April 30, 2009 - Placement brochure released by Bharathidasan University
  The knowledge base of final year students of MBA (Financial Management), Bharathidasan University, has been enriched during the year through two international seminars on Capital Market; two workshops on Financial Modelling, and 60 special lectures delivered by experts from business organisations. Read More >>

mandatory requirement for admission into PG engineering degree courses, MBA and MCA, has gone up significantly this year. Read More>>

April 27, 2009 - 20,000 students take AIEEE
  An estimated 20,000 students in the city took the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) on Sunday, a significant jump from last year’s 13,000. Read More >>

April 27, 2009 - Culturals enhance soft skills
  ‘Parnassus 2009,’ the annual intercollegiate literary festival of Sourashtra College, was organised as an inter-disciplinary fiesta this year by the Department of English with a view to bringing out the hidden talents of students of the college. Read More >>

April 25, 2009 - “Indian engineers will soon rule the world”
  Engineering education in India should encourage collaborative, rather than competitive, excellence, T. Ramasamy, secretary, Department of Science and Science and Technology, said on Friday. Read More>>

April 23, 2009 - Anna University to encrypt question papers to stop leak
  Anna University (Chennai) is all set to experiment with delivering encrypted question papers online to all its 132 affiliated engineering colleges to prevent question paper leaks. Read More >>

April 22, 2009 - Database to end faculty “sharing” by colleges
  Anna University, Chennai, is creating a database of all faculty in its affiliated colleges, in an attempt to curb the problem of colleges “sharing” faculty, according to Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar. Read More >>

April 22, 2009 - Inspection reports throw light on calibre of Anna University’s affiliated colleges
  With admission season coming closer, students and parents are anxious to find out about the calibre of the engineering colleges affiliated to the Anna University. Read More >>

April 22, 2009 - Bharatidasan University to get IP cell on April 24
  Following the success of the IP (Intellectual Property) cell in Madras University, the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology is set to open another cell in Bharatidasan University on April 24, and similar cells in other universities. Read More>>

April 22, 2009 - Colleges still not clear on credit based system
  Intended to provide college students with academic flexibility, the choice-based credit system (CBCS) was introduced in colleges this year to help youngsters acquire more skills. Read More >>

April 20, 2009 - Thermal resistant paint to cut evaporation in tankers
  Four students of P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, have developed a thermal resist coating paint to scale down rate of fuel evaporation in tankers that transport petroleum products. Read More >>

April 20, 2009 - Campus Connect
  The importance of computational technology, its applications and the contribution the young engineers could make in this field were highlighted by K. Ganesan. Read More >>

April 20, 2009 - Campus Connect
  Degree certificates were distributed to students SACS M.A.V.M.M. Engineering College at the fourth Graduation Day by P. Vijayan, Indian Maritime University. Read More >>

April 17, 2009 - New pharmacology course from this academic year
  Four colleges in the State will offer a new six-year pharmacology course, Pharm.D., beginning this academic year. Approved by the Pharmacy Council of India, it is similar in goal and content to courses being run in the United States. Read More >>

April 17, 2009 - Conference on electrical energy gets under way
  A two-day conference on Electrical Energy System and Power Electronics in Emerging Economies (ICEESPEE ’09 ) got under way at SRM University in Kattankulathur on Thursday. Read More >>

April 17, 2009 - Want to change engg college? Apply before June 15
  Students studying in engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu who wish to change their institution must apply for a transfer before June 15. Read More >>

April 17, 2009 - State could get 2 more medical colleges soon
  The State health department is hoping to add two more medical colleges to the existing 15 state-owned institutions. Teams from the Medial Council of India (MCI), the governing body, will soon be visiting Tiruvarur and Villupuram, where the department has planned to construct medical colleges. Read More>>

April 16, 2009 - Show-cause notice for four colleges
  The Anna University Syndicate has decided to issue a show-cause notice to four of its affiliated colleges, asking why they should not be disaffiliated, since they have failed to meet the university’s requirements. Read More >>

April 16, 2009 - Students design car run on hydrogen in water
  Four final year engineering students of P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology have designed pilot model of a car that can be operated with hydrogen in the water, an alternative energy to fossil fuel. Read More >>

April 16, 2009 - Campus interview
  A campus interview will be held on Tamil University campus here at 11 a.m. on April 18, according to a press release issued here by M.Rajendran, Vice-Chancellor of the university. Read More >>

