implementing the Right to Education Act by not arranging money for its implementation.
Mayawati alleged the Centre was not serious in implementing the Act. "This was the reason Centre did not look into practical aspects while implementing the Act and a nominal provision was made in the budget," she said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"If the Centre is really willing to implement the Right to Education Act to benefit the people, it should bear the financial burden to be created on the state for implementation of the Act," Mayawati said.
She said that to implement the Act in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 18,000 crore would be needed in one year, of which 45 per cent--Rs 8,000 crore--have to be arranged by the state.
It would be difficult for the state to arrange Rs 8,000 crore considering its present financial condition, she said.
Mayawati said if the Centre seriously wanted to implement the Right to Education Act, it should provide required funds to UP.
"The state had in a letter sent to the Centre in November last year already requested for required funds," she said.

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US ambassador awards English learning scholarships to MCD School

2010-04-15T16:40:00.000+05:30

US ambassador awards English learning scholarships to MCD School

New Delhi: US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer on Wednesday awarded certificates to 100 new micro-scholarship recipients in the English Access Micro-scholarship Programme at the MCD Primary School in Nizamuddin Basti in the capital.

Roemer said: "Access to education is an important commitment and value the people of the United States of America share with India. English is the common language that unites the citizens of both our countries. This programme gives students, who might otherwise not have the opportunity, the chance to acquire basic English language skills that lead to jobs!

"These students will also have opportunities for future educational opportunities and exchange programmes in the US, further strengthening the robust exchange of ideas and people-to-people ties that are the hallmark and catalyst of our countries' bold partnership."

This two-year Access program is an initiative of the US embassy in cooperation with the Aga Khan Foundation which has been working in India for over 15 years on improving schools andeducational opportunities for poor and marginalized groups.

The US embassy funds the programme and awards micro-scholarships for a foundation course on English language skills to talented 14-18-year olds from economically-disadvantaged sectors. IANS

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Pranab for more private initiatives in higher education

2010-04-15T11:55:00.001+05:30

Pranab for more private initiatives in higher education

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here on Wednesday said the government did not have adequate resources to expand higher education on its own, making it necessary for private players to take on a bigger role in future.
Mr. Mukherjee was speaking at the 11th convocation ceremony of the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University here, which also conferred on him a D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) degree.
“With limited resources that the government has, it would not be possible for the government alone to achieve the target of increasing gross enrolment ratio up to 30 per cent. It would, therefore, be necessary to promote private initiative in higher education further,” he said.
The Minister expressed disappointment at the fact that the general enrolment in higher education remained “much lower than expected.” The government would continue to work towards structural transformation in the education sector to ensure expansion, as it considered education as not only a vehicle of growth but also an instrument to ensure social justice.
Liberating force
“Education acts as a liberating force to fight against poverty and hindrances to growth.” The government served as a driver for economic growth in the form of knowledge or “intellectual capital.” It took the initiative to establish the National Knowledge Network based on the recommendation of the National Knowledge Commission to interconnect all knowledge institutions through high-speed communication networks.
At the same time, it was necessary to go in for a skill-acquiring system fro a degree-seeking system. For this, the Prime Minister's council on National Skill Development had set itself a target of creating 50 crore skilled people by 2022. A beginning was made with the approval of three projects by the National Skill Development Corporation, a public-private sector initiative to create 10 lakh skilled manpower at the rate of 1 lakh per annum.
“Exciting phase”
Speaking about the state of the Indian economy, Mr. Mukherjee said, “Our growth story is going through an exciting phase. We have weathered the global economic crisis well and the economy now is in a better position than it was a year ago. India has emerged from an unprecedented global slowdown faster than any other nation.”
The government was seeking to quickly revert to the high Gross Domestic Product growth path of 9 per cent and then find the means to cross the double-digit growth barrier. An important challenge of economic growth was to make development more inclusive. “Economic growth has to be an instrument for development and not an end in itself.”
Food security
The Minister said there was need to strengthen food security, improve education opportunities and provide health facilities at the level of households, both in rural and urban areas.
If there was one factor that could hold back India's potential, it was the bottlenecks of the public delivery mechanisms, he added.

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Paucity of funds, teachers impacting higher education: CAG

2010-04-15T11:54:00.002+05:30

Paucity of funds, teachers impacting higher education: CAG

Allocation of inadequate funds and dearth of teaching staff have impacted higher education in Tripura, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said.
In its latest report, the CAG said that an absence of an effective monitoring mechanism also prevented ensuring quality education to students in the northeastern state.
'The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prescribed a norm of 1:20 for teacher-student ratio in general colleges. The number of teachers in position in 15 government colleges in Tripura was only 415 against the sanctioned strength of 661 indicating a teacher-student ratio of 1:63.'
'The combined intake capacity in general and technical education in Tripura was 19,613 in 2008-09 and that was more than the number of students (12,084) passing out at the higher secondary level in that year,' the report said.
However, on an average 13 percent students passing higher secondary examinations from the Tripura board have been migrating outside the state to pursue higher education, the CAG report said adding that this percentage would be higher, if students passing out from the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and ICSE (Indian Council of Secondary Education) courses are also considered.
According to the union ministry of human resource development, the percentage of Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for higher education in Tripura ranged from 6.16 percent to 6.83 percent during the period from 2004-05 to 2006-07 as against the national average of 11.30 percent during the corresponding period.
'Despite the Tripura government's assurance to the centre, the state's higher education department neither formulated an action plan nor did it incorporate any policy in the annual action plans to raise GER for higher education up to the national average.'
'The Tripura government had given Rs.52,500,000 to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a private organisation, for setting up a college of science and technology. The entire funds were placed with the private college without specifying any terms and conditions,' it said.
A photograph of the incomplete Bhavan's buildings (as of September 2009) was also depicted in the CAG report, signed by the CAG of India on Feb 16 this year.
The CAG has suggested obtaining inputs from the educational institutions before planning its activities and formulating its budget. The Tripura higher education department should take effective action for recruitment of teaching staff in line with UGC norms to ensure quality education, it added.
The 218-page CAG report has asked the Tripura government to formulate a well defined PPP (Public Private Partnership) policy considering the overall interest of the state.
'Documentation on PPP projects should be transparent and widely publicized to ensure accountability and public scrutiny.'
Tripura government officials have refused to comment on the CAG report.

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India joins list of 135 countries in making education a right

2010-04-15T11:54:00.001+05:30

India joins list of 135 countries in making education a right

With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children.
According to the UNESCO’s ‘Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010’, about 135 countries have constitutional provisions for free and non-discriminatory education for all.
However, the report says that despite the legal guarantee of free education, primary school fees continue to be charged in some countries.
It also cited a 2005 World Bank survey, which stated only 13 countries impart primary education totally free of cost. In majority of countries, some direct costs have been reported though no tuition fees are charged.
“In reality, free primary schooling still remains the exception rather than the rule,” says the report.
Chile tops the list of countries in providing free education for a period of 15 years to a child. It gives free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 21 years.
The Latin American country, where elementary education was among the worst two decades ago, had implemented a special education programme in 1990 which recorded a significant improvement among primary and upper primary students.
There are seven countries such as Germany, Belgium, Italy and Norway that have provisions of free compulsory education to children covering their entire schooling period.
Countries like Britain and New Zealand have made education compulsory and free for children for a period of 11 years.
Spain, France, Norway and Canada are among the 19 nations where education is free of cost for a duration of 10 years, ranging from the age of five to 15 or six to 16 years.
There are 34 countries, including Japan, Finland, Russia and Sweden where a child gets nine years of compulsory education, according to the report.
In India, the Right to Education law, providing free and compulsory schooling to children in the 6—14 year age bracket, came into force yesterday.
With the new education act now operational, India has joined some 20 other countries including Afghanistan, China and Switzerland which have laws guaranteeing free and compulsory education for eight years of elementary education.
India’s neighbours such as Sri Lanka and Pakistan do not have any law providing free education, where as Bangladesh and Myanmar have such provisions for a four-year-period while Nepal has five years of compulsory schooling.
According to the report, there are seven countries, including Romania and Brazil whose laws define seven years of compulsory education for a child, while five countries, including the Philippines and Georgia give children legal right to education for a period of six years.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and eight other countries have the provision of five years of free education for children.
However, there are over 50 countries, including the US, South Africa, Malaysia and a majority of Sub-Saharan African countries which do not have any constitutional provision to provide free and compulsory education to children.
The UNESCO report, however, does not have data about certain countries on whether they have any constitutional provision of providing free education.
The report also states that some countries have achieved extraordinary progress in their education system and the number of children dropping out from schools has declined by 33 million worldwide since 1999.

