Gender no bar - Himachal varsity gets first woman president

Shimla: Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).
Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association on Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university.
Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.
A law student, Shikha felt there was no gender consideration in her election as president.
"Of course, there was no gender consideration. It is my ideology and style of working that gave me a chance to fight for the cause of students," she told sources.
Her top priorities would be to fight against commercialisation of education and to make the university a profit-making entity.
The SFI again dominated the university elections by winning three of the four executive posts in the students body.
Though the communists have no stake in the state politics, they have been dominating the HPU student polls for over five years.
The posts of secretary and joint secretary were won by SFI candidates, Virender Singh and Surinder Kumar.
Daleep Negi of the ABVP was elected vice-president.
With 73 per cent polling in HPU, a total of 1,882 out of 2,574 students cast their votes. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Himachal/Gender_no_bar_-_Himachal_varsity_gets_first_woman_president_5729/

Gender no bar - Himachal varsity gets first woman president

Shimla: Gender consideration played no part in her historic victory, asserted Shikha Chauhan, the first woman to be elected president of the students' union in Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).
Shikha Chauhan of the Left-backed Student Federation of India (SFI) won the president's post of the Students' Central Association on Thursday to become the first woman to be elected to the post in the 30-year history of the state university.
Chauhan defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Amit Kumar by a margin of 47 votes.
A law student, Shikha felt there was no gender consideration in her election as president.
"Of course, there was no gender consideration. It is my ideology and style of working that gave me a chance to fight for the cause of students," she told sources.
Her top priorities would be to fight against commercialisation of education and to make the university a profit-making entity.
The SFI again dominated the university elections by winning three of the four executive posts in the students body.
Though the communists have no stake in the state politics, they have been dominating the HPU student polls for over five years.
The posts of secretary and joint secretary were won by SFI candidates, Virender Singh and Surinder Kumar.
Daleep Negi of the ABVP was elected vice-president.
With 73 per cent polling in HPU, a total of 1,882 out of 2,574 students cast their votes. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Himachal/Gender_no_bar_-_Himachal_varsity_gets_first_woman_president_5729/

CS results on 25th August

New Delhi: Results of Company Secretaries (CS) examination, which was held in June this year are scheduled to be declared on Monday, August 25 at 12 pm, said Mr.N.K.Jain, Secretary & CEO ICSI.
Results will be displayed simultaneously at headquarters, regional offices situated at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai including 69 chapter offices and 66 examination centres located all over the country and abroad. Students can access the results at institute's website www.icsi.eduThe results will also be avilable at examresults.ne

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CS results on 25th August

New Delhi: Results of Company Secretaries (CS) examination, which was held in June this year are scheduled to be declared on Monday, August 25 at 12 pm, said Mr.N.K.Jain, Secretary & CEO ICSI.
Results will be displayed simultaneously at headquarters, regional offices situated at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai including 69 chapter offices and 66 examination centres located all over the country and abroad. Students can access the results at institute's website www.icsi.eduThe results will also be avilable at examresults.ne

suource: http://www.chennaieducation.net/

CSIR plans research varsity to address faculty shortage

New Delhi: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is planning to set up a research university to address the faculty shortages that India's leading engineering and technology institutes face.
CSIR Director general Samir Brahmachari said on Thursday the University Grants Commission (UGC) is evaluating the proposal.
"It's in the process," he said during a panel discussion on engineering education at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) here.
The leading scientist said India produces too few research scholars and by setting up a niche university, they will be able to produce quality faculty.
Since CSIR is a science innovation institution with laboratories across the country, it cannot award degrees but by setting up a varsity, it would ensure quality education and award degrees.
Suggesting an integrated approach to improve India's higher education standards, Brahmachari stressed on the need for reducing unemployability among engineering graduates.
V.S. Ramamurthy, chairman of Board of Directors of IIT Delhi, emphasised the need for creating employment opportunities for postgraduates and holders of doctorates.
"The problem in India is that students get only degrees and no skills," he remarked.
Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) Director P.B. Sharma said merely increasing colleges would not solve the problem of not-so-good engineering education.
Experts said that the need of the hour is creation of a National Faculty Programme to make available qualified and committed faculty.
All the experts at the panel discussion agreed that there was need to provide more autonomy to higher education institutions. They said too much government interference would be counter-productive for the higher education sector. IANS

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/engineering

CSIR plans research varsity to address faculty shortage

New Delhi: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is planning to set up a research university to address the faculty shortages that India's leading engineering and technology institutes face.
CSIR Director general Samir Brahmachari said on Thursday the University Grants Commission (UGC) is evaluating the proposal.
"It's in the process," he said during a panel discussion on engineering education at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) here.
The leading scientist said India produces too few research scholars and by setting up a niche university, they will be able to produce quality faculty.
Since CSIR is a science innovation institution with laboratories across the country, it cannot award degrees but by setting up a varsity, it would ensure quality education and award degrees.
Suggesting an integrated approach to improve India's higher education standards, Brahmachari stressed on the need for reducing unemployability among engineering graduates.
V.S. Ramamurthy, chairman of Board of Directors of IIT Delhi, emphasised the need for creating employment opportunities for postgraduates and holders of doctorates.
"The problem in India is that students get only degrees and no skills," he remarked.
Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) Director P.B. Sharma said merely increasing colleges would not solve the problem of not-so-good engineering education.
Experts said that the need of the hour is creation of a National Faculty Programme to make available qualified and committed faculty.
All the experts at the panel discussion agreed that there was need to provide more autonomy to higher education institutions. They said too much government interference would be counter-productive for the higher education sector. IANS

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/engineering

Skin cancers give off unmistakable odours - Study

Washington: Odours from skin can help identify basal cell carcinoma, the commonest form of skin cancer, according to latest research.
The findings may open doors to development of new methods to detect basal cell carcinoma and other forms of skin cancer.
Researchers sampled air above basal cell tumours and found a different profile of chemical compounds, compared to skin located at the same sites in healthy control subjects.
"Our findings may someday allow doctors to screen for and diagnose skin cancers at very early stages," said Michelle Gallagher. Human skin produces numerous airborne chemical molecules known as volatile organic compounds or VOCs, many of which are odorous.
Researchers obtained VOC profiles from such carcinoma sites in 11 patients and compared them to profiles from similar skin sites in 11 healthy controls.
Both profiles contained the same array of chemicals; the difference involved the amounts of specific chemicals - some were increased and others decreased in samples from basal cell carcinoma sites.
The researchers plan to characterise skin odour profiles associated with other forms of skin cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
Gallagher and collaborators sampled air above two skin sites - forearm and upper back - in 25 healthy male and female subjects, who ranged in age from 19 to 79.
Using gas chromatography, they identified almost 100 different chemical compounds coming from skin. The normative skin profile varied between the two body sites, with differences in both the types and concentrations of VOCs.
Gallagher is currently with Rohm and Haas, Spring House.
These findings were presented at the 236th meeting of the American Chemical Society and also published online in the British Journal of Dermatology. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Medical/Skin_cancers_give_off_unmistakable_odours_-__Study_5714/

