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February 29, 2008 - SRM University signs MoU with Japanese
organisation
The centre of excellence in Total Quality Management (TQM),
set up by SRM University, signed an agreement with the Union
of Japanese Scientists and Engineering (JUSE) here on Thursday.
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February 27, 2008 - Six technical affiliating universities
coming up
A proposal to create six technical affiliating universities
in the State and convert all four Anna Universities into unitary
research universities has been placed before the State Government.
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February 26, 2008 - Industrial internship programmes will
be made compulsory: Ponmudy
The State government will soon make it mandatory for all technical
institutions, including private, to conduct industrial internship
programmes for students, Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy
said on Monday. Read More>>
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February 26, 2008 - ‘Nano-biotechnology can be traced
to mythologies’
The concept of biotechnology is an age-old one. The technology
that was used in different Hindu, Greek and Chinese mythologies
is being used as cloning, bio-pharming and organ transplantation.
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February 26, 2008 - Bharathiar University to adopt ‘cluster
college’ concept
Subsequent to the announcement of Higher Education Minister
K. Ponmudy’s proposal at the recently-held Vice-Chancellors’
meet in Chennai to form a group of colleges into a cluster to
share resources, Bharathiar University will adopt the cluster
concept from the next academic year, Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam
told The Hindu. Read More
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February 25, 2008 - Varsity signs MoU with Bangalore-based
company
The Centre for Marine Science and Technology of Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University and the Xpression Biotek, Bangalore, have
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for starting an industry–university
joint M.Sc. programme in Nanobiotechnology.
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February 25, 2008 - Varsity begins research on air pollution
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has initiated an inter-continental
collaborative research on air pollution.
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February 25, 2008 - Choice-based credit system to be made
mandatory from 2008-09
The implementation of choice-based credit system (CBCS) will
become mandatory in all arts and science colleges in the State
from 2008-09 academic year.
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February 23, 2008 - College mathematics association inaugurated
‘Mathmagik’, an association of the Department
of Mathematics of Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka
Missions University, was inaugurated on Wednesday.
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February 22, 2008 - Six Chennai colleges to form first cluster
in State
Six colleges in Chennai will form the first cluster in the State
as part of the Government’s move to popularise cluster
college concept based on a western model.
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February 22, 2008 - Campus interview
The College Development Council of Alagappa University, Karaikudi,
in association with Sutherland Global Services, a US-based multinational
company, plans to conduct inter-collegiate campus interview
at Alagappa Institute of Management here on Sunday.
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February 22, 2008 - Anna University to train faculty on
teaching
Anna University, Coimbatore, intends to train engineering college
faculty on teaching, Vice-Chancellor R. Radhakrishnan has said.
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February 20, 2008 - Do not convert GCT into a constituent
college
The staff and students of the
Government College of Technology (GCT) are protesting against
the Government’s decision to transfer it to Anna University,
Coimbatore, as a constituent college. Read
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February 18, 2008 - Vice-Chancellors to meet in Chennai
A meeting of Vice-Chancellors
of all universities in the State will be held at Chennai on
February 19 to discuss budget allocation for higher education
for 2008-09. Read More >>
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February 18, 2008 - Anna University, Coimbatore, receives
R&D project
The Centre
for Intellectual Property Rights of the Anna University, Coimbatore,
has received a project titled “Development of Software
for Trademark Verbal Similarities Search Engine and Indian Trademark
Database”, from the Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology. Read More >>
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February 17, 2008 - Pact for cooperation in higher education
In an effort to take
educational standards to global level and bestow friendship
and cooperation in higher education, a Memorandum of Understanding
was signed between Appalachian State University, North Carolina,
and the American College here on Friday. Read
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February 17, 2008 - 14 students get placement orders
A total of 14 final year undergraduate
students of Hotel Management and Catering Science of J.J. Institute
of Hotel Management and Catering here got placement and were
inducted on Saturday as Trainee Associate Manager by M/s Domino
Pizza, Bangalore, at the end of a campus interview held recently.