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Empowerment of Women in India

2010-04-15T11:53:00.001+05:30

Empowerment of Women in India

India today is at the cusp of a paradigm change in its growth and its position in the world. We (both men and women) must act decisively to capture this opportunity. We need to think big and scale up rapidly in each and every area, be it education, infrastructure, industry, financial services or equality of both genders. For around two centuries, social reformers and missionaries in India have endeavoured to bring women out of confines in which centuries of traditions had kept them. According to the 2001 Census, the percentage of female literacy in the country is 54%, up from 9% in 1951.
But we should not forget that history is a witness to the women who have in the past demonstrated unique leadership capabilities. Razia Sultana, Rani of jhansi, Sarojini Naidu and Indira Gandhi are motivating examples' of women empowerment. Earlier, most women were able to demonstrate the leadership qualities only on their home fronts, as in Indian society man has always acted as the master of the scene and the decision regarding the issue of empowering women has always been taken by him. God has gifted women with compassion, tender-heartedness, caring nature, concern for others. These are very positive signs which imply that women can be leaders. Though some women have shown their mettte yet a large number of them have to sharpen their leadership qualities in various ways. In order to help women to be in limelight, they need to be empowered. Therefore, empowerment of women is the prerequisite to transform a developing country into a developed country. I would like to peep into tbe past when the stature of women was destroyed. They were treated as chattel in the early Roman society. In France, they were termed as half-soul creatures responsible for the destruction of society. The Chinese considered them as devil's soul. Japanese men preferred to live unmarried lives. Before the advent of Islam, Arabs buried their daughters alive considering them as a sign of disgrace. In this way, they deprived women of their due place. Most men view themselves as being the superior life-form in society. They justify this belief by saying that they are stronger and more capable; thus, making them more qualified for the more important roles in society. They place themselves on pedestals and force women to believe in their own inferiority to men and their incapability to excel educationally, politically, economically and domestically. But the truth is that women have advanced in all those areas.

In Shakespeare's works, many female characters are portrayed as being manipulated, if not controlled outright by the men in their lives as fathers, uncles, suitors, husbands. Therefore, Shakespeare's works appear to send mixed signals regarding the notion of female empowerment. Empowerment has multiple, interrelated and interdependent dirnensions-economic, social, cultural and political. It can be understood in relation to resources, perceptions, relationship and power. But what does women empowerment mean? Women empowerment generally has five components: firstly, women's sense of self worth; secondly, their right to have and determine choices; thirdly, their right to have access to opportunltles and resources; fourthly, their right to have the power to control their own lives, both within and outside home; and lastly, their ability to influence the direction of social change to create a just social and economic order- nationally, internationally and universally.

Educational attainment and economic participation are the key constituents in ensuring the empowerment of women. Educational attainment is essential for empowering women in all spheres of society, for without education of comparable quality and content given to boys and men, updated with existing knowledge and relevant to current needs, women will be able to have access to well-paid formal sector jobs and advance with men. The economic empowerment of women is a vital element of strong economic growth in any country.
Empowering women enhances their ability to influence changes and to create a better society.

Other than educational and economic empowerment, changes in women's mobility ant! social interaction and changes in intra-household decision-making are necessary. Slight improvement in women's involvement in household decision-making in male-headed household, on such issues as credit, the disposal of household assets, children's education and family healthcare can work wonders. Traditionally, gender-based divisions persisted in intra-household decision-making. Women basically decide on food preparation and men make the financial decision. Women are one of the greatest assets in our society. They are equal to men in all aspects. Women are more perfectionists in all spheres. 'A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.' Today, women are emerging as leaders in a growing range of fields. Be it aeronautics, medicine, space, engineering, law, politics, education, business ... you just name the profession and they are there, all that needed in today's world is their empowerment.

In India, the empowerment process has already begun. We are now witnessing a steady improvement in the enrolment of women in schools, colleges and even in professional institutes. Their health status is better as compared to earlier decades. In this decade, women are entering into the job market in increasing numbers. They are showing their skills even in non-traditional sectors like police, defense, administration, media and research fields. Twenty-six laws have been enacted so far to protect women from various crimes. The recent law on the 'protection of women against domestic violence' satisfies the long pending demand of the women activists.
In the political field, the reservation for women is a significant step forward towards their political empowerment. When thirty-three percent reservation for women in Parliament becomes a reality, women's voice will be heard in the highest forum of democracy. That day, women of India will reach zenith in their empowerment. But a lot of work has to be done as there is a category of women (who consider themselves highly educated) that proudly accepts that they don't have digital literacy even though they own a computer, they cannot even operate bank accounts or make travel arrangements for family or handle hospital admissions even during emergencies. Even for a simple task like social visits or shopping generally they need the company of their husbands.
Women in India feel proud to display that they are well protected and pampered by their husbands without realising that they are making themselves helpless. Such women's economic literacy is so low that they cannot play any role in family's decision regarding family's budget, savings and investments. To such women, the national budget discussion is for men only and soap operas are for them. Such women suffer a lot if something untoward happens to their husbands. This type of extreme dependency is not good for the development of women. Women should remember that they are also rational, intelligent and thinking human beings. Dependant women are not empowered women. If modern women think that they are empowered, it's a myth for them. Empowerment means to inspire women with the courage to break free from the chains of limiting beliefs, patterns and societal or religious conditions that have traditionally kept women suppressed and unable to realise their true beauty and power.

Some qualities to be acquired by women to become truly empowered are awareness about risks prevailing at home, in work place, in travelling and staying outside home. They should have political, legal, economic and health awareness. They should have knowledge about support groups and positive attitudes towards life. They should set goals "for future and strive to achieve them with courage. The best gift parents today can give to their daughters is education. If women choose to be ignorant then all the efforts taken by the government and women activists will go in vain. Even in twenty-fifth century, they will remain backward and will be paying a heavy price for their dependence. So, it is a wake-up call for women to awake from their deep slumber and understand the true meaning of their empowerment. In the end I would like to conclude with the following words, "Women as the motherhood of the nation should be strong, aware and alert".

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An education reforms bill to ban unfair practices in institutions of technical and medical education is expected to come up before the Union cabinet.

2010-04-15T11:52:00.000+05:30

An education reforms bill to ban unfair practices in institutions of technical and medical education is expected to come up before the Union cabinet. Will such a law help to curb malpractices in educational institutions?

As per the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill, charging of capitation fee or failure to keep promises of quality education could attract imprisonment of up to three years for administrators and a fine of up to Rs50 lakh for the institute.

The bill will treat such malpractices as criminal or civil offences depending on the nature of the crime. For instance, making promises in the prospectus and not delivering on them, or charging capitation fees from students, would be treated as criminal offences and prosecuted in a court of law. The civil offences will be tried in educational tribunals, which will be set up once the bill becomes law.

The bill is expected to come up before the Union cabinet soon. Will the introduction of such a law help to curtail malpractices in educational institutions?

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Unnoticed copying among students taking a toll on academic performance

2010-04-15T11:51:00.000+05:30

Unnoticed copying among students taking a toll on academic performance

Washington, DC: With the advent of lecture-hall laptops and online coursework, there has been an upsurge in unnoticed cheating among students, which, according to researchers, is a significant cause of course failure.
A researcher from the University of Kansas has teamed up with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to get a better handle on copying in college in the 21st century.
Young-Jin Lee, assistant professor of educational technology at KU, and the Research in Learning, Assessing and Tutoring Effectively group at MIT spent four years seeing how many copied answers MIT students submitted to MasteringPhysics, an online homework tutoring system.
"MIT freshmen are required to take physics. Homework was given through a Web-based tutor that our group had developed. We analyzed when they logged in, when they logged out, what kind of problems they solved and what kinds of hints they used," said Lee.
Lee said that it was easy to spot students who had obtained answers from classmates before completing the homework.
"We ran into very interesting students who could solve the problems - very hard problems - in less than one minute, without making any mistakes," said Lee.
Students also were asked to complete an anonymous survey about the frequency of their homework copying.
The researchers found that students who procrastinated also copied more often. Those who started their homework three days ahead of deadline copied less than 10% of their problems, while those who dragged their feet until the last minute were repetitive copiers.
The students who copied frequently had about three times the chance of failing the course.
Results of the survey show that students are twice as likely to copy on written homework than on online homework.
The study showed that doing all the homework assigned is "a surer route to exam success" than a pre-existing aptitude for physics.
"People believe that students copy because of their poor academic skills. But we found that repetitive copiers - students who copy over 30% of their homework problems - had enough knowledge, at least at the beginning of the semester. But they didn't put enough effort in. They didn't start their homework long enough ahead of time, as compared to no copiers," said Lee.
The study has been published in Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research.

