Jet Airways Plans Academy to train Pilots, Engineers

Chennai: Jet Airways is considering setting up an academy here for maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft, and for training 200 pilots, engineers, ground staff and cabin crew.

“We are setting up the academy not only for our own use,” but also for the aviation industry to be in a position to export talent overseas in the way the information technology sector is currently doing, Naresh Goyal, chairman and founder, Jet Airways, said, speaking on the eve of Jet Airways’ inaugural flight from Chennai to Toronto, through Brussels.

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Union Public Service Commission Change Date of Combined Medical Services Exam 2008

Subject: Change in the date of conduct of Combined Medical Services Exam 2008.

Reference Commission's Notice for Combined Medical Services Examination, 2008 published in the daily News papers dated 22nd September 2007.

The date of conduct of Coimbined Medical Services Examination 2008 will be 03rd February 2008 instead of 27th January 2008 as mentioned in the Notice dated 22-09-2007.

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Virtual University Classes Starts from Next Academic Year

Chennai: Madras University’s virtual university programme will become fully operational from the next academic year, according to Vice-Chancellor S. Ramachandran.

Studios are being constructed in AM Jain College, the Vel Rangarajan College of Arts and Science, DG Vaishnav College and Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, as well as on the university campus itself.

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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Launches Certificate Course in Cotton Production

Coimbatore: A six-month certificate course in cotton production technologies through distance education has been launched by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Coimbatore.

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Developed New Teaching Model

Erode: How does one improve creative thinking and analytical skills in students, help young students distinguish facts from opinion? How to erase false ideas and above all how to assist children come out of their preconceived ideas that are wrong?

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Brand Ambassadors for Government Schools Soon

Madurai: Government schools in the State will soon have “brand ambassadors” to bolster the public image of the institutions and morale of their students.

“These brand ambassadors with popular standing in society could help in giving a fillip to schools under the Government set-up,” Minister for School Education Thangam Thennarasu told The Hindu here on Friday.

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All India Council for Technical Education

Prevention of ragging in technical institutions

The Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition No. (C) 656/1998 directed that the ragging in educational institutions should be prevented and appropriate measures should be taken by AICTE for prevention of ragging in technical educational institutions.

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SSN Educational and Charitable Trust set up Free Schools in Uttar Pradesh

Chennai: With the aim of providing quality education to children in rural areas free of cost, the SSN Educational and Charitable Trust plans to set up schools in Uttar Pradesh. Six schools will be set up in the most populous districts of the State.

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Target Achieved Now a Free Trip to Thailand

Erode: T. Kanagaraj, all of 19, is on his way to Thailand on a free trip.

When he completes his trip, he will be on a high on two counts – for having won the trip as a prize as well as earning the distinction of becoming the youngest insurance agent to have achieved a sales target of Rs. 4.5 lakh in a month.

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More Colleges Enhanced Quality of Education

Coimbatore: Through specific measures adopted by the Government the enrolment rate had gone up from 13 per cent to 17 per cent in the last one-and-a-half years, Minister for Higher Education and Mines, Government of Tamil Nadu, K.Ponmudi, said here on Wednesday.

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Bharathiar University awards Distributed

The best college award went to Vellalar College for Women, Erode.

Coimbatore: Minister for Higher Education and Mines, K.Ponmudi, gave away awards to colleges at the Bharathiar University here on Wednesday.

Performance

The University had instituted awards for colleges based on their performance. The best college award went to Vellalar College for Women, Erode.

Colleges that received awards for overall performance were Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Gobi Arts and Science College, Gobichettipalayam, and Sri G.V.G.Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalpet.

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School Education Recommended the Board Examination

Chennai: The report of the Dr Muthukumaran Committee on uniform school education has recommended a single board, single legislation, autonomy in teaching methods and mother tongue as the medium of education for schools in Tamil Nadu.

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Government Introduced Sex Education in Schools

Chennai: Swearing by Tamil culture, an organization of parents has raised its banner against the government move to introduce sex education in schools.

The Parents Federation (PF) has kicked off a signature campaign to coincide with the visit of the Parliament Committee on Petitions headed by M Venation Naidu. The committee will hold discussions on Tuesday with the State Government, students, parents, teachers and their association representatives, educationists and others about the proposal, which is in its conceptual stage.

