CET put off to March 11 due to date clash

CET put off to March 11 due to date clash

The common entrance test (CET) for admission to the first year of two years’ full-time AICTE approved MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDM courses for 2012-13, conducted by the directorate of technical education (DTE), will now be conducted on March 11 instead of February 26 to avoid overlapping with CMAT 2012 conducted by AICTE, New Delhi. The detail notification regarding availability of information brochure, filling up of online application form and eligibility criteria will be available on www.dte.org.in/mba in the last week of January.

Mumbai University students wait for Aakash to fall in their laps

MU students wait for Aakash to fall in their laps

From the next academic year, students of University of Mumbai will get their own touchscreen tablet PC by spending only Rs1,138. The Ministry of Human Resource Development officially launched the world's cheapest tablet on October 5, 2011. The seven-inch, 350 gm-tablet PC will be available to students of all 650 affiliated colleges and teachers for e-learning. In a recent circular sent to colleges, the university has asked them to send their requirements after talking to students. The circular says that tablet PC is available for students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, engineering, commerce, humanities and social sciences. “We will provide tablet PC to everyone who needs it. But we don't know if we can cater to 6.5 lakh students in one go,” said Mohan Kumar, director of Life Long Education at University of Mumbai and in-charge of Aakash. “We will soon discuss the mode of distribution and subsidy with the colleges. After finalising the requisition, the university will send it to the Centre by February-end.” Through Aakash, National Mission On Education Through Information and Communication Technology has planned to give high quality interactive knowledge over the internet/intranet to students across the country. “The price of Aakash is Rs1,138 which is 30% subsidised. If colleges want to reduce the price further, they can do at their end,” said Kumar. The tablet is yet to reach Mumbai but students are excited about using it. “I would definitely go for my own tablet as it is very cheap. It will become a status symbol like BlackBerry,” said Rohit Shenoy, a BMM student of SK Somaiya College. “Carrying a laptop is cumbersome. A tablet would be very helpful for presentations,” said Srishti Kumar, a second-year student of Electronics and Telecommunication, Thakur College of Engineering. Students can access educational e-content provided by 100 varsities through the website, sakshat.ac.in. By the time, the university finalises its requirement with all 650 colleges and sends it to the Centre, a higher version of Aakash will be available.

applying for AFCAT for Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics)

I am applying for AFCAT for Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics). In the advertisement only AFCAT is mentioned but in sample papers EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) is also mentioned. Will this exam held along with AFCAT or separately after AFCAT or when?? Please let me know as I need to prepare and the exam is on 26 February 2012.

my name is Bhupendra Maitry, i am recent Graduate from B.Sc.(Agriculture) and i want to go on government administration sector..I want to fight UPSC and PSC exams,but i have no experience and no guides to provide me Notes or guidance. Please help me dear friends with providing me Notes and your expensive guidance....

 

 After successfully introducing changes in the civil services (preliminary) examination this year, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is looking at bringing some changes in its ‘main’ examination with effect from 2013. 

    UPSC has constituted a panel which is expected to come out with its report early next year. The civil services examination (CSE) that is meant for selecting candidates for elite central services like IAS, IFS, IPS, IRS and others has three stages comprising ‘preliminary’, ‘main’ and personality test (interview).
    UPSC chairman D P Agrawal said: “Consistent with the need for selecting right kind of person from huge pool consisting of multiple languages, culture and communities, the commission has now constituted a high power panel to suggest possible changes in the pattern of CS (main) examination”.
    Though the chairman did not elaborate, he made it clear that the endeavour of the commission is to ensure that all the candidates are judged “on the basis of indepth knowledge and understanding rather than information gathered at the last moment”.

 

I am Sunanda, worked as Recruitment Executive, recently got married and planning to shift to government sector, planned to go through KPSC, KAS, NET, SET exams. kindly revert me how to prepare for those exams as I have Least knowledge about these exams, expecting a positive revert from you all guys.

Today i checked my IBPS PO result and surprisingly I have passed the exam, I am feeling very happy.

Friends please let me know the further process of the recruitment, as I am hearing that now the new system will be very tough and competitive.

