Admission alert
Asia–Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi, invites application for its second batch of certificate in Financial Engineering& Risk Management programme.
Course duration: 11 months.
Eligibility: Applicant should be graduate and has a good exposure of basic mathematics and statistics.
How to apply: Brochure and application form may be obtained from admission office of Asia-Pacific Institute of Management. One can download the form from www.asiapacific.edu.
Deadline: Classes start from July 2014
Applications invited
Management Development Institute of Singapore School of Health & life Sciences, invites students for admission to MSc Health Sciences.
The 12-month programme offers the opportunity for fresh graduates and experienced practitioners and others interested in healthcare management to attain the diverse skill-sets required in sustaining a lifelong career in the modern healthcare sector.
Eligibility: A recognised bachelor’s degree with a minimum band of 6.5 in International English language Testing System conducted by the British Council.
Tuition fee: S$25,680
last date to apply: August 20, 2014
For more information visit: www.mdis.edu.sg/.
International conference
Integrating Spirituality and Organizational leadershipFoundation announces the 5th international conference on Integrating Spirituality and Organizational leadership to be held in Chicago. The conference will be held in September 2015.
Paper presentation is open for students, corporate leaders, academicians, representations from Governmental organisations and NGOs.
Deadline to submit: July 14, 2014
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2014
Deadline to submit full papers: February 15, 2015
For more visit: www.isol2015chicago.co.in
NUS & BSM’S JOINT VENTURE
Northwestern University School (NUS) of Continuing Studies has entered into a joint venture with the Bridge School of Management (BSM) to deliver innovative blended online and in-person professional certificate programmes in India, with the first programme to be launched early this summer in Predictive Business Analytics.
“We are proud to join BSM in offering exceptional professional education in India via a cutting-edge delivery model,” Provost Daniel linzer, Northwestern University said.
GIRlS OPT FOR MGT COURSES
Increasing number of women are taking up the management courses. Women have been a rising factor in the success of many corporate houses, they are also the one’s who are contributing to their profits. Still, the full potential of women in the workforce are yet to be tapped.
At MDI, there has been a rise in the number of girls enrolling for management courses. In 2009-11 batch 67 girls enrolled, in 2010-12 batch 76 girls enrolled.
NEW ACADEMIC SESSION AT RYAN
A warm welcome was accorded to each student for the commencement of the new academic session (2014-2015). Students were excited and motivated about yet another new platform – The Ryan Talent Search Examination — which has been provided to them under the guidance of the chairman Ryan international Group of Instituions Dr Agusitine Francis Pinto and MD Grace Pinto.
Through this the student are guided and encouraged to work hard and further enhance their verbal quantitative and scientific skills, setting a higher benchmark for themselves.
The students expressed their gratitutude to the school for giving them another opportunity to excel and sharpen their knowledge.
MBA MOST SOUGHT AFTER OPTION
A worldwide survey of prospective graduate-level business students finds that although the MBA is still the most sought-after degree, close to half the candidates are considering non-MBA master’s programmes in business, and one in five isn’t thinking about an MBA at all.
The latest report from the annual Graduate Management Admission Council’s Prospective Students Survey of more than 12,000 global candidates finds that in the past five years, those focusing exclusively on specialised master’s degrees increased from 13 per cent to 20 per cent, as candidates exclusively considering MBAs declined from 55 per cent to 53 per cent. Men are more likely than women to focus on MBA programmes. Sixty per cent of the men and 45 per cent of the women considered pursuing only MBAs.
Women focus more on specialised master’s. Twenty-seven per cent of women and 15 per cent of men considered specialty degrees.
Candidates 24 and below (31 per cent women and 29 per cent men) are more likely than older candidates (26 per cent women and 19 per cent men) to think about both types of programmes.
TWO-DAY CONFERENCE
A two-day international conference on the topic — Content to Connectivity — was organised under the aegis of Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies (TIAS) and Satija Research Foundation for library and Information Science on the TIAS auditorium in Rohini on April 11 and 12.
Prof K Kannan, former vice-chancellor of Nagaland University and former dean of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University were the chief guests at the function. The chairman of the TIAS, Ram Kailash Gupta presided over the conference while Emeritus Prof M P Satija of GND University, Punjab was the patron at the conference.
A galaxy of scholars from India and abroad like Prof Jagtar Singh of Patiala University, Prof IV Malhan, Prof M Moni, NIC shared their knowledge.
TEACHER CHANGE-MAKER SUMMIT 2014
STIR Education, a not-for-profit organisation works closely with teachers and principals to develop the 3 Is of being a teacher changemaker — innovating in the classroom, implementing effective teachers practices and influencing peers to join the change process. All this is geared to achieve a high quality education for all of India’s children.
The model encourages the teachers to re-imagine their role in leading change in their classrooms. It involves searching for teachers within the system with a spark of commitment and innovation; bringing them together through local teacher changemaker networks; and acting as a catalyst to connect these teacher networks to a range of wider improvement opportunities provided by STIR’s partners.
Sharath, founder and CEO, STIR said: “We are committed to empower teachers into becoming changemakers by encouraging them to break barriers and explore creative and innovative techniques in enhancing the quality of education and making it available to every student.”
SOlAR-POWERED INTERNET
Internet access fuelled by the power of the sun could soon be a possibility. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed technology that enables solar panels to detect broadband signals, allowing data to be transmitted on the world wide web. In addition, solar energy can be used to power such a device, as well as detect and carry data.
The two technologies combined could enable self-sufficient wireless communications in remote areas, in developing regions with no web infrastructure, or in emergency situations. Prototypes of the system have reached transmission speed of about 7 Mbps, which is equivalent to maximum speeds in conventional wireless networks.
The research builds on the Edinburgh team’s pioneering li-Fi technology, which enables data to be transmitted over the internet using lED light bulbs.
Professor Haas said: “Solar-powered li-fi could make Internet access available in far-flung places, and opens up all sorts of possibilities for widespread wireless communications. I look forward to sharing the latest developments in this technology at the festival.”