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IIMS not the end of history.

After dumping taxes in the six IIMS, the HRD ministry has its eyes on other B-schools in the country.

The ministry is governed by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to follow the recommendations of the UR Rao Committee and the state fee committees, once their reports, Slash and costs of all schools B.

Among the prominent institutes, which is perhaps in the line of fire of the line Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (New Delhi), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute (Mumbai), Symbosis (Pune) and XLRI (Jamshedpur). There are over 600 institutions managing the AICTE, all may have to reduce their costs, less than Rs 40,000 per year, ministry officials sources said. Currently, fees range from 60000 to R RS 1.5 lakh.

The UR Rao Committee has already, with its recommendations, which were used by the ministry to justify its decision to reduce taxes on IIMS 80 per cent. A Ministry said government sources charges committees its recommendations to the AICTE within two months.

Clash of B-school entrance examination dates

It is that time of the year again when thousands of students across the country appear for a slew of entrance examinations conducted by various business schools in the country.

This year, the examinations begin on November 11 and end on January 6. Unfortunately, Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) and ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test (IBSAT) are scheduled on the same day (December 16).

Speaking to The Hindu, Ajay Arora, Director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education, Bangalore centre, said that the clash in the dates of a few management aptitude tests is not uncommon. “I do not know what the fuss is all about. Every year, something similar happens,” he said.

Last year, the entrance exam for Faculty of Management Studies and Narsee Monjee Aptitude Test were held on the same day. “One cannot blame the institutions for the clash in dates. The best time to conduct the entrance tests is between November and January, as the students will not be over-burdened with mid-term examinations,” Mr. Arora said.

The admission cycle is such that for a programme to commence in June, the entrance test must be conducted between November and January, so that the results may be announced in April. Mr. Arora said that around 20,000 students of the country appear for the IBSAT and 18,000 to 20,000 appear for SNAP. “The question is how many of those students will appear for both the entrance tests. That group is not very big. The number of students ‘affected’ is minimal,” he said.

Indian multinationals must seek fair growth

The development of India Mr. NK need to take up the challenge to ensure that growth is just a meeting of stakeholders on the growth of multi-national Indian said. Participation in the two-day national conference organized by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) Business School, leader noted that during the Indian MNC can not find growth in itself a problem, Charts real challenge was just to success.

Among the measures proposed by experts, the promotion of competitive international industry has been enhanced regime, measures to strengthen the currency of India and respect international recognized quality standards.

K. Pandia Rajan, director, Ma faith Management Consultants, opened the conference on “multi-national Indian - Blazing New Trails”. A.V. Sivarama Prasad, Vice President (HR), KCP Biotech, R. Ramasubramanian, President, Sundaram brake linings and K. Srinivasan, Director General, Carborundum Universal also spoke.

About 50 delegates visit the meetings organized under the growing phenomenon in India of multinationals and their impact on the management of culture and education.

The last day of the conference will discuss topics such as Business Process Re-engineering of globalization, cross-cultural and professional challenges and solutions, as B are schools to cope with future challenges.

Many opportunities for student exchanges

Hyderabad: Mere traditional academic knowledge is not enough, it must be up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject, with the skills, the right to employment opportunities emerging issues, “said The Bal V. Mohan, vice-chancellor, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Gunturu.

It was the opening of the workshop on the theme “education and career opportunities for students of trade flows” here Monday.

The workshop was organized by the Society for career Iqra. He said he was wrong to think that like chartered accountancy courses, Company Secretary, costs and works in the accounting was difficult to pass.

Those who, systematic and concerted efforts to succeed, “he added.

M.G. Gopal, secretary governor, briefed the flow of commerce students, and not merely as a leader in finding a job, but rather to providers of job opportunities in exploitation by the company. Banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and investment funds, it offers a multitude of employment opportunities, better suited to students were women, “said Gopal.

Other speakers such as T. Venkatesh, director of the ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, KV Achalpati OR, AVSN Murthy, president, Institute for costs and Works Accountants of India said vocational training in trade flows was the least expensive in comparison to other professional courses.

Previously, Abbas Ali Mohd of Osmania University, welcomed the students.

Students Graduate in Ceremonies for 122d Commencement at St. John’s

St. John’s University conferred 2,146 undergraduate degrees at three graduation ceremonies held over the weekend.

The Rev. Donald J. Harrington, president of the university, gave the keynote address at all ceremonies for the 122d commencement exercises.

Addressing the students at the campus in Jamaica, Queens, yesterday, Father Harrington told the students that “the quality of life in society rests upon the quality of education in our grammar and high schools and in our colleges and universities.”

