Templecity institute’s advertisement in Samaja
(Disclosure: The management of this institute has been in contact with me to be one of their academic advisors, a non-paid position)
September 6th, 2007
Archive for September 6th, 2007
Important Information for Admission to Orissa Engineering Colleges through the NRI quota (Orissa JEE)
From http:/./www.jeeorissa.com/newsfiles/news_26.html.
REGISTRATION FOR COUNSELLING-CUM-ADMISSION FOR VACANT NRI SEATS
As per directives of the Government Orissa the Counselling-cum-Admission for vacant seats of JEE/NRI and 15% AIEEE/AIPMEE/AIPDEE seats will be held from September 05, 2007. All eligible candidates are advised to follow the instructions as given below.
Registration for NRI Candidates (GOTO http://www.jeeorissa.com/ to find where to register, most likely here, but make sure, in case that changes)
* Starting Date: September 04. 2007 & Last date: 5.0PM on Sept. 6, 2007
* Candidates are required to register on-line in our website (www.jeeorissa.com) for vacant NRI seats
* Fee will be charged 4 times of the normal fee
* Date ,time and venue given in the schedule.
General Instructions
(a) Venue and schedule of counselling will be notified after completion of the Registration process.
(b) Only registered and JEE-extended merit list candidates will be eligible to participate in the counselling-cum-admission process. Online registration does not guarantee to call for counseling-cum-admission process and admission shall be subject to availability of seats.
(c) Rank card will neither be sent to the JEE-extended merit list candidates nor AIEEE/AIPMEE/AIPDEE registered candidates for counseling-cum-admission process.
(d) Candidates, interested to participate in the counselling-cum-admission process, shall come prepared as per instruction given (details about documents and drafts of Rs.16,000/- and Rs.200/- etc.) in the Counselling-cum-Admission Information Brochure available in our website: www.jeeorissa.com. Sd/- Chairman, JEE-2007, Orissa
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What does $1 billion buy? Is Vedanta University’s proposed budget enough?
Following up on our earlier rejoinder of an article that said $1-$3 billion is not enough for making a research university in India, following are some excerpts from an Indian Express article which talks about how much $1 billion buys in terms of Indian HRD.
How much is this Rs 4443.60 crore in the context of current spending on education? Consider these:
44 times the annual allocation for an IIT at the rate of Rs 100 crore average.
68% of the total allocation in 2007-08 for higher and technical education, which is Rs 6,483 crore, inclusive of allocation for expansion to accommodate OBC quotas
• Almost twice this year’s allocation for the entire UGC (Rs 2124.77 crore) which includes all Central universities and its quota expansion
137% of the current year allocation for technical education: Rs.3240 crore of which Rs.2122 crore is IITs, NITs, IIMs expansion.
50% of the entire Tenth Plan allocation for higher and technical education, Rs 8876 crore
• Cost of 2 new IITs
• Upgrading 15 premium IITs
• Setting of 15 Central universities
September 6th, 2007
Wipro and KIIT will join hands to offer short-term post graduate courses
Following is an excerpt from a Statesman report.
Under the partnership programme, short-term postgraduate courses spanning six months to one year in Technology Infrastructure Service (TIS) will also be offered.
These courses will cater to the growing demand of skilled manpower in the IT infrastructure management service (IMS).
It is becoming a real challenge for all the IT companies in India to get manpower with the right skill for IMS.
These courses will be conducted as per as the customised course curriculum prepared by Wipro.
Trainers will be arranged by Wipro to train the teachers of KIIT for successfully conducting these courses with the aim to prepare the IT industry ready for IMS practice.
The KIIT University has also signed another MoU with Wipro, under which diploma students of KIIT will be trained in the English language communication skills with a customised course curriculum to make them industry ready in IMS practice.
Apart from this initiative, Wipro will also conduct a recruitment drive for the diploma students of the university every year
September 6th, 2007