Post Doctoral Fellowship at IIT Madras

Highlights:

1. It is proposed to offer a number of Institute PostDoctoral Fellowships (PDF) at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.(IIT Madras).

2. It is a temporary research position which may be offered for those who seek to choose research as a profession.

3. The research work during the postdoctoral period can be in areas that are of interest, both to the postdoctoral fellows and the Institute.(Institute henceforth refers to IIT Madras)

4. The presence of the postdoctoral fellows at the Institute will further enhance the research culture and output of the Institute and help promote interdisciplinary research. It is a transition phase which can also help a fresh doctorate transform into an independent researcher before taking up a research career.

5. More details: http://www.iitm.ac.in/images/stories/iitm/AboutPDFScheme.pdf

Common Entrance Examination for Design

Highlights:

1. Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED) is an all India examination conducted by IIT Bombay, on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

2. CEED is a qualifying examination for Admission to Master of Design (M.Des.) Programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati and IIT Kanpur, and Ph.D. Programmes in Design in some Institutes.

3. Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED-2010) will be held on January 17, 2010. Apply online now www.iitb.ac.in/gate.

Joint Management Entrance Test JMET 2010

Highlights:

1. Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET ) is the first step in the process of admission to the TWO YEAR FULL TIME Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Management offered by the IITs. Currently IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee offer Programmes in Management.

2. JMET is only a qualifying examination.

3. Candidates have to apply separately to the Institutes of their choice. They are also advised to look up the details provided in the online e-brochure about the programmes available in the participating Institutes.

4. There is no limit to the number of programmes a candidate can apply to, so long as he or she meets the eligibility criteria.

5. Apply online for Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET- 2010) before October 9, 2009. Web site: http://gate.iisc.erent.in/.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2010

Highlights:

1. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

2. Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarships/ assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture or Master's degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications are eligible for admission to Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science with MHRD or other government scholarships/assistantships.

3. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. However, candidates with Master's degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture may seek admission to relevant PhD programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination.

4. GATE 2010 online examinations will be held on February 7, 2010 and offline examinations will be held on February 14.

5. Application forms will be available up to October 30. Web site: www.iitg.ernet.in/gate , http://gate.iitm.ac.in/ .

Reserve Bank of India young scholars award 2009 2010

Highlights:

1. Selection test for the RBI young scholars’ award will be held on January 10, 2010.

2. Those who are pursuing undergraduate studies in any subject and come under the age group between 18 and 23 are eligible to apply online before October 21.

3. More details: http://www.rbi.org.in/youngscholars.aspx

All India PG Entrance Examination 2010

Highlights:
1. All India PG Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE-2010) for admission to MD, MS, diploma and MDS courses in medical and dental colleges will be held on January 10, 2010.

2. Apply before October 12;

3. More details: http://www.aiims.ac.in/ , http://www.aiims.edu/ .

Joint Management Entrance Test to be held on December 13

Highlights:

1. The next Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET- 2010) will be held on December 13 across the country for admission to the two-year full-time PG programme in management including MBA conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

a. at Chennai (Department of Management Studies);

b. Mumbai (Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management);

c. Delhi (Department of Management Studies); Kanpur (Department of Industrial Management Engineering);

d. Kharagpur (Vinod Gupta School of Management)

e. Roorkee (Department of Management Studies).

f. In south India, the test centres will include Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Chennai, Vijayawada, Bangalore, Hubli, Hyderabad, Surathkal, Visakhapatnam.

2. More Details: http://www.thehindu.com/edu/2009/09/21/stories/2009092150160500.htm

Student life in France

Highlights:

1. Procedure for visa: The online admission application allows you to create a personal electronic file, by visiting the website www.campusfrance.org/en/index.htm , which gives the indications in English. The procedure for registration is simple.

2. The site http://www.campusfrance.org/ is in French. If you need any clarification, you may contact the nearest CampusFrance office (the contact details were given last week.)

3. The next step is to get an NOC (No Objection Certificate) through the visa interview held by the French official concerned.

4. You have to produce the prescribed documents at the NOC interview — the originals and two sets of copies for verification. Usually, the following will be required (Campus France will advise you of the details):

a. A letter of registration/admission from a French academic institution

b. Proof of resources for tuition fees and living expenses for housing, food, medical expenses, transport or a sponsorship letter for accommodation from the city where you are going for your studies, and supporting documents

c. Proof of accommodation in France for the period of stay

d. CV

e. Four passport-size photographs with light background

f. Copies of your degrees/diplomas and certificates (+2 /B.A. /B.Sc./ B.Tech./M.A./M.Sc.)

g. Copy of the relevant pages of your passport valid for the entire period of stay in France

5. Air ticket or reservation printout of air ticket

6. A comprehensive overseas medical policy and repatriation insurance cover

7. More details: http://www.thehindu.com/edu/2009/09/21/stories/2009092151130200.htm

Nine new National Institutes of Technology

Highlights:
1. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of nine new National Institutes of Technology (NITs); taking their number to 29 across the country. While the process of establishing the new NITs will get underway immediately, the first round of admissions will begin in the next academic year and classes will be held in mentor NITs or campuses taken on lease.

