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AU: Students bypass Australia
(26/7/2010) Business Standards,
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/students-bypass-australia/402457/
Indian students are giving a pass to the former hot study destination, Australia, in favour of evergreen destinations like the UK, US and Canada.
Changes in visa laws, coupled with a host of ‘racially-motivated’ acts of violence, appear to be the main concern for Indian students going to Australia. “In the last academic year itself, we saw an overall decline of more than 60 per cent in Indian students going to Australia. The market is going through a correction mode as there was an unrealistic and unsustainable increase in the number of students that went to countries such as Australia and New Zealand because of the permanent residence (PR) options available. Students keen on getting the PR only may change their plans,” says Naresh Gulati, CEO, Oceanic Consultants.
Pranjal Kalita, Asst Manager-Marketing at IDP Education, concurs there are two kinds of students going abroad — those who are serious about education and those who prefer foreign countries for their livelihood and immigration purposes. While there has been an overall decline of 50 per cent in the students going to Australia this year due to its new skilled occupation list, “there has not been much decline in the number of students sincere about pursuing only education in that country”.
Gulati points out that unscrupulous students are prepared to do anything to go overseas including using fraudulent means. They generally opt for courses and institutions that have a lower course fee and do not demand serious studies. With visa offices for almost all countries becoming vary of this segment, student visas are increasingly being denied. Thus, the fall in numbers.
Amit Menghani, president, Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA), agrees that the estimated enrollment of Indian students in Australia has dropped by 45 per cent this year. “Indian students are reluctant to consider Australia for private education after many fake colleges closed in Australia. In fact, many students are now planning to go back after the changes in the immigration and other policies,” he says.He, however, adds that “Indian students may choose other countries this year but opportunities might rise again in Australia depending upon the requirement of the students.”
CHANGING LOYALTIES
Student enrolment in education abroad
Country Year Total number of Indian students
US 2007 76000
2008 94563
2009 1,03,260
UK 2007 19000
2008 29000
2009 31320
Australia 2007 63604
2008 95000
2009 98000
Meanwhile, Australia’s pain is US’ gain. For instance, according to Open Doors 2009 survey, the total number of Indian students studying in the US increased by nine per cent in 2008-2009 — from 94,563 to 103,260. This is the highest number ever for students from a foreign country studying in the US, with the number only set to rise this year.
Indian students spend around $4 billion on higher studies abroad every year. They contributed around Rs 12,500 crore ($2.75 billion) to the US economy as tuition and living expenses and every sixth international student enrolled in US higher education institutions is from India. Opportunities in
M Phil programmes offered by the US and Canadian universities, for instance, are considered better than those offered by any other university in the world, say education consultants. Moreover, the post-graduate course is of two years against the one year offered by the UK. One-year degree programmes are not popular with many employers back in India.The UK and US, meanwhile, continue to be a favourite with Indian students for the better infrastructure and technology they offer, in spite of tightened security restrictions and visa stringent regulations, according to an official from Visa Zone, an Ahmedabad-based overseas education consultancy. However, Canada’s popularity has taken a minor hit since the announcement that only 20,000 visa applications will be accepted.
Meanwhile, students have also turned to fresh pastures like Germany and Sweden for the free education these countries offer. These countries levy no fee on foreign students enrolling in universities. Education consultants have seen a 50 per cent rise in the number of students going to Germany and even France this year for courses in pharmacy and engineering.
However, language barrier may be the reason why more Indians are discouraged to go to these countries, the official noted.
Tags: Abroad, AU, UK, US, Canada, Federation of Indian Students of Australia, FISA
Europeans, Americans find dream jobs in Asia
(29/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Europeans-Americans-find-dream-jobs-in-Asia/articleshow/6230239.cms
Shahrzad Moaven quit a public relations job in London and moved to this teeming metropolis four months ago to take up what she saw as a more exciting post: communications director at the exclusive jeweller Carnet. Jan Mezlik, 29, moved here from the Czech Republic in late April for a job as a trainer in a physical therapy studio called Stretch. For him, the move brought a secure job and the chance to learn to become a yoga instructor.
Charlotte Sumner, a lawyer, arrived eight months ago, thanks to a transfer within her firm. She had spent six months in London and another six in Moscow and had jumped at the chance of a stint in Asia, which she felt would lead to more opportunities than a posting elsewhere.
Before the global financial crisis, none of the three had thought seriously about moving to Asia. But growth in China, India, South Korea and many other countries in the region is outpacing that of Europe and the US. Many local companies are enjoying rapid expansion, while international employers are shifting positions to Asia and are hiring again. So increasingly, European and American job seekers are hoping that Asia is a place where opportunities match their ambitions.
"Things are just so much more dynamic here," Moaven, 28, said. "Back in London, there were fewer resources for PR events or advertising. Here, everyone is expanding and spending on marketing activities. That makes my job here a lot more interesting."
In Hong Kong, the recruiting firm Ambition estimates that the number of risumis arriving from the US and Europe has risen 20-30% since 2008. "These now make up about two-thirds of the more than 600 risumis its Hong Kong office gets every month," said Matthew Hill, Ambitions managing director for the city. Similarly, at eFinancialCareers, an online job site, applications for positions based in Singapore and Hong Kong have jumped nearly 50% in the last year, its Asia-Pacific chief, George McFerran, said.
Landing a position in Asia, though, is not just a matter of being willing to make a new life halfway around the world. Many employers prefer candidates who have track records in the region and who bring language skills and local contacts to the job.
Mike Game, CEO in Asia for Hudson, an international recruitment agency, said the number of Westerners actually making the move was still fairly small. "Many employers are more demanding than they were during the economic peak of 2007 and are setting the bar very high in terms of what they want," he said. Nevertheless, many Westerners seem to be looking to make the move.
Tags: Abroad, European, Americans, Asia
U.K. interested in tie-up with Indian universities
(27/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article535858.ece
Even as the academic community in the country has reacted with a fair amount of scepticism and criticism to the concept of Innovation Universities, the United Kingdom has reportedly indicated its interest in the proposal and possible avenues for collaboration under the U.K. India Education and Research Initiatives (UKIERI).
A high level delegation comprising the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Oxford University; VC of Imperial College, London; VC Designate of Cambridge University; and president of Association of Universities of U.K., who will be accompanying British Prime Minister David Cameron, are expected to discuss it during their meeting with the Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal later this week.
But within the country, Innovation of Universities Bill has been described as “institutions with autonomy but without accountability.” “Any university is an institution for innovation. The concept discredits the existing universities,” Prof. Thomas Joseph, member secretary of the Kerala State Higher Education Council told The Hindu.
Norms for varsities
He suspected that Innovation Universities was a new name given to the deemed-to-be-universities concept abandoned by the Centre. “Earlier, universities were established under the Act of Parliament or State laws but now this job will be done by promoters and bureaucrats,” Prof. Joseph said while pointing out that the draft gave only broad guidelines and there were no minimum qualifications. But his main objection was to the entire concept of “setting up model universities”.
“The government could only set up some norms for world-class universities which could not be established overnight but evolved over time. Such concepts may be broadly relevant but do not take into account national requirements like reservations,” he said, adding that differential salaries and fee-setting freedom given to individual universities would set off a new trend.
However, the sharpest criticism came from Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, National Research Professor and former Director of Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) who said there was very little evidence of innovation in the Bill itself. “Though it is some improvement over the Central Universities Act, it needs to be re-looked in every aspect to bring in an element of novelty and innovation,” he said.
“While I do subscribe to the need for having universities that are visible globally, we do already have some good universities which have not been well projected,” he said, while describing the title of the Bill as “inappropriate terminology”.
Tags: Abroad, UK, U.K. India Education and Research Initiatives, UKIERI, Oxford University, Indian Universities
UK lifts curbs on student visas in N India
(23/7/2010) ToI,
http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=16&max=true&articleid=Ar01603§id=6edid=&edlabel=CAP&mydateHid=23-07-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Delhi+-+Times+Nation&title=UK+lifts+curbs+on+student+visas+in+N+India&edname=&publabel=TOI
London: Britain on Thursday announced lifting of temporary suspension on Tier-4 (General Student) visa applications from students in north India, nearly six months after it stopped issuing visas in three centres in the region.
An official announcement said with immediate effect, child students may apply for tier 4 visas in north India.
On August 12,the UK Border Agency will further lift the suspension on the remaining courses below degree, with the exception of English language courses. The UK Border Agency will continue to keep the suspension of English language courses under review.
The temporary suspension of all new tier 4 applications was implemented on February 1,2010 in three application centres in northern India Jalandhar, Chandigarh and New Delhi.
Tags: Abroad, UK, UK Border Agency, Student Visa, Tier-4, English Language Courses
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Students protest revision of fee structure
(23/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/23/stories/2010072360090300.htm
Students of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute staged a protest at the Pusa campus here for the second day on Thursday to voice their opposition to the revision in the fee structure for M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses.
The institute is a deemed university of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
The fees which were about Rs.6,200 per annum, inclusive of hostel, electricity and tuition fees, have steeply gone up to Rs.72,000. While Rs.40, 000 is tuition fees, students will have to annually shell out Rs.16, 000 for hostel accommodation and Rs.6,000 for electricity. The revised fee structure was reportedly recommended at a meeting of the Co-ordination Committee for ICAR Deemed Universities on March 9.
The fee hike will be implemented from the new academic session to begin on August 8.
A letter written to Union Minister of Agriculture by the All India Federation of Agricultural Associations states: “The quantum of fees proposed to be charged is almost double the fees charged by the IITs. It appears that the enhancement of fees has been done taking into consideration the fees being charged by the private engineering and management institutions.”
The letter goes on to say that job opportunities and salaries for engineering and management students are far more and that no other institutions and universities offering courses in agricultural sciences had raised their fees. Many students who are from poor and rural backgrounds too would be impacted.
The increase might grant leverage to “other institutions and universities throughout the country to increase the fees”.
Tags: Agriculture, Fees Structure, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, IGRI, ICAR, MSc, PhD
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Overwork, stress taking a toll on paramilitary forces
(18/7/2010)_ ToI,
http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=8&edlabel=CAP&mydateHid=18-07-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00803&format=&publabel=TOI
The latest incident of a CRPF jawan killing six of his colleagues following a minor altercation over wastage of food has raised concern for the Centre about the increasing stress levels in paramilitary forces. The CRPF has ordered an inquiry into the incident and rushed additional director general (headquarters) J C Dabas to the spot.
On Saturday, a home ministry official admitted that there had been an increase in the number of fratricide incidents, despite several attempts to ensure that paramilitary forces receive adequate rest and training.
Be that as it may, there has been no respite for the paramilitary forces, who are constantly engaged in various counterinsurgency commitments and border postings. A CRPF battalion comprises seven companies and each company is expected to rest for two months in a year, allowing jawans to spend quality time with their families. However ,the number of personnel who could avail of this facility has been minimal in the past few years.
Used extensively in J&K, under fire in Red zones and even pressed into service for natural disasters and crises, paramilitary forces are working overtime. Besides long separation from home, loneliness and constant threat perception lead to taut nerves.
Home ministry officials said several efforts were undertaken over the past few years to destress the forces. The initiatives include entitlement to use the national carrier to fly home for LTC or use helicopters if posted at camps. This helps the jawans to save time during travel, the official said. Efforts are also being made to ensure that jawans are given time off to train and get rest.
In Friday nights incident, a drunk CRPF jawan allegedly opened fire from his AK-47 rifle killing six of his colleagues including an officer who had reprimanded him for consuming alcohol on duty minutes before the shooting spree in Seraikela district of Jharkhand.Constable Harpinder Singh of 196 battalion of CRPF, on sentry duty at a camp in Kuchai village in Seraikela, started firing indiscriminately at his colleagues at around 10pm,a CRPF spokesperson said.
Tags: Armed Forces, CRPF, Shame, Paramilitary Forces, Stress
SC to Army: Show rule on women
(27/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-to-Army-Show-rule-on-women/articleshow/6220169.cms
The Army top brass and the defence ministry will have to do some quick introspection over their stubborn stand not to grant permanent commission (PC) to women in combat units as the Supreme Court on Monday tersely termed it as prima facie discriminatory.
Dealing with the MoD's appeal against a Delhi High Court order directing grant of PC to women in the Army, a Bench comprising Justices J M Panchal and Gyan Sudha Misra questioned the legal basis for the Army to refuse permanent commission to women short service commission (SSC) officers.
It asked additional solicitor general Parag Tripathi to reason out why it was difficult for the Army to grant women PC when Indian Air Force (IAF) had complied with the HC order. It also asked the ASG to produce in two weeks the gazette notifications prohibiting PC to women in the Army.
Challenging the March 12 judgment of the Delhi HC, the Army had moved SC seeking a stay on the verdict on the ground that grant of permanent commission to women would have an adverse impact on the Army's cadre management and human resources policy.
But the Bench said: "This benefit (permanent commission for women) is being given by Air Force. This same benefit is given to males in the Army, then why this discrimination?"
Referring to Section 12 of the Army Act, Tripathi said, "The Army Instruction of 1992 and 1998 issued under Section 12 clearly states that women officers will not be granted permanent commission. This is the policy decision. Unless this is set aside, the HC order cannot be implemented."
But the Bench was not convinced and said, "Your case is that the question of discrimination could not have been gone into without challenging the notification. This objection should have been taken at the threshold, not at the stage of deciding merits."
Finding that the twin notifications of 1992 and 1998 were not placed on record, the ASG sought a week's time to place them on record. As per the gazette notification of 1992, short service commission for women was fixed for a period of five years. By the subsequent notification in 1998, it was extended to 10 years.
Advocate Rekha Palli, appearing for women SSC officers, clarified that at no stage during the proceedings before the HC had the Army even mentioned its notifications. Moreover, the petition had challenged the subsequent notification dated July 20, 2006, which the HC had found unreasonable and violative of Article 14 (right to equality), Article 16 (equal opportunity in public employment) and Article 21 (right to life), she said.
Tripathi explained that employment of women officers was restricted to two wings, namely Education and Judge Advocate General (JAG), while excluding them from the combat arm and combat support units.