Referring to the rioting in Los Angeles, he said, “Regardless of how we interpret the events of the past month, regardless of where we seek to place the blame, I submit to you that an essential part of any solution must be the renewal of the educational system of our land.” Industry, Health, Banking

At the first ceremony, held in Alumni Hall in the morning, an honorary doctor of commercial science degree was awarded to Michael E. Maher, an alumnus of the university who is chairman of Maher Terminals Inc. in New Jersey, one of the largest independent container terminal operators.

Sister Irene Kraus, president of the Daughters of Charity National Health System in St. Louis, received an honorary doctor of letters degree.

In the ceremony held in the afternoon, also in Alumni Hall, an honorary doctor of commercial science degree was awarded to Richard T. Greene, president of Carver Federal Savings Bank, one of the largest black-owned financial institutions in the nation.

Edward Mercado, director of the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services, received an honorary doctor of laws degree.

On Saturday, a commencement ceremony was held on the Grymes Hill campus of the university in Staten Island. An honorary doctor of civil law degree was awarded to Josephine L. Gambino, president and senior member of the New York Civil Service Commission. Cornell University

Cornell University’s 124th commencement took place yesterday in a cold rain with temperatures in the 30’s, prompting the university’s president, Frank H. T. Rhodes, to cut short his prepared remarks to the 5,900 graduates. University officials said it was the first time in 17 years that it had rained on commencement.

Each of the graduates of Cornell’s 11 schools and colleges at the ceremony, which was still held outdoors on the campus in Ithaca, N.Y., was given a red rose. Mr. Rhodes used the occasion to remind them to “take time to smell the roses.”

Duisburg is cheap, but must pay it?

It will make wonders, but the fact is that tuition at the University of Delhi (DU) remained the same for over six decades.

“Each day, students pay R 30 for a cup of coffee and R 10 for cars, parking. But the monthly charges remained in the studies R 15 and R 18 for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, and since 1938,” said Vice-Chancellor Deepak Nayyar YOU.

“How long lunch is also available?” he asked. Nayyar standpoint, it is a necessity for the university, their fee structure.

Several students have said they are not just the idea of a tax hike. Given the general increase in income and standard of living, English (Honours), the first year student at St. Stephen’s, Sushmit Sarkar, that higher education was made “at affordable prices” today.

“The university lean costs appear in the report on the” obscenely high fees, some private schools and institutions of the loading operation. Those who can not afford more money for higher education, “he said.

Bemerkte Anjalli Ravi Kumar, a second-year MBA student at the Faculty of Economics of the company: “There is no doubt that we pay much less than what we are able, are willing to pay” . To say that the tuition increases is a step in the right direction, but she stressed that the University must be sensitive to students from lower layers during economic structure of the new taxes.

With the consistent view, Tripti Parule a final-year student in journalism at Kalindi College, said: “We should not lose sight of the fundamental principle of education for all”. “She suggested that the new fee structure is divided into categories based on different income groups.” The section should be financially weak surrender of fees monitoring of subsidies on other weaknesses in the economic hierarchy, “said Parule.

While supporting the idea of a concession for the most weak, the dean of students’ welfare, YOU, Hema Raghavan warned that “things on a silver platter should not lead to assess” . She explains: “In addition to subsidies, we are introducing innovations” Earn while-you-learning “for the disadvantaged section, they can target employees within the university or institution for the plaintiffs’ employment, as a reserve audit in libraries,… In this way, they are aware of the value of grants them. ”

However, there is a section of the community of students - and an influential political in one - to resist any form of movements in the direction of increased fees. The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) would protest against such an approach, “said DUSU President Nakul Bhardwaj. “Almost 70% of students come from lower-middle class families and even a minimum increase of costs, they can have effects,” he said.

Recognizing that the tax revision “can not be dictated by ‘, but by reflection, consultation and consensus,” Nayyar said: “We must ensure that those who can not afford, not only do not pay, but receive full fees - Liberation. ”

He added: “Universities are now functioning serious resource crunch.Higher education should be financed by the government. Universities should be completed by this attempt at mobilization of resources. “

Significant prospects for India seen from globalization

The former ambassador to India and Australia, the Philippines and professor of management, CP Ravindranath, provide the address to the national conference on the theme “New growth cycle in the context of globalization: lessons for India Inc Shimoga to Friday.

SHIMOGA: Former ambassador to India and Australia, the Philippines and professor emeritus at the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore, CP Ravindranath said Friday that prospects for India in the growth cycle arising of globalization are considerable.

“But to implement requires a mixture of politics, institution building and good governance from the government, strategic thinking and a high degree of competitiveness on the part of the economy and sustainable industry and the improving quality in that part of our education system, “he said.

It was the availability of Keynote of the national conference on “New growth cycle in the context of globalization: lessons for India Inc organized by the Department of Management studies on the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering (JNNCE).

