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BITS, Pilani opted out of India Today ranking

BITS, Pilani opted out of India Today ranking Since the year 2005, BITS Pilani has opted out of India Todays survey of the top engineering institutions of India because of a pending court case between BITS and India Today. In 2004, when the weekly published its rankings, BITS questioned the validity of the data on BITS reported in the magazine because there were many factual errors in India Todays data on BITS. The institute filed a court case against the magazine which is still pending. As the institute has not been participating in the survey, it does not figure in the

Birla Institute of Technology and Science Gets New Vice Chancellor

L K Maheshwari has taken over as the new vice chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. Maheshwari was previously the pro-vice chancellor of BITS and director of the Pilani campus. Maheshwari is a PhD in from BITS Pilani in 1971 and has authored five books and over 80 research papers.

BITS Pilani recently organised its 25th all india academic festival, titled APOGEE 2007

BITS Pilani recently organised its 25th all india academic festival, titled APOGEE 2007 APOGEE 2007 BITS Pilani recently organ¬ised its 25th all india academic festival, titled APOGEE 2007 (A Professions Oriented Gathering Over Educational Experience). Vinod Sawhny, CEO, Bharti Retail, inaugurated the five-day festival. A large number of students from institutions across the country and six students from abroad participated in different events organised in this function. About 160 projects were showcased at the festival; to name a few: Micro Mouse, Automatic Railway Platform Cleaner, and Portable Water Solutions. Yashvir Singh, president, BITS students association in his welcome address, put forth the

Informed Collaborations Birla Institute of Technology and Science at Pilani

INFORMED COLLABORATIONS EMC and Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani (BITS) have announced the signing of the latter as a part of the EMC Academy Programme (EAP). Under this programme, BITS will offer an information management and storage course from the current semester. EAP is an edu¬cation programme focussed on developing a resource pool of skilled infor¬mation management and storage professionals.

BITS, Pilani, Dubai Campus is Response To The Growing Needs For Quality Engineering Education

BITS, Pilani, Dubai Campus, (BPDC) was established in Dubai in September 2000 in response to the growing needs for quality engineering education among the residents of the Middle East. Over a period of five years, BPDCs student-strength has grown to over 900 with students seeking admission from not only UAE and other Middle East Countries but also from India and other parts of the world. BPDC, which commenced its engineering programmes in just two disciplines, has added new specialisations gradually. It now offers five different programmes, all of which are the same as BITS, Pilani - India and are of four-year

BITS & Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) are setting up research centre

Bangalore: Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) and New York-based Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) today (Mar 31, 2005) said that they are setting up an applied research centre in Bangalore to offer professionals in the semiconductor industry advanced skills in high end areas of the industry. The BITS-RIT Apex expected to be launched in three months will offer short term and long term courses for IT professionals in the semiconductor space, BITS-Pilani Director Maheshwari said in Bangalore. The Indian Semiconductor Association, formed last year (2005) by a group of firms of Indian semiconductor industry, has supported the centre, to be

IGNOU has signed a memorandum of understanding with RCI

IGNOU and RCI sign agreement Indira Gandhi National Open University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) to jointly promote and implement extension training and education programmes for special target groups of the disabled. K. Laxman, Registrar, IGNOU and Dr. J. P. Singh, Member Secretary, RCI, signed the agreement.

Technical education at the LIMT

Technical education at the LIMT The focus at the Lingaya Institute of Management and Technology (LIMT) is on technical education and on the overall development of a student. The Institute has adopted the latest IT-based teaching aids like TV screen projectors with e-pens in all class rooms, lesson plans and teaching material on the website. The Institute is equipped with video conferencing facilities, latest Wi-Fi technology, seminar rooms for each department, auditorium, tennis courts, swimming pool etc. The Institute is backed by a permanent faculty from IIT, NIT, BITS Pilani. The focus of the syllabus is not only on the academics

US to continues cooperation with New Delhi in Education

The US has said its cooperation with New Delhi will continue at "all levels" as India is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia. "Our contact with India is extensive and was fairly extensive prior to the civil nuclear agreement, and I think it's growing. Our ties are extensive," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said at a briefing here. He said exchanges in education, trade and investment between the two countries were "extensive", which was a good sign. "As you know, Indians living in the United States are a fairly large and growing part of our population. Our education

Ooltewahs Rachel Robbs To Sign Alabama Track Scholarship

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Cambrian signs agreement with Australian university

Cambrian signs agreement with Australian university The presidents at Cambrian College in Sudbury and Charles Stuart University (CSU) in Australia, have signed an agreement that will allow Cambrian graduates to further their education through an on-campus or long-distance format. The agreement formally recognizes credits from a number of Cambrians programs at CSU. Graduates of Cambrians Primary Care Paramedic, Advanced Care Paramedic, Software Engineering Technology and Computer Systems Technology programs will be able to upgrade at CSU. The agreement between Sylvia Barnard, president of Cambrian and Professor Ian Goulter, president and vice-chancellor of CSU, signed the agreement simultaneously via videoconferencing. More : northernlife.ca

Deemed Universities have Promised to Implement Reservations

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NUT has entered into an agreement with CQIIB to build human capital infrastructure for the emerging knowledge economy

IT Agreement NUT has entered into an agreement with Changing Information Industry Bureau (CQIIB), to build human capital infrastructure for the emerging knowledge economy. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed to this effect. As per the agreement, NUT will offer its globally acclaimed IT training programmes through universities and colleges in the worlds largest city, Changing, China. NUT will offer training programmes in the areas of software engineering and application, network administration and management, and game design and development to create a skilled pool of professionals for the IT industry.

Professional Courses Enjoy Upper Hand Over DU

Say this to the hundreds thronging myriad Delhi University (DU) colleges every day in search of a seat, and they will not believe you. But there is, indeed, life beyond Delhi University colleges. So much so, that students are willing to forego even a seat in the prestigious St Stephens College, for the sake of professionalism that the university lacks in popular perception. Take the case of Arjun Mittal. Arjun got through St Stephens in the B.Sc (computer science) programme. But he is all set to join BITS Pilani to study the same subject. It is a more professional institute.

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