Ireland scholarships

University College Dublin (UCD) has announced scholarships for students from India, reports Aaditi Isaac

To assist more students from India to study in Ireland, University College Dublin (UCD) has announced scholarships at the undergraduate and Masters-level.

“We are looking to reach out to top students in India. Expanding our scholarship base is the best way to emphasise our commitment to these students- by reducing obstacles for them when they look to Ireland and UCD as study destinations. UCD has 260 Indian students as part of its 26,000-strong student body (of which 5,500 are international students – earning UCD the title of ‘Ireland’s Global University’). We would love to see these numbers double across all programmes – particularly those programmes where Indian students don’t typically flock to in great numbers. We have great offerings in languages, politics and international relations, IP & IT Law along with maintaining a strong contact with popular programmes such as mechanical engineering, computer science, biotechnology and public health,” says Jeremy Simpson, associate dean, international studies, University College Dublin.

The scholarship fund will be in excess of 300,000 euro and about 100 scholarships would be available to Indian students. A range of scholarships will be available for students --- full tuition fee scholarship to 50% and 25% scholarships to bursaries of 2,000 euro.

 “The major scholarships, including the four full-tuition VV Giri scholarships are merit-based. The VV Giri scholarship will be launched to celebrate 100 years of VV Giri, the fourth President of India, choosing UCD for law. He studied law in UCD between 1913 to 1916. Many subject areas in UCD enjoy strong profile and the VV Giri association with law is one. Today 10 of the 11 current Supreme Court justices are UCD alumni as well as the university has the largest number of Chief Justices and Attorney Generals in Ireland,” he adds. 

The university is looking to build a robust presence in India and such a move will facilitate that process. The University College Dublin is launching an office in Delhi next year.
(Source : educationtimes)

UK Calling

Tom Rhodes, head, international relations, University of Sheffield (UK), on how universities in the UK are taking an interest in making a long-term commitment to their graduates

As head of international relations, I am aware that many of those who make the journey between India and the UK are students – talented young people who often experience life in another country for the first time.
Today, approximately 30,000 Indian students come to England to study each year – the second most popular destination after the United States. But what kind of welcome will they find in Britain today? 

A few weeks ago, I joined my university’s ‘meet and greet’ delegation as they awaited international students arriving at a local airport. We were not alone. All around us were ‘student ambassadors’ holding up welcome signs and recording arrivals on clip boards before escorting tired but excited new students to awaiting buses and a new chapter of their lives. 

This is a common sight at international airports across the country. Universities realise that the decision to study in another country is a momentous one, and over the years have developed high levels of care and support for those who may be leaving their homeland for the first time to study overseas. Many universities conduct orientation progammes and social events for international students to help them learn not only about their new educational environment, but also the culture of the country while putting them at ease. 

International student support services also include mentoring, personal tutors, financial advice and support, health services, careers guidance and, together with our student unions, a range of social and sporting activities. Additionally, universities are taking a keen interest in making a long-term commitment to their graduates and the communities they come from via alumni associations and through initiatives such as the ‘Tier I Graduate Entrepreneur Scheme’. This scheme allows graduates the opportunity to stay back in the UK for up to two years to set up in business. There is also the recently introduced ‘Doctoral Extension Scheme’ which gives PhD graduates the chance to work in the country for a year after graduation. The desire to welcome talented Indian students is also seen in the range of scholarship opportunities, including those co-funded by universities and the British Council, offered under the GREAT campaign. 

Our communities are international and determined to address global challenges. In 2012, over 5,00,000 international students from 200 countries studied in the country. Indian students who come to a university in the UK meet not only English students, but make friendships with peers from across the world – an experience which will also prepare them to engage confidently in their future careers with people of many different nations. 

An Indian student who arrives at a UK airport has the potential to be part of a story of personal achievement within a higher education system. It is the duty and pleasure of universities to respond to that trust with an experience of student life which will unlock their potential for the benefit of both the UK and India.

(Source : Educationtimes)

University of Hyderabad scraps cut-off marks for entrance

HYDERABAD: Starting this year, University of Hyderabad(UoH) will do away with cut-off marks in its entrance test for admissions to all courses offered by the varsity.

In 2012, the university had put cut off marks in place for students in general and OBC categories while those from SC and ST communities, were exempted from the same.

