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TAILOR MADE PROGRAMME FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENTT IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR : CII
Our Correspondent, 22 Nov 2014
CII Madhya Pradesh State Council organized an interactive session with National Institute ofTechnical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTR), Bhopal and the officials of Madhya PradeshCouncil for Vocational Training (MPCVT),
Government of Madhya Pradesh and Speaking on the occasion, Mr C E Fernandes, Chairman, CII – Madhya Pradesh Council saidthat Education and degrees without skills mean nothing.
Industry’s role and contribution inimproving the quality of skill development and higher education and making the human resourcemore employable is being increasingly recognized by everybody today.
There is a need todevelop tailor made programme as per industry need, he added.Mr D S Karulia, Director, NITTTR, Bhopal said that NITTTR has an excellent track record ofintroducing several new systems in the technical education and has successfully implementedseveral time-bound and professionally challenging projects for varied clientele.
The Instituteholds expertise through continuous R&D in the areas of HRD, curriculum development, design& development of learning resources, educational management, policy formulation, continuingeducation, student assessment, multi-media development, community networking, industrialliaison and technical education research, he added.While welcoming the Council members,
Prof. Prof V H Radhakrishnan said that continuousdialogue between the Industry aand the Government will help Strengthening the TechnicalEducation System.The interaction was attended by Captains of industry and Government.

GREAT PATRIOT AND EDUCATIONIST MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
Our Correspondent, 13 Nov 2014
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's real name was Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the foremost leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He was also a renowned scholar, and poet. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was well versed in many languages like Arabic, English, Urdu, Hindi, Persian and Bengali. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a brilliant debater, as his name, which literally means "Lord of dialogue" He adopted the pen name Azad as a mark of his mental emancipation from a narrow view of religion and life. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on November 11, 1888 in Mecca. His father, Maulana Khairuddin, left India during the Sepoy Mutiny (the first war of Independence) and proceeded to Mecca and settled there. He came back to Calcutta with his family in 1890. Maulana Abul Kalaam Azad was a revolutionary from his early days. After completion of his studies, he started an Urdu News Magazine, Al-Hilal. He wanted to bring Muslims into the Congress fold. He was eager to see the end of British rule in India and it was this eagerness that made him to join the Bengal revolutionaries. Abul Kalam was sent to prison in 1916 for his revolutionary ideas. When Gandhi supported the Khilafat movement, Abul Kalam became the President of Khilafat Committee. He was jailed many times between 1920 and 1945. He represented and led the Congress in talks with the British on many occasions including Cripps mission and Simla session in 1945. He was President of Congress Committee for many years. His contribution to Indian Nationalist Movement was invaluable. Maulan Azad was born in Mecca. After some years, his family moved to India. He was symbol of Muslim Nationalist Movement. He was first Union Education Minister in the post-independance period. Maulana Azad wrote book titled “India Wins Freedom” which was published posthumously. Abul Kalam was a great patriot of the highest order. He was awarded “Bharat Ratna” in the year 1992. Because of his orthodox family background Azad had to pursue traditional Islamic education. He was taught at home, first by his father and later by appointed teachers who were eminent in their respective fields. Azad learned Arabic and Persian first and then philosophy, geometry, mathematics and algebra. He also learnt English, world history, and politics through self study. Azad was also trained and educated to become a clergyman, He wrote many works by reinterpreting the holy Quran. His erudition let him to repudiate Taqliq or the tradition of conformity and accept the principle of Tajdid or innovation. He developed interest in the pan¬ Islamic doctrines of Jamaluddin Afghani and the Aligarh thought of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Imbued with the pan-Islamic spirit, he visited Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Turkey. In Iraq he met the exiled revolutionaries who were fighting to establish a constitutional government in Iran.
CONTRIBUTION TO REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
On his return from abroad; Azad met two leading revolutionaries of Bengal- Aurobinto Ghosh and Sri Shyam Shundar Chakravarty,-and joined the revolutionary movement against British rule. Azad found that the revolutionary activities were restricted to Bengal and Bihar. Within two years, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad helped set up secret revolutionary centers all over north India and Bombay. During that time most of his revolutionaries were anti-Muslim because they felt that the British government was using the Muslim community against India's freedom struggle. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad tried to convince his colleagues to shed their hostility towards Muslims. In 1912, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started a weekly journal in Urdu called Al-Hilal to increase the revolutionary recruits amongst the Muslims. Al-Hilal played an important role in forging Hindu-Muslim unity after the bad blood created between the two communities in the aftermath of Morley-Minto reforms. Al-Hilal became a revolutionary mouthpiece ventilating extremist views. 'The government regarded Al- Hilal as propagator of secessionist views and banned it in 1914. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad then started another weekly called Al-Balagh with the same mission of propagating Indian nationalism and revolutionary ideas based on Hindu-Muslim unity. In 1916, the government banned this paper too and expelled Maulana Abul Kalam Azad from Calcutta and interned him at Ranchi from where he was released after the First World War 1920.
CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE
After his release, Azad roused the Muslim community through the Khilafat Movement. The aim of the movement was to re-instate the Khalifa as the head of British captured Turkey. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad supporded Non-Cooperation Movement started by Gandhiji and entered Indian National Congress in 1920. He was elected as the president of the special session of the Congress in Delhi (1923). Maulana Azad was again arrested in 1930 for violation of the salt laws as part of Gandhiji's Salt Satyagraha. He was put in Meerut jail for a year and a half. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the president of Congress in 1940 (Ramgarh) and remained in the post till 1946. He was a staunch opponent of partition and supported a confederation of autonomous provinces with their own constitutions but common defence and economy. Partition hurt him greatly and shattered his dream of unified nation where Hindus and Muslims can co-exist and prosper together.
SPREADING NATIONALISM THROUGH MEDIA
Maulana Azad had a natural inclination for writing and this resulted in the miraculous start of the monthly "Nairang-e-Alam" in 1899 at Calcutta when he was hardly eleven years old. The periodical carried the poetical collection of the contemporary poets. This was followed by the launch of the weekly "Al-Misbah" in 1900 which carried articles on contemporary issues. But the genesis of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's revolutionary journalism was in 1908. He was of the view that the Freedom Movement against the British is the combined responsibility of all communities and hence it should be carried unitedly. With these nationalist and patriotic thoughts in his mind, Maulana Azad started the "Al-Hilal" News Magazine and a weekly by the same name. The "Al-Hilal" weekly was a landmark in the history of the journalism in India. Its circulation figures rose to 26,000 copies. Further, even back issues of this weekly had to be republished as every new subscriber wanted to hold all copies of "Al-Hilal". The message of patriotism and nationalism coupled with religious fervor inherent in the weekly gained wide acceptance among the masses. 1915, barely five months after the ban on "Al-Hilal", Maulana Azad started the publication of the "Al-Balagh" weekly. It was similar in its content to "Al-Hilal". The British realized that the provisions of the Press Act are not enough to counter the onslaught of Maulana Azad's writings. Hence the Maulana Azad was asked to leave Calcutta after the Defence of India Provisions were invoked against him in 1916. Punjab, U.P., Delhi and Bombay also prohibited his entry under the same law. Bihar was the only state in which he could move without any hindrance. But the moment he reached Ranchi he was kept under house arrest. This detention continued till December 31, 1919. He was released on January 1, 1920. In 1921 Maulana Azad started a weekly named "Paigham". But it was banned in December 1921 and he was arrested. Maulana Azad's detention continued till January 1, 1921. In 1927, Maulana Azad restarted the publication of "Al-Hilal" and this weekly continued to be published till the end of the year. Apart from these publications, Maulana Azad was in the forefront in all the major movements for the independence like the Khilafat Movement (1919-23), the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-32) and the Quit India Movement (1942). He was a strong advocate of undivided India and had the foresight to predict that the Urdu-speaking Muslims of India leaving for either East or West Pakistan will be marginalized by the local population. This has come true today when one looks at the plight of the "Mohajirs" in Pakistan and "Biharis" in Bangladesh.
EDUCATIONIST
He was the first to raise the issue of the National System of Education which is today the bed-rock of the National Policy on Education in 1986 and updated in 1992. The concept implies that, upto a given level, all students, irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex have access to education of a comparable quality. All educational programmes, he said, must be carried out in strict conformity with secular values and constitutional framework. He stood for a common educational structure of 10+2+3 throughout India. If Maulana Azad were alive today he would have been the happiest to see the implementation of children’s Right to Free Education Act 2009. The Right to Education Act seeks to make free and compulsory education to children as a fundamental legal right. The 86th Constitutional Amendment inserted Article 21(a) as Right to Education as a fundamental human right. The wealth of the nation, according to Maulana Azad, was not in the country’s banks but in primary schools. The Maulana was also a great votary of the concept of Neighbourhood schools and the Common School System. In 1947 when the Interim Government was formed Maulana Azad was included as Member for Education and Arts. On August 15, 1947 when India attained Independence he became Free India’s first Education Minister with a cabinet rank where he achieved a number of distinctions and established institutions of excellence to promote education and Indian culture. Among the new institutions he established were the three National Academies namely the Sangeet Natak Academy (1953), Sahitya Academy (1954) and Lalit Kala Academy (1954). The Indian Council for Cultural Relations having been established by him earlier in 1950. The Maulana felt that the cultural content in Indian Education was very low during the British rule and needs to be strengthened through curriculum. As Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education, an apex body to recommend to the Government educational reform both at the centre and the states including Universities, he advocated, in particular, universal primary education, free and compulsory for all children upto the age of 14, girls education, vocational training, agricultural education and technical education. He established University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1956 by an Act of Parliament for disbursement of grants and maintainence of standards in Indian universities. He firmly believed with Nehru that if the universities discharged their functions well, all will help Nation’s progress. He opined that the universities have not only academic functions, but also social responsibilities as well. He was a pioneer in the field of adult education. His greatest contribution, however, is that in spite of being an eminent scholar of Urdu, Persian and Arabic he stood for the retention of English language for educational advantages and national and international needs. However primary education should be imparted in the mother-tongue. On the technical education side he strengthened All Indian Council for Technical Education. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was established in 1951 followed by a chain of IIT’s at Bombay, Madras and Kanpur and Delhi. School of Planning and Architecture came into existence at Delhi in 1955.
*11th November is being observed as National Education Day across the country..