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UK announces a steep hike in student visa fee

2010-04-15T11:50:00.002+05:30

UK announces a steep hike in student visa fee

The Great Britain has announced a steep hike of 54 pounds in the student visa fee and introduced a new category of 'dependent relative' visa as a part of its effort to attract those migrants and visitors who can make a valued contribution. The fees for the students' visa was raised from 145 pounds to 199 pounds while the dependent relative visa would be charged 1680 pounds. The increased fees will come into from 6 April,2010.
The new visa category of dependent relative will allow the grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles and siblings over the age of 18 to join family members settled in the UK or being admitted for the purpose of settlement. The hike also takes into account the cost of processing visa applications. The fees for short term visit visa has been marginally increased from 67 pounds to 68 pounds.
The Tier 1 General, Investor, Entrepreneur visa fees has been increased from 675 pounds to 690 pounds while Tier 2 visa for skilled workers will charged 270 pounds from 265 pounds. The 5-year multiple entry visa fees increased from 400 pounds to 429 pounds while charges for 10-year visa increased from 500 pounds to 610 pounds. The Tier 4 student visa fee increased from 145 pounds to 199 pounds. The settlement visa fee will be 585 pounds to 644 pounds.
In most visa categories the maximum fee increase is 2.5 per cent. Some fees continue to be set at a level lower than the actual processing cost because it is considered to be in the interests of the UK to do so. Instances of subsidised visa categories include tourist visas and also the Tier 4 student visa which reflects the contribution made by international students to the UK economy and education.

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Times of education

2010-04-15T11:50:00.001+05:30

Times of education

Newspapers are publishing educational supplements that offer career-related guidance and information. Newspapers are also turning to the Internet to reach out to the youth by offering a forum to put their career-related queries to experts.

IN A bid to woo young readers, newspapers are publishing educational supplements that offer career-related guidance and information. Newspapers are also turning to the Internet to reach out to the youth by offering a forum to put their career-related queries to experts.
These supplements include features such as ‘Ask CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)’, in which readers can submit their questions to the Board's official, news on educational institutes and career advice.
‘Padipura’ is the education supplement of leading Malayalam newspaper. This supplement discusses for the benefit of students the curriculum of Class X and XII and also carries model question papers.

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Management As A Career

2010-04-15T11:49:00.001+05:30

Management As A Career

"The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work".

An individual grows up till his early teens with the comforts of his home and tutelage of the parents and teachers. The student is directed or guided at these stages and does not have any academic choices to make. The student may have preferences or aptitudes for some subjects, but he or she cannot do away with any of the "not-so-preferred" subjects, at least up to class X. The real challenge starts when the student has to make a choice after passing out from secondary school. At present, the student has many options to choose from-engineering, medicine, pharmacy, technology, research, pure sciences, commerce, advertising, tourism, law, management and so on. And within each category, in engineering for example, there are branches such as mechanical, chemical, electronics and communication, information technology, bio-technology, fashion technology, visual communications, and the list goes on. What the students choose at this stage, is driven by the dreams of their parent(s), influences by the friends and neighbours and very less by the aptitude of the students though there has been a change in the trend, of late. This course decision almost decides the career path.

Choosing a career is one of the most important milestones in anyone's life. Therefore, it becomes all the more necessary to be very diligent while taking a decision of the career path. Management as a course is one of the many good options 1vailable to students. There are several questions when one zeroes in on a course in management. Some of these questions are: What is management? Why should one choose management programme? Who can choose a management course? When can one choose this option? Which course in management IS to be chosen? Where the course needs to be done? What are the prospects for a student of management? All these questions which come in every student's mind are now answered, one by one.

Management is the art of managing things, events and people to achieve the desired objective. It is not only an art but also a science in as much as it has a structured and logical basis with a theoretical framework.

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Indian graduates in America up

2010-04-15T11:48:00.001+05:30

Indian graduates in America up

NEW YORK: After a decline, applications from Indian students to universities in the US for graduate studies have stabilized, according to a new report.

India, China and South Korea are the three largest countries of origin for international graduate students in the US, said the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the report.

"Applications from India and South Korea appear to have stabilized after significant declines last year: there was a 2 per cent decline from India and no change from South Korea this year," the report said.

"The continued recovery in international graduate applications has been a positive trend," CGS President Debra W Stewart said.

"However, we must not be overconfident. The lack of growth from India and South Korea is an ongoing concern, and as we saw in 2009, an increase in applications does not necessarily result in equivalent enrollment growth," she said.

Overall, CGS found that the number of applications from prospective international students to US graduate schools in 2010 increased for the fifth consecutive year.

The seven per cent growth is the largest since a nine per cent gain in 2007.

"The initial snapshot of graduate applications for fall 2010, released today, shows a fifth successive year of double-digit growth in applications from China, up 19 per cent, after a 14 per cent gain in 2009," it said.

Applications increased in the three most popular fields for international students: engineering, physical and earth sciences, and business, which collectively enroll 62 per cent of all international graduate students.

In addition to the growth in China, applications from prospective graduate students from the Middle East and Turkey also rose by double-digits for the fifth consecutive year, by 18 per cent.

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Education and poverty in West Bengal

2010-04-15T11:46:00.000+05:30

Education and poverty in West Bengal

THE LITERACY rate of India is just above 50 per cent, while in West Bengal it is 68 per cent. In West Bengal particularly, many half-baked governmental initiatives that were taken up to push education proved to be failures since the rate of literacy remains more or less stagnant, if the amplification of figures by the authorities is not taken into consideration.

There are instances when a person, who is only able to write his name meets the criteria of literacy. Though this is the trend, it is not acceptable. There is a geometrical way, wherein any illiterate is able to ‘sign’ his/her name just like line drawing. If that is done, one starts to be classified as literate. Abysmal but true!

Gender difference is an issue that demands notice of the government. Education for children is one sector where no kind of inequality is acceptable. Statistically speaking, there is a reasonable amount of disparity in terms of the male literacy rate vis-à-vis that of female literacy rate. A sizeable amount of fund goes into elementary education.

Considering that, more is expected in terms of educational progress, since the latter is the backbone of any society which tries to advance. The compulsory education up to 14 years of age is a national step ahead towards literacy. The RTE, which is supposed to commence from April 1, is indeed a breakthrough. In addition, the mid-day meal scheme has attracted students comparatively.

However, the major concerns in East India which persist are absence rates of both, the teachers and the students, class inequality and dependence on tuitions. The major recruitment drive for primary education teachers was a good stride forward but given the present situation grilling of the applicants is an obvious requirement where commitment to the cause should be a greater prerequisite than aptitude.

Tuitions, as remarked by global economist, Amartya Sen, does no good to the poor section, since affordability is a concern along with the fact that the endeavor of providing education to all itself is hampered if tuitions come to benefit and not the initiative. Plus, tuitions and their effectiveness is a myth in India that needs to be curbed. Parents and students equally are responsible in providing a business to unwarranted coaching centers.

A mention of the many Christian missionaries which have reached out to the poor children is pertinent in this context. Very commendable work has been done by free schools run by them to provide education, shelter and food to the poor kids. Also, the ‘elementary education for all’ that had been included as a fundamental right under the 86th amendment to the constitution, once accomplished, should be expanded in the sense that free education should be provided up to the age of eighteen, or tenth standard.

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West Bengal to give scholarships to girl students

2010-04-15T11:45:00.001+05:30

West Bengal to give scholarships to girl students

Kolkata: The West Bengal government will provide scholarships to girl students who continue to study after Class 8 in a bid to reduce the drop-out rate among girls, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here recently.

"Most of the girls are not able to continue their studies after Class 8 due to lack of financial support. So, we have decided to providescholarships to girl students who continue their studies after class 8," Bhattacharjee said on the closing day of the Vidyasagar fair.

"It will not only help the girls to continue their studies but will also help parents as the financial burden will be reduced. We want girls of Bengal to get educated and continue their studies. We are with them," Bhattacharjee added. IANS

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Quality education is the need of the hour - AMU professor

2010-04-15T11:44:00.002+05:30

Quality education is the need of the hour - AMU professor

Aligarh: The concluding session of the 110th Orientation Programme of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was held recently with Professor C.P.S. Chauhan, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences presiding over the function.

In his presidential address, Professor Chauhan, while outlining the higher education scenario in the country emphasized the need for quality education.

He said that in the age of internet, hard information or subject knowledge alone cannot make one a good teacher. Rather, University/ college teachers should hone their teaching skills and serve as mentors for their students.

The Orientation Programme commenced on March 10, 2010 and 43 participants from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh attended the course.

Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College felicitated the course participants and urged them to gain multiple skills and broaden their mental horizon.

He exhorted them to imbibe and promote the abiding message of social justice, communal harmony and peaceful co-existence as professed and practiced by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of the AMU and other architects of modern India.

Professor C. P. S. Chauhan gave away certificates to the course participants. The certificates and prizes for good performance in the Essay Writing Competition on "Communal Harmony" were also distributed on this occasion.