This year, all students who score in the entrance examination will be eligible to take admissions, depending on the availability of seats.

About 77% of the students will be benefited by it, university authorities said in a press conference held on campus.

The university is expected to conduct its entrance tests from February 1 to 7 and is planning to fill up all seats available in the new academic year. "This year, just 87% of the seats were filled," said M Rajasekhar, registrar, UoH.

Vice chancellor of the varsity, Ramakrishna Ramaswamy said that in the new academic year, UoH with the funding of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) will start a Hyderabad Lecture Series, where eminent people from across the world would come and deliver talks in various venues in the city.

As a first in the series, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen is expected to deliver a talk on UoH campus on December 19.

The famous economist will also physically receive an honorary doctorate bestowed upon him by the varsity in 1993 on the same day, Ramaswamy said.

An honorarium of Rs 1 lakh will be given to each of the speakers, he said, adding that IRDA has contributed Rs 1 crore as corpus fund for the lecture series.

Announcing the future academic developments on campus, UoH officials said that they have decided to fill 67 teaching posts on campus in the coming academic year. "We are in need of new teachers. There are 150 teaching vacancies on campus and we hope to fill it in a phased manner," said Ramaswamy.

The press meet was held at the venue of the 82{+n}{+d} Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India and International Conference on Genomes: Mechanisms and Function.

"The meet is an important fundamental science conference which will help an applied science like medicine and gene therapy later on," said Ramaswamy.

The varsity is also expected to introduce online open courses in the coming academic year. "We will invest in education technologies in the future and hopefully the online education in real time will commence from the coming academic year," said Ramaswamy.
(Source : Times of India)

Central University of Bihar to start integrated MPhil, PhD programme

PATNA: Central University of Bihar (CUB) is all set to introduce an integrated MPhil-PhD programme as per UGC regulations from the current academic session itself. Scholars admitted to the course would receive a monthly stipend of Rs8,000 for carrying out research work.

CUB vice-chancellor Janak Pandey said 20 research scholars would be admitted in mathematics, computer science, environmental science, biotechnology, political science, economics, development studies and Hindi. Applications for admission to this academic programme have already been invited. December 14 is the last date. The course would start from January, 2014.

With the expansion of infrastructure, the university will admit more than 100 research scholars in MPhil-PhD programme each year. It is aimed at meeting the shortage of quality faculty, said Pandey.

The VC said the CUB has also decided to introduce a number of innovative academic programmes for the benefit of talented students. A centre for arts and crafts is being set up under the School of Media, Arts, and Aesthetics where a five-year integrated master's degree would be launched. Students would not only learn the rare art forms but would also be taught contemporary marketing strategies to make these ancient crafts valuable in the real world, he said.

CUB has institutionalized the centre for conflict resolution and social harmony under the school of social sciences and policy to actively pursue the dynamics of Indian society, including the uplift of the socially, culturally and economically deprived sections. To facilitate the smooth functioning of the centre, the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment has granted Babu Jagjivan Ram chair to the university.

CUB is also collaborating with Penn State University, USA, to set up a centre of energy science and engineering under the School of Technology and Energy Engineering in the next academic year. The centre would work for the availability of cost effective energy for powering industrialization in the region. Efforts have also been made for establishing a constituent community college under the aegis of the School of Vocational Studies. The community college, in consultation with industry, business and service sectors, will develop and update courses suitable for the employment of local youth, the VC said.

The Bodh Gaya campus of CUB has already started functioning academically and several courses are being run satisfactorily. The Patna campus, located on the premises of BIT Patna, is imparting quality education to the students with the help of more than 80 competent faculty members in different disciplines, Pandey added.
(Source : Times of India)

IBM hires 68 students of Patna Women's College

PATNA: Altogether 68 students of Patna Women's College (PWC) were selected for IBM, Gurgaon, at a placement drive conducted on the college campus on Wednesday. A two-member HR team of the company conducted group discussion, telephonic interview and a written test of nearly 265 3rd year students on December 3 and 4. Earlier, Wipro BPO, Kolkota, had also given expression of interest letters to 30 students of the college. The placement drives were organized by faculty members Debjani Sarkar Ghosh and Sahar Rahman.

