Wellesley, Olin and Babson Colleges launch new partnerships Aug 25, 2009
one of the country s premier liberal arts colleges, , one of the country s leading engineering colleges, and , the top-ranked college for the study of entrepreneurship, have formalized a collaborative agreement that builds on their geographic proximity and complementary curricula to explore the synergies in the schools three missions. The three colleges plan to build on existing initiatives and explore new academic, social and business relationships. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
IISc-Bangalore India's top tech institute Aug 25, 2009
Their research has also shown that by number and performance (quality and quantity combined), IISc and IITs taken as a group lead other groups University and Deemed University, Select Engineering Colleges, NITs/ RECs and IIITs. The IIITs are ranked last as a group for their low publications and citations. (India Times, India)
Mythili Bhusnurmath: CET and match Aug 23, 2009
Take, for instance, the two main national level tests conducted for admission to engineering colleges, the AIEEE conducted by the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) for admission to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the JEE conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Last month, The Times of India carried an article by Manoj Mitta comparing the IIT JEE unfavourably with the AIEEE on the grounds that the AIEEE provides each candidate with a detailed... (India Times)
Roundup of area school announcements Aug 19, 2009
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Engg colleges in TN slash fee to fill up seats Aug 13, 2009
CHENNAI: 00004000 Faced with the prospect of empty benches in classrooms due to the supply of BE/BTech seats far exceeding the demand this year, several self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have begun slashing the tuition fee to woo students under the management quota ... Faced with the prospect of empty benches in classrooms due to the supply of BE/BTech seats far exceeding the demand this year, several self-financing engineering colleges in T Nadu have begun slashing the tuition... (India Times, India -- Community News)
India's smallest satellite by engg students Aug 12, 2009
Forty students from seven engineering colleges in Bangalore and Hyderabad are part of a team guided by Isro to create a 'Pico satellite ... 40 students from seven engineering colleges in Bangalore and Hyderabad are part of a team guided by ISRO to create a 'Pico satellite. (India Times, India)
Talent building key challenge IT cos Aug 11, 2009
BANGALORE: Come June every year, and Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software services exporter, turns trainer for the nearly 30,000 students it recruits from top engineering colleges every year ... It is not the only one: rival Tata Consultancy Services has a faculty development programme in 150 engineering colleges, while Wipro founder Azim Premji has set aside some of his personal wealth for primary education and Anil Agarwal, chief of Vedanta Resources, has committed $1 billion... (India Times)
For middle class, IT no longer true calling Aug 8, 2009
So he zeroed in on an engineering college in Indias tech capital, secured an education loan and enrolled for a BTech course in 2004 ... Those with a severe cold are Indias engineering colleges, which are seeing a steep drop in the demand for courses in information technology ... According to S Mohammed Tajudeen, who handles placements at Crescent Engineering College in Chennai, there are 30% fewer applicants for courses in IT while the numbers of those opting for computer science has... (India Times)
Girls to be exposed to science, technology and mathematics Aug 5, 2009
Regional News of Tuesday, 4 August 2009. Regional News of Tuesday, 4 August 2009. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
IT cos to hire only in last semester Jul 27, 2009
TCS, which interacts annually with the heads of some of the top management and engineering colleges, said the colleges were agreeable to it. Thats the kind of feedback we were getting from the institutes also. (India Times)
U.S. Army seeks 'next big idea' Jul 23, 2009
During a break, the dean, Jeffrey B. Goldberg, said within the special UA engineering college, there are 125 faculty members, 700 graduate students and 2,400 undergraduates already with skills or having them honed that can bring a lot to the high-tech table ... Not only can the engineering college be part of developing ideas and systems, but so can other university disciplines such as optical science and psychology, said Goldberg, who became the dean a little more than half a year ago. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Core firms throng campus Jul 21, 2009
MUMBAI: In the absence of software firms that used to grab the best students during campus placements at engineering colleges, companies from fields as diverse as manufacturing and automobiles will set the tone for this years recruitment season ... We are privileged to be Day Zero recruiters in most of the reputed engineering colleges of the country and hope to recruit over 100 students this year, said Ashok Leyland HR executive director Shekhar Arora. (India Times)
Is the 'glass ceiling' a factor for business women in Houston? Jul 17, 2009
