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No delay in academic year: MOE
No delay in academic year: MOE
Preeti Kannan (Staff Reporter)4 August 2008
DUBAI – There will be no delay in the academic year and students will begin school on August 31, as announced earlier. Ministry of Education (MOE) has confirmed that ‘there will be no delay or postponing’ in the academic year, contrary to recent speculations.
In an official statement, Mohamed Bin Hindi, Executive Director for Institutional Affairs and Supporting Services at the MOE, said while August 24 will be the official beginning date of the academic year 2008/2009, students will begin their studies on August 31.
He assured that the idea of postponing the date of the academic year after the holy month of Ramadan was not open for any discussion in the Ministry at all. “Such a decision might affect the students negatively and could cause defect in the academic calendar and examination systems,” he observed.
Seats vacant for educational courses
Seats vacant for Islamic History
The Department of Islamic Studies has few vacant seats for MA Islamic History course. Apply before 10th August. More information can be had from 0471-2417115.
Seats vacant for MA Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics has few vacant seats for MA Linguistics course for both general and SC/ST categories. Those with a degree with not less than 50% marks in any subject are eligible to apply. SC/ST candidates will get statutory preference. More information can be had from 0471-2418469.
Refresher course in Computer Science
Applications have been invited from college teachers for a refresher course in Computer Science which will held from 16th August to 6th September at Academic Staff College, Karyavattom. Application forms can be had from the Academic Staff College or from the here. Phone 0471-2418989.
Bharathidasan MBA admission
Bharathidasan MBA admission
July 17 : Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirappalli provides excellent study facilities for two year full time residential MBA programme with specializations offered in marketing, finance, operations, systems and human resource management.
Bachelors / PG Degree holders in any discipline with 50% marks or final degree students are eligible to apply.
All applicants to BIM should take IIM-CAT-2008. BIM uses CAT Score for only short listing the applicants for Group Discussion and interview.
Prospectus and application can be obtained by sending DD for Rs. 1400/- (Rs. 920/- for SC/ST) drawn in favour of Bharathidasan Institute of Management, payable at Tiruchirappally along with two self addressed slips to Bharathidasan Institute of Management, P.B. No. 12, MHD Campus, BHEL Complex, Tiruchirappalli – 620 014, Tamil Nadu, Phone: 0431 – 2520796, 2520502 (E-mail: admissions@bim.edu). Forms will be distributed from 1st September 2008.
Online registration facilities are also provided from 1st September 2008 onwards through the website http://www.bim.edu.
IGNOU In move to train Private Security
IGNOU In move to train Private Security \
New Delhi, Jul 29: A leading distance university and a security company got together today to train and qualify private security guards– an industry hitherto itself a source of concern.
Indira Gandhi National Open University and newly-formed Security Skills Council of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding this afternoon to ”design, develop and deliver” skills and diplomas and certificates for guards and supervisors.
The MoU was jointly announced by IGNOU Vice Chancellor V N Rajasekharan Pillai and SSCI Chairman and Managing Director R K Sinha as effort to bridge a yawning gap between law and the ground reality.
Law requires personnel to be trained in everything from ”correct wearing of uniform” to handling weapons and spotting improvised explosive devices, and includes fitness, firefighting, crowd control, checking identities, and even giving first aid.
Prof Pillai also released a student prospectus-cum-programme guide for short term, non-credit vocational programmes for security guards and security supervisors.
”Terrorism cannot be checked only by law enforcement agencies,” Sinha said as he and other speakers pointed to the key role private security men or even citizens play in securing a nation by detecting suspicious activity or individuals early on.
India’s private security industry currently employs some five million individuals, many of whom are not educated or qualified or even trained. The agencies came up as a result of demand from businesses and homes. Many companies themselves are accused of offering poor wages and work conditions.
Authorities readying to regulate the industry three years ago noted how these agencies helped meet businesses’ security needs, but caused ”a growing concern” by the manner of their functioning.
”Many of these agencies conduct their operations without due care for verifying the antecendents of the personnel employed as private security guards and supervisors.
”Certain private multinational security agencies have also established their branches in the country, which unless properly regulated may have serious security implications.” In some instances personnel employed by these agencies have been involved in criminal activities.
In 2005, the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act was enacted followed by the Private Security Agencies Central Model Rules a year later.