Poster-making contest at PWC: At a poster-making contest organized on the PWC campus on HIV/AIDS, Shaym Priya, Pooja and Madhulika bagged the first, second and third prizes. Addressing the students at a guest lecture on 'Role of Capital Market', National Stock Exchange NSE) of India manager Anir Ban Kundu on Wednesday said approximately 50 million skilled personnel would be required in India by 2020 and NSE was assigned with the task of identifying potential educational institutions for conducting special courses. "An agreement to this effect has also been signed with PWC for conducting one such course," Kundu said.

Campus selection: Eleven students of BCA and BBA of Dr Zakir Hussain Institute were selected by ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Mostech Software Private Limited, at a campus placement drive on the college campus. The students selected are Ajit Prasad, Vikash Kumar, Deepak Kumar Dubey, Ram Prakash Singh, Abhimanyu Kumar, Surendra Singh, Vicky Kumar, Mohammad Shakib Zia, Guddu Kumar, Deepak Kumar Jha and Amit Kumar.

AISA protests student's death: The members of All India Students' Association (AISA) on Wednesday protested the death of a student on Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University campus after a police jeep hit him. The AISA members demanded suspension of Bhagalpur DM and SP over the issue and a compensation of Rs50 lakh to the next kin of the deceased.

Prarambhika: Young students of Prarambhika are all set to put up a colourful cultural programme to mark their annual function 'Concord 2013' to be held on December 7. The theme of the function is 'Celebrating works of literature'. Some of the programmes staged on the occasion would be Rajasthani dance, Salsa, The Pied Piper of Hamlin etc.

(Source : Times of India)

India plans IT institute at university in Cairo, Salman Khurshid says

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday discussed the situation in Syria and West Asia with Egypt's foreign minister Nabil Fahmy who has chosen India as the destination of his first visit to Asia. The government said that he had broad ranging discussions with his counterpart Salman Khurshid. 

The focus of the two-hour-long deliberations was to sustain the momentum in India-Egypt bilateral relations and to expand the interactions to wider areas of regional and international issues of interest, said government officials. 

Khurshid informed his Egyptian counterpart of India's approval to establishing a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology at the Al Azhar University in Cairo. The Centre which will be set up as project under the India-Africa Forum Summit is planned for completion in a year after the confirmation of infrastructure by the host institution. Once completed, it will train 500 students annually. 

The Egyptian foreign minister also outlined the developments in Egypt and the roadmap ahead. 

The two ministers also discussed various specific issues related to enhancing economic cooperation including the need to ease work permit regulations for professionals. Currently, bilateral trade between India and Egypt stands at $5.4 billion. India is the third largest destination of Egyptian exports ($2.6 billion) and Egypt is the 11th largest destination of Indian exports ($2.9 billion). 

The Egyptian foreign minister also called on the Vice-President Hamid Ansari and met the national security adviser (NSA) Shivshankar Menon. 

(Source : Times of India)

Karnataka grants funds for innovative ideas

BANGALORE: The Karnataka government has created a fund of Rs 20 crore to provide grants of $30,000 (Rs 18 lakh) each to innovative ideas. 

The first of these grants has been made to biotech researcher and entrepreneur Ezhil Subbian, whose startup string is working to make plastics biodegradable. 

The state government's initiative is in collaboration with three universities in California and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Silicon Valley chapter, and is part of the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative. 

Kumar Malavalli, one of the richest Indians in the US and who is closely associated with the initiative, said the California organizations would vet the ideas and recommend to the Karnataka government those they think should be given the grant.
Malavalli, who grew up in Mysore and Bangalore, was in the city as part of a large delegation from San Francisco that included its Mayor. He co-founded Brocade Communications in1995. Its IPO in 1999 was the largest of the time. 

Malavalli said the funded startup would have the obligation to establish operations in Karnataka. "The funding will be at the idea stage, and we expect the entrepreneurs to use the funds to validate the idea and come up with a business plan. The idea has to be disruptive, scalable and sustainable, and must seek to solve real-life problems," he said. 

The three California universities — Berkeley, Santa Cruz and San Francisco — will vet biotech proposals, and TiE Silicon Valley will vet all other ideas. TiE SV will also offer space free of cost in California for these startups to operate out of for some time. 

"TiE SV has just created a venture fund of $20 million called LaunchPad. Those who receive the Karnataka grant can later apply to this fund. But this fund will also serve those who are not part of the Karnataka initiative," Malavalli said.
(Source : Times of India)

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M.A., Ph.D. in museology

National Museum Institute University of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, New Delhi, has invited applications for admission to the following courses.