It s not tough exam. Try  to develop your General Knowledge and everyday read the NEWS paper. You should aware of courrent affairs. Than you can able to write the exam.

 

Good to hear about Brijesh that he has been selected, I need help from you all for appearing for Bank examination, many of may friends suggested me to join Mahindra Coching for preparation, do you have any idea regarding the fees structure and timing of the batches  as I m working as an accountant in a MNC but very soon I m changing my job just for betterment. My timings are from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm. Give me some idea how to prepare for examination.

plz koi ye confm kar do k LDC k forms kab nikal rahe hai. (Lower Division Clerk)

have cleared IBPS PO written exam,

Dear all,
Good morning
I have cleared IBPS  PO written exam,
can any body tell that when will be held Interview, &
Pls give me advice for Interview regarding prepration, what we should
prepare for interview.

Pls help..............
needfull.

AFCAT : FEBRUARY 201

 Dear Friends,

 Application for AFCAT(Air Force Common Admission Test)  has been invited, But in the eligibility criteria the D.O.B is not specified ie from starting year and the Ending year. and also in term of educational qualification b.com graduates are welcome which is difficult to believe,Does anybody has any idea.Kindly revert back soon.

Thanks and Regards,

Urgent help required selected in PUNSUP, Inspector Grade-2 , exam

Dear All,

I was selected in PUNSUP, Inspector Grade-2 , exam held on 17.7.2011
and my roll was listed for the 3rd counseling(12,13,14 Dec 2011) but
some how I was unable to attend the same.

Now there are still some vacant seats so the called up some candidates
for the 4th counseling(21,22,23 Dec 2011), I discussed with them that
whether I can avail same options is this 4th counseling but refused
that now I cant join the same even if still after this seats will be
vacant then they will call 5th counseling for next candidates but not
me in any can.

But I think I am above all left candidates and I must have priority above them



Pls help me what can be done pls........................


Thanks & Regards

Festival mood leaves city colleges buzzing It is festival time for Mumbai colleges and each one wants to be the best. Pallavi Smart lists the festivals that promise to make an impact

Festival mood leaves city colleges buzzing

It is festival time for Mumbai colleges and each one wants to be the best. Pallavi Smart lists the festivals that promise to make an impact



Ray – Bhavan's College, Andheri (Dec 12-14)
Ray, a media festival organised by the mass media students of Bhavan's college, focuses on filmmaking. This year, the theme is legendary actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt. There will be competitions involving filmmaking, film reviewing and publicising.


Spectrum — Mulund College of
Commerce (Dec 19-23)
Have you wanted to be participate on Roadies, the reality show on MTV, without having to go through the auditions? Spectrum, the festival at the Mulund College of Commerce (MCC), gives you a chance to participate in a game called 'Kurukshetra'. Ninad Nachane, a member from the organising committee, says, "This is the 24th year of the festival, and this year the theme for the festival is 'Juvento' - which means power of the youth. There will be several cultural activities happening in and around the theme. One among those is Kurukshetra which is a series of adventure tasks on the lines with the popular youth show, Roadies. We have associated with MTV to offer this exciting event at Spectrum."



Mood Indigo — Indian Institute of Technology, Powai (Dec 18-21)
Started in 1971, Mood-Indigo (Mood-I) is one of the largest college fests in Asia today, with 75,000 students coming in from 500 colleges across India. The annual cultural festival of IIT Bombay, the theme selected for the current edition 'The Wild West', which the team believes embodies the bold and carefree spirit of the west synonymous with today's youth, who are now willing to stand up and take lead. Ketav Mehta, the core group member for media, Mood-I, says "The Wild West represents freedom, excitement and the idea of living life on your own terms. At Mood-I, people break free from their regular lives and enjoy their wild side." Among the activities to look forward to, there is the concert by Karnivool, a world-renowned progressive rock band from Australia. Like every year the Mood-I has taken up the social initiative called Sparsh. IIT has tied up with Make A Difference, a youth-based NGO, to bring about a sustainable change in the lives of underprivileged kids across slums and shelter homes in Mumbai. The highlight of the initiative is the Big Brother programme, where 200 students will be given a youth mentor to be a big brother to.

