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Apar India College
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 percent free Job oriented courses such as English speaking, Personality Development, Foreign Language, Hardware networking etc. Degrees are awarded by Sikkim Manipal University(SMU) 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 (SMU) payable at Manipal. |
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Apar India Institute full of Advantages
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
A Career and a Choice
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Eight students to represent India at Intel Science Fair
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Canadian government threatens McGill against fees hike
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
B-schools or placement agencies- Panel discussion at Praxis Business School
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/
Manipal Univeristy inks MoU with two international varsities
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
SP Jain won't 'lie' about placements
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Friday, April 23, 2010
Faith in God reduces stress, says a university research
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Investing in MBA programme can be risky, says a report
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
New building policy for educational institutes in Gujarat
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Students' web design firm going great guns
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Admission queries a click away
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/
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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/
Apar Weblink :http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Group Discussion and Personal Interview is the key for success
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Facilities at Apar
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
About the Founder of APAR
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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.
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Book fair in Mumbai - A mecca for book lovers
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
50% decline in Indian students opting for studies in Australia
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
Temping tempting for fresh MBAs
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
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
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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
Apar Weblink:http://www.aparindiacollege.com/index.htm
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