IN THE FIRST PHASE 12 ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTES TO BE SET UP AT ACOST OF OVER 200 CRORES AS A PART OF ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ PRROGRAMME
Our Correspondent, 8 Nov 2014
The Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment proposes to set up 12 Advanced Training Institutes (ATIs) at various locations of the country at a Total Project Cost of over 200 Crores. This is the pilot phase of a scheme of the Directorate under its Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS), to be implemented in PPP mode, with the objective training of 9200 Vocational Instructors to begin with. This effort is a part of ‘Make in India’ program which aims to transform India into a best-in-class manufacturing hub and it places a strong emphasis on skill development. The Hon’ble Prime Minister, in a recent speech, has also weighed on the need to focus on Skill, Scale and Speed to make India capable of competing on the global scale. Referring to the requirement of skilled trainers in the country, he mentioned that good teachers are one of the biggest needs of the society. To address this need for vocational trainers, the DGE&T has decided to setup 27 Advanced Training Institutes (ATIs) in all for training of trainers. With a clear impetus on private participation to induce efficiency and innovation, the DGE&T has decided to explore Public-Private Partnerships as a model for developing these institutes. DGE&T is an apex organization for development and coordination of the vocational training in India. The prequalification process for bidders to set up the first 12 institutes in the first phase is to begin soon.

Career College Bhopal in association with EPCO (Environment Planning & Co-ordination Organisation), Govt. of MP is going to organize a Mega Interschool event
Our Correspondent, 4 Nov 2014
Career College Bhopal in association with EPCO (Environment Planning & Co-ordination Organisation), Govt. of MP is going to organize a Mega Interschool Event under the banner of Abhyudaya 2K14 on 07-Nov-2014 and 08-Nov-2014 on the theme “ Greener India through Greener Technology ” at BHEL Govindpura, Bhopal Campus, with different Enviro-Techno competitions for the young buds from nearly 100 schools who will gather to compete in a healthy atmosphere and will get an opportunity to explore and unleash their latent talents. The main purpose of this event is to acquaint and sensitize the young minds to the environmental problems and concerns, to inculcate healthy personal and social attitude and behaviour towards environment. The inauguration of this Enviro-techno event will be on 7th-November, 2014 at 10:30 am and Prize Distribution Ceremony will be on 8th-November, 2014 at 02:30 pm at Career College, Bhopal. Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Director, IISER, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research has given his consent to grace the inaugural ceremony of Abhyudaya 2K14 as Chief Guest. Mr. Ajatshatru Executive Director EPCO will be the Guest of Honour.

2 days International conference on People, Politics, and Media by Lakecity University
Our Correspondent, 25 April 2014
School of Media and communication , Jagran Lakecity University, Organised the Conference where Media Professionals and Academicians presented the paper relating to the People , Politics, and Media . While talking to the VC Dr. Anoop Swarup and Director, Dr. Sanjay Ranade, they said our focus is not just to teach the student but to train them as true Professionals

Law Entrance Orientation @ Swami Vivekanand Library Bhopal
Our Correspondent, 05 April 2014
Law has become the new career option for the new generation Y. with students leaving streams like engineering and medicine and opting for law each year, this is quite evident. The impetus was given by a band of 3 young law graduates who started orienting students upon the diverse options in Law. Out of the three, one still remains and is the undisputed brand ambassador of Law and National Law School. A 2006 graduate from NLIU Bhopal Deepu Krishna has been a pioneer in CLAT training in India and his session with Swami Vivekananda Library was the first exclusive orientation session ever in Bhopal on CLAT back in 2010. He was the first person to start an all exclusive CLAT coaching in Bhopal and every year has been the mentor to city toppers namely, ChitrakshiJain,Divya Joshi, Aishwarya Gaur etc..
On 4thApril Swami Vivekananda library is going to host him after 4 years to again give CLAT aspirants from the city an orientation which shall help them not just on getting to know about various career options in Law but also on how to crack CLAT . The session shall help students from all the stream maths, commerce, bio and humanities etc. to understand and develop their potential about CLATand to clear all the confusions relating to it. There shall be live examples which shall be quoted by Mr.Krishna about career options in Law. The examples shall be from his Law School Life and his passout students to give a clear impression to students opting for the same.There shall also be Free distribution of a mock test on the occasion for students to take part and get to know practically what CLAT is all about.

THE B-SCHOOL THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
PGDFM 2014-16
Our Correspondent, 24 October 2013
Admission to AICTE and AIU approved Two Year Full Time Residential Course
IIFM is a sectoral management school imparting excellent management skills as well as managerial competence in the areas of forests, environment and development management. It has a sprawling green campus spread over 230 acres with state-of-the art infrastructure. It has a record of 100% Campus Placement for all its batches.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

At least a three year Bachelor’s degree with minimum 50% aggregate (45% for SC/ST/DA) or equivalent CGPA. Candidates appearing in final year of degree examination in 2014 can also apply provided they complete it before June 30,2014.

RESERVATION

Seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Non-creamy OBC, and DA(Differently Abled; also referred to as Persons with Disability) candidates, as per the Government of India rules.

FEE

IIFM provides high quality education at reasonable cost and toatal fee for the entire program is Rs. 4,00,000 for General/Non-creamy OBC/DA, Rs. 2,40,000 for SC/ST candidates.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

Apply and appear for CAT 2013 examination. IIFM will use CAT score for short-listing the candidates. IIMs have no role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the programme.

Apply to IIFM separately through one of the following ways:

• Online through www.iifm.ac.in/admission or www.mponline.gov.in and remit the fee through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking.
• Through MPOnline authorized KIOSK Centre and remit the application fee in cash.
• Download the application form from IIFM’s website and send filled-in form with the requisite fee.
• Obtain admission bulletin and the application form personally or by post by post by sending a Demand Draft of Rs. 900 / (Rs. 450 for SC/ST) in favour of Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.

SCHOLARSHIPS Starting with the 2014 batch, around 20% students will receive merit scholarships of Rs. 5,000 per month based on their performance in the programme. See website for details.”

Last date for submission of application is 21st January 2014 GD/Interviews will be held at Bhopal, Bangalore, New Delhi & Kolkata

CII- Yi Valedictory session of CII- Yi Finishing School Initiative in association
Jeev Sewa Sansthan Group of Institutions for Women, Bairagarh
Our Correspondent, 12 October 2013
CII-Yi has completed the session of finishing school organized in association with Jeev Sewa Sansthan Group of Institutions for Women at Bairagarh. The objective of the Finishing School was to provide soft skills coaching to students graduating from Engineering, Business Management and Law institutions. The purpose of the School is to facilitate the strengthening of the capability of the students, to improve their employability, once they complete their education. The focus of the programme is to sharpen soft skills, which have now become extremely important for success in any profession, anywhere in the world. CII-Yi has completed its 2nd batch of Finishing School in Bhopal.

