No GST on fee for hostels at schools, colleges: Finance Ministry

It clarified that services provided by an educational institute to students, faculty and staff are exempt from GST

Mumbai: Remaining true to its claim of keeping education free from GST, the Finance Ministry on Thursday clarified that there will be no GST levied on annual subscription/fees charges for lodging in hostels under educational institutions.

Addressing fake reports that claim 18 per cent GST will be levied on annual fee charged by hostels, the ministry said, “There is no change in tax liability relating to education and related services in the GST era, except reduction in tax rate on certain items of education”.

The ministry statement further clarified that services that an educational institute provides to its students, faculty and staff are “fully exempt” from GST.

It further went on to define educational institution as one imparting “pre-school education and education up to higher secondary school or equivalent or, education as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognised by any law for the time being in force or, education as a part of an approved vocational education course”.

Therefore, the services of lodging in hostels provided by all such educational institutions do not fall under the ambit of GST.

The Finance Ministry and the GST Council have from the very start maintained that education will not attract GST. Only some items that fall under the category of education, like school bags have been taxed under GST.

The ministry has been issuing a slew of clarifications to make citizens aware of the new tax regime that has transformed the Indian taxation system.

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Add personal care to your child’s education with these apps

With most of parents crunched with time, it becomes critical to find a suitable support for managing their childs’ education.

Even with the advent of technological inclusion in education, parents and teachers realize that human connect is an absolute necessity for a growing child’s guided mental, emotional and psychological development.  With most of parents in today’s world crunched with time and in many finding it difficult to handle the ever changing syllabus, it becomes critical for them to find a suitable and qualified support for managing their childs’ education. 

Interestingly, in the well-connected technology-supported world of today, nothing seems to be impossible. Finding tutors, as per the requirements for the kids is no more a task either.  Here come the role education startups, offering offline private tutoring through their customer friendly apps. Over the years these startups boosting private tutoring industry in India have bought a revolution. They serve as a link between students and tutors.

Genext Students

Emphasising on Hybrid model of teaching, Genext Students app is one of the most convenient way of connecting with tutors.  Genext Students is a one-of-its-kind platform which brings quality home tutors along with proprietary content (online & offline) to the doorstep of parents/students using technology as a key driver. It enables an enhanced way of delivering private coaching with the best of technology. The mobile app, with its technological features, is made available to the tutors and the parents combining the best of private tutoring with technology-enabled learning for CBSE, ICSE & State Boards. It also empowers educators & tutors to become entrepreneurs, and in turn, leads to the creation of a wave of ‘TUTORPRENEURS’ across the country.

Tutorindia

TutorIndia has been designed to make it really easy and convenient for students and teachers. Students can find tutors for online private tutoring and help with assignments online. Apart from teachers for online tutoring, it also helps in find local teachers in India. Tutors can list there profiles so students contact them. Thousands of tutors have benefited so far and millions will. Tutors can directly apply to jobs posted by students. Again, there is no charge for contacting students and the service is completely free.

UrbanPro

UrbanPro — previously known as ThinkVidya — has more than three lakhs professionals on its platform and has served five lakhs consumers in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and the National Capital Region in the education segment.

Tutor.com

Tutor.com offers one-to-one learning solutions for students and professionals. All the services are live, on demand and online. They provide homework help, tutoring, peer coaching, professional development, training, career help but it comes down to the core philosophy that when someone needs help the best way to get it is right away from an experienced expert. Their experts are online 24/7 ready to help. The results: over 14 million one-to-one sessions completed.

TutorCloud

Tutors can use this great website to showcase the services they have to offer learners. It helps to simplify the process of finding new students and allows learners to easily connect with those in their area or who have expertise in subjects with which they struggle.

GlobalScholar

GlobalScholar offers a wide range of online services, including homework help and tutoring. Tutors can use the site to build personalized learning environments for their students, which make it simple to teach, share information, and even track progress over time. With many large school districts already using the program, students may already be familiar with it, and progress in tutoring sessions can easily be shared with the students’ teacher.

ziizoo

There are a lot of online tutoring programs out there these days, but ziizoo sets itself apart by being the first to integrate tutoring with Facebook. Students can sign up, pay as they go, and get help from tutors on a wide range of subjects. Since it’s all integrated directly into Facebook, it’s easy for students to keep up and check back.

