Coursera and ISB introduce two Specializations on Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets & Business Technology Management
Hyderabad: Coursera, the global leader in online education and learning, and Indian School of Business (ISB), a premier global B-school, launched two new Specializations called ‘Business Technology Management (BTM)’ for professionals in IT functions and the IT industry, and ‘Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets’ for beginners in financial markets sector. These programmes are being offered […]
Read More →NIIT.tv reaches out to 5 Lakh learners globally within one year of operation
New Delhi: NIIT.tv , a disruptive innovation by NIIT, has crossed a milestone as this platform has registered over 5,00,000 users from 172 countries and completed one year of empowering learners. In the initial phase, over 20 skill-based training programs in IT, Banking and Finance, Retail and Management were made available, which has now scaled […]
Read More →IIM Kozhikode partners with TSW to offer executive post graduate program to working professionals
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, one of the leading Indian B-schools, announced its ‘Executive Post Graduate Programme’ for working professionals in 21 cities across India, through an exclusive partnership with TCLL’s executive education brand, TSW (a part of TCLL). It is a first-of-its-kind two-year part time programme with 700 credits that includes management […]
Read More →AICTE notifies GPAT 2017, an exam for admission into M Pharm: Exam on 28 & 29 Jan 2017
New Delhi: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has notified that Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2017 will be held on 28 & 29 January, 2017 (Saturday & Sunday). GPAT test facilitates institutions to select suitable Pharmacy graduates for admission into the Master’s (M.Pharm) program. This national level test assumes significance as a few […]
Read More →AICTE notifies CMAT 2017 will be held on 28 & 29 January 2017
New Delhi: Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a national level entrance examination, facilitates Institutions to select suitable graduate candidates for admission in all Management programs of AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges. CMAT is conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), […]
Read More →The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 awarded to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane & Michael Kosterlitz for sharing secrets of exotic matter
Sweden/ New Delhi: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced today (04 October 2016) the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016. Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics: David J. Thouless; F. Duncan M. Haldane; J. Michael Kosterlitz. The trio scientists won the award for their research work on […]
Read More →GIAN-like programme on the cards to bring international faculty to teach at NIFT: Union Textiles Minister
New Delhi: The Union Textiles Minister Mrs Smriti Zubin Irani today said that a programme is on the anvil, which would enable international academicians to come and teach at NIFT, New Delhi, at no extra cost to the institute or the student. She said that this would be on the lines of Global Initiative of […]
Read More →XIMB’s Gramotsava 2016 on the theme Skill India concludes
Bhubaneswar: The Rural Managers’ Association of Xavier Institute of Management, RMAX, organized their annual marketing event “Gramotsava 2016” from 1 to 2nd October 2016. The students of Rural Management visited Niali, a village in Cuttack district and organised a series of events for the two days. The theme for this year was “Skill India” and […]
Read More →IMT Ghaziabad launches mandatory course on sustainability and social responsibility
Ghaziabad: IMT Ghaziabad, India’s premier management school, launched a Sustainability and Social Responsibility (SSR) initiative titled I’M The Change on Saturday, October 1, 2016, on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. The first steps taken under the initiative are a course on SSR and a Talk Series. The course, titled ‘Sustainability and Social Responsibility’ is now […]
Read More →GATE 2017: The last date for submission of applications has been extended up to 11.00 AM of 10 October 2016 (Monday)
New Delhi: In a bid to address last minute rush, the last date for submission of online application for GATE 2017 has been extended up to 11.00 AM of 10 October 2016 (Monday). Earlier, today (04 October 2016) was the final day for submission of online application via GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website. […]
Read More →IIT Bombay presents Action Plan, a national competition for solving social problems
Mumbai: Abhyuday, the social body of Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Bombay, presents a nationwide competition Action Plan with an objective to encourage youth to solve society’s grassroot level problems. Action plan is the flagship competition of Abhyuday, IIT Bombay. This nationwide competition will take participating teams through stages starting from identifying a specific problem […]
Read More →Manipal Global bags Porter Prize for industry architecture shift
Bangalore: Manipal Global Education Services has won the Porter Prize for Industry Architecture Shift in recognition for redefining the industry structure by challenging the very basis of competition, creating new business models, challenging the status quo and exploiting change. Manipal Global won the award after a three-stage evaluation process. The jury consisted of eminent leaders […]
Read More →India’s BPM sector employs 10.8 lakh employees, added 49,000 of employees to its workforce in 2015-16
Bengaluru: The Indian Business Process Management (BPM) sector added 49,000 employees to its workforce, at a rate of 4.7%, taking the total no. of employees to 1,086,000. This was revealed by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) at its recently held NASSCOM BPM Strategy Summit 2016 in Bangalore. Growing at a CAGR […]
Read More →Dr. V. Kamakoti of IIT Madras wins IBM Faculty Award 2016
Chennai: Dr V. Kamakoti, Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has been selected as a recipient of IBM Faculty Award 2016. The IBM Faculty Awards is a competitive worldwide program intended to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research, […]
Read More →Joint CSIR-UGC Test (JRF & NET): Re-opening/extension of last date for submission of online application form
New Delhi: In the interest of candidates for research scholars, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has decided to re-open/extend the date for submission of online application form for Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility For Lectureship (NET). As per the latest notification appeared in an national daily, the revised/ […]
Read More →IGNOU admission notification for MPhil and PhD programmes -January 2017 session
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has invited applications for admissions to the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes for January 2017 session. As per the admission notification by IGNOU, the last date of submission of online application is 31 October 2016. All India entrance test will be […]
Read More →Universities now have to maintain MPhil and PhD registered students details on websites regularly: UGC
New Delhi: The University Grand Commission (UGC) has directed that now each university will have to maintain the list of all the MPhil and PhD registered students including name of the registered candidate, topic of his/her research, name of supervisor/co-supervisor, date of enrollment/registration on their websites on year-wise basis. This data must be updated on […]
Read More →Management competitions and challenges at IIM Bangalore’s Vista 2016 record grand success
Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore hosted Vista 2016 successfully, which was held on 23 -25 September 2016 at its campus. Vista is IIM Bangalore’s annual International summit. On this summit the premier institute organises a lot of excited business and management competitions and challenges. The prominent among them are as followed: Bzzwings, Team […]
Read More →Gramotsava, the Rural Management Fair of XUB, inaugurated at XIMB
Bhubaneswar: “Gramotsava 2016”, the rural marketing fair organized by R-MAX, the Rural Managers’ Association of XIMB-XUB was launched at Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar on 30 September 2016. The event was organized to address the transformation of rural India through skill training. A serene song by the students of Rural Management, XIMB-XUB served as the […]
Read More →India will take 126 years to match education standards of developed nations: ASSOCHAM Paper
Mumbai: India spends 3.82% of GDP on education whereas the US spends 5.22 per cent of its GDP on education, and for Germany it is 4.95 per cent and UK 5.72 per cent. This is the one parameter that reflects India’s magnitude of improvement in education system. In the skill development area, India’s position is […]
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