In this batch at JSSGIW, 50 students took benefit out of this initiative made for them. 12 industrial faculties trained them through the 30 hours course schedule. The finishing school programme has provided very detailed and in-depth knowledge through sessions on office management, corporate culture, organizational behavior, effective presentation skills, time management and goal setting, public speaking etc. The topics were made to understand by mock sessions and case studies to students.

A valedictory session has been organized by CII-Yi today at JSSGIW, Bairagarh to felicitate the faculties and students. All the participant students were given a participation certificate for the finishing school. Dr Shashi Rai, Group Director JSSGIW welcomed all the guests and faculties. The chief guest of the programme was Dr. Asha Shukla, Director and professor, Women’s Study Centre, Barkatullah University. Dr Shukla has admired the concept of finishing school and asked the students to apply the learning in their daily life. She said we should not long for any short cut success as shortcuts never give long term and futuristic gain in life. Dr DK Kohli, Past Chairman CII has thanked the institute for their cooperation in organizing the batch. Ms Bhavana Banerjee, Chair Yi Bhopal has narrated the necessity of such courses in present scenario of cut throat competition and asked the students to be ready with all their learning. Ms Prakriti Jain, Cochair designate Yi Chapter has shared the experience of faculties and motivated girls to be strong and know their capabilities be it as homemaker or as professional. Reverent Siddh Bhauji was also present during the valedictory ceremony and enlightens everyone with his thoughts about necessity of knowledge.
Students have also shared their experience and learning of finishing school.

Young Indians Bhopal Celebrating 1st Anniversary September 2013, Bhopal
Our Correspondent, 29 september 2013
Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of the Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business association, formed in the year 2002, with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to realize the dream of a developed nation. Yi has over 1600 direct members in 28 city chapters. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 25 & 40 years. The members include entrepreneurs, professionals and progressive achievers from different walks of life. ‘To become the voice of young Indians globally’ being the vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute by becoming an integral part of the Indian growth story.

Young Indians Bhopal Chapter is 25th Chapter and started its sanctum in September 2012. Yi Bhopal has successfully completed a year of hard work, learning, joy of sharing and zeal to give back to society. The chapter was formed with few passionate and energetic young entrepreneurs with a mission to contribute towards development of Society. In order to give meaning to passion the chapter has successfully organised activities to contribute to society e.g. Eye Donation Drive, Joy of Giving Week Celebration: The initiative of the Yi Bhopal team to set up a Library by donating books and a cupboard at Narela Shankari Government School, Learning Session with Mumbai Dabbawala, Plantation Drive, Green I Contest, Girl Child Day Celebration by a way of Drawing Competition, Blood Donation Camp with maximum participation of Girls, Joining hands with Goonj, for a step towards reforming SocYiety, Observing “World No Tobacco Day”, Celebrating “World Environment Day”, Learning Session on Photography with Mr. Uttam Ganguly, Service Staff Training Program, RYight to WrYite, NaYi Disha.
Yi Bhopal is celebrating its 1st Year Anniversary in September 2013 not by lavish celebrations but by taking the flagship project of Bhopal Chapter, NaYi Disha further. Inauguration of FREE Computer Classes, Library and Tuition Classes of 5th to 8th standard students has been done. The computers, library books and also the furniture for the set up was contributed and donated by the Yi Bhopal Members. Also, for the Anniversary to make it more special, Yi has inaugurated its first Student Net Chapter with “VNS Group of Institutions” and more such student net chapters are in line to be launched and inaugurated.

“One year with Yi Bhopal has been a very fulfilling year. Making a diverse team that focuses on how to bring the change we wish to be and working together to utilize each other's strengths for the betterment of the society. Seeing projects from the infancy stage to maturity and smiling and fulfilled faces is the best part. I was also fortunate that I got to represent India in G20 summit at Moscow, Russia in June of this year. It was truly an amazing experience. I felt so responsible that I was representing my country and felt equally proud. I have made friends from the US, Korea, Japan, South Africa besides my fellow Indian delegates. The exposure is invaluable through such summits at national and international levels.”- Said Ms Bhavana Banerjee, Chair Yi Bhopal Chapter.
Yi is a platform that is parented by CII and has a mix of learning, giving back to the society, retreats, students, grass root engagement, international exposure and making friends for life in most every part of country and globe. A unique place which allows working very independently yet be part of an organized structure.

School Initiative in association with Jeev Sewa Sansthan, Bairagarh
Our Correspondent, 17 september 2013
Professors in Madhya It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Young Indians (Yi), in association with Jeev Sewa Sansthan, Bairagarh (JSS) has stared second batch of “Finishing School” in Bhopal to improve employability of students in the industry.

The objective of the Finishing School is to provide soft skills coaching to students graduating from Engineering, Business Management and Law institutions. The purpose of the School is to facilitate the strengthening of the capability of the students, to improve their employability, once they complete their education. The focus of the programme is to sharpen soft skills, which have now become extremely important for success in any profession, anywhere in the world.
The cutting edge of the finishing school is the development of the framework and its contents through a collaborative effort between industry, educational institutions and specialized learning management system providers. The touch stone of this finishing school will be to deliver a more polished budding professional. In that sense, the challenge of the finishing school will be to build and enhance the confidence level of the students by providing them early exposure to their future work places.
CII and Yi Members would anchor the curriculum, to strengthen the knowledge base and rigor. They would also focus on the application part of the knowledge and practice sessions on sharpening skills. The students will attend the finishing school- consisting of 30 hours duration, during weekdays.
In summary, the nominated student would obtain a holistic view of his/her future industry employers’. This would also support the increase in the pool of employable people in India.

Summary-tangible benefits to the students:

Enhancing confidence levels
Enhancing multi industry perspective
Opportunity to meet Senior Managers from industry and learn mutually
Enhancing competence at performing effectively in Group Discussion situations
Understanding and appreciating Business Etiquette
Enhancing impact and quality of Formal Presentation Skills
Improving the quality of the Resume Building Process
Improving the quality of confidently facing an interview Summary- benefits for the Faculty:

Experiencing the aspirations and expectations of the India of tomorrow
Pride in supporting a National priority
Developing relationships with the students

Madhya Pradesh professors go on strike this Teachers Day
Our Correspondent, 5 september 2013
Professors in Madhya Pradesh are marking Teachers Day in a different way this Saturday -- they have started an indefinite strike demanding higher pay.

The joint front of government college teachers, Shasakiya Mahavidyalayin Shikshak Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti, said the teachers went on an indefinite strike after the state government failed to keep its promise of implementing the revised pay scale from Sep 4.
The teachers will not participate in any of the functions organised for them on this special day.
"Madhya Pradesh Education Minister Archana Chitnis had assured teachers after a state level rally on Aug 22 that all action for implementation of the revised scales would be completed by Sep 4," a statement issued by the committee said.

Earlier the teachers had undertaken phase-wise but peaceful agitation Aug 3-22 to press their demands. They suspended their agitation after being assured that their pay would be revised Sep 4.
The agitating teachers will hold a demonstration in front of various government-run colleges from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Madhya Pradesh University Teachers Association and the Barkatullah (Bhopal) University Teachers' Association (BUTA) president H.S. Yadav told IANS: "We will be on an indefinite strike from Saturday till our demands are fulfilled."

Business leaders to train management students: CII's unique programme, CEOs Connect with management students
Our Correspondent, 30 August 2013
Lessons directly from boardrooms - Management students to learn from CEOs

CII, as an institution has been a voice for the industry through advisory and consultative processes. It has being playing a proactive role in India's development process. In yet another unique initiative, CII is extending its agenda beyond business by initiating a series of sessions called “CII CEO Connect” where, stalwarts from the industry will interact with students in order to create a link with young minds (MBA and Engineers) and business leaders.

The objective is to entail a wider spectrum of youth from society at large to share knowledge with the young talent of India in a competitive era.
The Pilot was held at CII's CEO Connect exclusive session at the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies (SIMSREE) in Mumbai.
Mr Ninad Karpe Chairman, CII Maharashtra State and CEO & Managing Director, Aptech expressed his inclination towards institutionalizing a series of such dialogues with the academia to facilitate young mindsets into a promising future.

Mr Harit Nagpal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tata Sky shared his experience while working at Vodafone, Shoppers Stop, Pepsi and Marico and stated that every business had its own demand and expectations which had been encountered during challenging times.
He elaborated that the only mantra for being a successful CEO was to ‘Collaborate, Experiment and take Ownership’.
Mr Anuj Puri, Chairman, CII WR Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction Sub-Committee and Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle emphasized on the expectations of a CEO from young MBAs illustrating on ten basic rules which were demanded to serve the socio economic balance of an organisation.

