Manipal U invites ICAS applications

The Bangalore/Manipal-based Manipal University invites admission to its international engineering twinning programme known as ICAS (International Centre for Applied Sciences). In this programme, students study for the first two years in the engineering faculty of Manipal University (Manipal campus) and for the next two years in one of 74 universities in six countries with whom MU has signed twinning agreements. “This unique programme is designed for students aspiring to graduate in engineering from the best universities in the world. With the increase in student flow to universities abroad, MU introduced the ICAS programme in 1994 to facilitate students aspiring for professional education in reputed universities in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and France as per their choice,’’ says a MU spokesperson. During the initial two years in Manipal University, students are trained to meet eligibility requirements and develop a cultural understanding of the destination country, thus, providing them the foundation necessary for studying abroad. On completion of the first two years, students transfer to foreign universities of their choice, through a smooth credits transfer system to complete their degree programme and are awarded an engineering degree of the foreign university. In France and Germany, an integrated bachelors and Masters programme is offered under which students are awarded a bachelor’s degree in Manipal and Masters in Germany/France. Among the prestigious universities abroad which have signed up for the ICAS twinning programme are University of Massachusetts; Ohio State University; University of Minnesota twin cities; Purdue University; University of Illinois Urbana Champagne and Illinois Institute of Technology. Manipal University (estb.1953) was the first private institute  in India to be granted deemed university status in 1993. Ryan International wins Dubai accolades The Mumbai-based Ryan International Group of Institutions (RIGI) sent the largest school delegation from India to the World Scholars Cup, Global Round convened in Dubai. School delegations from 33 countries and 1,600 students participated in this mega event held between June 20-23. The RIGI delegation comprising students from Ryan International schools across India participated in events including team debate, collaborative writing, scholar’s challenge and scholar’s bowl, covering subjects such as history, science, literature, music, art etc. RIGI schools have been winning accolades in this event staged around the world — Singapore and Bangkok in the past two years while the inaugural India Round was staged in New Delhi in 2009. This year as well, RIGI was acknowledged the best team from India and won one of the five Best Rookie Team School Awards on the global platform. Parth Jain, Rajat Jain and Piyush Kukreti were conferred the Honorarium Award for junior debates. In the collaborative writing (juniors) contest, Nirmit Agarwal was adjudged third from among 900 juniors and Swarnika Dhingra was awarded the Honorarium Medal in the Scholars Challenge award. Rajat Jain and Shashrek Ambarder were adjudged the best scholars of the RIGI delegation in junior and senior categories. Speaking on the occasion, Ryan Pinto, chief executive officer, Ryan Group said: “We are proud of our students and their achievements. They participated in…