Indian University offers 50 Scholarships for Africans

Saturday, March 29, 2014

The OP Jindal Global University has announced 50 scholarships for Africans to study at its campus from August.
"The scholarships range from 50-100 percent tuition waiver, based on merit," a university statement said.

The university said the Jindal-Africa Scholarship Programme was part of its commitment towards fostering global cooperation and development, with a special focus on Africa.

Vice chancellor C Raaj Kumar said: "This scholarship programme is intended to build human capital of fellow developing countries through higher education. It aims to build capacities of young Africans by bringing them to the campus in India and training them in key issue areas relevant to the national priorities of their respective countries. The ultimate goal of this programme is to strengthen people-to-people linkages between India and Africa."

Already students from Kenya, South Africa, Liberia, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, Guinea and Zambia are studying in the university.

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Hemant Mundra is IIM-Ahmedabad Topper 2014

Surat boy is IIM-Ahmedabad topper this year

He is a rare talent, someone who has excelled in different branches of academics and sports. Twenty-five-year-old Hemant Mundra, who is first from Surat city to have topped the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), is a born achiever. It is not for nothing that he has been offered Rs 50 lakh per annum package from March 24, 2014 by Kedaara Capital, one of the largest private equity funds in the country.

Hemant, who is son of textile businessman Omprakash Mundra, studied at Seventh Day Adventist School in the city. He graduated in chemical engineering from IIT, Mumbai and topped his batch. He passed the chartered accountant course and chartered financial analyst level three certification examination subsequently.

"I realized I loved accounts more and so did CFA and tried for the IIM. I am happy that I am a management graduate now," Hemant said, who received two gold medals with five scholarships and other awards for being the IIM-A topper this year.

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Birla Institute of Management Technology Key Recruiters 2013-2014

Key recruiters for Birla Institute of Management Technology for the year were are as follows:

• Deloitte
• TCS
• Bajaj Allianz
• Bajaj Auto Finance
• Bajaj Finserve Lending
• HCL Group
• TATA Croma Infiniti
• Religare Health
• Nielsen
• SRF
• Aditya Birla Retail
• Ma Foi Strategic Consultants
• S&P Capital IQ
• ITC Lifestyle
• Copal Amba
• KPMG
• Kotak Mahindra Bank
• IndusInd Bank
• Landmark Group (Dubai)
• Trident India
• JK Papers
• Mahindra & Mahindra
• Blue Dart
• Spencer Retail
• Adani Wilmar
• Crisil
• Exide
• Berger Paints
• ICICI Prudential and Philips
• Maruti
• Dabur
• Ipsos
• Thomas Assessment
• Tech Mahindra
• Nerolac

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70% of Birla Institute of Management Technology Students get Job Offers

 As many as 250 postgraduate diploma students of Birla Institute of Management Technology, who registered for the placement process, have been placed in 62 companies. 

This accounts for 70% of the total 359 students registered for the placement. Campus placements began on October 1, 2013. 

The students placed specialised in international business, insurance, retail, sustainable development and others streams. The placement process is expected to conclude in next quarter. 

A release from the B-school said that the highest domestic salary offered touched Rs 15 lakh, while the highest international pay was Rs 19 lakh, and the average cost to company was Rs 6.5 lakh. 
The key recruiters were 

• Deloitte
• TCS
• Bajaj Allianz
• Bajaj Auto Finance
• Bajaj Finserve Lending
• HCL Group
• TATA Croma Infiniti
• Religare Health
• Nielsen
• SRF
• Aditya Birla Retail
• Ma Foi Strategic Consultants
• S&P Capital IQ
• ITC Lifestyle
• Copal Amba
• KPMG
• Kotak Mahindra Bank
• IndusInd Bank
• Landmark Group (Dubai)
• Trident India
• JK Papers
• Mahindra & Mahindra
• Blue Dart
• Spencer Retail
• Adani Wilmar
• Crisil
• Exide
• Berger Paints
• ICICI Prudential and Philips

Among the companies who will be visiting the campus soon are Maruti, Dabur, Ipsos, Thomas Assessment, Tech Mahindra and Nerolac. 
The institute has planned to hold its convocation day on April 5. 
T V Mohan Das Pai, chairperson of the board of Manipal Global Education Services and advisor to the Manipal Education and Medical Group, would confer the degrees and deliver the convocation address, the release added. 

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Mumbai University Postpones Exam Dates

Mumbai University has postponed all examinations — around 126 papers that were scheduled on March 28 and a similar number of papers that were scheduled on April 1 — as most college teachers are put on election duty.

Around 88,000 students from the university and its affiliated colleges will be affected as a result.

Exams were supposed to be held in 476 exam centres on Friday. While third year BA and some of the masters' exams had already begun on March 25, third year BCom exams were scheduled to start from Friday.

The university will release the revised dates soon. Most college teachers will be unavailable for supervision work on these days as the Election Commission will be holding training camps for the staff.

The Bombay University and College Teachers' Union (BUCTU) had asked the university to intervene in the matter as most teachers were assigned election duty which they thought would affect the exams.

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UGC selects four colleges for college of excellence award

The University Grants Commission has chosen four Jesuit colleges — 

• Loyola - Chennai
• St Joseph's-Bangalore
• St Xavier's-Kolkata
• St Xavier's-Mumbai

for the college of excellence award. The award comes with a grant of Rs 2 crore to be spent over 5 years for specific purposes. 

The University Grants Commission began conferring on colleges the Potential for Excellence award about a decade ago. Two hundred of the 30,000 colleges in India were selected for this award, which included generous funding for infrastructure and educational upgradation. 

St Xavier's College - Mumbai was granted this award in 2006 and has received about Rs 2.5 crore in funding over 8 years. Some months ago the UGC announced a sequel, "The College of Excellence (CE)" award. 

"The UGC expert committee appreciated the progress made by us during the period of the CPE status," said St Xavier's -Mumbai principal Fr Frazer Mascarenhas. "They acknowledged the changed research profile during the last three years, with many international and national publications, an international patent, eight major and 11 minor research projects and 4 consultancy projects with industry," he added. 

Some of these included the DNA fingerprinting of fish, the production of biofuel from agricultural waste, micro-organisms which cause the degradation of pesticides, the portability of water in the slums of Mumbai and the informal economy of the roadside vendor.

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Madras University Distance Education Exams - last date for filling forms 7th April 2014

Madras University distance education exams: April 7 is the last day for submitting forms without penalty

The University of Madras has announced that April 7 is the last date for submitting without penalty the filled in application forms for all the Under Graduate (UG) examinations conducted by its Institute of Distance Education.

Students can submit the forms with penalty till April 15. The examinations will be held in May 2014.

The university would not send the application forms to the candidates. Instead, they have to download the forms from the university website, www.ideunom.ac.in, according to a release from the university.

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Byju's Classes Mock CET on March 30 (Association with Education Times)

Take mock CET on Sunday

Education Times, in association with Byju's Classes, will hold a mock CET on March 30 (Sunday). The mock test will replicate all aspects of the CET for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry sections and will be followed by a free workshop on time management, shortcut techniques and preparation strategies by National Math Olympiad Winner Byju Raveendran. 

The test will simulate the environment of the actual CET and give students a state-level ranking and detailed analysis of their performance. 

Venue: Christ College, Koramangala.
Date: 30 March 2014
Time: 8.30am.
For free registration, call 9900012400. 

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