Mr Neeraj Roy, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hungama shared his experience as a young entrepreneur in dynamic environment witness by rapid changes.
The CEOs Connect brought about an interesting exchange of ideas and views on interesting aspects of real world business and the changing global scenario.

SIRTS MBA excels in BU Results
Our Correspondent, 12 August 2013
SIRTS MBA has registered 96.61% result in MBA 1st semester results, recently declared by Barkatullah University. Raveena Mansoori has scored 73.25% & secured 1st position. Saraswati Nawani with 71.25% & Bharat Wadhwani with 70% are on IInd & IIIrd position respectively. Chairman Dr. Sanjeev Agrawal, Executive Director Dr. Prashant Jain and Director SIRTS Dr. Akhilesh Upadhyay congratulated the students & wished them a bright future ahead.

SIRTS Director Invited in Beijing, China
Our Correspondent, 12 August 2013
Dr. Akhilesh Upadhyay has been invited as a member of Program Committee to participate and present his recent innovation in “The first International Symposium on Extenics and innovation Method” which will be held at Beijing.
China in the month of August this year. This symposium is jointly organized by Extension Engineering Specialized Committee, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Upadhyay and his research team will be going to meet many researchers of various countries working on the latest innovative research on artificial intelligence. Dr. Upadhyay will be going to present his innovation on “Extension Framework to interpret Human Behavior”. Dr. Upadhyay informed that on this research topic his team of three scientists was working since last 8 months. Dr. Upadhyay is the committee member. Earlier Dr. Upadhyay visited San Francisco, California USA to present his research work at “Electronic Imaging-2012. On this occasion, Chairman of SGI Dr. Sanjeev Agrawal congratulated Dr. Upadhyay and his team for this achievement. Executive director Dr. Prashant Jain said that this is a great achievement for Madhya Pradesh.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre at SIRT enters fifth year
Our Correspondent, 12 August 2013
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre(IEDC) is being promoted in SIRT, Bhopal to develop institutional mechanism to create entrepreneurial culture in S &T academic institutions by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) under Department of Science and Technology. Fifth Advisory Board Member Meeting held on 24, June 2013 chaired by Shri Sujit Banerjee, Scientist F, NSTEDB, New Delhi. The other members included Shri R.C.Kuril, Joint Director-Directorate of Industries, EDI, Bhopal; Shri. A.C. Saxena, State of Bank of India-Chief Manager; Mr. Parag Bhalla, (MPCST, Bhopal); Shri. Anupam Pandit, CEO, APPL. The members reviewed the projects done by the students and appreciated them.
Five projects have been selected for the year 2013-14 based on presentations made by the students which would be completed by March 2014. Certificates were awarded to 50 students and mentors for successfully completing the projects undertaken in the year 2012-13. On the successful conduction of meeting Director of SIRT, Dr. Rajiv Srivastava delivered vote of thanks to all the distinguished invitees. Chairman of SGI, Dr. Sanjeev Agrawal congratulated the IEDC team for their work and wished successful completion of IEDC projects in fifth year also. On this occasion Dr. Prashant Jain ED, SGI and Gr. Project Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Dutta, IEDC Coordinator, Prof. Sangeeta Shukla and Project Mentors were also present.

Lessons directly from boardrooms - Management students to learn from CEOs
Our Correspondent, 6 August 2013
CII holds lecture for MBA Students
B -Schools will interact with Business Leaders
Business leaders to train management students:
CII's unique programme, CEOs Connect with Business School

“While there is a lot of energy that the youth get with them to an organization, what really required is to channelize this energy.” Said Mr R Mukundan, Chairman, CII WR and Managing Director, Tata Chemicals Ltd during the the first series of CII unique programme called ‘CII CEO Connect’ with management students.
In first of its kind initiative, organized by CII in Mumbai with the NMIMS students. The objective is to create a link with colleges (MBA, Engineering) by linking Business Leaders and CEOs from Indian Industry. They would visit colleges and interact with students. Captains from the Indian Industry interacted and discussed the much needed issue of "What the CEOs expect from fresh MBAs,Engineering Students ?”.

Mr R Mukundan, Chairman, CII WR further emphasized on the importance of self discipline in health and personal life, a sense of individuality and further said perseverance is of utmost importance.
Mr Arun Nanda, Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd interacted very candidly with students sharing with them the snippets and examples from his own career spanning over 40 years. He said that most of the successful people are good listeners, open to learn and have been team players. He further added that along with becoming successful, one must also be humble.
Mr Ninad Karpe, Chairman, CII Maharashtra State Council and CEO & Managing Director, Aptech, while addressing the session said that the essence of this initiative was to give an opportunity to students to interact with CEOs and prepare them for the ‘’real world’’.

Mr Anuj Puri, Chairman, CII WR Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction Sub-Committee and Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle during the session, highlighted on the emotional aspect. He said, as one rises up the corporate ladder, it is important to have emotions, manage relations and trust as well as build network. He further said that with the changing and challenging times, speed is becoming of essence is today’s dynamic times.
The interactions gave students a much required perspective on what is not taught at a B- school but is expected out of management graduates.

XAVIER APTITUDE TEST (XAT-2014)
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Our Correspondent, 3 August 2013
XAT will be conducted by XLRI on behalf of Xavier Association of Management Institute (XAMI) on Sunday, January 5, 2014 Founded in 1949, XLRI has shaped thousands enthusiastic minds and transform them in world class professionals and business leaders.
Eligibility : The candidate must hold a recognized Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline or complete by June 10, 2014.
Registration for XAT 2014 - visit : www.xatonline.net.in
After initial registration on www.xatonline.net.in a candidate receives XATID. Make online payment using XATID through VISA/MASTER credit/debit card (or IDBI Net Banking) for an amount of Rs. 950/- (Rs. 650/- for SC/ST candidates). OR
A candidate can register for XAT through cash payment. Using XATID candidate has to download the XAT pay-in-slip and deposit a non-refundable amount of Rs. 950/- (Rs. 650/- for SC/ST candidates) in the nearest IDBI Bank branch. The transaction number provided by the bank needs to be entered in the XAT registration page. OR
A candidate can also register for XAT through demand draft(DD) for Rs. 950/-(Rs. 650/- for SC/ST candidates) drawn in favour of "XLRI Jamshedpur A/c XAT" payable at Jamshedpur and then enter the DD details on the XAT registration site. Candidates registering through cash payment or DD, has to download the confirmation page and send it to XLRI along with the pay in slip or Demand Draft.

XAT REGISTRATION August 12- November 22, 2013

Test Centres : XAT2014 would be conducted across India in the following cities. Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Greater, Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Surat, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.

XAT International Centres : Dubai, Kathmandu.
Admission Process : Each institute shortlist candidates independently. You need to apply to Institutes of your interest separately. For details please visit their websites.

SIMS organises BIZCON-2013
Our Correspondent, 3 August 2013
The School of Management of Sanghvi Institute of Management & Science (SIMS) BIZCON-2013, an inter-section industry visit contest under the flagship of Industry-Institute Interface Committee and Co-curricular Committee. The contest was an attempt to connect business with education; whereby participants highlighted their practical knowledge, presentation skills and intellectual sharpness. Akber Ali Sabir, GM, Swaraj Technocrat Private Limited, and Anshuman Singh Rawat, Senior Manager-HR, V.E. Commercial Vehicles Limited, were the judges for the contest. Dr. Manoj Bhatia, Director, School of Management, congratulated the winners.

CII- Yi Finishing School Initiative in association with IEHE Bhopal

Our Correspondent, 1 August 2013
It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Young Indians (Yi), in association with Institute of Excellence in Higher Education (IEHE) is launching “Finishing School” in Bhopal to improve employability of SC/ST/OBC students in the industry.

The objective of the Finishing School is to provide soft skills coaching to students graduating from Engineering, Business Management and Law institutions. The purpose of the School is to facilitate the strengthening of the capability of the students, to improve their employability, once they complete their education. The focus of the programme is to sharpen soft skills, which have now become extremely important for success in any profession, anywhere in the world.
The cutting edge of the finishing school is the development of the framework and its contents through a collaborative effort between industry, educational institutions and specialized learning management system providers. The touch stone of this finishing school will be to deliver a more polished budding professional. In that sense, the challenge of the finishing school will be to build and enhance the confidence level of the students by providing them early exposure to their future work places. The concerned Professor/Office from the selected institutions in Bhopal would select the students, from SC / ST/ OBC category, who would benefit from this finishing school. Care would be taken at the institutional level to select those students who need greater development and gender diversity should be also be ensured.

