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Free Yoga Classes to be conducted in all Government Schools

Yogasana Association in Tiruchi also plans Therapy Camps for Senior Citizens

Tiruchi: Age notwithstanding, enthusiasm was writ large on the faces of the participants at the district-level yoga competition, jointly conducted by the Tiruchi-unit of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) and Tiruchi District Yogasana Association (TDYA) at Anna Stadium here on Sunday.

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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Team Visits School in Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri:

A two-member team from Education Sector, UNICEF, New Delhi visited Krishnagiri district on Friday to review the execution of UNICEF-supported education initiatives in schools run by National Child Labour Prevention Program (NCLP), Activity-Based Learning (ABL) and Kasturiba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV).


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Madras High Court asked Anna University not to fill up Government Quota Seats

Chennai: The Madras High Court has asked the Anna University not to fill up categories such as “Government quota,” “Governor’s quota,” and “Vice-Chancellor’s quota” in its three constituent colleges until further orders.


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IBM agreement with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)

Chennai: Software major IBM has entered into an agreement with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, for collaboration in research initiatives.


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Diploma Holders Aspiring for Lateral Entry into Engineering Courses

Bangalore: Diploma holders aspiring for lateral entry into engineering courses are in the dark. The results of their entrance test for admissions into third semester engineering was supposed to be announced on August 10.

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National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

The following clarifications with regard to the validity of degrees obtained from the State of Jammu & Kashmir in teacher education are given for information of general public and all concerned:

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Trichi District Exnora rope in 20 more Colleges

Tiruchi: The Tiruchi District Exnora will rope in 20 more colleges this academic year making the number of colleges with Student Exnora in the district 70.

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Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Distance Education Program

Bangalore, DHNS: For the first time, the State will get an under-graduate programme in aeronautics and avionics through distance education programme.


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Indian Institute of Management released Shortlist of Students

New Delhi: At a time when the Supreme Court is hearing a case on higher-education quota for OBCs where the petitioners have argued, among other things, that any reservation will dilute merit, there is data from IIM Bangalore to show otherwise — OBC students scored barely two percentile points below general category students in the final shortlist for 2006


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Teacher Honoured for Environmental Education

Chennai: A school teacher who educates the scheduled tribes in the Kundra and Soro areas in Orissa has bagged the C P R Environmental Education Centre award. Swaraj Kumar Kanhar received the award from the renowned agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan at a function here on Saturday.



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National Council of Education Research and Training Encourage Reading

New Delhi

In an effort to inculcate reading habits among children, the NCERT has set up a special cell to encourage them to take up reading as a hobby.


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Bharathiar University to set up Science Park

Coimbatore: The Bharathiar University (BU) is to set up a 'Science Park' in a sprawling 100-acre land in its-campus.

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Self Financing Colleges need to follow Single Window System of Admission

Chennai: The Madras High Court has ruled that self-financing colleges offering B.Ed. courses in Tamil Nadu need not surrender 50 per cent of their total seats to the Government quota. Nor do they need to follow the single window system of admission.


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Bharathiar University Offers Job Oriented Courses

Coimbatore: The Bharathiar University (BU) has approved the NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute of Tirupur to offer eight job-oriented under graduate, post-graduate and diploma courses for the benefit of knitwear industry.


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Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission 2007

12,000 students stay off TNEA Counselling

Chennai: Thousands of BE/B.Tech government quota seats in self-financing engineering colleges may have no takers when the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA 2007) counselling ends this month.


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Avinashilingam University to Offer Course in American Accounting

Coimbatore: Avinashilingam University will offer a certification course in ‘American Accounting and Tax Practices’ from September 2007. This will be offered in association with GKM Inc., an U.S.-based outsourcing provider, the company’s Director G. Karthikeyan told presspersons here on Friday.


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Avinashilingam University for Women to Extend Training to Students in US Tax Laws

Coimbatore: GKM Inc, a US-based tax outsourcing provider, has signed an MoU with Avinashilingam University for Women to extend training to students in US tax laws.


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Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) invites Applications to Establish Study Centers

The Tamil Nadu Open University invites applications in the prescribed forms for the establishment of Study Centres across Indian States (barring Tamil Nadu) and Union Territories. The application forms and terms of reference can be obtained from the University's website.



