An international seminar will be held here on 16 September a platform management practitioners, policy makers and scientists to pursue their views and experiences on the theme “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Kerala: Current Issues and Future Trends “.

The opening of borders for the strengthening of economic activity showed mixed results and reactions in different parts of the world, Prof. D Rajasenan, Department of Applied Economics and Director of the ICEPA, Cochin University of Science and Technology, told a press conference can be found here.

Although sporadic, there were cases in which different interest groups have reacted with the strength of corporate responsibility, he said.

The call to boycott products of Coca-Cola and Nike for its so-called issue, environmental standards and labour practices in developing countries shows that companies be constantly monitored, he added.

Representatives of Kochi Refinery Ltd (KRL), Cochin Port Trust (CPT) and Management Institute in India, Delhi, among the participating companies. Researchers from the Netherlands, Italy, Bangladesh is also present their views on corporate social responsibility in their respective countries.

Netherlands Embassy funded the seminar, organized by the International Centre for Economic and Policy Analysis, CUSAT in collaboration with the University of Tilburg Netherlands, restructuring the public sector and internal audit and management committee Kerala Association.

The special meeting of the Syndicate Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has ratified the detailed project report (DPR), on the model the Department of Human Resources Department (MHRD) for the adaptation of IIT Varsity.

The draft consolidated report, décanat of the Conference Committee, in consultation with the 27 departments of the Cusat has Rs 450 crore for hosting one of various development projects at the university.

The report has a massive restructuring of the engineer by training, through university. Under the restructuring of various departments, Thrikkakara Model Engineering College and Engineering College Pullinkunnu be grouped for services parallel to the university.

Your working time is restructured as part of an IIT.

A provision of an amount of Rs 175 crore for restructuring the company.

Cusat School of Marine Sciences is renewed as a School of Marine Sciences and Technology. The school was informed of new courses and laboratories. An amount of R 50 crore was on land set aside for the registration of any of these activities.

For the insertion of a reorganization of activities in science and environmental flows, RS 45 crore and Rs 7.5 crore has been ignored.

Departments such as human sciences School of Legal Studies and the School of Management Studies will be strengthened and new courses are made.

The Department of Hindi is now called the Department of Indian languages. This division is greater flexibility to negotiate prices in other languages in southern India.

All non-scientific departments are strictly function as part of an IIT.

The Syndicate meeting also decided to put pressure on the government to obtain land for the establishment of the Institute. A director of planning are appointed for the implementation of liaison officers between the European Union and the Government of the State Government to obtain a Cusat ITI upgradation.

“The report of the State Education Department, government and the Ministry of Human Resources Development in a few weeks,” Cusat VC-PK Abdul Aziz said.

The School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), is organizing a national seminar on the management of logistics, 28 and March 29. The best managers and professionals CIAL, railway lines, Cochin Port Trust, DP World and retailing Reliance discuss issues of logistics in their respective areas. Vice-Chancellor of Cusat Gangan Pratap opened the seminar.

The performance of an effective logistics system depends on the cooperation and integration of many elements operating and service providers. There is a need for specialists in different areas of logistics to share their knowledge. It is one of the areas in which scientists have much to learn from practice.

Logistics is a function of management, networking can move materials from one department to another or from one company to another in a supply chain. It consists of a network storage, handling and transportation systems.

A decade back, we could have not expected to see oranges from California, Australia and fruit in our supermarket shelves. International trade is the proportion of logistics is approximately 28 per cent of the costs of the final product. In large countries like India, the national logistics costs for agricultural products is 20 to 25 per cent of final cost.

Logistics has long been smaller and less organized set-ups. Hence, its effectiveness was bad. There is a need to improve the logistics system with regard to the performance on speed, reaction time, flexibility, cost and reliability. Much attention lately on improving the logistics system performance by improving infrastructure, Carrier and cooperation between different institutions, different logistics service providers.

The School of Management Studies, Cusat, has been in teaching and research in the field of logistics management in a decade. Courses on logistics to gain popularity in Management Schools in Kerala.

Development in the field of logistics in Kerala has been enormous. Projects such as Cochin International Airport Terminal transshipment and Vallarpadom LNG project have the level of logistics activities in Kerala.

Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has proposed the creation of seven new centres in future areas of study, rural development and appropriate technology to public order and good governance during 2004-2005.

Cusat’s annual budget has allocated 5 Case crores for new projects.

These centres would be encouraged to internal resources companies, projects and consultancy work for external agencies.

The proposal to school for rural development and appropriate technology, the management center for Tourism Studies, School of International Human Resources Development Centre of Marine Biotechnology, Centre for Space Science Studies, Centre for Human Rights Studies and Centre for Public Policy and Good Governance.

The school of rural development and appropriate technology

The school has a vision: it must contribute to good health and even to leave the rural population, which appreciates the benefits of modern science and technology.

The school has 11 key sectors as part of the vision plan. These include the preservation of natural resources and their use, indigenous technology and intellectual property and technology.