He said: “For the economy as a whole around to make sure the most of the growth cycle for the words of economist Dani Rodik, is the combination of opportunities offered by global markets, with a national investment and institution-building strategy and the Promotion of minds pets contractor. ”

Mr. Ravindranath said that in a historical perspective, globalization can be seen as the last phase in the evolution of the world by the industrial revolution.

The story was written by globalization, are now in two colors: a color by technological developments in transportation and communication and the other by State measures, nature and how governments are intervened to reduce barriers to the flow of trade and investment worldwide.

He asked: “Now, with all this in perspective, what are the tasks for India Inc see how we opportunities and the challenges of globalization?” He said: “Given that India Inc` “Includes the government, our political class and industry, including workers, answers to this question, represent a wide range of opinions. But it should be possible to consider some projects, like we should approach the globalization and respond as well on what it promises and what he claims. ”

Mr. Ravindranath said the GDP of India, which had stagnated at 3.5 per cent in the first three decades of planning and rose to 5.5 per cent in the years 1980, had an average of 6 percent from 1992 — 93 which could be allocated for economic reforms. “But the logic of globalization dictates other reform measures in various areas ranging factor markets for restructuring the public sector and financial sector and fiscal reform,” he said.

He said that radical economic reforms without increasing the annual growth rate of 9 per cent to 10 per cent for the eradication of poverty and to achieve developed country status by the year 2020 has not been possible.

“So it is a major challenge for India Inc” to a “globalization” of the world, our willingness and capacity to implement the rest of basic economic reforms, “he added.

The assertion that the removal of economic performance would depend on our ability, except for more economic reforms, improvement of infrastructure essential to attracting more foreign direct investment and a better governance, he said that an overview of the prospects in India and in knowledge sectors of manufacturing industry in a “globalization of the economy, namely that the country is the potential force scalability capabilities. ”

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kuvempu, K. Chidananda Gowda, opened the conference, India has spoken in detail the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks in the global economy. He said that India was amended by the third phase of globalization and said that during

India has also in the first phase of globalization, the first century AD, the establishment of its economic contacts with Rome with Kerala, a large shopping mall, but not much else to do in the second phase of globalization, between 1870 and 1914, when the British regime.

However, India must consider if the necessary political will, seize the opportunities thrown by the globalization of the world overcome its threats and vulnerabilities to achieve economic growth to strengthen, he said.

The head of the Department of Management Studies, N. Diwakar Rao, in his opening remarks, said that one of the objectives of the conference was to assess and understand the experiences of enterprises and their leaders in the new growth cycle in the context of globalization.

The president of the National Society of Education, DR Rathnakar the presidency of the Conference. The secretary of the municipality of the national education, SV Thimmaiah, published in the conference. Previously, the president of JNNCE, A.V. Subramanyam, welcomed the collection.

The communication of the importance of setting up Community Radio

R.S. Baskkaran, professor, Periyar anniversary Polytechnic College, Vallam, received the “Best Polytechnic Teacher Award” for 2005 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the polytechnic education system.

The release given here by the Polytechnic said the award was NO Shetty, chairman, Southwestern Region, AICTE, Bangalore, in the constitutive of the eighth Indian company for technical training Annual Convention (Tamil Nadu and Pondichery section ) Held a PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul.

More than 300 technical papers presented at the Convention different high schools and specialized engineering schools, five papers were prepared and presented by members of the Faculty Periyar anniversary Polytechnic College.

P. Arul Selvan, professor, Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, a conference on “Community Radio experiences in India under the aegis of the Division of visual communication JJ College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, recently.

It explains the philosophy behind the concept of Community Radio, run by you the people for the people and on behalf of the people. Community radio in general reflects the problems of people in their own dialect and non-profit organizations.

Dr. Arul Selvan said that the establishment of a community radio station does not cost much. They are far from the Nepali SriLankan and municipalities, whereas the experiment is still at the beginning of the country. Anna FM, started by Anna University, is the first campus radio in India.

S. Parthasarathy, Director, Division of visual communication; Suganthini Joyce, professor in the department, spoke.

Students of the social division of labour, JJ College of Arts and Science, an outreach program of “alcoholism” MCT school registration in Arangal Namanasamudram. Swagurunathan, Principal of the school; Cyril, teachers and Ponnarasan, physical education teacher; spoke on the occasion. Bharathimohan and Ravi Kumar, both the Khajamalai Ladies Association, Tiruchi, cultural programmes, the awareness of students on the harmful effects of alcohol and drugs.

The department of microbiology and biotechnology for Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambalur, is organizing a seminar on “emerging trends in life sciences recently. S. Sankaran, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for Women, was the guest conductor. It motivates students with new ideas on relevant areas. Pupils and students actively in the interactive session in the port.

