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Archive: March
2008
How to clear
the CLAT:
Until 2007 law schools conducted separate entrance examinations as a part of their admission processes. The impact was that in 2007 students gave more than 15 exams in May and early June. The only relief was that the papers were largely similar since the areas being tested were the same.
2008 will significantly be different from the previous years where admission process is concerned. Judicial directions and consensus amongst the law schools has led to the creation of a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for the seven national law universities. The effect: 11th May 2008 will witness the first CLAT for national law universities.... more |
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‘Cost advantage
should go’:
Dr Saurabh Srivastava is one of India’s leading IT entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists. He chairs Infinity, India’s leading seed stage VC fund and has co founded India’s largest Angel network — Indian Angel Network (formerly Band of Angels).
Dr Srivastava founded one of India’s most trendsetting IT companies, IIS Infotech (now called Xansa). Xansa plc is a US $ 800 mill IT company listed on the LSE. He has been a serial entrepreneur, founding several successful companies in IT. His other interest is in entertainment through Kaleidoscope, one of India’s leading movie and television companies...more |
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Tech talk:
HCL's Nano: If Tata delivered their promise, HCL is not far behind. more |
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Not blogging yet!: Choked with ideas, opinions, thoughts and experiences? Start blogging, feel the difference more |
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knowledge:
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Ecologic:
Pastoral pride: Differing notions of aesthetics in India and Europe. more |
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Archive: February
2008
Punchmark of civilisation:
Who were the Bactarians, Indo-Greeks and Indo-Parthians? Well, today it may not be that much tough or troublesome to answer the question in the present context. There are libraries filled with books on all the above listed dynasties, but think of the time when we had not enough literary material (foreign & indigenous), inscriptions and other sources to know the history of bygone times of these dynasties? It’s coins, which were issued during their reign of rule by the various kings of these dynasties, which are considered as the only source of knowledge of these dynasties. We have learned a lot about the early dynasties of Indian subcontinent mostly because of meticulous and systematic numismatic research done in last couple of centuries. Indeed, Kharoshthi and Brahmi, the ancient scripts of India, are deciphered from bilingual coins of Indo-Greek and Kushan rulers. ... more |
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When Cambridge VC talks business:
What comes to your mind when one says ‘Cambridge’? Its long history, its reputation in liberal arts and sciences, its enviable alumni trail, isn’t it? The University, which turns 800 next year, that is 2009, boasts of intellectual and academic achievement of the highest order in any discipline that you speak of -from liberal arts and economics to science and technology. It’s the alma mater of a number of Nobel Prize winners, and has produced world’s leading economists, including our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh....more |
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Tech talk:
HCL's Nano: If Tata delivered their promise, HCL is not far behind. more |
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Hobby hub:
Paint through your camera: Some express through painting, some through writing pieces and some do it by clicking pictures; try photography as an outlet for your artistic abilities. more |
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Ecologic:
A billion concerns:
Why population debate should never be on the backburner more |
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Archive: January
2008
Building soft skills:
Rohit Sharma, an engineering graduate from a tier II city is brilliant when it comes to his knowledge about the hardware. Ask him to dismantle a computer and work on a problem he’s great. But try asking him to ‘explain’ what he has done and he has no clue.
Rohit and his ilk form a part of a huge chunk of India’s IT professionals who lack the art of presenting their skills. According to top IT body, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), every year approximately 19 million students get enrolled in high schools, about 10 million in pre-graduate courses and 2.1 million graduates and 0.3 million odd post-graduates pass out of non-engineering colleges. Out of this, only about 2.5-3 percent, find employment in varied fields or pursue higher studies, the rest turn to IT industry for job. However, despite the positive figures, majority of the professionals are not ready to face the industry due to lack of soft skills. ... more
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‘There is great talent in India’:
Animation films are the latest buzz in the entertainment industry. After the success of animated versions of Hanuman, Yash Raj films is coming out with an animation movie ‘Roadside Romeo’. Despite being a meagre one per cent of the global market, it’s a potential market, which needs to be harnessed. Indian animation industry, largely driven by the outsourcing work, is seeing a boom due to cost-effective production and high creativity. However, according to a recent NASSCOM-sponsored Animation India study 2007, which focuses on the grim reality of talent crunch, shortage of manpower can be a big hurdle in the growth of the industry. What is lacking is good educational infrastructure to churn out quality manpower. Better training schools have to come up to take the charge.
