British Council, Chennai offers English Speaking Course.

The British Council Division at Chennai offers English Speaking Course. To register for a free eligibility test, please call 044-42050600. The last date for registering for this eligibility test is 18 September 2010. For further details, contact:

British Council,

737, Anna Salai, 

Chennai - 600002.

Telephone: 044-42050600

E-mail: chennai.enquiry@in.britishcouncil.org .

The British Council, Chennai will be open from 9.00 AM to 7.00 PM on Mondays to Saturdays.  Speak to British Council in English, earn more opportunities.  

Please refer: www.britishcouncil.org.in .

Admission for Post Graduate Course in Clinical Research.

I.C.R.I or Indian Clinical Research Institute has announced admissions for the two-year full time Post Graduation Course in Clinical Research viz., M.S.C.R or Master of Science in Clinical Research. The specialty of this course is that it is jointly being offered in collaboration with University of South Carolina in United States of America. This is the first time that such course is being introduced in India. The candidates who have successfully completed the following Under Graduation Courses can apply for this course: Bio Science / Life Science / Pharma / Nursing / M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. with minimum of 50% marks.

Scholarship Program for the outstanding Sport Persons.

Scholarship Program for the outstanding Sport Persons for the period 1.7.2009 to 30.6.2010 from among School / College / University students’ has been announced for the 2010-2011 academic year. The last date for sending applications for this Scholarship program is 10 October 2010. For further details, please visit the website: www.sportsinfotn.com .

Admission for M.Tech. [Energy Studies].

Admissions for M.Tech. [Energy Studies] or Master of Technology has been announced by Pune University in Maharashtra. The applications for this course can be downloaded from the University’s website: www.unipune.ac.in .

Scholarship for English Teachers / Professors.

Fullbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistance Scholarship has been announced for the Post Graduate Teachers’ who are the faculty in English Department of various Universities / Colleges. Their age should be between 21 to 29 years. For further details, please visit the website: http://www.usief.org.in/ .

Admission to Graduation Course by I.G.N.O.U. and N.I.I.T.

I.G.N.O.U. or Indira Gandhi National Open University in collaboration with N.I.I.T. or National Institute of Information Technology has introduced world class Under Graduate Course B.Sc. – I.T. or Bachelor of Science – Information Technology for those who have finished their School Education.

Keeping in mind, the prospects of Job opportunities, this course in collaboration with various factories is offering Practical Classes. Further, both I.G.N.O.U. and N.I.I.T. have decided to jointly offer world class M.B.A. Course and B.Sc. – I.T. classes.

Practical classes will be conducted on B.P.O., knowledge enhancement in Information Technology, Job Training and Job preparation Training. Further, it has been decided that M.B.A. Course will be conducted for the employed, by both these institutions very soon.

Admission for Post Graduate Courses through Distance Education in Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.

Admissions for Post Graduate Courses viz., M.B.A. or Master Business Administration and M.Sc. [Mathematics] or Master of Science in Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu through Distance Education mode has been announced. The details of the Courses are: [a] M.B.A. in Hospital Management and [b] M.Sc. [Mathematics].

Eligibility Conditions: For applying M.B.A. course, a candidate should have completed an Under Graduate Course from any one of the recognized Universities in India and for M.Sc. [Mathematics] Course, a candidate should have completed Under Graduation in Mathematics from any one of the recognized Universities in India.

For further details, please visit: http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/ & telephone numbers: 04144 – 238610 and 237356 / 7 / 8 / 9 .

Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore joins hands with I.C.A.I., New Delhi.

The Bharathiyar University situated at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu has joined hands with The Institute of Chartered Accountants’ of India or I.C.A.I., New Delhi in offering Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses through correspondence.

Eligibility conditions for Under Graduate Courses:


A candidate should have completed the C.A. beginners or C.A. Inter level conducted by I.C.A.I. to join in B.B.A. or Bachelor of Business Administration and B.Com. or Bachelor of Commerce conducted by Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore.

The candidate who wish to join in M.Com. or Master of Commerce and M.B.A. or Master of Business Administration conducted by Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore should have completed an Under Graduate course from any one of the recognized Universities in India or should have completed C.A. or Chartered Accountant Course conducted by I.C.A.I. or should have completed B.B.A. or Bachelor of Business Administration / B.Com. or Bachelor of Commerce course conducted by Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore in affiliation with I.C.A.I., New Delhi.

Applications for the above courses are available in the following websites:
[a] www.icai.org or [b] www.bu.ac.in .

Anna Centenary Library - 375000 books donated by students.

The Anna Centenary Library which is going to be inaugurated on 15th September 2010 at Chennai, India has received 375000 number of books donated by students of various colleges and schools who have collected those books from their locality.  The students have collected 525000 books in total and among those 375000 books have been identified fit to be placed in the Anna Centenary Library at Chennai.  This Anna Centenary Library has been created with 200 Crores of Rupees by Government of Tamilnadu.  It has been planned to place 1200000 books in the Anna Centenary Library, Chennai. 

Top 10 Business Schools of India.

The list of Top 10 Business Schools of India has been announced.  The ranking has been decided on the basis of imparting excellent Education and Placement of students etc.  A survey on the said basis has been conducted by the "Hindustan Times" and "TNS India".

In this list, like previous year the Indian Institute of Management or I.I.M., Ahmadabad has secured first place.  The Indian Institute of Management or I.I.M., Bengaluru and I.I.M., Kolkata have secured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively.  The other institutes from 4th place to 10th place are as follows:
* Indian School of Business or I.S.B., Hyderabad;
* Indian Institute of Management or I.I.M., Lucknow;
* X.L.R.I., Jamshedpur;
* Indian Institute of Management or I.I.M., Indore;
* F.M.S., New Delhi;
* S.P.Jain, Mumbai; and
* Jamnalal Bajaj, Mumbai.

Hope this list will give all the candidates impetus to join in the Top 10 Business Schools of India.

C.S.A.T. or Civil Services Aptitude Test from 2011.

The C.S.A.T. or Civil Services Aptitude Test which is a new examination pattern, is going to be introduced from next year [i.e.] 2011 onwards.  This C.S.A.T. or Civil Services Aptitude Test will replace the C.S.P.E. or Civil Services Preliminary Examination conducted by U.P.S.C. or Union Public Service Commission.  The C.S.A.T. will play a major role in screening the Candidates for the Civil Services Main Examination from next year onwards.  We know that Civil Services Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission for the selection of Officers in the various cadres in Group 'A' and Group 'B' which includes I.A.S. or Indian Administrative Service and I.P.S. or Indian Police Service.  

The Government of India has given his nod for the new pattern of examination system viz., C.S.A.T.  The Government of India has requested the Union Public Service Commission to prepare the curriculum for the new examination pattern under C.S.A.T. 

The age old system of Civil Services Preliminary Examination or C.S.P.E. consists of selection of one optional subject from 22 subjects prescribed by U.P.S.C. and one General Studies paper to be selected by a candidate appearing for it.  Whereas, after the introduction of C.S.A.T., it will be the only aptitude in place of Civil Services Preliminary Examination or C.S.P.E. 

The Civil Services Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in 3 stages viz., C.S.P.E. or Civil Services Preliminary Examination which is now being replaced by C.S.A.T., C.S.M.E. or Civil Services Main Examination and Personality Test.  Changes are also expected in Civil Services Main Examination and Personality Test depending on the recommendations of Expert Group set up for this purpose.  Now the only change that has been made pertains to C.S.P.E. being replaced by C.S.A.T.  Hope this will give the candidates appearing for C.S.E. or Civil Services Examination a fair chance to excel irrespective of their background in academics.