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Railway Recruitment Board Examination

Due to heavy rain, the written examination to be held at different centres in Darbhanga & Muzaffarpur only on 19.08.2007 for Category , 5-Trains Clerk; 6-Ticket Collector and 7-Commercial Clerk under our Employment 2005-06 is postponed till further notice.


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Periyar University Seventh Convocation

Seventh Convocation

The Seventh Convocation of Periyar University will be /field on 17th September, 2007 in the Auditorium of the Government College of Engineering, Salem - 636 011.



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Madurai Kamaraj University Annual Convocation – 2007

Annual Convocation – 2007

1. The Registrar notifies that the candidates Who Have Passed in November 2006 / April 2007 Examinations Of The Following Courses Alone may download the applications for Annual Convocation - 2007 and the filled - in applications may be sent to the University to get their degree certificates at the ensuing Annual Convocation-2007.



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Confederation of Indian Industries Institute of Quality (CII-IQ) offer Training and Consultancy Services

Bangalore: Education is an indispensable sector and the quality of services offered, directly affects the quality of human resources. S.K. Kakkar, principal counsellor and head, Confederation of Indian Industries Institute of Quality (CII-IQ), said that in the mid 1990s, CII felt that the education sector was not very responsive to the changes in the environment.



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Bharathiar University inks Memorandum of Understanding with CRC-CARE

Overseas Educational Links: G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University (left) exchanging a Memorandum of Understanding with Raveendra Naidu, Managing Director of CRC-CARE (right) in the presence of Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi, at Adelaide, Australia, recently.


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Vel Tech Engineering College Single Window Counseling

* 100% MCA Seats Filled in Engineering Colleges (160 Seats)
* 85% MCA Seats Filled in Arts Colleges (102 Seats)
* Highest Number of Seats Filled among the Group Colleges in Tamil Nadu
* Under Single Window Counseling, Coimbatore


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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Question Pattern

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed to introduce a new pattern of questions for Class X examinations from this academic year, Minister of State for HRD MA.A.Fatami told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.


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Sri Ramachandra University introducing PhD Programs

This September Sri Ramachandra University will introduce two Ph.D. programs — split Ph.D. and integrated Ph.D. programme.


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Nine Self Financing Engineering Colleges Failed

Chennai: Nine self-financing engineering colleges in the state have failed to attract a single student in the ongoing Single Window System of counselling for admissions this year. The scene is equally grim for 44 other private institutions, in which the number of students admitted has not touched 10 as of August 12.



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Intel Foundation donated $60,000 towards Women's Education and Empowerment

Chennai: The Intel Foundation on Monday announced a donation of $60,000 (Rs.25 lakh) towards women’s education and empowerment.


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Income Tax Raids on Educational Institutions

Chennai: Officials of the Income Tax (IT) Department seized receipts showing the collection of capitation fee to the tune of Rs 15 crore from the medical and engineering institutions of three city-based educational groups, including the Madras Medical Mission.


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Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

During the last few months this column had touched on a wide range of management disciplines and related courses. We conclude with a look at GMAT.


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Bangalore University Writes to Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bangalore: Bangalore University has written to Visvesvaraya Technological University again not to insist on marks cards during the Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) counselling as results of fourth and semesters have not been declared.


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The Making of India’s First Potential Tribal University

Bhubaneswar: Five thousand tribal children, a sprawling campus, free food, housing and education formal and vocational — and a hi-tech deemed University next door. This is India’s first tribal University in the making, the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) to be precise, a vision realised in Bhubaneswar, a dream nurtured by philanthropist Achyutananda Samanta.


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New Indian Institute of Technology to Come up in Three States

Coimbatore: In addition to the seven Indian Institutes of Technology, three more are proposed in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. The seventh Indian Institute of Management will come up at Shillong for the benefit of those in the North-Eastern States, G.K. Vasan, Union Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, said here on Saturday. He also said in addition to the existing Indian


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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 45th Convocation

“Overcome the lure of foreign lands”

Mumbai: The advice of the most successful non-resident Indian businessman, LaxmiMittal to bright and ambitious Indians like the IITians , looking for exciting opportunities abroad is rather paradoxical — he wants them to invest their talent and hard work in India.


