Applied Science Courses In DU

The applied science courses, started by Delhi University (DU) to make science learning more application-based , have found few takers since their inception three years back.Like previous years, this season too there are seats in these programmes. BSc in Applied Physical Sciences (Computer Science), Applied Life Sciences and Bachelor of Applied Sciences , have remained vacant in the first few days of admission.Three years back, these courses were cleared by a special committee and not through the department of science . However, these courses certainly should be made more industry-oriented.

DU second cut-off

The second cut-off list issued on Friday brought good news for students planning to study Science at the Delhi University as the list showed an overall drop of between 2 and 5 per cent in all top colleges.North Campus colleges like Hans Raj, KMC and Ramjas registered a drop of 2-3 percent in Science, while it was nearly 5 per cent in Khalsa, Shivaji and Zakir Hussain. At KMC, cut-offs for Zoology (Hons) dropped by .5 per cent, and reduced by a whopping 5 per cent for Botany (Hons).BSc in Physical Science and Applied Sciences meanwhile saw an average of 7 per cent drop in cut-offs across all colleges. While Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, KMC and Miranda House colleges closed admissions in Maths (Hons), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and IP College for Women downed shutters in BSc Computer Science.As many as 14 colleges, including Gargi, SRCC and Ramjas, closed admissions for BCom (Hons) — nearly 60 DU colleges offer Bcom (H).In Economics (Honours), the cut-offs dropped by a mere 1 per cent — to 92 per cent — at Hans Raj while admissions in the course were closed in Daulat Ram, Jesus and Mary, Kalindi, KiroriMal, Maitereyi, and PGDAV colleges.Admission to BCom (Hons) list is however still open in SRCC, Hindu, Hansraj and Miranda. In Arts, admission is still open in ‘elite’ courses like English (Hons) in many colleges.

IIMC admits first foreigner

Travis Donselman of IIM Calcutta’s new PGP batch marks a first on campus. The 26-year-old Californian is, in fact, the first foreign-origin student to join the ranks of the institute’s flagship two-year programme. The decision to head to India wasn’t an impulsive one. It came after enrolling for a masters course in international management at the University of California, San Diego, which he left midway to try for an MBA at an IIM.According to Travis who’s done his bachelors in history from the University of Pennsylvania, he wanted to take up a diplomatic career. But he reevaluated his goals after a stint as an instructor in English writing and history in South Korea.

Bihar to get IIT, IIM, IIIT

Bihar will have one IIT, one IIM and one Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) during the 11th plan period.Besides, every district in the state will have a UGC-aided college.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Planning Commission with State Secretaries of higher education, a Bihar government release said

Ramesh Gangolli

An Indian American has been chosen for this year's Spirit of Liberty award for his contribution to his community.Ramesh Gangolli, 72, who migrated to the US in 1963 and whose career is focussed on mathematics, will be honoured July 4 in Seattle.He obtained his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 and came to Seattle to teach mathematics a year later. He became a naturalized citizen in 1971.For the past five years, Gangolli has been involved in a project that advocates better mathematics education in the Seattle Public Schools.

IM Lucknow set to start course on carbon markets

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), is set to introduce a course on carbon markets in July even as the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) and the National Commodity Exchange (NCDEX), India’s premier commodity exchanges, are readying for carbon trading. The school plans to offer the course first to students studying agri-business management.This will be the first attempt by any business school in India to educate its students on such subjects.The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change assigns targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. On an average, countries have to reduce their emissions 5.2% below their 1990 baseline over the next four years between 2008 and 2012.

India Among Top 13 Countries In Scientific Papers

India is among the top 13 countries in terms of published scientific research papers, according to a recent study by the Science Watch team of Thomson ISI.Thomson Scientific, also known as Thomson ISI, is a global leader in providing access to high-value, essential information for researchers and scholars worldwide for over 45 years.India published 211,063 papers as against 422,993 by China (more than twice the number of papers as India's). India had 694 papers in the most cited 1 percent of papers whereas China had 2,189 papers in this category (more than three times the number of such papers from India).Only 0.33 percent of Indian papers could get into the one percent of most cited papers, whereas for China and South Korea the figure was 0.52 percent.In terms of total papers in all fields from 1996 to 2006, India ranked 11th, ahead of South Korea and Taiwan. Its share was under one-tenth of the US, the leader which had almost three million papers published in this period.KnowledgeLink Newsletter of June 2007 noted that the May/June issue of Science Watch ranks 13 countries based on published scientific papers that reach the top one percent of most cited papers worldwide from 1996 to 2006.The US has produced more than 2.9 million scientific papers over this period, and took the lead in both the total papers among the top one percent and the percentage of total papers among the top one percent.

