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August 31, 2007 - Physics expo held to attract students
Aiming to reach out to higher
secondary school children and nurture an interest in basic sciences,
especially in Physics, the Department of Physics of The American
College has organised ‘Physics in Action-2007,’
an exclusive science exhibition for higher secondary school
students. Read More >>
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August 31, 2007 - Varsity to start courses in animation
science
Bharathidasan University will
start undergraduate and diploma courses in animation science
from the current academic year. The university will also introduce
skill-based courses to all arts and science subjects in affiliated
colleges, Vice-Chancellor M. Ponnavaiko said. Read
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August 31, 2007 - University takes students on board
If regular students of universities
and colleges land jobs through campus recruitment, those who
pursue distance education courses are not left behind. Read
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August 30, 2007 - Doctoral programmes
Bharathiar
University will offer doctoral programmes in humanities in the
distance education mode, Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said
here recently. Read More >>
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August 29, 2007 - Vocational category: engineering seats
increased
The Tamil Nadu
Government told the Madras High Court that the number of engineering
seats meant for Plus Two vocational category students had been
increased from 700 to 2,400. Read
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August 29, 2007 - Plea against institutes offering unapproved
courses
The Madras High
Court has ordered notices to the Government, the UGC and AICTE
on a public interest litigation petition seeking to streamline
private educational institutions offering unapproved degrees
in various disciplines. Read
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August 29, 2007 - ‘Aarush-07’ to kick off on
Friday
SRM University
in Kattankulathur will host the first edition of a four-day
National-level technical festival ‘Aarush-07’ from
Friday. Read More >>
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August 29, 2007 - No additional counselling for polytechnic
admissions
The Madurai
Bench of the Madras High Court has refused to direct the Higher
Education Department to conduct an additional counselling session
for admission to polytechnics to accommodate students who cleared
the Plus-Two in supplementary examinations. Read
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August 29, 2007 - MBA in Hospital Administration
A full-time MBA course in Hospital
Administration was launched by the Madurai Kamaraj University
jointly with the Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre
(MMHRC) at a function here on Monday. Read
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August 27, 2007 - Vacancies, still a grim reality
Promises of an engineering seat
for every applicant apart, it looks as if a minimum of 10,000
engineering seats are likely to remain vacant when counselling
for admissions under the single window system close in the first
week of September. Read More
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August 26, 2007 - MBBS, BDS counselling from August 27
The second phase of counselling
to fill up vacancies in MBBS and BDS courses in government and
private colleges will begin on August 27. Read
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August 25, 2007 - High Court delivers split verdict
The Madras High Court has delivered
a split verdict on two writ appeals filed by the Bar Council
of India, which said deemed universities offering law courses
should get no-objection certificate (NOC) from the State Government
and recognition/approval of affiliation from the Tamil Nadu
Dr. Ambedkar Law University. Read
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August 25, 2007 - Varsity convocation on Sept. 28
The 15th convocation of Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, will be held on September
28. Read More >> |
August 25, 2007 - Varsity asked to furnish details on admission
under various quotas
The
Madras High Court has asked the Anna University not to fill
up categories such as “Government quota,” “Governor’s
quota,” and “Vice-Chancellor’s quota”
in its three constituent colleges until further orders. Read
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August 24, 2007 - "90 per cent of colleges are following
fee structure"
The
fee structure prescribed by the State Government for students
admitted to self-financing colleges under the Government quota
has been followed in most of the cases, the Higher Education
Minister K. Ponmudy said on Thursday. Read
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August 24, 2007 - "Teacher training institutes need
supervision"
There
is a dire need for a supervisory mechanism to implement fee
structure, maintain standards of education and development of
infrastructure and teaching facilities in institutions offering
teacher training courses, the State Government has told the
Madras High Court. Read More
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August 24, 2007 - Virtual varsity planned to improve access
to education
As a lead
player in the National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning,
the IIT-Madras is hoping to launch a virtual university soon
to address the critical gaps in access to education for all
sections. Read More >>
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August 24, 2007 - BU’s spat with Anna University
Bharathiar University and Anna
University, Coimbatore, are at loggerheads over the latter offering
“arts and science courses” in its affiliated colleges.
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August 24, 2007 - Vice-Chancellor stresses need for active
learning methodologies
Education
must be employment-generative and encourage the inquisitive
minds, said Vice-Chancellor of the Bharathidasan University
M. Ponnavaiko. Learning must be through discovery and the students
must be equipped with employability skills when they come out
of their college. Read More
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August 22, 2007 - Counselling for reallotment of seats
Counselling for reallotment of
seats for first year M.B.B.S courses and for allotment of vacant
seats in government medical colleges will be held on August
27 and 28, a press release said. Read
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August 22, 2007 - Engineering design contest winners get
prizes
The Product Development
and Management Association distributed prizes to winners of
its national-level design contest for engineering students here
recently. Read More >>
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August 22, 2007 - Medical varsity plans e-library
The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical
University will shortly commission an e-library that will house
medical literature in electronic format instead of books. Read
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August 20, 2007 - Renewable Energy Club inaugurated
The Renewable Energy Club of Easwari
Engineering College was inaugurated recently by N.P. Singh,
Adviser to the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Read
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August 20, 2007 - Varsity’s gesture to retired teachers
Bharathidasan University will
utilise the services of retired college teachers for executing
non-academic-oriented developmental projects, its Vice-Chancellor
M. Ponnavaiko said. Read
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August 20, 2007 - World-class course in Victimology offered
in Tamil Nadu
Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, will offer a course in victimology
and victim assistance in the last week of August. This is the
first academic programme in victimology to be offered in the
country, wherein students can opt for either certificate, diploma
or post-graduate programme. Read
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August 18, 2007 - “B.Ed. colleges need not surrender
seats”
The Madras
High Court has ruled that self-financing colleges offering B.Ed.