CII and Yi Members would anchor the curriculum, to strengthen the knowledge base and rigor. They would also focus on the application part of the knowledge and practice sessions on sharpening skills. The students will attend the finishing school- consisting of 30 hours duration, during weekdays.
In summary, the nominated student would obtain a holistic view of his/her future industry employers’. This would also support the increase in the pool of employable people in India.

Summary-tangible benefits to the students:

Enhancing confidence levels
Enhancing multi industry perspective
Opportunity to meet Senior Managers from industry and learn mutually
Enhancing competence at performing effectively in Group Discussion situations
Understanding and appreciating Business Etiquette
Enhancing impact and quality of Formal Presentation Skills
Improving the quality of the Resume Building Process
Improving the quality of confidently facing an interview

Summary- benefits for the Faculty:

Experiencing the aspirations and expectations of the India of tomorrow
Pride in supporting a National priority
Developing relationships with the students

IIITDM convocation ceremony
Our Correspondent, 1 August 2013
Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITDM), Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur, will be celebrating its fifth convocation ceremony at its Dumna Airport Road based college campus. T.V. Mohandas pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Private Limited, and Ashok Thakur, secretary, department of higher education. Gol, will be the chief guest and guest of honour, respectively. The function would be presided over by Professor S.V. Raghavan, Scientific Secretary, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the GOI, and Chairman, Board of Governors, IIITDM, Jabalpur. A total of 117 Bachelor of Technology degrees, 31 Masters degrees and one Doctor of Philosophy degree shall be conferred on the students.

Number of medical education institutions increases 3 times in 9 years
Our Correspondent, 9 July 2013
Remarkable increase has been registered in medical education infrastructure and facilities during last 9 years in Madhya Pradesh. During the period, number of medical and dental colleges has increased 3 times. Number of medical colleges in the state was 9 during year 2002-03, which has now increased to 27 during year 2012-13. Of these, number of government autonomous medical colleges increased from 5 to 6, government autonomous dental college 1, private medical colleges from 1 to 6 and number private dental colleges has increased from 2 to 14.

Medical college opened in Bundelkhand after 60 years

After 60 years of India’s independence, first medical college was opened at Sagar in Bundelkhand area in year 2009. During last continuous 4 years, admissions are being given on 100 MBBS seats. Bundelkhand Medical College is the first government autonomous medical college opened in notified area of Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, the state had 5 medical colleges including Gandhi Medical College Bhopal, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Gajaraja Medical College Gwalior, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose College Jabalpur and Shyam Shah Medical College Rewa.

Among government dental colleges, Indore’s Autonomous Dental College already existed. During last 9 years, private sector People’s College of Medical Science & Research Centre, Bhopal, Shri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science, Indore, Index College, Indore and L.N. Medical College and Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal have been opened. Ujjain’s R.D. Gardi Medical College exited before the period of 9 years.

During last 9 years, People’s Dental Academy, People’s College of Dental Science & Research Centre, Rishiraj College of Dental Science & Research Centre, R.K.D.F. Dental College & Research Centre, Mansarovar Dental College and Bhabha Dental College have been opened in Bhopal, Shri Aurobindo Institute of Dental Education and Index Dental College in Indore, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Institute of Dental College & Advanced Studies in Gwalior, Shri Guru Govind Singh College of Dental Science in Burhanpur and Hitkarni Dental College has been opened at Burhanpur. College of Dental Science, Rau and Modern Dental College & Research Centre, Indore existed before year 2003.

First medical university set up at Jabalpur

The first medical university in the state has been set up at Jabalpur. Its vice-chancellor and registrar have been appointed. Land has been selected by Jabalpur collector and building construction will begin soon.

After setting up of university, various courses in medical, dental, nursing and paramedical colleges will be made uniform. Rs. 50 lakh was provisioned in departmental budget for accelerating pace of setting up of university. Finance Department has given consent for creation of 214 posts for commencing the university.

DU third list out: Cut-offs still at 99 percent but seats still available
Our Correspondent, 4 July 2013
New Delhi: The third list of Delhi University, which was announced today, brings little cheer to aspirants as the cut-offs remain as high as 99 percent. The admissions for the third cut-off will start from 5 July and will continue till 6 July.
According to CNN-IBN, the cut-offs are 99.25 percent for commerce at Hindu College and 97.4 percent at Kirori Mal for economics.
Seats in the science streams have already filled up in several colleges, it added.

There are no more seats available at the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) while only 12 colleges have seats left for Mathematics course.
However, students vying to get a seat in Delhi University for popular courses like Commerce, Economics and English needn’t worry since seats for the courses still remain open for admission.
As many as 25 colleges were still offering admissions for the much-in-demand Commerce course. Among the popular colleges with seats still available for the course were Hindu, Hans Raj, IP College and Ramjas.

Withdrawals at some colleges, which had closed admission for the course in the second list, has resulted in admissions being reopened in the third list. Kamala Nehru, Lakshmibai and Maitreyi were among such colleges.
Admissions for Economics and English were still open in over 20 colleges, but the drop in cut off was similarly marginal.
For Journalism, only two of the six colleges – Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and Maharaja Agrasen College – issued a third cut off.

With BA (Programme) degree no more being offered by the University with the introduction of the new four year undergraduate course, seats at most colleges for Political Science and History courses have been filled up.
Only 12 and 16 colleges issued a third list for Political Science and History courses respectively.
Off campus college Sri Aurobindo which had slashed its cut offs by as much as 22 per cent in History, 18 per cent in Political Science, 20 per cent in Botony and 19 per cent for Zoology in the second cut off list had not issued its third list till late night.

Admissions to M.E/M. Tech through online off-campus counselling in private institutions
Our Correspondent, 2 July 2013
Registration for online off-campus counselling will be held from July 4 to 15 for admissions in M.E./M. Tech course in private institutions in Madhya Pradesh. Students will be able to get admission only through internet.

Online registration and verification of documents for GATE-based counselling will be done from July 4 to 15. Choice for institutions can be locked from July 6 to 15. Common merit list will be released on July 16. Admission can be taken in allotted institutions from July 18 to 22.

After GATE-based counselling, counselling for remaining seats will be held on the basis of qualifying exam from July 5. Choice for institutions can be locked from July 8 to 19. Merit list will be released on July 23. Admission in allotted institutions can be taken from July 25 to 29.

All candidates will have to deposit Rs. 430 fees for online registration. Separate choices will have to be filled and locked for GATE-based counselling and qualifying exam-based counselling.

After allotment, Rs. 20 thousand demand draft will have to be given as partial fees for admission in the first semester in the state by candidates belonging to unreserved and other backward classes and Rs. 10 thousand by SC, ST candidates. Demand draft payable in Bhopal will be in the name of “Director Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh”. Draft will be deposited only in the allotted institution. Photocopies of documents will be submitted at the time of admission. Original documents should not be submitted in any case. Other details about online admissions can be seen on websites www.dtempcounselling.org and www.mponline.gov.in. Phone numbers 0755-4919401, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 can also be contacted.

Scope College holds faculty development programme
Our Correspondent, 20 June 2013
Bhopal : A two-day faculty development programme was organized by Scope College of Engineering concluded recently. According to college authorities, the programmme was organized under the aegis of Scope Institute of Business Management. The programme was organized in four technical sessions. In the first session, Dr Seema Rafiq delivered a lecture on teaching tools and ways of making an effective class room. Navin Shukla delivered a lecture on human behaviour where he made presentation on improving the quality of teaching through behaviour mapping. Career guidance programme : A mega career guidance programme was organized at Bhopal School of Social Sciences (BSSS) on Monday. Students of various streams, who have recently completed school education, participated in the programme. The objective of the session was to create awareness about various courses, opportunities and information about right subjects to choose while taking admission. College principal Dr P P Joseph gave tips to students. Students also attended motivation and personality development session where college's teaching faculty Professor Aamir Mehboob and Professor Amit Nag took the session.

Commputational fluid dynamics : On second day of short-term tranining programme on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), head of the civil engineering department of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Dr Vishnu Parasad delivered expert lecture on 'discretization of governing equations'. Discretization concerns process of transferring continuous models and equations into discrete counterparts. The process is usually carried out as a first step toward making them suitable for numerical evaluation and implementation on digital computers. The 5-day programme is underway at MANIT. Dr Prasad explained numerical methods for dissecting the governing equations of fluid flow. Dr. Jyotirmay Banarjee of Saradar Vallabbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, delivered the expert lecture on CFD application to turbulent flow. He explained different turbulent models in detail. The software training was also provided to participants. In this training programme, 39 participants from all over India are paricipating.

