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The Xavier Institute of Management Education, Electronics City, Bangalore, has announced its one-year Executive Programme in Management, leading to the Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in 15 months. Applicants must have five years of executive experience. The programme comprises four terms of 12 weeks’ duration and an industrial project of three months. The classes start on September 15.
A boost to hotel management studies
A boost to hotel management studies
J.S. BABLU for THE HINDU
A new State Institute of Hospitality Management has started functioning in Kozhikode.
The State Institute of Hospitality Management, Kozhikode, established by the State government with funds from the Centre, began functioning at the Yathri Nivas in Kozhikode on August 4.
The new institute is an addition to the State’s other prestigious institutions in the field of tourism and hotel management such as the Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kovalam, and the Kerala Institute of Tourism and Trave l Studies (KITTS), Thiruvananthapuram.
The Institute is temporarily functioning from Yathri Nivas, run by the Tourism Department, at West Hill, Kozhikode. The government had identified five acres of land, currently with the Kerala Soaps and Oils Limited, for setting up the institute. The institute is expected to be shifted to the new campus within three years.
Course
The institute offers B.Sc. hospitality and hotel administration course. This three-year regular programme is offered jointly by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.
NCHMCT, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, conducts a national-level Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to hospitality and hotel administration courses and other courses in 21 Central institutes, five State institutes and a few private institutes. The institute at Kozhikode, like the one at Kovalam, bases its admissions on the JEE rank list.
Entrance test
The minimum qualification for appearing for JEE is a pass in Plus Two or equivalent with English as one of the compulsory subjects. Those appearing in the final examination are also eligible to appear in JEE 2008. They will be considered on provisional basis. (For more details, visit http://www.nchmct.org).
The upper age limit for candidates belonging to the general and differently-abled categories is 22 years. In the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories, the upper age limit is 25 years.
The three-hour test will have questions covering numerical ability and scientific aptitude (30 questions), reasoning and logical deduction (30 questions), general knowledge and current affairs (30 questions), English language (80 questions) and aptitude for service sector (30 questions). For each right answer the candidate will get one mark. Wrong answers will invite negative marking, half mark for every wrong answer. There will not be any negative marking for aptitude for service sector section. The test for the academic year 2008-09 was held on May 10, 2008 and admissions are almost over in majority of institutes across the country.
The B.Sc. programme equips students with the skills, knowledge and attitude required to efficiently discharge supervisory responsibilities in the hospitality sector. It provides in-depth laboratory work for students to acquire required knowledge and skill standards in the operational areas of food production, food and beverage service, front office operation and house keeping and provides managerial inputs in hotel accountancy, food safety and quality, human resource management, facility planning, financial management, strategic management, tourism marketing and tourism management.
The institute at Kozhikode has 60 seats for its B.Sc. programme. Already 48 students have joined, only four or five of them are from Kerala. “Good communication skills in English is very important to get an admission and also to excel in the course and afterwards,” says Krishnan Namboothiri, principal of the institute.
Placement
According to reports, majority of the students passing out of these institutes under NCHMCT across the country get placement in the hospitality and other service sectors. “Many of the students who have learned this course are working in prominent star hotels run by the Taj and Oberoi groups,” Mr. Namboodiri says.
IIM-A to launch carbon finance course
IIM-A to launch carbon finance course
Rafat Quadri and Asit Srivastava Ahmedabad/Lucknow, August 5, 2008
After the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), it is now the turn of IIM Ahmedabad to launch a programme on environmental management strategies with special focus on carbon markets, a market in which India is now the second largest seller in the world.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Ahmedabad will introduce the carbon finance course this academic year.
“The course is aimed at providing conceptual and practical understanding of the anthropogenic forces causing climate change, the global legal and institutional framework and mechanism to deal with it, and the dynamics underlying carbon finance,” PR Shukla, one of the course instructors, told IANS.
IIML is already offering a management development programme (MDP) on corporate environmental management and carbon markets.
IIML had launched this course last year, aiming to sensitise professionals to various environmental issues and equip them with effective environmental management, officials said.