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Kapil Sibal plans user-friendly education

2010-04-15T11:44:00.001+05:30

Kapil Sibal plans user-friendly education

New Delhi: If you are sure you want to be in animation, graphic design or hospitality, and don’t get the point why you need to slog through maths, biology or economics in classes 11 and 12 to get there, here is good news for you.
Union minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal is planning to introduce vocational studies as a stream in senior secondary classes for all educational boards. The stream will be on a par with the science, commerce and arts streams.
The Centre is discussing the matter with state and all-India boards, a ministry official said, adding most states have accepted the proposal. Once the Council of Boards of School Education in India approves the stream, it will be mandatory for all government, aided and private schools in the country to introduce it, he said.
The vocational studies stream is already part of the Central Board of School Education, which introduced it in 2007.
Sibal said the move is keeping in mind the job market’s requirement of skilled human resource. “Not all children want to do BA, BSc or BCom. There is no point forcing them to go for higher education in traditional subjects if they are not keen on them,” he said. “A large number of students want to acquire ordinary skills that can enable them to secure employment.
“There is also great demand for skilled human resource by the industry. Introducing vocational training will help it deal with skills shortage and make youngsters employable even as they pass school.”
Students taking up the stream will be given a “certificate” degree, equivalent to that from the industrial training institutes. They can also pursue graduation like students from the traditional streams.
“Vocational education will be in collaboration with industry, starting with course design, teaching and work experience,” the ministry official said.
The government will also start 100 model vocational schools, many of which will run on the public-private partnership model.

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Ensuring quality education

2010-04-15T11:43:00.000+05:30

Ensuring quality education

THE HINDUINCENTIVE: The decision to do away with tuition fee for PG courses in government colleges will encourage more students to opt for higher education. Photo: S. Siva Saravanan
The government's focus on affordability of higher education is laudable, but steps need to be taken to ensure quality as well, say academicians.
The Tamil Nadu government's 2009-10 policy note for higher education states: “Expanding the access to higher education to all at affordable cost and ensuring the quality of education are the aims of this government.” The government has been implementing various schemes for expanding access. Shift system was introduced in government arts and science colleges from 2006-07, leading to a considerable increase in student intake.
No tuition fee
All self-supporting courses in government colleges were converted into regular courses, enabling students from poorer sections to pursue higher education in large numbers. All students studying in undergraduate courses in government and government-aided colleges were exempted from payment of tuition fee from 2007-08. More than three lakh students benefit from the scheme every year. And from 2010-11, the government's decision to exempt tuition fee for postgraduate courses in government arts and science colleges will benefit thousands of students in the 60 government arts and science colleges.
Teachers' organisations including the Tamil Nadu Government Collegiate Teachers' Association (TNGCTA) and the Association of University Teachers (AUT) have welcomed the decision wholeheartedly. Now that the momentum for improving access to higher education has been generated, principals of arts and science colleges expect that steps should be taken to ensure quality.
Inadequate progress
Acknowledging that the government has filled teaching vacancies in conventional courses to a considerable extent and has made allocations for construction of additional classrooms and strengthening laboratories, a former principal of a government college said the pace of progress was not adequate. For instance, at Periyar E.V.R. College in Tiruchi, the classrooms are grossly insufficient due to which the shift system is adopted for running certain courses in the first shift and the rest in the second shift. The second shift was primarily envisaged for repeating the first-shift courses, pointed out Raja Mutthirulandi, a former professor at the college.
Library
In most government arts and science colleges, the conditions of libraries are pathetic, he observed. An institution without a good library does not mean much for students, more so for postgraduate students. Most libraries in government arts and science colleges subscribe only to a few newspapers, Prof. Mutthirulandi said, emphasising that the government must look into this aspect and make a beginning by filling the post of librarians. There is a shortage of teachers for applied courses that were started in the government colleges a few years ago when they functioned for certain duration as constituent units of their respective universities.
Faculty development
Principals who are finding it difficult to manage the situation with guest lecturers are keen to know if regular postings would be made for such courses. A principal said some of the job-oriented applied courses had to be discontinued for want of teachers. The situation in government-aided arts and science colleges is only slightly better. “Mere enrolment of students without sanctioning teaching posts for regular vacancies may not lead the higher education system anywhere,” said a principal of a reputed aided college where 48 regular vacancies remained unfilled.
Vacancies
The college management utilises the services of guest lecturers for conducting even the regular programmes and pay their salaries from revenue generated from self-financing courses.
At another aided college where 22 regular vacancies have been left unfilled, some periods in a week are marked free, despite the appointment of nine guest lecturers to address the situation.
“It is not possible for aided colleges to over-burden the limited number of teachers in certain departments with additional class hours,” the college Head reasoned out.
“While the government's steps to fill vacancies in government arts and science colleges and waiving tuition fees for improving access and quality is commendable, a quick decision is necessary for filling the 2,600 regular vacancies in government-aided colleges,” P. Jaya Gandhi, AUT State president, said, calling for a mechanism to fill arising vacancies in future without delay.

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Uttarakhand records nearly 100% student enrollment

2010-04-15T11:42:00.002+05:30

Uttarakhand records nearly 100% student enrollment

Dehradun: Uttarakhand has achieved nearly 100% enrollment of students in schools this year and the drop out percentage has come down to mere 0.31% from 15% in 2000-01.
Of the 18.06 lakh children in the age group of 6-14 years in the state, 17.97 lakh (99.50%) have been enrolled in various schools, Uttarakhand Government officials said here.
"The drop out percentage has come down from 15% as per 2000-2001 census to 0.31% at present," they said. In the last three years, 613 new schools and 594 upper primary schools have been set up under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the hill state, the officials said.
The government has been implementing several innovative schemes like 'Sapno ki Udan', 'Pahal' and 'Muskan' under the Centre's flagship programme to improve the quality and reach of education in the State.
The salient features of 'Sapno ki Udan' include organising 'Mobile Schools' to reach out to the children and their parents, to identify and mainstream 'Out-of-School' children, hosting community and educational fairs and conducting regular health camps, Radhika Jha, the State Project Director of SSA, told a visiting team of journalists.
"The Mobile Schools/Multi Purpose Vehicle are equipped with projector, computer library, learning material and other necessary tools. These vehicles are used to provide mobile schooling as well as to extend awareness and motivational campaigns among the masses," she said.
"SSA helped our school in a big way. All the children of our school belong to BPL families. We did not have basic infrastructure earlier. Now we have chairs, benches and other basic things," Deepa Semwal, in-charge Head Mistress of the
Primary School at a slum in Dehradun, said.
"Health camps are also conducted at our school. We also tell the children and their parents about the need to maintain good hygiene at home," she said.
'Pahal' is an initiative under PPP (public private partnership) mode for providing school education to 'never- enrolled' and drop-out children in the age-group of 6-14 years belonging to vulnerable sections like rag-pickers, beggars and scavengers.
The programme has benefited nearly 763 children in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Haridwar districts, officials said.
'Muskaan' is another successful programme that aims at ensuring education of children of migrant labourers from states like UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The programme, which had won appreciation from the Centre, was initially implemented in Nainital under SSA.
A certificate mentioning the ability of the student is given when the parents migrate to another place so that the child can be admitted to a school there.
As many as 3,191 children, studying at 39 centres in Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar and Dehradun are benefiting from the 'Muskan' programme, the officials said.
The schools in Uttarakhand have management committees the members of which meet the parents, generally from the underprivileged sections of the society, and convince them to send their children to the school.
"The parents of the children are extremely poor. They are involved in things like rag-picking. We tell them to send the children to school. We follow up with the parents to see that their children attend classes regularly," Brij Mohan Sharma,
president of the management committee of a primary school at Ajabpur in the state capital said.
As many as 17,783 women belonging to BPL families have been appointed as 'Bhojan Mata' (women who prepare food) under the mid-day meal scheme.
The scheme, under which free lunch is provided to students on all working days, was also instrumental in increasing the enrollment in the primary schools, the officials added.
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The Globalisation of Indian Economy

2010-04-15T11:42:00.001+05:30

The Globalisation of Indian Economy

India is the seventh largest and the second most populous country in the world. A new spirit of economic freedom is now stirring in the country, bringing sweeping changes in its wake. A series of ambitious economic reforms aimed at deregulating the Indian economy and stimulating foreign investment have moved India firmly into the front ranks of the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region and unleashed the latent strengths of a complex and rapidly changing nation. The opportunities generated consequently are immense and the leading MNCs have been typically quick on the uptake. GE Capital terms the Indian economy unique, PepsiCo finds it one of the fastest growing and Motorola is sure it will turn into a major sourcing centre. Indian operations have occupied centre stage in these giants' global networks. India's process of economic reform is firmly rooted in a political consensus that spans her diverse political parties. The country's democracy is a known and stable factor, which has taken deep roots over nearly half a century. Importantly, India has no fundamental •conflict between its political and economic systems. Its political institutions have fostered an open society with strong collective and individual rights and an environment supportive of free economic enterprise.

India's time-tested institutions offer foreign investors a transparent environment that guarantees the security of their long-term investments. These include a free and vibrant press, a judiciary that can and does overrule the government, a sophisticated legal and accounting system, and a user-friendly intellectual infrastructure. Post 1991, India's dynamic and highly competitive private sector has been the backbone of its economic activity. It accounts for over 75 percent of its Gross Domestic Product and offers considerable scope for joint ventures and collaborations. Today, India is one of the most exciting emerging markets in the world. Skilled managerial and technical manpower that match the best in the world and a vibrant middle class whose size exceeds the population of the USA or the European Union, provide India with a distinct cutting edge in global competition.