The university offers specialised courses in history of art, conservation and restoration of works of arts and museology leading to the award of M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

It also awards eight merit scholarships each of Rs.40,000 a year and eight merit-cum-means scholarship each of Rs.12,000 a year.

• M.A. (History of Art):
seats-25;
eligibility - any graduate with background in social sciences, liberal arts or fine arts.

• M.A. (Conservation):
seats-15;
eligibility-a degree in chemistry, physics, geology, botany, zoology, computer science, fine arts, history, history of art, architecture, archaeology, museology, designing or equivalent diploma.

• M.A. (Museology):
seats-15;
eligibility-BA or B.Sc. (honours) or BA or B.Sc. in any discipline under humanities and social science or science or BFA; desirable: a background or PG diploma in subjects related to history of art and museum studies.

• Ph.D. programmes are available in history of art, conservation and museology (4 seats each).
Selection to the M.A. courses will be based on a written test to be held on July 2.

Application form and detailed information can be downloaded from the web site www.nmi.gov.in.
Duly filled-in applications along with required enclosures should reach the National Museum Institute University of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, New Delhi- 110011 (phone 011- 23792249) on or before June 30. For more details www.nmi.gov.in

Pre and post-doctoral fellowships of OUCIP

Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP) is inviting applications for a four-week pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships for 2009-10.

Eligibility

Scholars registered for Ph.D. in any Indian university are eligible to apply for pre-doctoral fellowships while post-doctoral fellowships are open for permanent faculty members and professionals with at least five years of work experience and affiliated to nationally recognised institutions, according to a press release.

Last date

Application forms can be downloaded from www.osmania.ac.in/oucip. Filled-in applications need to reach by July 15. More information can also be had from oucip @osmania.ac.in /040-27098609.

Last date extended for NALSAR courses

NALSAR University of Law invites applications for NALSAR Proximate Education Courses. The university offers post graduate diploma courses in Patents Law, Cyber Laws, Media Laws and International Humanitarian Law.

The deadline to apply has been extended till June 30.

Those interested in enrolling for admissions can download the application form from ‘ www.nalsarpro.org’.

The courses will be imparted through a dedicated website apart from printed modules, CDs and contact seminars at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Ahmedabad. The Media Law contact classes however will be held in Hyderabad only. The programme in International Humanitarian Law is totally web-based and open to candidates from Asia, Asia Pacific and South Asian countries.

Candidates desiring to apply can write to Coordinator, NALSAR Proximate Education at 3-4-71, Barkatpura, Hyderabad or email at admissions@nalsarpro.org. For details contact 040-27567958 or 27567955.

ANGRAU admissions

The MPC stream courses of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) will be filled by EAMCET counselling and there will not be any separate session for them, said a press release from the university.

These admissions would be done at EAMCET counselling, said V. Satyanarayana, Controller of Examinations of ANGRAU. For more details, visit ‘ www.angrau.net’.

Courses in nano-biotechnology

The International Centre for Nano-biotechnology of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University at Rajakkamangalam, Kanyakumari district, will offer a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) and a Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Nano-biotechnology.

According to the co-ordinator of the centre, S.G. Prakash Vincent, the courses will be for two years and research-based. Both the programmes will cover topics such as DNA microarray, protein microarray, SNP array, functional genomics, lab-on-a-CHIP, carbon nanotubes applications, nanomedicine, etc. Details at www.msuniversity.org.in.

PG in public administration

Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women in Chennai has announced the commencement of admissions to its Master’s in Public Administration for the academic year 2009 - 2010.

The two-year PG programme offers a comprehensive curriculum and students will be groomed to take up positions in the I.A.S., I.P.S. and H.R. departments of companies. They could also find jobs as hospital administrators, labour relations officers, man power managers and policy makers. Students with any bachelor’s degree can apply.

For further details, contact 9445244907, 9841456030

New Apple software for dental studies

Educational material on dentistry can now be downloaded in the audio visual format through iTunes, the signature music software of Apple, the global leader in the fields of personal computers, mobile communication devices and portable digital music players.

It aims to provide free training and educational material to dentists, dental specialists, students and patients on Apple’s Education platform, through innovative ways to engage millions of dental professionals with state of the art dental education.