Pushpito Ghosh To Be New CSIR Chief

Pushpito Ghosh appointed as director general to head the Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR).Ghosh is currently director of the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.The CSIR, which has nearly 18,000 researchers in 37 laboratories, has been headless after the departure of Ragunath Anant Mashelkar in December last year.According to officials in the science ministry, the selection made by the search committee has to be formally approved by the cabinet.At its June 18 meeting in New Delhi, the search panel chose Ghosh from among the four short-listed out of about 12 aspirants

IIT-JEE Counselling

During counselling for the 5,537 seats—in seven Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs), Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) and Indian School of Mines University (ISMU-Dhanbad)—this year, candidates were not informed about seats which are already ‘closed’. Earlier, counsellors used to inform students about already-filled seats and subsequently courses which are no longer available.JEE officials explained that the new policy has been put into practice since it is not possible to be cent per cent sure about a particular seat being closed due to various reasons.For instance, students opting for architecture and design courses have to pass an aptitude test, held on the last day of the counseling session. In case a student fails the test, he/she will not be eligible for admission to these courses. But this data is not available during the counselling procedure, hence it is not feasible to say if these seats are closed or not.There are more such complications in the admission procedure. According to IIT officials, as per a Supreme Court ruling, certified physical disabilities (PD) candidates can be allotted seats as per their 'birth category’—general, Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. If a physically disabled candidate belongs to a scheduled caste, he will be admitted under the SC category.Similarly, a high-ranking student belonging to a SC or ST category may seek admission under the general category. That means a seat will be deducted from the general category, not the reserved categories

exclusive horticultural university

The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to set up an exclusive horticultural university to give fillip to education and research, which is set to emerge as a major growth engine for boosting the agriculture in the days to come.The university will be set up on a sprawling campus at Venkataramannagudem near Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district and start functioning from the current academic year.Three constituent horticulture colleges would also be set up at Venkataramannagudem, Anantarajupeta in Kadapa district and Mojerla village in Peddamandadi mandal of Mahbubnagar district with an initial intake of 50 candidates each for the current year that would be increased to 100 from the next academic year.Students undergoing B.Sc (Horticulture) in the existing agricultural colleges would continue to be in the colleges from the second year onwards unless they opt for the new colleges being set up.The University will focus on advanced training in research methodologies & instrumentation, high-tech horticulture, biotechnology, micro-irrigation, fertilisation, integrated pest and nutrient management and product development with post-graduate programmes in fruit, vegetables, floriculture, plantation crops and post-harvest management of horticultural crops.

tuition fee waiver scheme

The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to implement the tuition fee waiver scheme for women, economically backward and physically-challenged meritorious students in technical institutions, proposed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).Under the scheme, for every 60 sanctioned strength in a discipline of study, tuition fee waiver would be given to two woman candidates, three economically weaker students (annual income of parents less than Rs. 2.5 lakhs) and one physically-challenged student based on merit.In the event of non-availability of students in a specific category as above, the benefit would be given to any other candidate of other categories according to merit.The institution in turn would be allowed to admit 10 per cent of its sanctioned intake or the number of actual tuition fee waiver granted by the institution, whichever is lower, as an additional intake in the same discipline. The scheme is open for bachelors programmes in engineering, pharmacy, hotel management & catering technology, architecture and applied arts and crafts.

Govt to regulate medical facilities

The government has decided to regulate all clinical establishments, including diagnostic centres. A legislative framework to this effect has been proposed which will also have penal provisions for those who fail in providing minimum standards of services.All the clinical establishments including diagnostic centres will be registered and regulated by the National Council of Standards. The council will prescribe minimum standards for healthcare services and maintain a national register of clinical establishments. The council will be represented by members of medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy councils and Indian Medical Association (IMA). It will be headed by the director general of health services (DGHS).The council will conduct periodic review of the standards for healthcare services. State governments are expected to have similar legislation as health is a state subject. States like Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur have already concurred with the proposed legislation.