Vinod K Baroche of RBI won 8th edition of carom competition organized by the IES Group of Institutions.

In the final, Vinod defeated SBI's Yogesh Bath am 21-06 and 25-05 in straight boards. Chief guest of the prize distribution ceremony, regional director of RBI, PR Ravi and IES Group chairman BS Yadav distributed prizes to the winners.

No Indian university in world's top 100
Our Correspondent, 21 June 2013
Cash-strapped and resource-poor Indian universities have failed to make it to a list of the world's top 100 institutions under 50 years old, published by The Times.

South Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology heads a list of the world's Top 100 "young" universities for the second consecutive year.
The annual '100 Under 50' rankings, published by The Times newspaper's 'Higher Education' supplement here on Wednesday, also found China and Russia lagging behind in terms of newer universities.

"South Korea's experience shows that it is possible for nations with sufficient political will to build in a relatively short time world-class universities that can compete with the traditional elites in the US and the UK," said Phil Baty, editor of Times Higher Education rankings.
"We haven't found many examples of India's universities under 50 years which are currently meeting our tough global standards," he added.

The 100 Under 50 is based on the same 13 performance indicators covering teaching, research, interaction with industry and internationalisation that underpin the supplement's definitive World University Rankings, although academic reputation is less significant.
To qualify for inclusion in the ranking, universities have to be 50 years old or younger, founded in 1963 onwards. The ranking provides a fresh perspective on the concept of the "elite university", which some believe better reflects past glories and reputation built up over centuries than current academic excellence.

"The traditional elite cannot afford to coast on centuries of history and tradition or rely too heavily on reputation. There is a new breed of dynamic universities emerging quickly and visibly to challenge for their crowns," Baty said.
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist) also rises from fifth to third, while the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology drops one place to fourth.

Only one UK institution the University of York, in seventh place makes the top 10, compared with three last year. After York, the highest-placed UK institutions are the University of Warwick (13th), Lancaster University (14th) and the University of East Anglia (16th).
Overall, however, the UK still has the most representatives in the list, with 18 in the top 100 institutions but down from 20 last year. Other strong national systems include Australia (13 institutions), the US (eight), France (seven), Spain (six) and Taiwan (five).

CIIM conducted a workshop on "Benefits of Stock Market and D-Mat Accounting"

Our Correspondent, Bhopal, 4th June 2013
Bhopal, 4th June, 2013: Career Institute of International Management (CIIM) conducted a workshop for PGDM students recently in their college campus to educate students about the Scope of Finance in Banking, benefits of the Stock Market and Introduction to D-Mat Accounting.
The session was headed by Mr. Ajeet Goswami, Branch Manager and Head Press Line Securities & Planet Securities, where he educated students about the wide scope of Finance and also instructed them with ample knowledge about Benefits of Stock market and Introduction to D- Mat Accounting.

Prof. Pradeep Jain, Group Director, Career College, said" We organize such workshop as we want our students to be updated with the latest knowledge and scope in the different aspects of market. This session on the Stock Market and D-Mat Accounting helped our students to understand the stock market in a better way so that they can plan their future with abundant knowledge."

Mrs. Smita Gupta, Dean, CIIM explained the benefits of attaining the workshop and how students can get benefitted by being self employed by the workshop.
Major points discussed in the workshop were about the Stock Market and types of Stock Market. The session future included points about BSE, NSE, SENSEX, and NIFTY, about D-Mat Accounting and how to open a D-Mat account, types of Trading in Stock market in D-Mat Account, about Intraday, F&O (Future) and Delivery.

Information was shared on Call and Put Option in Equity Market, Spot market trading, details on Lot size in Commodity market, about Bullion, Metals and Energy Segments, Online trading terminal watch and benefit of stock market for students and self employed and beneficial areas.
Students had a very interactive learning and attended the session with enthusiasm andzeal and filled themselves with bundles of knowledge and education.

Polytechnic college campuses to have wi-fi facility

IAs per announcement of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, campuses of all the polytechnic colleges in the state will be equipped with wi-fi facility. The Director, Technical Education has directed to complete process of making available wi-fi facility within one month.
Specification of wi-fi has been prepared by Jabalpur Engineering College. It is also uploaded on the departmental website.

Panel of experienced institutions to impart skill development training to youths

It has been decided by the Department of Sports and Youth Welfare to constitute a panel of experienced institutions at the directorate level to impart job-oriented training to and upgrading skills of unemployed educated youths in the state with the objective of providing jobs to them. Applications have been invited from experienced institutions for travel and tourism sector in Gwalior, beauty culture and hair dressing sector in Bhopal and garment sector in Khargone and Khandwa.

Under the scheme, high quality/ISO certificate holder institutions, which are financially viable, will be given priority. Besides, applying institution must have minimum 3 years’ experience in concerning field for imparting training and ensuring placements, its own premises for running institute, library, requisite equipment for imparting training, trained staff, necessary infrastructure etc. The firm/institution to be selected for imparting training will have to ensure placement of 70 percent candidates trained by it.

Desirous applicants/institutions/firms may submit their application forms along with bank draft/banker’s cheque worth Rs. 1000 to Director Sports & Youth Welfare, MP, TT Nagar, Bhopal during office hours till May 23, 2013. Application forms can be downloaded from departmental website www.mpsportsandyw.nic.in.

"Career Business School" organized guest lecture on Career opportunities and Practical Implementation of Marketing Concepts

Students of CIIM and CCM where benefited with this lecture
Bhopal, May 2013: Career Business School organized a guest lecture in their campus to educate students more about the career opportunities available in the market. Making them aware about the current corporate scenario and helping them to shape their careers by mapping the necessary information and knowledge. Students of Career Institute of International Management (CIIM) and Career College of Management (CCM) where benefited with this lecture.

Mrs. Shabeena Durrani, Asst. Professor (CCM) welcomed the guest speaker of the session Mr. Navniit Siingh Chatwal, B.E. Hons (Mechanical) from Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal. Mr. Navniit completed his MBA (Strategic Management) from Schulich School of Business, Toronto, CANADA. He enlightened the students on the current job opportunities and the Practical Implementation of Marketing concepts.

Mr. Navniit Siingh Chatwal, said, "It is very important that today, students understand the current corporate scenario as that will help them to shape themselves for the world. A deep understanding is required so that they can according prepare themselves keeping in mind all the possibilities. Along with Career opportunities it is also very essential to understand the Practical implementation of marketing concepts because at the end they need to get into the Market."

The first lecture was on "Career Opportunities", where he spoke to the students about the present corporate scenario and the skill sets required in every student known as X factors by the exports, who grab those opportunities. He also enlightened the students with the do's and don'ts for getting a good and worthy job. The second lecture consisted of "Practical Implementation of Marketing Concepts", (STP: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning) through latest case studies.

Prof. Pradeep Jain, Group Director, Career College and Dr. Ajay Khare, Director, Career College of Management welcomed all the students. Mrs. Sangeeta Deota, Asst. Professor (CCM) thanked Mr. Navniit for sparing his time and interacting with the students.

Students had a very interactive learning and attended the sessions with enthusiasm and zeal and learned a lot which will make them ready to face the corporate world.

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MP legislative assembly deputy speaker Harvansh Singh (fifth from right) with IT company representatives who were felicitated at the HR Summit organized by IES Group of Institutions

Develop English and Skills - Phani

Bhopal: Develop Skills and language for better placement in IT sector. Microsoft director Phani Kondepudi said during HR summit, organized by IES Group of Institutes in association with The Times of India on IES campus on Thursday. Theme of the summit was 'Latest trends for hiring fresher in IT industry'. On the occasion, IT companies providing better opportunities to engineering students in Madhya Pradesh were felicitated.
Addressing the gathering, Kondepudi said, "It is student's quality that makes it posible for him to get selected in any company. To achieve this, they have to develop various skills."

The summit was organized in three sessions. The theme of the first session was 'responsibility of students and institutions in grooming engineering students for better employment opportunities in IT industry'.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University vice-chancellor, professor Piyush Trivedi, in his address, to students said, "There are immense opportunities available in the IT sector. The need is to sharpen your skills."

In the second session, IT companies were felicitated. Country manager (IBM) Malthi Srinivasan. senior manager (Persistent Systems), Phani Kondepudi, Vishal Shelke (TCS), Jacob PU (Hexaware Technologies) and former chairman (CII), Uttam Ganguly were felicitated.

In the final session, lectures from experts were organized. In all, six technical lectures were presented. Chief guest of the function, deputy speaker of state legislative assembly Harvansh Singh, in his address, appreciated efforts of engineering colleges like IES for providing better infrastructure and academics to the students.
"It is good to see that Indians are in demand in countries like the US," he said. IES College chairman BS Yadav, director professor Sunita Singh and other dignitaries were present.