Piyush Gupta, Head of Toonz Academy, Delhi, one of South Asia’s state of the art training facilities in 2D and 3D animation, speaks to Educare about various facets of the industry and its prospects.: ....more |
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Tech talk:
Drive safe: Personal navigation device; a true navigator. more |
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Hobby hub:
Indian classical dance: Dance renditions are a storehouse of grace and emotions. From being performed inside the sanctum of the temples to enticing the lovers of the art in royal courts, Indian classical dance has come a long way.. more |
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Only Gods can help: When Ganesha plays civic role more |
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Archive: December
2007
The journey continues:
The world-famous author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, in an interview by Time magazine was asked about, how his career as a best-selling writer developed? In his reply he said “I went to Harvard in 1960 to become a writer, but the English department rubbed a blister on my soul, so I switched to anthropology”. The anthropologist Eric Wolf once described the study as “the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences”.
Anthropology is made up of two Greek words, anthropo meaning human being and logy meaning science, is, the scientific as well as humanistic study of the origin, behaviour and the physical, social and cultural development of humankind. By the definition of “culture”, anthropologists mean those things humans learn from and/or teach to other humans. What makes anthropology different from other human studies is that its practitioners take a “holistic” view of the subject and consider the concept of “culture” to be in some way crucial to their study. Whatever the specific focus, an anthropologist often seeks to demonstrate how any part of a human cultural system relates to and influences the others. An anthropological study of economy, for instance, is likely to demonstrate how a community’s economic activity influences and is influenced by its physical environment, technology, level of social organisation, customs, beliefs, and even artistic traditions, and how and to what degree it is learned by its members.
Institutionally, anthropology emerged from the development of natural history that occurred during the European colonisation between 17th to 20th century. Early anthropology was divided between proponents of unilinealism, who argued that all societies passed through a single evolutionary process, from the most primitive to the most advanced, and various forms of non-lineal theorists, who tended to subscribe to ideas such as diffusionism. ... more
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‘Weak mechanism,
broad horizons’:
Ravi Singh is secretary general and CEO, WWF-India, since 2003. Prior to this, he was the general manager and head, Multi National Corporates, Deutsche Bank, Mumbai. He started his career as a lecturer of history in Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University, after his masters in history from St Stephen’s College in 1975. He joined The Chartered Bank (now Standard Chartered Bank) in 1976 and Deutsche Bank in 1985. He has over thirty years of working experience and domain knowledge of the banking sector and organisational behaviour.
Beside his professional achievements in the corporate sector, Singh has had an abiding interest in the conservation of nature. He
has been involved in conservation-related issues since 1976 and has been a member of several conservation organisations. A keen traveller, a player and an avid reader, he has played squash at national level, and is a member of the Himalayan Club. Educare learns from him how he made a transition from the boardroom environment to environment conservation: ....more |
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Smile please: Express yourself as you feel with the language of smileys. more
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Dance your way to de-stress: Dancing is fun, is a good way to exercise and could be relaxing after a hectic day. more
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Cinderella’s wish: We wish our old-fashioned home away. Alas,
there’s no magic wand at hand . more |
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Archive: November
2007
On medical ground:
Your preparation for medical entrance exams might be in full gear. But ever wondered what would be your course of action if you didn’t get through? Would you like to go for another attempt? Or would you like to join a plethora of options in fields closely related to the medical course? There are, after all, equally good career options in these associated areas as in MBBS!
Homeopathic medicine: The sweet white homeopathic pills could be a good cure to those who dream of becoming a doctor but faint at the sight of blood. Unlike allopathy, homeopathy is concerned with the emotional attributes and behaviour of the patient too.
