New Delhi: The rush for admissions at the prestigious Delhi University begins on Monday with the common pre-admission forms being made available for aspiring students both online and over the counter. The University offers 54,000 seats in over 60 colleges spread across the capital but the spectacularly high cut off rates in recent years tend to make the students nervous. The common pre-admission forms can be availed both online and...
09:40 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Puducherry: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Puducherry will release on June 1 the result of the entrance exam held at the all India level for selection of students to first MBBS course during 2012-2013 academic year in the institute. Seventy five per cent of the 40,000 candidates who had applied for the entrance test in various parts of the country simultaneously appeared for the test on...
03:43 PM, May 29, 2012
Howard Gardner The Man: The professor of cognition and education at Harvard Graduate School of Education taught us why IQ is not everything; broadened the focus of the educators, and changed the way children are taught in American schools"even as he introduced the idea of multiple intelligences in the field of psychology. He tells us the meaning of truth, goodness and beauty in an age of twitter. The Oeuvre: Spans...
01:14 PM, May 25, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka capital Bangalore boasts of being home to over two million graduates and diploma holders, but still cuts a sorry figure as only a few thousand of them care to vote to elect a representative to advocate their interests in the state legislature. The Karnataka legislature consists of two houses - the 225-member assembly and 75-member council. The council is made up of 25 members elected by the assembly,...
01:03 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Technology major IBM and software exporter Infosys have emerged as the most preferred employers for engineering and non-engineering graduates, respectively, says a survey. "IBM and Infosys have emerged as the most preferred employers by both engineering (BE/BTech) as well as non engineering graduate (BSc/BBA, BA, BCA) students," said the survey conducted by job portal Firstnaukri.com, focused on entry level hiring. According to the portal, both the companies are...
05:15 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Chandigarh: A youth, pierced through the body by two iron rods, got a a new lease of life as doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak removed both bars - one of which had gone through a lung and had narrowly missed the heart - in a six-hour surgery. PGIMS director Chand Singh Dul said on Monday that the patient was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit...
08:05 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Mumbai: The human resources circuit seems to be opening up to let in fresh(er) currents, and it is willing to pay for it. Lucrative job offers and high-salaried packages, traditionally the exclusive reserve of MBAs, engineers and post-graduates, are finding their way to graduates fresh out of colleges or still to give their final year exams. The annual salaries offered to some students of St Xavier's and HR college this...
12:18 PM, Feb 23, 2012
CHENNAI: A new private sector initiative named Passport to India will target American students - from high school to graduation - and offer them internships with companies and organisations in India, said Jennifer McIntyre, Consul General of the United States, Chennai. Speaking at an event organised by the Constituent Committee of City Chambers of Commerce on Friday, she said that the internships would range from three weeks to six months...
08:16 AM, Nov 26, 2011
New Delhi: Our legislators may have come under attack from supporters of Anna Hazare for their level of competence to frame laws, but the truth is that more than 80 per cent of MPs in Lok Sabha are graduates while over 30 per cent possess post-graduate and doctoral degrees. "Though our Constitution does not prescribe any formal qualification to contest elections, it is our experience that persons without some level...
08:36 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Vice Chancellor of Guru Granth Sahib World University Dr Jasbeer Singh Ahluwalia was shot at by unidentified assailants on Monday. Ahluwalia was at Fatehgarh Sahib when the assailants opened fire. He was immediately taken to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) in Chandigarh. Sources at PGIMER said that Ahluwalia was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital and had been admitted to the emergency...
05:31 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Ahmedabad: The international placement offers coming the way of Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A) graduates from consulting and banking firms have gone up this year, reflecting a better market sentiment overseas, the top business school said on Thursday. "Consulting firms like Oliver Wyman, Analysys Mason and Heidrick & Struggles made international offers this year, spanning across New York, Dubai and Singapore," an IIM-A report said without divulging numbers. IIM-A...
08:43 AM, Mar 25, 2011
New Delhi: In what could be a setback to many Indian students aspiring to study in Britain, the UK government has announced a major overhaul of the student visa system, tightening the entrance criteria and the post-study work route. There will be restrictions on work placements on courses provided by non-university sponsors, Chris Dix, Regional Director, UK Border Agency on Wednesday told reporters here, maintaining that new rules are to...
04:26 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Washington: For the second time in a week, President Barack Obama has pointed to the rise of India and China to ask Americans to produce more graduates to compete globally and regain its top status. "From Beijing to Bangalore from Seoul to Sao Paulo new industries and innovations are flourishing; our competition is growing fiercer," Obama told a crowd at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday. "We need...
12:59 PM, Aug 10, 2010
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