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700 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Students awarded Degrees

Minister Anbumani Ramadoss urges medical professionals to return to India

Union Minister for Health Anbumani Ramadoss with AIIMS Director Venugopal at the 35th convocation in New Delhi on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Over 700 students were awarded degrees at the 35th convocation of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences held at the institute’s Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium here on Tuesday. Present on the occasion were the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister and institute president, Anbumani Ramadoss, and institute director P. Venugopal. Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia was the chief guest.

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Bharathiar University told No Courses of Other Varsities

Coimbatore: Bharathiar University has warned its affiliated colleges against conducting courses of other universities on their campuses.

If any college overlooks this warning, the affiliation status will be cancelled, said the varsity, which found a few colleges offering other varsities' courses in their college.

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B.Ed Courses Integrated with Information Technology

Coimbatore: B.Ed courses will be integrated with Information Technology and Computer Science to guarantee employment, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University G. Thiruvasagam said here on Thursday.

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More Opportunities for Women in Higher Education

Madurai: In a major policy decision, the Government has decided to remove the existing 30 per cent ceiling for girls’ admission in government co-education colleges from next academic year.

Right now, only 30 per cent of seats are available for girls seeking admission to government arts colleges that are in co-education mode with the remaining for boys.

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Karunya University signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nanoscience and Technology

The objective is to undertake application-oriented research

Let us sail together: D.G.S Dhinakaran, Chancellor, Karunya University, (left) with Albert Amini, Chief Executive Officer, Nanonics Limited, Israel, at Karunya University in Coimbatore recently.

Coimbatore: Karunya University, Coimbatore, and Nanonics Limited, Israel, have entered into an agreement to establish a centre of excellence in Nanoscience and Technology.

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15 Schools Participate in District-Level Science Competition

55 exhibits from 15 schools at district-level competition

In Earnest:A student explaining his exhibit at the science exhibition in Pudukottai.

Pudukottai: Two students from S.K.T. Gandhi High School in Rayavaram – S. P. Udhayakumar and G. Ganesh, were at ease to explain the application of a scientific principle for charging a mobile phone using wind-power generated by pedalling a bicycle.

A small plastic ball that was floating under Bernoulli’s principle, displayed by R. Mohammed from the Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School, was the cynosure of all eyes.

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All India Management Association (AIMA) 11th National Games at PSG Institute of Management

All About Simulation: Students at the finals of AIMA’s 11th National Student Management Games held at PSG Institute of Management in Coimbatore on Tuesday.

Coimbatore: NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Delhi, has emerged the winner in the 11th National Student Management Games held here on Tuesday.

ICFAI Business School, Mumbai and Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, were the first and second runners up. At the PSG Institute of Management, nine teams from various parts of the country competed with each other for the finals on Tuesday. The groups were selected from the semi-finals held on Monday.

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Government Aided Private School Teachers Continue in Service on Re-Employment

They can continue in service till May 31 of the corresponding year

Madurai: Government or Government-Aided private school teachers attaining the age of superannuation on any date after the first day of June are entitled to continue in service on re-employment basis until May 31 of the corresponding year, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled.

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Bharathiar University Students Use the Cards Library, Internet Centre and Laboratory

Students will have to use the card to enter library, Internet centre and laboratory

Stress on Communication: Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, C. Ramasamy (seated), at the language laboratory of Bharathiar University after inaugurating it on Monday. Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University, G.Thiruvasagam (second left), and Head of the Department of English, R.Palanivel (left), are in the picture.

Coimbatore: Bharathiar University is going to distribute smart cards to students on the campus, said G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor, here on Monday.

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Anna University Vice-Chancellor Open More Engineering Colleges

Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai, D. Viswanathan (left), arriving at the Good Shepherd International School at M.Palada, near Udhagamandalam, on Sunday to participate in its 31st Founder’s Day celebrations.

Udhagamandalam: The move of the Government to bring into being 20 more engineering colleges is most welcome, said D.Viswanathan, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Chennai.

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Anna University singed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Five US Universities

Udhagamandalam: Anna University has singed MoU with five universities in US namely Stephenson, Texas, Boston, Mitchigan and Nebraska, last week in connection with research and higher education. This is the first University in the country to have signed MoU with top-level universities in the US, said Prof D. Viswanathan, vice-chancellor of Anna University, Chennai.

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Annamalai University Results Released on Websites

Cuddalore: The results of various examinations conducted by the Directorate of Distance Education, regular stream and Overseas Programmes Examination, of Annamalai University, will be released on the university website on Monday.