“The course, whose duration is three days, is meant for working executives only,” said Sushil Kumar, coordinator of the programme at IIML.
“Our course covers environmental policy and law, environmental impact assessment, carbon markets and emission trading and several other issues,” he added.
Going into more detail, the IIMA’s forthcoming course on carbon finance has been divided into 14 sessions and will introduce the evolution of the global carbon market, the current state of international negotiations on climate change and developments following the Kyoto Protocol.
The three formal carbon finance instruments in Kyoto Protocol – the Joint implementation (JI Article 4), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM – Article 12) and Emissions Trading (ET – Article 17) – will be introduced.
Other carbon finance instruments and initiatives, such as those being implemented by the World Bank, will also be discussed.
“The course has a global focus with significant India centric economics and finance and practical case studies. Besides the financial instruments for carbon mitigation, the course also includes discussions on financial services to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change, such as climate change insurance and emergent adaptation funds,” said Shukla.
Besides the financial instruments for carbon mitigation, the course also includes discussions on financial services to deal with the adverse impact of climate change, such as climate change insurance and emergent adaptation funds.
With many European countries eyeing the Chinese and the Indian carbon markets, the IIM-A expects a good turnout of foreign students for the course registration, which started in August.
“The term ‘Carbon Finance’ is used, in practice as well as in the course title, as a surrogate for ‘Climate Change Finance’ to cover wide ranging financial responses to mitigate and adapt to climate change,” Shukla said.
Responding to climate change is a global venture, governed by international legal, regulatory and institutional framework, presently agreed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The market can be used for efficient economic response to climate change and like all environmental markets; the global ‘Carbon Market’ is a creation of regulations.
The dynamics of the global carbon market results from institutions, policies, instruments and the specific measures agreed periodically by the nations that are a party to the UNFCCC.
Overseas Indian children Scholarship Common Entrance on 26 October
Overseas Indian children Scholarship Common Entrance on 26 October
New Delhi, Aug 5 :Overseas Indian students wanting to avail Indian Government’s Scholarships for pursuing under graduate courses in India will have to take a common entrance test on 26th of October. The test will be held in 40 selected countries where there is a large concentration of persons of Indian origin and NRIs.
The last date for receipt of applications is 9th of September. This is a major change from the schedule followed in previous years when the entrance test used to be held in April-May. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has brought in such change to make it possible for the selected students to join their educational institutions from the academic year beginning July/August, 2009.
The Ministry has decided to complete the whole selection process for the scholarship by November 2008. The move is expected to help the applicants to take a timely decision regarding their educational career.
100 scholarships are being offered for undergraduate courses in several disciplines including Engineering/Architecture/Technology, Humanities/Liberal Arts, Commerce, Management – BBA/BBM, Journalism, Hotel Management, Agriculture/Animal Husbandry, Sciences, Law etc.
The amount of scholarship admissible would be 75% of the Institutional Economic Cost (IEC) or US $ 3,600 (US dollars three thousand six hundred), whichever is less. IEC includes Tuition fee, Hostel fee & other institutional charges.
50% of the scholarship would be reserved for PIOs. However, in the event of non-availability of suitable PIO candidates, the unfilled slots could be assigned to NRI candidates. NRI candidates would be eligible for the grant of scholarship only if their total family income per month does not exceed an amount equivalent to US $ 2,250.
Children of NRIs should have pursued at least three years of education inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a foreign country during the last six years, and should have passed the qualifying examination abroad. PIO/NRI Students already studying in India on a self-financing basis or under any other arrangement will not be eligible under this scheme, which is open only for fresh admissions in the first semester/year of undergraduate courses.
Candidates would be selected on the basis of a common entrance test to be conducted by Ed.CIL. on 26th October 2008. Exact timings would be intimated by Ed.CIL. The candidates would also have to fulfill all the criteria prescribed for the purpose. The scholarship is open only to PIOs/NRIs from the specified 40 countries .