The summit was organized in three sessions. The theme of the first session was 'responsibility of students and institutions in grooming engineering students for better employment opportunities in IT industry'. In the second session, IT companies were felicitated

"Women's Empowerment - a Myth or Reality" a talk show in association with Young Indians
Bhopal 2013: To mark the presence of International Women's Day, Sant Hirdaram Girls College, Bhopal organized a Talk show. The show was jointly organized by Young Indians, Sant Hirdaram Girls College, Bhopal and All India Women Conference (AIWC), Bhopal Chapter. The program took place in the pious presence of Rev. Sidh Bhauji.

The theme of the talk show was "Women's Empowerment - a Myth or Reality". Reputed panelists from different walks of life were invited to throw a light on this critical issue. The event was organized at Sant Hirdaram Auditorium, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Bhopal. The talk show was conducted by Ms Ankita Rajdev , Ms Archana , Ms Deepika and Ms Sugandha. Various valuable points were made by the representatives from the young Indians.

Empowerment' means 'to vest with authority, to authorize', but the achievements of women are very much real and hard-won. India is one of the few countries where males significantly outnumber females, and this imbalance has increased over time. There is a famous saying by Jawaharlal Nehru "You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women".

Panelist Mr. Amit Saxena, Young Indians representative said, "To know the real status of women's empowerment in India, we can perhaps consider some figures. Indian women typically spend 35 hours per week on household tasks and caring for family-members, as against 4 hours per week put in by men. Women are considered as the hub center of the family. Women's rights and issues have always been a subject of serious concern. From pastoral society to global society, the role of Women has changed drastically. With the process of Industrialization, Modernization and Globalization showing its deep impact on the human society all over the world, the role and responsibilities of Women has attained new definition and perspective."

Panelists Dr. Reena Arya, Legal Expert, Ms. Preeti Sherawat and Dr Gaurav Raj Bhagat, Educationist said, "One of the most disturbing obstacles to women's empowerment is the growing trend of violence against women. This violence takes place in many forms–dowry harassment, bride burning, eve-teasing, sexual harassment at the workplace, marital violence and rape. To each of these victims, women’s empowerment may just be an empty, broken promise. However, there are encouraging signs. Currently, in the Indian IT industry, women form 45 per cent of the total workforce. More women are stepping out and speaking up, demanding and getting education and employment and some semblance of equality."

Panelists Dr Prashant Pattak, Sociologist and Ms. Anita Tiwari, Home Maker said, "From Indira Gandhi to today's Sonia-Mayawati-Mamata in politics, from Indra Nooyi and Naina Lal Kidwai in the corporate world to Arundhati Roy and Medha Patkar in the areas of injustice; famous Indian women achievers do make a long list.This is the urban age and Women along with men are here to make an impact, they have occupied secondary position vis-a-vis men. So, women's empowerment is neither a myth, nor a fully-achieved reality, but a work in progress. A process that started long ago and far away, but is carried forward each time a woman asserts her rights. May be the coming generations will have an easier choice, a smoother flight, a safer freedom, and a more equal empowerment, for the betterment of the entire human race."

Student demands Lokayukta probe int BU sociology admissions
Bhopal : A PhD student of Barkatullah university has lodged a complaint with the Lodayukta on Tuesday, alleging irregularities in admissions by the head of Sociology department.
Ubhay Kushal Tiwari, the PhD student and a youth congress leader, has alleged that the HOD, Gyanendra Gautam, had given admissions to seven students for first semester of masters of social work courses and to three students in third semester even as the last date for submitting the forms was over.

Information collected through two different RTI applications, has revealed that Gautam had granted the admissions after the last date of submission of the forms. Tiwari claimed that despite several complaints filed against the HOD, the university did not conduct any inquiry.

When contacted, Gautam denied any irregularities and maintained that set norms were followed in the Procedure. He siad that the admissions were given under special rule and that the admissions were granted to students who pass the supplementary exams. "Under the special rule, such students are given a 15-day time to take admission with permission from the vice-chancellor," said Gautam. "The student (who lodged the compalint) has been demanding for a specific guide for his PhD. It is not up to me to fulfill his demands. Consequently, he has lodged the complaint," Gautam added.
BU's registrar Dr Sanjay Tiwari said, "There is no issue of irregularity while of fering addmissions to the students."

Three-day tech-fest Inforiya at IES college
Bhopal : Prerna Shrvastava and Shashank Soni were adjudged Miss and Mr Inforiya during the concluding ceremony of the three-day long tech-fest-Inforiya - which was concluded at IES Engineering College on Wednesday. Various cultural events were organized on the concluding day. Teams from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Oriental College, TIT, Truba, JNCT and other engineering colleges participated in the event. Paper presentation, robo show, elecronics, and computer games among others were organized.

Junoon : A two-day sports meet - Junoon - organized by JICM sports club concluded recently. Cricket, volleyball, basketball, relays, tug-of-war, kabaddi, arm-wrestling and kho-kho were organized. Marathon event, compulsory for all, was the attraction of the meet. Bharat Meghani, a student, said, "Such sports events must be a regular activity. We all enjoyed a lot and got some real good talents amongst our peer group." Faculty and management members appreciated the winning students. Lecture : Senior scnior scientist from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Professor Girijesh Gowil delivered a lecture on "A journey from chemistry to biology" and "Nobel Prize in chemistry: Whom and Why" at National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research here on Wednesday. He said the young generation should concentrate on improving rather than moving West. He said the researches in science and technology should address the real life issues.

The need is to invest in the field of science and Japan, he added.
Vihan 2013: Various sports meet are being organized under annual event - Vihan 2013 at Radharaman Group of Institute of Technology(TIT) defeated hosts Radharaman in the tug-of-war event. In the girls' category, final match was played between Radharaman Engineering College (REC) and Radharaman Institute Technology and Science(PITS). REC team won the title. In the 100X4 relay. RITS team won the gold medal.

Madhya Pradesh government’s Education Loan Subsidy Scheme implemented Students of families with Rs. 4.50 lakh to Rs. 7 lakh income to get benefit
Madhya Pradesh Government’s scheme to provide loan subsidy to students on bank loans taken by them for pursuing higher education has been implement from this academic session. Under the scheme, students whose annual family income is more than Rs. 4.50 lakh and upto Rs. seven lakh will be eligible for loan subsidy. It may be noted that loan subsidy is granted by the Union Government to students belonging to weaker section families whose annual income is upto Rs. 4.50 lakh. Due to this, students belonging to families with more income than stipulated limit cannot avail benefit of the scheme. Madhya Pradesh government has launched this scheme to remove this shortcoming. Under the scheme, a student will be eligible for loan subsidy during moratorium period fixed by bank and after maximum one year on completion of course or starting job, whichever is earlier. It is mandatory that such student should have obtained loan from a scheduled bank and taken admission in an institution in technical or professional course recognised by Indian Bank Association. Under Madhya Pradesh Government’s Higher Education Loan Subsidy Scheme, students whose annual family income is more than Rs. 4.50 lakh and up to Rs. seven lakh and who have taken admission in professional course after passing class XII exam with minimum 65 percent marks are eligible. Under the scheme, ten thousand new students will be benefited every year. The scheme has come into effect from July 1, 2012. A student will be eligible for loan subsidy only once and in one scheme. The State Government has appointed Central Bank of India as nodal bank for claim for payment of loan subsidy. The scheme will be implemented by the Directorate of Institutional Finance.

Skill Summit at Bhopal next month
Skill development programmes will be projected in detail at proposed investors’ summit in the state. Skill Summit will be held at Bhopal next month to make preparations for this. Objective of the summit is make available trained human resources to industries investing in the state as per their requirements. This information was given at a meeting of Board of Directors of Vocational Education & Training Council chaired by Technical Education Minister Shri Laxmikant Sharma here today.
Technical Education Minister Shri Sharma said that skill development is the State Government’s top priority. He informed that a survey is being conducted in Madhya Pradesh and other states so that arrangements for training can be imparted in accordance with growth sector. He directed to further strengthen apprenticeship arrangements. The Technical Education Minister also instructed to pay special attention to coaching of I.T. literacy courses.
Shri Sharma informed that all the engineering and technical colleges will be registered as vocational education training providers. A letter of intent has been issued to fix for training in sectors where training is not available as per market demand.
Additional Chief Secretary Technical Education Smt. Ajita Bajpai Pandey threw light on vocational training schemes. Members of the council and representatives of BHEL, industries, Woman & Child Development and Rural Development departments, CRISP, CII etc. were present on the occasion.