According to a varsity release, the examinations were held in May and July 2007.

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12 Chinese Students Admission at Bharathiar University (BU)

Coimbatore: Twelve Chinese students have got admission at the Bharathiar University (BU) through online for BA and MA courses in English Literature and B.Sc Computer Science

In fact, the BU is ready to admit 100 Chinese students in the English department which was started this year. It processed the application form a Chinese a Chinese University and admitted the 12 students by sending them admission letters through online.

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Fee Structure Increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)

New Delhi: Vice-Chancellors from across the country were on Thursday opposed to any further hike in the fee structure as the "cost recovery from students is already very high."

Since the thrust of the government in the XI Five Year Plan is to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) to 15 per cent, the dominant view from among the Vice-Chancellors on the contentious issue of fee hike was that it would be counter-productive.

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United States Introduced Paperless Visa in 2008

Chennai: The United States is likely to introduce paperless visa processing service “sometime in 2008,” according to Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary of State of Consular Affairs, State Department of the United States.

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School Education Department Imposed a Ban on Use of Mobile Phones in Schools

Chennai: The School Education Department has decided to impose a ban on use of mobile phone in schools. The official announcement in this regard is expected in the next few days, possibly before the Assembly session commences (on October 17).

The CB CID (Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department) recently recommended to the State Government that phones with features such as camera and Bluetooth be banned in educational institutions.

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Public Private Partnership (PPP) Program for ITIs in Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore: The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Program for ITIs, which is expected to take off shortly after approval from the Centre, would see industries having a role to play in ITIs.

"In Tamil Nadu, the PPP program is to be implemented in 12 out of the 57 government ITIs," said P Sivakami, Commissioner Employment and Training, Government of Tamil Nadu here today.

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Off-Campus Recruitment Drive for PG Engineers

Coimbatore: The Anna University (AU), Chennai, will hold an off-campus recruitment drive for the students who passed out ME, M.Tech or MBA in 2007 from the colleges affiliated to it at the Government College of Technology (GCT) on Oct 18.

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Engineering Students Designed Mobile Encyclopaedia

Coimbatore:

For cell phone users among college and high school students, here is something to look forward to. A bunch of engineering students in the city has revolutionised the idea of short messaging service to “Smart Messaging Service.”

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Bharathiar University Increased Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of Higher Education

New colleges will come up in rural/hilly areas

University will introduce new job-oriented courses

It will re-organise ‘non-taken and non-viable’ courses

Coimbatore: Several novel measures to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of higher education will be undertaken by Bharathiar University as an outcome of the decision taken at the Vice-Chancellors’ conference in New Delhi.

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Victimology Courses for Law Enforcement Officials

For the first time in India, an university will offer courses in victimology for law enforcement officials, obliging a UN declaration which mandates change in focus from “offenders to victims”.

The courses in victimology and victim assistance would be offered by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu for members of police, judiciary, legislature and others working for victims of crimes and disasters.

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University Grant Commission (UGC) offers Professional Courses

Chennai:

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed deemed universities to refrain from offering professional courses through the distance education mode and not open unapproved study centres for such programmes.

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Kovai NCC Girl Cadets bring Home Laurels

Coimbatore: The 14 girl cadets from 5(TN) Girls BN NCC, who formed a part of the 40-member team that represented Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in the All India Thal Sainik Camp in New Delhi, have come home with laurels.

The team stood second among 17 States that participated in the camp held from September 24 to October 5. The girls proved their mettle in firing, obstacle event, map reading, line area competitions, tent pitching and sports events. They were also assessed in theory subjects.

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School Education Department Catching E-Governance

Chennai: At long last, the School Education Department is catching up with e-governance. The stage is set for the creation of a website for the Department.

The lack of data such as the number of schools and teachers and vacancies and infrastructure available causes difficulties when it comes to taking decisions.

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Environment Quiz 2007 for School Childrens

Chennai: In an attempt to encourage students to look critically at environmental challenges, the U.S. Consulate General here organised an environment quiz for high school students here on Wednesday.

A total of 54 students from 30 city schools participated in ‘Environment Quiz 2007’.

Speaking at the prize distribution ceremony, U.S. Consul-General in Chennai David T. Hopper said it was important to have the courage to come up on stage and give answers, many right and a few incorrect ones. He commended the students on their initiative.