Skin cancers give off unmistakable odours - Study

Washington: Odours from skin can help identify basal cell carcinoma, the commonest form of skin cancer, according to latest research.
The findings may open doors to development of new methods to detect basal cell carcinoma and other forms of skin cancer.
Researchers sampled air above basal cell tumours and found a different profile of chemical compounds, compared to skin located at the same sites in healthy control subjects.
"Our findings may someday allow doctors to screen for and diagnose skin cancers at very early stages," said Michelle Gallagher. Human skin produces numerous airborne chemical molecules known as volatile organic compounds or VOCs, many of which are odorous.
Researchers obtained VOC profiles from such carcinoma sites in 11 patients and compared them to profiles from similar skin sites in 11 healthy controls.
Both profiles contained the same array of chemicals; the difference involved the amounts of specific chemicals - some were increased and others decreased in samples from basal cell carcinoma sites.
The researchers plan to characterise skin odour profiles associated with other forms of skin cancer, including squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
Gallagher and collaborators sampled air above two skin sites - forearm and upper back - in 25 healthy male and female subjects, who ranged in age from 19 to 79.
Using gas chromatography, they identified almost 100 different chemical compounds coming from skin. The normative skin profile varied between the two body sites, with differences in both the types and concentrations of VOCs.
Gallagher is currently with Rohm and Haas, Spring House.
These findings were presented at the 236th meeting of the American Chemical Society and also published online in the British Journal of Dermatology. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Medical/Skin_cancers_give_off_unmistakable_odours_-__Study_5714/

'Students trapped between CA and B.Com.'

Mumbai: Students pursuing Chartered Accountancy (CA) and B.Com. simultaneously are finding it difficult to reach the workplace for their mandatory CA internship on time, as it clashes with their regular college timings.
Moreover, college principals have refused to sign the approval forms required by students to apply for internships.
"The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) came out with this rule without consulting us or our colleges. While colleges insist on following the university rules regarding class timings, ICAI is also refusing to budge. We are caught in the middle. Only a few colleges have flexible timings that allow students to complete their internship without any problems" said Vinay Sanghvi, student of Sydenham College.
"My lectures end at 10.40 am. It is very difficult for me to reach Colaba for my internship in 20 minutes" said a student of R.D. National College, Bandra.
"Around 300 students have applied for the CA course. Our college timings are from 7-11 am. How will these students reach their workplaces by 11 am? They will have to miss their last lecture everyday to be able to do so, something we cannot allow. Why can't the ICAI fix the internship hours between 12 noon and 6 pm?" T.A. Shiware, Principal Hinduja College questioned.

Source: http://www.mumbaieducation.net/

'Students trapped between CA and B.Com.'

Mumbai: Students pursuing Chartered Accountancy (CA) and B.Com. simultaneously are finding it difficult to reach the workplace for their mandatory CA internship on time, as it clashes with their regular college timings.
Moreover, college principals have refused to sign the approval forms required by students to apply for internships.
"The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) came out with this rule without consulting us or our colleges. While colleges insist on following the university rules regarding class timings, ICAI is also refusing to budge. We are caught in the middle. Only a few colleges have flexible timings that allow students to complete their internship without any problems" said Vinay Sanghvi, student of Sydenham College.
"My lectures end at 10.40 am. It is very difficult for me to reach Colaba for my internship in 20 minutes" said a student of R.D. National College, Bandra.
"Around 300 students have applied for the CA course. Our college timings are from 7-11 am. How will these students reach their workplaces by 11 am? They will have to miss their last lecture everyday to be able to do so, something we cannot allow. Why can't the ICAI fix the internship hours between 12 noon and 6 pm?" T.A. Shiware, Principal Hinduja College questioned.

Source: http://www.mumbaieducation.net/

Temporary premises of IIT-Patna hit by waterlogging

Patna: The new Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) where classes began on a temporary premises on Aug 7, has been hit hard by waterlogging.
"It is true, We have been affected by waterlogging for over a week," said Mantu Sharma, a peon at IIT-P.
Sharma said the roads have been under two to three feet of water for days now.
An official said rainwater has also entered the temporary premises of IIT-P. "Water is everywhere, it is more on the roads, but has also entered inside the institute," he said.
A faculty member at the institute, who is from outside Bihar, told sources on condition of anonymity on Wednesday that it was tough teaching and living in waterlogged areas.
"It is difficult to leave and enter the campus as the entire locality is submerged," he said.
All 98 students from various parts of the country, studying in mechanical, electrical and computer engineering streams, have been attending classes from Aug 7 in the temporary campus in the heavily waterlogged areas.
Some of the students have complained to the officials of the institute that they are being exposed to pollution and face health risks due to waterlogging.
Earlier this year, the state's Science and Technology Department identified a polytechnic, located near the Patliputra colony in Patna as the temporary campus for the IIT-P. The students were provided a hostel at the campus itself.
A few days ago, Minister for Science and Technology Shahid Ali Khan said that the process of land acquisition for a permanent campus of the new IIT-P will soon be underway.
"Around 500 acres near Bihta, about 30 km from here, would be acquired for the permanent campus," Khan said.
Bihar's Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA) has already sought money to start the land acquisition process.
"The government is doing everything possible to create infrastructure for the new IIT. The permanent campus will be a reality in the next two to three years," Khan said.
A few months ago, the government decided to shift the location of the IIT from Sikandrapur on Bihta-Bhojpur road to Amhara on Bihta-Aurangabad Road.
The decision came after an IIT-Roorkee team said the Sikandrapur area was prone to waterlogging.
India currently has seven IITs, with another eight proposed to be set up over the next few years. Of these, six will begin functioning during the current academic session.
Besides Bihar, IITs will be be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. IANS

Source: http://www.bihareducation.net/

Temporary premises of IIT-Patna hit by waterlogging

Patna: The new Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) where classes began on a temporary premises on Aug 7, has been hit hard by waterlogging.
"It is true, We have been affected by waterlogging for over a week," said Mantu Sharma, a peon at IIT-P.
Sharma said the roads have been under two to three feet of water for days now.
An official said rainwater has also entered the temporary premises of IIT-P. "Water is everywhere, it is more on the roads, but has also entered inside the institute," he said.
A faculty member at the institute, who is from outside Bihar, told sources on condition of anonymity on Wednesday that it was tough teaching and living in waterlogged areas.
"It is difficult to leave and enter the campus as the entire locality is submerged," he said.
All 98 students from various parts of the country, studying in mechanical, electrical and computer engineering streams, have been attending classes from Aug 7 in the temporary campus in the heavily waterlogged areas.
Some of the students have complained to the officials of the institute that they are being exposed to pollution and face health risks due to waterlogging.
Earlier this year, the state's Science and Technology Department identified a polytechnic, located near the Patliputra colony in Patna as the temporary campus for the IIT-P. The students were provided a hostel at the campus itself.
A few days ago, Minister for Science and Technology Shahid Ali Khan said that the process of land acquisition for a permanent campus of the new IIT-P will soon be underway.
"Around 500 acres near Bihta, about 30 km from here, would be acquired for the permanent campus," Khan said.
Bihar's Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA) has already sought money to start the land acquisition process.
"The government is doing everything possible to create infrastructure for the new IIT. The permanent campus will be a reality in the next two to three years," Khan said.
A few months ago, the government decided to shift the location of the IIT from Sikandrapur on Bihta-Bhojpur road to Amhara on Bihta-Aurangabad Road.
The decision came after an IIT-Roorkee team said the Sikandrapur area was prone to waterlogging.
India currently has seven IITs, with another eight proposed to be set up over the next few years. Of these, six will begin functioning during the current academic session.
Besides Bihar, IITs will be be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. IANS