Tags: Armed Forces, Permanent Commission, PC, Women, Indian Air Force, IAF, Short Service Commission, SSC
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Minority fears: Govt to revamp education policy
(18/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Minority-fears-Govt-to-revamp-education-policy/Article1-573939.aspx
The human resource development ministry is redrawing its minority education roadmap to include new strategies after drawing repeated flak from prominent sections of the Muslim community over key policies in recent months. HT had reported Muslim clerics’ reservations over the Right to Education Act
The ministry now plans to ask the National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education (NMCME), set up by previous HRD minister Arjun Singh, to draft a time-bound action plan for the government, top sources have told HT.
The HRD ministry is currently reconstituting the NMCME — the country’s apex minority education watchdog — after the previous team’s term ended. The ministry has asked senior Congress leaders such as Rahul Gandhi and Mohsina Kidwai to recommend names for the panel.
“No one is more concerned about Muslims than this government,” a source said.
The NMCME has so far stayed out of any active policy-drafting role.
It has been exercising the limited role of touring the country and evaluating the performance of the Centre and states on minority education programmes. The body earned credibility in the eyes of the Muslim community during UPA-I.
As the NMCME was primarily set up to restore the confidence of the minority educational community after six years of NDA rule, an action plan drawn up by the panel is likely to enjoy credibility, sources said.
HRD minister Kapil Sibal, however, has attracted negative press in the Urdu media over demands from sections of the Muslim community to transform Jamia Millia Islamia into a minority institution.
Tags: Education, Reserved Category, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education, NMCME, Jamia Millia Islamia, Muslim Minority
HRD unveils future notebook
(24/7/2010) ToI
http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=3&max=true&articleid=Ar00302§id=1edid=&edlabel=ETM&mydateHid=23-07-2010&pubname=Economic+Times+-+Mumbai+-+Political+Theatre&title=HRD+unveils+future+notebook&edname=&publabel=ET
In a move that will change classroom education across the country, the ministry of human resource development unveiled a low-cost computer with a price tag of 1,500 or $35 on Thursday. This is our answer to MITs $100 computer, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said.
The device, which is no bigger than a conventional laptop, will have all elementary features, including internet browsing. It is a single unit system with a touch screen and a built-in keyboard along with a 2 GB RAM memory, wi-fi connectivity, USB port and powered by a 2-watt system to suit poor power-supply areas. The low-cost computer will be available for students by next year. Unveiling the device, Mr Sibal said: This is real, tangible and we will take it forward. The sun will rise for the children in 2011.
The device has been indigenously developed through an unique collaborative effort, which included the ministry, institutes like the IITs, IISc and VIT, Vellore and students. The idea for a low-cost computer has been in the works for nearly a decade now, with efforts being made by Murli Manohar Joshi in his tenure during the NDA regime, and then by Arjun Singh during UPA-I. Given the lukewarm response from IT sector companies, the ministry began discussions with professors and experts at IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Bombay. Undergraduate and postgraduate students participated by working on the development of a mother board for a low-cost device with ample flexibility to change components. Initially, the device came at a cost of $47,however further collaborations across institutes led to refinements which helped reduce price. When we started the project, the response from the private sector was lukewarm. Now, many are willing to join the innovation, Mr Sibal said.
The governments objective is to bring down the price to 470 ($10).We have come out with the device at 1,500 ($35) and now we invite individuals, entrepreneurs, firms and industries to produce the device at cheaper rates than this. We have demonstrated to the world that we have produced a cheaper device when the prices of computers are going up, the minister said.
The manufacturer of the device and the distribution system are yet to be finalised. The minister said that the price tag of 1,500 has been computed after taking all aspects into consideration.
Tags: Education, MITs, IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, Laptop, 1500 Rs
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2 new courses approved
(23/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100724/himachal.htm#13
The government has given nod for starting two new courses at Technical College, Sundernagar, from the current academic session.
Stating this while presiding over the review meeting of the technical education department here today, Minister for Technical Education Narender Bragta said the new courses would be introduced in civil engineering and electronics, with 60 seats each, and counselling for admission would be held in August, he added.
He said efforts were afoot to start classes in four newly opened Industrial Training Institutes at Ghumarwin, Sandhol, Bhadrota and Tikkar from this academic session.
Bragta said a sum of Rs 15 crore had been sanctioned for the 'State Institute of Engineering and Technology' at Pragtinagar, Kotkhai, for which detailed project report was being prepared. Steps were being taken to start classes at the proposed institute from next academic session.
A building had already been selected for Technical College, Hamirpur, and the classes would begin soon.
Tags: Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics, Sundernagar, 'State Institute of Engineering and Technology
An IIT, IISc-designed laptop for just Rs 1500
(23/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/An-IIT-IISc-designed-laptop-for-just-Rs-1500/articleshow/6202207.cms
More than five years after it was conceived by then education secretary Sudeep Banerjee to take on Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop and one-and-half years after his demise, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday unveiled access-cum-computing device priced at Rs 1500 or $35 for students but can be eventually owned by public at large.
The sleek-looking device -- a cross between I-Pad and tablet PC and charged by an equally sleeker solar panel -- is designed by experts at IIT, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The upper price limit for the device is pegged at $35.
HRD ministry has made an open invitation to one and all to come up with more variants that fulfills specifications spelt out by it. The ministry has set up several separate teams, which are involved in bringing out their prototypes. In the next few months -- by then more innovations will emerge and even price can come down to $20 or $10 --- the ministry will issue an international expression of interest for manufacturing of these devices. "Initially manufacturing might be done in Taiwan or some other place but eventually it will be done in India," Sibal said. He said there are already enough offers for lower price. The $35 price, he said, is inclusive of cost of manufacturing abroad. However, the cost of the solar panel has not been factored into the price yet. The ministry is in talks with a company to bring down the cost of solar panels.
One reason for the low cost -- apart from the falling prices of chip -- is the sheer number of students who will get this device. Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan alone, there are more than 11 crore children, who are the likely receipients. Add to that lakhs of aided and unaided schools in the primary and secondary sector. Even university student can use the machine. At the current price point of $35, Sibal said, there would be 50% subsidy toeducational institutions, which will effectively bring down the cost to only Rs 750. The initial order will be for no less than one lakh laptops.
Based on Open Source, the device does not have a hard-drive. It can not only support video-web conferencing facility, but also boasts of several other latest features -- multimedia content viewer (pdf, docx, ods, adp, xls, jpeg, gif,png, bmp, odt, zip, AVCHD, AVI, AC3), searchable Pdf reader, unzip tool for unzipping files, computing capabilities such as Open Office, SciLab for printing support, media player capable of playing streamed along with stored media files, USB port etc.
Tags: Engineering, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, SSA, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Laptop
Can’t crack JEE? One of many quotas can still get you into IIT
(28/7/2010) ToI,
A quota for the faculty and staff of ITT-Kharagpur for science courses wasn't the only route to get into the tech colleges without taking the highly competitive exam. The Indian Institutes of Technology have had several discretionary quotas under which students could get into these engineering institutes by either paying a higher fee or topping a board or, for that matter, being a foreigner interested in joining the IITs.
"None of these discretionary quotas was illegal. And they were all mostly introduced when the IITs weren't the torchbearers of this country when seats used to go vacant," said a senior IIT faculty member from Orissa. For instance, till the late 1990s, Indian nationals residing abroad could merely pay a higher fee and join any of the ITTs; similarly, the DTs allowed direct admission to foreign nationals. "Post-IT revolution, the IITs became big.
But then one has to keep in mind that the institutes weren't so famous in the 60s or the even the 80s," said a former director of IIT-Delhi and added that even the foreign ministry had a small quota for children of ambassadors.
Tags: Engineering, ITT-Kharagpur, IIT-Delhi
DTU general seats filled during first counselling
(25/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100726/delhi.htm#7
Delhi Technological University (DTU) completed its first counselling on time with all the seats getting filled in the general category for both Delhi and outside. After the implementation of OBC quota, the seats available in 14 B.Tech. courses have increased to 1,128 from the original intake of 910.
Since 85% seats are reserved for Delhi candidates, there are 959 seats available for Delhi candidates and 169 for those belonging to the region outside Delhi. Out of these, 551 seats are on offer for the Delhi (open-general) candidates.
All the seats under the Delhi open category have been filled during the first counselling itself, with the last seat filling at the AIEEE All-India Rank of 11,969.
University spokesperson Rashmi Sablania said, "There were 98 seats offered for the outside Delhi (open) category, which have also been filled, with the last seat filling at the rank of AIEEE All-India Rank of 3,895. The opening rank for Delhi general category seats is 1,135 and the closing rank, 11,969. The opening rank for Delhi OBC seats is 6,314 and the closing rank, 32,455. The Delhi SC opening rank was 18,978 and the closing rank, 1,04,476."
At present, there are a few seats available under the SC/ST and OBC categories for the students of both Delhi and outside Delhi. However, as the university has given time till August-end to withdraw admissions, there is a strong possibility that some seats will become vacant by the second or third counselling even in the general category.
There is hope for students who have not made it in the first round of counselling. The second counselling will start on August 16.
Mohan Garg, a student who has made it to DTU in the first round of counselling, said, "I am thrilled that I made the score in the first round of counselling. I have opted for B.Tech. electronics and it should be a challenging course. I opted for DTU as my first choice after sitting the exam as placements at the varsity have been cent percent. Over 600 jobs were offered last year for some 400 students."
Monisha Dayal, another student, said, "I have not made it in the first round of counselling and will be trying in the second round. I am keen on DTU. My sister also studied here. I am interested in the B.Tech. computer science programme."
Tags: Engineering, DTU, Delhi Technological University, AIEEE All-India Rank of 11,969, OBC Quota, Counseling, Admission
DTU opens doors to NRIs
(17/7/2001) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100718/delhi.htm#6
Delhi Technological University (DTU) has opened its doors to NRI and foreign students. The idea behind the move is to enhance the multi-cultural and global flavour of academic environment at the university.
The university has commenced the procedure to admit foreign nationals, non resident Indians (NRI) and persons of Indian origin (PIO) in its B.Tech. and M.Tech. programmes from the 2010-11 academic session. At least
5 per cent of the seats in B.Tech. and M.Tech. courses will be given to such candidates.
Admission to these seats will be made strictly on the basis of merit. For 14 B.Tech. courses, the admission will be done on the basis of SAT-II score. A student needs to have minimum 60 per cent in PCM (physics, chemistry and maths) in class XII or an equivalent and minimum of 50 per cent score in SAT-II (maths-II, physics and chemistry). Also, the student must have passed in each subject.
There will be 45 seats on offer in B.Tech. courses for the students under the categories of NRIs, PIOs and foreign nationals.
Rashmi Sablania, university spokesperson, says, "For 17 M.Tech programmes, an applicant needs to have minimum 60 per cent marks in BE, B.Tech or equivalent examination and a valid GRE score. Selection will be made on the basis of GRE score. There will be 17 seats on offer in the M.Tech courses for the above-mentioned categories of students."
The fees for foreign students, NRI and PIOs for both B.Tech and M.Tech courses will be US$ 5,000.
The application form can be downloaded from the university’s website www.dce.edu. and submitted along with a demand draft of Rs 5,000 by July 30, 2010.
The list of selected candidates will be out on DTU website on August 5. They will be required to take admission by August 12.
Tags: Engineering, DTU, Delhi Technological University, Persons of Indian Origin, PIO, BTech, MTech, Admissions, NRIs
Govt defers 20 new IIITs
(24/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-defers-20-new-IIITs/articleshow/6208099.cms
Wielding the axe on several ambitious projects launched by the UPA government, to cope with slower growth rate, the Planning Commission's argument is that most of these have not kept up with deadlines. As per the mid-term review of the 11th Plan, funds too have been grossly underutilized.
Already, the Union finance ministry has pushed back setting up of 20 IIITs to the 12th Plan. Heads in the just set-up Central universities say recruitments have been stalled too.
"Spending under school education has had a better track record; that will not be hacked much," said a source in the Panel.
Justifying the move, a member said, "One must also keep in mind the fact that the aggregate gross budgetary support was based on the assumption that India would grow at an average of 9%. But that wasn't the case."
Tags: Engineering, 20 IIITs, 11th Plan, Finance Ministry
IIT goof-up leaves girl languishing
(19/7/2001) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IIT-goof-up-leaves-girl-languishing/articleshow/6184500.cms
With a rank of 5235 in All India Engineering Entrance Examination and 6767 in IIT JEE, Nidhi Singla of Gurgaon should be on top of the world. But she is nowhere, thanks to IIT-Joint Admission Board that first cancelled an offer of admission to her along with 51 others and later did not accommodate her in a revised list.
Only 41 of the 52 have been given admission. Nidhi is among the remaining 11. Even among the 41 who have been accommodated, some have got admission in Indian Institute of Mines, Dhanbad, and not in any of the IITs. Entrance test for ISM is also conducted through JEE.
Nidhi, however, does not have anything. Having cleared IIT, she did not go for AIEEE. In the first round of AIEEE counselling, she was offered electronics & communication in NIT, Kurukshetra, considered among the top NITs. After the first round of AIEEE counselling, every candidate had to pay Rs 35,000 to block the seat. But with IIT having already offered her architecture in IIT, Roorkee after the first counselling, Nidhi did not deposit the fee.
"There was no reason for us to go for AIEEE. We got a bank draft of Rs 40,000 ready for IIT. A day before the fee was to be paid, a call came that the offer of admission had been withdrawn. By then the date for payment for NIT was also over. We still have the draft that was to be paid to IIT. She is depressed and does not know what to do," said Binny Singla, Nidhi's cousin.
Binny said he wrote to IIT on Nidhi's behalf and all he got was a terse reply stating that IIT JEE was sorry. She was asked to wait for second counselling but she did not figure in the list again. Last Friday, Binny sent another mail to IIT JEE but is yet to hear from them.
Binny said though AIEEE was not at fault, HRD ministry should intervene and ask them to accommodate Nidhi and other such candidates who were in the first counselling list of AIEEE but did not pay as they had got an offer from IIT.
Tags: Engineering, IIT, All India Engineering Entrance Examination, AIEEE, NITs, IIT-Joint Admission Board
IIT Kharagpur used rural location excuse
(27/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/IIT-Kharagpur-used-rural-location-excuse/Article1-578658.aspx
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, used its 'rural' location to justify an illegal and secret quota it kept aside for staff wards for over four decades, twice rejecting calls from within the IIT community to scrap the reservation. The quota was critical to retain teachers who other institutions — including other IITs — were trying to poach, the IIT Kharagpur Board of Governors (BoG) argued as justification, documents accessed by HT through the RTI Act reveal.