The school is the training of rural people to increase their capacity as custodians of natural resources and traditional technology. Measures taken to the innovative technology to meet the specific needs of the rural population.

It provides for the organization of courses and workshops in the short term, multi-disciplinary units in the areas of methodology for collecting health, sanitation and water supply, food and maintenance of control quality and waste management.

Tourist Office of Management Studies

The center offers a post-graduate study programme in tourism. Cusat counsel studies on the theme “Tourism under the new initiative. A curriculum module and detailed content would be ready after receipt of entries expert on the tourism sector.

The number of seats for the course would be tried later. Admission is in accordance with existing procedures, followed by the University. The university plans to mobilize foreign language services of the Division of the implementation Post-Graduate Programs in the tourism sector. Registration of candidates for tourism training courses in foreign languages, including french and German.

International School of Human Resources Development

The International School of Human Resources Development chalked has several plans to improve the quality of higher education and vocational training in the field of development of human resources and administration. These courses include Master of Human Resource Organization and Development (MHROD), Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM), Diploma in Human Resource Management (DHRM), Diploma in Training and Development (DTD), M. Phil in the organization of psychology and human resource development.

The school wants to undertake research and studies organization for the implementation of different management companies and corporate development programmes. Music projects and academic cooperation will be developed.

The school is a postgraduate degree or a master’s program with 33 seats in the initial phase.

Number of visitors to the different academic programmes of the school is on the basis of the joint review of the University.

The files. First day of the CAT was designed for Post-Graduate Programs, while the next day saw the majority of candidates, examination of B. Tech. Course.

The odd 20000 students took the town home Test (CAT) of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) in centres across the country and Dubai, have to wait until the end of this month to find out if it he is on the 2000 odd places offered by the University.

Indeed, only 50 per cent of seats for B. Tech. CAT programs are filled by 45 per cent have already been reserved for All-India Engineering examination by the Central Board of Secondary Education, according to the UGC guidelines.

The remaining 5 per cent of seats for non-resident Indians (NRI). However, all the seats for Post-Graduate Programs, unless, Mr. Phil., Ph.D. and M. Tech., Is completed by the CAT.

Cusat authorities have indicated that consideration for admission to various degrees and Post-Graduate Programs could begin within a month. The first phase involves the admission of the third week of July.

The first day of CAT was designed for Post-Graduate Programs, while the next day saw the majority of candidates, examination of B. Tech. Course.

Number of visitors reference on the various baseline studies, Post-Graduate Diploma-PG-and programs offered by the School of Engineering (Thrikkakara), Cochin University College of Engineering (Kuttanad), Cochin University College of Computer Applications (Kuttanad) School of Environmental Studies, department of culture and cultural heritage, Department of Hindi, School of Legal Studies, School of Industrial Fisheries, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Chemical Oceanography, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Department of marine geology and geophysics, Department of Physical Oceanography, Department of Applied Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, Department of Statistics, Department of Applied Economics, School of Management Studies, Centre of Excellence in laser and optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Electronics, Department of instrumentation, Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Department of Ship Technology, School of International Photonics, Department of Computer Applications, IT department, electronics and research and development of the city.

The School of Management Studies (SMS) at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), founded in 1964, has pioneered the concept of training in management of the State.

The school, according to their founder, director and noted academician, MV Pylee, was at a time when almost nobody had heard in Kerala, on management training.

During these years, the school has emerged as a leading management institutions of the state, with a full-time MBA students for the program in the country. The school is in its 40 year existence, this month.

The school was designed back on the road in 1961, when visionaries such as Dr. Pylee recognized the need to set up a training centre for mediation excellent training in management of the State. “It was a Herculean task for the construction of a new institution. But I have received full support and collaboration of some of the key men in the industry, “said Dr. Pylee.

The school has started to work on that part of the premises of the University of Kerala, in its early years. It was then postponed until today the campus of the University of Cochin was founded in 1971.

Course

The school has two years full-time post-Graduate programme “Master of Business Administration (MBA). The model is of course a mixture of management issues, finance, marketing, operations, personnel and systems. The program was designed to enable students to develop a thorough understanding of basic concepts and management techniques.

The duration of full-time MBA program is four semesters. In addition to management issues, the school offers different choices of documents required in areas such as Finance, Marketing, Human Resources Management, Operations Management and general management.

The school also offers a three-year part-time MBA courses. The three-year program was designed for leaders of government and business associations.

The objective of course is to improve the management skills of these professionals. The duration of the course is six semesters.

Other courses offered by the school full-time two-year programme “Master of International Business (MIB). The duration of the course is four semesters. The course stresses the principles of export procedures and techniques. Topics such as international marketing, international finance, logistics and international systems are also covered. The school also offers an M. Phil. PhD program in business and management issues.

Students are admitted as courses on the basis of their performances in common Admission Test (CAT), under the direction of Cusat. The final list of candidates is published on the basis of scores of brands in the group discussions and interview.

KOCHI: “Lalu Rath” rolled into the heart of hundreds of students from the management of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) and mesmerised their recount how he passed the script Turn Around working at a loss for the Indian Railways .