Source: http://www.bihareducation.net/

Botanical Institute establishes India's first moss garden

Lucknow: The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) here has set up India's first moss garden, scientists said on Wednesday.
The garden, which will be inaugurated soon, is only the third of its kind in the world. The other two moss gardens are in Japan and Poland, the scientists added.
Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm and grow in wet earth or on rocks, walls and tree trunks.
Several mosses have commercial value owing to their therapeutic, medicinal and other properties.
The garden will assist scientists in undertaking studies on mosses and exploring their medicinal potential, he added.
At present, the moss garden has about 18 different species that have been collected from Nagaland, Pithoragarh, the Himalayas and parts of South India, scientists said. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/Botanical_Institute_establishes_India's_first_moss_garden_5701/

Botanical Institute establishes India's first moss garden

Lucknow: The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) here has set up India's first moss garden, scientists said on Wednesday.
The garden, which will be inaugurated soon, is only the third of its kind in the world. The other two moss gardens are in Japan and Poland, the scientists added.
Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm and grow in wet earth or on rocks, walls and tree trunks.
Several mosses have commercial value owing to their therapeutic, medicinal and other properties.
The garden will assist scientists in undertaking studies on mosses and exploring their medicinal potential, he added.
At present, the moss garden has about 18 different species that have been collected from Nagaland, Pithoragarh, the Himalayas and parts of South India, scientists said. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/Botanical_Institute_establishes_India's_first_moss_garden_5701/

Prof. Medhi to be new VC of Gauhati University

Guwahati: Prof. Okhil Kumar Medhi, the senior most professor of Gauhati University, has been appointed as the varsity's new Vice-Chancellor.
According to sources from Raj Bhavan, this has been confirmed by Governor Shiv Charan Mathur, who is also the chancellor of the University.
Prof. Medhi has been working as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the university since June last year.
He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science, besides being a former head of the Chemistry Department.
Prof. Medhi has completed his Post Doctoral Research in a British University on a Commonwealth Fellowship.
He also completed his project at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai on a National Fellowship sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Prof. Medhi will be considered as appointed Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University with effect from taking overcharge.

Source: http://www.mumbaieducation.net/

Prof. Medhi to be new VC of Gauhati University

Guwahati: Prof. Okhil Kumar Medhi, the senior most professor of Gauhati University, has been appointed as the varsity's new Vice-Chancellor.
According to sources from Raj Bhavan, this has been confirmed by Governor Shiv Charan Mathur, who is also the chancellor of the University.
Prof. Medhi has been working as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the university since June last year.
He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science, besides being a former head of the Chemistry Department.
Prof. Medhi has completed his Post Doctoral Research in a British University on a Commonwealth Fellowship.
He also completed his project at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai on a National Fellowship sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Prof. Medhi will be considered as appointed Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University with effect from taking overcharge.

Source: http://www.mumbaieducation.net/

IIT Kharagpur awards Nina Saxena Technology Award 2008

Kharagpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-K) has awarded the Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award 2008 to three scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur.
Dr. Subhash P. Andey, Dr. Prakesh S. Kelkar and Dr. Madan V. Nanoti, all scientists with the Geo-Environment Management Division, NEERI, were presented the award for their contribution in the field of Healthcare.
The award-winning NEERI-ZAR Water Purification System reduces the cost of providing safe drinking water during emergency situations and reduces the expenditure on medical treatment of water-borne diseases.
It is also the most reliable water purification system which does not use electric power for water supply.
Prof. Amit Patra, Dean, Alumni Affairs of the institute said, "Dr. Nina Saxena was a brilliant alumna of IIT Kharagpur who along with a successful career had the vision of alleviating poverty and boosting overall economic growth in India. This award has kept her vision and philosophy of life intact by aptly recognizing the innovation of the scientists of the Geo-Environment Management Division, NEERI."
The award commemorates the spirit and memory of IIT Kharagpur's illustrious alumna Dr. Nina Saxena, B.Tech. (Hons.), ECE 1992, who passed away tragically in 2005.
Open to all technologists who are Indian citizens, the award is adjudged by a committee chaired by the Director of IIT Kharagpur on the basis of dimensions including innovativeness, applicability, benefit to the nation and most importantly the potential of the application for social development with specific reference to underdeveloped areas in India.
The award committee also comprises of Deans and selected faculty members of the institute and well known alumnus, based in India and the US.
The award is funded through an endowment of the Nina Saxena Memorial Fund. The fund is being collected through IIT Foundation (a non-profit organization and a US 501(c) organization

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/iit/kharagpur/

IIT Kharagpur awards Nina Saxena Technology Award 2008

Kharagpur: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-K) has awarded the Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award 2008 to three scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur.
Dr. Subhash P. Andey, Dr. Prakesh S. Kelkar and Dr. Madan V. Nanoti, all scientists with the Geo-Environment Management Division, NEERI, were presented the award for their contribution in the field of Healthcare.
The award-winning NEERI-ZAR Water Purification System reduces the cost of providing safe drinking water during emergency situations and reduces the expenditure on medical treatment of water-borne diseases.
It is also the most reliable water purification system which does not use electric power for water supply.
Prof. Amit Patra, Dean, Alumni Affairs of the institute said, "Dr. Nina Saxena was a brilliant alumna of IIT Kharagpur who along with a successful career had the vision of alleviating poverty and boosting overall economic growth in India. This award has kept her vision and philosophy of life intact by aptly recognizing the innovation of the scientists of the Geo-Environment Management Division, NEERI."
The award commemorates the spirit and memory of IIT Kharagpur's illustrious alumna Dr. Nina Saxena, B.Tech. (Hons.), ECE 1992, who passed away tragically in 2005.
Open to all technologists who are Indian citizens, the award is adjudged by a committee chaired by the Director of IIT Kharagpur on the basis of dimensions including innovativeness, applicability, benefit to the nation and most importantly the potential of the application for social development with specific reference to underdeveloped areas in India.
The award committee also comprises of Deans and selected faculty members of the institute and well known alumnus, based in India and the US.
The award is funded through an endowment of the Nina Saxena Memorial Fund. The fund is being collected through IIT Foundation (a non-profit organization and a US 501(c) organization

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/iit/kharagpur/

Study in India

There are a large number of Indian as well as foreign students who apply every year to Indian universities and colleges. For all those who wish to study in India, it is very important to get prior and correct information about the courses that you would like to undertake, the university you want to apply to and how to go about the application.

