Many international institutions and governments are keen on offering scholarships to Indian students this year.

Bailing out recession-hit overseas aspirants

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On the back of the global economic slowdown most management institutes last year, had to take steps like extending their final placement week by a few days and inviting more companies to campus to ensure better work opportunities to their students. This year, while the apprehension remains over how the summer and final placements could pan out, B-schools simultaneously see rays of hope.

B-schools on experimental mode for smoother placements

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has indicated that it may allow the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to set up campuses in foreign countries once they improve their faculty positions.

IITs, IIMs may camp on foreign shores, indicates HRD

In January-May this year, the sector increased its spending on print by 9% to stay on top with 19% of the pie.

Education is biggest advertiser in print

Since its inception in 1984 as a national level school of excellence in management science by the Government of India, IIM-Lucknow (IIM-L) has today grown into one of the topmost global management schools. Devi Singh, who is serving a second term as IIM-L&rsquo;s director, shares a few glorious moments and some obstacles faced by IIM-L during its 25-year journey. In an interview with Chitra Unnithan, he explains his stance on quality management education.

'We plan to train policy makers and maybe MPs'

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB), seeing a growth of almost 25 per cent in its admissions for the one-year management programme this year, is now focussing on increasing the number of information sessions with prospective students.

Live info-sessions for ISB probables

Two day summit titled &ldquo;The Rising Tide&rdquo; presented by Chemicals materials &amp; Food practice of Frost &amp; Sullivan, at the Intercontinental The Lalit, Mumbai. at 9.20 a.m.

Sreedharan to be the chief guest at IIT-B convocation

In a setback to the country&rsquo;s 14 open universities, the University Grants Commission, or UGC, has barred them from conducting research programmes, namely PhD and MPhil.

No PhD, MPhil at open universities, says UGC

The Delhi College of Engineering, which has morphed into the Delhi Technological University, is poised to start its new life as a university that will award its own degrees. It will also have the autonomy of a university with regard to programmes. DTU&rsquo;s first vice-chancellor, P B SHARMA, spoke to Kirtika Suneja on the road ahead.

'DTU will work on panchsheel of education'

After white- and blue-collar jobs, a new class of workers is emerging: Green-collar. Green-collar workers are those who work on products and services that are environment-friendly. Reacting quickly to this, specialised courses are mushrooming.

Red carpet for green-collar workers

Mumbai: Bureau of Energy Efficiency, a department of Ministry of Power, to hold a press conference to announce the launch of an energy conservation campaign in association with Urjavaran Foundation. Venue: Indian Merchant's Chamber, Churchgate.

Infy to mark 10 yrs of internship programme

The XLRI School of Business and Human Resources has received a good response for its pre-placement offers (PPOs) and pre-placement interviews (PPIs) for the 2008-2010 batch. Organisations that have provided placement offers to the students include FMCG major Hindustan Unilever and general management companies like TAS, Aditya Birla group, L&amp;T and WNS.

XLRI receives good response for pre-placement offers

The Ministry of Human Resource Development&rsquo;s plans of allowing foreign education providers to enter India have found support from the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) who says if foreign universities offer the same facilities and atmosphere to students here, the brain drain will be curbed. In a chat with KIRTIKA SUNEJA, Professor V N Rajasekharan Pillai spoke about the challenges in higher education especially distance learning.

'Create flexibility to accommodate fast learners'

Mumbai-based S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is planning to set up a campus in Canada. The institute, which has two international campuses in Dubai and Singapore, is pursuing due diligence regarding the new project.

S P Jain plans to set up campus in Canada

International education is the third largest source of overseas earnings for Australia, generating around $12 billion in 2008 and supporting more than 125,000 jobs. Over 93,000 Indian students are currently pursuing higher education in Australia.

Australia's loss is UK and Canada's gain

As the exchange semester draws near, the scare of contracting swine flu is not being taken lightly by premier management institutes. Even though the drop in the number of students opting for the exchange programmes is not alarming, management schools are not taking any chances. Students have been issued advisories on swine flu and also advised to undergo a medical check-ups before leaving the nation, and undergo diagnosis after they come back from long-term vacations.

B-schools strategise to fight flu scare

NIS Sparta, the training, education and learning solutions provider of the Reliance ADAG, is setting up 50 community colleges to link vocational education and employability with academics. In the next one year, the company will open these colleges in 50 cities of the country including small towns, urban and semi-urban clusters.

NIS Sparta to open community colleges

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been at the forefront of scientific research in India for nearly a century. The institute, the brainchild of the visionary Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, has produced many luminaries in science who have been at the vanguard of India's progress. At a time when the government is looking to setting up more IIScs across the country, the credibility of the new institutes could come under a cloud. Professor P Balaram, Director of IISc has a tete-a-tete with Praveen Bose &amp; Bibhu Ranjan Mishra on the status of research in the country and challenges.

'PPPs today are nothing but business deals'

With the Manmohan Singh government approving seven new Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), the faculty and management of the existing ones appear to be under stress.

New IIMs raise mentorship concerns

The premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) say the recommendations of the Goverdhan Mehta committee report on the pay scales for the premier institutions were not fully accepted by the government. However, the author of the report, Goverdhan Mehta, believes that while the angst of the IIT faculty members is understandble, they should not have acted in an unbecoming manner, especially since it could affect the image of Brand IIT. In a chat with Leslie D&rsquo;Monte and Kirtika Suneja, he explained, inter alia, the challenges and limitations while drafting the report.

'This is no way academicians should express their angst'

The Human Resource Ministry&rsquo;s (HRD) decision to permit even non-PhDs to take up a lecturer's post at the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), is being perceived as another blow to IITs. It was only a few days back that the professors expressed their dissatisfaction and registered their protest with the government against its decision to ignore the full recommendations of the Goverdhan Committee and pay &quot;lower salaries&quot;.

Non-PhD lecturers could lower IIT standards, rue faculty members

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