TutorVista

Tutors can offer their services through TutorVista, a site that makes it simple for tutors and learners to connect and interact online. The site offers 24/7 availability, testing, homework help, and tracking, making it a step in the right direction for both students and those teaching them.

Edufire

Share your expertise through Edufire, a site that offers classes and tutoring to learners of all ages and abilities. Live video chats, one-on-one sessions, and pre-recorded content make it simple to find help with just about any topic, from math to Chinese.

Growing Stars

Growing Stars is another online tutoring site, though one that focuses on hiring tutors who have an MS or above. Those who are qualified can apply to tutor, finding long-term clients who teach math, science, history, and other subjects through online video sessions and training.

24 Hour Answers

This site offers college homework help and online tutoring in just about every subject imaginable. As a result, both students and tutors will find it to be a great resource, and unlike many other tutoring sites, this one focuses on helping students at the college or university level.

e-Tutor

e-Tutor offers both students and tutors some incredibly helpful learning tools, from instant feedback and progress tracking to the ability to self-pace and direct any online learning. Resources aren’t just for students who need help catching up, but also gifted students, homeschooled students, and adult learners, too.

HomeworkHelp

Need some quick help with homework? This site can be a great place to find it. There’s a store, online tutorials, and, most importantly, great academic services that match up with state standards for K-12 education.

TutaPoint

Students pay by the hour to use the tutoring services offered through this site, which focuses on math, foreign language, and science. In addition to being able to offer or receive tutoring, the site is also home to books and videos that can help students along as well.

Sylvan Online

Sylvan is keeping up with the demand for web-based learning resources by offering their own online tutoring program. Instead of heading into a Sylvan Learning Center, students can learn from anywhere they choose. This may make tutoring easier for many families who are too busy or too far from traditional tutoring resources.

Vienova

Tutors at Vienova offer one-on-one sessions with students through video chat, whiteboards, and interactive conversations in subjects like English, math, biology, and economics. It’s another simple, easy way for learners to find high-quality tutors and for tutors to offer their services to students.

Care.com

Forget about posting tear off posters at your local grocery store; there’s an easier way to find clients these days. Tutors and students can connect through Care.com. Tutors can create a profile that allows them to showcase the services they offer, and students can pick the tutor they think will be the best fit.

TutoringMatch

Here you’ll find another tool that focuses on online tutoring. Visitors to the site can not only search for a tutor who works in the subject they need help with, they can also get online instruction from that tutor right through the site.

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Internet Saathi: Google empowers women in 100,000 villages

India has taken the lead to become the fastest growing Internet user market in the world.

If you talk to a few women deep within the rural village areas of India, and ask them what they wish, you will be probably be surprised by their answers.  “We want to find jobs online,” “I want to see temples,” “I want to be able to buy from my mobile,” “I want my kids to learn English,” “We wish we could talk to our phones in our own native language.” These are a just a bunch of answers that a few women revealed.

Previously, these women were afraid to even touch a smartphone, worried that they will spoil it. However, things are soon changing. They are now demanding services that can help them get more from the Internet — they have come a long way.

Even as India has taken the lead to become the fastest growing Internet user market in the world, Google states that most of India’s Internet is still dominated by its male users. ‘The digital gender divide is even wider in rural India where digital literacy amongst women continues to be a challenge, this combined with socio-economic challenges are the major barriers that prevent women from using the Internet,’ says Google.

Google says that they have been working hard to change this male: female ratio of new Internet users in rural India by introducing the Internet Saathi program. Launched with a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015, they announced their plans to scale the program, to cover 300,000 villages across India in December 2015.

Google now shares that the Internet Saathi program, in partnership with Tata Trusts, is live in over 100,000 villages across ten states in India.

There are over 25,000 Internet Saathis who are working everyday across these villages, and are helping over 10 million women learn about the Internet and how they can use it in their daily lives.

Several Internet Saathi’s in rural India are learning about the Internet or their own needs and for their families, kids and their communities.  These Saathis are now increasingly seen as change agents in their villages and continue to find more support from the communities and village heads for their work.