Education in IndiaThe education system in India has savored a special bond between the teacher and the pupil since time unknown. In fact, India was the country to have established what we know as the 'gurukul' system of education. However, with the coming of the Britishers, English has become a part and parcel of Indian education system. Today English is the third major medium of instruction in India after Hindi and Marathi.

Advantages of Studying in India: India is fast becoming a major economic power in the world today. And if its growth trend continues for some more years, it would soon be playing a major in the world economy along with China. This itself has been a major cause of attraction for many international students. Moreover, India's successful stint with democracy (except the years between 1975-1977) has also been a major magnetic force for scholars around the world. However, apart from knowing India well, there are some other advantages that are attracting students to study in India. Some of these are :

Top Universities in India

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai,
Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, IndiaPhone: (+91) 022-25722545
Website:www.iitb.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas,
New Delhi - 110 016.FAX: (91) 011-2658 2037, (91) 011-2658 2277Email:webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in
Website: www.iitd.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
I.I.T Post OfficeChennai-600 036Fax: 91-044-2257 0509
Website: www.iitm.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur Phone: +91 512 2597889 Fax: +91 512 2590260
Email: infocell@iitk.ac.in
Website: www.iitk.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721302 India
Ph: +91-3222-255221 FAX : +91-3222-255303.
Website: www.iitkgp.ac.in/

University of Roorkee Roorkee
Uttaranchal- 247 667
Phone: +91-01332-72349 (EPABX)
FAX : +91-01332-73560
E-mail: regis@rurkiu.ernet.in
Website: www.rurkiu.tripod.com/

Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Vidhya Vihar Campus Pilani Rajasthan
Pincode - 333031 Ph: 91 01596 245073/4
Fax 91 01596 244183
Website: www.discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/

Anna University, Chennai Anna University
Sardar Patel Road, Chennai-600025, India
Website: www.annauniv.edu/ceg/

Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067
Phones: +91-11-26717676, 26717557
Fax: 26717601
Website: www.jnu.ac.in/

University of Mumbai
Website: www.mu.ac.in/

University of Delhi University Road,
Delhi 110 007Phone/Fax: 91-11-27667725 / 91-11-27667126
Website: www.du.ac.in/

Presidency College, Chennai
Kamarajar Salai, Chepauk - 600005
Chennai (Madras)Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: (044) 8544894Fax: 044-

Presidency College, Kolkata
86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700 073
West Bengal, India
Web: www.presidencycollegekolkata.org/E
mail: contact@presidencycollegekolkata.org

Fergusson College Pune 411 004
Telephone: 5654212, 5654435
Ph: 91 20 25654212/25654760
Web: www.fergusson.edu

Christ College, BangaloreHosur Road,
Bangalore -29 India Ph: 25536280
FAX: 25535863EMAIL: princi@christcollege.edu
Web: www.christcollege.edu/More

(Source: India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG SURVEY OF COLLEGES)

Top Engineering Colleges

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Phone: +91 512 2597889 Fax: +91 512 2590260
Email: infocell@iitk.ac.inWeb:www.iitk.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016Ph: (91) 011-26582027
FAX: (91) 011-26582277Web: www.iitd.ac.
Email:webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology,
ChennaiII PO Chennai 600036 Tamil Nadu
Ph: 415342 ( 10 Lines ) Telex : 041 7362 IITMIN
Website: www.iitm.ac.

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Powai, Mumbai 400076Ph: (+91) 022-25722545
Website: www.iitb.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur-721302 India Ph: +91-3222-255221
FAX : +91-3222-255303.
Web:www.iitkgp.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee Uttaranchal India -247667
Tel: +91-1332-272349, 274860
Fax: +91-1332-273560
Website: www.iitr.ernet.in/

Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati 781039 Assam, India
www.iitg.ernet.in

IIIT Allahabad Deoghat, Jhalwa Allahabad,
India 211012Phone: 91-532-2922000
Fax: 91-532-2430006 Email:contact@iiita.ac.in
Website: www.iiita.ac.in

College of Engineering, Anna University,
Guindy Chennai - 600 025.
Website: www.annauniv.edu

National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli - 620 015Tamil Nadu, India
email : deanac@nitt.eduContact
Phone No: + 91 (431) 2501801
Fax No : +91 (431) 2500133
Website:www.nitt.edu
(Source: India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG SURVEY OF COLLEGES)

Study in India

There are a large number of Indian as well as foreign students who apply every year to Indian universities and colleges. For all those who wish to study in India, it is very important to get prior and correct information about the courses that you would like to undertake, the university you want to apply to and how to go about the application.

Education in IndiaThe education system in India has savored a special bond between the teacher and the pupil since time unknown. In fact, India was the country to have established what we know as the 'gurukul' system of education. However, with the coming of the Britishers, English has become a part and parcel of Indian education system. Today English is the third major medium of instruction in India after Hindi and Marathi.

Advantages of Studying in India: India is fast becoming a major economic power in the world today. And if its growth trend continues for some more years, it would soon be playing a major in the world economy along with China. This itself has been a major cause of attraction for many international students. Moreover, India's successful stint with democracy (except the years between 1975-1977) has also been a major magnetic force for scholars around the world. However, apart from knowing India well, there are some other advantages that are attracting students to study in India. Some of these are :

Top Universities in India

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai,
Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, IndiaPhone: (+91) 022-25722545
Website:www.iitb.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas,
New Delhi - 110 016.FAX: (91) 011-2658 2037, (91) 011-2658 2277Email:webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in
Website: www.iitd.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
I.I.T Post OfficeChennai-600 036Fax: 91-044-2257 0509
Website: www.iitm.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur Phone: +91 512 2597889 Fax: +91 512 2590260
Email: infocell@iitk.ac.in
Website: www.iitk.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721302 India
Ph: +91-3222-255221 FAX : +91-3222-255303.
Website: www.iitkgp.ac.in/

University of Roorkee Roorkee
Uttaranchal- 247 667
Phone: +91-01332-72349 (EPABX)
FAX : +91-01332-73560
E-mail: regis@rurkiu.ernet.in
Website: www.rurkiu.tripod.com/

Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Vidhya Vihar Campus Pilani Rajasthan
Pincode - 333031 Ph: 91 01596 245073/4
Fax 91 01596 244183
Website: www.discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/

Anna University, Chennai Anna University
Sardar Patel Road, Chennai-600025, India
Website: www.annauniv.edu/ceg/

Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067
Phones: +91-11-26717676, 26717557
Fax: 26717601
Website: www.jnu.ac.in/

University of Mumbai
Website: www.mu.ac.in/

University of Delhi University Road,
Delhi 110 007Phone/Fax: 91-11-27667725 / 91-11-27667126
Website: www.du.ac.in/

Presidency College, Chennai
Kamarajar Salai, Chepauk - 600005
Chennai (Madras)Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: (044) 8544894Fax: 044-

Presidency College, Kolkata
86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700 073
West Bengal, India
Web: www.presidencycollegekolkata.org/E
mail: contact@presidencycollegekolkata.org

Fergusson College Pune 411 004
Telephone: 5654212, 5654435
Ph: 91 20 25654212/25654760
Web: www.fergusson.edu

Christ College, BangaloreHosur Road,
Bangalore -29 India Ph: 25536280
FAX: 25535863EMAIL: princi@christcollege.edu
Web: www.christcollege.edu/More

(Source: India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG SURVEY OF COLLEGES)

Top Engineering Colleges

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Phone: +91 512 2597889 Fax: +91 512 2590260
Email: infocell@iitk.ac.inWeb:www.iitk.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016Ph: (91) 011-26582027
FAX: (91) 011-26582277Web: www.iitd.ac.
Email:webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology,
ChennaiII PO Chennai 600036 Tamil Nadu
Ph: 415342 ( 10 Lines ) Telex : 041 7362 IITMIN
Website: www.iitm.ac.

