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Monday, 9 June 2014

Will launch madrassa modernization programme: President

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern at sections of minority communities continuing to suffer from poverty even today, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the government will spread modern and technical education among minority communities and launch a madrassa modernization programme.

Addressing a joint session of parliament, the president said: "It is unfortunate that even after several decades of independence, sections of minority communities continue to suffer from poverty, as benefits of government schemes do not reach them."

"My government is committed to making all minorities equal partners in India's progress. The government will especially strengthen measures to spread modern and technical education among minority communities and a National Madrassa Modernization Programme will be initiated," he said.

The Muslim community comprises around 14 percent of India's 1.2 billion population.

On the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and the weaker sections, he said the government "will take steps to create an enabling eco-system of equal opportunity in education, health and livelihood" for them.

"My government is committed to seeing that those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Other Backward classes are able to avail emerging opportunities. For the Scheduled Tribes, my government will launch a dedicated 'Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana'," he said.

"Electrification of tribal hamlets and connecting them with all-weather roads will be a priority area," the president added.

He said the welfare and rehabilitation of specially-abled people is integral to the government's vision of a caring society. "It will take steps to provide dignity of life to them by facilitating their participation in all walks of life. Steps will be taken to identify their special needs and to provide institutional care to them," he added.

SRM University Counseling begins

SRM University plans to open a 50 acre campus in Sikkim during this academic year.

Speaking on the sidelines at the counseling of SRM University at Kattangalathur in Chennai, President, SRM University, P Sathyanarayanan,said,' The 150 acre campus in Haryana has already started functioning with engineering and MBA courses.'

Sathyanarayanan said that the counseling which began today would go on till 24 May.

He also added that of the 1.4 lakh student who took up SRM entr ..

Friday, 6 June 2014

IIM-Ahmedabad to offer eleven new management development programmes

AHMEDABAD: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) would be offering eleven new Management Development Programmes (MDPs) in 2014-15.

"A total of 77 open enrolment Management Development Programmes (MDPs) are being offered for 2014-15. Eleven new MDPs have been announced for the year 2014-15," the institute said in a statement here.

One of the new programmes on offer is 'Business Dispute Resolution: International and Domestic Arbitration', likely to be coordinated by Anurag K Agarwal.

'Doing Busines Abroad' and 'Family Business: Organisation, Strategies, Internationalisation and Succession' will be coordinated by Ajeet Mathur.

'Employee Engagement : A 3D Approach', 'Strategic Transformational Training Methodology' and 'Industrial Relations: Changes, Challenges and Responses' would be coordinated by Jerome Joseph.

'Business Turnaround and Organisational Transformation' and 'Managing People for Excellence in Healthcare' will be coordinated by Sunil Maheswari.

'Designing Systems for Developing Internal Talent' and 'Leadership Pipeline' would be coordinated by Biju Varkkey.

'Psychological Assessment and Psycho- Metrics' will be coordinated by Promila Agarwal and 'Enhancing Service Quality in Healthcare' by Rajeshkumar Chandwani.

Talking to the reporters here, IIM-A director Ashish Nanda said, "To realise our vision, the institute is following a three-pronged approach of Connect, Nurture and Grow."

Ten new faculty members joined IIM-A since September 2013, the institute said.

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Maharashtra medical entrance test results to be announced at 11pm today

MUMBAI: The results for the Maharashtra's medical entrance test (MH-CET) for admissions to health science courses will be declared at 11pm today.

The results will be released on the official website of Directorate of Medical Education and Research. Of the 1.48 lakh students, 65,607 boys and 82,787 girls appeared for the exam. The total numbers of candidates in the open category who will be eligible are only 4,111, for medical and dental courses.

The selection process for admission will be conducted during the second week of June at four centres in the state — Grant Medical College, Mumbai, BJ Medical College, Pune, Government Medical Colleges in Nagpur and Aurangabad.

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Punjab board results: Blind students score first division, topper at 87%

CHANDIGARH: Overcoming odds, all 14 Class X students from the Sector 26 based Institute for the Blind have secured a first division in the results declared on June 2. The topper amongst these visually impaired students is Tulsi Bhardwaj, who has got an impressive 87% in the Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) exams.

With a desire to become a history professor, Tulsi wants to take up the arts stream with history and political science in Class XI. With total vision impairment in both her eyes, Tulsi says she can 'only see shadows'.

"I used to study in a regular school and shifted to the institute in class V. I use to take oral exams after my mother helped me prepare," Tulsi says. Later, her mother learnt Braille and also taught her daughter the same - giving her a new direction in life. Ambala resident Tulsi's younger brother, an LKG student, also suffers from the same disability. Her father is a private employee in Panchkula.