HT had on Monday exposed how India's oldest IIT secretly blocked 25 per cent seats in its popular five-year science programmes for hand-picked nominees, even as others had cleared the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).
At least one student beneficiary of this quota is at present a faculty member in the chemistry department at IIT Kharagpur.
The quota was started before the IIT-JEE was born in the mid-1960s and continued till 2005 when it was suspended and then abandoned the following year.
But the illegal quota was challenged internally by critics in 1988, and the IIT decided to phase out the illegal reservation — a decision it backtracked on.
The IIT BoG decided on November 30, 1988 to ask the Institute Senate "to work out the modality for phasing out the existing BoG quota system for admission to 5 year science courses progressively", meeting minutes show. The Senate consists of administrators and teachers.
But the IIT did not phase out the quota and was again challenged by others win the IIT community in 2003. However, the BoG decided — at its meeting on January 13, 2003 — to continue with the quota.
"IIT Kharagpur, being located in rural surroundings, deprives its faculty and staff of advantages that other IITs offer their employees such as good school and college facilities," the BoG argued.
The Board said it was "because of this (that) a number of faculty left IIT Kharagpur and joined other institutions".
The BoG also decided staff wards don't need to appear for IIT-JEE to benefit from the quota and authorised the Director and Senate to work out modalities for admissions to the quota.
Tags: Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT Joint Entrance Examination, IIT-JEE
IIT-Bhubaneswar seeks industry link
(26/7/2010) Business Standards,
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iit-bhubaneswar-seeks-industry-link/402459/
The Indian Institute of Technology-Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS), currently operating out of a makeshift campus in the city, is banking on partnerships with industry houses to set up four specialised schools which would act as centres of excellence.
The schools proposed to be set up by the fledgling IIT include the School of Metallurgical and Minerals Engineering; School of Ocean and Environmental Sciences & Climate Change; School of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and the School of Design and Creative Arts. An academic advisory committee has already been constituted and it will soon submit a detailed project report to the Union ministry of human resource development on the establishment of such schools.
“These specialised schools, which will run with corporate partnerships with our strong focus on climate change research, are what we feel will differentiate IIT-Bhubaneswar from the other IITs in the country,” says Madhusudhan Chakraborty, director of IIT-BBS. He adds that the time-frame for setting up these schools and the expenditure involved would be known only after the submission of the detailed project report.
IIT-BBS is in talks with some corporate houses with the objective of running the proposed schools in sync with industry requirements. It has already entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the MGM Group for the establishment of a Chair Professor of eminence at the School of Metallurgical and Minerals Engineering. MGM Group is operating iron ore mines in Sundergarh district and plans to come up with an integrated steel plant in Dhenkanal district. The group will sponsor Rs 1.5 crore for the Chair Professorship and allied research activities over a duration of five years.
Meanwhile, IIT-BBS has started PhD programmes from the academic session 2009-10 with the focus areas for research being climate change, alternative energy, manufacturing and mineral development.
It is offering a seed funding of Rs 5 lakh to each of the faculty members to boost research. “The seed funding is expected to give a big boost to research at IIT-Bhubaneswar. The institute has also started consultancy in a small way”, says Chakraborty.
IIT-BBS, mentored by IIT-Kharagpur, has a student intake of 138 in three undergraduate engineering disciplines — mechanical, civil and electrical engineering. It has 45 full-time faculty members besides visiting faculty. The campus, which is being set up on 936 acres of land at Jatni, is expected to be operational in the next three-four years.
Chakraborty hopes to have a pool of 2,500 students and 250 faculty members. In the next 15 years, he expects a student intake of 10,000 and faculty strength of 1,000. IIT-BBS also expects to receive a funding of Rs 60 crore from the Government in the current financial year.
Tags: Engineering, IIT-Bhubaneswar, IIT-BBS, PhD Programmes, School of Metallurgical and Minerals Engineering; School of Ocean and Environmental Sciences & Climate Change; School of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, School of Design and Creative Arts
IIT-JEE reform: Prof submits another plan
(20/7/2001) ToI,
http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=7&edlabel=CAP&mydateHid=20-07-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00703&format=&publabel=TOI
With consensus yet to emerge on the IIT-JEE reform proposed by a committee headed by IIT Kharagpur director Damodar Acharya, Rajiv Kumar, professor of computer science at IIT-Kharagpur, has submitted another proposal.
Unlike the Acharya committee, Kumar has not suggested 70% marks in class XII as the eligibility condition to appear for IIT-JEE. Again unlike Acharyas recommendation, Kumar has suggested a single examination replacing IIT-JEE,AIEEE and all other states JEEs by which a student, after securing a UID card, can have both all-India as well as state rank.
A single (all-India level and state level each) merit list should be prepared by which one can seek admission in one of the engineering colleges, including IITs, IISERs NITs, IIITs, states and others. Kumar has also said that instead of a one-time examination, there should be three sittings of the same examination conducted thrice over a fortnight or a month. An aggregated score over three sittings of the examination should be considered for the final ranking. The single test, Kumar has proposed, should be conducted with four subjects of PCMA (physics, Chemistry, mathematics and aptitude) with equal weightage for all the four.
As is the practice, Kumar has said there should be add-on tests for additional skills needed, for example, for architecture, town planning, design etc. There should not be any additional test to test PC MA/PCMB, which is already tested by the single test.
Tags: Engineering, IIT-JEE, IITs, IISERs NITs, IIITs, PC MA/PCMB, Entrance
IIT-Kharagpur kept aside illegal quota for staff
(26/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/IIT-Kharagpur-kept-aside-illegal-quota-for-staff/Article1-578158.aspx
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was secretly â ” and illegally â ” keeping aside a discretionary admission quota for children of its teachers and staff for over four decades, admitting dozens of students to seats they failed to secure through the IIT-Joint Entrance related stories
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Examination.
Documents accessed by HT using the RTI Act show the country s oldest IIT started in 195 ” blocked 25 per cent of its seats in popular five-year integrated science courses (up to MSc level) for handpicked nominees, even as students from the rest of India had to clear the IIT-JEE for admission.
IIT wards merely needed 60 per cent marks in their Class XII Board examination and should have appeared in the IIT-JEE to be eligible for the quota seats, doled out at the institute director’s discretion.
Between 2003 and 2005, those who got in through this illegal quota didn’t even need to appear for the entrance exam.
The secret quota was suspended in 2005, the year the RTI Act was launched, and was abandoned in 2006 under pressure from the Joint Admission Board of all IITs, which organises entrance examination.
This was the most shameful chapter in the history of the IITs. I tried convincing colleagues to end the quota, but failed, said a former IIT Kharagpur director who was in charge for several years when the quota was in place.
The IIT admitted 88 students through the secret quota bet-ween 1998 and 2005, including 50 in 2003 and 2004, documents reveal. The quota was never disclosed in admission brochures â ” unlike all other reservations for backward communities that the IITs have.
The beneficiaries of the secret quota include the children of Madhusudan Chakraborty, now the Director of IIT Bhubaneswar and VK Tewari, the organising chairman of the IIT-JEE in 2006. Chakraborty, who has also been deputy director of IIT Kharagpur, confirmed the discretionary quota to HT but argued: Not only my son, the sons and daughters of many others in the faculty were also admitted through this quota.
The IIT has not disclosed exactly when the quota was started, but minutes of an August 16, 1988 board of governors meeting reveal that the quota existed even before the IIT-JEE was started in the mid-1960s.
Tags: Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-JEE, Joint Admission Board, Illegal Quota, Faculty
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Hotel management in CBSE class 11 now
(22/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100723/delhi.htm#4
Hotel management and catering technology as a subject will now be available for class 11 and 12 students from the academic session 2010-11, bringing vocational studies to the schools across the country. This was decided by the CBSE after it signed an MoU with the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT).
The MoU was signed between CEO of NCHMCT, Devesh Chaturvedi and CBSE chairman Vineet Chaturvedi. Urban poverty alleviation minister Kumari Selja and HRD minister Kapil Sibal were also present during the signing.
This MoU is a modest beginning for an initiative that will eventually grow into a comprehensive strategy for vocational education in schools.
Under the MoU, 25 chosen schools will initially impart hospitality education as a full-scale vocational option at the plus two level. These schools will act as a model and guide other schools for at least 4-5 years. During this period, vocational stream would become a self-sustaining model available in most schools.
The course curriculum for class 11 has already been designed by the council and the class 12 curriculum will soon be available. The CBSE is currently considering incorporating a chapter on tourism and catering for middle school. The idea is to sensitize students on the importance of tourism, maintaining public hygiene and cleanliness.
Tags: Hotel Management, National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, NCHMCT, Catering Technology, CBSE
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IT jobs boom is back in a new avatar
(19/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/IT-jobs-boom-is-back-in-a-new-avatar/Article1-574360.aspx
When Infosys announced its quarterly results last week, two divergent indications might have caused confusion to the casual observer. On the one hand, its net profit fell year-on-year, and on the other, it announced plans to hire as many as 36,000 people in the current fiscal year — up from the earlier forecast 30,000.
Actually, the two things are inter-related. Higher wage hikes have increased costs for Infosys and at the same time, despite a crisis in Europe, one of its key markets, demand is good enough. The company, considered a darling employer, saw a staff attrition rate of 15.8 per cent. Which means the job market is competitive.
Also, there was news from Pune that leading software companies, including Infosys and Cognizant, had come to an agreement that they will not hire people from other companies without the recruits serving their notice periods with previous employers. The tug-of-war for talent clearly needs ground rules.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the industry leader, also outlined plans to hire 40,000 people this year, up from 30,000 forecast earlier.
Clearly, IT service jobs' boom is back — in case you have not noticed. But this time it is in an avatar much different from the days of the Internet "dotcom” boom.
A decade ago, when IT jobs were hot, the industry was rewarding people with crazy perquisites — stock options, dating allowances, home loans and even a concierge to help software engineers book movie tickets.
This boom is different.
Here is what I see.
Old perks are gone, but decent salary hikes and competing job opportunities are growing.
Even big-brand employers such as Infosys have to be on their toes to keep their flock. The downturn has done little to make IT staff settle for "security" in big brands.
Competition is hotting between giants — IBM, Infosys, HCL, Wipro, Cognizant, TCS, MphasiS (now part of HP), besides smart mid-rung players such as iGate and MindTree.
The craze for H1B (work permit) visas and US Green Cards is gone, and this makes India a battleground for employees and employers seeking good opportunities and talent, respectively.
Tags: IT, Job Trend, Recruitment, Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, IBM, Infosys, HCL, Wipro, Cognizant, MphasiS, H1-B Visa
IT, BPO to create 30m jobs by 2020: Nasscom
(30/7/2010) IBEF,
http://www.ibef.org/artdisplay.aspx?tdy=1&art_id=26503&cat_id=60&utm_source=newsalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=http://www.ibef.org
After a tough year that saw the IT & BPO industry cutting back on hiring, software lobby Nasscom has now given a positive forecast for the next decade. Nasscom estimates that the IT & BPO sector will provide direct employment of 10 million and indirect employment of 20 million by 2020.
Nasscom president Som Mittal said, “There has been a 6-fold increase in direct employment. The number of direct employees in 2001 was around 4.3 lakh and now it has zoomed up to 23 lakh in 2010.” Mr Mittal, who was in Chennai for the Nasscom HR summit 2010, added, “The contribution of the private sector in this regard has seen a 3-fold increase. It has grown from 5% in 2001 to 15% in 2005-06.”
By 2020, the industry expects to have around 5 million women employees on its rolls. Currently, the industry has around 37% women employees and around 26% of the female employees are chief wage earners.
Mr Mittal also stressed the need for adopting best practices in the IT-BPO industry and wanted companies to follow rules like ethical hiring, insisting on relieving letters, campus hiring in eighth semester, support reference checks and mandate background checks for all employees.
“This would help the company and employer. It would ensure that the employee serves his/her notice period correctly with the previous employer,” he said. The industry is also looking at discouraging frequent job-hoppers in less than 6 months. “There are some employees who join an organisation undergo the soft skills and product training and quit. They then go and join another company and do the same. This practice should be strictly discouraged,” Mr Mittal pointed out.
In the coming decade, the industry would witness multi-cultural workforce with 15-20% foreign origin. “Employers would look for talent pool with multiple, specialised domain expertise. They would look for talent with value add capability through innovation and analytics,” he said.
Tags: IT, BPO, Job Trend, Employment, Nasscom, IT & BPO Sector
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Bill to raise retirement age of judges
(27/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Bill-to-raise-retirement-age-of-judges/Article1-578179.aspx
The government has proposed to increase the retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years, and is likely to move a bill in parliament during the ongoing monsoon session. The union cabinet will take up the law ministry proposal for consideration, a top ministry official said on Monday.
Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily informed the high court judges of the western region about the proposal, addressing a zonal conference on Sunday.
“We have sent the proposal to the cabinet for its approval, and in case we get on time, the bill has already been listed for introduction in parliament,” the official said.
Presently, the retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65 years, and a number of recommendations, including the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, have asked the government to raise the age for high court judges also to bring parity.
The ministry does not expect any opposition on the proposed bill, which would have to be passed by a two-thirds majority in both Houses of parliament, for it to become a law.
“It will need an amendment to article 217 of the constitution, and the bill will have to be approved by atleast half of the state assemblies,” the official said.
Once it becomes a reality, the proposed new law will benefit around 700 high court judges in the country.
The Ministry has confined its fresh proposal only to raise the retirement age of high court judges, and has decided against touching the age for Supreme Court judges.
The UPA government, in its first tenure, had attempted to raise the retirement age of Supreme Court judges to 68 along with increasing the retirement age for high court judges, but the move for the top court judges did not find favour with the opposition parties. Moily has been tightlipped on the issue of raising the retirement age for the judges of the apex court, and ministry officials have ruled out the possibility of this move in the near future.