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Powai, Mumbai 400076Ph: (+91) 022-25722545
Website: www.iitb.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur-721302 India Ph: +91-3222-255221
FAX : +91-3222-255303.
Web:www.iitkgp.ac.in/

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee Uttaranchal India -247667
Tel: +91-1332-272349, 274860
Fax: +91-1332-273560
Website: www.iitr.ernet.in/

Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati 781039 Assam, India
www.iitg.ernet.in

IIIT Allahabad Deoghat, Jhalwa Allahabad,
India 211012Phone: 91-532-2922000
Fax: 91-532-2430006 Email:contact@iiita.ac.in
Website: www.iiita.ac.in

College of Engineering, Anna University,
Guindy Chennai - 600 025.
Website: www.annauniv.edu

National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli - 620 015Tamil Nadu, India
email : deanac@nitt.eduContact
Phone No: + 91 (431) 2501801
Fax No : +91 (431) 2500133
Website:www.nitt.edu
(Source: India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG SURVEY OF COLLEGES)

Get both engineering & management degrees from IIT-B

MUMBAI: For long, the marriage of the engineering and management degrees, especially from a premier institute, was considered the passport to a successful career and high salary. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has now decided to allow engineering aspirants to pursue management alongside. It's the first IIT to make such a change. About 41% of the class of 2006 graduates from IIT-B took up managerial jobs, namely in finance and consultancy. Also, in case a student hasn't managed to get a seat in the coveted computer science and engineering or electrical engineering courses, there is another chance. The student can take up these courses alongside his core area as an additional specialisation. All this is possible from this year as the IIT-B recently revamped its academic year requirement by reducing the mandatory credits for the Bachelor of Technology programme from 330 to 252, thus allowing students to squeeze in a minor area of their interest during their stay at the Powai campus. So, after the first year (beginning third semester), students can choose from a range of 17 minor courses, including management, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental science engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aeronautical engineering, civil engineering and statistics. What's more, minor programmes are available in pure science areas like physics, chemistry and maths. Apart from minors, students can pursue an honours degree, or take up a BTech with honours along with two minor courses. The same combination is offered to the students pursuing five-year dual degrees. IIT-B academic dean S Biswas said his team found that there was a "general decline in academic interests of students". Biswas's report was cleared by the IIT Senate recently. It reads, "The students' psyche has seen large qualitative changes, especially over the last decade. The present-day student is driven by career ambitions right from the time of admission itself. Many of them are probably working harder than what their counterparts did 20 years ago." But the catch is that the students will have to fight for every seat. They will be unable to opt for either scheme unless they clear all their backlogs.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Get_engineering__management_degrees_from_IIT-B/articleshow/3334846.cms

Get both engineering & management degrees from IIT-B

MUMBAI: For long, the marriage of the engineering and management degrees, especially from a premier institute, was considered the passport to a successful career and high salary. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has now decided to allow engineering aspirants to pursue management alongside. It's the first IIT to make such a change. About 41% of the class of 2006 graduates from IIT-B took up managerial jobs, namely in finance and consultancy. Also, in case a student hasn't managed to get a seat in the coveted computer science and engineering or electrical engineering courses, there is another chance. The student can take up these courses alongside his core area as an additional specialisation. All this is possible from this year as the IIT-B recently revamped its academic year requirement by reducing the mandatory credits for the Bachelor of Technology programme from 330 to 252, thus allowing students to squeeze in a minor area of their interest during their stay at the Powai campus. So, after the first year (beginning third semester), students can choose from a range of 17 minor courses, including management, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental science engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aeronautical engineering, civil engineering and statistics. What's more, minor programmes are available in pure science areas like physics, chemistry and maths. Apart from minors, students can pursue an honours degree, or take up a BTech with honours along with two minor courses. The same combination is offered to the students pursuing five-year dual degrees. IIT-B academic dean S Biswas said his team found that there was a "general decline in academic interests of students". Biswas's report was cleared by the IIT Senate recently. It reads, "The students' psyche has seen large qualitative changes, especially over the last decade. The present-day student is driven by career ambitions right from the time of admission itself. Many of them are probably working harder than what their counterparts did 20 years ago." But the catch is that the students will have to fight for every seat. They will be unable to opt for either scheme unless they clear all their backlogs.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Get_engineering__management_degrees_from_IIT-B/articleshow/3334846.cms

Bihar allocates Rs.586 million for NIFT branch

Patna: The Bihar government has approved the allocation of Rs.586 million for the setting up of a branch of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here, officials said on Wednesday.
The state cabinet agreed to provide financial support for the establishment of the institute on Tuesday, cabinet secretary Girish Shankar said.
"The amount will be spent on the NIFT's infrastructure, including building and equipment. Of the total amount approved, Rs.270 million will be spent in the current financial year," he said.
In May this year, the cabinet had approved free-of-cost transfer of 10 acres of land from the agriculture department to the industries department for establishment of the NIFT branch, which will be the ninth in the country.
NIFT has branches in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Rai Bareilly.
Sources said classes at NIFT will begin this academic session. It will initially have a small batch of students and function from a temporary building, which is being renovated.
"Till the time its own building comes up, the NIFT will temporarily function from the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority building," an official said. IANS

Source: http://www.bihareducation.net/

Bihar allocates Rs.586 million for NIFT branch

Patna: The Bihar government has approved the allocation of Rs.586 million for the setting up of a branch of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here, officials said on Wednesday.
The state cabinet agreed to provide financial support for the establishment of the institute on Tuesday, cabinet secretary Girish Shankar said.
"The amount will be spent on the NIFT's infrastructure, including building and equipment. Of the total amount approved, Rs.270 million will be spent in the current financial year," he said.
In May this year, the cabinet had approved free-of-cost transfer of 10 acres of land from the agriculture department to the industries department for establishment of the NIFT branch, which will be the ninth in the country.
NIFT has branches in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Rai Bareilly.
Sources said classes at NIFT will begin this academic session. It will initially have a small batch of students and function from a temporary building, which is being renovated.
"Till the time its own building comes up, the NIFT will temporarily function from the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority building," an official said. IANS