ICICI Bank launches Business Leadership Programme

First experiment of online pre-PG counselling a great success
The experiment of online pre-PG counselling in medical colleges of Madhya Pradesh has been a great success. Admissions were given in all the six government and 12 private medical colleges in the state through online counselling. This was first experiment of its kind at the state-level in which excellent use of information technology was made. Minister of State for Medical Education Shri Mahendra Hardia has congratulated all the officers and employees associated with this process.
Admissions on all the 154 seats sanctioned under Degree Open in government colleges have been given. Admissions were given on 104 out of 118 seats of diploma course whereas 14 seats remained vacant. Admissions were also given on all the six seats of demonstrator and five seats of MDS.
In private medical colleges, 37 out of 62 seats of degree course were filled while 37 remained vacant. All the 46 seats of MDS were filled.
It may be mentioned that online counselling was made from May 15 to 30 for bringing about greater transparency in pre-PG counselling. Due to this, students did not have to come to Bhopal repeatedly for counselling.
For government autonomous medical and dental colleges, registrations were made in the first phase from May 15 to 21, scrutiny from May 16 to 22, selection of preference of colleges and course from May 16 to 22, seat allotment from May 24 and joining in colleges from May 24 to 31.
In the first phase of counselling for private medical/dental colleges, registrations were made from May 24 to 26, scrutiny from May 24 to 30, selection of preferences of colleges and courses from May 25 to 31, seat allotment in colleges from June 2 and joining in colleges from June 3 to 8.
In the second phase for government autonomous medical and dental colleges, registrations were made from June 12 to 14, scrutiny and selection of preference of colleges and course from June 12 to 14, seat allotment on June 16 and joining in colleges from 17 to 21.
In the third phase for government autonomous medical and dental colleges and private medical/dental colleges, preferences of colleges and courses were made from June 23 to 24, seat allotment on June 25 and joining in colleges from 25 to 27. Joining was on June 30.

Prof. D.P. Singh a ppointed vice-chancellor of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore
Governor and Chancellor Shri Ram Naresh Yadav has appointed Prof. D.P. Singh as the vice-chancellor of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. Orders to this effect have been issued here today. The appointment will be for a period of four years with effect from assumption of office.
It may be mentioned that at present, Prof. D.P. Singh is the Professor and Head of Department, HSE Division, PSS, Central Institute of Vocational Education, NSERT, Bhopal.

Online admission process
The last date for registration and verification of documents under online admission process for colleges has been extended upto July 10. Higher Education Minister Shri Laxmikant Sharma has given approval to extension of the last date for the convenience of students in the online admission process for colleges implemented for the first time in the country in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, only those students could take part in the admission process who had got registered themselves and had their documents verified till June 11.

It had become necessary to extend the last date of registration in the interest of students since results of higher secondary exams had been delayed. It was also necessary to ensure that students living in remote areas of the state do not face any difficulty on account of introduction of online admission process throughout the state.

The seat allotments in the first round of online admission process will be as per schedule from June 18 to 21. Seat allotment of the second round will be from June 25 to 27. Seat allotment for vacant seats will be made on merit basis in the third round for the registered students who get their documents verified till June 30. Admission allotment in the fourth round will be made on July 8 and 9.

Another round of counselling will be held in colleges against vacant seats on July 12 for giving admission to unadmitted students who get their documents registered. The Higher Education Department has ensured entire online admission process so that teaching calendar is not affected.

Coachig instiution provide better study than school college .
In bhopal various coaching and study institution give a guarantee of better teaching is it true or false no body said purely because coaching institution only teach not to provide practical knoweledge .

Professional Grooming before Seeking Job is Must
Todays Professionals are not up to the requirements of the Employers. They generally lack the right Communication Skills, Right Attitude and Right Knowledge required to Excel in the corporate and other knowledge sectors. Almost 77% of the MBA's and other PG/Graduates remain unemployed due to poor communication and ungroomed personality.

Mr. S.Harsh Suhalka, who is a Versatile Professional, Trainer, Motivator and Editor, expressed his views at a seminar organized on "CAREER & SUCCESS" by Makhanlal University of Journalism.Mr. Suhalka was welcomed by Shri P.P. Singh, HOD of the Journalism Department. On this occasion Mr. Avinash Bajpai, Placement officer was also present.

A Scholarship test for the grant of scholarships by the Brainpower Institute was also arranged.

T.I.M.E Conducted a workshop on Campus Recruitment
T.I.M.E (Truimphant institute of management education) Institute conducted a workshop on Campus recruitment on 9th of October at Hotel Residency.The students aspiring to get into the TOP-B Schools, were present in large number.The students were enlightened by the nitty-gritties of the Interview & Group discussion.The Center Manager Mr. Shwetank Mallik updated the students,about the Dos & Don'ts in Group Discussions.He stressed on three basic criteria of G.D. viz. LEADERSHIP,CREATIVITY & DATABASE.Sharing his views further on this topic, he said that leadership is an innate quality & can be acquired by interacting with people around you.

LEADERSHIP demands twofold personality i.e. you have to be sometimes Assertive & sometimes Aggressive.The qualities of Leaders are that, they are always ready to speak on any topic, they are spontaneous. Commenting on CREATIVITY part he asserted that Creativity demands LATERAL THINKING,students should take the topic from variety of angles & should cultivate reading habit. Database, is something, that without it no discussion can proceed.Students should have a strong database,which will help them to analyse their point and will definitely support their G.D. Covering other points he said consistency should be made in a Group Discussion,Stress more upon the quality and not the quantity of your points.Co-ordination between your words and body language Should be maintained.Start your point Straight away.

While putting light on how to handle an interview Ms.Shahana.Roy the Centre Director of T.I.M.E Asserted that before going for an interview,the candidate should prepare him/herself in terms of Strength and Weakness:Why do they want to join the Company they are applying for. Ms.Shahana.Roy made a point, that a candidate should always be smiling,even if you are nervous,you should hide that behind the masquerade of your smile. Utmost attention should be made on the Physical Attire.The candidate should always be in formals.Avoid wearing dark colors and geometrical designed clothes.Should apply light fragrance. Avoid the use of heavy Perfumes.Always remember that you are going for an interview not for a party.

To make the workshop more pratically Interactive,two group discussions were conducted. The topics were"SHOULD TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENT BE BANNED?"AND "SHOULD IITs BE RESERVED ONLY FOR STUDENTS WITH FIRST DIVISION". The workshop lasted for five hours from 10:AM-3:PM.

RKDF Institute of Engineering & Technology celebrated it's annual function "SANCHARAN"

RKDF Institute of Engineering & Technology celebrated it's annual function "SANCHARAN" from 20th -22th of October in the campus. SANCHARAN 05' a mega sporty CUL-TECH sport level event is the decennial celebration of the Education group. The event was concerned with Technical, Cultural, Sports activities. The main programmes were ULLEKH, ANUBHUTI, LAKSHYA.

Kaptaan Singh Solanki made their presence as the Chief Guest. Among them were present, General Manager of BHEL, Mr.Vijay Joshi, Mr.Sunil Kapoor Chairman of RKDF, Professor N.K. Mittal. The opening note of the festival was given by Professor N.K. Mittal. Vijay Joshi in his speech said, that engineers are like Lord Brahma, who give shape to dreams. According to him, an Engineer has a big role in making a nation strong, an engineer should feel proud that, he/she is entrusted with the responsibilities to build the image of a Nation.
Vote of thanks was being given by Mr. G.D. Singh.

43rd Foundation Day celebrated at MANIT
MANIT celebrated its 43rd Foundation Day, recently. Honourable Governor of MP Dr. Balram Jakhar, applauded the students' of MANIT by giving them the credit of making the nation proud. He further advocated, by saying that the institute not only provide employment opportunities but contribute a lot to the prosperity of the society.
The 43rd foundation Day became memorising as the Gazal Maestro Pankaj Udhas caught the hearts of the attendants by his mesmerising voice.

RGPV Convocation
RGPV organised its 3rd Convocation at the new Vidhan Sabha Bhawan, Bhopal, to award degree to the students of the university and also Ph.D. degree to the Scholars.
On this occasion Sh. Babulal Gaur, CM, congratulated the students and wished them for their bright future. Meritorious students of the university were awarded gold and silver medals.

Young artists honourd
The Sagar Public School held an Award Function for those who had won the drawing competition organized at the school itself.
The Chief-Guest on the occasion was Brigadier Vijay Saxena who distributed the awards to forty-five students from sixteen schools of Bhopal.