April 14, 2009 - Varsity publishes branch-wise pass percentage for BE exams
  Anna University has published branch-wise pass percentage results for its affiliated colleges for the BE examinations held for the semester between November 2008 and February 2009. Read More >>

April 14, 2009 - ISRO to launch university’s micro-satellite on April 20
  ANUSAT, Anna University’s 50-kg micro satellite, designed and fabricated at the university will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on April 20, its Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar said here on Monday. The satellite is being sponsored by ISRO. Read More >>

April 14, 2009 - Walk-in interview
  A walk-in interview will be held at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University on April 15 for the post of Research Associate. Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - Ensure technology reaches poor
  Justice A.R. Lakshmanan, Chairman, Law Commission of India on Sunday appealed to engineering graduates to ensure that technology reached the lowest strata of the society at affordable costs. Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - Higher competition marks IIT Joint Entrance Examination
  Over 5,900 students in Chennai were part of the 25 per cent surge in IIT aspirants this year. On Sunday, 3.98 lakh students across the country wrote the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) that is the gateway to the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology. Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - Over 11,000 engineering graduates to take TNPSC Group-I examinations
  Out of 79,261 candidates appearing for Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) Group-I preliminary examinations on Sunday, 11,515 are engineering graduates, according to Kasi Viswanathan, Chairman of the TNPSC. Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - Rejuvenating an ailing system
  In his earnest assessment of the educational system, this year’s gold medallist and first-rank holder from the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore strikes common ground with the hi-profile Yash Pal review committee on higher education, constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - Campus Connect
  Sahitya Akademi awardee ‘Melanmai’ Ponnusamy was felicitated at a function organised by the Department of English of Sourashtra College. L.R. Govardhanan, Head, Department of English, presided over the function. N.M.R.S. Chandirakanthan, Principal, addressed the gathering. Read More >>

April 13, 2009 - A mine of opportunities for students
   The fifth technical symposium hosted recently by the Department of Mining Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, lived up to its reputation of being the biggest coming together event for mining engineers in the country. Read More >>

April 12, 2009 - Anna University all set to become 100 per cent wi-fi enabled campus
  Prabagaran often spends long evenings camped out on the portico of the Science and Humanities building on the Anna University campus, using the wi-fi hotspot to work on projects or seminars. Read More >>

April 12, 2009 - Fashion technology students showcase their talent at fair
  Creativity, pragmatism and innovation marked the items on display at the ‘Crafty Home Tex Fair 09,’ while children walked the ramp at the ‘Kids fashion show’ organised here recently by students of the faculty of Fashion Technology and Costume Designing, Valluvar College of Science and Management. Read More >>

April 12, 2009 - Excellence awards presented to colleges
  The award for overall performance among all the affiliated colleges of Bharathiar University has been bagged by Vellalar College for Women, Erode. Read More >>

April 11, 2009 - Dental Council of India for restricting number of colleges: Anil Kohli
  The Dental Council of India is for putting a cap on the number of dental colleges in the country, said its president Anil Kohli here on Friday. Read More >>

April 11, 2009 - Become job providers, official tells students
  The younger generation of the country should show more interest in becoming entrepreneurs, Commercial Taxes Secretary Rajeev Ranjan said. Read More >>

April 11, 2009 - Now, DME under distance mode
  The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) under its distance learning programme, paving the way for ITI (Industrial Training Institute) students to go up the academic ladder. Read More >>

April 11, 2009 - No more private dental colleges in TN
  Tamil Nadu will not have any more private dental college, Dental Council of India (DCI) president Brigadier Dr Anil Kohli said on Friday adding that the council had strongly recommended to the state government not to sanction permission for new colleges. Read More >>

April 10, 2009 - “Electronic security toughest challenge”
  Electronic security has emerged as one of the toughest challenges of the future, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) Vice-Chancellor Lalit M. Patnaik said on Wednesday. Read More >>

April 10, 2009 - ‘Country lacking in scientific temper’
  Cultivation of scientific temper makes us free from preferences and prejudices and likes and dislikes. It is against unthinking and unverifiable acceptance of anything referring to customs, habits, traditions and scriptures. Read More >>

April 09, 2009 - College to sport a centre for training students on soft skills
  A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Ripe Institute Private Limited to develop soft, technical and job skills of engineering students, considered essential to make them employable. Read More >>

April 09, 2009 - Central University at Tiruvarur to offer 130 courses, says VC
  The Central University to function from Tiruvarur from this academic year will offer 130 post graduate courses, according to B. P. Sanjay, Vice-chancellor of the university. Read More >>