Indian economy had experienced major policy changes in the early 1990s. The new economic reform, popularly known as Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG model) aimed at making the Indian economy globally competitive and ensuring faster growth. The series of reforms undertaken with respect to industrial sector, trade as well as fmancial sector have been aimed at making the economyy more efficient. With the onset of reforms to liberalise the Indian economy in July 1991, a new chapter has dawned for India and her billion plus population. This period of economic transition has had a tremendous impact on the overall economic development of almost all major sectors of the economy, and its effects over the last decade can hardly be overlooked. Besides, it also marks the real integration of the Indian economy with the global economy. ThiS" era of reforms has also ushered in a remarkable change in the Indian mindset, as it deviates from the traditional values upheld since Independence in 1947, such as self-reliance and socialistic policies of economic development, which mainly due to the inward looking restrictive form of governance, resulted in the isolation, overall backwardness and inefficiency of the economy. This situation had been prevailing despite the fact that India has always had the potential to be on the fast track to prosperity.

Now that India is in the process of restructuring her economy, with aspirations of elevating herself from her present precarious position in the world, the need to speed up her economic development has become even more pronounced. And having witnessed the positive role that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has played in -the rapid economic growth of most of the South East Asian countries and most notably China, India has embarked on an ambitious plan to emulate the success of her neighbours to the east and is trying to sell herself as a safe and profitable FDI destination. Globalisation has many meanings depending on the context and on the person who is talking about it. Though the precise definition of globalisation is still unavailable, a few definitions are worth viewing. Guy Brainbant says that the process of globalisation not only includes opening up of world trade, development of advanced means of communication, internationalisation of financial markets, growing importance of MNCs, population migrations and more generally increased mobility of persons, goods, capital, data and ideas but also infections, diseases and pollution. The term globalisation refers to the integration of economies of the world through uninhibited trade and financial flows, as also through mutual exchange of technology and knowledge. Ideally, it also includes free inter-country movement of labour. In the Indian context, this implies opening up the economy to foreign direct investment by providing facilities to foreign companies to invest in different fields of economic activity in India, removing constraints and obstacles to the entry of MNCs in India, allowing Indian companies to enter into foreign collaborations and also encouraging them to set up joint ventures abroad; carrying out massive import liberalisation programmes by switching over from quantitative restrictions to reduction of tariffs and import duties, etc. Therefore globalisation has been identified with the policy reforms of 1991 in India.

In the year 1492, Columbus had set sail to discover an India rich in spices and treasure. In the 21st century the world has set sail .for India for finding that treasure, as the trend shows. A large number of global multinational brands such as Coca-Cola, Google, Micro-soft and Mercedes-Benz have been successfully operating in India. Indian brands which were operating locally in India earlier have started competing internationally. From New Delhi to New York brands have become global. The pattern of consumption in India has also changed. Level of spending on private consumption has been rising significantly. Young consumers in India are regarded as the most powerful consumers. In an era of globalised environment, the country has become a major player in the socio-economic field from being merely a third world country not very long ago. Many studies and reports have forecasted India to be the third largest economy in the world by 2040. Globalisation in India has transformed the country's system. Presently India is regarded as an economy-dominated country rather than a politics-driven one, as it was earlier. Political dominance has declined significantly these days. Adoption of Globalisation in India and liberalisation principles have widened the horizon of the country's consumers worldwide. Consumers in India have become more conscious. Market information in India has become clear. Liberalised policies have led the industrial sector to grow at a faster pace. BPO, IT, ITES, Retail and Insurance sectors have performed well. Both male and female have got equal opportunity in that sector. A substantial success in this regard is the reduction in gender inequality in India. Moreover, progress in education and awareness, a gift of globalisation, has elevated the country to a higher pedestal in the community of nations.

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Management education-An edge over the others

2010-04-15T11:41:00.000+05:30

Management education-An edge over the others

Today people look up to management education as a panacea for success in corporate and professional life. Those with MBA are considered to be serious about their career growth.

TODAY, MOST people look up to management education as a panacea for success in corporate and professional life. Let us examine why management education holds such significance even in today’s world! Firstly, corporate structures are changing: startups, mergers and acquisitions are now an expected part of the corporate life-cycle.

Secondly, the new corporate environment is in process of shifting from the familiar competitive model to a more collaborative model that values performance of teams as much as individual contribution. Finally, an understanding of technology and information systems, including the internet and other communications advances, is extremely vital to be successful. Management programme (or the MBA) covers these areas thoroughly. Hence, management education can contribute to a successful career.

MBA degree can give you an edge over other employees or candidates for managerial positions. In fact, some companies would require managerial candidates to get a management degree to qualify for a management position. Some would argue that management education is a waste of time and money, and that one can succeed without a MBA tag in one’s curriculum vitae. Although a management degree is just one of many contributing factors in career success, graduate degrees such as an MBA have their own merits, and would prove to be an advantage when one is vying for a managerial position.

The following are some of the other reasons why management education would make good ‘business’ sense:

• Young urban professionals with MBA degrees or pursuing management education are viewed to have more potential for promotion to leadership or managerial positions than other candidates, which can easily be translated to savings and profits on the cost of staff hiring and training.

•People holding a management degree are considered as forward-looking professionals who step ahead of their peers, and are innovative, creative, and visionaries. Management professionals are considered as good and well-informed business decision makers, who value statistics, careful studies, and planning while taking calculated risks. Those with management education are found to be aggressive and tenacious in any undertakings. Getting an MBA is a result of hard work and perseverance in itself because of stringent requirements than a bachelor’s degree.

Those with MBA are considered to be serious about their career growth.

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India's growing education market excites US universities

2010-04-15T11:40:00.000+05:30

India's growing education market excites US universities

WASHINGTON: American universities are excited by prospects of expanding their presence in India's growing education market but some prestigious

Ivy league institutions like Yale University don't expect to open a campus in the country any time soon.

Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian American entrepreneur turned academic, associated with Duke, Harvard and Berkeley, all with strong interest in India, described the Indian cabinet's approval of a bill allowing foreign varsities to set up campuses in India as a "win-win".

The legislation expected to be introduced in parliament next month for a vote would potentially open a huge market to international educational institutions. "For them, this provides an ability to expand their programmes and make their students and faculty more globally aware," Wadhwa said.

"They will probably end up doing some of their research in India also for the same reasons that major corporations are doing R&D in India - it is much cheaper and brings them closer to growth markets."

But Wadhwa wished "the government hadn't put unnecessary restrictions into the bill, like the requirement that universities not repatriate profits and requiring an $11million minimum investment.

"Tens of billions are already flowing out of the country. So what if some universities make a profit?
This is win-win," he quipped.

Yale University, which is currently in discussions with the Ministry of Human Resource Development to advise the government on its plans to set up 14 new national universities in the next few years, however, had a different take.

"We have no intention or plan to open a campus in India at present," said George Joseph, assistant secretary for international affairs at Yale University. "Our focus is on building research collaborations, partnerships, as well as student exchanges."

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Education system in pathetic condition at Indian campuses

2010-04-15T11:39:00.000+05:30

Education system in pathetic condition at Indian campuses

National Fire Service College (NFSC) campus, its most prestigious course- Bachelor of Engineering (Fire Engineering) designed to meet the demand for specially trained technical experts in fire fighting has been non-functional since last four years.

INDIA MAY move towards hosting campuses of foreign universities, which the government described as a milestone that will enhance choices, increase competition and benchmark quality. But it failed to see what is the system and faculty in Indian campus education.

It is a shame that some national colleges have still a pathetic condition despite there names being registered among Asia’s best universities.

In Kolkata, fire exposed the need for trained personnel, while Nagpur fire engineering course lies suspended for four years. National Fire Service College (NFSC) campus, its most prestigious course- Bachelor of Engineering (Fire Engineering) designed to meet the demand for specially trained technical experts in fire fighting has been non-functional since last four years.

It has come to a standstill because of lack of infrastructure, one of the world’s first specially devised courses in fire fighting. The college runs by Union Ministry of Home Affairs and a Rs 200 crore plan to fund its own infrastructure and teaching faculty has been gathering dust. This college depends on some local institution for teaching some subjects as also for laboratory training. This is second time the course has seen a break since its inception in 1956.

It is best college of its kind in Asia, any science graduate with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics can appear for the entrance test for the course, which assures 100 per cent job guarantee through campus interviews. However, today, it is in such a condition that no one likes to go to this college due to lack of a world-class material testing laboratory, teachers, management etc.

It is high time that government should bring a proper infrastructure in place for running such colleges otherwise they will turn into mere monuments or memorial.

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UK varsities warned against treating Indians as 'cash cows'

2010-04-15T11:38:00.002+05:30

UK varsities warned against treating Indians as 'cash cows'

LONDON: Indian students and others from outside the European Union will turn away from British universities if they are treated merely as "cash

cows", the chief executive of the British Council has warned.