The next top scorers of the school include Babita with 86.5% marks and Anjali Raturi with 85.7 marks. Anjali, a resident of Ludhiana, lost her eyesight due to nerve damage following a brain fever. She shifted to the Sector 26 School from Dehradun in 2011. "I managed to study with help from my teachers and parents," she said, adding that she wished to become a civil servant when she grew up.

Another touching story is that of Samta, whose sister Suman also topped the same school in her Class XII PSEB exams this year. The second youngest of four siblings, Samta has inherited the disability from her father - with her mother also being physically handicapped. Despite the odds against her, Samta secured 84% marks in the exam. Her father Shyamlal says that the daughters have made him proud.

Monday, 2 June 2014

HSC results declared in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: In a first for the Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education, the state registered an overall pass percentage (freshers and repeaters) of 84%in the class XII examinations. The freshers registered a pass percentage of 90.03%

Last year, Mumbai's success rate was 69.1% while the state's success rate was 75.2%.

Among the freshers, once again girls outperformed boys in the Mumbai region, with 92.3% girls passing the examination as compared to 84.73% boys. In the Mumbai region, 90.71% students (freshers) from the science stream, 87.91% (freshers) from the commerce stream, 84.65% (freshers) from the arts stream and 94.53% (freshers) from the vocational stream passed the examination.

Across the state, a total of 13, 37,114 have appeared for the examination. Of these, 4, 50,176 have appeared for the science stream, 4, 66,723 from the arts stream, 3, 62,705 from the commerce stream and 54,347 from the vocational stream. The exam was held in from February 26 to March 26, 2014.

The results will be available on www.mahresult.nic.in,www.maharashtraeducation.com, www.hscresult.mkcl.org. To get the result through SMS, BSNL users can send MHHSC to 57766

Junior colleges will distribute the marksheets to the students on June 10 at 3.00 pm.

Students who wish to apply for revaluation can do so between June 10 and June 20 at the division board office. Students can avail for a photocopy of their answer sheets between June 02 and June 21 by paying the prescribed fees. Students can contact the junior college or the division board office for more details.

Sunday, 1 June 2014

Mumbai girl creates state record, bags 12 golds in MBBS exam

MUMBAI: City girl Shefali Parikh has done it again. The former Andheri resident, who topped the state medical entrance exam in 2008 and came second in the country in the 2006 ICSE exam, created a new Maharashtra record on Saturday by bagging 12 gold medals at the convocation for medical students in the state.

Shefali completed her MBBS from G S Medical College (KEM Hospital) in Parel in 2013. The 24-year-old was not present at the ceremony held by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) in Nashik on Saturday. Her parents collected the prizes. Of the 68 gold medals given away at the event, Shefali got 12, apart from a cash reward of Rs 10,000 from a healthcare company.

Among her peers in the state, she had the highest score in nearly all subjects, including general medicine, paediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, and pathology. She was also the overall topper and the female topper.

Speaking from the UK where she lives after marriage, Shefali, who is planning to pursue paediatrics, said she was expecting a few gold medals but had not imagined that she would get 12.

"I would have loved to have been there, but I am equally happy that my parents received it on my behalf," she said. About coming back to India, she said, "Right now my focus is on completing my higher studies. In the long run, both of us (my husband and me) would love to come back to the country and set up a small hospital. But we have not made such long-term plans. I am taking one step at a time." She said that she has chosen to do her specialisation in paediatrics, as the field offers plenty of variety academically and is also challenging with lot of new research happening. Her parents were the first ones to call her on Saturday evening to inform her about the convocation.

"Since her name was announced many times, the audience was spellbound. It was a proud moment for us. She is the first doctor in our family," her elated father Pradeep Parikh said.

Before Shefali, a girl who finished MBBS from Pune's Armed Forces Medical College in 2012 held the state record of 10 gold medals.

Dr Chandrahas Deshmukh, who taught Shefali at G S Medical College, described her as an "extraordinary" student. "She published papers at undergraduate level, which even many postgraduate candidates do not do. She was heavily into research and also attended an international medical conference," said Deshmukh. Furthermore, she was the youngest person to present a paper at the European Academy of Paediatric Societies in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2010.

MUHS spokesperson Swapnil Torne confirmed Shefali is the first student to have got 12 gold medals in the university's last 13 convocations. "Last year's record was 10 gold medals. In case of a female student, the number of medals goes up by two or three because there are more categories for female toppers. Some students get two medals in the same category or subject," he explained.

Shefali is now married and has moved to the UK. "She is preparing for the local entrance examination there for post-graduation. She interned at two institutes for a month each in the US. After working in all the college departments, she decided to pursue higher studies in paediatrics since she enjoys working with children,"said Pradeep.