Source: http://www.bihareducation.net/

IIM Calcutta to run financial reporting training course

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) and audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have tied up to train professionals in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), according to a top IIM-C official.
The two organisations inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to provide this training to address the existing demand-supply gap in the country for IFRS-trained professionals.
"IIM-C will now run a specially designed executive programme on IFRS jointly with PwC in order to update working finance and accounts executives with IFRS, so that they can also be employed by global players," Saibal Chattopadhyay, dean, IIM-C said at a programme in the campus here on Tuesday.The training would be divided into two parts - basic and advanced module.The course module has been jointly developed by IIM-C and PwC and will be taught jointly by "our own faculty and by finance experts from PwC", Chattopadhyay said."Going further, training will be extended to professionals across the country through the distance learning delivery of training, which will be satellite based. The attendees would receive a participation certificate on successful completion of the programme," said Ashok Banerjee of IIM-C.At present, training will be imparted only at the campus.The training is scheduled to be rolled out from November.Convergence with IFRS has gained momentum in recent years all over the world. More than 100 countries currently require or permit the use of or have a policy of convergence with IFRS.The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced that IFRSs should be adopted for all public interest entities like listed entities, banks and insurance entities and large-sized entities from the accounting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2011.Last week, IIM-C joined hands with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to start a new course focussing on the insurance sector. IANS

Source; http://www.kolkataeducation.net/

IIM Calcutta to run financial reporting training course

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) and audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have tied up to train professionals in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), according to a top IIM-C official.
The two organisations inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to provide this training to address the existing demand-supply gap in the country for IFRS-trained professionals.
"IIM-C will now run a specially designed executive programme on IFRS jointly with PwC in order to update working finance and accounts executives with IFRS, so that they can also be employed by global players," Saibal Chattopadhyay, dean, IIM-C said at a programme in the campus here on Tuesday.The training would be divided into two parts - basic and advanced module.The course module has been jointly developed by IIM-C and PwC and will be taught jointly by "our own faculty and by finance experts from PwC", Chattopadhyay said."Going further, training will be extended to professionals across the country through the distance learning delivery of training, which will be satellite based. The attendees would receive a participation certificate on successful completion of the programme," said Ashok Banerjee of IIM-C.At present, training will be imparted only at the campus.The training is scheduled to be rolled out from November.Convergence with IFRS has gained momentum in recent years all over the world. More than 100 countries currently require or permit the use of or have a policy of convergence with IFRS.The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced that IFRSs should be adopted for all public interest entities like listed entities, banks and insurance entities and large-sized entities from the accounting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2011.Last week, IIM-C joined hands with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to start a new course focussing on the insurance sector. IANS

Source; http://www.kolkataeducation.net/

Lockheed Martin to invest USD 300,000 in IIT Delhi

New Delhi: Recognising the excellence of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) combat aircraft manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin has chosen it for a $300,000 project of collaborative research in bio and nano-technology."We have already signed an agreement with the IIT Delhi. We are investing $300,000 for a collaborative project over a period of one year," Ray O. Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Lockheed Martin, said here on Wednesday."This is the first such collaboration with any institute beyond the US and Europe. The IIT is an institute of recognised excellence across the globe in this field of bio- and nano-technology and after the successful completion of the project, we may have some follow up projects," Johnson told sources.He said Lockheed had been engaged in discussions with the IIT Delhi for nearly a year to "identify mutual areas of interest in technology collaboration and research".With the broad spectrum of bio- and nano-technology, research will be carried out in the fields like nano-technology-enabled biological sensors, biodegradable nonmaterial for medical treatment and bio-filters for pollution detection."The partnership is an exciting prospect for advancing technology and establishing a long-term relationship with Lockheed Martin. We are surprised but happy about the collaboration," IIT Delhi director Surendra Prasad said in a select press meet.When asked about the choice of of the IIT Delhi for the collaboration, Prasad said: "we are doing quite well in the field and they know the IIT Delhi is the best in India."Eight professors from four departments of the institute and up to five experts from Lockheed will work together here to achieve success in the project and work out future collaboration.Asked who will have the patent for the new products, molecules, Prasad said: "The intellectual property rights issues are yet to be finalised but no one can stop the IIT Delhi from publishing the research results."Johnson said the objectives of the research partnership include "developing domain expertise in the nano-biological technologies for application to Lockheed Martin products, services, and adjacent market pursuits"."It will also strive to achieve capabilities in modelling and simulation, virtual experimentation and conceptual designing of nano-biological systems," he added. IANS.

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/iit/delhi

Lockheed Martin to invest USD 300,000 in IIT Delhi

New Delhi: Recognising the excellence of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) combat aircraft manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin has chosen it for a $300,000 project of collaborative research in bio and nano-technology."We have already signed an agreement with the IIT Delhi. We are investing $300,000 for a collaborative project over a period of one year," Ray O. Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Lockheed Martin, said here on Wednesday."This is the first such collaboration with any institute beyond the US and Europe. The IIT is an institute of recognised excellence across the globe in this field of bio- and nano-technology and after the successful completion of the project, we may have some follow up projects," Johnson told sources.He said Lockheed had been engaged in discussions with the IIT Delhi for nearly a year to "identify mutual areas of interest in technology collaboration and research".With the broad spectrum of bio- and nano-technology, research will be carried out in the fields like nano-technology-enabled biological sensors, biodegradable nonmaterial for medical treatment and bio-filters for pollution detection."The partnership is an exciting prospect for advancing technology and establishing a long-term relationship with Lockheed Martin. We are surprised but happy about the collaboration," IIT Delhi director Surendra Prasad said in a select press meet.When asked about the choice of of the IIT Delhi for the collaboration, Prasad said: "we are doing quite well in the field and they know the IIT Delhi is the best in India."Eight professors from four departments of the institute and up to five experts from Lockheed will work together here to achieve success in the project and work out future collaboration.Asked who will have the patent for the new products, molecules, Prasad said: "The intellectual property rights issues are yet to be finalised but no one can stop the IIT Delhi from publishing the research results."Johnson said the objectives of the research partnership include "developing domain expertise in the nano-biological technologies for application to Lockheed Martin products, services, and adjacent market pursuits"."It will also strive to achieve capabilities in modelling and simulation, virtual experimentation and conceptual designing of nano-biological systems," he added. IANS.