Every year, thousands of students are recruited in India by agents of British universities.

While most of them enjoy and benefit from the experience of studying in the UK, many are disappointed at the lack of attention and low quality of education at some universities.

Indian students pay at least three times the fee applicable to British students, which means that if a British student pays 3000 pounds for a one-year Masters course, an Indian student will pay at least 9,000 pounds for the same course.

British Council chief executive Martin Davidson said: "International students have more study options today than ever before, and in an internet-connected world word quickly spreads when it appears a university regards them as little more than 'cash cows'".

He added: "In today's rapidly evolving marketplace, overseas governments will react against foreign universities that are clearly only interested in recruiting students from their country and giving nothing in return."

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Sibal meets Smith, discusses safety of Indian students

2010-04-15T11:38:00.001+05:30

Sibal meets Smith, discusses safety of Indian students

Concerned over the safety of Indian students here, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has reviewed with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith the steps taken by the Australian government here to ensure their safety and security.
Mr. Sibal, who is in Australia on a visit, met Mr. Smith yesterday at Perth and held talks on the educational links between the two countries.
“We discussed the ongoing steps that Australian governments are taking to ensure that Indian students in Australia remain safe and return home with a first class education and a great Australian experience,” the Australian Foreign Minister said.
“We also looked to the future of the Australia-India education relationship, which presents enormous opportunities to deepen collaboration across all sectors from vocational education and training to higher education and postgraduate studies,” he added.
The visit assumes significance in the wake of over 100 incidents of assaults against Indian students being reported in Australia.
“As Australia’s gateway to the Indian Ocean region, Western Australians understand that our economic strength reflects our willingness and success in engaging with the fast-growing economies and major markets to our west. India is an essential part of that,” he said.
Mr. Smith said Mr. Sibal has been a strong advocate of the Australia-India Strategic Partnership, agreed by Prime Minister Rudd and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi in November 2009.
Under Mr. Sibal, Australia and India launched the Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) which commenced with an initial commitment of $20 million by Australia and India over 5 years in 2006, he said.
“The AISRF has been since its inception Australia’s largest bilateral fund for research with any country. The competitive grant scheme has been heavily oversubscribed,” he said.
Mr. Sibal will also meet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education Julia Gillard and hold the annual Australia-India Ministerial Dialogue of Education Cooperation in Melbourne later this week.
He will also meet representatives of Australian universities and education providers, State government representatives, members of the Indian community and business leaders.
Mr. Sibal and Mr. Smith had met last month in New Delhi and also attended the Australia-India Friendship Hockey Match, part of the Hockey World Cup.

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Now, go for direct re-evaluation

2010-04-15T11:37:00.001+05:30

Now, go for direct re-evaluation

Mumbai: Mumbai University has at last rationalised its re-evaluation process. In a landmark decision, both graduate and post-graduate students can now go for direct reassessment, which means students can now apply for re-evaluation directly and simultaneously apply for photocopy of their answer sheets.
Several lakh students take university exams and on an average, 30,00-odd apply for re-evaluation, but many thousand don’t because of the cumbersome process.
While the old system had several complexities, the new ‘rules and regulations for photocopy and re-evaluation’ aim to reduce the process by half. For instance, if earlier, the whole process took three months, now it will be done in 45 days. “It’ll drastically cut down the waiting period for thousands of students,” said acting vice-chancellor Chandra Krishnamurthy.
In the earlier system, there have been instances of students losing academic years because of the delay in the re-evaluation process. “Students had to first apply for and obtain a photocopy of theiranswer sheet before applying for reassessment,” said Vilas Shinde, university controller of examinations. “The process often took a month or even longer. The new system makes both processes independent of each other and will expedite 70% of the work.”
The new rules are applicable to theory papers. “The regulations will be applicable for exams from the first half of 2010. We will send a circular to colleges in April. The rules will also be placed before the academic and management councils to convert them into an ordinance,” said Shinde.
Yet another feature that will speed up the process is scrapping of the redressal and grievance committee. Earlier, the committee would recommend whether a particularanswer sheet should be sent for re-evaluation or not. “But this committee has now been abolished enabling students to apply directly,” said Shinde.
Another reason to cheer is the fact that students waiting for their re-evaluation results can take provisional admission, subject to availability of seats in the college. This will ensure students do not lose out on a year. “If the student is declared pass in the requisite number of the subjects on re-evaluation, which would entitle him/her to take admission in the next class, provisional admission will be regularised,” the directive says. But if the student fails, the admission will automatically stand cancelled.
Among other rules, re-evaluation will be done through the university’s Central Assessment Programme (CAP) and it will be mandatory for colleges to relieve examinees from their college for the same.
Results of a particular subject/examination will also be declared at one go now. To apply for re-evaluation, students will have to secure 20% of the total marks or 40% of the marks required for passing in a subject.

Source Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_now-go-for-direct-re-evaluation_1365536

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Job offers at Indian School of Business better than '09

2010-04-15T11:35:00.002+05:30

Job offers at Indian School of Business better than '09

The Indian School of Business said placements this year were better compared to the 2009 batch.
Although the premier institute has not got 100 per cent placements for its students, companies participating in the recruitment process increased by about 30 per cent. “The number of offers also increased by 30 per cent,” said ISB dean Ajit Rangnekar.
Addressing the students at the ninth graduation day on Saturday, he said the school would extend the deadline for recruitments beyond March 31. “ISB follows rolling placement. It is not possible to accommodate all students and companies by March 31,” he said.
“The positive changes in the economy reflected in the placement results and all major recruiters have hired in large numbers.”
The rolling placements would give the students and the companies more time for decision making, he added.

Source Link: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/job-offers-at-indian-schoolbusiness-better-than-%5C09/390723/

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Have we Become Slaves Of Technology

2010-04-15T11:35:00.001+05:30

Have we Become Slaves Of Technology

Imagine the scenario, wherein on a particular day, every piece of technology that we so conveniently depend on for our day-to-day existence fails to work. You wake up in the morning and after brushing, turn on the gas for a cup of hot tea, only to find the gas supply has exhausted. You turn on the heater and a nasty shock awaits you -the electricity supply is down and the inverter is not working. You are frustrated and as you are already running late for office, you decide to skip any idea of tea or breakfast and rush to bathe. And then you remember that there is no electricity. So, there is no way whatsoever of getting hot water. You make do with near freezing water and rush out. You just want to be doubly sure that you are not too late after all. So, you turn to your watch to check the time only to find that the watch has run down and ditto with your mobile. Seething with anger and irritation, you switch on the car ignition and the car refuses to budge. You decide to take the trusted rail route to work and the greatest shock comes in the form of a road and rail strike. Tired, hungry and frustrated, you return home and slump into bed.

This situation is not entirely hypothetical and is quite possible in real life as well. What happens then? Would we be able to run through such a day like any other day or would it actually affect us? Majority of us would say it obviously would affect us and that too, in a big way: We would be left totally paralysed, and our schedule would go haywire. Does this indicate that we have become slaves of technology?
Let us analyse what exactly technology means before arriving at an answer to this question.
Technology, though always associated with modernisation, is actually nothing new or modern, but is a constantly evolving process that had begun in the remote antiquity. It is definitely not something which has materialised overnight. It is the result of a continuous evolution of thought processes, triggered by man's constant and ever increasing needs for a better and more comfortable way of living. Man's need to improve the manner in which a certain thing was being done would trigger some ideas in the relevant direction. This would lead to the conception of a technique or invention of a tool to do the same work with less effort. These inventions and constant evolutions have been happening continuously from time immemorial.

The ancient man's need to keep himself warm, protect himself from wild animals, etc., led to the discovery of fIre. His need for cutting down trees for shelter, skinning animals for flesh and developing weapons for self¬defence led to the invention of the axe and the knife. Somewhere down the line, man felt the need of a faster and easier method of mobility. This led to the invention of the wheel. Things like the fIre, the knife and the wheel have become so much a part of our day-to¬day life today that we fInd it tough to digest the fact that there was a time when man did survive on the earth without using any of these things.
These discoveries and inventions by the prehistoric man could also be described as part of the process of technological evolution.
In comparatively much recent time, Alexander Graham Bell was probably just thinking of a means to make possible long distance communication, when he was working on the invention of the telephone. He definitely wouldn't have anticipated the gradual metamorphosis of the telephone into a cell phone, which has, of late, become kind of a lifeline for a majority of people, especially the younger generation. If we look at the uses of a telephone keeping in mind the intention with which it was invented, the transformation is mind blowing. The world without the telephone must have been so very different from what it is today. To deliver news-however urgent or important-people had to go personally to• the recipient to deliver it or fInd some alternative option for doing the same. The invention of the telephone enabled the same news to be delivered immediately. No doubt, it revolutionised people's lives and made life much more easier. But, what about today's situation? Youngsters are hooked to the cell ph~nes, to such an extent that they behave as if their very lives depend on talking over the phone. Now, one can't help but call this an absolute dependence on technology, to the extent of becoming slaves to it.
Benjamin Franklin wondered at the power of lightning and after lots of research and experiments, discovered electricity. Electricity, the basis of all modern inventions, was no doubt a very useful invention. For example, Thomas Alva Edison made use of electricity and invented the electric bulb. Edison must have just been thinking of a way to light up people's homes when he was working on the invention of the same. It no doubt added comfort to people's lives. But today, can we think of electricity and bulbs as just a means of adding comfort to our lives? Absolutely not. They have rather become absolute necessities in our day¬ to-day life. As discussed in the imaginary situation at the beginning, without electricity, our life goes for a toss. People in areas facing load shedding in our country can vouch for it. But, weren't people living equally or much more happily and peacefully before these inventions? They obviously were. So, why do we depend on these so much today? It is because we are so used to enjoying these comforts that rather than being just a comfort, they have become absolute necessities, thus making us their slaves.

