Sibal proposes to launch 'Connect to India' initiative in US

Washington: Union Human Resources and Development Minister Kapil Sibal proposed to launch a "Connect to India" initiative to attract more American students to study in India.
 
US already has a similar "Passport to India" programme for facilitating US students to go to India for studies.
 
"While the world is coming together through technology, we must learn to appreciate, manage and preserve our diversity through education and learning by experience. No country on this planet is more diverse than India.
 
I am sure that global students would understand and learn about management of diversity in India far better than elsewhere in the world," Sibal said.
 
"Towards this end, I propose, to launch a "Connect to India" initiative that will make available opportunities for students that will make available opportunities for students in the US to spend some time in our quality institutions for learning about our life, society, culture, economy polity and business," Sibal said.
 
The minister made these remarks at the opening session of the India-US Higher Education Dialogue which he co-chaired along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
 
As "Passport to India" programme of the US, Clinton announced that seven companies have agreed to support internship to service linked projects for 225 American students over the next three years.
 
"American students would soon be doing cutting edge research with Microsoft in Bangalore, developing new energy solutions at Honeywell in AP (Andhra Pradesh), and working on several projects with local NGOs," Clinton said.
 
The Secretary of State lauded Indian government for sending junior faculty for post-doctoral research. 

Diploma Nursing application forms from June 11

Chennai: Application forms for Diploma Nursing studies in Govt. Medical colleges and District Govt. Hospitals are issued from June 11, told Sukumar, Secretary and Additional Director of Medical Education.

Application forms are made available to aspiring candidates from June 11 to fill Diploma Nursing seats at 17 Govt. Medical Colleges. SC/ ST students can get the application free of cost, while other community students can obtain it by paying Rs 215.

Directorate of Medical education would bring out the official notification on June 11, revealed Sukumar, Secretary and Additional Director of Medical Education.

ICAI plans 100-150 CMA support centres across country

Kolkata: The Institute of Cost Accountant Of India (ICAI) has drawn up plans to set up 100-150 CMA support centres across the country.
 
"We have decided to set up 100-150 CMA Support Centres in a year and the first will be in Gulbarga in Jammu & Kashmir," ICAI central council member Manas Kumar Thakur told.
 
The plan had been drawn with close talks with Ministry of Corporate Affiars (MCA), which wants to promote industrialisation and cost-management concepts in smaller cities.
 
Thakur said these cost management account or CMA support centres will be opened where ICAI is not present and also make the students aware to join the course from smaller cities and towns for bright future.
 
ICAI is already present in 97 locations across the country.
 
Thakur said to align the course with international standards, the institute had already proposed few changes in course in all the three levels and the same was awaiting MCA's approval. 

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind awards scholarships to Mumbai students

Mumbai: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, an NGO which is known for extending legal aid to Muslim youths arrested on terrorism-related charges, today awarded scholarships of over Rs 17 lakh to students from various communities, including some Hindus.
     
The beneficiaries are students from class 7th to class 12th, studying in Mumbai schools.
     
The scholarships were given away at the hands of Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Naseem Khan, the NGO said in a press release here. MLA Amin Patel was also present. 
     
"We do not distinguish between communities when we do social work," said JUEH's all-India President Arshad Madani.

Chennai burns over 'high' school fees

Chennai: Parents and Some city schools continue to be dissension over 'high' school fees. Today, a group of parents protested in front of a city school and alleging that the school authority was not being clear about the fee structure.

Parents are unhappy by the functioning of school authority and their grievance is that the school was not giving them the receipt for the actual amount paid, and did not inform parents about the fee structure suggested by the 'fee determination committee' organised by government.

By defanding school authority, Principal said, we have put all the details on the notice board and we have requested for a revision in the fee structure directed by the fee committee. When we get a new suggestion from committee we will refund the extra fees.