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Indian Institute of Technology Fifty Third Annual Convocation

Fifty Third Annual Convocation of the Institute will be held on Saturday 15th September, 2007 at 11.00 a.m. Professor George F Smoot, Nobel Laureate in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, USA will be the Chief Guest and deliver the Convocation Address.


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SRM University Inviting Expression of Interest

Notice Inviting Expression of Interest

Tenders / Contract for Provision of Network and Technology Support Services

SRM University situated near Chennai is looking out for a contract for providing Network and Technology Support Services:



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Paavai Engineer College signs MoU with Hewlett Packard (HP) Educational Services

Paavai Engineer College at Paachal in Namakkal district and Hewlett Packard (HP) Educational Services signed an MoU on August 2.

College Chairman N.V. Natarajan in his presidential address pointed out that students should understand the importance, which was attached to the skill-oriented training, which also enhanced the employability at campus interviews.


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Paavai Engineer College signs MoU with Hewlett Packard (HP) Educational Services

Paavai Engineer College at Paachal in Namakkal district and Hewlett Packard (HP) Educational Services signed an MoU on August 2.

College Chairman N.V. Natarajan in his presidential address pointed out that students should understand the importance, which was attached to the skill-oriented training, which also enhanced the employability at campus interviews.


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National Institute of Open Schooling Courses

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has launched an online admission facility to help thousands of students applying for its various programmes. The digital route is now available for admission to senior and senior secondary courses equivalent to Classes X and XII.


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More Government Schools will Get Language Labs

More Government Schools will Get Language Labs


Coimbatore: Language laboratories have been started in 30 government schools to improve English communication skills of students, Minister for School Education Thangam Thennarasu said on Tuesday.


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Indian Institute of Technolgy and Indian Institute of Management, Jawaharlal Nehru University in World’s Top 200 Ranking

Indian Institute of Technolgy and Indian Institute of Management, Jawaharlal Nehru University in World’s Top 200 Ranking


London, Aug 6: Four Indian education institutions figure in the latest world university rankings, which continue to be topped by the universities of Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford, for their strengths in teaching and research.


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High-Level Inspections in Schools

High-Level Inspections in Schools


Chennai: The State Government has planned to reintroduce high-level inspections by education officials in the government-run and affiliated schools, said Local Administration Minister M K Stalin.


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Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps for Future Engineers

Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps for Future Engineers


Belgaum: With a view to expose engineering students in the State to entrepreneurship as an alternative career, VTU Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Belgaum, will be conducting Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps (EACs).



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Bharathiar University (BU) Examination 2007 Results

Bharathiar University (BU) Examination 2007 Results


Coimbatore:


Bharathiar University (BU) courses results to be out tomorrow

The results of Bharathiar University (BU) examinations held in May 2007 for school of Distance Education candidates of all UG, PG, PG diploma courses and MBA, MCA, B.Ed, M.Ed and that of all Amrita Bharathi courses viz, BSc (SS) and MSc (SIS) Examinations will be published at 9 am on Aug 11 and the mark statements will be despatched to the candidates individually from Aug 20.

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Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University BL Degree Admission

Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University BL Degree Admission


Chennai, Aug 6:
Dalit students will have to score more marks than those belonging to the Backward and Most Backward Classes to gain admission to the five-year BL degree course offered by the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University this year.



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Parents Teachers Association (PTA)

Parents Teachers Association (PTA)

She is a headmistress with a difference, who even cleans classrooms

Edayankattuvalasu Municipal Middle School aims high

Erode: An 82-year-old municipal middle school at Edayankattuvalasu stands out from the rest, thanks to its headmistress.


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Pakistani Student Joins Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU)

Pakistani Student Joins Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU)

Vadodara, Aug 6: The much-talked about student from the other side of the border reported Tatheer Daryani at the Faculty of Fine Arts of M.S. University (MSU) on Saturday. Tatheer Daryani, the girl who graduated from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi, has enrolled as a first year student in the Sculptor Department.


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The Institute of Charted Accountants of India Common Proficiency Test (CPT)

The Institute of Charted Accountants of India Common Proficiency Test (CPT)

New Delhi:

It is notified for general information that due to leakage of question paper, the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) held on 5th August 2007 all over India and abroad stands cancelled.