The law requires private security agencies to get a licence within a year or fold– but most States have yet to enforce it, industry sources say.
As D K Kotia, an officer of the Home Ministry, put it in a speech delivered in absentia, ”When fully implemented, this Act will help bring in desired professionalism in security industry in a big way.”
MBA at Army Institutes of Management
MBA at Army Institutes of Management
July 29 : Army Institute of Management, Kolkata (AIMK) and Army Institute of Management & Technology (AIMT), Greater Noida have invited applications from eligible candidates for admission to their two-year regular MBA Programmes for 2009-11 session.
Of the 120 seats available at AIMK, 80% seats are reserved for Army Wards and 20% are general seats. At AIMT, all the 120 seats are reserved for Army Wards. There is hostel facility for boys and girls at both the Institutes.
Applicant should have a three year Bachelor Degree recognized by AIU in any discipline with 50% marks. Those completing Bachelor Degree in 2009 may also apply.
Selection to the course at both Institutes will be based on score of CAT conducted by the IIMs. Short listed candidates will be called for Group Discussion and Interview at AIMK/AIMT for final selection. Separate application has to be submitted to each Institute.
For applying to AIMK, application and Prospectus can be obtained by post by sending a DD for Rs. 800/- for Army Wards and Rs.900/- for General Candidates drawn in favour of ‘Director AIM’ payable t Kolkata.
They can also be obtained by hand by submitting a DD for Rs.750/- for Army Wards and Rs.850/- for general candidates from AIM, Judges Court Road, Opp. Alipore Tele Exch, Alipore, Kolkata-700027.
For applying to AIMT, Prospectus and Application can be obtained from AIMT, Plot M-1, Pocket P-5, Greater Nioda, UP-201306, by sending a DD for RS.800/- drawn in favour of AIMT payable at Noida. They can also be obtained by hand by submitting a DD for Rs.750/- at AIMT. Only Army Wards are eligible for admission at AIMT.
Prospectus and Application from of the Institutes can also be obtained by hand through DD only, from AWES, Army HQ, Kashmir House, New Delhi and from AWES Cells of all Command HQs. They can also be down loaded from the websites of the Institutes AIMK- http://www.aim.ac.in and AIMT- http://www.aimt.ac.in The Prospectus and Application forms will be available from 4th August 2008 to 29th September 2008.
The last date for submission of AIMK/AIMT applications is December 6, 2008. Application can also be submitted with a late fee of Rs.200/- till 31st January, 2009.
Applicants to AIMK/AIMT should also apply for CAT as per the instructions of CAT. The last date for receipt of Application for CAT 2008 at various IIMs is 5th September, 2008. CAT will be held on 16th November, 2008 (Sunday).
Details of CAT are available at http://www.catiim.in/
Applications invited for admissions to the intensive modular certificate course on Petroleum Refining Technology and Management
Applications invited for admissions to the intensive modular certificate course on Petroleum Refining Technology and Management
Sunday July 27 2008 02:01 IST Express News Service
KOCHI: The BPCL-Kochi Refinery Learning Centre has invited applications for the admissions to the intensive modular certificate course on Petroleum Refining Technology and Management.
The course has four modules, each having 2 weeks training at Ambalamugal.
Modules are on Refining process, Equipment in Hydrocarbon Industry, Safety, Health and Environment and Refinery Management.
A BTech degree in any branch or a diploma in engineering (preferably with some experience in the process industry) is the qualification for the course.
The candidates can apply for the whole course or any particular module. The seats are limited to 25. Preference will be given to those candidates applying for the complete certificate course and the selection will be based on a first-cum-first-serve basis.
The application form and details will get from the Head, Learning and Development Centre, BPCL Kochi Refinery, Ambalamugal.
For more details, contact: 0484 2821401.
email: kochirefinerylearning@gmail.com.
Off-campus courses in Bharatanatyam
Off-campus courses in Bharatanatyam
The world’s first off-campus degree programme in Bharatanatyam offered through a joint venture of Bharathidasan University and Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts, Tiruchi, is taking firm root in India and abroad.
For the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts and Diploma courses that are offered under the distance mode, the enrolment is poised to go up to 350 during the current academic year, from 220 last year. Enrolment started with 45 students in 2004-2 005. It increased to 62 students in 2005-2006 and 170 in 2006-2007.