Tags: Law, Job Trend, Retirement Age, Judges,
Entry of foreign law firms opposed
(27/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article535339.ece Indian Law Firms (SILF) has urged the Centre not to succumb to the pressure being exerted by the British lobby to allow entry of foreign law firms.
President of SILF Lalit Bhasin said in a statement that despite the pronouncement by the Bombay High Court that foreign law firms could not be allowed entry, there had been a revival of interest in the government.
He said this was the “result of insurmountable pressures being exerted on the government by the British lobby and every month there are delegations from the U.K. visiting India with the one point programme of getting legal services in India open up to foreign law firms. The British Prime Minister is visiting India soon and one of the topmost priorities is to discuss opening of the legal services sector in India.”
The SILF said the High Court judgment had become final as there was no appeal and one petition was still pending adjudication in the Madras High Court. The Centre was now contemplating getting this transferred to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Bhasin asked: “Why should the Government of India take this initiative of transferring the case to the Supreme Court since it has not challenged the Bombay High Court judgment. A case can be transferred to the Supreme Court if two or more High Courts are seized of the same issue of law.
“The U.K. government is fully backing its legal profession seeking greener pastures due to the negative growth in the U.K., and China and India are the markets they are looking at. The Government of India, instead of supporting and protecting India's legal profession, appears to be supportive of these moves by the U.K. government. The Bar Council of India has totally and unequivocally opposed entry of foreign law firms and our society has opposed the entry of law firms from overseas.”
While welcoming mutual cooperation, assistance and sharing of knowledge among the members of the legal profession, Mr. Bhasin said taking over or acquisition of the Indian legal profession could not be allowed.
Tags: Law, UK Government, Foreign Law Firms
Now, law schools open to third sex
(23/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-law-schools-open-to-third-sex/articleshow/6203313.cms
Acknowledging their difference, premier national law schools will include an 'Others' category for transgenders in application forms from the next academic year.
National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore vice-chancellor Prof R Venkata Rao told TOI this was an important move in the area of human rights. "During interaction with transgenders, they pointed out that in application forms, it was always Male or Female in the gender category but there's no mention of Transgenders or Others. This got us thinking."
The idea of including 'Others' in applications will be placed before the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) committee. "We planned to include it this year itself but CLAT forms had already been issued. The proposal will be put before the committee which may meet in October or November and see that adequate space is
given to them," Venkata Rao said. If transgenders apply, they will be selected based on merit.
Law schools will counsel students who will study with transgenders. "Students should laugh with others, not at others. That will be our motto," he added.
While national law schools are thinking of this move, Bangalore University (BU) already issues application forms with the change. BU vice-chancellor N Prabhu Dev said some transgenders have a high IQ but unfortunately hesitate to pursue higher education as they fear discrimination in the society.
"They have equal rights like any other students. I have explained to the professors about admitting transgenders. Moreover, no student in the university should mistreat them. If any student harasses or bothers transgenders, a case of ragging will be booked and severe action initiated," he said.
Since the university has no control over under-graduate admissions, the V-C said he would speak to college managements on admitting transgenders. The university is yet to get the number of transgenders who have applied for courses as they started issuing forms recently.
While Karnataka is waking up to this idea, the University of Mumbai was way ahead of the others. It allows transgenders to join any course they want. Most are enrolled in distance learning programmes for the Commerce stream. "The objective is access to all," said the university's deputy registrar A Rathod. Tamil Nadu is the first state in the country to accord official status to the third sex.
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New vistas in journalism
Tags: Mass Communication, NDTV Worldwide, IndiaCan, Internship
(22/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/22/stories/2010072260920300.htm
NDTV Worldwide and IndiaCan are jointly launching a programme in broadcast journalism to provide opportunities to young aspirants.
The course, offering the latest methodologies of broadcast journalism, will be launched at ten centres, primarily in cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune. More centres will be added later to increase the reach of the programme.
There will be a limited intake of students per batch to ensure that quality training is given to all alongside sufficient mentorship.
Students taking the programme can evolve into high quality professionals fully equipped to handle the demands of the broadcasting industry.
A highlight of the programme is an internship with NDTV which will be awarded to top-performing candidates.
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1-yr MBA salaries up by 25% at XLRI
(26/7/2010) Business Standards,
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=402460
The placement for the 2010 batch of the General Management Programme (GMP) at the Xavier Labour Relations Institute of India (XLRI), Jamshedpur, concluded on a high note.
The highest salary this year touched Rs 30 lakh, while the average hovered around Rs 15 lakh — a jump of 25 per cent from Rs 24 lakh last year and Rs 12 lakh the year before (2008).
The rolling placements for the one-year full-time flagship MBA programme had started in February 2010, followed by placement drives at Mumbai and Bangalore. In all, 82 students participated, with 15 on-sabbatical students joining their previous organisations.
According to sources from the institute, the response from corporate was positive, with the likes of Google, Mind Tree, SAP, Accenture, IBM, HCL, HP, Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, TCS, Future Group, Apollo Hospitals, Infosys, Applabs, Daimler, Exide, Genpact, and Tata Motors, among others offering jobs to the GMP students.
“The salaries offered also saw a huge jump compared to last year. The highest salary offered was Rs 30 lakh, the average being Rs 15 lakh. There was an increasing trend towards hiring for senior management positions by the corporate. Some of the designations offered were those of the general manager, business unit head, state head, global leadership cadre, and assistant vice presidents,” sources said.
The placement process also saw 17 per cent students shifting sector/industry, apart from 38 per cent who changed roles. Moreover, shifts from medical practice to leading managerial roles in the health sector and conventional programming and project management in IT to business managing and consultancy were also seen.
Started in 1997, the GMP is open to students having a minimum of five years experience in managerial work.
Tags: Management, Xavier Labour Relations Institute of India, XLRI, Job Trend, Salary Trend, General Management Programme, GMP
IIMs may expand but at a cost
(26/7/2010) Business Standards,
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iims-may-expandatcost/402458/Brand IIM could take a beating if it fails to find quality faculty as it grows.
The managements of the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are sitting on the horns of a dilemma. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) wants them to add capacity. It reasons this will help in nurturing good quality students who may even take to teaching later, thus increasing the number of good faculty members. This would also help in increasing the gross enrollment ratio (GER), which stands at around 12.4 per cent.
Towards this end, under the 11th Five Year plan, the MHRD entailed, among other things, the setting up of eight Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and seven IIMs.
The IIMs nod in agreement. However, they believe that rapid capacity expansion could defeat the very cause they have set out to achieve. Consider this. The established IIMs increased their student strength by anywhere between 10- and 35 per cent over the last one year.
But where is the faculty to cater to the additional students? At present, the seven IIMs have around 400 full-time faculty members and need another 60. With four new IIMs to come up in the first phase (2010-2011), another 250 faculty members would be required. IIMs meet less than five per cent of India’s need for management education. They not only generate qualified faculty for their own needs but also for other management institutes.
CLOSE COMPARISON
STUDENT STRENGTH
2008 2009 % increase
IIM Ahmedabad 318 350 10
IIM Bangalore 271 350 29.1
IIM Calcutta 304 408 34.2
IIM Lucknow 326 374 14.7
IIM Indore 240 240 0.0
IIM Kozhikode 261 312 19.5
RGIIM Shillong 64 66 3.0
IIM Rohtak - 50 -
IIM Ranchi - 54 -
“My concern is that unless we have adequate and good quality faculty, there will be no point in adding capacity. We are expanding a bit too fast because supply of good faculty is not there,” says Samir Barua, director of IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) which saw a 10 per cent increase in its student intake in 2009-10.
Much of the increase in student strength is because of implementation of the other backward classes (OBC) quota — another cause for heartburn. “After the Supreme Court order, we had no choice but to increase the student intake but this only increases the number of people at the bottom of the pyramid,” says another IIM director wishing anonymity.
Devi Singh, IIM Lucknow’s (IIM-L) director adds another perspective. He says, “Though increased student strength would mean that more students would get access to good quality education, two years down the line, at the time of placements, the job market will be under pressure and hence, job profiles and salaries could change”. “Infrastructure is another challenge because when you talk about IITs and IIMs, there is an implicit angle of quality,” adds Singh.
Even Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier told this paper that “...we have to make sure there is capacity to spend. It takes time to set up institutes likes central universities, IIMs and IITs. Sometimes sites are not decided and there is the issue of faculty needs. So, though classes may start and students may come, a full-fledged campus may take time.”
The MHRD had stated its intention to establish seven new IIMs. Four IIMs were to be set up in Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattishargh) and Rohtak (Haryana) in 2009-10. The remaining three are to be set up in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan in 2010-11.
In phase-I, 140 students would be absorbed in the Post-Graduate Programme (PGP) course after which the number would be increased to 560 students a year once the remaining IIMs are set up.
Mentoring of the younger IIMs is another grey area. IIM Trichy is mentored by IIM-Bangalore while Raipur by IIM Indore, and Ranchi by IIM Calcutta. Rohtak is getting support from IIM-L. IIM–A is supposed to mentor IIM Rajasthan (which is slotted to start next year).
The task can be taxing with no regular director or teachers on board. For instance, professors from IIM-L have been visiting Rohtak on alternate days, reportedly spending nights at the faculty house in Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. The staff from Lucknow has travelled by air from Lucknow to Delhi and by road from Delhi to Rohtak. So there’s a cost involved too.
Allocation of funds is another issue troubling IIMs. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated Rs 400 crore in the 2010-11 Budget to set up new IITs -— 33 per cent higher than Rs 300 crore in 2009-10. The money set aside for new IIMs has been raised from Rs 3 crore (revised) in 2009-10 to Rs 25 crore in 2010-11.
The IIMs, however, are not happy with the budget. The allocation, they believe, is insufficient since the increase will be eaten by inflation and paying extra wages due to the increase post the Sixth Pay Commission. As a result, it could cut into the funds for refurbishing the infrastructure.
It took years for existing IIMs to be set-up and make a name for themselves, point out the directors. Hasty, unplanned expansion could cost them dearly.
Tags: Management, IIMS, Indian Institutes of Technology, IITs, Sixth Pay Commission, Salary Trend
ISB forms ‘Ivy League’ with 3 Asian B-schools
(23/7/2010) IBEF,
http://www.ibef.org/artdisplay.aspx?tdy=1&art_id=26446&cat_id=60&utm_source=newsalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=http://www.ibef.org
The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, has tied-up with three top Asian B-schools to devise a strategy to attract more students from the US, Canada and Europe.
Along with the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), ISB officials will jointly market the potential of studying management in Asia to Western students. All four B-schools, including ISB, feature among the top 30 in the Financial Times (London) rankings of the Top 100 Business Schools in the world.
After five months of meetings and discussions, these four Asian B-schools have now branded themselves as ‘Top 4Asia B-schools’, created a logo which depicts the same, have a common signature, and a website http://www.topasiabschools.com to achieve the creation of an ‘Ivy League’ kind of image for students from developed countries. The ‘Ivy League’ refers to eight north-eastern US colleges — Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth University, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
These ‘Top 4 Asia B-schools’, on their newly-created website, reason that “Asia is the new land of opportunity. This is where you should be...to be present to learn to address the challenges of today's increasingly complex business world. And, it is what makes a vital difference in your CV and to the direction your career is headed.”
“Asian education has now reached a critical mass trajectory. It is in our interest to give students multiple options. Hence, we got together with the other prominent Asian B-schools to jointly market our programmes. This proves more effective than going it alone,” asserts Deepak Chandra, deputy dean of ISB.
Along with their counterparts from the other three Asian B-schools, ISB officials will sometimes travel together to North America and Europe, to promote their cause.
“This could be in the form of World MBA events wherein we travel together along with the officials of the other B-schools or sometimes in pairs. We also plan to participate in seminars besides using collaterals, etc. in the countries that we travel to,” says V K Menon, senior director (Career Advancement & Admissions), ISB.
Menon points out that traditional marketing methods like direct mailers, advertising, etc., are “prohibitively expensive”, hence “this strategy makes senses”. “We have a history of collaboration, especially in executive education programmes,” he adds. For instance, ISB has collaborations with some of the world’s leading corporations including a number of Fortune 500 companies, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at North Western University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and London Business School.
All the top four Asian B-schools, including ISB, have an international standing, a pedigree and are well-anchored in their own regions. ISB enjoys the distinction of being the first Indian B-school to be ranked among the top 12 global business schools in the FT rankings. All its faculty members hold doctorates.
HKUST was established in 1991. Today, it is regarded as Hong Kong’s premier business learning centre and its MBA programme has been consistently ranked No.1 in Asia by The Economist and world No. 9 by Financial Times in 2010. HKUST Business School is characterised by a blend of East meeting West. It was the first institute in Asia to be awarded dual accreditation by AACSB in the US and EQUIS in Europe.
CEIBS, on its part, has the longest running MBA programme in mainland China and the biggest EMBA programme in the world. The school has 10,000 graduates worldwide and 1,000 are added every year. It ranks No. 22 globally by Financial Times and has been No.1 in Asia for six years.
The Nanyank MBA has consistently been Singapore’s No.1 MBA programme (both Financial Times Global BA rankings and The Economist’s MBA rankings) for several years. It provides a pan Asian experiential learning, spanning China, India and the rest of Asia, while allowing global experience as Singapore is home to more than 5,000 global MNCs.
Tags: Management, Indian School of Business, ISB, Hyderabad, US, Canada, Europe, MBA Programme, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HKUST, China Europe International Business School, CEIBS, Nanyang Technological University, NTU
Making a case for India Inc
(23/7/2010) ET,
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Making-a-case-for-India-Inc/articleshow/6203004.cms
Though India Inc’s prominence in global business has increased manifold in the last decade, it is not reflected in the curricula of the country’s top-notch business schools. To teach subjects like marketing, finance or organisational behaviour, B-schools still rely more on case studies of companies abroad than successful Indian entities. But that’s likely to change. Recently, a group of professors from IIM-Bangalore (IIMB) and ISB, Hyderabad kick-started a collaboration with the Canada-based Richard Ivey School of Business, to develop case studies in the Indian context.
“We need more Indian case studies to bring out the distinctiveness of Indian companies, their strategies and management approaches,” says Rishikesha T Krishnan, professor of corporate strategy and policy at IIMB, and member of the team that will carry out research in categories like leadership, entrepreneurship and general management and health service delivery.