Before the launch of its interaction with students here on Friday, Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad she recalls that representatives of prestigious schools as Harvard, Wharton and visited India for more information on models Management are those of Indian Railways. Clad ‘dhoti-Kurta and making speeches in Hindi, his brief but interesting comments from the teacher and students rejected. The management guru has impressed audiences with his one-liners. The Minister of field and the questions with aplomb deserved the applause of his geistvolle.

Mr. Prasad said: “Log mujhse poochthe grove - Laluji aapne Kya jadoo kiya” (people ask me what Laluji magic, you did?). And I said to them: “jadoo tho abhi baki hai” (there is more to come). Kunal Soni, a student of management, fired the first discharge, when he recalled that Mr. Prasad are not always the railways minister. “Sir, what measures do you recommend for the sustainability of progress and growth of Indian Railways?

The response was swift: “The same question was asked by students of Harvard, MIT, and IIM Ahmedabad. Aage gaadi Yeh chalega, peechein Nahin” (this is the train forward, not backward ), Although ministers may change in future.

Krishnachandran, an MBA student, asked that Mr. Prasad took up the problem of bureaucratic culture of the Indian Railways. The minister said that officers have the right, right, to ensure transparency.

“I did not threaten them, but also encourage them to fill,” he said. See yourself as a great country Lord “(based on the surplus countries with railways) , M. Prasad said that efforts would be undertaken on land use in commerce.

Antony Joshi of the School of Management Studies wanted to know if the privatization of railways, efficiency forth. Mr. Prasad said that privatization would be useful, in categories such as the improvement of containers and the introduction of world-class stations. The minister said that most foreign direct investment has come into the country. But the infrastructure needed to be improved for more investment, he said.

KOCHI: A Syndicate meeting of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) held here today approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for getting upgraded into the level of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

The DPR has included developmental projects worth Rs.450 crores. An estimate Rs.175 crores has been earmarked for re-structuring engineering education on the campus. The School of Marine Sciences will be converted into School of Marine Sciences and Technology. A budget of Rs.50 crores has been earmarked for the development of School of Marine Sciences.

The science departments will receive Rs.45 crores, while the environmental sciences department will get Rs.7.5 crores.

The School of Legal Studies and School of Management Studies will be developed as part of the new initiative. The Department of Hindi will be re-named as Department of Indian Languages. The Department will offer academic programmes in South Indian languages. The Department of Cultural Heritage will be re-named as Department of English and Foreign Languages.

The DPR will be submitted to the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Minister for Education E.T. Mohammed Basheer. The Syndicate urged the Government to extend all possible help in upgrading the university into the level of an IIT

KOCHI: Minister of Water Resources Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan called for transforming the law to severe penalties to those who pollute drinking water sources.

The opening one-day seminar on “reforms in the laws of conservation of water” organized by the School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on Saturday, Mr. Radhakrishnan said that the availability of potable water can be ensured only through the implementation of stricter laws and creating awareness in public opinion.

He said that the state needs a popular movement to collect rainwater. Mr. Radhakrishnan added that many systems of drinking water have been removed because ad Tangles legal. He pointed out that such situations must be avoided at all costs.

Cusat Vice-Chancellor P.K. Abdul Aziz, the presidency of the function, said experts professional service agencies would be able to use the natural resources of local autonomy, including panchayats. Member of planning committee G. Mohan Gopal and School of Legal Studies director NS Gopalakrishnan also spoke. The seminar has annulled the laws regarding the overall management of surface water and groundwater.

The recommendations of the seminar will help strengthen the government of a draft comprehensive water policy.

KOCHI: The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) certificates an honorary doctorate (D.Sc.), chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies NO Narayanamurthy a brief ceremony at the Hall School of Management Studies at the University by Sunday. In his speech, Mr. Nair said that the new initiatives of ISRO, as I Chandrayan, the offer “exciting opportunities for young researchers. He stressed ISRO’s efforts for the establishment of a strong partnership with institutions higher education. “ISRO won the strength of industry and educational institutions. I welcome the establishment of a strong partnership between institutions of higher education and ISRO in regard to scientific research and technological solutions to development problems in the country, “he said.

Education has an important role to play in national human resources and wealth, he said, when he pointed out that projections for 2015, India has the largest number of young people in the world .

Dr. Narayanamurthy said that institutions of higher education must remain relevant in a rapidly changing world, but the State in the field of regulation of higher education system, the limited capacity of institutions of higher education and universities, adapt and change. For this reason, the country has not failed to build world-class institutions, he added. World-class institutions were not built by the government mandate and control, but on academic freedom, innovation and pursuit of excellence unite. “We must strengthen our institutions and freedom to take risks and to promote bold, new initiatives for growth. Higher education in India must be able to operate as an industry in a free market, the environment.”

Both Nair and Dr. Dr. Narayanamurthy welcomed CUSAT at promoting research in different disciplines and in promoting collaborative research.