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Friday, March 2, 2012

#Education@Social Media

#Education@Social Media
XIC holds a seminar on Job vs Passion
Hit the Break
Summer schools
Common engineering exam for all?
National Conference on HR held in New Delhi
Hone your managerial skills
Harvard Business School's new classroom in Mumbai
A scientific bent
Advantages of foreign languages
Central university in Gaya: Nitish says Centre's decision 'unilateral'
Using term 'university' by unrecognised institution punishable: Delhi high court
Using term 'University' by unrecognised institution punishable: Delhi high court

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:59 PM PST

For Gen-i, the concept of world is very different from their yesteryear counterparts.Their world is contained in Facebook, shared on twitter, viewed on Youtube, heard through podcasts and written in blogs.

XIC holds a seminar on Job vs Passion

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PST

Xavier Institute of Communication, in collaboration with Birla Sun Life, organised a seminar titled Job vs Passion on Feb 24, 2012.

Hit the Break

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:52 PM PST

Long, tireless hours at the office quietly give way to weeks, months and years of working.Until one fine morning, when you wake up and realise how most of your working years have simply passed by.

Summer schools

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:48 PM PST

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) will be holding two summer schools, where two courses — agenda for survival (June 1 to 30) and challenge of the balance ( international school, August 1 to 30) will be taught to students about to enter college or for those students about to begin their PhDs.

Common engineering exam for all?

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:35 PM PST

The recent proposal to merge the IIT-JEE and AIEEE along with the inclusion of marks from the board examinations by the ministry of human resource development has come in for criticism from the academic community.

National Conference on HR held in New Delhi

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:25 PM PST

Hone your managerial skills

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:23 PM PST

IIM Lucknow is introducing a new management programme called the Executive General Management Programme for people interested in developing a holistic perspective of key management areas and a strong understanding of the Indian and International business scenario.

Harvard Business School's new classroom in Mumbai

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:15 PM PST

Harvard Business School (HBS) recently announced the launch of the new amphitheatre-style classroom in Mumbai, which replicates the classrooms on the school's Boston campus, giving participants and students a true Harvard Business School case-method learning experience.

A scientific bent

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:05 PM PST

Intel's Future Scientist Programme aims to help teachers re-fresh their curricula while learning how to spark curiosity and foster innovation and enquiry among students

Advantages of foreign languages

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:01 PM PST

There has always been a growing importance for languages whether native or foreign, especially in today's era were communication has reached its peak and the world has become a smaller place.

Central university in Gaya: Nitish says Centre's decision 'unilateral'

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:15 AM PST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday accused the Centre of taking a "unilateral" decision in setting up a central university in Gaya bypassing the state's request to locate it at Motihari, a contention dismissed by the HRD ministry.

Using term 'university' by unrecognised institution punishable: Delhi high court

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 06:06 AM PST

he Delhi high court has upheld a lower court order imposing a fine of Rs 500 on an unrecognised institution for using word "University" for itself, saying it had violated the University Grants Commission Act.