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/iit/delhi

Two new IITs launched, permanent campus awaited

New Delhi/Ahmedabad/Kanpur: India on Saturday opened two new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as part of plans to add eight such institutes, though both will have to wait for a permanent campus.While the IIT Rajasthan will initially function from the IIT Kanpur campus, the IIT Gandhinagar will function from the Government Engineering College in Chandkheda, near Ahmedabad. Since land is yet to allotted for the new institute in Rajasthan, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked IIT Kanpur to serve as its mentor institute for the time being.Addressing the first batch of IIT Rajasthan students in Kanpur, Minister of State for Higher Education D. Purandeswari said: "The IITs have enjoyed the three basic freedoms of an educational institution - freedom to choose whom to teach, who will teach, and what to teach. The IITs also enjoy full cost budgetary support. The IITs remain successful so long as these amenities continue."The minister also mentioned that in the past few years, the IITs have been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia by national and international magazines. "This is indeed a matter of great pride."Lamenting the shortage of quality teachers, she invited the academic community to come forward to give suggestions, proposals for solving the problem of "increasing quantity with quality in higher education".Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said: "There is an urgent need to set up an apex institution for imparting vital and important education to strengthen security of the country."He called upon IIT Kanpur director Sanjay Dhande come up with plans for offering degree courses on security management.Dhande, who will also serve as director of IIT Rajasthan, and Higher Education Secretary R.P. Agarwal were among those present on the occasion. India currently has seven IITs. Besides IIT Rajasthan, five more will open during the current academic session.For the IIT Gandhinagar, the first day of the academic year began with a welcome address by IIT Bombay director Ashok Misra for the first batch of students. The IIT Bombay will act as mentor for the new institute.Representatives of some of the leading industrial houses and senior Gujarat government officials including Education Secretary Anita Karwal, Revenue Secretary P. Panneervel and Director (Technical Education) Manish Bhardwaj were present on the launch function. The new institute is short of faculty and the recruitment process is on. Until this process is over, seven professors and five research assistants from IIT Bombay have been requisitioned for it. U.A. Yagnik, who teaches physics at IIT Bombay, has been appointed dean of student affairs and academic programme at the new institute. The first batch has 103 students from different parts of the country, studying in the mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering streams.In the next academic year B.Tech. courses in civil and computer sciences would be included.The Gujarat government has spent Rs.7 million for upgrading the infrastructure of the engineering college to make it compatible to the IIT standards.The central government's site selection committee headed by HRD Ministry's Additional Secretary Ashok Thakur is expected to inspect the new site for the proposed permanent campus on August 7.As many as eight new IITs are being set up in the country during the current academic session to impart high quality technical education.The new IITs are coming up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. IANS

Source: http://www.ahmedabadeducation.net/

Two new IITs launched, permanent campus awaited

New Delhi/Ahmedabad/Kanpur: India on Saturday opened two new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as part of plans to add eight such institutes, though both will have to wait for a permanent campus.While the IIT Rajasthan will initially function from the IIT Kanpur campus, the IIT Gandhinagar will function from the Government Engineering College in Chandkheda, near Ahmedabad. Since land is yet to allotted for the new institute in Rajasthan, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked IIT Kanpur to serve as its mentor institute for the time being.Addressing the first batch of IIT Rajasthan students in Kanpur, Minister of State for Higher Education D. Purandeswari said: "The IITs have enjoyed the three basic freedoms of an educational institution - freedom to choose whom to teach, who will teach, and what to teach. The IITs also enjoy full cost budgetary support. The IITs remain successful so long as these amenities continue."The minister also mentioned that in the past few years, the IITs have been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia by national and international magazines. "This is indeed a matter of great pride."Lamenting the shortage of quality teachers, she invited the academic community to come forward to give suggestions, proposals for solving the problem of "increasing quantity with quality in higher education".Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said: "There is an urgent need to set up an apex institution for imparting vital and important education to strengthen security of the country."He called upon IIT Kanpur director Sanjay Dhande come up with plans for offering degree courses on security management.Dhande, who will also serve as director of IIT Rajasthan, and Higher Education Secretary R.P. Agarwal were among those present on the occasion. India currently has seven IITs. Besides IIT Rajasthan, five more will open during the current academic session.For the IIT Gandhinagar, the first day of the academic year began with a welcome address by IIT Bombay director Ashok Misra for the first batch of students. The IIT Bombay will act as mentor for the new institute.Representatives of some of the leading industrial houses and senior Gujarat government officials including Education Secretary Anita Karwal, Revenue Secretary P. Panneervel and Director (Technical Education) Manish Bhardwaj were present on the launch function. The new institute is short of faculty and the recruitment process is on. Until this process is over, seven professors and five research assistants from IIT Bombay have been requisitioned for it. U.A. Yagnik, who teaches physics at IIT Bombay, has been appointed dean of student affairs and academic programme at the new institute. The first batch has 103 students from different parts of the country, studying in the mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering streams.In the next academic year B.Tech. courses in civil and computer sciences would be included.The Gujarat government has spent Rs.7 million for upgrading the infrastructure of the engineering college to make it compatible to the IIT standards.The central government's site selection committee headed by HRD Ministry's Additional Secretary Ashok Thakur is expected to inspect the new site for the proposed permanent campus on August 7.As many as eight new IITs are being set up in the country during the current academic session to impart high quality technical education.The new IITs are coming up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. IANS

Source: http://www.ahmedabadeducation.net/

British Council brings popular school debate to India

New Delhi: Indian high school students will get an opportunity to show off their way with words and logic in UK early next year.
The British Council is bringing "Debating Matters", a popular national debating competition from the Institute of Ideas, Britain, exclusively for school students in India, a press communiqué issues by the British Council said.
Several schools across the country will register for an online debating module in September when the council sends out invitation seeking applications from schools. The aspiring contestants will have to clear the question rounds - a tough grilling session on an issue that affects their everyday life or have the potential to do so in near future.
Six schools will be short-listed from the preliminary round. They will be given two months to prepare on a topic and then quizzed by a panel of experts. Those with the highest scores will go to UK to take part in the real-time contest.
"Debating Matters" is the brainchild of the Institute of Ideas, Britain - a national debating competition for high school students in Britain on popular issues.
"The show which we are bringing here is the Indian version of 'Debating Matters'. We are in the process of developing a national debating competition on the lines of the 'Debating Matters' because very few national level contests for school children in the country have an intellectual element.
"Last year, we partnered the Airtel Scholar Hunt to send students to UK," Anjoo Mohun of the British Council told sources. The programme, Mohun said, would target Class XI students. "We do not want to disturb Class X and Class XII students," she said.
The contest will gradually be developed into a real-time television reality show.
The British Council will organise a brainstorming session August 4-5 in New Delhi to orient students about the nature of the contest.
Schools like the Gurgaon-based Salwan Public School, Springdales (Dhaula Kuan), Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi Public School (Noida) and Modern High School (Barakhamba Road) have confirmed their participation. The schools from Kolkata include La Martiniere for Boys and Modern High for Girls.
The British Council plans to use its network of schools and education institutions across the four Indian metros and seven major cities to push the contest through.
The council will begin the contest with a detailed preparatory roster. It will offer 'On the spot' seminars to coach students who are not familiar with debating and are nervous to take part in competitions. A module, 'Friendly Fixtures', will allow new schools to test the waters by organising inter-school friendly competitions.
The council will also organise a debating 'master class' and a multi-media debate resource lab will provide resource and information to those directly involved in the competition and serve as a networking centre for "Debating Matters" participants.
Tony Gilland, the science and society director, Institute of Ideas (IOI), UK and Helen Birtwistle, press officer for the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer's Debating Matters Competition, will anchor the contest.
"Debating Matters" in UK has involved 160 schools and played host to some 100 debating events with more 2,000 pupils in over 300 individual school debates. IANS

