Category Archives: Higher Education News

18, May 2012

AIIMS to train 67 young doctors for research

New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has decided to provide extensive training for research work to its 67 young doctors, among the 97 newly recruited faculty members.

Professor AB Dey, Dean Research, AIIMS said that they are looking at increasing their research capability. Hence, these young doctors will be trained by the senior faculty in latest research and technology.

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18, May 2012

IGNOU announces admission for July courses

New Delhi: The India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started the admission process for the July 2012 session for masters, bachelors, diplomas and certificate programmes.

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18, May 2012

DU announces cut-off dates

All set for admissions for the academic session of 2012-13, Delhi University has come out with dates of the prospective cut-offs. A total of five cut-off lists will be prepared this year with the first cut-off to be announced on June 26. Students will get three days’ time to complete their admission procedures after declaration of each cut-off list. The three-day margin, unlike the earlier trend, will begin from the day the cut-offs are announced. The remaining four cut-off lists will be out on June 29, July 3, July 6 and July 10 respectively.

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30, Apr 2012

Fazlani Altius Business School Launches Unique Experientially Focused Masters in Applied HRM and Masters in Sales & Marketing Management

Mumbai, April 26, 2012: Fazlani Altius Business School (FABS) announced the establishment of its 1st three business school campuses in Mumbai, Bhubaneshwar and NCR at its launch event at The Intercontinental LaLit Hotel on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. FABS will commence its academic year with two specialized post-graduate programs namely the Masters in Applied Human Resource Management and the Masters in Sales & Marketing Management.

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15, Feb 2012

Student Entrepreneurs Leverage

That technology rules our routines is a given. Just as our everyday lives have changed with the introduction of technology into our daily functioning, companies and entire industries have transformed through the adoption of technologies to perform tasks that are mindboggling in terms of both scale and precision. To give a very small example, company meetings have shifted out of conference halls and moved to the virtual domain of video-conferencing and live window chats; then there is the ubiquitous smart phone that lets you do almost all the tasks you would do sitting in front of your computer in your cubicle.

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15, Feb 2012

Research in Social Sciences Gets a Leg Up

The Human Resource Development Ministry on Monday announced a five-point agenda for attracting talent into social science research, an area where India’s track-record has been less than impressive. The agenda includes institution of 10 annual awards for the advancement of knowledge in social sciences. Given India’s not-so-impressive track-record in social science research, such a move has indeed been long overdue. The agenda was announced by Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal at an international conference on “Indian Social Sciences in the Changing World: Roles, Responsibilities and Reforms.”

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13, Feb 2012

MCA Graduates from BRAOU in a Quandary

Teacher aspirants with degrees given by the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) heaved a sigh of relief after the government agreed to recognize their certification. The BRAOU graduates, however, face a similar problem of non-recognition in the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) admissions.

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13, Feb 2012

Registration for CUSAT Test

Offline registration for Cochin University of Science and Technology’s Common Admission Test (BTech/ MSc Photonics courses) has begun. According to an official release, this method was introduced to help students who find the online registration process difficult to understand and navigate.

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13, Feb 2012

CBSE International Curriculum Now in India as Well

The Central Board of Secondary Education has been offering an international curriculum (CBSE-I) to around 25 schools located abroad. This year the Board has decided to offer the international curriculum in India as well through around 50 schools located in various states.

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02, Feb 2012

Plans Afoot for Fundraising for IIMs

A recent meet coordinated by IIM Raipur with Ministry of HRD marked the first step towards raising funds for IIMs. Presently the IIMs depend on the Government of India for much of their funds. Over the past few years, however, the Management Development Program has been contributing a significant amount of funds to the IIMs.

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