Page Loading... Please wait...
Wait

Education, Careers & Professional News

Texas University to launch National Flagship Language Programme

Filed under:

Texas University to launch National Flagship Language Programme

Seeking to give its graduates a cutting-edge and proficiency in various professional streams that require the use of Hindi and Urdu, the University of Texas has been selected by the International Institute for Education to create the first US National Flagship Language Program in both the languages.

The Universitys South Asia Institute will be receiving over $7,00,000 in funding in 2006-07 to launch the new programme in the two languages that are most widely spoken in India and Pakistan.

The goal of UTFs Flagship Program is to produce university graduates with the highest levels of fluency and professional proficiency in Hindi and Urdu, the University in Austin said in a press statement here.

More : hindu.com

Related pages

GIIP announced the launch of its unique flagship PGD in Patents and IPS

PGD in Patents and IPS Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP) announced the launch of its unique flagship Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Patents and Intellectual Property (IP) services. GUPs full-time, nine-month (tri-se-mester) post graduate diploma programme will commence from August 2007, It is designed for graduates and post-graduates (B.Sc/B.Tech, M.Sc/M.Tech,/Ph.Ds) in .....

S.P Jahrlnstitute of Management and Research plans to add new courses in its one-year flagship programme

S.P Jahrlnstitute of Management and Research plans to add new courses in its one-year flagship programme SPJIMR to revise PGDMMumbai-based S.P Jahrlnstitute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) plans to add new courses in its one-year flagship programme next year. Prof. Abbasali Gabula, Chairperson, External Relations and Placements, said that the .....

IIM-A to Revise Placement Fee for Flagship Programme

IIM-A to Revise Placement Fee for Flagship Programme The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will revise its placement fee structure for its flagship post-graduate programme (PGP) from this year. While the companies coming in at slot zero will pay the same fees, those firms participating in slot one and two .....

Launch by SRM a Master’s programme in Public Health

Launch by SRM Chennai-based SRM University announced the launch of its School of Public Health which would offer a Master's programme in Public Health, focussed on public health research methodologies and Biostatistics, from the 2007-08 session. The SRM School of Public He has been established under the guidance of faculty from .....

Kakatiya University to launch Diploma course in Mimicry

The Kakatiya University under its Distance Learning and Continuing Education (SDLCE) programme will launch a diploma course in mimicry on April 4. SSC qualified candidates are eligible for admission into the one year diploma course and there is no age limit. Noted mimicry artiste Nerella Venu Madhav will be the .....

Aptech Computer announced ACCP 2007 paired with English Language Enhancement and Workplace Skills programme

Industry Oriented Aptech Computer Education recently announced the launch of its career programme - ACCP 2007 paired with English Language Enhancement and Workplace Skills programme. The organisation conducts research each year to find out the trends/concerns of the industry. The industry findings this year indicate that poor communication skills (22%), inadequate .....

IGNOU programme for IAS probationers

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon launch a new academic programme, MA in Public Policy, for IAS probationers undergoing two-year probation at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Musoorie. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect has been signed between IGNOU and the Academy, .....

UTPA graduate receives $5,000 scholarship to attend medical school

Daisy Gracia of Brownsville, a May 2007 graduate of The University of Texas-Pan American, was recently awarded a $5,000 Texas Medical Association Minority Scholarship. Gracia, who majored in biology and double minored in chemistry and Spanish, was one of eight students chosen to receive the scholarship from the Texas Medical .....

SMOT launches the first Pan-Indian PG programme

SMOT, a fast rising business school has announced the launch of the first Pan-India post graduate programme in management. It has allocated 10 seats for every state and invites graduates from the state to apply for its course. SMOTs PGPM is being conducted at its corporate campus in Chennai as a .....

JNU student wins language Olympiad

Kunwar Kant, student of M. Phil at the Jawaharlal University, won the All-India Russian Language Olympiad, dedicated to the year of Russian language the world over. The award was announced at a function jointly organised by the RCSC, Institute of Russian Language, Indian Association of Teachers of Russian Language and .....

Recently Visited Pages