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Infosys Technologies will conduct a State-level placement programme for the final-year (2012 passing out) students in self-financing engineering colleges on April 9 and 10 at P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Kothandaraman Nagar, Dindigul.  The Centre for University Industry Collaboration, Anna University, Chennai, has arranged more...

Project work is part of the engineering curriculum and the students have to submit a project on one academic topic during the second semester in the final year. “Most of the students take it very lightly, and projects can be bought for a sum. There is a full-fledged industry surviving on this. Pay a sum and acquire a project on any topic and more...

The Oxford Institute of Retail Management (OXIRM) at University of Oxford, announced the launch of an 18 month study into the future of retail. Richard Cuthbertson, director, OXIRM, who is leading the research, said, "It is well known that factors such as rising retail costs, changing customer expectations, the need to rejuvenate and reshape our t more...

EW DELHI: The common National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG) will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) while it will be the National Board of Examination that will conduct the Post Graduate (PG) exams. The Union health ministry has informed state governments that their exist more...

EW DELHI: India is trying to join the elite Washington Accord for International accreditation of its undergraduate degrees. If it is accepted then engineers with undergraduate degrees will find it easier to seek jobs and opportunities for higher studies abroad from 2013.In that case undergraduate engineering degrees from India will be brought on a more...

Hyderabad-based Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) on Wednesday announced that it will hold its national- level test for management admission on February 12 at 32 cities across the country. AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) is one of the five main exams like "CAT">CAT and GMAT. An on line A more...

  Students emerging for the final year  exams can anticipate an early result this year. To make sure that B.Com students get their results within 45 days,  is planning to amplify the numbers of evaluation centres. From around 16 colleges last year, the univ plans to have around 100 colleges as centres this year. Last ye more...

  To address Pune students for AIMS test for management admissions (ATMA), Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS). Chairman of ATMA group, Apoorva Palkar, announced the new initiatives of AIMS for the current year. She said, “For the postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) admissions, which is among the five national-leve more...

It seems that the evaluation process in various examination centres of Gautam Buddha Technical University (GBTU) is in problem. Reason: Teachers concerned in evaluation of answer sheets criticize that they have not been reassured yet from their individual colleges. The assessment process of odd semester examinations on track from January 5 and wi more...

Class 10th and Class 12th students of schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are set to take the board examinations from March 1. About 7.5 lakh students will take the Class 12 board exams this year, evaluate to 6.84 last year and 6.81 lakh in 2010. In the Chennai zone 69,825 students, including regular and priva more...

Internationalisation is one of the most important makes that is forming degree, as it is to satisfy the difficulties of the Modern day, according to Jane Knight, distinguished educationist from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. She was providing the first Erudite Address on the style ‘International more...

The possibilities of kids having a parent or gaurdian or guardian with a scholar stage and above seeking stage is 40% increased than the one who has an illiterate parent or guardian, says a research by a staff member of the Indian Institutes of Management, Ahmedabad .The research also found that the possibilities of women doing stage are increas more...

Paramedical courses are becoming popular due to high demand in rural developments. Diploma in medical laboratory technology is becoming important education today. There is lot of expectation for this course. Even in small villages and towns the medical facilities are started developing and there is a high demand for medical research centers t more...

Bharathidasan Institute of Management (School of Excellence of Bharathidasan University). Applications are invited for the two year full time residential MBA programme with specialisations offered in Marketing, Finance, Systems, Human Resourses and Operations Management. BIM's Online Registration commences on 1st Dec'2011. For Further more...

Dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided offices at the University of Northern Virginia's Annandale campus Thursday. The University of Northern Virginia is an unaccredited, for-profit private university that calls itself the most popular American university for students from India. Thousands of students are registered at more...

It is a diverse bunch that takes the engineering entrance examination of Kerala. Has the normalistion process divided them or brought them on an equal footing? The normalisation of Plus Two marks of students from various boards is intended to bring them all on an equal footing. But several students from national streams tell G. Mahade more...

Taking forward its novel initiative of providing academic qualifications in digital format, Ministry of Human Resource Development will make available in de-mat form the results of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), 2011, to be announced on Tuesday. The results of the recently announced Class XII exam, conducted by the Centr more...

The Hindu TOUGH TIME: Anxiety is certainly on the rise with sky-high cut offs announced by leading colleges. High cut-off percentages for admission are not justified, say students The sky-high cut-off percentages in popular colleges across the country are choking the aspirations and dreams of students. Anxiety levels are cert more...

Samacheer Kalvi textbooks being printed for the coming academic year will conform to the same superior quality printing of last year's class I and VI books, according to Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation. The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court judgment striking down ultra vire more...

Where Will the Careers Be In 2011? Forecasters see an upswing in hiring for skilled and qualified workers in 2011...and beyond. By Tony Moton Looking ahead to 2011, you may be wondering: Does the job market have brighter days in its forecast? While not all the news is good news (the unemployment rate is expected to remain high), there a more...