Award ceremony
The Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) recently organised their 16th International award ceremony to felicitate the International winners — students, teachers and principals of Olympiad exams for the Academic year 2012-13.
The ceremony commenced with the lighting of the lamp by the chief guest RC lahoti, former Chief Justice of India. Other guests of honor were Prof YS Rajan of ISRO and Chairman NIT Manipur, Charlie Walker, director programmes, British Council India were present at the event.
Ryan school at nasa
Twenty students of Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj were selected to visit NASA, This 10-day trip to the space centre was aimed at bringing about a change in the world. The experience removed the word ‘impossible’ from their dictionary and gave them an inspiration to cross all limits and broke all boundaries to reach their goal.
It was learning for life in which they understood the importance of carrying out research in gravity and then transferring it for the use of mankind. They had the opportunity of interacting with Astronaut Sam Durrance to learn that traveling to Mars is not a difficult task and also about his own experience as an astronaut.
Besides this, the students also had the opportunity to visit Statue of liberty and the Niagara Falls.
Social programme at soil
School of Inspired leadership (SOIl) announced the inauguration of the Social Innovation Program for their new batch of 2013-14. Social Innovation Program (SIP) is a unique initiative by the business school to introduce and engage students in social development and community service.
The present SIP batch was launched by Dr Kiran Bedi (retired IPS officer). She was present at the occasion to address the student body about the potential of businesses working in collaboration with non-governmental organisations.
Scholarships offered
APG Shimla University is offering scholarships for their 2013 session admissions.
The Shiksha Sankalp Scholarship (SSS) is for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in various fields like journalism, management, technology, legal, fashion designing and arts.
The application form can be downloaded from our website, www.apg.edu.in or can be obtained from corporate office at New Delhi or the campus at Shoghi. last date of application submission: July 15, 2013.
Professor honoured
Prof K Srinath Reddy, President of the Public Health Foundation of India, was conferred a Doctor of Sciences (Honoris Causa) degree by the University of Glasgow on June 12.
Prof Reddy was honoured for his contributions in cardiology and public health. His role in highlighting the global spread of non-communicable diseases and championing tobacco control came in for special mention in the citation which also listed his role in strengthening public health.
Admission alert
NGF College of Engineering & Technology, Palwal announces admissions for its bachelor of technology (BTech) CS, ECE, EE, ME, civil & fashion apparel programmes for their Palwal Campus.
The criterion for admission in B Tech course of NGF College of Engineering & Technology will be done on the basis of percentage of marks obtained in Class X and XII and for PG on the basis of marks obtained in graduation or under graduate programme. For securing admission in the programme the student must have secured at least 50 per cent aggregate in 10+2 or should have valid rank/score in AIEEE exam.
Admission can be obtained by filling application form of the NGF College of Engineering & Technology, Palwal by paying a nominal fee of `500. Student can download the application form from the site and can attach a demand draft of `500 in the favour of NGF College of Engineering & Technology for processing.
The B Tech programme is a four-year course. Interested students can also do additional courses like MBA and BBA. last date for admissions August 31.
For more details log on to http://www.ngfcet.com.
Joint MBA at sharda
Sharda University (SU), and IBM (NYSE: IBM), recently launched a collaborative full-time MBA programme in business analytics in line with the vision to develop multi-disciplinary skills in India. A definitive agreement has been signed to jointly develop the curriculum of the programme for better industry alignment and to deliver the content and courses along with experts from IBM.
The university has also set up an IBM Business analytics lab under career education for business transformation programme that provides students and faculty members access to the relevant business a software tools and technology along with industry content using live case studies and scenarios. As part of this initiative, IBM will also be conducting training sessions for SU faculty members and students on advanced analytics.
The aim is to create managers who understand the value of business by not only having a data-oriented outlook but also to support the growing need of big data analytics in enterprises.
Scholarships at MDIS
The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), a non-profit professional institute, recently announced a merit scholarship and a study credit scheme worth SGD 4 million for it’s international students.
The scholarships are for 2,000 international students from across the world.
The scholarship is open to new students seeking a pre-degree, degree or master’s degree level course. The scholarship will cover the subsidised portion of the tuition fee payable by international students.
The institute has also been associated with the University of Sunderland, UK; this association between the two institutes have also introduced a new one-year full-time management course which is industry targeted specifically designed for the international market.
Applications invited
University of Southampton invites applications for its newly launched MSc in instrumental analytical chemistry programme. The course will enable graduates to develop the vital specialist knowledge and hands-on practical skills for a successful career in analytical chemistry.
This one-year programme is structured around a solid core comprised of the three main analytical techniques — Mass Spectrometry, NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction. Each of these techniques contains a number of common themes.
The programme commences in September 2013. The deadline for overseas applications is June 30 Applicants who are applying to this course must satisfy the university’s general admission requirements, including information for overseas/European applicants.
For more information about the course, students can visit: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/chemistry/postgraduate/taught_courses/instrumental_analytical_chemistry.page.
Mou siGNED WITH us vARSITY
Galgotias University (GU) and University of Maryland have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) .
The two universities have agreed on the following:
A semester of study for GU students at UMD and vice versa for students of UMD.
MBA students would complete the 1st year of their course at Galgotias, then go to the Smith School their 2nd year.
It also involves faculty exchange and exchange in research areas.
On this occasion Suneel Galgotia, chancellor of GU, said: “The Galgotias University from its inception has had a strong focus to internationalise the university through not only admitting foreign students, but also build up strong academic partnerships between GU and institutions abroad for developing need based and innovative programs and research to meet the global challenges.”
Dr Ashok Saxena, VC, Galgotias, Renu luthra ProVC, GU, D K Jha (Senior dean, GU), and A S Mathur (registrar, GU), are some of the other dignitaries who attended the event.