Arif Kachra, assistant professor of strategy and general management at Ivey, says though India has seen a mushrooming of companies, B-schools in the West have not been able to tap into the reasons for this, mainly because of a lack of case studies. “Our distribution network across the globe will be used to market Indian case studies abroad,” he says. This year, IIMB has set aside `20 lakh for its faculty to write up cases. “We plan to come up with 25 high-quality cases this year, in all functional areas of management,” says Dinesh Kumar, chairperson of research and publications at IIMB.
Ivey is also partnering with ISB to train and support faculty on how to draw up such case studies. Savita Mahajan, associate dean, strategic initiatives and admissions, says ISB is hosting a case-writing competition to build a collection of high-quality, internationally-benchmarked cases from India Inc. Students in the top B-schools typically go through more than 400 cases during their two-year tenure. Professors say such case studies serve as an effective tool for discovery and learning in the classroom, though Hariharan Sriram, a second-year student at IIM Calcutta (IIMC), says for a subject like marketing, which is localised in nature, the learning from a foreign case study can, at best, be limited. Prof Prafful Agnihotri of IIM Calcutta (IIMC), who co-authored the latest Pearson publication, entitled Principles of Marketing, with Prof Philip Kotler, feels there are some excellent cases on Indian business situations which can be used in MBA courses. He cites the example of brands like Anchor White toothpaste and Ghadi detergent, which have become market leaders despite competition from multinational players.
However, the lack of case studies is not the same across subjects taught in a B-school. For instance, Prof Agnihotri says he did not face a problem locating marketing-related examples while working on his book, but cannot say the same of case studies relating to other subjects like international finance. “The curriculum would benefit tremendously from cases in the Indian context (like currency hedging in export-oriented sectors like textiles and IT) particularly since the rupee has done a rollercoaster against the dollar in the last few years,” says Rajesh Chakrabarti, assistant professor of finance at ISB.
Still, not many companies are open to sharing details for good case studies, which somewhat explains the lacuna in Indian cases studies. Amit Mookerjee, professor of marketing at IIM Lucknow, says India needs to have stronger ties between academics and industry. There is now also a move to have the various IIMs create a common forum to write and clear cases
Tags: Management, IIMs, IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Bangalore, ISB, B-Schools
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Pvt Medical colleges fail to find takers
(28/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100729/himachal.htm#1
The state has urged the Centre to give relaxation with regard to setting up of private medical colleges in Himachal with private investors not exhibiting much interest in making such huge investment in the hill state.
Proposal of the BJP regime to set up private hospitals under its Green Field projects failed to attract investors, five of whom showed no interest despite being issued letters of intent.
The government, after withdrawing these letters of intent, have now floated fresh expression of interest for setting up medical colleges in private sector at four places which are to be received by August 25.
“We have written to Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to make a few relaxations with regard to setting up of medical colleges in the hill state so that the Medical Council of India (MCI) can accordingly issue guidelines,” said Health Minister Rajiv Bindal.
He said since five private parties had shown no interest in setting up the hospitals, the letters of intent issued to them had been cancelled.
He admitted that investors were a little cautious in making huge investment of Rs 500 crore in a hill state where they could be faced with problems like attachment of a hospital and getting faculty as per the MCI guidelines.
Relaxations sought included reducing land requirement for the hospital and medical college project and reducing the number of years mandatory for attachment of a hospital, he added.
He, however, said work on three medical colleges at Vivekanand Hospital, Palampur, ESI, Mandi, and one at Kasauli was in full swing.
Out of six letters on intent which had been issued by the government in 2008, work has started only in Una. Now the expression of interest have been floated for setting up medical college in Hamirpur, Sarkaghat in Mandi, Sirmour and one in Chamba.
It is being felt that absence of a back up, where government hospitals were to be attached to private medical colleges, has led to disinterest among the investors.
The proposal of the BJP regime to set up private hospitals had drawn a lot of flak as it was termed as a step towards privatising health services in the hill state where people did not have the means to take treatment at private hospitals.
The government had, however, assured that treatment in these private hospitals would not be expensive.
Tags: Medicine, Medical Council of India, MCI, Guidelines, Private Hospitals
Study clinical research in India to get a US degree
(28/7/2010) HT Horizon,
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HD/2010/07/28/ArticleHtmls/Study-clinical-research-in-India-to-get-a-28072010605004.shtml?Mode=0
ICRI offers a gateway to the foreign degrees to the students of MSc in clinical research and Master's in healthcare administration. After studying at ICRI (Institute of Clinical Research of India), one can get degree from either of MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina, USA (with campuses in UK and Singapore both) or Cranfield University, UK.
The degree you finally get at the end of two years depends on the programme you have chosen. MSc students in the Cranfield Programme have an opportunity to transfer to United Kingdom and MSc students in the Medical University of South Carolina programmes have an opportunity to transfer to Singapore, the UK and the USA. A student after finishing his or her first year can do an internship for one month and on the completion of the second year another internship for two months is offered.
Whether you go abroad or not to finish the final year of degree is optional. “The number of students going to the UK is approximately 30 every year (out of total number of 800 students at all the centres) in the past four years.
Our students get to work with the hospitals and companies such as Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi Aventis, Quintiles, MSD, IRL, GSK, Novo Nordisk, J & J Allargan, TCS, ICRI Global Research and other multinational companies,“ says Shiv Raman Dugal, chairman, ICRI.
Last date to apply is August 31.
Visit www.icriindia.com
Tags: Medicine, Institute of Clinical Research of India, ICRI, UK, Singapore, US, MSc
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Disabled quota must in govt jobs: HC
(18/7/2010) ToI,
http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=11&max=true&articleid=Ar01101§id=4edid=&edlabel=CAP&mydateHid=18-07-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Delhi+-+Times+Nation&title=Disabled+quota+must+in+govt+jobs%3A+HC&edname=&publabel=TOI
Three per cent of all available government jobs, including Group A and B category posts, should be reserved for deserving physically challenged and the benefit should not be confined only to Group C and D jobs, Madras high court has said.
Giving a directive on a writ petition filed by a doctor named G Suresh Kumar, Justice N Paul Vasantha kumar made it clear to the Tamil Nadu government and the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission that they should not invite applications for posts without reserving 3% of the posts for disabled hereafter.
Suresh Kumar had approached the high court against a July 2005 notification of TNPSC inviting applications for appointing 1,825 assistant surgeons. The notification specifically stated that the physically challenged, who enjoyed mandatory 3% quota, need not apply.
Suresh Kumar cleared the written examination and was called for interview. He, however, was not selected. He then filed a writ petition stating he was not selected only because of the governments failure to earmark 3% quota for the disabled.
The selection process was in violation of Section 33 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995,the judge ruled.
TNPSC filed a counter-affidavit stating reservation for the physically challenged could be set apart only for Group C and D posts, and not for Group A and B category of posts. Citing a 1988 notification of the government, it said, Group A and B were executive posts, and hence there was no need to provide disabled quota. It added assistant surgeons were under the executive category posts for which quota was not required.
Justice Paul Vasanthakumar, made it clear that the benefit of reservation for disabled could not be confined only to Group C and D posts. It should be made available to all categories of jobs, including Group A and B posts, he said.
Tags: Physically Challenged, Job Trend, Disabled Quota, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, TNPSC
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Special training for cops
(30/6/2010) Hindu,
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article494520.ece
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has organised a five-day training programme on “Role of Geospatial Technology in Homeland Security for Paramilitary Forces”.
The programme was inaugurated by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna this Monday.
The training modules will stress on geospatial technology which is based on the Geographical Information System and is the core information and analysing technology which helps managing all types of tabular data in the context of intelligence inputs. It also enables decision-makers to understand how a crisis strikes along with its ramifications.
Thirty-six senior officers of the paramilitary forces, including officers from the CRPF, BSF, SSB and Grey Hounds of Andhra Pradesh, are participating in the training.
This programme assumes special significance in the background of the rising threat from the Naxals and other insurgent groups.
Tags: Protective Service, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, GGSIPU, Training Programme, Geographical Information System
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High cut-offs keep SC/ST students out
(22/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/High-cut-offs-keep-SC-ST-students-out/Article1-575827.aspx
With high cut offs the going has been tough even for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students who have applied this year for undergraduate courses at Delhi University. “This year the cut offs for various courses hovered above 50 per cent as compared to last year which easily went below 50 related stories
Off to a smooth startper cent,” said Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean Students Welfare.
Around 1,500 SC ST students listed for counselling on Thursday (July 22) have to appear for the remaining seats. The bulk of the unfilled seats in science courses are the Physical and Life Science courses.
Tags: Reserved Category, SC/ST Students, Physical and Life Science Courses
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‘No-screening’ clause for Navodayas, KVs set to go
(17/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100718/nation.htm#3
Not Practical
The development comes within days of The Tribune reporting how the Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) told the HRD Ministry about practical problems of not screening students for Navodayas, which were conceived as selective schools to cater to talented children
Special schools like Jawahar Navodayas, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Sainik Schools among others are all set to be exempted from the “no-screening of students” clause of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
The development comes within days of The Tribune reporting how the Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) petitioned the Human Resource Development Ministry about practical problems of not screening students for Navodayas, which were conceived as selective schools to cater to talented children in the community. He had sought exemption from the clause.
“The law has not been envisioned well. The question is whether talent can be identified through a lottery? The Act is silent on this. It confuses between comprehensive and selective schools. Not testing students for Navodayas would be a mockery of the scheme,” top NVS sources told The Tribune. The NVS is legally examining other impractical clauses of the Act and will refer them to the Centre soon.
The ministry for its part is serious about exempting from Section 13 (which mandates that no child will be screened for admission to classes I to VIII; it requires random admissions) all specialized and selective schools like Navodayas, Kendriya Vidyalas, Sainik Schools, Bal Bhartis and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, which came up for a purpose under government schemes.
While Navodayas (they begin from Class VI), conceived by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, are meant to identify children with special talent in the district (right up to the block level) and offer them quality education to let them proceed faster than others, Sainik Schools were established to prepare boys for entry to the National Defence Academy. KVs were to accommodate wards of Central government employees while Bal Bhartis had their own target group, including wards of older parents and girl children.
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, with its focus on extra curricular activities, is another specialised school being considered for exemption from no-exam provision of RTE Act.
Top sources in the HRD Ministry confirmed that discussions were on to resolve practical problems being faced by stakeholders implementing the Act.
Tags: School, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, NVS, Jawahar Navodayas, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Sainik Schools, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, RTE, No Screening
CBSE to begin 3 new courses for 10+2 students
(17/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/CBSE-to-begin-3-new-courses-for-10-2-students/Article1-573904.aspx
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will give its 10+2 students three more courses to choose from, this academic session. The three new courses, mass media and film appreciation, geo-spatial practices and hospitality, will be formally launched on July 19 and 20 in New Delhi.
Students can opt for these courses in Class XI as one of the main five subjects.
“The three new courses have been introduced to help nurture the interest and talent of students. The courses have been designed keeping in mind the demand for skilled manpower in the industries,” said a senior CBSE official.
The course on mass media will be considered an academic subject but those on geospatial practices and hospitality will come under the vocational subjects category. Initially, some schools in metros like Delhi and Mumbai will offer the courses, which are part of a pilot project of the Board.
Some schools offering these courses in Delhi and the National Capital Region are Springdales School(Pusa Road), Modern School (Vasant Vihar), Salwan Public School (Gurgaon).
Springdales School, Pusa Road, which will offer the mass media and film appreciation course as part of the Humanities stream, has a lot of enthusiastic takers. “I have spoken to students and parents about the course and they are really keen on studying it. It has a very interesting curriculum,” said principal Amita Wattal.
Salwan Public School (Gurgaon), will offer both mass media and geospatial practices courses. “The introduction of the new courses will give students a wider choice and help them channelise their interests better,” said Principal Indu Khetrapal.
However, principals said a lot has to be done to make these courses useful for students. “Students should be able to find employment immediately after finishing the course. Also, for college admissions, these subjects are not counted, so scoring well does not really help the student,” said Wattal.
Tags: School, CBSE, Mass Media and Film Appreciation, Geo-Spatial Practices and Hospitality, Courses, 10+2
CBSE vocational courses let down students during college admissions
(26/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/CBSE-vocational-courses-let-down-students-during-college-admissions/Article1-577706.aspx
Dimple Singh Arora had been running from pillar to post for the last one-and-a-half months to help his daughter secure admission in BCom (programme) in a regular Delhi University college. Arora wrote to the CBSE director, to the Education Minister and even the Prime Minister's Office but his efforts came to naught and his daughter had no choice but to enroll in (Bcom programme) in Non Collegiate for Women's Education Board.
Arora's daughter Gurpreet had scored 81 per cent in her class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination but had pursued the Financial Market Management (FMM) stream introduced a few years ago by the board.
"When we went to get admission we were told that some of the subjects Gurpreet had opted for in class 12 were not considered academic by the university and hence cannot be taken into account while giving admission. Without those subjects her percentage dropped to 70 and the BCom cut-offs are so high that she could not make it. Why does the CBSE offer these subjects if they do not have any value?" asked Arora.
Gurpreet is one of the many students who have faced the problem in securing admission every year.
"Some of the subjects offered by CBSE are not counted as academic subjects since they are not relevant to the courses offered by the university. In February, we held a workshop of the school principals to tell them which subjects are considered vocational by the university so that they can communicate the same to children," said Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean, Students Welfare, Delhi University.
For the last few years, the CBSE has been introducing vocational courses every year. On July 19 and 20, the Board started two more vocational courses — geospatial practices and hospitality — for class 10+2 students.
But parents and teachers have questioned the relevance of these courses which most of the time do not help the students.
“What is the use of a course which does not help students secure admission in a college?” said Veena Wahi, vice-principal of St Marks Senior Secondary School, Paschim Vihar. The school, which had started the FMM stream in 2008, has discontinued the stream from this year.
Though the board introduces the courses with an objective to give students more options to channelise their interests, teachers and parents feel that until there is link up with organisations or universities to make the courses relevant, the options will not help.
The board offers over 30 vocational courses.