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Indira Gandhi National Open University Launches Distance Learning in German

Indira Gandhi National Open University Launches Distance Learning in German


Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) first foreign language programme in Distance Learning was launched on July 24 in Chennai. The programme, German language course for beginners is being offered in cooperation with the Goethe Institute (formerly Max Mueller Bhavan) is offered in Tamil Nadu only.


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Court Stays B.Ed Admissions

Court Stays B.Ed Admissions


Students shall not be admitted until further orders of this court”

Chennai: Admission of students for B.Ed. courses in unaided self-financing institutions under the government quota was stayed by the Madras High Court on Tuesday.


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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Scholarship Examinations

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Scholarship Examinations

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday sought applications for its scholarships examinations, 2007. The last date for submitting the application forms, is August 31.


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PSG College of Technology Signs Mou with Tata Consultancy Services

PSG College of Technology Signs Mou with Tata Consultancy Services


For Excellence in Research: S.Padmanabhan, Executive Vice-President, Global Human Resources, Tata Concultancy Services, Mumbai (left) and R. Rudhramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology after signing a memorandum of understanding for the Tata Consultancy Services-sponsored research programme at the college in the city on Sunday.

Coimbatore:
PSG College of Technology has entered into an agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to encourage students to pursue research interests.



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National University of Educational Planning and Administration

National University of Educational Planning and Administration


New Delhi: At a time when the country is facing a shortage of educational institutions, over 32,000 schools do not have a single student, a government survey has revealed. And Kar-nataka has the highest number of such schools, standing at 7,945.


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Educate Children about Pachyderms


Educate Children about Pachyderms



Bangalore: Education of the rural people, especially children can play a big role in reducing elephant-human conflicts, said Dr C H Basappanavar, retired forest officer, speaking to Dec-can Herald.

This aspect has been highlighted in his new book 'Romancing the elephant', co-authored by Dr K M Kaveri-appa, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University. The book was released at a function at the Aranya Bhavan in the City on Saturday.


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Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy Selection Process

Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy Selection Process


Bangalore


The Indian systems of medicines and homoeopathy casual vacancy round seat selection process for general merits and all reserved category candidates concluded on Saturday. There will be no seat selection on August 5 and 6.


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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan's Active Learning Method

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan's Active Learning Method


Chennai:
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (‘Education-for-all movement') wing of the State's School Education Department will soon launch the Active Learning Methodology (ALM) for students of classes VI, VII and VIII.


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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Common Proficiency Test Cancelled

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Common Proficiency Test Cancelled


New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Sunday night announced that it had cancelled Sunday's common proficiency test for admission to chartered accountant course due to paper leak in New Delhi.

A retest will be held on August 26.



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Anna University to Start Trimester System for MBA Courses

Anna University to Start Trimester System for MBA Courses

Coimbatore: The School of Management Studies of the Anna University (AU), Coimbatore will follow trimester system from this academic year.




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Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University B.L Course Admission

Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University B.L Course Admission


Chennai: From this year on, students seeking admission for law courses will not be allowed to seek transfers to colleges other than the ones they had chosen at the time of counselling.

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Railway Recruitment Board Examination

Railway Recruitment Board Examination

Patna :

Due to flood, the written examination to be held at different centres in Darbhanga & Muzaffarpur only on 05.08.2007 for Category , 5-Trains Clerk; 6-Ticket Collector and 7-Commercial Clerk under our Employment 2005-06 is postponed till further notice.


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Manonmaniam Sundaranar University invites Applications for the post of Temporary Lecturers

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University invites Applications for the post of Temporary Lecturers


Tirunelveli: The manonmaniam Sundaranar University has invited applications for the post of temporary lecturers to handle Post Graduate classes.


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Central Law on Self-Financing Education

Central Law on Self-Financing Education


Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has said that a lasting solution to solve the crisis in the self-financing education sector can be found only by introducing a Central legislation.


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700-Plus Score in GMAT

700-Plus Score in GMAT

Mumbai, Aug 4 : Far from the muddled fields and the notorious politicking of Indian hockey, former captain Viren Rasquinha has discovered how far 'clear analytical thinking' and 'smart work, under pressure' can take him in the world of academics.


