EducationWorld May 09

Among the first private professional colleges to be established in Tamil Nadu by higher education visionary the late Dr. K.C.G. Verghese (1940-2006), the Hindustan Group of Institutions (HGI), comprising six colleges in Chennai and Pondicherry, has been dispensing high quality engineering, aviation, applied sciences and business management education for over four decades. In July, the […]

One of the great regrets of my life is that two decades ago, I didnt sign up for a part-time computer learning course with NIIT. At that time I was employed with the Datamatics Group, Mumbai, for whom I had launched the countrys largest direct mail databases (names and addresses) marketing company under the name […]

His memories are addled, but the young member of Cocaine Anonymous can just about recall his formal drug education. When he was about 11, he says, a police officer made several visits to his school to give warning of the dangers posed by illicit substances. Although he remembers thinking the cop was something of a […]

The entry of a small minority of educated urban middle class citizens into the electoral fray as independents, in the ongoing 15th Lok Sabha general election is a good augury for the future of Indian politics. Among the fresh faces who have registered for the hustings this time around are Meera Sanyal, country head of […]

Many university students who lost relatives or whose homes were destroyed during the recent 23-day Israeli offensive in Gaza in December-January are finding it difficult to cope, according to university officials and students. Some have been unable to register for the new semester due to lack of funds; others are still traumatised. The Al-Mezan Centre […]

The Canadian government has provoked anger by using an injection of cash to exert undue influence on the direction of university research. Students, researchers and academics have criticised arrangements which offer extra cash to fund research posts, but ring-fence the small portion allocated to the humanities and social sciences for use in business-related disciplines only.An […]

The issue of fee hikes in 1,976 unaided private schools in the national capital region (NCR) of Delhi has snowballed into a major legal-cum-street battle as parental protests grow louder, with the issue under consideration of both the state government and the Delhi high court. On the one hand, private school managements are determined to […]

While its true that people get governments they deserve, theres no doubt that theres something inherently reprehensible about even the mightiest within the genus politicus indicus, a species distinguished for spiteful petty politics, the public interest be damned.A case in point is Union home minister P. Chidambaram, a darling of the media and commonly acknowledged […]

Notwithstanding the statewide aspirations of even the poorest rural householders to make their children English-fluent, the powerful vernacular textbooks printing lobby in the southern state of Karnataka (pop. 57 million) is hell-bent upon retention of Kannada (and/or ‘mother tongue) as the medium of instruction in the states primary schools.And such is the lobbys clout within […]

The falling dominoes or round robin resignations of several senior women managers of companies affiliated with ICICI Bank — the countrys largest private sector and most profitable banking and finance institution — following the appointment of Chandana Kochhar as the managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank, has given new currency to the old […]

On April 15, the main auditorium of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII estb. 1960), Pune was decked up as if for a Hindi film wedding shoot. A massive crowd of 100 plus current and former students of the countrys pioneer and perhaps still most respected film production, direction, set design and acting […]

“I fundamentally think our children are at a compe-titive disadvantage. The children in India and China who they are competing (with) for jobs are going to school 25-30 percent more than we are.”
Arne Duncan, US education secretary (Washington Post, April 1)

“Half of Indias population still struggles to put food on the table, a shelter […]

Rajasthan

Exam paper leakage scam

In a written directive dated April 7, the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) ordered the state government’s education director in Bikaner to initiate disciplinary action against 18 centre superintendents accused of a security lapse, which resulted in leakage of RBSE’s class X and XII board examination question papers. These 18 accused […]

The FranklinCovey Co — a Salt Lake City (USA)-based human resource training and development corporation — in collaboration with the Bangalore-based Global Academy of Technology (estb. 2000) and Vati Learning Solutions, formally launched the FranklinCovey GAT Management School (FCGMS), Bangalore on April 14. The school is sited in the Global Academy of Technology campus in […]

A 20-member creative team of the Ryan International Group of Institutions (RIGI) in Mumbai has produced a thought-provoking docu-drama titled MH 26/11. This 40-minute film presents the impact of the 26/11 amphibious terrorist attacks on the lives of children.MH 26/11 recounts the story of Aditya and Kabir, two Hindu and Muslim friends. Their families, too, […]

All parents know that good experiences nourish excited participation in anything, including sports. Athletics provide opportunities for learning lifes lessons, gaining real self-esteem, and experiencing a healthy, physically active lifestyle. Professionals, researchers, and especially savvy grandparents will tell you that participation in sports leads to balanced development and forms the foundations of success. — Shari […]

After completing my bachelors degree in architecture, I want to pursue a Masters in the subject. Please suggest universities offering a postgrad qualification in architecture with specialisation in environmental design and planning.Shirish Kulkarni, Mumbai
CEPT University, Ahmedabad (www.cept.ac.in) offers an M.Tech programme in environmental planning, and the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (www.spa.ac.in) […]