Aarohan — Ruia, Matunga
(Dec 20-21)
In literal terms, aarohan means ascent, and just like its name, the inter-college cultural festival of Ramnarain Ruia College is going to scale new heights and create new benchmarks. This year being the 75th year of the college, the festival is going to be bigger than usual. The theme for Aarohan this year is 'Woodstock, wherein the college is going to revive the famous Woodstock Music and Art fair.
It's going to be 2 days of arts, music and peace. Rohit Soman, a member from the organising committee, told DNA, "The Woodstock Festival was held on a dairy farm in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to 18 in 1969. Thirty two acts were performed outdoors in front of 5,00,000 concert-goers. The musicians ranged from Jimi Hendrix to Ravi Shankar, and the festival was widely regarded as a pivotal movement in popular music history. This year, we are trying to revive the great festival in our own way."

VISTA — Maharshi Dayanand
College, Parel (January 10-11)
The computer science department of the Maharshi Dayanand College presents VISTA, the theme being 'Technoide'. Mayur Khankar, member from the organising committee, says, "With technology becoming big in our country, we thought the theme for the festival should be all about technology. Computer science students from all the colleges in the city are participating in this festival."

Postcards from the past:
1, 2 & 3. In previous years at the Mood-I festival, Asha Bhosale performed at a concert; a Korean team won
the B-Boying dancing competition; and a Harley street show was held at the campus
4. A dance performance held at Ray, the Bhavans College festival
5. Participants at Vista, the MD College festival, in 2010

No placements please! These IITians want to be bizmen

No placements please! These IITians want to be bizmen


While most students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) are being lured by fat pay packages at the ongoing placements, there are a few who are holding on to their dream of being entrepreneurs.
Among the pathbreakers who have opted out of the placement procedure is Akshay Gupta, a chemical engineering student.
Gupta and Yograj Patel, who is in the fourth year of his dual degree programme in mechanical engineering, are working on setting up a practical knowledge-based school in his hometown, Indore.
"I decided to opt out of the placement procedure because it was clashing with my visits for basic groundwork to different parts of the country where such innovative schools exist," said Gupta.
Another mechanical engineering student too opted out of the placement procedure to work on Avanti Fellows, an NGO he had started with his friend. Avanti Fellows focuses on providing underprivileged students guidance and support to crack competitive examinations.
"I want to work here for at least two years and then pursue higher education to help Avanti Fellows grow," said the student, who did not want to be named.
Then there are other students who want to be entrepreneurs, but have enrolled for placements "just to be safe".
An IITian, who has started his e-commerce business venture, said: "While I have applied for job through placements, I am also working hard for my venture to be a success."
While IIT-B is mulling over allowing extension of a year to wannabe entrepreneurs in the placement procedure, the resolution is yet inconclusive.
"If the venture is not a success within the time frame, the student can enrol for placements," said an official from IIT-B. "Should the venture only be technical? How do we monitor success? These are a few issues on which the authorities need to decide on before implementation."