courses in Tamil Nadu need not surrender 50 per cent of their
total seats to the Government quota. Nor do they need to follow
the single window system of admission. Read
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August 18, 2007 - Anna University, Coimbatore, to establish
Student Consultancy Cell
The
Anna University, Coimbatore, will establish a Student Consultancy
Cell to provide better exposure to the students about the challenges
in the industries, its Vice-Chancellor R. Radhakrishnan has
said. Read More >> |
August 18, 2007 - Seminar on global warming organised
The Indian Institute of Public
Administration, Salem Branch, organised a seminar on Global
Warming at Vysya College here on Thursday. Read
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August 13, 2007 - Education must encourage an inquisitive
mind: VC
Education must
be employment-generative and encourage an inquisitive mind,
said the Vice-Chancellor of the Bharathidasan University, M.
Ponnavaiko. Read More >>
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August 13, 2007 - Colleges apply for M. Phil. courses
As a new development, several
colleges affiliated to Bharathidasan University have submitted
applications seeking permission to start regular M.Phil. programmes
this year. Read More >>
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August 10, 2007 - Annamalai varsity programmes get Council
nod
The Distance Education
Council (DEC), New Delhi, has approved 110 programmes offered
by the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai
University, according to L.B. Venkatrangan, Vice-Chancellor
of the university. Read More
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August 09, 2007 - SRMU signs MoU with CTS
SRM
University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cognizant
Technologies Solutions on Tuesday. Vice chancellor of the university
T.P. Ganesan and CTS Vice-President-HR Bhaskar Das signed the
MoU that aims to further industry-academia relations. Read
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August 08, 2007 - B.Ed. admissions under government quota
stayed
Admission of students
for B.Ed. courses in unaided self-financing institutions under
the government quota was stayed by the Madras High Court on
Tuesday. Read More >>
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August 06, 2007 - Medical education: fading attraction?
Is medical education losing out
to engineering education? If one goes by the results of the
first phase of counselling for engineering admissions, it would
not be too amiss to think so. Read
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August 06, 2007 - Tamil Nadu students improve AIEEE performance
record
The performance
of Tamil Nadu students in the All India Engineering Entrance
Examination (AIEEE) has improved over the last year, going by
their participation from the very first day of the counselling
under the open category. Read
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August 05, 2007 - Good response to campus interview
The maiden weeklong campus recruitment
drive organised by Anna University-Tiruchi for students of its
affiliated colleges evoked an overwhelming response here on
Saturday. Read More >>
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August 04, 2007 - ECE, IT, Computer Science courses rule
the roost
He travelled
all the way to Chennai from Dindigul and waited patiently for
the last two days, but lathe factory owner S. Viswanathan is
determined not to go back home without a prized Information
Technology seat for his son, whose cut-off marks would probably
get him only one of the less preferred branches. Read
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August 04, 2007 - “Students admitted to law courses
will not be allowed to seek transfer”
From
this year on, students seeking admission for law courses will
not be allowed to seek transfers to colleges other than the
ones they had chosen at the time of counselling. Read
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August 03, 2007 - Colleges asked to refund excess fee
The Madras High Court has directed
three unaided private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu not to
collect fees in excess of the one fixed by the Permanent Committee.
They should either refund the excess amount or adjust it against
next year’s fee. Read
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August 03, 2007 - Government may collect fees directly from
students
The Government
is considering collecting tuition fees directly from students
admitted to engineering courses under the government quota to
curb the practice of private institutions collecting more than
the prescribed fee. Read
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August 03, 2007 - Varsity to get 10 new departments
Bharathiar University will soon
have ten new departments -- financial accounting, foreign languages,
genetic engineering, microbial biotechnology, material sciences,
non-conventional energy resources, social work, information
technology, computer applications and software technology --
taking the total number to 34. Read
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August 02, 2007 - Court cannot prescribe qualification:
Bench
It is for competent
authorities and not courts to prescribe the minimum educational
qualification for admission to higher courses, the Madurai Bench
of the Madras High Court has ruled. Read
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August 02, 2007 - University to open more admission centres
The distance education wing of
the Madurai Kamaraj University will open spot admission centres
at Karur, Hosur, Udhagamandalam and Tuticorin. Read
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August 01, 2007 - Self-financing teacher training institutes
demand a reasonable fee structure
The
distance education wing of the Madurai Kamaraj University will
open spot admission centres at Karur, Hosur, Udhagamandalam
and Tuticorin. Read More >>
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August 01, 2007 - Fifteen B.Ed. colleges seek varsity nod
Fifteen new colleges of education
have applied to the Bharathidasan University for approval of
their B.Ed. programmes this academic year. Read
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