UPTU Counselling

Uptu counselling for B.Tec is staring on 12th july from ranking 1 to 5000 and from 5000 to 12500 on 13th,from 12500 to 20000 on 14th, 20,001 to 27500 to 15th,27501 to 35000 to 16th,35001 to 50000 to 17th,50001 to 65000 to 18th,65001 to 85000 to 19th and 85001 to 112363 to 20th.SC and ST from rank 112363 to 139870 will also on 20th.B.Pham. counselling will be on 21,22th july,B.Arch on 23th july,MBA on 24 ,25th july and MCA on 26th july.For second year student it will be on 1 Augest.special counselling for SC/ST/OBC categories will be on 27,28,29,30 july.Additional special counselling for SC seats will be on 3,4 Augest.

Delhi University-cut-offs

job opportunities and the market economy seem to be having an effect on cut-offs to Delhi University courses.subjects related to sectors like finance (Commerce, Economics), media (Eng Hons and Mass Com), IT (Computers), urban development and real estate(Geography), psychology and a restructured BA Program have seen high cut-offs, those for courses like History and pure sciences are down.Students now rush for courses like Economics, Commerce and English which offer instant job placements as opposed to History or Sciences. The IAS has lost its charm with increasing privatisation, decreasing number of seats, more choices. This explains the stagnant and low cut-offs in History.DU officials attributed the fall in cut-offs in science to the large number of students opting for other courses.The biggest surprise this year has been the BA Programme, which has seen cut-offs shooting up by three to eight per cent.

Delhi University first cut-off

The Delhi University has released the first cut-off admissions to under-graduate courses in its colleges.This year's cut-offs marks have got higher by 0.25 per cent as compared to last year.Premier colleges like Sri Ram College of Commerce, Kirori Mal College, Hansraj College have all increased their cut-offs.To get admission in B.Com (Hons) in Hindu College commerce students will need at least 94.25 per cent and non-commerce students will need 96.5 per cent.For the same course in Ramjas College, commerce students will need 93 per cent and non-commerce students 95 per cent.While Kirorimal has fixed its cut-off at 94 per cent, commerce students aspiring for Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) need 94.75 per cent and non-commerce students, at least 96 per cent.For admission in Daulat Ram Colleg one needs at least 92.75 per cent and above.Every year, nearly 35,000 students enroll in scores of undergraduate coursesFor an Economic honours course in Hindu, a student needs an aggregate of 92 to 96 per cent.While in Hans Raj it is 93 to 94 per cent, in Lady Sri Ram, the cut off should be 93.75 per cent. In Miranda House, an aspirant needs to between 91 and 94 per cent.And in Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, the requirement is between 85 and 90 per cent.For a seat in Sociology honours in Hindu College, one requires 86 to 95 percent. In Hans Raj, a student is expected to score between 93 to 98 per cent for a seat in computer Science (Hons).For a seat in Mathematics honours at Hindu College, the requirement is an aggregate of 93 to 95 per cent.For Physics honours, the cut-off is 90 per cent in Hindu, 89 per cent in Hans Raj, 80 percent in Gargi, 86 per cent in Kirori Mal and 85 per cent in Ramjas.And admissions will start from June 27th June. Students who fail to make the first list will have to wait for the second cut-off list that is to be released on June 30.CNN-IBN

Unlimited Potential--Microsoft India

Microsoft India announced the roll-out of project ‘Unlimited Potential’ to enable information technology access to a large number of Indians. The project will focus on creating innovative ways for deploying technology to transform education, foster local innovation, and enable jobs and opportunities to sustain a continuous cycle of social and economic growth in the country.As part of the project, Microsoft will scale up its existing initiatives on the education front and broaden the opportunity beyond institutions to enable access for individuals under a ‘Connected Learning framework’ called IQ, which is essentially a combination of an online and offline content tied into all aspects of a student’s learning process and growth.Microsoft also announced the launch of the MSN IQ Beta Education Channel, a repository of educational as well as edutainment content that will help students access curriculum, avail themselves of online tutoring, competitive exam coaching, online entertainment and counselling.Microsoft is also working with partners in government and industry to build an employability portal that will aid the country’s nearly four-lakh engineering students who graduate each year to improve their technology, business and communication skills through online training and verification.HINDU

