Common Engineering Entrance Exam will have elements of IIT JEE also

It seems the IITs have agreed to join the HRD Ministry’s  bid to have a national common engineering entrance examination for all engineering colleges in the country. This only happened after there was an agreement that several elements of IIT-JEE will be part of the new All India common examination for Engineering Admissions, reports HT

The report is that the Ministry of HRD will soon call a meeting of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council to stamp a decision to merge the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

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The Anna University advances the Tamilnadu Common Entrance Test 2012 (TANCET 2012)  exams by two months in March, following requests from students that the dates clash with other entrance exam dates, reports IBN Live.
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AICTE extends CMAT 2012 Application Deadline to January 22, 2012
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the application deadline  to 22 January 2012 to apply for the  Common Management Admission Test CMAT 2012

CMAT will be held during the period Monday, 20 February 2012 – Tuesday, 28 February 2012 across 61 cities in India.

CMAT will be a computer-based test (CBT). A candidate will read the questions on a computer terminal and choose an answer by clicking on the correct option.

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MCI informed the Bombay High Court that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS Admission for the  year 2012-13 may not take place , Reports the TOI.

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In a recent statement from CBSE, it is clear that The much hyped National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET UG) for MBBS Admission will not happen in 2012.CBSE to continue holding AIPMT for 15 percent Seats Check out CBSE AIPMT 2012 Notification and Dates

The Statement says , “As per communication received from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India regarding seeking permission from the Hon’ble Supreme Court to allow introduction of NEET for Under Graduate Medical Courses from the academic year 2013-14 instead of 2012-13, the Central Board of Secondary Education would now conduct the All India Pre-Medical/ Pre-Dental Entrance Examination only for the 15% all India quota seats” Read more…

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New Delhi,  The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a “value education” course for teachers, NGOs and professionals which will help them integrate values in the process of teaching and learning, a varsity statement said Tuesday.

The Certificate Programme in Value Education (CPVE) has been designed to inculcate the importance of value education in the teaching- learning process among teachers, graduates, NGO’s and professionals, said the statement.

“The target group for the course is teachers (mostly elementary) for integrating values in their transactional process of teaching and learning,” said the programme coordinator, Silima Nanda.
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Youth should undertake innovative research: Deshmukh

New Delhi,  Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Monday urged youngsters to conduct innovative research in the country and take up the challenge of securing India’s leadership in science.

In his address at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Day here, he referred the bill for setting up an Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) passed in the Lok Sabha recently and expressed confidence that it will emerge as a world class organisation to secure India’s leadership in tomorrow’s science.

“This would attract the best students to remain in the country and will enable them to out-compete and out-innovate the rest of the world,” said Deshmukh.
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Career in Hospital management

If you thought only doctors have a fruitful career in healthcare, think again. There are many other rewarding career choices in the field of healthcare. With the industry growing leaps and bounds, hospital management has acquired a new meaning and importance as a profession.

With the privatization of this sector, there is a growing demand for qualified doctors, along with efficient administrators to manage the hospitals.

An MBA in hospital management does exactly this. Unlike medicine, hospital management is a course that anyone can pursue. The main goal of this course is to equip the candidate with skills to organise, plan, coordinate and control health care services for the masses in a cost effective manner.

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Africa studies a hot new subject for Indian students

New Delhi/Kolkata,  With Africa becoming a major growth pole of the world economy, the resource-rich continent and its growing relationship with India have sparked a new interest among Indian students who are opting for Africa studies in increasingly large numbers.

From its rich cultural heritage to booming economy, cinema industry or the civic movements, everything about Africa seems to have fired the imagination of Indian students.

Abhishek Singh, a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) student at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in New Delhi, plans to do extended research on the developing model of trade between India and Africa.

“I want to do deep research on the growing demand for developing infrastructure and new technologies in Africa and how it provides opportunities for Indian business. I want to become a researcher on India-African business.”

Currently, bilateral trade between India and Africa stands at about $45 billion. At the second India-Africa Forum Summit, the two sides seek to scale it up to $70 billion by 2015.

Akanksha Kukreti, a former media student at JMI, who wished to become a filmmaker, wants to study the booming film industry in Nigeria. For Shyambhavi Saxsena, a student of Master of Arts (MA) in Delhi University (DU), the African civil society movements are a model to the rest of the world and she plans to do research on this subject.
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Mumbai scientist to spearhead green cause

Mumbai, With the UN General Assembly declaring 2011 as the International Year of Forests (IYF 2011), a scientist here has launched a programme to create awareness about forests between the Himalayas and the Amazon among school students across India.

Pushkar Vaidya is the head scientist of Indian Astrobiology Research Centre (IARC), a virtual institute that represents a partnership between researchers in India, based in Mumbai.

“IYF 2011 is a UN global initiative… They have also listed IYF 2011 Certification Programme on their official key event calendar,” said Vaidya, who has specialised in astrobiology and evolutionary biology.

“This is a first of its kind programme in India. People, students will be exposed to the best and latest via books, CDs, videos and power-point presentations as part of the course. Successful candidates will get certificates with official UN logos,” he added.
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