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Three Unaided Private Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu

Three Unaided Private Medical Colleges in Tamil Nadu


High Court asks three private medical colleges to stick to prescribed fees

Chennai:
The Madras High Court has directed three unaided private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu not to collect fees in excess of the one fixed by the Permanent Committee. They should either refund the excess amount or adjust it against next year’s fee.


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Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University preparing Tamil Text Books

Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University preparing Tamil Text Books


Chennai: Soon, students can study MBBS in Tamil. The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has begun preparing Tamil text books for basic medical sciences like anatomy and physiology.


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Medical Council of India

Medical Council of India


As per the Establishment of Medical College Regulation, 1999 published in Part-Ill Section-4 of the Gazette of India on 28th August, 1999, all applications for Establishment of New Medical Colleges for the academic session 20-8-2009, complete in all respects along with supportive documents satisfying the eligibility criteria, as mentioned in the Regulations, shall be submitted to between the 1st August and 31st August, 2007 (both days inclusive). The applications are not to be sent to the office of Medical Council of India Directly.



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Kerala Private Medical College Management Association Private Medical Entrance Exam

Kerala Private Medical College Management Association Private Medical Entrance Exam


Kochi: The entrance test for MBBS organised by the Kerala Private Medical College Management Association will be held on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. at four centres in Kochi.


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International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)

International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)

Features

* The recognized computer driving license in the world.
* A qualification awarded by the European Union and ECDL foundation in Europe.
* Fully automated online tests.
* Diploma Certificates will be awarded after the completion of seven modules.

Applications are invited for ICDL Test Centres in Tamilnadu, Kerala and Pondicherry


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Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore is undertaking a research project to produce hybrid varieties of Red Sweet tamarind and details on occurrences Red and Sweet tamarind trees, in nature in the States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka are required.




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Guruvayurappan Institute of Management

Guruvayurappan Institute of Management



One day Management Seminar on Cutting Edge

Techniques to achieve breakthrough performance

* Balanced Score card
* Policy Deployment
* Six Sigma

Date: 10th August 2007




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Confederation of Indian Industry to adopt 13 Industrial Training Institutes

Confederation of Indian Industry to adopt 13 Industrial Training Institutes


Kochi:
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will adopt 13 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the State as part of a nation-wide effort to create a human resource base with high skill levels. The 13 institutes have been identified and will be provided with expertise, skill and talents, said Pradipta K.Mohapatra, Chairman of CII south region, here on Friday.

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University of Mysore introduce Courses in Electronic Media

University of Mysore introduce Courses in Electronic Media


Coimbatore: The University of Mysore has invited applications from candidates who wish to pursue courses in electronics media.


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Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University Extended Last Date for Law Course Applications

Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University Extended Last Date for Law Course Applications


Chennai:

The Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University has extended the last date for issue and receipt of applications for three-year BL degree course up to July 31.


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Stress on Autonomy to Colleges

Stress on Autonomy to Colleges


Coimbatore: The affiliation system in the country should be virtually diluted to facilitate all the higher educational institutions to get full academic freedom through 'autonomous' status, N.R. Shetty, president, Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, said.


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Self-Financing Teacher Training Institutes Demand a Reasonable Fee Structure

Self-Financing Teacher Training Institutes Demand a Reasonable Fee Structure


Chennai:
Self-financing Private Teacher Training Institutes Associations have approached the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to the Government to prescribe a “reasonable fee structure” by constituting a statutory committee for the purpose.


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Self-Financing Engineering Colleges Withdraw Petitions

Self-Financing Engineering Colleges Withdraw Petitions


New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday cleared hurdles to admission of students to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu by dismissing a batch of petitions filed by self-financing engineering colleges challenging the Government directive to surrender 65 per cent of the seats to it.


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Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi


Indian Literature

Golden Jubilee (1957-2007)

Literary Translation Competition

Sahitya Akademi's bi-monthly English journal celebrates its 50th year of publication. Translations from Indian languages into English in the genres of Poetry (not more than 60 lines in translation), Short Fiction (not more than 2500 words) and from our Oral Literatures (from any genre, but following the same word-limits) are invited, so as to reach Within one month of publication of this advertisement. No name or address of translator, or any attempt at self-identification should be there on the body of the submissions. The submissions should be accompanied by photocopies of original texts.


