New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in association with Accenture, a management consulting technology services outsourcing company, has launched a six month diploma course in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in Finance and Accountancy Outsourcing (FAO).
V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU said, "This programme has been launched to cater the needs of undergraduate and graduate students from tier 1 to tier 4 cities across the country and will be available to million-odd students."
"Course content has been designed with the help of the expertise of Accenture. In the first phase, course content will be delivered to train teachers at 43 programme centres across the country," added Pillai.
The programme will focus on building FAO skills in the students with 10+2 or bachelor's degree and above qualifications. Students need to have minimum 50 percent marks with English as a compulsory subject in their respective programmes.
Interested candidates will have to qualify a written test in English and Quantitative Ability conducted between February 7 and February 15 across the 18 centres.
Application forms for the same can be obtained from IGNOU study centres or downloaded from www.ignou.ac.in.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
IGNOU launches diploma in Business Process Outsourcing
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This was informed by Mayilsamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayaan-I.
Annadurai said, "The growing interest among school children on space research after the success of Chandrayaan-I will give an impetus to space research in future."
"Now, around 200 graduate and postgraduate students are allowed to use ISRO lab to carry out their project work," added Annadurai.
Interacting with students Dr. Annadurai answered queries raised by students.
"As the success of Indian space research has come at a time of the slump in the IT industry, many bright young minds in the country will start to think of a career in space research," he added.
Dr. Annadurai also said that the country could achieve the long term goals of space research in a short span of time if more school students came forward to contribute to research in the field.
He mentioned the importance of tapping the potential of the moon in meeting the energy needs of the country.
New Delhi: As the Common Admission Test (CAT) results, out on Friday, show, the seven prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) this year have given weightage to the candidate's performance in school in addition to the scores in the examination.
"The general performance has been on expected lines. People who got scores above 130 points have mostly gotten calls. Obviously weightage has been given to academic record also," Shiv Kumar, director of research, development and academics at Career Launcher, told sources.
CAT 2008 Results
"People who performed well in their Class 10 and 12 board exams evidently got extra points while the calls were being sent from most institutes," he said.
While in IIM-Ahmedabad, 25 percent weightage was to CAT scores, 33 percent was to academic performance; in Bangalore, the institute attributed 25 percent to CAT, 40 to academics and 10 to work experience.
In IIM-Lucknow, 30 percent weightage was to CAT scores, 15 percent to academics and 10 to work experience, and in Calcutta, the weightage was given purely to CAT scores in the main management course (PGDM), but 25 percent weightage was to academics and work experience for the computer aided management course (PGDCM).
IIM-Kozhikode was an exception, with 50 percent weightage to CAT scores and five percent to work experience.
"While the calling process is transparent in the website of these institutes, the selection process in Indore and Shillong institutes is not clear," Kumar added.
The CAT is an annual test conducted by the IIMs and is the first step in the process of seeking admission to the 1,800-odd seats in the institutes at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong. Besides this year, six new IIMs are due to start.
Around 270,000 aspirants across the nation appeared for the test on November 16.
The IIMs have implemented a quota for candidates from the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) from this year and have increased their seats.
CAT is considered one of the most important national standards for entrance to management institutes. Apart from the IIMs, over 50 other management institutes use the CAT score for short-listing candidates before filtering their admission with group discussions and personal interviews.
All institutes, barring Ahmedabad and Calcutta, had also made clear how much weightage would be laid on the further selection rounds of group discussions and personal interviews, according to Kumar.
"For students who have received calls from the institutes, the key points for keeping them in the clear would be confidence levels, ability to communicate clearly, knowledge level in subjects and working environment. Aspirants must work with their strengths," he advised. IANS
"The general performance has been on expected lines. People who got scores above 130 points have mostly gotten calls. Obviously weightage has been given to academic record also," Shiv Kumar, director of research, development and academics at Career Launcher, told sources.
CAT 2008 Results
"People who performed well in their Class 10 and 12 board exams evidently got extra points while the calls were being sent from most institutes," he said.
While in IIM-Ahmedabad, 25 percent weightage was to CAT scores, 33 percent was to academic performance; in Bangalore, the institute attributed 25 percent to CAT, 40 to academics and 10 to work experience.
In IIM-Lucknow, 30 percent weightage was to CAT scores, 15 percent to academics and 10 to work experience, and in Calcutta, the weightage was given purely to CAT scores in the main management course (PGDM), but 25 percent weightage was to academics and work experience for the computer aided management course (PGDCM).
IIM-Kozhikode was an exception, with 50 percent weightage to CAT scores and five percent to work experience.
"While the calling process is transparent in the website of these institutes, the selection process in Indore and Shillong institutes is not clear," Kumar added.
The CAT is an annual test conducted by the IIMs and is the first step in the process of seeking admission to the 1,800-odd seats in the institutes at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong. Besides this year, six new IIMs are due to start.
Around 270,000 aspirants across the nation appeared for the test on November 16.
The IIMs have implemented a quota for candidates from the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) from this year and have increased their seats.
CAT is considered one of the most important national standards for entrance to management institutes. Apart from the IIMs, over 50 other management institutes use the CAT score for short-listing candidates before filtering their admission with group discussions and personal interviews.
All institutes, barring Ahmedabad and Calcutta, had also made clear how much weightage would be laid on the further selection rounds of group discussions and personal interviews, according to Kumar.
"For students who have received calls from the institutes, the key points for keeping them in the clear would be confidence levels, ability to communicate clearly, knowledge level in subjects and working environment. Aspirants must work with their strengths," he advised. IANS
Pune: The results of the Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test, 2008 (SNAP Test) will be declared on Saturday i.e. January 10, 2009.
SNAP 2008 was conducted on December 21, 2008 by the Symbiosis International University.
"The test is conducted at the national level to ensure that meritorious students are admitted to the various constituent institutes of Symbiosis International University", an official from the University said.
Symbiosis has been rated among the top Management & Post Graduate institutes in India.
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SNAP Results
SNAP 2008 was conducted on December 21, 2008 by the Symbiosis International University.
"The test is conducted at the national level to ensure that meritorious students are admitted to the various constituent institutes of Symbiosis International University", an official from the University said.
Symbiosis has been rated among the top Management & Post Graduate institutes in India.
Click here for results
SNAP Results
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The world will end in 2012, say experts
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Several experts from across the globe are predicting that the earth is likely to end by the year 2012. The reason could be a human effect or natural disaster. From Chinese theories to scientific predictions the most likely date is the year 2012.
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it’ll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it’ll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.
Reason one: Mayan calendar
Reason two: Sun storms
Reason three: The atom smasher
This one’s case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the numbers. They’ve determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they’re claiming that their calculations prove that we’re all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it’ll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it’ll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.
Reason one: Mayan calendar
The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.
Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it’s likely they’ve got the end of the world right as well.
Reason two: Sun storms
Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it’s supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It’s been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it’ll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012.
Reason three: The atom smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world’s largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it’s properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They’re predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.
Reason four: The Bible says it
If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn’t bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.
Reason five: Super volcano
Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it’s sitting on top of the world’s biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we’re many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.
Reason six: The physicists
Reason seven: Earth’s magnetic field
We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun’s radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we’re about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.
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