AIIMS MD 2015 Admission Dates Announced

All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) has announced the date sheet for MD, MDS and MS programmes.  Students who want to take admission in PG courses at AIIMS need to appear for entrance exam which will be conducted in the month of November, 2015.

AIIMS offers courses like Master of Surgery (MS), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Chirurgical (Mch) and Master of Dental Surgery.

Dates for MD/MS Programme:

Date: November 9th

Duration: 3 hours

Questions: 200 Multiple choice

Course: MBBS level subjects

Negative Marking: 1/3 for every wrong answer

For MDS Programmes-

Duration: 90 Minutes

Questions: 90 Multiple choice

Course: BDS level subjects

Negative Marking: 1/3 for every wrong answer

Important Dates to remember:

Exam	9th November 2014
Result Declaration	13th November 2014
1st Counseling	10th December 2014
2nd Counseling	22nd December 2014
Open Selection Process	27th January 2014

Source: HT Campus

IIT Kharagpur announces last date to apply for Short Term Course

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur will be conducting short term courses in Educational Leadership from October 17-19, 2014. 

Candidate interested in applying for the course can fill –up the application form available on IIT Kharagpur Website, apply and send the hard copy along with the Demand Draft in favor of “Dean CEP-STE”payable at Kharagpur, to the coordinator by Speed post.

The course is designed for teachers/faculty of AICTE approved technical educational institutions, colleges and universities. Main objective behind this course is:

·          To educate the participants about various concepts, theories and models of leadership

·         To assess  various leadership styles and giving feedback to participants regarding effective leadership styles in educational setup

Eligibility Criteria:

Research Scholars and Company Executives are eligible to participate in this course. Candidate must complete higher course from AICTE/UGC approved colleges.

Approval Letter from concerned authority is mandatory

Important Dates:

Last date for receiving application along with the DD	October 10, 2014
Intimation to Participants latest by	October 14, 2014
Arrival of Participants at IIT Kharagpur	October 16, 2014
Completion of the Course	October 19, 2014

Source: HT Campus

Guidelines you must know set by UGC for Distance Education

Distance education, in other words known as online learning has been prevalent for the past 5 decades, and since then every university and institute in India has been offering online programs for various courses. The course is mainly applied by working professionals and those who can’t afford classroom sessions. But over the period of time, the standard of open learning has been complained by takers. 

Institutions including deemed, private and public universities have started cashing on situation by offering distance education in section of programmes. However, with sub-standard and poor standard of facilities has degraded the situation.  Some universities are even offering online course against UGC norms, which eventually bring the student or working professionals into problem during jobs.

UGC guidelines for Distance Learning:

University Grant Commission (UGC) has set some guidelines on universities offers online programs. Mentioned below are few:

·         Courses which need practical knowledge should not be included in open learning. They need to be included under full time course. Only which do not involve practical course, can be included in distance mode.

·         Proper framework must be essential in distance education mode. The framework must indicate number of credits required, list of courses with assigned credits, reading reference in addition to self-learning material, hours of study, contact classes at study centers, assignments, examination etc.

·         Having an official approval from UGC to offer distance learning is very important. No institute has the power to offer online program without UGC approval.  The same goes with the accreditation.

IGNOU to begin UG Programmes for Sex Workers

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning to begin UG programmes for sex workers in Nagpur region. The similar course will commence in Ahmedabad and Kolkata. 

Officials of Nagpur center are in talks with Indian Red Cross Society. In fact, the society has already given its nod to conduct classes for commercial workers in its premises.  The center also wants to include local NGOs to participate and convince sex workers to join the programme.

This initiative was taken to help CSWs to improve their livelihood and be independent in future. Moreover, they can even educate their children for better future.

Other programmes on offer by the varsity are MBA courses offered at the Nagpur Central Jail, short-term training programmes offered to tribal women in Gadchiroli area as well as other courses which are offered to the deprived sections of society.

Source: Shiksha.com

MOU between Amity University and Colorado State University for Small Scale Farming

According to the confirmed news, both Amity University and Colorado State University has joined hands by signing MOU to get associated for small scale farming. It will also boost up areas like water & soil management, agriculture and post harvesting and rootonic disease assistance.

Dr. AshokK Chauhan by welcoming the guest said it was a historical moment for Amity University to sign a MoU with Colorado State University. He further expressed his hope to see a deep and substantive cooperation between Amity and CSU in the near future.

Dr. Alan Rudolph, Vice President, Research at Colorado State University, delivered a special lecture on areas of CSU. Also he added the MOU will help promoting the partnership in coming years. Moreover, it will open doors for academic collaboration.

Source: HT Campus