April 09, 2009 - New application-oriented courses of BU
  As an outcome of the meeting of college secretaries, principals and heads of the university departments of Bharathiar University on “Introduction of New and Innovative Programmes” that was held in February. Read More >>

April 09, 2009 - Symposium focus on environmental issues
  With the tagline ‘Lets Paint the World Green’, Alchemy 09, a national level Students’ Technical symposium conducted recently by the Chemical Engineering Association of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, witnessed a focus on environmental aspects of chemical engineering in most of its events. Read More >>

April 08, 2009 - Affiliated colleges challenge Examination Management System
  The proposal of Anna University - Coimbatore to implement an Examination Management System (EMS) in its affiliated colleges through a service provider under the BOOT (build-own-operate-transfer) basis has been challenged by college managements before the Madras High Court. Read More >>

April 08, 2009 - Committees set up to achieve excellence in higher education
  University Grants Commission has appointed 15 committees to have interface meetings with affiliated colleges all over the country to promote access, inclusion and to achieve quality and excellence in higher education as part of the Eleventh Five Year Plan, said S. Xavier Alphonse, Member, University Grants Commission, and Director, Indian Centre for Research and Development of Community Education. Read More >>

April 07, 2009 - Graduation Day
  Nearly 300 graduates of Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Aranvoyal Kuppam, were awarded with degree certificates at the fifth Graduation Day organised on Saturday. Read More>>

April 06, 2009 - 753 TCE students get placement
  The campus recruitment at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) here was strong and encouraging for academic year 2008-09 despite the recession. Read More >>

April 06, 2009 - Medical varsity to conduct career guidance fair
  The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University will organise a career guidance fair, ‘Catch 2009,’ for medical and para-medical students in May, its Vice-Chancellor K. Meer Mustafa Hussain said. Read More>>

April 06, 2009 - BIM records cent per cent placement
  Bucking the trend in recruitment scenario, Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchi, has continued with its legacy of cent per cent placement. Read More >>

April 06, 2009 - The hype was missing
  The placement process for the postgraduate programme in management, the flagship course offered by the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, has consistently created ripples over the past few years. Read More >>

April 06, 2009 - Campus recruitment drive
  The Placement Cell of Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi, in association with the Department of Commerce (CA), organised a campus recruitment programme recently by Galaxy Web Links. R. Velmurugan, Placement Co-ordinator, welcomed. Read More >>

April 04, 2009 - Doctors should serve in rural areas: VC
  Next to teachers, doctors had a great and noble role to play in serving the masses. Utilising this great opportunity, medical practitioners should update their professional skills through continuing medical education (CME). Read More >>

April 04, 2009 - KCG College of Technology Celebrates Eleventh Annual Day
  KCG College of Technology (KC Tech) celebrated their Eleventh Annual Day at their Karapakkam Campus at which Shri C K Ranganathan, Chairman & MD -Cavinkare Pvt. Ltd. & Chairman CII Tamil Nadu State Council was the Chief Guest. Read More >>

April 03, 2009 - VC lists traits to be successful in profession
  Sincerity, integrity, honesty, involvement and hard work are the five keys to success in your educational and professional fields. Everyone should develop positive mental attitude, said P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University. Read More >>

April 03, 2009 - Anna varsity ready to hold counselling
  Anna University is fully prepared and ready to conduct counselling for admission into engineering colleges for next academic year. Read More >>

April 03, 2009 - Last date extended for many courses
  Madurai Kamaraj University has extended the last date for submission of applications for undergraduate, postgraduate, certificate, diploma, PG diploma, OUS, BLISc, MLISc, BGL and M. Phil, non-semester examinations to be conducted by the Directorate of Distance Education in May. Read More>>

April 02, 2009 - New Vice-Chancellor for Gandhigram Rural University
  Professor S.M. Ramasamy has assumed office as Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural University, according to a press release from the university here on Wednesday. Read More >>

April 02, 2009 - IIT Madras senate opposes faculty quota
  The senate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) has strongly opposed any move to introduce communal reservation for filling up faculty positions in the premier technological institution. Read More >>

April 01, 2009 - Look for jobs in unconventional areas
  “There is a need for all students to look for jobs in unconventional areas,” P.Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, said at the graduation day ceremony of RMK Engineering College here recently. He advised the students to pursue a career in an area they were passionate about. Read More>>