2.The new NITs will be set up in Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Goa, Puducherry, Sikkim, Delhi and Uttarakhand.

3. More details: http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article21744.ece

U.S.-India collaboration: Centre on nanotechnology

Highlights:
1. A prestigious American university has entered into a collaboration with researchers in India to launch a centre which will focus on advancements in nanomaterials to address growing energy needs.

2. The new centre, the Joint Networked Center on Nanomaterials for Energy, is being funded by the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum, a media release said, adding that it involves Purdue’s Birck Nanotechnology Center, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNC) and General Electric Co.’s John F Welch India Technology Center.

3. More details: http://beta.thehindu.com/education/research/article26934.ece

Common Admission Test 2009

Highlights:

1. The last date for online registration and sale of vouchers for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 has been extended from October 1 to 11, 2009 in view of several holidays in the month of September.

2. The computer–based CAT 2009 which is scheduled between November 28 and December 7, 2009 will be conducted in 32 Indian cities through 105 secure computer-based testing centres specially prepared for the CAT examination.

3. More details: http://beta.thehindu.com/education/college-and-university/article27054.ece

Test used by most U.S. colleges and universities admissions and placement decisions

Highlights:

1. The SAT is a standardized, multiple-choice test used by most U.S. colleges and universities for admissions and placement decisions.

2. SAT scores can also be used to determine scholarship eligibility.

3. The test is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and given nationally seven times a year.

4. The SAT is a seven-section, three-hour exam.

5. Three of the sections are Verbal, three are Math, and one is experimental.

6. The experimental section, used by ETS strictly for its own research, can be either Verbal or Math and is not counted toward your final score.

7. The seven sections appear in a slightly different order every time the SAT is administered.

8. More details: http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/06/27/stories/2005062700270300.htm

Data Compression Conference 2010

Highlights:

1. DCC is held at the Cliff Lodge convention center in the beautiful Snowbird / Alta Ski areas; located a short ride from the Salt Lake City International Airport.

DCC 2010 March 24 to Friday March 26,

2. It is an international forum for current work on data compression and related applications.

3. The conference addresses not only compression methods for specific types of data (text, images, video, audio, medical, scientific, space, graphics, web content, etc.), but also the use of techniques from information theory and data compression in networking, communications, and storage applications involving large data sets (including image and information mining, retrieval, archiving, backup, communications, and HCI). Both theoretical and experimental work are of interest.

4. To be added or removed from the DCC email list, or with questions, please contact:

Myrna Fox

Computer Science Dept.

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA 02454

781-736-2700

maf@cs.brandeis.edu

DCC 2010:

Wednesday March 24 to Friday March 26,

with registration reception on the evening of March 23.

(Easter Sunday = April 4, Passover = March 29 - April 6)

5. Tentative Future DCC Dates: 2011:

Tuesday, March 29 to Thursday March 31,

with registration reception on the evening of March 28.

(Easter Sunday = April 24, Passover = April 18-26)

Postdoctoral fellowship in Life Sciences

Highlights:

1. Application are invited on plain paper, giving full details of educational qualification and experience, etc. from the candidates interested in pursuing post-doctoral research in some frontier areas in Life Sciences. The selected candidate will be placed in one of the constituent departments of the Faculty of Inter-disciplinary and Applied Sciences, as per the details:

2. Name of position – Post-doctoral fellow (purely temporary)

Number of position – One

Fellowship – Rs 35,000 p.m. (consolidated)

3. Duration – Two years, may be extended to third year, based on the progress

4. Essential qualifications

a. I class M.Sc. degree in any branch of Life Sciences

b. Ph.D. in the relevant area supported by good publications

5. Subject area available

a. Plant gene expression

b. Plant molecular biology and biotechnology

c. Microbial molecular biology and biotechnology

d. Biochemistry, medical biochemistry, diagnostics, vaccines and drug targets

e. Fermentation technology: process development and down stream processing

f. Host–pathogen biology and clinical bacteriology

g. Human molecular genetics

6. Applications complete in all respects accompanied by copies of degree/mark sheets and testimonial must reach the undersigned within 4 weeks of the publication of the advertisement (Advt pub. date is 25 SEPTEMBER 2009).

7. Dean

Faculty of Inter-disciplinary and Applied Sciences

University of Delhi South Campus

New Delhi 110 021

8. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS

V.N. BAKSHI POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN LIFE SCIENCES – 2003

Adv. No. FIASC/VNB-PDF/ADV/2009