| Students India - News |
| Microsoft aims to promote stud. entrepreneurs |
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14 05 2008 - Education |
| Finalists of the Microsoft Imagine cup, a contest aimed at fostering the culture of innovation among students, will be promoted to commercialise their innovations by hand-holding them in terms of funding and entrepreneurial skills.
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| YouTube launches Indian edition to woo surfers |
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10 05 2008 - Education |
| The popular video-sharing website YouTube has announced the launch of its local Indian version Youtube.in. Google?s desi version of YouTube is sure to send jitters down the competition?s spine with its localized home page plus search functions.
An initiative that is set to benefit students, YouTube India is reaching directly to Indian students, as Google India has tied up with Indian Institute of Technology for uploading classroom lectures for free.
"Companies like YouTube or an agency which has a large bandwidth and storage is helping us for free for distribution and disseminations and it is an enormous cost savings for us," said Dr Mangala Krishnan, Professor, IIT, Chennai.
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| Helping Students Make Decisions About Car. In IT |
| - by Special Correspondent |
09 05 2008 - Career |
| EMC India and JA are all set to bridge the employability gap between industry and students by readying them for the Indian IT industry
Thursday, May 08, 2008: EMC has announced that Junior Achievement (JA) India, a not-for-profit organisation and member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, is working with EMC India Center of Excellence to overcome skill gaps between the Indian IT industry and fresh graduates from colleges. This tie-up will involve EMC India COE volunteers and JA India engaging with engineering students aspiring for a career in the Indian IT industry by developing their understanding of the Indian economy, IT industry and the workplace
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| Over 1,00,000 students to take MAT today |
| - by Special Correspondent |
05 05 2008 - Education |
| Over 1,00,000 students will take the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) on Sunday. Conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA), the test is one of the most widely-used ones to seek admission in over 1,000 AICTE-approved and university-affiliated B-schools in India.
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| Affordable UK Qualifications launched in India |
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07 04 2008 - Education |
| The Association of Business Executives (ABE), an international examining body and provider of Business and Management qualifications, launched its British qualifications programmes for India in Chandigarhon April 4.
Mr. Kevin McLaven, First Secretary British Council, openly conveyed his pleasure of welcoming ABE to India and discussed the predominant role British Education obtains in the world. The British Council co-hosted the event with ABE which was attended by more than 150 people.
Ms. Maria Wejshag, Business Development Manager of ABE UK, informed the attending educational institutes that ABE can lead to an MBA with their approximately 55 universities in UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia or Switzerland. Maria also discussed ABE?s contribution to the intellectual, social and economic development of individuals and communities through the provision of relevant, high-quality, affordable qualifications
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| Mukesh Ambani asks IIMB students |
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26 03 2008 - Education |
| Lamenting on lack of ethical values and moral leadership in Indian businesses on Tuesday, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani, who is also the Chairman of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), on Tuesday asked its students to provide moral leadership to Indian business
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| Bust the Stress |
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19 03 2008 - Education |
| It's exam time, which tragically also means it's a season of suicides. This newspaper recently reported that last Thursday, at least six students across India committed suicide. The reasons for the youngsters committing suicide were varied, but a common factor was examination-related stress.
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| IIM-C student opts out of job |
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17 03 2008 - Education |
| Kolkata, Mar 16 It's been a mini trend at the B-schools this year - students willing to take risks and venture out on their own instead of opting for lucrative placement deals on campus. At IIM-Ahmedabad, four students of the batch of 2008 chose to join the India growth story by deciding to take the entrepreneurial route. At IIM-Calcutta too, one student from the batch of 2008 has opted out from the final placements, not taking up a job.
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| International Student Day is Sunday |
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08 03 2008 - National |
| Attendees will be able to sample delicacies and be entertained by cultural performances from countries around the world as part of International Students Day on Sunday at the Missouri S&T.
International Students Day is an opportunity for the Missouri S&T students, staff and faculty, and area residents to learn more about the variety of cultures and customs of Missouri S&T's international students. It is also designed to promote cross-cultural interactions and friendship among all students.
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| Middle school boundaries to be set by May |
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07 03 2008 - Education |
| Keeping the two schools roughly equal in number of students and setting up efficient bus schedules are the two primary considerations in making the boundary lines determining which students will go to Indian Crest and which to Indian Valley when the two schools are redone as middle schools for grades six through eight beginning in 2009.
