IGNOU Online Para- Medical Programmes Admissions
May15, 2009
Centre for Para-Medical Sciences of IGNOU in collaboration with Apollo-AHERF is now offering four online PG Certificate Programmes in Medical Informatics (PGCMI), Health Insurance (PGCHI), Medical Law (PGCML) and Quality Management in Health Care (PGCQMHC). The programmes are available in complete virtual environment right from registration to certification. The online programmes have the following features:
Walk in admission
Integrated multimedia courseware
Online counselling and mentoring
24×7 learner support
Online evaluation
Five days contact programme for hands on training at identified training centres
The programmes are open for any graduate degree holder. The medium of instruction is English. The programmes can be completed in a minimum period of 6 months and a maximum period of 2 years. The fees for each programme are Rs. 10, 000 inclusive of registration fee. For enrolling in these online programmes, access to computer and internet is a must. The facility will not be provided by the University. Before registration please ensure that you have basic infrastructure available at your end.
For further details and clarifications please contact: Prof. S. B. Arora (sbarora@ignou.ac.in).
For registration visit http://www.ignouonline.ac.in/cpms
IGNOU Online Para- Medical Programmes Admissions
Young Indians say "no thanks" to American dream
Indians have since 2001 been the largest foreign student population on American campuses, comprising around 15 percent of all international students at colleges and universities in the United States, according to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
But now, the economic crisis that has sent the U.S. economy into its worst recession in decades, has tarnished the sheen of the 'American Dream' for many Indians who are opting for university studies and career opportunities at home.
America's loss may be India's gain, analysts say, pointing to a 'reverse brain drain' that may see India reaping benefits for years to come as some of its smartest and most talented people put their energies into India' economy, Asia's third-largest.
"The brain drain has already begun to reverse. Now there are many magnets pulling the best talent. Before, the U.S. was where everyone wanted to go," said Vivek Wadhwa, a U.S.-based Indian academic who has written a paper on the issue.
India's economy has boomed at around 9 percent growth in each of the last three years, lifting millions out of poverty and creating a generation of affluent and ambitious young Indians.
Many have pursued prestigious post-graduate degrees in the U.S. and Europe and then stayed after finding high-paying jobs.
But as the global financial crisis has kicked-in, Indians are seeing greater opportunities at home, where there are more job openings, the cost of living is lower and modern amenities such as shopping malls and condominiums offer them a comfortable life.
About 100,000 skilled Indian 'returnees' will come home from the United States in the next five years, Wadhwa estimated.
"When I joined Duke four years ago, nearly every student talked about wanting to stay and work in the U.S.," said Wadhwa, an adjunct professor at Duke University and a senior research associate at Harvard Law School.
"Now the vast majority plan to go back home. A few want to work here to pay off their loans, but they don't think they will be able to get jobs."
With U.S. unemployment at a 26 year high, prospects at home appear better for Indian graduates as firms such as Warner Bros and IBM announce they will move jobs to India and other outsourcing hubs after laying off workers in North America.
UGC to set up national ragging helpline by June 15
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued guidelines for a national call centre to be set up to enable ragging victims from across the country to register their complaints by dialling a toll free number.
"The Education Consultancy India Ltd (ECIL) has been entrusted with the job of setting up of the national call centre. By June 15, it will be operational," UGC Chairman Sukhadeo Thorat told sources on Wednesday.
The helpline will be equipped with software that will pass on the complaints directly to the head of the institution within 15 minutes to help the administration protect the victims.
Thorat said the helpline will operate around the clock and the UGC will monitor its functioning.
Under the anti-ragging laws, student offenders can be fined up to Rs.250,000 or rusticated for one to four semesters if found guilty of ragging.
The offence will be treated as a severe criminal act, he added.
The new provisions laid down by the UGC also requires that the parents and students give a written undertaking, at the time of admission, that they are aware of the ragging guidelines and will report any such incident. IANS
IIT JEE 2009 Results declared
New Delhi: The anxious wait is finally over for thousands of IIT aspirants. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have announced the result of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2009 conducted on April 12, 2009 for admission to nearly 6,000 seats in 15 IITs.
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A total of 384,977 students appeared for JEE 2009 for admissions to undergraduate courses in the fifteen IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU Dhanbad.
10035 candidates have been declared qualified to seek admission for 8295 seats in the IITs at Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi (H.P.), Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan and Roorkee, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISMU Dhanbad.
The number of candidates who appeared in JEE-2009 is nearly 24% more than that in the previous year.
Nitin Jain (Reg. No. 2076372) who appeared in JEE from IIT Delhi Zone topped this year's All India list of successful candidates.
In 2008, out of 311,258 candidates who wrote the examination, 8652 candidates were declared qualified to seek admission for 6872 seats in IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee, some proposed new IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU Dhanbad.
This year, admissions will also be made to IIT Indore and IIT Himachal Pradesh - each having 120 seats. The counselling of successful candidates will be held from June 9 to 16.
IITs located at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee and IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad will reserve 18 percent of the total seats for OBC candidates this year. The newly setup IITs at Bhubaneshwar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Patna, Punjab and Rajasthan will reserve 27 percent seats for the OBC candidates.
In JEE 2009, the major changes were disappearance of assertion reasoning type of questions, subjective questions were back in the paper, and negative marking in (multiple) choice types. There was a qualitative shift in the kind of questions asked - these did not require a lot of rigorous problem solving, but rather a fairly good understanding of the concepts and the ability to comprehend and analyse.
The paper evoked a mixed response from the students as well. While some termed it as very difficult, others said anyone with clear concepts would not have faced much difficulty.
"The main problem was negative marking and subjective questions that too so many. They were not expected at all. Overall, the paper was very difficult," a JEE-taker said.
But Aditya Bindal, a Class XII student of St.Xaviers School, said he "enjoyed" writing the exam.
"We were prepared for the pattern change. So, tackling it was not much of a difficulty. The questions were concept based. But I was a bit surprised with negative marking," Bindal said.
Supreme Court censures on-campus student stir
New Delhi: The Department of English of Delhi University (DU) on behalf of the 12 colleges of the varsity will conduct the Combined Aptitude Test for English (CATE) for admission to the B.A. English (Honours) on June 17.
Application form for the same will be available at the office of the Department of English (Room No 52) at Arts Faculty Building on the North Campus from June 1.
"We will conduct an open day on May 29 for English (H) aspirants at the arts faculty on the north campus, where information related to the course and CATE will be disseminated," said Sumanyu Satpathy, Head of the English Department.
The CATE will evaluate the candidate's aptitude for the course. The test will be of 1.5 hours duration comprises multiple choice question to assess vocabulary , grammar, language skills and the candidates aptitude for literature.
The colleges which will admit students to the English (H) through CATE are Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Hindu College, Indraprastha College for Women, Kamla Nehru College, Maharaja Agrasen College for Women, Ram Lal Anand College (Evening), Satyawati College (Evening), Shivaji College, Shyam Lal College, Swami Shradhanand College and Zakir Hussain College (Evening).