Is the 'glass ceiling' a factor for business women in Houston. Is the 'glass ceiling' a factor for business women in Houston. (KHOU.com, TX)
My brother, the Delta militant Jul 13, 2009
Good at literature as well as working with his hands, Henry had many offers from universities but chose to go to nautical engineering college and into the merchant navy ... Charles himself went from engineering college to work for a company making floating docks for the oil industry. (BBC News -- Africa)
'Missile woman' to helm Agni-V Jul 1, 2009
A B.Tech from Thrissur Engineering College, Calicut, and M.Tech from Pune-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technologies, Thomas is an expert on `solid system propellants' which fuel the Agni missiles. Based at the Advanced Systems Laboratory in Hyderabad, Thomas has been associated with the Agni programme for around two decades now. (India Times, India)
End licence raj in education Jun 30, 2009
But for private engineering colleges, India could not have become a world power in auto components or software: the IITs produce the generals but the private colleges provide the troops. Basu adds rightly that replacing existing regulatory bodies by a super-regulator means very little if the latter has the old licence-permit mind-set. (India Times)
Tarun Vijay: Krishna 'Raag' Jun 18, 2009
Already Indian companies are finding it lucrative to have their work stations and factories established in remote townships of China and Indian students get easy access to Chinese medical and engineering colleges. Learning Chinese and visiting China on vacations, instead of Malaysia or London and Europe must be encouraged and Chinese youth should be invited by Indian organizations for interaction and dialogue. (India Times, India)
Patna boy can write reverse Jun 6, 2009
"Once I joined the engineering college, I came to know about many people who could do simple things differently and this inspired me to develop the art of reverse writing," he said. Shukla does not want to use his expertise for only one language. (India Times, India)
Satyam to sweeten layoff terms May 29, 2009
It is also planning to tie-up with engineering colleges for PG courses and would fund employees, who wish to enrol in these programmes. A few companies have also written to Satyam to take some employees on board. (India Times)
Despite budget cuts, FAU hires $150-an-hour consultant May 28, 2009
Susan Clemmons, a human resource and organizational behavior expert, was hired last year on a rolling eight-week contract to aid in streamlining FAU's engineering college. More local news. (The Palm Beach Post)
Henry Goes Abroad -- New Book is Henry's Continuing Saga After Being Instated as Lord Henry of Woodhouse and a Roving Industrial Ambassador in Europe May 28, 2009
He later attended Engineering Colleges and was certificated in Mechanical Engineering and in Mining Engineering. He was an Engineer at various Coal Mines and in a Scottish Integrated Iron and Steel Plant. (Primezone Releases)
Two students held for impersonation May 24, 2009
The duo are students of a leading engineering college in Pimpri. Wipro's Ajaykumar Shashikumar (39), a resident of Baner road, has registered a case against the suspects with the Deccan Gymkhana police on May 21. (India Times, India)
World largest telescope at NJIT's Big Bear captures sun's magnetic field better May 20, 2009
Public release date: 19-May-2009. Contact: Sheryl Weinstein. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
ArunNanda, Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra May 14, 2009
It is a three million-strong city (literacy: 71%), with access to talent from 777 technical institutions and 64 engineering colleges in Rajasthan. Interestingly, more than 36% of the CAs graduating annually in the country are from Rajasthan. (India Times)
Maruti set to develop cars independently May 12, 2009
Maruti, which has traditionally hired freshers from engineering colleges in India, will be tapping several top engineers and designers with experience to broaden talent pool. Maruti Suzuki India managing director S Nakanishi said: India is Suzukis largest operating business, contributing more in sales and profitability than even Japan. (India Times)
Panel approves UWM land sale May 12, 2009
6 million to the for a proposed Engineering College campus at the intersection of Watertown Plank Road and U.S. Highway 45 ... There are still supporters from the city of Milwaukee and county elected officials who believe the Engineering College Campus ought to be located in downtown Milwaukee. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
UNC Charlotte to honor Gantt May 9, 2009
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Tosa business groups push county land sale May 1, 2009
Robert Bauman are still underway in the city of Milwaukee to convince the university to site the engineering college in downtown Milwaukee. Reader Comments. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
India's IT troubles Apr 29, 2009
Most of the IT companies are offering a salary of 300,000 to 400,000 rupees ($5,950 to $7,950) but I get more than that in the public sector," says Shiva. Analysts believe that the rapid increase in the number of engineering colleges has also added to the difficulties of students. "There is a pressure on the supply side. In a survey last year we found that 22% of engineers remain unemployed for a year. (BBC News -- South Asia)