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| Should India also develop satellite-killing .... |
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03 03 2008 - Education |
| (Commentary)
By Sreeram Chaulia
Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?s contention that India has the capability to intercept objects in space and destroy them within a radius of 200 km has ignited a strategic dilemma. The issue has gained significance after the US successfully shot down one of its own collapsing satellites at a height of 233 km. The fear that India will be left lagging in one more global arms race and pay a heavy ex-post price looms on the minds of the country?s strategic elites. Although Washington described its operation Feb 20 as a life-saving strike to prevent a rogue satellite from crashing on to earth....
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| IT, Biotech preferred courses for Indian students |
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01 03 2008 - Education |
| Chennai (PTI): Information Technology and Bio-Tech are some of the most preferred courses of Indian students wanting to pursue higher education in Australia, an Australian Education Consultant said.
"IT has been strong. And various areas of Business, besides Bio-Tech, are also being sought after by students from India," Director (Operations)of VIEC Education, Pauline Drayton told reporters here on the sidelines of an Australian education fair on Friday.
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| IIM-A students create online marketplace |
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28 02 2008 - Education |
| Finding accommodation for 50 students on a field trip to a new city, tracing an outdated print of a management book, looking for a second-hand bicycle to ride around the campus or even debating the Budget with a group of students you have never met ? all this will soon be possible through a first-of-its-kind website launched by two postgraduate programme (PGP) students at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
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| Microsoft sets up tech lab at IIT |
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20 02 2008 - Career |
| Chennai (PTI): Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd on Monday announced the inauguration of a technology lab it has set up at the city-based Indian Institute of Technology on Monday.
Microsoft is investing Rs 90 lakh initially in Microsoft Windows Technologies Lab that will harness innovation through research and provide a platform for faculty members and students to leverage it for a variety of research and training, Prof T A Gonsalves, Head, Department of Computer Science Education, IIT-M, told reporters during the inauguration.
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| Philadelphia Creates College Access |
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19 02 2008 - Career |
| The mayor?s goal of raising the lowly percentage of residents with bachelor?s degrees received a boost this week when a nonprofit initiative opened an outpost at a downtown mall to help working adults return to college.
Right next to a dollar store and across from a nail salon, Graduate! Philadelphia will help evaluate transcripts, plan programs of study, give advice on financial aid and offer other support, organizers said.
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| ICAR entrance exam on April 19 |
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14 02 2008 - Career |
| Coimbatore, (PTI): The 13th All India entrance exam for admissions to Under Graduate programmes in agriculture and allied science subjects, other than veterinary science, for filling 15 per cent of the total number of seats in State Agricultural Universities and Central Agricultural University being conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Reserch (ICAR) would be held on April 19.
The degree of four-year duration has been in the subjects of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Fishery, Home Science, Sericulture, Agricultural Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Marketing, Banking and Cooperation, Biotechnology and Commercial Agriculture and Business Management.
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| No decision on online-test for CAT yet: IIM-A |
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12 02 2008 - Career |
| Year by year, the number of CAT takers are increasing. For CAT 07, held on November 18, 2008, the reported number of CAT applicants was over 2.3 lakhs.
Considering this trend, IIMs are planning to make some modifications to the CAT process. But online testing is yet to get a nod.
According to the recent clarification published on CAT website ( www.catiim.in ), in view of increasing number of candidates, IIMs are considering various alternatives for modifying the process of conducting CAT, if necessary. Online testing is one of those alternatives. However, IIM-A says that the proposals are at the preliminary stage of discussion
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| Cisco to Develop IT Talent in India |
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05 02 2008 - Career |
| In a bid to boost IT talent in India, Cisco has today announced a series of initiatives to expand the country's capacity to train, employ, and retain highly qualified networking and systems engineers.
The company is nurturing high-flying ambitions to expand the country's networking workforce capacity to nearly 360,000 engineers within the next five years, which would translate into a six-fold increase over present employment levels. This it plans to do by establishing partnerships and starting testing facilities.
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| PCMC school students will get admission to Global |
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02 02 2008 - Education |
| Pune, January 31 A Civic school student will get admission in an international school. This is being made possible by the Global Indian International School (GIIS), Pune -- a joint project of Goel Ganga Group and Global Indian Foundation, Singapore.
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| NLSIU introduces common entrance test ........ |
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01 02 2008 - Education |
| New Delhi, (PTI): Aspirants for admission to prestigious law schools in the country will now have to appear for the Common Law Admission Test, being introduced by Bangalore-based National Law School of India University.
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), on the lines of CAT that is meant for admission to six IIMs and 111 other MBA schools, will also be used by several other law schools for admitting candidates.
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