NSM 2013 at MAAC
National Student’s Meet (NSM) 2013, an initiative organised by Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) to congregate the students across its centres concluded on March 22, 2013.
Ram Warrier, Business Head, MAAC said: “NSM 2013 was designed this year with a clear focus to improve the professional skill-sets of MAAC students and also give them much needed exposure to interact with industry experts. Being a highly creative and competitive industry, students interacted with luminaries of the industry through a series of workshops.”
Round-table meet
The Institute Industry Interface (i3) initiative of Association of IIT BHU Alumni (AIBA) recently organised The AIBA CXO Education Round Table 2013 conference.
The theme of the event was Holistic education in a multi-cultural environment: Meeting the needs of industry and nation building. The main panel included Max P Dwarkanath, HR Head, Pankaj Vaish, MD, Accenture, RP Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Jindal Steel and Power and and Vikram Sinha, VP and Plant Head, Tata Motors.
The session opened with opinions presented by main speakers and then the questions form cross panel. Corporate intellectuals underlined industry expectations and suggested possible solutions.
Scholarships at Glasgow
The University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School has announced six fully funded PhD studentships (fees and bursary) for 2013 session.
Applications will be selected from exceptionally well-qualified individuals in accounting and finance, business & management and economics.
The studentship is open to international applicants. Only full-time applicants are eligible.
The scholarship will be judged on formal application for PhD studies in Glasgow. The application must be submitted to the College of Social Science Graduate School and be completed by 5 pm on April 17, 2013.
TCC Quiz 2013
The North Zone finals of the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2013 was recently organised.The mega-event was preceded by the Delhi regional round. The last seven regional quiz rounds were held in Chandigarh, lucknow, Amritsar, Noida-Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Jaipur and Jammu.
The top two teams from each zone will battle it out at the National Finals of the quiz contest on April 7, 2013. The winners and runners-up will then compete for the International Champions title.
DU organises job fair
The Delhi University School Union will organise their first ever job fair with Ventex Hospitality Pvt ltd on April 17 and 18. The two-day event is an opportunity for jobseekers to be interviewed for jobs in a number of industries like IT, FMCG, real estate, health care, manufacturing, hospitality, retail and others.
The job fair will take place at DU’s North Campus ground. The university will also prepare workshops for those who are looking for jobs in specific sectors and aspiring for specialisations.
Scholarships at UK Varsity
The University of Southampton is offering scholarships worth £7,500 to Indian students for its BSc (Hons) psychology programme commencing from September 2013. Students will receive a scholarship of £2,500 on successful completion of the first semester, and thereafter each year.
Applicants for the scholarship are required to have a minimum of 70 per cent in Class X mathematics (CBSE and ICSE Boards only). State Boards may be considered on a case by case basis. Applicants are also required to have an overall 85 per cent in Class XII (CBSE, ISC and Metro State Boards only). No specific subjects are required.
English language requirements are at IElTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any component although the university will consider candidates with 70 per cent or above in English (CBSE and ICSE only). Students will cover material from each of the six key research areas of Psychology: Clinical cognitive, developmental, health, learning, behaviour analysis, and social and personality.
The fee for the programme is £15,250, and the deadline to apply is May 31, 2013. Applications are through UCAS. Interested candidates can visit: global@southampton.ac.uk.
Conference at Ansal university
Ansal University, Gurgaon recently hosted a day-long conference on supply chain. It event was jointly organised by Ansal Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), lucknow and Clemson University (USA).
The conference provided a platform for industry leaders and academia to share experiences and ideas on supply chain practices and challenges with a special focus on the construction, automotive and retail sectors.
The views expressed in the conference will be beneficial to a wide range of practitioners in the field of capital projects, logistics, distribution, operations, manufacturing, freight procurement, stock control, industrial engineering, supply management and replenishment.
At the event, Dr Raj Singh, VC, Ansal University said: “This conference provided an insight into how leading educational institutions are trying to support the industry to successfully navigate supply chain challenges thereby ensuring that current growth can be sustained in the future.”
Amity youth fest, 2013
Amity University recently organised its annual fun filled extravaganza, Amity Youth Fest (AYF) 2013, from March 21-23 at their campus in Noida.
The AYF, through its vast bouquet of technical and cultural events spread over three days, provided an unparallel forum for the students to test their intellectual and artistic prowess, simultaneously opening a venue for sharing mutual experience, skills and talent in the field of culture, literary and other activities on a common platform.
Over 4,000 participants from more than 250 institutions like IIT Delhi, IIT Roorkee, BIT Mesra, Xavier Institute of Management, Delhi School of Economics participated in more than 300 events hosted by Management, Technical and Allied Domains (MTAD).
Participants from corporate companies like HCl, Google, SAIl, Genpact also participated as teams for various corporate competitions.
During the three-day festival, a plethora of technical and cultural events took place in which students clashed wits and showcased their talents, in an endeavor to outdo and outshine their competitors. The university campus buzzed with unrestrained entertainment, fun, zeal and action packed events.
The fest concluded with melodious and soul-stirring star night by Bollywood composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant who entertained one and all with their several blockbuster songs. The musician brothers were accompanied by two other singers like Shraddha Pandey and Abbas Joshi who added to glitterati of the evening with their songs
The valediction ceremony was graced by Dr Ashok K Chauhan, founder president, Amity Group, Atul Chauhan, chancellor, Amity University, Dr B Shukla- Acting VC, Amity University, Dr Manohar Sajnani and Dr Ajay Rana- joint heads, organising committee, Amity Youth Festival.
On day two, actor Jackky Bhagnani performed Gangnam Style dance with students of Amity and promoted his recently released film Rangrezz.
Over 800 students with their multi-hued, trendy dresses sashayed the ramp during inter-institute fashion show by student designers. Students of BSc (fashion design) from Amity School of Fashion Technology showcased their graduation design collection. More than 35 collections were showcased during the gala event on various themes that lit up the ramp on fire.