The scheme seeks to make higher education in India accessible to the children of overseas Indians and promote India as an education hub. Children from developing countries with inadequate educational facilities, lesser opportunities for higher studies and countries where there is a significant concentration of the diaspora population have been targeted. The programme was introduced in 2006 and has already benefited 220 NRI/PIO children.
PG Diploma in Public Relations
PG Diploma in Public Relations
Kochi, July 30 : SCMS has invited applications for one-year Post Graduate Diploma programme in Public Relations & Advertising, scheduled to start in August .
Graduates in any discipline are eligible for admission. Those awaiting results can also apply.
For prospectus and application send a demand draft for Rs 600 /- payable at Ernakulam, in favour of “ Director Admissions ”, SCMS Group, Prathap Nagar , Muttom Aluva , Cochin – 683 106.
Website : scmsgroup.org Phone-0484- 2623803 /4.
Last date for submitting application is August 11th.
Admission to BSc (Hons) Nursing
Admission to BSc (Hons) Nursing
Aug 4 : The College of Nursing under the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital & Safdarjung Hospital, Government of India, New Delhi has invited applications from unmarried female students for admission to BSc (Hons) Nursing Course commencing from October 2008. This course is affiliated to Gurugobind Sing Indraprastha University, New Delhi.
Those who have passed Plus Two / equivalent examination with minimum 50 percent marks (45% for SC/ST) in aggregate of four subjects viz English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology and has passed in each subject separately are eligible to apply. Age should be completed 17 years and not exceed 21 as on 1st August 2008.
There are 100 seats in the Safdarjung Hospital and 50 seats in Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Hospital. Prospectus and prescribed applications form can be obtained from the Principal, College of Nursing, Dr.R.M.L Hospital / Safderjung Hospital New Delhi by sending a request along with attested copies of 12th class mark sheet & 10th class certificate for age proof, DD for Rs. 200/- infavour of PAQ, Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi and a self addressed envelope size 30 x 24 cm with a postal stamps of Rs. 50/- duly affixed so as to reach on or before 20th August 2008. Sale of admission forms will starts from 7th August 2008.
Admission details are available on the website http://www.ipu.ac.in or http://www.mohfw.nic.in. Application form duly filled in should be submitted directly to Gurugobind Singh Indraprasatha university, New Delhi.
Last date of receipt of application is 30th August 2008.
Common Entrance Test will be conducted on 20th September 2008.
For more details visit http://www.ipu.ac.in.
Admission on Rural Management at IRMA
Admission on Rural Management at IRMA
Aug 4 : The Institute of Rural Management Anand, has invited applications for common entrance test to be held on 9th November 2008 across the country for admission to the Postgraduate programme in Rural Management (PRM – 2009-11) and fellow programme in Rural Management (FPRM- 2009).
The test centres will include Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasai, Kolkata etc.
Eligibility : Graduates in any discipline with 50% [45% for SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities –(PWD)] aggregate marks are eligible to apply for PRM and postgraduates in any discipline or 4 year / 5 year professional graduates are eligible to apply for FPRM. Final year students of the qualifying degree and able to fulfilling the eligibility by 8th June 2009 may also apply. Only Indian nationals are eligible for admission.
FPM is a two year and FPRM is a 3 year (doctoral) residential programmes. Every FPRM participants are eligible to receives fellowship of Rs. 10,000/- per month and contingency grant of Rs. 20,000/- per year. Those who successfully complete these programmes could enjoy campus placement assistance providing by the IRMA.
How to Apply
Download the application form from the IRMA website http://www.irma.ac.in and send the duly filled in application along with DD for Rs. 850/- (Rs. 600/- for SC/S T & PWD) drawn in favour of Institute of Rural Management payable at Anand to the Admissions co-ordinator, IRMA, Anand – 388001, Gujarat.
Last date of receipt of application is 6th October 2008.
For more details visit http://www.irma.ac.in
A daily dose of garlic can help lower your BP
A daily dose of garlic can help lower your BP
Friday August 1 2008 12:20 IST
LONDON: A daily dose of garlic can help in lowering blood pressure, says a new research. What’s more, the magical plant can also be as effective as drugs, the study says.
