Shiksha Education News April

<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><strong>15 New Central Univs To Be Functional Soon </strong> <br /><br /> The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that at least 15 more central universities will be set up and become <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250232416phpG7pumW.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="100">functional from next year. These will be in addition to the existing 20. The vice-chancellors of these 15 new central universities were appointed in February. They presented their plans before the government in a two-day conference recently. A roadmap has been prepared to make the 15 new central universities functional from the 2010-11 session. Of the 15 institutions, 12 are new central universities in as many states, while three state universities have been upgraded.<br /><br /> The new universities are in Jharkhand, Karnataka, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.<br /><br /> Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/">www.hindustantimes.com</a></span>, 01-05-09<br /><br /> <strong>XLRI, Darden School Of Business Sign Pact </strong> <br /><br /> <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250232267phpN8MkWl.jpeg" alt="" width="140" height="100">The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business has signeda memorandum of understanding with XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute) School of Business and Human Resources of Jamshedpur. Under the pact, the two B-schools will promote joint faculty research, joint case writing, reciprocal exchange programs for graduate students, collaborative executive education programs, the invitation of scholars for participation in conferences and lectures, and licensing of publishing materials.<br /><br /> Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/">www.financialexpress.com</a></span>, 04-05-09</p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /> <strong>UPSC Results: Women Bag Top 3 Positions </strong> <br /><br /> Three women have made it to the top three positions in the civil services (main) examination 2008. Ms Shubhra Saxena, an IIT- <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250232783phpVQX5oC.jpeg" alt="" width="100" height="160">Roorkee alumnus Ms Sharandeep Kaur Brar, a post-graduate from Punjab University, and Ms Kiran Kaushal bagged the top three positions respectively. The fourth position was taken by a male candidate, physically challenged Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma. As many as 11,849 candidates qualified for the main written examination held in October-November 2008. The successful candidates include 364 general (including 13 physically challenged candidates), 236 Other Backward Classes (including 7 physically challenged candidates), 130 Scheduled Castes (SC) and 61 Scheduled Tribes candidates.<br /><br /> Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.sify.com/">www.sify.com</a></span>, 04-05-09<br /><br /><br /> <strong>IIM-C Launches An Exec Course In Delhi</strong><br /><br /> <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src=" https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250232625phpnpzZpZ.jpeg " alt="" width="150" height="100">The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) has launched a year-long executive course in international business in Delhi. The course curriculum is aimed at training students to work in international companies. The eligibility criterion for this programme is 50 percent marks in graduation and three-years work experience. There will be maximum use of technology to conduct the programme. At the end of the course, students will be issued a certificate from IIM-C. The last date for application to this course is May 15 and the course fee is Rs.206,000.</p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br />Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/">www.hindustantimes.com</a></span>, 04-05-09<br /><br /> <strong>DU Introduces Common English Hons Entrance Test</strong><br /><br /> Merely a year after scrapping the entrance exam for English (Honours), Delhi University is introducing a common test to check the <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250232890phpD9tw0S.jpeg " alt="" width="100" height="150">literary aptitude of applicants. Based on the score of the proposed Common Aptitude Test for English (CATE) exam, nearly 15 colleges will admit students to this course this year. There will be no individual test conducted for this course by colleges and those colleges that do not agree to be a part of CATE will admit students on the basis of Class XII marks. <br />Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.headlinesindia.com/">www.headlinesindia.com</a></span>, 05-05-09<br /><br /><br /> <strong>Anna University Launches Search Engine</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">The Anna University, Coimbatore has launched a trademark search engine, developed by the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights. The search engine was launched to mark the World Intellectual Property Day. It <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250233480php7vKHbP.jpeg" alt="" width="130" height="105">was supported by the Department of Information Technology. With the launch of this engine, Vice-Chancellor Mr R. Radhakrishnan has urged the students to file more number of patents, not only for the sake of registration but for the sake of transferring technology for the benefit of society.</p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/">www.hindu.com</a></span>, 04-05-09</p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /> <strong>Manipal University Announces New Courses </strong> <br /><br /> The Manipal University has announced several new courses for the academic year 2009-10. The courses will be vocational in nature with specially designed curriculum to meet industrial requirements. The new courses include postgraduate (M.Sc) degree in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. For M.Sc Mathematics course (Applied and Computations) students of B.Sc with <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1250233554phpyy4hmz.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="100">Mathematics/ BE/ B.Tech are eligible. For M.Sc Physics course (Condensed Matter Physics and Optoelectronics) B.Sc Physics graduates with Mathematics are eligible. For M.Sc Chemistry course (Organic) B.Sc Chemistry graduates are eligible. <br /><br /> Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/">www.hindu.com</a></span>, 30-04-09<br /><br /> <br /> <strong>'Varsities To Be Sensitised To Ragging Laws'</strong><br /><br /> In response to the rising incidents of ragging, President Ms Pratibha Patil, has said that universities across the country would be sensitised about the rules on ragging. She gave this assurance to the parents of 19-year-old Mr Aman Kachru who died on March 8 due to ragging by seniors in a Himachal Pradesh college. She assured them that she would write to all the governors, who are also chancellors of universities in their respective states, to sensitise the institutions on the menace. <br /><br /> Source: hindustantimes.com</p>