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The attacks on affirmative action over the last decade have not stopped a prestigious New York Ivy League institution from offering a popular educational program geared towards professionals already working in the affirmative action arena.
For more than 20 years, the New York City campus of Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations has granted a certificate in affirmative action to individuals who deal with the legal and policy intricacies of affirmative action on a daily basis.
Between 50 and 60 students — most of whom are lawyers, consultants, human resources personnel and affirmative action and diversity officers at their respective colleges and universities — enroll in the required six workshops each year, where they take courses like, Strategic Diversity Recruiting and The Law of EEO.
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Feedback on the latest measures in favour of lower castes have been turbulent for the people such as the battles of coveted places in higher education institutions
The scenes in the streets of Bombay, Delhi and other major Indian cities have shocked India. Medical students and young doctors peacefully protesting a government to maintain the initiative on the part of other seats for colleges and universities, members of lower castes, police, the demonstrators, many of have proposed to handle.
Even more outrageous as a result of many officials argued that although a few students were in the hospital, the police had no
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ISLAMABAD: Deeply concerned by the rapid spread of the AIDS virus among vulnerable population groups through contact with a large Indian diaspora, the Gulf countries for the fight against AIDS, mandatory testing for visitors and non-resident Indians, the GOI.
The action is planned for an emergency, underscored by the fact that most Indian migrant workers in the Gulf United are among the AIDS affected Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
"Alarm Bells Ringing"
The increase in AIDS cases in the Gulf countries health ringing the alarm and pressure in favour of affirmative action for his
The alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, now a member of the Anti-reservation Chorus, say more places to measure the impact of quotas for other Backward Classes would adversely affect the IIMS.
"We are afraid of the transitional government proposed to increase seats than we believe, will influence the quality of education and prestige of the institution," says Amal Dhru, the chairman of the Ahmedabad chapter of the IIMA Alumni Association.
Dhru, which seems to have a benchmark Infosys and CEO of the organization IIMA chairman NR Narayana Murthy, said a quota increase could drive the brightest students abroad.
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Pune, Apr 15 (PTI) The Confederation of Indian Industry has trained 30 scheduled caste and scheduled Tribe engineering and management students to increase their employment potential.
The CII had recently made a specific pilot project for SC / ST students attending vocational training courses with the aim of training to join various professions.
The 10-week course began in January and March, was designed and taught by industry experts and Symbiosis Institute of English Speaking, Pradeep Bhargava, vice-chairman of the CII's Maharashtra, told PTI today .
Participants, including 12 girls, from seven institutions in Pune, as Cummins College of Engineering (only for women) and
The Indian government has given written proposals students, in an attempt to end a strike, a plan to increase quotas for lower castes College.
Students fear the Affirmative Action Plan, the number of places for students and the upper caste lower standards.
After a day of the meeting, the Federal Minister Oscar Fernandes, said that quotas would not lead to an overall decline of the city.
The government is committed to improving infrastructure for education.
Mr. Fernandes said after an initial meeting with the students, they already calmed down and that the general category seats would not be reduced as
passengers' forum calls on cr to take action against erring staff mumbai: the mumbai suburban railway passengers' association has served notices to the central railway mazdoor union and the national railway mazdoor union for the flash strike by motormen on sunday morning, ``which caused untold hardships to suburban commuters''.
the association, in a press statement, said that it was improper on the part of the motormen to strike work just because disciplinary action was taken against one of their colleagues who had jumped a red signal. ``unless rules and regulations are strictly observed, satisfactory service cannot be expected from any organisation,''
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