South side of Mt. Qomolangma facing denudation Apr 28, 2009
"Our study on Fuel Wood Consumption and Forest Degradation has shown that forest degradation is at 8.5 square meters per hector in the park," local newspaper The Himalayan Times on Sunday quoted Nabindra Lal Karmacharya, who is undertaking a master's thesis under the Faculty of Environment Science in Khwopa Engineering College, based in Bhaktapur to the east of Nepali capital Kathmandu. Annual 27,000 international tourists, their guides, porters and accompanying persons add woes to the problem... (Xinhuanet, China)
Engg student hangs himself in college Apr 10, 2009
00004000 CHENNAI: Reportedly driven by depression, a 22-year-old student of a private engineering college in Surapet near Ambattur committed suicide on Thursday by hanging in the college hostel. According to the police, Raghuvaran, who hailed from Neyveli, was a fourth year mechanical engineering student of the Vellamal Engineering College in Surapet. (India Times, India)
'08 batch gets job offers for '10 Apr 5, 2009
Nasscom recently wrote to 1,000 engineering colleges from where it sources students, saying companies will visit campuses only towards the middle or even last semester of their course. The recruitment process for engineering colleges usually commences from the sixth semester. (India Times)
US shooting shocks kin in Bangalore Apr 1, 2009
She had completed her engineering from JC Engineering College in Mysore, the bereaved father said. Sivaraman had seen Devarajan only once two years ago when the latter had come to Bangalore. (India Times, India)
CPJ on a few topics Mar 28, 2009
I received a quality education from one of the most prestigious engineering colleges in the world (and the number one institute of higher learning in the state of Georgia), and I thank God for that education, just as I thank God for giving me the grace and the intelligence to accept that grace to be a Georgia Tech fan. You, however, are apparently a miserable wretch, obsessed with his lot in life because he is not a Tech fan. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
As college grew, so did its influence Mar 27, 2009
It was apt that In August 2000, the OSU College of Engineering received an anonymous gift of 20 million toward its campaign to raise 125 million as part of its goal to become one of the nation s top 25 engineering colleges. Martin Kelley, OSU Class of 1950, was honored for his donation when the 45 million Kelley Engineering Center was dedicated in Oct. 29, 2005. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Universities create own building boom Mar 27, 2009
Marquette also is in the planning stages for a new, $100 million Engineering College that received $50 million from an anonymous donor and $15 million from Milwaukee s. Pfeil said the Engineering College will not break ground until more money is raised. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Techies to vote for job security Mar 25, 2009
Gitika Rathod, 21, (name changed on request) a final year student of electronics engineering at Rashtriya Vidyalaya Engineering College here, has failed to secure a job in campus recruitment. But Gitika, who during Karnataka's assembly elections in May 2008 did not bother to vote, is determined this time not only to vote but for the right candidate. (India Times, India)
File: Infy to hire 20k engineering grads at over 8% higher salary Mar 25, 2009
Infosys visits some 1,100 engineering colleges every year. At a time when the US government is mulling stricter work permit regulations, Indian tech firms such as Infosys will need to deliver more projects from India. (India Times, India)
Infosys defers hiring plans for engg grads by 6 months Mar 25, 2009
Next fiscal, Infosys will be interviewing potential employees by visiting top engineering colleges during eighth semester, and not sixth semester as before. Earlier, we used to give offers an year in advance, even one-and-half years in advance. (India Times)
No votes for moral cops, say Bangalore youth Mar 25, 2009
"My verdict will go against those who are supporting moral policing in Bangalore and tarnishing the good old name of the city," said Arpan Majumdar, a final year student of the Rashtriya Vidyalaya Engineering College. "I am against moral policing of any kind. My vote will be to make the city a safe haven for one and all," smiled Praveen Jindal, who is pursuing his doctorate in medicine at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine. (Sify.com, India)
Doyle including $240M in budget for UWM Mar 17, 2009
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday his capital budget will include $240 million in bonding over the next six years to allow the s Engineering College, School of Fresh Water Sciences and School of Public Health to move forward ... Some Milwaukee aldermen are suggesting the Engineering College ought to be located downtown. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
UWM begins $240M push Mar 13, 2009
According to the application provided to The Business Journal, portions of the $240 million would be distributed over the next six years and would include funding for the School of Freshwater Sciences and the School of Public Health in downtown Milwaukee, and the UWM Engineering College campus in Wauwatosa. If the State Building Commission approves the plan, it would be sent to the Legislature s Joint Finance Committee and included in Doyle s capital budget. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Leopard beaten to death in Assam Mar 7, 2009