Just as an MBBS, a homeopath can look forward to a job with a government or private hospital, or can start his own practice. The Central Council of Homeopathy is the statutory organisation taking care of education. There are around 165 colleges across the country that offer degree courses in homeopathy — five-and-a-half year bachelor of homeopathic medicine and surgery. Admission to these courses is either through entrance exam, or through merit. In fact you can get admission to the course through CBSE pre-medical entrance exam too. Class XII PCB passouts are eligible to apply. . ... more
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‘Suicidal for the nation’’:
The state of education — from elementary to higher — remained an area of concern in 2007. While the issue that remained at the centre of all discussions was reservation for OBCs, questions like ‘to what extent should the state interfere in higher education’, ‘what has been its performance in elementary education’ and ‘should private sector and foreign educational institutes be allowed greater freedom to fill the education gap’, have been discussed on various platforms. Prof Ved Prakash, vice-chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), emphasises the need for government say in education at all levels. In his long career in education, Prof Ved Prakash has served as secretary, University Grants Commission, and advisor, education, Planning Commission, among other assignments. He reasons out why education is a state responsibility at all levels. Excerpts: ....more |
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•Tech talk:
Light-weight revolution: How to chose the best laptop? Let’s solve the mystery. more
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Kabaad ka kamal: With the loads of kabaad at home and a sprinkling of your imagination, make creative objects of art. more
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Archive: October
2007
Small, yet powerful:
What will you call the technology based on scale of nanometers? Nanotechnology. Coined in 1974 by Prof Norio Taniguchi at the Tokyo Science University, nanotechnology is a new interdisciplinary subject combining physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. The mathematical calculation defines one nanometer equal to one-billionth or 10-9 of a metre. It is 5,000 to 50,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Compared to a meter, one nanometer is roughly of the same proportion as a cricket ball is to the Earth. ... more
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‘It’s a one-day match’’:Times they are a changin,” the lyrics of song by Bob Dylon are best suited for financial sector. No other sector witnesses such rapid effects of changing time as the financial sector. Start updating yourself on every development in this field from the moment you decide to join the financial service sector. The sector is not for everyone who simply decides to do a professional course in this field but for one who enters into the field with a planned approach, observes Sanjiv Bajaj, the executive director of Bajaj Capital Ltd and managing director of International College of Financial Planning (ICFP). In an interview to Management Compass, he discusses the personality match you need to do for this career and the things that you need to check about an institute. Sanjiv Bajaj acquired his postgraduate diploma in business management with specialisation in finance from the Fore School of Management and holds international certificate for financial advisors from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) London, UK. He has more than a decade of experience in the field of financial services. Excerpts: ....more |
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•Tech talk:
Let the music play: Let's take you to the exciting range of iPods. more
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Music milieu: Famous artists of Hindustani and Carnatic music more
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Urban aestheticsh: What constitutes environmentalism? Is nature care about planting saplings, or something more? more |
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Archive: September
2007
Media
coverage: Every
morning when you pick up the newspaper,
go through the headlines and move on
to the pages with filmy gup-shup, you
are rewarding the efforts of a large
team of media persons of that newspaper.
From a correspondent who got a clue
about something newsworthy going on,
to the person in the newspaper deciding
which page should it go on, to the person
editing the copy, to the designer/desk
person placing it on the page, each
news item has travelled through a number
of hands. In the current buzz that is
news channels, a news coverage again
goes through several stages and hands.
So what is the working of a newspaper,
or for that matter of a magazine, a
news programme on a TV channel or the
online news that you can browse through
on your comp? Besides hardcore news,
what are the other areas of journalism
which can yield you a job in the near
future? Let’s have a look... more |
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‘India
needs, jewellery technologists’:Renu
Kapoor, director, Indian Institute of
Jewellery (IIJ), Mumbai, is a chartered
accountant by profession. After making
a successful career in charted accountancy
for two decades, Kapoor realised that
there was a need in India to give a
boost to non-academic careers too. In
a recent Gold Summit, organised by an
industry house in India, she stated,
“Education today is not limited to academics.
It means acquiring skills and expertise
and applying it to the real life situation.”
According to her there is a huge demand
for skilled professionals in the industry
and it is just a matter of tapping the
right talent for the right work.....more |
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•Tech talk:
World
in your pocket: GSM or CDMA — lets find the best
for you. more
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Natya
shastra: Some of the most celebrated plays
of Indian theatre more
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Survival
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Archive: August
2007
Macroscope in nano: With rapid strides being made in the research and development of nanotechnology in India, government of India allocating huge funds and a new nanotechnology policy on cards, the scope to work in this area is increasing by leaps and bounds.
Nanotechnology has the potential to change the world around us in unimaginable way. In simple terms it is the development and practical application of structures and devices on a nanometer scale (between 1 and 100 nanometers). ‘Nano’ is a Greek word, meaning ‘dwarf.’ Materials, when reduced to a nano dimension, show drastic changes in their physical, chemical, optical, magnetic, mechanical and electrical properties. Nano-materials are a thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. There is something ultimate about nanotechnology: matter is manipulated at its most elementary level, the atom. The application of this technology has the potential to impact every aspect of our lives, from medicine to computers to the energy we require to the cars we drive and so on. Nanotechnolgy can make an impact on the following areas:... more |
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‘Agriculture, not remunerative’: With Indian agriculture facing a crisis, and farmers committing suicides in droves due to poverty and indebtedness, it’s natural to ask what purpose has the mammoth Indian agricultural research establishment served. Have the 42-odd agricultural universities helped farmers in improving agricultural practices or improving yields? Is there a divorce between research work and agriculture? These are some of the issues that Educare discussed....more |
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LOC-line of connection : Let's solve the puzzle of cellphone terminology. more
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Theatrical
move : Step into the world of theatre
by watching some of the most performed
plays more
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