Take a leaf out of Chanakya's foreign policy book

Take a leaf out of Chanakya's foreign policy book



Foreign policy is much more than what ambassadors, mistakenly thought to be imbibing champagne from noon onwards, are engaged in. It provides the framework, values, and principles that govern the conduct of foreign relations of a country with the rest of the world. The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and the decision on permitting foreign direct investment in retail are part of foreign policy.
Let us compare India's approach to globalisation with, say, South Korea's. When it decided to open up its economy, South Korea made three lists. List 1 was that of industries where the country had a decisive competitive advantage globally. List 2 was of industries where it had a clear competitive disadvantage. List 3 was of industries in between and it was assessed that the country might establish competitive advantage in the case of some of them after 'x' years. Industries in Lists 1 and 2 were opened up. Those in List 3 were given 'x' years to shape up.
India's trade with China follows a colonial pattern. India exports iron ore and imports finished products. The two-way trade amounts to $60 billion with a $20 billion deficit for India. It is a mistaken belief that the more trade between India and China the better will be the political relations between the two. Do not forget that France and Germany had a high level of trade in 1914. Globalisation needs correction.
India has tended to be textual rather than contextual by attaching more importance to the word — written or spoken — rather than assessing the capabilities, intentions, and track record of the interlocutor. Take the case of the non-battle of Plassey in 1757. Siraj ud-Daula had 50,000 troops against Robert Clive's 3,000. Siraj had divided his troops into four units, each under a general. He knew three generals were disloyal to him. Instead of sacking and imprisoning them, he asked them to swear allegiance to him in public. They did and then betrayed him. The same tendency to take words seriously was exhibited in Shimla in 1972. Indira Gandhi was outwitted by Z A Bhutto, the most accomplished thespian in politics in his time.
Yet another tendency of Indian diplomats is to take upon themselves the responsibility to 'save' a summit meeting. In the 1965 Tashkent Agreement, India gave in unnecessarily. In diplomacy one should not be irrationally allergic to failure.
The 1987 military intervention in Sri Lanka was ill-considered. There was no good reason to believe that President Jayawardhene was able or willing to deliver what he signed into with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Since Prabhakaran was opposed to the terms of the agreement there was no reason to believe that India could militarily annihilate the LTTE and thereafter engender a peaceful political process. Once again the approach was textual and not contextual.
India has neglected Chanakya. It is not enough to have a Chanakyapuri. Arthasastra is relevant to our times. India should have been proud of him and should have erected a statue of his in the Foreign Service Institute in the capital. Chanakya assessed that at least one neighbour of a country will be a 'natural enemy.' It is abundantly clear that Pakistan and China, going by their track record, have treated India as their 'natural enemy.' India has to take note of this fact. It will be foolish to believe that it is possible to charm Pakistan and change its behavior. It does not make sense to characterise Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as a man of peace. If he is not in charge of Pakistan, his 'peaceful intentions' are of no worth. If he is in charge, his 'peaceful intentions' include the attack on India's embassy in Kabul and a firm determination to prevent the punishment of 26/11's perpetrators.
The world is changing significantly. We should look at the big picture. The US is declining, though it will remain number one for the foreseeable future. The European Union is in a bad shape. China is rising and its rise might be peaceful or otherwise. The alliance between China and Pakistan will remain firm. It will be in India's interest that the US has a large military presence in East Asia so that China is kept in check and prevented from causing trouble at the border. A permanent seat on the Security Council is India's right. But, there is no point in chasing it the way India has been doing.
National interest is primarily the interests of the nationals. India should not remain for long a superpower in poverty. Foreign policy's aims include the ability to protect territorial integrity, clout to successfully persuade others to agree to one's point of view in matters of national interest, war on poverty on a war-footing, preserving peace, and promoting justice globally.

Int'l school fee to be regularised Once Prez gives her nod to Regulation of Collection of Fee Act, schools will have to restrict fee hike to 15%, and that too after PTAs' approval

Int'l school fee to be regularised

Once Prez gives her nod to Regulation of Collection of Fee Act, schools will have to restrict fee hike to 15%, and that too after PTAs' approval


If you toss and turn in bed worrying about the high capitation fee, running into lakhs of rupees, at your child's international school, help is on its way.
The state government, which has already cleared the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Act, 2011, is waiting for the President's nod to enforce it in international schools.
Informing the Bombay High Court of the pace of development, the additional government pleader said, "Both the houses of the state assembly and the council have voted in its favour and now, it has been sent to the President of India, which, as per my instructions, is pending."
Based on the government's statement, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice R S Dalvi disposed of a public interest litigation filed by an NGO, Forum for Fairness in Education, which had asked for a probe into the financial affairs of all international schools in Maharashtra.
The PIL pointed at the imbalance in fees charged by various international schools. While the Ecole Mondiale World (EMW) School, the Witty International School and the Aditya Birla World Academy (ABWA) charge Rs5,000 for processing the admission form for the pre-primary, the Jankidevi Public School and the Sharad Pawar International School take Rs7,000 and Rs5,500, respectively, for the same for classes I to X and junior college. Likewise, it added, the Oberoi International School and the Dr Pillai Global Academy, charge Rs2,500 for it. The scales are also lopsided when it comes to admission fee. The EMW charges Rs2 lakh, whereas a seat at the ABWA goes at Rs1 Lakh.
Naming 19 such schools, the forum said they ask parents to shell out a hefty security deposit of as much as Rs2.50 lakh, even in the case of pre-primary and primary students. It asked for CM Prithviraj Chavan's directives to all international schools to refund all capitation fee.
The bench assured the NGO that its plea will be looked into once the Act is enforced.