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Five Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Education in 11th Five Year Plan

New Delhi: Confessing that higher education in India has not peaked adequately since independence, Planning Commission member B. Mungekar on Wednesday said that the country will spend five percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 11th Five Year Plan on education.

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27 Percent OBC Quota in Central Educational Institutions

New Delhi:

Senior counsel K. Parasaran, appearing for the Union of India, concluded his arguments on Wednesday in the 27 percent OBC quota case before the 5-judge Constitution Bench.

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New Direction to Higher Education

New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday made a strong pitch for giving a new direction to higher education as the existing system had ceased to serve the cause of the youth.

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Tamil Nadu Scientist Awards (TANSA) Awards for 21 Scientists

Chennai: Twentyone scientists were honoured with the Tamil Nadu Scientist Awards (TANSA) by the State Government on Wednesday for their outstanding contribution.

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Chinese Students Turn to South Indian Universities

Vellore: Out of about 300 Chinese students who arrived in India this year for pursuing higher education, 137 have enrolled for various courses at VIT University here.

Their India visit was the result of a Memorandum of Understanding, which the VIT University signed with eight Chinese universities, according to VITU Chancellor G. Viswanathan.

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1,230 Law Graduates Enrolled as Advocates

Chennai: A record 1,230 law graduates were enrolled as advocates by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Council Chairman K. Chandramohan said even Uttar Pradesh, which had the biggest High Court in the country, did not witness such a “mela.”

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empoewrment Scholarships 2007

Coimbatore: The scholarship scheme of the Central Government for meritorious Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students pursuing higher studies has come into effect from June 1.

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Anna University’s Off-Campus Placement

Coimbatore: Anna University will organise an off-campus recruitment programme at Dindigul for graduates who have passed out from its affiliated colleges in May 2007.

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UGC Seeks Norms Compliance Report from Deemed Universities

New Delhi: In an attempt to control the mushrooming of unauthorised courses, some even offering distance courses in technical subjects like engineering and medicine, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued fresh instructions to deemed universities, some of which, in its opinion, are flagrantly violating rules for seeking authorisation from the UGC and the Distance Education Council.

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Madras High Court Calls for Report on Foreign Universities in India

Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Union government to submit within three weeks, a report regarding foreign universities conferring degrees to the students in India without affiliation from the statutory bodies in India.

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empoewrment Scholarships 2007

Coimbatore: The scholarship scheme of the Central Government for meritorious Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students pursuing higher studies has come into effect from June 1.

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Vcare's Global Institute of Health Sciences

Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala recently inaugurated Vcare's Global Institute of Health Sciences run by the Vcare Health Educational Propagation and Development Trust at a function held at the Raj Bhavan, Chennai.

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Language Labs for Government Schools

Salem: In order to improve communication skills among government school students, the state government has decided to open language laboratories in 2,880 schools, including 1,880 higher secondary schools.

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Young World Quiz 2007

Chennai: Eighth edition of The Hindu Young World Quiz-07 will be rolled out on October 27 from Puducherry, to climax at the national finals in Visakhapatnam on November 21. This annual multi-city quiz contest, which has been eagerly looked forward to by schoolchildren all over the country, will be conducted at 13 centres. At each centre, there will be a written preliminary round to select the six teams for the regional finals, with both the rounds to be held on the same day. The winning team from each region will be eligible to participate in the grand all-India final to be held this year in Visakhapatnam.

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English Compulsory in Uttar Pradesh Government Schools

Agra: Children in all government schools in Uttar Pradesh are now compulsorily learning English - a move aimed at increasing their employment potential. The government has ordered that English be taught as a language right from Class 2 at all state-run schools. The language had been almost banished by earlier governments.

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Civil Services Main Examination 2007

The Civil Services Main Examination is scheduled to Commence in the last week of October.

Over 9,000 aspirants will be appearing for the examination at the all-India level out of which 1,400 are expected to qualify for the interview and about 500 - 600 will be finally selected for various services.
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Bharathiar University

* New College Affiliation / Affiliation to stand alone Institutions
* Starting New Courses in the existing colleges
* Continuance of provisional affiliation
* Permanent Affiliation
* Permanent increase in intake 2008 - 2009
* Starting of New Colleges

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Builders Association of India (BAI)

Coimbatore: The Builders Association of India (BAI), Coimbatore centre, is joining hands with the colleges in the city to give on-site training for the students to meet the growing demand for workforce in construction industry.