Tags: School, CBSE, Financial Market Management, FMM, Vocational Courses
HC tells govt school to admit class IX boy
(25/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/HC-tells-govt-school- to-admit-class-IX-boy/articleshow/6212131.cms
Delhi high court has directed the government to admit in its school a Class IX student whose application was rejected on the ground that the last school attended by him was neither a state-run nor a state-aided institution.
The court said the plea taken by Delhi government-run Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya in north Delhi’s Civil Lines area while denying admission to Aditya Gaur was arbitrary and discriminatory and could not be sustained.
Aditya, a resident of Karol Bagh, moved the high court after the school allegedly told him that the Central Institute of Education (CIE) Experimental Basic School of the University of Delhi in which he studied till Class VIII did not fall in any of the two categories of the schools from which students were normally admitted.
The counsel for the government argued that the objective of its school was to prepare children from economically-weaker section of society for higher academic achievements. With this objective, admissions have been limited to only those students who in the two years preceding their applications studied in Delhi government or government-aided schools.
Dissatisfied about the contention, the court ruled: “If the purpose is to train students who are not able to afford public schools then the university school is found to be no different from the Delhi government or government-aided schools.”
The court told the government school to admit Aditya within a week. In his petition, Aditya mentioned that he even qualified the written test held by the school but he was denied admission.
“Such denial of admission by the Delhi government-run school is arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of the fundamental rights of the petitioner as guaranteed to him under the constitution,” said the petition.
Aditya’s counsel Ashok Agarwal argued that since the CIE Experimental Basic School is a public-funded school, there is no justification on the part of the Delhi government not to treat it at par with government-aided schools.
Tags: School, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Central Institute of Education, CIE, Experimental Basic School
Muslim girls top national average in school enrolment
(28/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Muslim-girls-top-national-average-in-school-enrolment/articleshow/6224338.cms
Enrolment of Muslim children in primary and upper primary classes in 2009-10 improved significantly with Muslim girls -- as was the trend in the previous two years -- again doing better than boys across the country.
In fact, at the upper primary level (class VI-VIII) the percentage of Muslim girls -- 49.97% -- has been higher than the national average of 48.04%.
A report by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, after analyzing data from 1.28 million recognised schools imparting elementary education from 635 districts spread over 35 states and union territories, shows a total enrolment of 17.17 million (against 14.83 million in 2008-09) Muslim children in primary classes in 2009-10. This is 13.04% of the total 131.72 million enrolment in classes I to V. During 2009-10, an additional 2.34 million Muslim minority children were enrolled in primary classes across the country. In 2008-09, the share of Muslim enrolment was 11.03% and in 2007-08, it was 10.49%.
Like primary classes, the percentage of Muslim enrolment in upper primary classes also improved to 11.47% in 2009-10 from 9.13% in 2008-09 and 8.54% in 2007-08. Of the total 54.02 million enrolment in upper primary classes in the country in 2009-10, Muslim children totalled 6.20 million (against 4.87 million in 2008-09).
Girls, both at primary and upper primary level, have done exceptionally well. Of the total Muslim enrolment in primary classes, Muslim girls contribute 48.89% which is similar to the share of girls in overall primary enrolment (48.44%) at the all-India level. At the upper primary level, Muslim girls to total Muslim enrolment in upper primary classes is 49.97% which is above the national average of 48.04%.
Both at the primary and upper primary level Muslim enrolment has increased in Assam, Bihar, Delhi, J&K, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, UP, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
NUEPA data for 2009-10 also reveals that there are certain pockets in the country which have a high percentage of Muslim enrolment. There are about 1,01,484 schools which have got more than 25% Muslim enrolment (to total enrolment in elementary classes) which is 7.91% of the total schools that impart elementary education in the country. Similarly, 72,053 (5.62%) schools have above 50% Muslim enrolment as compared to 54,355 schools (4.84%) having 75% and above and 43,809 schools (3.41%) even having a share of 90% and above Muslim enrolment to total enrolment in the country.
Because of the high percent share of Muslim population to total population in the state, 11 districts of J&K have above 90% Muslim enrolment in 2009-10 in primary classes which is also true for enrolment in upper primary classes. On the other hand, 34 districts have more than 50% Muslim enrolment in primary classes in 2009-10 compared to 30 such districts in case of upper primary enrolment. Twelve districts of J&K, one each in Bihar, Lakshadweep and Kerala, two in West Bengal and eight districts in Assam have more than 50% Muslim enrolment in primary classes.
Tags: School, Reserved Category, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, NUEPA, Muslim Girls
‘Sidelined school panels played big role in SSA rollout’
(27/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sidelined-school-panels-played-big-role-in-SSA-rollout/articleshow/6220475.cms
There may be a move to give an advisory role to School Management Committees under the Right to Education Act but a study conducted for the HRD ministry across 14 states shows that SMCs -- known by different nomenclatures like village education committee/school management committee/parent teacher association etc -- played a crucial role in monitoring the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at the grassroot level.
In fact, the study recommends legislative measures to accord statutory status to these committees with larger representation of parents. Under RTE, SMCs have a crucial role but there is a move to give them an advisory role in case of minority institutions and aided schools. Since SSA is being aligned with the RTE, SMCs will replace similar committees that have existed under different nomenclatures so far.
The study done across 42 districts and 1,006 schools shows 22.2% parents feel that such a committee helps to a large extent in improving the functioning of the school, 30.5% feel it helps to some extent and only 10.3% feel it does not help at all. As for teachers' perception, 33% of them feel such a committee fully helps, 53% feel it partly helps and 14% feel it does not help at all. As for committee members, 74% said they are satisfied with the functioning while 26% were not. However, the study shows that when it comes to functioning of teachers these committees are not so effective.
The study shows that the children were being persuaded to come to school by the committees through door-to-door campaigns, discussion with parents, prabhat pheris, and meetings with community leaders.
The study also shows that 32.2% members of these committees make daily visits to schools while 42.7% of chairpersons of the committees went to school on a daily or weekly basis. Discussions between teachers and committee members are frequent in case of 43% schools.
As for the awareness about the role and functions of the committees, Uttarakhand is on top with 90.4% respondents aware about them followed by 87.5% in Jharkhand and 76.3% in Haryana. Madhya Pradesh is at the bottom with only 26% people aware of it, West Bengal at 36% and Bihar at 40.8% are three least aware states.
Tags: School, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, SSA, Right to Education Act
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Soon, a free helpline for entrepreneurs
(18/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Soon-a-free-helpline-for-entrepreneurs/Article1-574355.aspx
Entrepreneurs of the country will soon be able to call up a national-level call-centre for information and to seek redress for their grievances. The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) has modeled the call-centre — Udyami Helpline — on the single-window concept. A single toll-free number will serve businessmen across the country. The government has sanctioned Rs 7.6 crore for the helpline in the XIth Plan.
"This call-centre is an innovative idea of the ministry to disseminate information, help and support a large number of entrepreneurs based in far-removed destinations. It’s ready to be launched soon and its staff members are undergoing skill-development training," Dinesh Rai, secretary, ministry of MSME, told Hindustan Times.
The initiative kicked-off in 2009, after the ministry appointed Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) as its turnkey consultants, who in turn invited bids for operating the call-centre.
"Caretel Infotech has been assigned the job of operating Udyami Helpline, whereas we’ve provided financial support and database, along with monitoring of the centre," Rai said.
"It's a good move of the ministry, as it'll help a large number of existing and new entrepreneurs throughout the country in getting information in office or at home. However, its uniqueness and efficacy can only be judged once the call-centre becomes functional," said Anil Bhardwaj, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME).
Located in the national capital region, the call-centre has prepared a database with details of various stakeholders, such as banks, financial institutions and other related agencies, in order to respond to queries and redress grievances of entrepreneurs.
"An appropriate interface will be established with each bank to ensure that the queries of MSMEs are satisfactorily replied and monitored till closure," said Rai.
Tags: Self-Employment, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited, Helpline
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Harvard Professorship for India-born academician
(18/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100719/world.htm#5
Noted academician Gita Gopinath has been named Professor of economics at the prestigious Harvard University, becoming the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institution's history.
Gopinath, 38, has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 2005 and was named associate professor in 2009. Her focus area is business cycles in emerging markets and price-fluctuations across international borders. "Professor Gopinath's research on emerging markets has proven extremely important to our understanding of their business cycles and her studies of price stickiness have been highly influential among macroeconomists," Dean of social science in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Stephen Kosslyn said.
Gopinath's research has examined price stickiness at the US border. A University of Delhi alumnus, Kolkata-born Gopinath has a Ph.D in economics from Princeton University.
Tags: Shabash, Harvard University, Professorship, Academician
Paraplegic boy wins badminton c’ship
(28/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100729/sports.htm#8
Sanjeev Kumar, a differently abled boy, hailing from Telupura village here, has made the state proud after emerging as a national champion in the doubles event of badminton in Fifth Handicapped Para Games Championship-2010 held at Bangalore from July 21 to July 23. Not only this, Sanjeev, who braved many odds to arrange funds to participate in this prestigious championship organised by the Para Olympic Games Committee of India got second position in the singles event.
Last year, Sanjeev, son of a Class IV employee, had also won a gold medal in the National Para Championship held at Bangalore.
Sanjeev has been working as an inclusive education volunteer (IEV) with the Sarv Sikhiya Abhiyan (SSA) at government primary school, Khuiansarwar. He was the only boy from Punjab to be selected for Sri Lanka Open 2010 Badminton Cup, which was held in April at Colombo, however he could not participate for reasons best known to the organisers.
Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav and a social activist help him to meet the expenditure to participate in National Games. Sanjeev was also selected for World Cup Championship in Korea and German Championship, however, he could not arrange enough money to fund his trips.
“It is always thrilling when you win prestigious championship and that, too, after facing odd circumstances and extreme poverty,” said Sanjeev while expressing his gratitude to those, who had come forward to extend him financial help in his ‘mission’.
Tags: Shabash, Sports, Fifth Handicapped Para Games Championship-2010, Physically Challenged, Badminton
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Delhi education chief fined under RTE Act
(27/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100728/nation.htm#6
The National Capital today led the nation in inviting the first-ever penalty under the recently enacted Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Act became operational from April 1 this year.
At the receiving end is the Director, Education, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, who has been slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 for conducting entrance tests for admission to class VI in 18 Rashtriya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVVs) across the region.
The penalty was imposed on the Delhi’s Education Department by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the monitoring authority under the RTE Act. In a full commission meeting chaired by DCPCR Amod Kant, a decision was taken to slap fine as prescribed under Section 13 of the RTE Act, which barred screening procedures for admission to elementary schools.
The commission has also taken a stringent view of the fact that the Education Director charged students Rs 25 per form for registration - something that goes against the very spirit of “free education”, which has to be provided by the state.
Deciding against declaring the said admissions “void”, the commission has allowed the inducted students to continue in the current session. It has, however, warned the capital’s education department against charging any fee from students in future or holding any tests for admitting them to classes I to VIII.
“Although we recommended a fine of Rs 25, 000 for the Director and Deputy Director of Education, Government of Delhi, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVV) Schools for violating provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, we have allowed the students to pursue their education. If we don’t, it would again be an infringement of the law,” Kant said.
Tags: Shame, School, Rashtriya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas, RPVVs, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas, RPVV
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Clean record must for expat pilots
(26/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Clean-record-must-for-expat-pilots/articleshow/6216783.cms
Airlines will have to follow a stringent screening process while inducting expatriate pilots for flying duties. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued a new draft that proposes significant changes in foreign aircrew recruitment process.
The draft, prepared by Nasim Zaidi, is open for comments and suggestions till August 22. In the last three years, there have been six incidents (and two accidents, including the fatal Air India Express Mangalore accident) involving flights operated by expatriate commanders. Most of the incidents involved overshooting the runway after landing or landing on a wrong runway.
In May 2007, a Paramount Airways flight overshot Vizag runway, an Air India Express aircraft went off Kochi runway two months later and in November 2009 a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft overshot Mumbai runway while landing and the accident resulted in hull loss. In June 2008, a SpiceJet flight landed on the closed runway in Delhi, followed by another Spice Jet flight in December 2008, which landed on a wrong runway in Kolkata. In March 2009, a Jetlite expat commander landed on a wrong runway in Kolkata and in November 2009, a Go Air flight was to land on a Mumbai airport runway closed for repairs.
While Indian pilots too have had their share of incidents, there has been considerable pressure on the DGCA to change the norms laid down for hiring expatriates so as to get better experienced and competent pilots. Among the changes introduced for Foreign Aircrew Temporary Authorization (FATA) — the provision that allows pilots holding foreign licences to fly Indian-registered aircraft for Indian carriers — is the one on proficiency checks.
From now, expatriate pilots will have to clear a four-hour proficiency check on a flight simulator, carried out by a DGCA-approved examiner. Till now, expatriate pilots only had to undergo an oral exam on Air Regulations carried by the DGCA officials. The other new additional demands that airlines should submit are a certificate (issued by the aviation regulator of the country that the foreign pilot belongs to) stating that the pilot concerned has not been involved in any accident in the past five years and that his/her pilot licence and rating is authentic. The DGCA too will now have to verify the authenticity of foreign licence and ratings of flight crew from the issuing authority concerned, says the draft.
Though the new draft proposes that foreign pilots should clear tests equivalent to Class I medical renewals in India, there was doubts on the issue. "The clause for medicals is vague. The new draft does not demand a valid Indian medical certificate in the FATA application stage," says Capt A Ranganathan, an airsafety expert. "It only features as an "operations requirement", which is confusing. There are quite a few instances of FATA holders with hidden medical problems flying in India. Having a valid Indian medical certificate should be made a mandatory requirement for FATA application," he adds. Capt Ranganathan also criticized the clause that gives DGCA discretionary powers to extend validity of a foreign licence "in exceptional circumstances."
The most significant of the changes proposed is the increased flying hour experience demanded by expatriate crew. Under the current FATA, foreign pilots need only 2000 hours as pilot-in-command (PIC) and 100 hours on aircraft-type to fly with an Indian carrier as a commander. The new draft has separate requirements for wide-bodied, narrow-bodied jets and turboprops. For wide-bodied aircraft, the PIC experience has been increased to 2,500 hours, apart from 700 hours of flying experience on the particular aircraft type and 1,000 hours minimum of glass-cockpit experience.