Charles Babbage's obsession with tidiness and precision in mathematical calculations led him to go for one invention after another and finally led to the conception of the computer, the device which has taken over man's life at a much faster pace and a more incredible way than any other device ever invented. The computer, though invented purely with the aim of faster and more precise mathematical calculations, led to a series of inventions of computer languages as well as of related technologies like the Internet and got a huge grasp over people's lives today. Here again, the computer, with its original intention did make people's lives easier, and clumsy and cumbersome calculations faster, but it would have been good if it had stopped at that. But today, people have become entirely dependent on it.

The basic aim behind the invention of any piece of technology was to ease people's lives, save quality time by quickening otherwise time-consuming processes, add some comfort and enrich the overall quality of life. But now, rather than using technology to quicken processes and get some quality time to do some other useful work, people tend to use technology throughout and are left with a lot of time, with which they know not what to do. Rather than using technology just in places where otherwise manual slogging would be required to the extent of adversely affecting health, today people use technology so much that there is no room for. physical exercise and then complain about a whole lot of health problems. The problem basically lies in technology being used as an end in itself, and not as a means to an end.

At the same time, we can't generalise this opinion as well. There are many rural areas still where technology has not creeped in and~ taken control of people's lives. And people in those areas are also going about their lives and-so are others, who are dependent on technology. But, it is obvious that those who have got the taste' of technology are fast falling prey to its lure and becoming its slaves.
It would be better before it is too late, if we understand that technology was invented by man and is meant to be controlled by man and not vice¬ versa. If used prudently and wisely, it would enrich our lives as never before and if used excessively, it would degrade us equally. The ball is in our court and it is for us to decide how to use it to our maximum advantage.

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Education is a fundamental right now

2010-04-15T11:34:00.001+05:30

Education is a fundamental right now

A historic law making education a fundamental right of every child will come into force on Thursday, directly benefiting close to one crore children who do not go to schools at present. Photo: R. Ravindran
On Thursday — April 1 — India will join a group of few countries in the world, with a historic law making education a fundamental right of every child coming into force.
Making elementary education an entitlement for children in the 6-14 age group, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 will directly benefit close to one crore children who do not go to school at present.
In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday will address the nation, announcing the operationalisation of the Act.
“Tomorrow [Thursday] is a historic day as the Right to Education Act comes into effect. For the first time, education will become a constitutional right. It is a tryst with destiny in the area of education,” Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters. He said it was the responsibility of all stakeholders to enforce it.
“But to think that we have passed a law and all children will get educated is not right. What we have done is preparing a framework to get quality education. It is for the entire community to contribute and participate in this national endeavour,” he said.
Nearly 92 lakh children, who had either dropped out of schools or never been to any educational institution, will get elementary education as it will be binding on the part of the local and State governments to ensure that all children in the 6-14 age group get schooling.
As per the Act, private educational institutions should reserve 25 per cent seats for children from the weaker sections of society.
The Centre and the States have agreed to share the financial burden in the ratio of 55:45, while the Finance Commission has given Rs. 25,000 crore to the States for implementing the Act. The Centre has approved an outlay of Rs.15,000 crore for 2010-2011.
The school management committee or the local authority will identify the drop-outs or out-of-school children aged above six and admit them in classes appropriate to their age after giving special training. As per the Act, the schools need to have minimum facilities such as adequate teachers, playground and infrastructure.

Source Link: http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article337111.ece

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World Bank provides $1.05 bn to improve education in India

2010-04-15T11:27:00.000+05:30

World Bank provides $1.05 bn to improve education in India

The World Bank has approved two projects worth $ 1.05 billion (over Rs 4,800 crore) for India, aimed at expanding the reach of primary schools and the quality of engineering education in the country.
“The World Bank today approved two education projects worth USD 1.05 billion for India, designed to boost the number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school, and to improve quality of engineering education across the country,” it said in a statement.
It further said India has made significant progress in meeting its education goals, especially at the primary level.
Through its 86th constitutional amendment in 2002, India mandated elementary education as a fundamental right of every child.
The same year, the government also launched the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a nationwide program to take quality elementary education to all children.
The Bank has supported the SSA with total grants of USD 1.1 billion since 2003, it added.
“SSA -- now the largest ongoing Education for All (EFA) program in the world -- has been remarkably successful, particularly in achieving greater access to elementary education,” said Roberto Zagha, World Bank Country Director for India.
Between 2003 and 2009, the number of children reportedly enrolled in elementary education in India increased by 57 million to 192 million.

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/education/article258063.ece

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Moon among clusters of stars in management education: Apar India

2010-04-15T11:09:00.000+05:30

Moon among clusters of stars in management education: Apar India

Many students after completion of their graduation want to pursue MBA as their Post Graduate degree. Most of the students who wish to take admission in MBA prepare for some or the other management entrance exams. Seema Biswas is one of the students among the bunch who prepared for the management exams, but failed to get through. She was searching for such a college which can offer the management degree, with good previous campus placement record, prominent and experienced faculty and most of all value for her time and money. Apar India College of Management and Technology fits into her criteria and requirement and proved a good choice to her.

After talking to her we came to know that Apar India College offers the best placement facility to a student which is one of the most important factors for any management student. She said, “Inspite of heavy recession in the job market, Apar manage to place its students in good companies with respectable salaries. Many big brands visit the college frequently during the placement sessions, which is one of the USP of the college the most recent visitor being Aircel communication.”

Apar India is an established center of excellence, which caters to more than 3,000 students with vast network of alumni in various companies in India and abroad. It claims to be the first management college which is certified as ISO 9001:2008. It has it’s two campuses in city, one in Rohini and another 5 storey campus at Dwarka, both with best infrastructure facilities and modern teaching aids for students.

Being a management school, it stands among the list of good B-Schools in the city. Apar India College has many salient features which make it different from others, but the one which is really unique from other B-Schools is that where most of the B-Schools charge huge amount as fee; Apar India provides all these facilities without charging any tuition fee from students. Students just need to pay a very nominal fee which is Rs. 11,700 per semester.

Degrees are awarded by Sikkim Manipal University which is a State University recognized by UGC, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.. It offers 5 day a week classes to its regular students and weekend classis for working professionals. After visiting the campus we came to know that the college is loaded with full modern teaching facilities. The classrooms are equipped with LCD projectors, AC classrooms and audio-video facilities and state-of-art facility, it has very well stocked and maintained library. All these facilities makes learning at Apar India a pleasant memory which the students cherish lifelong.

Apar has number of special features which makes it so special that students without giving a second thought are willing to take admission in this college, this we came to know after talking to few students there. The students who are studying there feel that as compared to other B-Schools who are charging hefty amount as fee which range between Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 10 Lakhs, and offering more or less the same teaching, so they have an upper hand that they are getting all by paying very nominal fee.

Behind all great gestures and ideas there is a main think tank, and here with in the case of Apar India College Mr. Raj Kumar Jain is the magical man, who brings this sea change in B-School education. We got a chance to meet him. He is very simple yet very intellectual and far-sighted . He is a visionary, full of new ideas and thoughts about revolutionizing higher education; his college being the mode of bringing in the revolution. He told us that he is a die-hard optimist who likes to take new challenges in life and establishing an institution with excellence and offering degree to students without charging tuition fee was his prime idea. He is renowned social activist, educationist and a President of India Awardee. During the conversation he told us that he is a philanthropist associated with different acts of social upliftment, Health awareness, Environment protection and many other activities in various other fields for more than 25 years.

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Apar India at Times Jobs.com

2010-04-15T11:04:00.000+05:30

Apar India at Times Jobs.com

Apar India College of Management and Technology offers MBA/BBA, MCA/BCA, MSc (IT)/B.Sc (IT), MA/BA (Journalism & Mass Communication) degree courses and provides regular classes (Monday to Friday) without charging any tuition fees along with 100 per cent free Job oriented courses such as English speaking, Personality Development, Foreign Language, Hardware networking etc. Degrees are awarded by Sikkim Manipal University which is a State Govt. University recognized by UGC, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Students have to pay nominal university fee in the form of Demand Draft in favor of Sikkim Manipal University payable at Manipal.