The association Bio-Pearl of the department of bio-chemistry of Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambalur, organized a specific course of the programme for the benefit of life sciences students. N. Pradeep Kumar, project manager and coordinator of the programme and bio-informatics Institute of India, Hyderabad, a conference on career prospects and projects of life sciences. He invited students to be more aware of recent trends and the importance of the major problems in the field of life sciences. He also stressed the importance of research.

During the interactive session, Mr. Pradeep Kumar clarify various concerns of students.

The main R.M. Meenakshi, the presidency of the function. The head of the department of bio-chemistry, P. Manju, spoke.

The Rotaract Club of college Ranganathapuram village. The club has planned to organise camps and awareness programmes in the village and take careful planning in this regard was held recently. The club members have visited the village and spoke with the chairman of village panchayats, Chinnasamy and other members away.

One day during training programme for government officials was held in Thai Than Hans Roever College, Perambalur recently. This program was organized jointly by the Department of Management Studies and Department of Social Work college.

Spurious players debt for the loss of benefits of e-business

Purious debt market was the denial of benefits of e-business and India, the difficulties of catching up with Global Supply Chain Management, in the conclusion of a faculty of God for development programmes “e-business and Supply Chain Management (SCM), organized by the Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, there are few.

The dominance of market fundamentals is reflected in the personal nature of market participants and labelling factor that blocks the emergence of new products, regardless of their quality and cost competitiveness, bode well for ‘evacuation optimum benefits of e-business, the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University, C. Thangamuthu, said the management of participants in the 11-day session, sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

In the field of education on the concept of SCM is not functioning properly because of congestion institutional consideration of strategies as a terminal at the end of each stage and not as an ongoing process, “he said in reference on the functioning of the Indian Institute of Management in the country’s islands of excellence. Redundancy was the biggest chore of higher education, quality upgradation a matter of time.

Management experts, he insisted, it took courage to constraints in order to enhance the symmetry of information through integration with the market and improve the dissemination of information.

P.C. Narayan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, worked, a meeting on “E-Banking”, noted that art “naturally” half-management experts to facilitate the transition to the next generation of Students `E-life.”

The usefulness of these programs, he said, should be optimized for a mesh “knowledge” essential to strengthen the forces and transmit them with the value of salvation for students, and they prepare for a digital life.

Given the primacy of technology management of the successful projects, the Director (In-Charge) NITT, S. Subramanian, spoke about the importance of taking good decisions at the right time. Mr. Puniamoorthy, Head, Department of Management Studies, NITT, invited the participants to specialists in areas such as marketing, finance and operations.

Provide feedback from participants indicated that the programme, provided that give them an overview of the practical aspects of risk management and optimization of resources.

The Programme Coordinator, G. Kannabiran, said the participants visited BHEL, Tiruchi to understand the functioning of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and E-business systems. Furthermore, have a interaction with managers BHEL, Titan Industries, i2 Technologies and IBM.

The topics included in the programme, IT and competitive advantage, Business-to-Consumer e-Business, Business to Business E-Business, e-banking, e-procurement, security in e-commerce , Questions of social law E-Business, ERP - concepts, technologies and implementation, SCM - Concepts, technology and implementation, and Business Process Reengineering.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia welcomes IITians

CHENNAI: India Institute of Technology (IITS) have long been recognized as one of the best of our education system and also have the worldwide recognition that the institutions comparable to the best in the world, the vice-president, planning the communication, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Friday.

As graduates of the IITS were well in the USA, the U.S. Congress recently adopted a resolution on the estimation of these institutions, alongside the assessment of contributions by Indian Americans on the U.S. economy .

India is indeed the rate of private savings on a broad basis of the ability of business, commitment to an independent judiciary and respect for accepted standards of accounting had observers suggest that the country has able to achieve a growth rate of over 8 per cent per annum, however, support political measures were available, “said Ahluwalia also the convocation address in IIT.

M.S. Ananth, director of IIT Madras, has been awarded 1134 degrees. Among them, 82 Ph.Ds, 98 MS, 411 M Tech, 37 MBA, MSc 83, 80 and Dual Degree 343 B. Tech.

“These accounts cover a wide range of disciplines and specialties offered by the ten engineering departments, three divisions, the division of management studies and the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences and Humanities”.

The Chairman, Board of Governors, AE Muthunayagam said the creation of technology park would be a reality, with the government allotting areas related to the IIT.

Among the winners was Arvind Thiagarajan, receive, the President of India and the price by the highest score among CGPA-tech students and pupils in two ways.

The governor, the prize went to Mahesh Krishnamurthi (B. Tech). Karthik Srivatsa (B. M. technology and dual-Tech Degree), Dr. bags Shankar Dayal Sharma, while the price-AVN Ravikanth, the Institute was awarded the Order of Merit.

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