Tags: Travel & Transport, Expat Pilots, Civil Aviation, Foreign Aircrew Temporary Authorization, FATA, Job Trend
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1,000 more DU seats to open up
(19/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/1000-more-DU-seats-to-open-up/articleshow/6185859.cms
There is still hope for Delhi University aspirants who missed out on making the cut-offs of their favourite colleges by a few marks. Colleges are inviting fresh applications, to fill up seats left vacant in OBC category this season. According to DU officials, about 10 to 15% of OBC seats may still be available at DU colleges to which aspirants can apply afresh. These seats will be reopened to all categories of students, including general, between August 6 and 16.
There were about 14,580 seats — 27% of 54,000 seats — reserved under OBC category in DU this year. "As per estimates, there may be more than 1,000 OBC seats still vacant which will be available to students of all categories after August 6. Colleges will advertise for applications and admissions will be given on merit," said deputy dean, students' welfare, Gurpreet Singh Tuteja.
Colleges like Kirori Mal and Hindu have already invited applications for admission to different courses, including popular BCom (honours). Though KMC is still working out the number of seats it has vacant, students can apply for a seat in the college by July 25. Vice-principal M C Nahar said, "There are still some withdrawals happening so we do not have the exact number of seats vacant. But a few OBC seats in commerce courses will definitely be converted."
He added, "We have called applicants to the college on July 30 to see how serious they are about admission. We will give preference to students who had applied during the sale and submission of forms from May 28 to June 11."
According to DU schedule, the main admission procedure has to be wrapped up by August 6 after which OBC seats can be allotted to aspirants from other categories. All admissions should be over by August 16. At Hindu College, some OBC seats may still be available for conversion in BCom (honours), BA (honours) in sociology and history, BSc (honours) in zoology, statistics and chemistry.
"While we have five OBC seats vacant in BCom (honours), there are 11 seats in sociology, and one in chemistry. The cut-off for fresh admissions will be similar to our fifth cut-off announced earlier," said principal Vinay Kumar Srivastav. He added, "We will release names from the merit list of only as many candidates as the number of seats we have. For instance, the merit list for BCom (honours) will have only five candidates."
Aspirants waiting to get into Shri Ram College of Commerce via this method may be disappointed since the college has filled up its entire OBC quota this year. "We have admitted 37 students against a sanctioned strength of 33 in economics (honours) and 139 students against 139 seats in BCom (honours). We don't have any vacant seats for conversion now, though parents have been enquiring for about such a possibility," said principal P C Jain.
According to Tuteja, students should not bank much on these seats. The number of seats will be limited and demand huge. He said, "Students should not let go of other options, if available, to wait for conversion of vacant OBC seats. The competition for these seats is going to be stiff. Do not mistake it for a backdoor entry since the eligibility criteria doesn't really get relaxed."
Tags: University, 1,000 OBC Seats, BCom (Honours), BA (Honours) in Sociology and History, BSc (Honours) in Zoology, Statistics, Chemistry
DU to have a brand new link
(20/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/20/stories/2010072058040200.htm
Delhi University's brand new website will be officially launched on Tuesday. It has a blue background and is easy to navigate with bold icons and sub-links.
The purpose of the new website is to enable quick and effective sharing of information. It has been designed to make “university processes transparent and aims to provide up-to-date information relating to colleges, libraries and administration”.
Students can get information on courses, research programmes and steps taken to improve teaching and research standards. Achievements of faculty members and their research interests can be viewed while national and foreign research journals and data bases can also be electronically accessed by DU students. News related to upcoming workshops, events, conferences and lectures in the university will also be displayed.
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science Punam Bedi said: “The website is student-friendly. Users can be given their passwords and usernames for the portion of the website which is relevant to them. The new website, which will replace the older one, will have the same address as the older website. Colleges, faculties and departments are still sending in their details. As we receive the information, the same will uploaded on the website.”
The new website took roughly a year to develop at the cost of roughly Rs.14.5-15 lakh. Velocis Systems constructed the website.
A unique feature is the personal home pages of faculty members. There are also five types of search options. While the old website had details for each college regarding the courses on offer, faculty members and Principal's contact details; the new website has more details on each college. There is a brief introductory note for each college followed by details of the college governing body, faculty members, courses offered, contact details of the Public Information Officer and administrative staff.
In the Admissions section, students can see the admission results, important dates, brochures, forms, cut-off lists and information for foreign students. There is also a section on queries related to admissions.
A special section dedicated to “Research” elaborates on research initiatives, ordinances related to research, teaching assistantships, externally funded projects and research and development grants to faculty.
Details about hostels can be obtained in the Students' Welfare section. This section lists the names of hostels on the North Campus and South Campus.
Tags: University, DU, Website, Velocis Systems
Deemed unfit, 5 univs seek affiliation from other varsities
(28/7/2010) ToI,
Five of the 44 deemed universities found unfit for the status by HRD ministry's review committee are in the process of giving up their university tag and seek recognition from other universities.
Three of the five universities National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) are government-run deemed universities. The other two Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith, Pune, and Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya are private deemed universities but in existence for many decades.
Sources said no exception is being made for these five institutions as most of the 44 deemed universities can continue as educational institutions by seeking recognition from a university "The problem is with their assuming university status and not as educational institutions," an official said.
In the case of the three government institutions, sources said, a move is afoot, backed by their administrative ministries, to get them recognition from some university While National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Muscology is likely to seek recognition from Jawaharlal Nehru University Nava Nalanda may do from the proposed Nalanda University under external affairs ministry Tilak Vidyapith, established in 1921 by Balgangadhar Tilak at the call given by Mahatma Gandhi, might seek recognition from Pune University. As for RGNIYD, sources said, no decision has yet been taken.
Tags: University, 44 Deemed Univs, National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, RGNIYD
Draft law unveiled for ‘Innovation Universities’
(22/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/22/stories/2010072263631300.htm
Breaking free of conventional higher education concepts, the Manmohan Singh government has taken the first step towards implementing its proposal for creating 14 ‘Innovation Universities' by circulating the draft legislation for comments by various stakeholders.
The Innovation Universities are aimed at making India a global knowledge hub. Each one to be built around a theme or subject, these unique universities will enjoy total autonomy in appointments, collaborations, resource generation and nomenclature of degrees.
The universities will be open to all irrespective of nationality, gender, ethnicity and disability, provided at least half the students admitted to any programme are Indians. There is, however, no mention of caste-based reservation.
As per the first draft of the Bill circulated by the Human Resource Development Ministry to the heads of all Central universities, Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology, and members of the task force on the National Commission for Higher Education and Research, each University for Innovation will have to establish a University Endowment Fund but will have the freedom to receive donations, contributions from alumni and other incomes as long as 80 per cent of the annual income is used for development of research infrastructure. The university will be a not-for-profit legal entity and no part of the surplus revenue will be invested for any purpose except the growth and development of the university.
Welcoming autonomy for these institutions, one academic joked that while autonomy lies at the heart of innovation, many existing universities could be truly innovative if only the autonomy in the draft Bill was extended to them. Other academics are critical of the lack of clarity on reservation.
The Innovation Universities are primarily intended to be private institutions. However, the HRD Ministry can also make grants to develop them, in which case the President would be the Visitor and the government would have a larger role in their functioning.
Each university will have an independent Board of Governors empowered to discharge all functions by enacting statutes to provide for its administration, management and operations. The board will delegate its powers to the Academic Board, headed by the Vice-Chancellor, that will perform financial, management and administrative functions including appointments and collaborations; the Board of Studies that will specify programmes of study; the Faculty of Knowledge Manpower Assessment to study and assess through research trends in emerging fields of knowledge of relevance, and the Research Council that will interface with the research funding organisations, industry and civil society.
Intellectual property
In the case of a publicly-funded university, any new knowledge created from research that leads to an intellectual property will have to be reported to the government for retaining title. The Centre may refuse title on the grounds of public interest or exceptional circumstances, or national security. The government will protect, maintain and utilise the publicly funded intellectual property for which the title vests with it and it can give directions for prohibiting or restricting the publication of information to any person or entity which it considers necessary in the interest of the country. The income or royalties arising out of publicly funded intellectual property will be shared by the Innovation University with the intellectual property creator in accordance with the provision.
The establishment of the 14 universities is expected to set benchmarks for excellence for other institutions of higher learning through “path-breaking research and promoting synergies between teaching and research.” Each university will stand for “humanism, tolerance, reason and adventure of ideas and search for truth.” It is expected to attempt to provide a path for humankind free from deprivation and seek to understand and appreciate nature and its laws for the well-being of the people.
Tags: University, Innovation Universities, IITS, IIMS, National Commission for Higher Education and Research, Intellectual Property
DU College to come up in a new avatar
(29/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/29/stories/2010072954240200.htm
Delhi University is set to have a new college in two years' time focusing on mathematics, information technology and business.
Deshbandhu College (Evening), which has been renamed Ramanujan College as per a letter received from the University Grants Commission, will introduce courses focusing on these subjects as soon as its new building now coming up on the Deshbandhu College campus is ready.
For the time being, the newly-named college will perform the functions of Deshbandhu College (Evening).
Ramanujan College Principal Dr. S. P. Aggarwal said: “When we get the new building after a year or two, we will function as a college which conducts classes from morning to evening besides focusing on certain subjects. We will have new courses, add-on courses and some professional courses too.”
The portion occupied by Deshbandhu College (Evening) will then become part of Deshbandhu College (Morning).
Ramanujan College in its new avatar is expected to admit a total of 3,500 students in all three years. Hostels will also be provided for the students. A boys' hostel will be constructed in the first phase with a capacity of 100 inmates. In the next phase, a girls' hostel with a capacity of 100 is expected to come up. Additionally the college will have staff quarters, a sports utility centre and a gymnasium.
The college, which will occupy seven acres, will be built at a cost of Rs.50 crore and will be funded by the University Grants Commission and Delhi University.
Explaining the need for a separate college, Dr. Aggarwal said: “Evening colleges have problems as they lack infrastructure and are dependent for maintenance on morning colleges. There is also overlapping of classrooms. Through a new college we will be able to serve more students.”
Tags: University, DU, Deshbandhu College (Evening), Mathematics, Information Technology, Business, Ramanujan College
DU colleges put students ahead of UGC’s norms for ad hoc teachers
(25/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/DU-colleges-put-students-ahead-of-UGC-s-norms-for-ad-hoc-teachers/Article1-577247.aspx
The new University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines meant for ad hoc teachers has resulted in a crisis of teaching staff at the University of Delhi. In order to raise the standard of teaching in colleges, the UGC has made it mandatory for ad hoc teachers to have at least cleared either the National Eligibility Test or the State Level Eligibility Test. In case they haven't cleared either, they should have a PhD degree in the subject.
Although the new academic session began on July 21, principals of various colleges are still grappling with staff shortage — especially in subjects such as Computer Science, English and Economics.
The hardest hit are the students of the 13 science courses — which will be taught under the semester system.
"All first-year science students have to study this paper (Computer Applications), but where are the teachers?" said Savithri Singh, principal of Acharya Narendra Dev College.
Maharaja Agrasen College has six teachers for computer science — but only one meets the required UGC qualification. Despite this, the college has given letter of extension to the teachers. "What else can one do? We cannot let the students' studies be compromised," said principal Sunil Sondhi.
Delhi University, on its part had written to the UGC on June 28, 2010, stating about the shortage of teachers who meet the norms for the post of ad hoc teachers. Close to 300 ad hoc teachers in the varsity do not meet the new norms.
Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental said: "We have no choice but to continue with the ad hoc teachers for the time being, even if they do not meet the UGC norms. We cannot let the classes be affected due to non-availability of teachers."
Tags: University, University Grants Commission, UGC, National Eligibility Test, State Level Eligibility Test, Computer Science, English, Economics, Maharaja Agrasen College
DU launches add-On Courses
(29/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/29/stories/2010072963520300.htm
Delhi University has launched add-on courses for its students to enhance their skills and chances for employment. DU's Campus of Open Learning and Hero Mind Mine have entered into a partnership to jointly introduce a certificate course in “Sales and Relationship Management” in the banking and financial sector. Students who successfully complete the programme will get full support during placements.
The certificate programme aims to provide qualifications to the steady stream of aspirants entering the banking, insurance and finance sector and also make them prepared for the needs of the industry. The course is open for all DU students and classes will be conducted at the Keshav Puram centres of the Campus of Open Learning. For further information, students can visit the website http://col.du.ac.in
Tags: University, DU, Add-on-Courses, Campus of Open Learning, Campus of Open Learning
DU students to get BPO skills
(29/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/29/stories/2010072963520300.htm
Delhi University's Institute of Life Long Learning and The National Association of Software and Services Companies have signed an agreement for the launch of the Global Business Foundation Skills course. The course, designed by NASSCOM, will help hone the skills of students who desire employment in the BPO industry. To be available as an add-on course for under-graduate students in their final year, the programme will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. The course, which encompasses modules on industry awareness, business communication skills, customer management skills, computing and data skills, will help students acquire basic foundation knowledge.
Tags: University, IT/ITES, BPO, NASSCOM, Courses
DU: Miranda offers a certificate course in tourism
(28/7/2010) HT Horizon,
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HD/2010/07/28/ArticleHtmls/Miranda-offers-a-certificate-course-in-tourism-28072010609009.shtml?Mode=1
Miranda House, University of Delhi, offers a UGC approved certificate course in tourism.
This self-financing, part-time course is open to candidates of all disciplines and colleges.
Lectures and talks on destinations, eco tourism, maps policy and planning are held at Miranda House twice a week.
Practical, hands-on training in ticketing, reservations and tour operations, are held at the Bird Academy, Connaught Place, thrice a week. The course includes a field trip and industrial training. Minimum eligibility is senior secondary school examination and duration of the course is one year (including coursework and training).
Application forms are available at the Department of Geography, Miranda House, North Campus.
Last date for submission of applications is Saturday July 31, 2010. Over the last six years students have received placements in various travel-related organisations.
Tags: University, DU, Miranda College, Tourism, Certificate Courses, UGC
DU: Zakir Hussain changes name
(26/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Zakir-Hussain-changes-name/Article1-578120.aspx
Zakir Hussain College of Delhi University has got a new name. The college, located on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, will be known as Zakir Hussain Delhi College from now on. The decision to restore the word ‘Delhi’ in the name of North India’s oldest educational institution was taken at a meeting of the Zakir Hussain College Memorial Trust on Monday evening. Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, chaired the meeting.