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Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Common Admission Test

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Common Admission Test


New Delhi: By all means, you need to work hard to do well in your Common Admission Test (CAT) to get into an Indian Institute of Management.


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Entrance Tests for Law School to be Centralised

Entrance Tests for Law School to be Centralised


LAW entrances for seven national universities are now going to be centralised. Come 2008, law school aspirants will have to answer a common entrance test (CET) for law universities at Bangalore, Bhopal, Raipur, Hyderabad Jodhpur, Gand-hinagar and Kolkata. Nearly 20,000 applicants are expected to take the CET for national law colleges next year.


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Entrance Tests for Law School to be Centralised




Double Shifts Likely in Mumbai University Colleges Next Year

Double Shifts Likely in Mumbai University Colleges Next Year


Mumbai:


The University of Mumbai, in a move that will benefit students who either skip lectures to work or opt for part-time and distance education courses, has unveiled an ambitious plan, of two shifts in the colleges affiliated to it from the next academic year.This is expected to double the intake capacity in one stroke.


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Bharathiar University Special Supplementary Examination

Bharathiar University Special Supplementary Examination


Exam on August 20 and results August 25

Coimbatore:
Undergraduates and postgraduates of Bharathiar University, who have failed in a single subject, will get an opportunity to clear it at the earliest.


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Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) set up 21 More Apparel Training Centres

Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) set up 21 More Apparel Training Centres

This is in addition to the existing 29; Ministry aims to train 25,000 students in a year

Chennai: The Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) under the Union Ministry of Textiles is to set up 21 more centres throughout the country by December this year in addition to the existing 29.


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Union Human Resource Development Ministry's Draft Bill Ready

Union Human Resource Development Ministry's Draft Bill Ready

New Delhi:
The Union Human Resource Development Ministry is ready with a draft Bill for establishing 16 Central universities across the country.


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Student Federation of India (SFI) moves Court against Fees Fixed for Three Medical Colleges

Student Federation of India (SFI) moves Court against Fees Fixed for Three Medical Colleges


Chennai: The Student Federation of India (SFI) has moved the Madras High Court seeking to declare the fee structure prescribed by the Statutory Committee for three private medical colleges in the State as illegal and arbitrary.


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Seven Engineering Colleges gets Autonomy

Seven Engineering Colleges gets Autonomy


Coimbatore: Seven affiliated engineering colleges of Anna University, Coimbatore, were given autonomy on Wednesday.


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Private School Teachers Entitled to Gratuity

Private School Teachers Entitled to Gratuity

New Delhi: Teachers in private educational institutions will now be entitled to gratuity, the Government said on Thursday


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No Blackboards in 90,000 Schools

No Blackboards in 90,000 Schools


New Delhi: Asmanyas 90,000 elementary schools in the country do not have a blackboard. So says a new government survey.


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New Fee Structure for Engineering and Medical Courses

New Fee Structure for Engineering and Medical Courses

Thiruvananthapuram: A new fee structure for engineering and medical courses in the State appears likely in the wake of an interim order of the Kerala High Court on Thursday.


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Comdek Extends Reporting Date

Comdek Extends Reporting Date

Bangalore, Dhns: The Comed-K has extended the last date for students to report to its member institutions and has changed its forfeiture clause.


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Centre Mulls Higher Education Panel

Centre Mulls Higher Education Panel


New Delhi: In a bid to streamline the higher education policy in all streams, including engineering, management studies, agriculture and medical, the Centre is mulling the setting up of a National Commission for Higher Education.


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Bharathidasan Institute of Engineering and Technology fail to get Approval

Bharathidasan Institute of Engineering and Technology fail to get Approval


Chennai: Three leading engineering colleges including the Bharathidasan Institute of Engineering and Technology have not been granted approval by the All India Council for Technical Education this year pending submission of mandatory compliance reports.


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Bharathiar University Team in Study to Aid Indian Air Force Women Pilots

Bharathiar University Team in Study to Aid Indian Air Force Women Pilots


Coimbatore: A major project at Bharathiar University here involving the identification of anthropometric indicators that will be used to design equipment for women pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF), is in the final stages. The university’s Centre for Life Sciences is developing the indicators as part of a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) project.


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