20th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on Feb 28

New Delhi: The 20th Convocation Ceremony of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Sanchar Kendra, IGNOU Campus, Maidan Garhi.

All students who have passed their Master, Bachelor and Diploma examinations held in December 2007 and June 2008 will be eligible for the award of degrees and diplomas.

The main function will be held at New Delhi for the award of Gold medals, Degree and Diplomas to eligible students and simultaneously at its regional centres at Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Agartala, Banglore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Cochin, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Guwahati, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Jabalpur, Karnal, Khanna, Kolkata, Koraput, Kohima, Lucknow, Madurai, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Silliguri and Srinagar through teleconferencing mode.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/20th_Convocation_of_IGNOU_to_be_held_on_Feb_28_7438/

20th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on Feb 28

New Delhi: The 20th Convocation Ceremony of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Sanchar Kendra, IGNOU Campus, Maidan Garhi.

All students who have passed their Master, Bachelor and Diploma examinations held in December 2007 and June 2008 will be eligible for the award of degrees and diplomas.

The main function will be held at New Delhi for the award of Gold medals, Degree and Diplomas to eligible students and simultaneously at its regional centres at Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Agartala, Banglore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Cochin, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Guwahati, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Jabalpur, Karnal, Khanna, Kolkata, Koraput, Kohima, Lucknow, Madurai, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Silliguri and Srinagar through teleconferencing mode.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/20th_Convocation_of_IGNOU_to_be_held_on_Feb_28_7438/

20th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on Feb 28

New Delhi: The 20th Convocation Ceremony of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Sanchar Kendra, IGNOU Campus, Maidan Garhi.

All students who have passed their Master, Bachelor and Diploma examinations held in December 2007 and June 2008 will be eligible for the award of degrees and diplomas.

The main function will be held at New Delhi for the award of Gold medals, Degree and Diplomas to eligible students and simultaneously at its regional centres at Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Agartala, Banglore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Cochin, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Guwahati, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Jabalpur, Karnal, Khanna, Kolkata, Koraput, Kohima, Lucknow, Madurai, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Silliguri and Srinagar through teleconferencing mode.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/20th_Convocation_of_IGNOU_to_be_held_on_Feb_28_7438/

20th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on Feb 28

New Delhi: The 20th Convocation Ceremony of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Sanchar Kendra, IGNOU Campus, Maidan Garhi.

All students who have passed their Master, Bachelor and Diploma examinations held in December 2007 and June 2008 will be eligible for the award of degrees and diplomas.

The main function will be held at New Delhi for the award of Gold medals, Degree and Diplomas to eligible students and simultaneously at its regional centres at Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Agartala, Banglore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Cochin, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Guwahati, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Jabalpur, Karnal, Khanna, Kolkata, Koraput, Kohima, Lucknow, Madurai, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Silliguri and Srinagar through teleconferencing mode.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Universities/20th_Convocation_of_IGNOU_to_be_held_on_Feb_28_7438/

Kota ideal location for new IIT - Rajasthan Govt

Jaipur: The Government of Rajasthan has proposed Kota as the ideal location for the new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to come up in the state, ahead of Jaipur, Pilani, Udaipur, and Jodhpur.

Kota, over 250 kms from here, is known as the Education City. According to the 2001 census, Kota has an average literacy rate of 70 percent, which is much higher than the national average of 59.5 percent.

Kota, which once was Rajasthan's biggest industrial hub, is now coaching a large number of IIT aspirants in the country and some figures claim that one-third of the students who crack the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) are groomed in the city.

It is estimated that more than 20,000 students from different parts of the country land at Kota every year to realize their IIT dreams. Of which, around 1,500 students succeed, which is one-thirds of the total seats of IITs and allied institutes.

The coaching classes of Kota have, year after year, produced exceptionally high success rates in the all-India entrance exams to the IITs and medical colleges.

Kota's success story in churning out IITians is not new, but the Central Government is not in favour of the site proposed by the state government for the IIT.

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked the state government to search for a location other than Kota for the institute.

An official from the HRD Ministry said, "The state government is proposing no place other than Kota, which is far-flung and 200 kms from the capital Jaipur. So logistics and access are a concern. The other and more worrying area of concern is that since Kota is a major IIT-JEE coaching hub, setting up an IIT here is not very desirable as it would encourage the coaching lobby. While sites at Jaipur, Udaipur, and Jodhpur are being talked about and we are open to any of them and preferably Jaipur, which is best connected, the state government is not ready to talk anything other than Kota".

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Today/

Kota ideal location for new IIT - Rajasthan Govt

Jaipur: The Government of Rajasthan has proposed Kota as the ideal location for the new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to come up in the state, ahead of Jaipur, Pilani, Udaipur, and Jodhpur.

Kota, over 250 kms from here, is known as the Education City. According to the 2001 census, Kota has an average literacy rate of 70 percent, which is much higher than the national average of 59.5 percent.

Kota, which once was Rajasthan's biggest industrial hub, is now coaching a large number of IIT aspirants in the country and some figures claim that one-third of the students who crack the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) are groomed in the city.

It is estimated that more than 20,000 students from different parts of the country land at Kota every year to realize their IIT dreams. Of which, around 1,500 students succeed, which is one-thirds of the total seats of IITs and allied institutes.

The coaching classes of Kota have, year after year, produced exceptionally high success rates in the all-India entrance exams to the IITs and medical colleges.

Kota's success story in churning out IITians is not new, but the Central Government is not in favour of the site proposed by the state government for the IIT.

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked the state government to search for a location other than Kota for the institute.

An official from the HRD Ministry said, "The state government is proposing no place other than Kota, which is far-flung and 200 kms from the capital Jaipur. So logistics and access are a concern. The other and more worrying area of concern is that since Kota is a major IIT-JEE coaching hub, setting up an IIT here is not very desirable as it would encourage the coaching lobby. While sites at Jaipur, Udaipur, and Jodhpur are being talked about and we are open to any of them and preferably Jaipur, which is best connected, the state government is not ready to talk anything other than Kota".

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Today/