Testing the waters
The All India Management Association (AIMA) is launching their Management Aptitude and Skills Test (MAST), a screening test for B-school graduates. The test, to be conducted for the first time on...
View ArticleTest your language
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) is recognised by more than 2040 academic programmes including over 455 institutions in the UK. Results of the test can be obtained within five...
View ArticleStudent’s corner
IGNOU signs MoU The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the French Embassy and University Stendhal, Grenoble III, France have signed an MoU to start the teaching of French as a methodology...
View ArticleFrance and India join hands
India and France recently signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of education, focusing on academic collaboration and research. With the French Minister for Higher Education and...
View ArticleIn the footsteps of Bono
While established Western countries and a few nearer Asia have been attracting the now-globalised Indian student, the University of Malta (UM) is the latest in the line. UM has a plethora of...
View ArticleInnovative concepts pop up at ‘Ideas for India Challenge’
A web-based solution to health and education problems in rural areas, subsidies for encouraging CFL lamps’ use at home, and a GPS connected transport system were some of the ideas that came forth at...
View ArticleDesigning for Digital experience opens up new career vistas
Q I am doing my final year electronics and communication. I would like to know about courses in digital design. R. Seetharaman, Chennai A National institute of design Bangalore centre has introduced a...
View ArticleThe times are a changing
IIT students are now refusing to sign bonds with companies as they want the freedom to explore the job market. This is a growing trend that is being noticed among students of the Indian Institutes of...
View ArticleEngineering at your fingertips
As you prepare to embark on your engineering journey it may be wise to be aware of what you can look forward to in these four years. What wonders and horrors do four years of education in engineering...
View ArticleCanada focus now on India
India is back on the radar of Canadian universities and colleges which are looking to ramp up enrolment of Indian students, says the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). According...
View ArticleGrowth of service industry opens
Q I am studying B Sc Agriculture. I would like to become a soil scientist. Please let me know the career prospects. N. Saravanan, Coimbatore A A soil scientist is a person who studies soil and its...
View ArticleOpportunities await you
The WC Parker Diversity Scholarships at the University of Kentucky — that cover up to 50 per cent of tuition fees and which were originally limited to domestic US students — are now open to...
View ArticleAndhra university signs MoU
Andhra University (AU) and Group-T University of Belgium will jointly award Bachelors degrees in electro-mechanical engineering to students joining the new course, the AU Vice Chancellor, B...
View ArticleThey were winners all the way!
Indian American Akash Krishnan and Matthew Fernandez of Portland, Oregon, USA have won America's Premier Science Research Competition for High School Students awarded to astrophysics research on star...
View ArticleDance your way up the ladder
Vikas Khokha, a senior executive with AirTel, has just finished learning how to jive from Ashley Lobo’s Danceworx Academy. The grand finale of the classes was a dance performance, which satisfied...
View ArticlePerformance matters
XLRI Jamshedpur’s popular test, XAT is considered to be an exam that invites high competition and stringent cut offs. Today, apart from XLRI, many other institutes also accept a XAT score for their...
View ArticleChennai, Curtin biz schools tie
Chennai Business School and Curtin Business School joined hands recently with a students’ articulation agreement, allowing students from Chennai Business School to be admitted into the Master of...
View ArticleCommunicating the need for change
The outcome of Mangalayatan University’s continuous efforts to develop proficient professional courses to bridge the gap between industry and academia and make its students well qualified for industry...
View ArticleA noble calling in healthcare
Did you miss out on admission to medical school but are too passionate to let go of your dreams to treat the sick? If so, don’t lose heart: there are many ways in which you can fulfill your ambitions....
View ArticleFlying high
With more and more students being interested in aviation and centres or for that matter courses abroad being either very expensive or too far flung, here’s an interesting bit of news. The UAE plans to...
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