Students from Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Assam in India, and from countries such as Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Oman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, France, Canada and the United States of America already benefit from these courses.
Those running dance schools, dance teachers, performing artistes, or those employed in any other profession, or doing any degree in any discipline in regular colleges, and housewives have enrolled for these courses.
Reputed cultural centres and art centres in India and abroad seek to be recognised as co-ordinating centres for the Kalai Kaviri Off-Campus Degree Programme.
Says Rev. Msgr. S.M. George, Founder and Director of the Off-Campus Degree Programme, who is also the Founder of Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Tiruchi: “The off-campus programmes have revolutionised the concept of promoting and popularising the fine art forms across barriers.”
Impressed by the concept, Bharatanatyam artiste Saraswathi promoting the cause of fine arts with Padma Vibhushan Dr. Balamuralikrishna for the past 20 years and Director of Vipanchee Natyalaya, Chennai, recommends her students who have dance schools all over the globe for admission to Kalai Kaviri Off-Campus programme.
Eligibility options for joining this programme is of a wide range.
A graduate in any other discipline with proficiency in full Maargam (practical and theory) in Bharatanatyam (but does not have a Diploma in Bharatanatyam from any university or government institution) can take a ‘Special Eligibility Test’ both in theory and practicals, for direct admission to M.F.A.
B.F.A. and M.F.A. courses in Bharathanatyam can be done concurrently or simultaneously by students undergoing other UG and PG degree courses in other disciplines in the regular colleges.
Those with a pass in Class X and ten years of experience in teaching Bharatanatyam can join B.F.A. And those with Plus-Two qualification and teaching experience can join the second of the three-year undergraduation programme through lateral entry.
The website http://www.kalaikaviri-offcamp.com provides more information. Application forms can also be downloaded.
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IGNOU to train students for career in BPO
IGNOU to train students for career in BPO
IANS New Delhi, July 19, 2008
The India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon start a diploma programme to train students from across the country to take up jobs in business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, well known as call centres.
This will be a one-year diploma course conducted jointly by Accenture Services, a Bangalore based global technology service and outsourcing company.
“You know the BPO situation in our country. It’s a growing industry and the number of trained manpower required is huge. Here we have stepped in to provide trained human capital,” IGNOU spokesman Ravi Mohan told IANS.
Mohan said the varsity has already signed an agreement with Accenture. Candidates who have passed 10+2 or equivalent can apply for the course.
“It is just not outsourcing for foreign companies, many Indian companies, government offices too have opened and will open call centres for better customer relations.
“This course will create a pool of professionals who will be able to handle the job better and reduce attrition rate,” Mohan added.
Those having IGNOU’s certificate course in communication skills will have an edge but alternatively students shall be screened through a communication evaluation test.
The specialization would be offered in finance and accounting, insurance, banking, human resources, sourcing and category management, customer contact services, health care, pharma, engineering services, equity research, capital markets, order management and technical writing and learning services.
IGNOU shall ensure that the course will be imparted through a mix of education delivery channels across India including print, CD, web-based learning materials, contact sessions and simulated exercises labs for language and application learning.
Certificate/Diploma Course in German at University of Kerala
Certificate/Diploma Course in German at University of Kerala
Applications have been invited for one-year part-time Certificate/Diploma course in German. Those with degree can apply. Course fee Rs 250. Those with degree and certificate in German can apply for Diploma course. For application forms one will have to send the pay-in-slip for Rs 25 (Rs 35 in case of DD from SBI/SBT favoring the Finance Officer and payable at Service Branch, Thiruvananthapuram). Filled application forms along with a pay-in-slip for Rs 100 as registration fess (Rs 110 in case of DD) will be accepted till 8th August 2008. Address: Prof & Head, Department of German, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 34.
University of Kerala offers courses under Distance Mode
University of Kerala offers courses under Distance Mode
The University of Kerala has invited applications for various degree, PG, PG diploma and certificate programmes to be offered under distance mode. The scheme and syllabus of these programmes will be similar to that of regular courses. Contact classes and assignments will be there as part of the study programme. The details of academic programmes and eligibility can be had from the university’s website http://www.keralauniversity.edu Applications should reach the office on or before 31st August 2008.
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