Asian academicians meet in Australia to improve international ties

Asian academicians meet in Australia to improve international ties


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

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Top body will help commerce students find the right job

Top body will help commerce students find the right job


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

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Apar India -An Institution Of Excellence In Business Education

Apar India- An Institution Of Excellence In Business Education

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


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

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

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

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

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