Ryan receives accolades
The Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, under the leadership of founder-chairman Dr Augustine F Pinto and Managing Director, Grace Pinto has being awarded the Quality School Governance Accreditation for Quality School Governance Systems by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training.
Snehal Pinto, director Ryan Group & Sandhya Sabu, principal, Ryan Vasant Kunj received the accreditation certificate at the 8th National Quality Conclave conducted by Quality Council of India held on March 9, 2013.
New programme at COIPl
Corporate Online Institute of Professional Education (COIPl) recently launched its Blackberry Application Development programme in order to help people learn and develop applications for Blackberry smartphones or tablets.
The course is unique since it is for the first time that such a programme is launched. Not only this, the course also follows an audio and visual education format and enhances the learning curve of the candidate.
The programme allows a student to experience better learning and at the same time make the best use of smartphones by developing their applications. Through this platform candidates and learners can also bag a few freelance projects.
AP exam in 24 subjects
High School students throughout India can now register for College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Exams in 24 subjects.
AP Exams are scheduled for May 6-17, 2013, and the deadline for registration is March 25, 2013. The exams are securely administered at designated test centres in eight cities across India.
Research indicates that students who score a three or higher on an AP Exam typically experience greater overall academic success in college. The courses help students develop the critical thinking, reasoning and communication skills that are essential for college success.
Students heading to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia or Singapore should take the AP exam.
NTSE 2013 Organised
Students of FIIT-JEE’s Punjabi Bagh centre dominated the Delhi results of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2013, capturing over 45 per cent of the scholarship slots from the state. A total of 24 students from FIIT-JEE’s classroom programme demonstrated exemplary scholastic brilliance to qualify in NTSE 2013 out of total 53 selections from Delhi.
The result for Delhi State level National Talent Search Exam-2013 (Stage-I) for Class X held on November 18, 2012 was announced on March 2, 2013.
Admission Alert
MassCoMedia Institute invites applications for their 2013-14 sessions in degree courses in communication and advertising.
The institute has a pool of renowned teachers with rich experience of media and advertising world. Moreover, students get opportunity to interact with media icons like Deepak Chaurasia and Punya Prasoon Vajpayee. The institute finds good support from various media organisations including the Delhi Press.
iSpace 2013 at ITM
Top experts and academics from India and abroad gathered for a two-day conference at the ITM University to discuss a futuristic approach to civil engineering with a special focus on environmental sustainability, energy efficient buildings and climate change.
The international conference on Civil Engineering iSPACE-2013 (intelligent Society in Pursuit of Advances in Civil Engineering), organised by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ITM university Gurgaon, was inaugurated by Prof Bruce Seely, dean, Michigan Technological University, USA.
Through a series of sessions and talks, the experts discussed how to adapt the processes of civil engineering to suit the needs of disaster management, reuse of waste materials, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency, among other subjects.
The objective of this conference was to bring together the leading academicians, scientists, researchers, industrialists and decision makers in various fields of civil engineering to exchange new ideas, share knowledge, explore developments and throw light for future directions.
Research Challenge at CFA
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai has edged out 18 other student teams from 16 different countries in the Asia Pacific region to win the CFA Institute Research Challenge Asia Pacific Final, making it the first Indian team to advance to the global final which will be held in london on April 12, 2013.
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual educational initiative that promotes best practices in equity research through hands-on mentoring and intensive training in company analysis and presentation skills.
Held at the Kuala lumpur Convention Centre from February 22 to 23, 19 student teams from 16 countries presented their analysis to a judging panel comprising experienced practicing professionals.
The other three teams that competed at the final round of this competition were Tsinghua University (Beijing), Singapore Management University (Singapore), and Ateneo de Manila University (The Philippines).
Women’s Day celebrations at APIM
The Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi, recently organised a seminar titled Celebrating the Women Power on International Women’s Day. The institute invited two SOS mothers to honour them for their unsurpassed contribution towards the welfare of the society. Children from SOS Children’s Villages of India – an independent, non-governmental, social development organisation, were a part of this seminar.
Expressing his happiness on the occassion, Rakesh Jinsi, secretary general, SOS Children’s Villages of India, said: “It is a woman who holds a family together, nurtures it and is responsible for shaping the lives of an entire generation. It is an honour for us to share the platform with them on the occasion of International Women’s Day.”
Scholarships offered by UK Varsity
The Department of Computer Science at loughborough University,UK offers scholarships for its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
The scholarship is available for international students applying for full-time programmes. The scholarship on offer is 25 per cent of the programme tuition fee. The students applying for any of the undergraduate programmes will be automatically considered for a scholarship on the basis of the information submitted in the application. For details, the students can send their queries to the admissions tutor Dr Daniel Reidenbach-d.reidenbach@lboro.ac.uk.
The department also offers loughborough University Graduate School International scholarships and Department of Computer Science bursary for students applying for the full-time postgraduate programmes.
If the candidates provide full supporting documents with the application form, then they will be automatically be considered for the scholarships.
Design workshop at Ansal
Ansal University, Gurgaon recently hosted a three-day annual international conference and workshop titled Revolution by Design organised by the Sushant School of Art and Architecture and Sushant School of Design.
Sir James Bevan, the British High Commissioner to India inaugurated the event. The three-day conference was held from March 11-13 and was attended by leading architects and designers from across the globe.
It was steered by a series of short lectures by industry experts from around the world, These include people like Raj Rewal, SK Das, Aditya Dev Sood, Sunita Kohli, Ashish Ganju and others. The lecture series was followed by practical workshops on traditional and modern making.
Karen Richmond, head of the Bachelors in 3D programme at Camberwell College of Art and Design, the University of the Arts makers school ran trans disciplinary workshops aided by four of her students from london who participated in the event. The students who attended the conference acquired a lot of knowledge and exposure.