The leopard straying out of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary had been creating panic in the nearby tea garden areas and Jorhat Engineering College at Duliagaon, Assistant Forest Conservator Gunin Saikia said. Seeing the big cat crossing the road near the Engineering College, people tried to chase her away and in self-defence she struck inflicting minor injuries on four persons, Saikia said. (India Times)
18K freshers to join Infosys by July Mar 3, 2009
KOCHI: Software Major Infosys today said all 18,000 students selected by it from various Engineering colleges across the country in 2009-10 would join the company in July this year. We have made offers to 18,000 students from different campuses for the 2009-10 batch. (India Times, India)
UWM, county strike land deal Feb 27, 2009
Meanwhile, Milwaukee city officials are lobbying UWM and state lawmakers to consider a downtown Milwaukee site for the engineering college ... However, because of the research partnerships that are developing between the UWM Engineering College and the , locating across from the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and near the Milwaukee County Research Park will attract more research dollars and more qualified faculty members, he said ... Gilbert said the vision for the UWM Engineering College and... (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Reused syringes to blame for hepatitis outbreak in Gujarat Feb 22, 2009
Students staying in the Sabarkantha government engineering college hostel on Friday vacated their rooms and left for home. Officials of the food and drugs department also raided pharmacies and chemists shops to find out if they were selling expired rugs and reused surgical accessories. (India Times, India)
40 die in hepatitis-B outbreak in western Indian state Feb 22, 2009
The Times of India newspaper reported in its online edition Saturday that five doctors have been arrested and students staying in a government engineering college hostel there have vacated their classrooms and left for home. Officials of the food and drugs department also raided pharmacies and chemists shops to find out if they were selling expired rugs and reused surgical accessories, said the newspaper. (Xinhuanet, China)
Wipro wants staff to go multi-skilled Feb 20, 2009
According to the report, in December 2008 Wipro offered close to 2,000 campus recruits from various engineering colleges jobs in its BPO business till they could be absorbed in the company's IT business. The experiment, however, seems to have seen only a limited success as the company found many of these engineer grads unsuitable for BPO work. (India Times, India)
886 new engineering colleges, 1084 B-schools on cards Feb 19, 2009
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has received a total of 886 applications for starting engineering colleges and 1,084 applications for new management institutes. Five Indian states-Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala-account for almost 69% of the country's engineering graduates, indicating that these states also have most of India's engineering colleges ... "Can the country boast of even 100 engineering colleges that impart cutting-edge education?''... (India Times, India -- Community News)
PG medical entrance test likely to be scrapped Feb 18, 2009
A committee to scrap the MHT-CET was set up two years ago when Tamil Nadu scrapped its entrance test and admitted students to medical and engineering colleges based on class-XII marks. Tope added that the two-year-old committee was likely to submit its report in a fortnight. (India Times, India -- Community News)
File: Delhi serial blasts accused sent to judicial custody Feb 17, 2009
Mohammed Hakim, a final year student of a private engineering college in Lucknow, had a prize of Rs 1 lakh on his head. Hakim was produced in court after completion of his custodial interrogation by Delhi police for 10 days. (India Times, India)
E-Week aims to spark interest in engineering Feb 16, 2009
Engineers do so much for us, and there are so many wonderful things that come out of schools with research that we really need to celebrate them, said Beth Francis, the secretary for the engineering college and the person in charge of organizing the week s activities. Whitehead said that in all of the recognition of engineers during Engineers Week, she does not want the scientists to be forgotten because it is a collaborative effort between scientists and engineering professors to produce an... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Letter from India Feb 13, 2009
He escaped, got into India's best engineering college, landed work writing software for Oracle in Bangalore, then left it to create his own start-up. "I surely feel a big disconnect between us and politicians," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
TCS plays safe on outsourcing deals Feb 13, 2009
The company has written to engineering colleges about its intention to hire students in the seventh semester of their 8-semester graduation course from next year. TCS has frozen lateral hiring unless it requires someone for a specific function, Mr Ramadorai said. (India Times)