Education In Sweden

Sweden, which is approximately the size of California and has a relatively small population of 9.2 million, is one of the most highly developed countries in the world with 100 per cent literacy.Though people here speak Swedish, English is the leading medium of international communication, especially with students and professionals. Most schools and universities tutor in both the languages.The Swedish local currency is SEK (Swedish Kronors). SEK 1 = Rs. 6 approximately.A typical classroom for a graduate or postgraduate course in a Swedish university would comprise students whose age range from 19-50 years. Ninety per cent of the undergraduate studies, postgraduate studies and research in Sweden is carried out at the 13 State universities and the 23 university colleges.Alongside the public universities and colleges, there are a small number of privately-run higher educational institutions that receive government funds. These include the Stockholm School of Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH- Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan) and the University College of Jonkoping.The selection process is highly organised and unbiased. Higher education in Sweden is free for all students (local and international) except for a small fee paid to the student union for social services. The student also gets to enjoy many benefits through this union such as discounts on purchases at bookstores, airlines, etc. Approximately 85 per cent of the funding for undergraduate programmes comes from state grants.The average cost of living for an individual in Sweden in major cities such as Stockholm and Göteborg would be around SEK 5000 per month, which is inclusive of house rent and other expenses. Stockholm is one of the most expensive capitals in the world. But since education is free, the living expenses would not hurt your purse as much as it would if you studied elsewhere in the West.In addition to these, there are about 10 smaller private institutions with the right to award certain degrees of higher education. Types of jobs for which there is a current or expected future high demand include graduate-level IT specialists, engineers, finance and accounting professionals, and marketing and sales professionals. Renowned companies such as Ericsson, Volvo, Tetra Pak, SKF and IKEA are based in Sweden. hindu

CAREERS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY

The Government of India has approved the launch of a mission on Nano Science and Technology (Nano Mission) with an allocation of Rs.1,000 crore for five years.The Department of Science and Technology will be the nodal agency for implementing the Nano Mission.Nanotechnology is an inter-disciplinary subject involving a combination of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. ‘Nano’ is a Greek word meaning ‘dwarf.’ Nanotechnology is a technology based on the scale of nanometres. One nanometre is equal to one-billionth of a metre. It is 5000 to 50000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.Nanotechnology is helpful in detecting the presence of narcotics and fingerprints of suspects. Nano-tube pacemakers, placed in a blood vessel of the heart, can generate electricity for cardiac functioning. The technology enables the manufacture of nano-sized robots to repair damaged and diseased tissues. Nano-coatings are transparent, scratch- resistant and dirt-repellant.Undergraduate courses in India are available only in a few institutes. Experts in the field do not recommend undergraduate courses. Rather, post graduate courses of Ph.Ds are favoured by them. The Amity Institute of Nanotechnology offers an M.Tech. course in nanotechnology.Courses or research opportunities in nanotechnology are being offered by the Jawaharalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore; the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; National Physical Laboratory, Delhi; Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi; National Chemical Laboratory, Pune; Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh; Defence Materials Store Research and Development Organisation, Kanpur and Indian Institutes of Technology – Kanpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Delhi and Mumbai. Delhi and Benaras Hindu Universities also offer research opportunities in nanotechnology.Job opportunities would be limited for those pursuing nanotechnology with a science background in the country as of now. But the situation will certainly change in a coupled of years. It is a level playing field for both science and engineering graduates.from-HINDU

India set to become third largest banking market

ndia is likely to emerge as the third largest domestic banking market in the world by 2040 and could grow faster than China in the long run, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers called ‘Banking in 2050.The report projects that the banking sector will grow significantly faster than GDP in the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey.Total profits from domestic banking in these countries could be around half of those in the G7 nations (US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Canada) by 2025 and larger before 2050.The study examines the possible changes in the scale of the banking sector between now and 2050 and highlights the pace of change, while providing some measure of the size of the opportunity and challenge for banks.

John "Jack" Todd

John "Jack" Todd, a pioneer in the fields of computing and numerical analysis, has diedJohn "Jack" Todd, a pioneer in the fields of computing and numerical analysis, has died.Todd, who started his career in the days before computers or hand-held calculators, specialized in understanding how to find answers to complicated numerical questions.The logic by which today's computers operate "is very much the application of the kind of mathematics that Jack developed.Todd and his wife, matrix and number theorist Olga Taussky-Todd, came to the United States in 1947 to help establish the National Applied Mathematical Laboratories, where they helped launch the field of high-speed computer programming and analysis. The pair took teaching and research posts at Caltech in 1957.