On the launch of the iTunes service, Sameer Bhat, Country Manager, Nobel Biocare India said that the uniqueness of this initiative highlights a significant step in sharing high quality training and education material.

Looking beyond LAWCET

There are number of institutions and universities conducting courses in law. The most premier among law universities in India is National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.
Admission into NLSIU is through an all India admission test held usually on first Sunday of May. University College Bangalore, Government College Mumbai, ILS Law College and Symbiosis College, Pune and Faculty of Law of Delhi University, Aligarh Musli m University etc. are some of the other leading legal Institutions in India.Yet another institution of excellence in Law Education has come up in Andhra Pradesh with three campuses in the three geographical regions.

This promises to be on a par with any National School of Law like NALSAR in Hyderabad. All these National Schools of Law were established by the enactment of State Laws (except that of Bangalore) and the Andhra Pradesh University of Law (APUL) with its headquarters in Visakhapatnam was also established by Act No. 32 of 2008.

Main campus of APUL in Visakhapatnam is currently its city Office in Swamy Gnananada Guest House, Palace Layout, Pedawaltair.

This university has two other centres one each at Kadapa and Nizamabad in order to cater to the needs of the youth who wish to pursue professional legal education.

In course of time this university might incorporate the word `National’ in due course as its character was none less than those of the National Schools.

The university offers B.A.,LL.B(Hons.)/B.B.A.,LL.B(Hons.) 5 year Integrated course for +2 students.

The university has notified Research Programme like Ph.D and LL.D, mostly on trans-disciplinary basis to enable the researcher to have a wide range of choice in pursuing research.

Last date for receipt of applications for B.A., LL.B.(Hons.)/B.B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) 5-year Integrated course is June 30 and the Common Entrance Test (APULCET) is on July 19. The Last date for receipt of application for Ph.D and LL.D is July 20. The university has launched a website www.apulvisakha.org posting complete information on the courses launched. As the construction of the buildings at the university site (50 acres of land at Sabbavaram near Visakhapatnam) is likely to get delayed, the APUL proposes to begin the B.A., LL.B.(Hons.)/B.B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) courses in rented premises or Government building, with immediate effect.

NATA test centre in Coimbatore

Prahar School of Architecture, Coimbatore, has been selected by the Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi, for conducting the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA).

According to a release, the school has been recognised at the NATA Test centre from June 10.
It is mandatory for all aspirants of the B. Arch. degree programme to appear for the NATA test to be eligible for admission, the release added.

Students interested in registering for the NATA test can contact the centre at 11/4, RVP Complex, 4th Cross, Bharathi Park Road, Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore.

They can also call on 0422-6477722 / 98424-68559 or e-mail to principal@psa.ac.in.

Integrated M.Sc. in Visual Communication at Karunya

Karunya University will offer a unique five-year integrated M.Sc. programme in Visual Communication for those who have completed Plus-Two.

Subjects

Visual communication covers an array of multi-disciplinary subjects like graphic design and typography, idea-sketching skills and drawing; commercial photography and photojournalism, film making and appreciation, visual phenomena such as fashion, advertising strategies and campaign conceptualization, layout and designing, scripting and television production, interactive multimedia and informational graphics / publication design, media know-how and cultural studies.

Semester

The Department of Electronics and Media Technology of the university offers a five-year integrated M. Sc. –Visual Communication (Animation and Multimedia) Post-Graduate Programme within the 10-sequence semester pattern.

This innovative course offers flexibility of getting a Bachelor of Science degree after three years in case the student wishes to discontinue and a Master of Science degree on completion of the course after 5 years.

The course will equip the students to provide professional consultancy services in communication to working photographers, editors, visualisers, newspapers, magazines, photographic departments, trade associations, multimedia and educational media production units, and cultural and scientific communicators.

Motive

Nurturing students to set high standards for visual integrity and communication ethics and become socially-conscious media makers is another important motive.

Students can gradually specialise in graphics, two dimension and three dimension, video production, audio production and engineering, game programming, web designing and advertising.

Plus Two

A candidate who has passed Plus Two (any group) with a minimum of 55 per cent and possessing visualising, drawing, writing and other media-related skills is eligible to apply.
Last date is July 15.

Application can be downloaded from the website- www.karunya.edu