IN PIL
Oberoi International School
Ecole Mondiale World School
Billabong High International School
Sharad Pawar International School
NES International School
RBK International Academy
HVB Global Academy
Pinnacle High
International School
Garodia International School
DAV Public School
Dhirubhai Ambani
International School
BD Somani International School
Aditya Birla World Academy
Witty International School
VIBGYOR High
Dr Pillai Global Academy
Ajmera Global School
Jankidevi Public School (IGCSE and ICSE)

RUN BY POLITICOS
Jankidevi Public School, Andheri
(chairperson: Narendra Verma, city unit chief of NCP)

DY Patil International School, Nerul, Worli

Avoid pvt aid for affiliation: CBSE

Avoid pvt aid for affiliation: CBSE


With the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) about to implement its new accreditation system, private agencies are approaching schools affiliated to the board offering their services to train staff on the new accreditation system. But the CBSE board has cautioned schools not to entertain such consultants, as they might misguide them.
The board has sent a warning letter to all affiliated institutes about private consultants and accreditation agencies that are approaching schools to offer their services.
The board has announced that it will soon upload online manuals guiding schools about the accreditation and which agencies to take help from.
"Since proper guidelines were not yet laid down about the accreditation, schools were worried and confused. We want to inform all schools not to take such help. The board will soon make the process clear,'' assured a senior CBSE official.
The CBSE, in its letter, stated, "Schools are advised to refrain from falling prey to unscrupulous elements who prefer to deliver training which may not be contextual to CBSE".
The board will soon announce the names of empanelled agencies and they will be the only ones allowed to provide their services to schools.
A principal from a CBSE school in Colaba said, "We were contacted by one such agency who were citing their expertise in helping institutions get accreditation. We were going to take their offer as the board has not yet given any guidelines about the new project. But since there is no clarity about the criteria, there is no sense in taking their help right now.''

SSC questions too HOT to handle Fearing loss of mark, students scurry for guide-book cover

SSC questions too HOT to handle

Fearing loss of mark, students scurry for guide-book cover



Students appearing for their Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams this year have a new demon to contend with and it's fast becoming a 'hot' topic.
Students are breaking into a sweat over the introduction of High Order Thinking (HOT) questions proposed by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) for the first time this year.
Algebra, geometry and science & technology are the subjects which will feature HOT questions in this year's SSC examination and make up 20% of the total marks. Students preparing for their preliminary exams are already getting jittery over the thought of answering these questions. Prasad Sawant of St Xavier's High School said, "Even our coaching classes are clueless. We have no previous examples to solve. I am afraid that these questions will lower my percentage."
Many students are relying on private publishers who are happily cashing in on their fears. "Since the board is introducing these questions for the first time, I have bought four guide books so that I can solve sufficient examples from them,'' said Aarti Agarwal, a student of St Louis Convent High School in Andheri. But Ruta Puri, a retired teacher, insisted that students should not buy guide books. Instead, they should study examples from textbooks of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which introduced the concept last year.
Meanwhile, to alleviate student stress, the state board has been sending experts to schools to give tips to students on how to crack the dreaded HOT questions. St Stanislaus School in Bandra recently held a seminar with educationists like Dr Jayashree Atre, which was attended by students and teachers of over 250 schools.
Father Jude Fernandes, principal of St Stanislaus School, Bandra, said, "These kinds of questions are not totally new. Earlier, such questions used to appear under the 'D' Group in question papers. Students should not panic. Experts are giving tips to teachers on how best to prepare their students for the questions,'' said.
MSBSHSE chairperson Ujwala Patil said that the textbooks already include annexures that have sample HOT questions. "Students should practice by solving the sample questions carefully. As long as they have their concepts clear, they should not face any difficulty in solving them."