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Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute Developing Oral Insulin

New Delhi: There is some good news for insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Soon, they may not have to undergo painful jabs of insulin injection to keep their sugar levels under control. They may just have to pop in a tablet or gulp down a spoon of the medicine.

Thiruvananthapuram-based Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology has successfully demonstrated the possibility of developing an oral insulin preparation in experiments on mice and is now getting ready to conduct clinical trials with human subjects to establish its efficacy and viability.

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Pension Management Institute Soon

Coimbatore: The Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India and also the President (elect) of the Insurance Institute of India (III), T.S.Vijayan, is confident that the institute will be able to start a Pension Management Institute as soon as Parliament approval is announced for the separate regulatory body.

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Knowledge of Spoken Hindi Essential

Lt. Governor Mukut Mithi presenting a certificate to one of the contest winners during the Hindi Fortnight celebration at Pondicherry University on Friday. Vice-Chancellor J.A.K. Tareen (second from left) and Reader in Sanskrit Department K.E. Dharaneedharan (third from left) are in the picture.

Puducherry: Lt. Governor Mukut Mithi on Friday stressed the need for learning Hindi. “If people in countries like Malaysia, where Tamil is a national language, can speak in Hindi then why can’t people in our country do so,” he asked.

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IT Education in Salem Schools

Salem: The school education department is strengthening computer education in Government Higher Secondary Schools in the district by providing them with modern systems.

The department has also plans to provide Internet connectivity to the schools.

The Government has sanctioned 10 computers with latest configuration, a laptop, a printer and a liquid crystal display projector to 97 Government Higher Secondary Schools in the district.

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Indian Space Research Organisation Prize for Students

Hyderabad: “I am very happy. It was quite unexpected. We didn’t know that they were going to award such a prize to us,” said 20-year-old Sowmya Lakshmi Rao, who jointly bagged the top prize with Sreekumar Panicker in the law category in an all-India competition for college students conducted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Talking to The Hindu after sharing the cash prize of Rs.10,000 with the other winner at the 58th International Astronautical Congress(IAC) here on Friday, Ms. Sowmya said that though her primary interest was international law, she might specialise in space law too as her participation in the IAC had heightened her interest in the subject.

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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Graduates Excel as Agricultural Scientists

To Clinch Jobs: A candidate being interviewed by representatives from a private bank at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in the city.

Coimbatore: “The Agricultural Scientists’ Recruitment Board, New Delhi, has indicated that among the top 10 agricultural universities in the country, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is ranked first in terms of the number of graduates being recruited as agricultural scientists,” said C. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, TNAU, here.

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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Graduates Excel as Agricultural Scientists

To Clinch Jobs: A candidate being interviewed by representatives from a private bank at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in the city.

Coimbatore: “The Agricultural Scientists’ Recruitment Board, New Delhi, has indicated that among the top 10 agricultural universities in the country, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is ranked first in terms of the number of graduates being recruited as agricultural scientists,” said C. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, TNAU, here.


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Bharathidasan University Tenders Notice

Sealed tenders are invited for the supply of the following equipments:

* Ground Truth Radiometer - 1 No.
* Electromagnetic Instrument - 1 No.


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Separate University for Colleges in Krishna District

Vijayawada: Minister for Animal Husbandry, Diary and Fisheries Mandali Buddha Prasad has said a separate university to govern the academic affairs of over 120 colleges in Krishna district is on the anvil.

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Oxford University Announces New Scholarship

Oxford University is offering four new scholarships exclusively for Indian citizens wishing to pursue postgraduate research at Exeter College, one of the oldest of the university's colleges. The scholarships are tenable for a year from October 2008 and renewable each year. Two Kokil Pathak Scholarships cover the cost of academic fees and provide a maintenance stipend for living expenses. Applications for master's courses or doctoral research will be accepted for all courses except Clinical Medicine, MBA and EMBA programmes. Applicants must be under 30 years of age and hold a first-class bachelor's degree.


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Student Overcomes Bangalore University

Bangalore: Students made to run from pillar to post to set right anomalies in marks card entries is not uncommon in Bangalore University.

Vibhasri R Gurjal, a student of BMS College for Women, was another victim of callousness of the examination system but she finally got justice from a very unlikely institution — the State Commission for Women.

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