The college was called Delhi College when it was located at Ajmere Gate before it was taken over by the Trust in the mid seventies. It has since been the demand of its alumni and staff that the word ‘Delhi’ be added to the name of the college to indicate its past.
The Trust turned down a proposal to give a deemed university status to the college and ruled that it should remain with Delhi University.
The college, which started in 1702 as a madrasa during the last years of Emperor Aurangzeb, was known as Madrasa Ghaziuddin. In 1711, it was declared as one of the three major madrasas in Delhi but in the 1790s, it closed down due to lack of funds.
“In 1824, the East India Company re-established the Madrasa Ghaziuddin as Government College of Delhi. The medium of instruction was Urdu and for the first time modern sciences were introduced,” said Madhu Prasad, who teaches Philosophy at the college and has researched on the history of the institution.
In 1948, it started as Delhi College. In 1975, the name was changed to Zakir Hussain College after the Trust took over.
Tags: University, DU, Zakir Hussain College, Zakir Hussain Delhi College
DUTA to follow annual mode of teaching
(20/7/2010) Hindu,
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article524320.ece
The Delhi University Teachers' Association at its general body meeting here on Monday decided to stick with the annual mode of teaching that it had been following instead of the new semester-based mode that has been introduced for Science courses at the under-graduate level.
DU Academic Council member Dr. Abha Dev Habib said: “Teachers today are fighting for the students. We appeal to students and parents not to panic. We shall compensate for any kind of loss.”
“The semester-based courses which were prepared by a few and passed by the Vice-Chancellor do not take cognizance of the ground realities. The introduction of the semester system was not debated or discussed and has no fixed framework. Ordinances for the same were passed by the V-C using his emergency powers.”
The conflict between the DUTA and the university is in the High Court where mediation is taking place between the two parties.
“We hope that justice prevails, else we will have to consider intensifying our action programme,” said Dr. Habib.
Fifty colleges have reiterated their support to DUTA through their staff association resolutions and have also asked for intensification of struggle. Strikes have been suggested by the colleges alongside periodic review.
Tags: University, DUTA, Science Courses, Semester System, Undergraduate
Govt orders inspection of private varsities
(18/7/2001) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100719/himachal.htm#2
Under fire for allowing private universities to come up without proper infrastructure and faculty, the government has asked the Education Department to carry out inspections of all institutions to ascertain whether or not they have requisite facilities.
There has been a spate of complaints regarding private universities running various courses without qualified faculty and other infrastructure and the subsequent inquiry ordered in case of Manav Bharati University revealed glaring shortcomings.
With organisations like the CPM and the ABVP launching a state-wide campaign urging students not to take admissions in universities with doubtful credentials, the government is left with no option but to take an action in the matter. More so, because many of those who fail to run professional institutions under Punjab Technical University have been given Letter of Intent (LoI) to set up universities in the state.
Since it will take some more time to set up the proposed three-member regulatory authority for higher education, the Education Department has set up three committees, one headed by an additional director and two by joint directors, to carry out inspections of eight private universities before the start of academic session. The committees have been given guidelines on the basis of which they will ascertain whether or not the universities have qualified staff and physical infrastructure as per the norms laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and various regulatory bodies like AICTE, MCI and NCTE. Besides, details of fee structure for various courses and salaries being paid to the staff and enrolment will also be sought.
The UGC regulations make it mandatory for deemed universities to have at least five disciplines but most private universities in the state are having just two or three colleges. Some of the institutions on the same campus are still affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University.
There are allegations that same faculty and infrastructure is being shown for running courses. In the situation it is hardly surprising that private universities are not getting many students.
So far, only seven universities out of the total 18, for which LoI has been given, have become functional. The situation is worse in case of engineering institutions as evident from the fact that there are only about 4,100 applications for 5,400 seats.
Tags: University, Private Varsities, Manav Bharati University, Inspection, University Grants Commission, UGC, AICTE, MCI, NCTE
HC raps DU, DUTA over semester row
(28/7/2010) HT,
http://www.hindustantimes.com/HC-raps-DU-DUTA-over-semester-row/Article1-578690.aspx
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi University and its teachers for fighting over the introduction of semester system. It asked both the parties not to "play with the life and career of students". After the University and teachers' union failed to reconcile their differences on introduction of semester system, Justice Aruna Suresh asked them to consult the students’ union to end the standoff on the issue.
“Today who is the sufferer? It is neither the University nor the teachers, but the larger interest of the students. Don't play with the life and the career of the students,” the court said, adding that they should consult with the students’ union to get their point of view on the semester system in the next meeting.
The court also pulled up Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) for not taking classes in protest against the introduction of semester system in the university. “How can you refuse to teach the syllabus. You can't take decisions that semester system is not good,” the court said.
The HC was informed on Monday about the failed attempt of DU and DUTA to resolve the issue through mediation.
On July 15, the court had suggested that both the parties go for mediation for a permanent solution and appointed a lawyer as the mediator with the consent of the two sides. The court’s suggestion had come on a petition filed by the university seeking a direction restraining the agitating teachers from going on a strike and holding demonstrations repeatedly.
In the petition, the University alleged that due to strikes and demonstrations by teachers, the smooth functioning of the administration, educational and examination system had been affected. Following a letter from the University Grant Commission on March 21, the DU has implemented the semester system for undergraduate students.
Tags: University, DU, DUTA, Semester System, Syllabus
HRD for mix-&-match plan for admission in UG courses
(24/7/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HRD-for-mix-match-plan-for-admission-in-UG-courses/articleshow/6206749.cms
A concept note on the National Testing System moved by the HRD ministry has proposed that instead of a single methodology there should be a mix-and-match strategy for admission in undergraduate courses with sufficient autonomy to institutions.
As per the note, a student must appear for both aptitude and subject tests. While the aptitude test would assess the ability of the student to analyse, comprehend, interpret, communicate and evaluate, the subject tests would be standardised so that there is uniformity across school boards and candidates get a level playing field. To deal with the stress factor, the note suggests that tests can be conducted at two levels -- moderate and high.
A range of subjects in science, humanities and commerce have been listed in which tests will be conducted.
Even states can participate in these tests and conduct subject tests in social sciences and languages by tailoring them to suit the local context. A student can appear in a subject or a combination of subjects of his choice, depending on the institution in which the candidate is seeking admission. Tests can be based on multiple-choice questions as well as few short essay- type questions. The note has factored in affirmative action as well.
Those students, who come from disadvantaged sections of society, will get sufficient weightage for the educational background of their parents, family income and the nature of schools from which the candidates have passed their higher secondary examinations.
As mandated, under the proposed legislation on prohibition of unfair practices, every institution will have to declare its admission methodology in its prospectus. The institution will also have the freedom to either opt for a state-administered or nationally-administered examination in social sciences. The note also emphasises that though universities are entitled to have their own admission process, they can follow the proposed system as a standard reference while evaluating merit.
It proposes setting up of a National Testing Authority (NTA) through an Act of Parliament. The legislation will ask states to set up State Testing Agencies (STAs). STAs will not only conduct tests but also help NTA. NTA will have an executive body of whole-time appointees, who will report to a general council, that will have representation from all states as well as eminent persons. Each district will have infrastructure for the testing authority. Initially, there will be computerised and paper-pen test, but eventually online facility will be followed.
Tags: University, State Testing Agencies, STA, National Testing System, NTS, Under Graduate Courses
State varsities to get e-connectivity
(26/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100727/punjab.htm#8
Ushering in a new world-class education system, the state universities are all set to come under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT).
Institutions of higher learning will soon get e-connectivity and become part of the national knowledge network through BSNL.
A meeting of members of an implementation-cum-monitoring sub- committee was held at the Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) here today. The Vice-Chancellors of 13 state universities, Dean of colleges and other academicians were here to attend the implementation demo given by BSNL.
The Centrally sponsored programme will benefit 13 universities and 407 colleges of the state equipping them with the next generation communication infrastructure. Under this initiative, the state universities will be able to address personalised needs of learners.
Talking to TNS, Director (NIT) Dr Moin-Uddin said the scheme had two major components - content generation and providing connectivity - to universities, colleges and institutions of higher learning throughout the country.
“The universities will have to pay 25 per cent of the amount and 75 per cent will be paid by the Centre for a period of 10 years. BSNL will provide connectivity through optical fibres across the state,” he added.
Dr Jai Rup Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the Central University, Bathinda, termed this as a “technological leap” and said it would usher in a new era of e-connectivity.
“Students and the faculty will be able to access virtual labs, classrooms, e-journals, e-books, research labs and collaborative research. While resource persons will be able to submit their proposal for grants,” he added.
Prof Satvinder K. Mann, Dean, postgraduate studies, PAU, said that this new medium of teaching would make education accessible across the country.
A flagship scheme of the Centre, this Centrally sponsored Rs 9,000 crore programme was introduced by the Ministry of Human Resources Development last year. “An amount of Rs 4,612 has been released out of the total amount for this scheme. The project will be completed within a year,” said Dr Moin-Uddin.
Tags: University, State Varsities, National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology, (NMEICT), Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
DU: Students confused over semester row
(22/7/2010) Tribune,
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100723/delhi.htm#4
After Delhi University (DU) colleges welcomed freshers yesterday, the uncertainty over semester system has surfaced again— leaving science students a confused lot.
Though the university administration had reminded college principals about the implementation of semester system across 13 science courses a couple of days ago, the situation on ‘Day 2’ today was nowhere close to this.
The science department teachers have decided to teach topics common to both the semester syllabus and the earlier syllabus till the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) and the university administration reach a consensus.
But the process has the left students greatly confused who do not know what to make of the situation. Most outstation students fail to understand the problem, completely.
“I am worried about the exams and unnecessary waste of time. Teachers do not have an answer to our questions. Everything seemed fine when we came for admissions, but there is a lot of uncertainty,” said Kirpal, a botany student at Ram Lal Anand College.
“We keep hearing that the DUTA may go on protest again, which will affect us as most teachers will not take classes. What if the matter is not resolved and is further heated up. In science courses, we anyways have a hectic schedule with a lot of practical assignments. If it goes this way, the situation can be very bad towards the exam time,” said Meghna Jishtu, a life sciences student from Gargi College.
“There is no point discussing it with the first-year students as most of them are not even aware of the conflict between teachers and the university. We are telling them that their studies will not have to bear losses. The situation will be clear in the next few days,” said Aditya Narayan Misra, president, DUTA.
“We are holding lectures according to the annual system only. Any delay in classes would have meant substantial loss for science students. Besides, we are waiting for some clarity on the issue. Things were different when the university was closed, but the matter is sensitive now with students on campus,” said Monica Sharma, zoology department professor, Acharya Narendra Dev College.
In most science department orientations yesterday, neither was there any mention of which syllabus (old or new) to be taught, nor was any timetable given to students.
Till the issue gets resolved, teachers across most colleges are planning to stick to teaching topics common to the annual and the semester syllabus. The matter is sub judice and the opposing parties have been involved in mediation sessions since Saturday, which have not resulted in any breakthrough yet.
Meanwhile, the next date of hearing in the Delhi High Court is on July 26.
Tags: University, Semester, Acharya Narendra Dev College, BSc Students, DUTA
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New norms for vocational study
(16/6/2010) ToI,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-norms-for-vocational-study/articleshow/6052469.cms
In order to address the skill shortage, HRD ministry has proposed a National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF) on international lines to link various qualifications and set common principles and guidelines for nationally recognised qualification system.
The unified system of national qualification will cover schools, vocational education and training institutions and higher education sector. NVQF is based on nationally recognised occupational standards — a detailed listing of all major activities that a worker must perform in the occupation — or competency standards — a detailed listing of the knowledge, skills and attitude that a worker should possess to perform a task — written by the particular employment-led sector skills council.
NVQF, to be discussed in the meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), is to implement PM Manmohan Singh’s stress to set up a Vocational Education Mission. CABE will also discuss new legislations like the NCHER Bill, setting up of national depository for certificates and issues like common science and mathematics curriculum in Class 11 and 12.
The PM had declared 1,600 new industrial training institutes and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new skill development centres to ensure 100 lakh students get vocational training. Currently, 17 ministries/departments run vocational educational training programmes to 28 lakh people.
Eleven countries presently have NVQFs — including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland and UK.
Tags: Vocational Courses, National Vocational Qualification Framework, NVQF, Central Advisory Board of Education, CABE, NCHER Bill, 1600 New Industrial Training Institutes and Polytechnics, 10,000 New Vocational Schools
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Indra Nooyi, Arundhati Roy among world’s 30 most inspiring women: Forbes
(26/7/2010) ET,
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Indra-Nooyi-Arundhati-Roy-among-worlds-30-most-inspiring-women-Forbes/articleshow/6214209.cms
India-born head of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi and author Arundhati Roy have been named by Forbes among the world's 30 most inspiring women, a list that also features Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton.
"Role models mean different things to different people--some of us look for guidance in business, some in our personal lives, some of us strive to make the world a better place each day, some admire trailblazers," Forbes said.
Activist Roy comes in third on the list while Nooyi ranks 10.
The '30 Utterly Inspiring Role Models' list has been compiled by ForbesWoman.
The publication reached out to communities on Facebook and Twitter to determine the most motivating women in the world.
Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey, who was named the Most Powerful Celebrity by Forbes last month, leads the pack for the most inspirational role model.
"Winfrey's role model status extends beyond her professional career; her philanthropic work, including the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, is just as inspiring," Forbes said.
Others named in the list include actor Angelina Jolie, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, First lady Michelle Obama and author JK Rowling.
On Rowling, Forbes said, "As a single mother, Rowling took writing stories about a young wizard in a coffee shop and built one of the top-earning literary franchises ever, inspiring movies that have grossed more than $5 billion, spin-off books, theme parks and more".
Also on the list is Melinda Gates, who has "inspired many by her generosity and pledged more than $650 million to public schools through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
"Their personal histories, outlooks and missions may be different, but each role model sets an example of how to be the best women we possibly can be," the publication said.
Tags: Women, Shabash, Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton, Indra Nooyi, Arundhati Roy, Forbes
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