Apar India is an established center of excellence, which caters to more than 2,000 students with vast network of alumni in various companies in India and abroad. It has branches at Rohini and Dwarka. Special emphasis is given to the academics as well as the overall development of students to make them hardcore professionals.

The working professionals can pursue their higher education by attending classes on Sundays without interruptions to their jobs. At an era where other Institutes are charging thousands and lakhs of rupees as tuition fees, Apar India provides all these facilities free of cost. Students as far as Bombay, Abu Dabi, Bhilwara, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Kerala, Bihar, Nepal, Jhansi enroll themselves for courses at the Institute the reason being good services and good faculty.

APAR ADVANTAGES
• Regular and Weekend classes
• State of the art infrastructure
• Air conditioned classrooms
• Highly qualified and Experienced faculty
• Class room teaching using LCD and Laptops
• Value added job oriented courses
• Industrial visits
• Foreign language and English conversation classes
• Seminars and Group discussions by industrial experts
• Role Plays and Presentations
• Personality Development Programs
• Ethics and Moral Values training programs
• Mock sessions of interview preparations

Source Link: http://www.timesjobs.com/campusdirect/aparindiacollege-admission/index.html

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Apar College at studyplaces.com

2010-04-15T10:58:00.000+05:30

Apar College at studyplaces.com

Apar India Institute of Management & Technology, Delhi, has been established in 1988 by RK Jain, a renowned educationist and philanthropist and a recipient of President of India award. The college has carved a niche in the Management Education Arena with its mission of providing quality professional education along with the benefits of overall development of the student by inculcating values of “Shiksha”, “Sanskar” and “Sewa”.

The Institute provides undergraduate and post-graduate UGC recognised degrees like BBA, MBA, BCA, BSC.IT, MCA, BA-JM & MAJM through Sikkim Manipal University. There are regular classes for all its students along with free Value Added Job Oriented Certificate Courses like Certificate Course in English Conversation, Foreign Languages, Communication & Personality Development, Basics of Hardware & Networking, Presentation skills etc. Students have to just pay the nominal university fee and can avail the regular classes and job oriented courses free of cost. There is no additional fee or tuition fee charged.

Apart from the regular classes, the Institute provides weekend classes for working professionals. Along with regular and weekend classes, students avail the benefits of attending regular seminars and workshops conducted by eminent personalities from the industry. There are also regular Personality Development Programmes, industrial visits and a plethora of campus activities aimed at developing leadership, team building and organising skills essential for a successful corporate career.

The Apar campuses at Rohini & Dwarka boast air-conditioned classrooms, LAN connected Computer labs, lap tops, library, seminar hall, and latest audio-visual teaching aids like LCD Projectors and OHP’s. The Institute’s Academic Pillar constitute of a constellation of experienced lecturers from IIM, FMS, XLRI, MAIT and other renowned colleges. Separate hostel and PG accommodations for boys & girls are also available.

The Training & Placement cell of Apar India guides the students to explore how to relate their aspiration & interests to various business practices. The students undergo various developmental programmes to hone their soft skills, upgrade themselves so that they are able to carve a niche in the highly competitive employment scenario. The Cell also provides expertise in crafting powerful resumes, developing interviewing and presentation techniques and building interpersonal skills.

Campus Placements, job fairs are conducted to enable the students to realise their dreams and choose a career of their choice. Our students are placed in companies like Wipro, HCL, Stopper’s shop, ITC, Wealthzone Financial Services, Delhi Metro, Mother Dairy, Syndicate Bank, NDPL, American Express Bank, TATA Power Company, MTNL, Siemens Information, ICICI Bank, Denso India Limited, India Bulls, Sahara NCR, GE Capitals etc.

About Campus

Apar India (Main Campus)

Instructional Methodology Classroom Teaching Industrial Visits Case Study Seminars Group Discussions Presentations Role Plays Projects and Assignments Mock Sessions Personality Development Programmes Interview Training Summer Training Ethics & Moral Values Training Programme Infrastructure Well-ventilated and well-lit classrooms AC classrooms equipped with audio/video facilities, & LCD projector State-of-art computer...

Instructional Methodology

Classroom Teaching
Industrial Visits
Case Study
Seminars
Group Discussions
Presentations
Role Plays
Projects and Assignments
Mock Sessions
Personality Development Programmes
Interview Training
Summer Training
Ethics & Moral Values Training Programme

Infrastructure

Well-ventilated and well-lit classrooms
AC classrooms equipped with audio/video facilities, & LCD projector
State-of-art computer labs connected through LAN
A/c seminar hall for all the extra curricular activities
Comprehensive Library, which has a wide collection of reference books, related to different subjects

Hostel Facilities

Separate hostel/ PG accommodation facilities are available for boys and girls. As a matter of fact, even to this date we have students who have come from as far as Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, U.P. Varanasi, Aligarh, Meerut, Calcutta, Thailand, Abu Dhabi etc to name a few. We have been providing lodging facilities to these students and serve as local guardians to these students.

Career Guidance

The Institute has a full-fledged Training & Placement Cell. The Cell is actively involved in continuously studying the market forces. A vibrant placement cell provides the necessary linkage between the students and the industry. We also counsel our students for better career prospects.

The placement cell conducts

Training in Soft skills
Training in Group Discussions, Interview skills
Campus interviews
Job fairs
Getting resumes rectified

Some of the Aparians are placed in companies like GAIL, Mother Dairy, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, IBM, Birla Soft, MTNL, HDFC Bank Ltd., Indian Air Force, Eureka Forbes and Seimens etc.

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Apar India Institute of Management-At EduPages.com

2010-04-15T10:55:00.000+05:30

Apar At EduPages.com

Apar India Institute of Management.The Institute is striving for the overall development of the students.

Details : Apar India was established in 1998_ providing University Degrees through Sikkim Manipal University Health Medical Technological Sciences in the field of Management_ IT and Journalism.MBA_ MCA_ MSc.IT_ MAJM_ BBA_ BCA_ BSc.IT_ BA JM etc.

Right from the time of its establishment_ Apar India is striving hard to inculcate Shiksha (Education)_ Sanskar (Values) and Seva (Service) in the students. The Director Mr. R. K. Jain strongly believes that it is only through Education that the right values and sense of service could be inculcated in the students which forms the foundation of the Nation.

Apar India is an established center of excellence_ which caters to the need of the time today. Keeping this in mind_ we introduced the concept of free full time regular classes along with value added job-oriented certificate courses for students_ providing rigorous training to hone their knowledge and skills.

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A breeze of Innovation in the Category of B-Schools

2010-04-13T11:38:00.001+05:30

Every Year, more than 2.3 lakhs students appear for CAT for around 2000 seats in prestigious Indian Institute of Management campuses. There are another 3-4 lakh students who work hard to secure a place in their dream college, but not everyone is able to do so.

Now, in this world of B-Schools, one name is making the headlines quietly for past 4-5 years. Started with a modest vision, this institutes teaches over 3000 students every year the management principles to make leader of future.

Apar India college with the affiliation of Sikkim Manipal university is imparting management programs to over 3000 students/year from its two campuses, Rohini and Dwarka both located in Delhi. So what is so special about APAR that every year their enrollments keep on increasing posing a nice challenge to management to look for more infrastructure facilities to accommodate these students.

And the answer lies in the APAR way of making education delivery high quality at really affordable cost. So, on one hand APAR boosts of Air conditioned class rooms, Regular Industry visits for students, Foreign language and English conversation classes all as part of MBA program, it delivers all this at a very nominal fee of Rs 50,000 for the entire MBA program. Some of the other features about APAR MBA program

Regular full time 5 day classes a week
Weekend classes for working professionals
Highly qualified and Experienced faculty
Seminars and Group discussions by industrial experts
Personality Development Programs
State of the art infrastructure
Class room teaching using LCD and Laptops
Value added job oriented courses

These special features makes APAR so special that students without giving a second thought are willing to take admission in this college, this we came to know after talking to few students there. The students those who are studying there feel that as compared to other B-Schools who are charging hefty amount as fee which range between Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 10 Lakhs, and offering more or less the same teaching, so they has an upper hand that they are getting all by paying very nominal fee.

Behind all great gestures and ideas there is a main think tank, and here with in the case of Apar College Mr. Raj Kumar Jain is the magical man, who brings this sea change in B-School education. We got a chance to meet him. He is very simple and quick brain man. He is full of new ideas and thoughts about education and his college. He told us that he is all the time like to take new challenges in life and establishing an institute with excellence and offering degree to students without charging tuition fee was his prime idea. He is renowned social activist, philanthropist, educationist and a President of India Awardee. During the conversation he told us that he is associated with different acts of social upliftment, Health awareness, Environment protection and many other activities in various other fields for the past 25 years.

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