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February 17, 2008 - Court ruling on B.Ed. admissions
Universities cannot insist on
10+2+3 pattern of education for gaining admission to Bachelor
of Education (B. Ed.) course unless there are specific regulations
in the varsity statutes, the Madras High Court has held. Read
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February 16, 2008 - Top class facility for institute
Bharathidasan University has decided
to create state-of-art infrastructure for Bharathidasan Institute
of Management (BIM), a business school of national acclaim,
at its Khajamalai campus. Read
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February 16, 2008 - Global meet on management starts
Focussing on all functional areas
of management, Atheneum ’08, an International Conference
on Management Research hosted by the Bharathidasan Institute
of Management (BIM), got off to a start on Friday with the assurance
of bridging theory and practice. Read
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February 15, 2008 - Anna University revises internal evaluation
norms
Anna University,
Coimbatore, has revised its internal evaluation norms and brought
in refinements / modifications based on inputs received from
various quarters for its constituent and affiliated colleges.
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February 14, 2008 - Campus interview on February 16 and
17
The Institute for
Entrepreneurship and Career Development (IECD), Bharathidasan
University, will conduct an inter-collegiate campus interview
on February 16 and 17 in association with Eureka Forbes, Sutherland
Global Services and Airtel, at the Khajamalai Campus. Read
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February 14, 2008 - University plans to include students
in academic committees
The
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) administration has planned
to include students’ representatives in the Board of Studies
and in the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs with the objective
of increasing the students’ participation in academic
activities, particularly in curriculum design. Read
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February 14, 2008 - TNAU inks MoU with Cornell University
Tamil Nadu Agricultural
University (TNAU) will offer its first dual degree programme
in association with Cornell University, Ithaca, the U.S. A memorandum
of understanding to this effect was signed on Wednesday at the
TNAU. Read More >> |
February 11, 2008 - Sri Sai Ram Engineering College wins
‘iTalent’ contest
Sri
Sai Ram Engineering College has won the top honour at CII ‘iTalent’
contest, while the second and third prizes went to Thiagarajar
College of Engineering and Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
in Madurai. Read More >>
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February 11, 2008 - Emerging trends in entrepreneurship
Bharath University, School of
Management Studies, Selaiyur, Chennai, is organising a national
seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurship’
on March 6. Read More >>
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February 09, 2008 - Anna University to introduce two new
programmes
The Anna University-Chennai
will introduce two new programmes - B.E. Biomedical Engineering
and M.Tech Nanotechnology - in the coming academic year, its
Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan said. Read
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February 08, 2008 - Education system needs drastic changes,
says Vice-Chancellor
The
education system in the country needs drastic changes in teaching-learning
methodologies, curriculum design and infrastructure to meet
the challenges posed by globalisation, Anna University-Chennai
Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan has said. Read
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February 08, 2008 - Court holds M.A. without foundation
degree invalid
A Master’s
degree, obtained through the open university system, without
a foundation degree, or the basic degree equivalent to a recognised
degree, is invalid, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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February 08, 2008 - “Involve in more research activities”
Increase in research activity
pertaining to agriculture biotechnology to meet the growing
demand of food production was emphasised at the international
workshop and national conference on recent advances in Bioengineering
held on Thursday. Read More
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February 07, 2008 - Anna University to launch digital evaluation
system
Anna University-Coimbatore
will introduce Digital Evaluation System for correcting the
answer scripts of students within May this year, its Vice-Chancellor
R. Radhakrishnan has said.
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February 07, 2008 - Bharathidasan University to admit 1,000
Chinese students by December, 2008
Bharathidasan
University has appointed Sailcon Beijing Eduation Company Limited,
China, as its representative for facilitating admission of Chinese
students in the university and affiliated colleges. Read
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February 05, 2008 - Reforms in Ph.D. programme
While making course work in three
papers – two in the field of research and one in related
area – necessary for research scholars of arts, science
and languages, Bharathidasan University has, however, decided
to consider the recommendation of doctoral committee on the
quantum of or the need for course work.
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February 01, 2008 - Anna varsity directs colleges to stop
third year campus interviews
Anna University has told its affiliated engineering colleges
to stop conducting placement programmes for third year students.
For students passing out in 2009, campus interviews will only
be conducted from June 2008.
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