The discovery means that readily available over-the-counter supplements could be used to help save lives.
Figures show that high blood pressure – also called hypertension – is responsible for up to 40 per cent of the 150,000 strokes every year and tens of thousands of heart attacks. But, in the latest research, patients suffering from the condition who took garlic supplements every day for up to five months saw their blood pressure levels drop significantly.
In some cases, the drop was as much as that seen in patients taking drugs such as beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors. However, researchers have yet to establish whether garlic supplements are as effective as prescribed medicines when used for many years.
“I think this is interesting research as it shows a reasonably consistent effect. The reduction in blood pressure is not trivial, it is the same as gained from taking pills,” The Daily Express quoted Dr Tim Chico, a cardiologist and academic from the Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at Sheffield University, as saying.
“What we do not know is if garlic works as well as pills over the long term or if it would reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke. But I was surprised at the extent of blood pressure reduction seen with garlic.
“There is no harm in taking garlic along with other lifestyle factors such as eating less red meat, less salt, less alcohol and taking more exercise and also continuing to take blood pressure medication,” Chico added.
People can reduce blood pressure by cutting their intake of salt, losing weight and getting fit. But many still need to be placed on medication to reduce their blood pressure readings to the safe level of 140/90.
Dr Karin Ried, of the University of Adelaide, examined 11 studies in which patients were randomly assigned to garlic or a placebo.
The higher a person’s blood pressure was at the beginning of the study, the more it was reduced by taking garlic.
Dr Rosemary Leonard, the Daily Express doctor, said: “Anyone could benefit from regular doses of garlic, but it is important not to assume that taking supplements is all you need to treat high blood pressure.
“If you have high blood pressure and are overweight, then it is important to take regular exercise and eat a healthy diet.”
CBSE/ICSE schools told to teach Kannada from Class 1
CBSE/ICSE schools told to teach Kannada from Class 1
Monday August 4 2008 09:31 IST
BANGALORE: Adding a new twist to the language row, the Karnataka (Recognised) Unaided Schools Managements’ Association (KUSMA) has asked all schools, including CBSE/ICSE schools in the state, to make Kannada as a compulsory subject from Class 1 to 10.
In its fellowship meeting on Sunday, the association appealed to all member institutions and CBSE/ICSE schools to teach Kannada as a subject “as it the language of our culture and has been upheld by the High Court and the Supreme Court.” KUSMA has over 1,800 member schools.
The meeting, which was attended by over 350 schools, ratified the KUSMA’s decision to file a caveat in the Supreme Court to counter the special leave petition to be filed by the State Government against the Karnataka High Court verdict on the 1994 Government Order.
The association welcomed the Karnataka High Court verdict saying: “The judgment has upheld the constitutional right of the parents to choose the medium of instruction for their wards.” KUSMA, which first questioned the 1994 language policy on behalf of the English medium schools, has spent Rs 17 lakh to fight the case in the Karnataka High Court. All member schools have now been asked to contribute Rs 5,000 to meet the legal expenses.
Schools in UAE will open on August 31 despite postponement pleas
Schools in UAE will open on August 31 despite postponement pleas By Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter Published: August 04, 2008, 13:56
Dubai: The Ministry of Education said the academic year is set to commence as scheduled on August 31despite pleas from parents and schools to postpone the opening day as it coincides with Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting and piety.
Mohammad Bin Hindi, Executive Director for Institutional Affairs and Supporting Services at the Ministry of Education, said August 24 will be the official beginning date of the academic year 2008-2009.
“All administrative and teaching staff will resume their duties on the announced date while students will begin their studies on August 31 as per the ministerial decision concerning the academic calendar that was announced before and there will be no delay or postponement,” he said in a statement to the media.
He said the ministry looks at students’ benefits. The academic calendar took into consideration three basic factors: maintaining international standards and the number of school days, a balance between first and second semesters and achieving coordination with higher education institutions.
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