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/studyabroad/uk

British Council brings popular school debate to India

New Delhi: Indian high school students will get an opportunity to show off their way with words and logic in UK early next year.
The British Council is bringing "Debating Matters", a popular national debating competition from the Institute of Ideas, Britain, exclusively for school students in India, a press communiqué issues by the British Council said.
Several schools across the country will register for an online debating module in September when the council sends out invitation seeking applications from schools. The aspiring contestants will have to clear the question rounds - a tough grilling session on an issue that affects their everyday life or have the potential to do so in near future.
Six schools will be short-listed from the preliminary round. They will be given two months to prepare on a topic and then quizzed by a panel of experts. Those with the highest scores will go to UK to take part in the real-time contest.
"Debating Matters" is the brainchild of the Institute of Ideas, Britain - a national debating competition for high school students in Britain on popular issues.
"The show which we are bringing here is the Indian version of 'Debating Matters'. We are in the process of developing a national debating competition on the lines of the 'Debating Matters' because very few national level contests for school children in the country have an intellectual element.
"Last year, we partnered the Airtel Scholar Hunt to send students to UK," Anjoo Mohun of the British Council told sources. The programme, Mohun said, would target Class XI students. "We do not want to disturb Class X and Class XII students," she said.
The contest will gradually be developed into a real-time television reality show.
The British Council will organise a brainstorming session August 4-5 in New Delhi to orient students about the nature of the contest.
Schools like the Gurgaon-based Salwan Public School, Springdales (Dhaula Kuan), Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi Public School (Noida) and Modern High School (Barakhamba Road) have confirmed their participation. The schools from Kolkata include La Martiniere for Boys and Modern High for Girls.
The British Council plans to use its network of schools and education institutions across the four Indian metros and seven major cities to push the contest through.
The council will begin the contest with a detailed preparatory roster. It will offer 'On the spot' seminars to coach students who are not familiar with debating and are nervous to take part in competitions. A module, 'Friendly Fixtures', will allow new schools to test the waters by organising inter-school friendly competitions.
The council will also organise a debating 'master class' and a multi-media debate resource lab will provide resource and information to those directly involved in the competition and serve as a networking centre for "Debating Matters" participants.
Tony Gilland, the science and society director, Institute of Ideas (IOI), UK and Helen Birtwistle, press officer for the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer's Debating Matters Competition, will anchor the contest.
"Debating Matters" in UK has involved 160 schools and played host to some 100 debating events with more 2,000 pupils in over 300 individual school debates. IANS

Source: http://www.indiaeducation.net/studyabroad/uk

AMU to tie up with several US varsities

Lucknow: Aligarh Muslim University will tie up with several varsities in the United States to establish international academic linkages, a university official said on Monday.
"AMU vice-chancellor Prof P.K. Abdul Azis has already left on a 12-day US visit to sign Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with varsities there," AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told sources on phone.
According to the varsity officials, the vice-chancellor will visit several US universities located in Madison, Cleveland, Youngstown (Ohio), Atlanta, Washington DC, Boston and New York.
"Chancellor of Wisconsin University John Willey has also invited Azis to sign an agreement for establishing a mutually beneficial academic partnership between the two varsities," Abrar said.
The AMU vice-chancellor will also visit West Georgia State University and University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UML) to ink academic tie-ups for students' exchange and faculty exchange programmes, he added. IANS.

Source: ;http://www.indiaeducation.net/studyabroad/usa/

AMU to tie up with several US varsities

Lucknow: Aligarh Muslim University will tie up with several varsities in the United States to establish international academic linkages, a university official said on Monday.
"AMU vice-chancellor Prof P.K. Abdul Azis has already left on a 12-day US visit to sign Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with varsities there," AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told sources on phone.
According to the varsity officials, the vice-chancellor will visit several US universities located in Madison, Cleveland, Youngstown (Ohio), Atlanta, Washington DC, Boston and New York.
"Chancellor of Wisconsin University John Willey has also invited Azis to sign an agreement for establishing a mutually beneficial academic partnership between the two varsities," Abrar said.
The AMU vice-chancellor will also visit West Georgia State University and University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UML) to ink academic tie-ups for students' exchange and faculty exchange programmes, he added. IANS.

Source: ;http://www.indiaeducation.net/studyabroad/usa/

Ahluwalia praises private sector role in education

Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) It was a feast of words and wisdom as economists, bureaucrats, educationists and lawyers got together to inaugurate the Symbiosis School of Economics here. Speaking on the occasion Friday, chief guest Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said liberalisation of the Indian industry came after prolonged efforts of industry representatives, and similarly education sector too needs some vocal stakeholders to bring about liberalisation.

Responding to Symbiosis International University chancellor S.B. Majumdar’s remarks about the red-tape in the education sector, Ahluwalia said: “In 1991 (then finance minister) Manmohan Singh gave freedom to Lakshmi (goddess of wealth), I want to ask you when are you going to give freedom to Saraswati (goddess of knowledge).”

At present, only 11 percent of Indians pursue higher education, which Ahluwalia said was not acceptable. The planning commission has set a target of raising this figure to 21 percent in the 11th Five year plan, he said.

“Given our population we need to double the number of colleges, and this is not possible through public sector participation alone. We need a private sector to pitch in,” he said.
He also applauded the private colleges and universities.

“Growth of human resource is the single most equalising factor for consistent growth of the economy. Private colleges deserve applause for their contribution in the education field,” he said.
Ahluwalia expressed concern over the current slowdown in the economic growth. “While we have been consistently for the last four years recording 8.9 percent GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate, this year we might just be able to do 8 percent.”

Ahluwalia praises private sector role in education

Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) It was a feast of words and wisdom as economists, bureaucrats, educationists and lawyers got together to inaugurate the Symbiosis School of Economics here. Speaking on the occasion Friday, chief guest Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said liberalisation of the Indian industry came after prolonged efforts of industry representatives, and similarly education sector too needs some vocal stakeholders to bring about liberalisation.

Responding to Symbiosis International University chancellor S.B. Majumdar’s remarks about the red-tape in the education sector, Ahluwalia said: “In 1991 (then finance minister) Manmohan Singh gave freedom to Lakshmi (goddess of wealth), I want to ask you when are you going to give freedom to Saraswati (goddess of knowledge).”

At present, only 11 percent of Indians pursue higher education, which Ahluwalia said was not acceptable. The planning commission has set a target of raising this figure to 21 percent in the 11th Five year plan, he said.

“Given our population we need to double the number of colleges, and this is not possible through public sector participation alone. We need a private sector to pitch in,” he said.
He also applauded the private colleges and universities.

“Growth of human resource is the single most equalising factor for consistent growth of the economy. Private colleges deserve applause for their contribution in the education field,” he said.
Ahluwalia expressed concern over the current slowdown in the economic growth. “While we have been consistently for the last four years recording 8.9 percent GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate, this year we might just be able to do 8 percent.”