Google has reached this milestone and is looking at measuring the impact of the program. Findings of the research from IPSOS, a market research company on the socio-economic impact of improving digital literacy amongst women in rural India, is providing Google with insights on what more needs to be done. Almost 90 per cent of women who have attended the trainings with the Saathis have a better understanding of Internet, and on an average 25 per cent of women who have learned to use the Internet continue to use the Internet today. At 35 per cent, Gujarat is presently having the highest percentage of women continuing to use the Internet after attending the program, while Rajasthan rides at 17 per cent, which is the lowest.

The research findings state that the primary use case for Internet is to learn new skills and find information.

The research also stated that the cost of smart phones is the biggest barrier for internet usage after training and over half of the women trained cannot afford to buy the phone

Impact on social standing of women in rural India:

Seven per cent of women trained under the program feel that their social standing has improved. They believe their social standing has improved at individual, household and community level — they feel more informed, more confident about themselves

Economic Impact: Overall, 33 per cent trained women think that their economic condition have improved by learning new skills on the Internet.

Women feel that Internet has helped them to supplement their income in their existing occupation; income increased by an additional 1 per cent in the villages where training was conducted; and those who continue to use internet in their daily lives believe they have upped their income additionally by another 4 per cent.

Loaded with insights and learning’s from the last two years, Google is continuing to expand the program further and have started to roll out Internet Saathi program in Haryana and Bihar, covering around 1,000 villages, and 7,000+ villages respectively.

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Compulsory Tamil puts students in fix

Chennai: Despite taking a pledge to compulsorily teach Tamil as main language in 2006, several private schools in Tamil Nadu continued to teach other languages keeping the students in the dark.

Officials in the directorate of matriculation schools say  they have already informed the schools and even got the declaration form signed by school authorities that they would comply with the norms.

The Tamil Nadu Tamil learning Act (2006) made Tamil a compulsory language to be taught in schools starting from 2006-07 academic year. And students who joined class 1 in 2006 academic year had to take up Tamil as a mandatory subject. Schools, which failed to follow the norm, have put the students at risk now. On condition of anonymity, a senior school education department official told DC that it was a gross violation by schools, which have not taught Tamil as main language. “The government had informed them and asked them to send the declaration form. We have copies of several schools who have signed the forms,” said the official.

Speaking to DC, S. Arumainathan, state president, Tamil Nadu students parents welfare association, said, “The private schools have approached the high court only to save themselves from parents.

The schools cannot claim to be ignorant of the Act. They have given in writing that they would oblige the norm laid by the government. It is now the responsibility of schools to answer the parents.”

He added that these schools are worried about answering the parents as the students who studied other languages would not be allowed to take class 10 exams in the next academic year, 2015-16.

Sukumar Jaisingh, member of the Association of Matriculation Schools and Managements in TN and Pudhucherry, the association which moved the court against teaching Tamil as compulsory language,  said, "We are not against teaching Tamil. But considering the inconvenience of students we are forced to teach the language, which they are comfortable with. Moeover, we did not receive any letter from the school education department in 2006 making  Tamil a compulsory language."

( Courtesy : DC )

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11 new management development programmes launched in IIM Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has launched 11 new Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for the academic session beginning 2014 - 2015.

 

Currently, IIM Ahmedabad offers the following courses: Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGP-ABM), One Year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX), Faculty Development Programme (FDP) and Armed Forces Programme (AFP).

 

"A total of 77 open enrolment Management Development Programmes (MDPs) are being offered for 2014-15. Eleven new MDPs have been announced for the year 2014-15," the institute said in a statement here.

 

One of the new programmes on offer is 'Business Dispute Resolution: International and Domestic Arbitration', likely to be coordinated by Anurag K Agarwal.

 

'Doing Business Abroad' and 'Family Business: Organisation, Strategies, Internationalization and Succession' will be coordinated by Ajeet Mathur.

 

'Employee Engagement : A 3D Approach', 'Strategic Transformational Training Methodology' and 'Industrial Relations: Changes, Challenges and Responses' would be coordinated by Jerome Joseph.

 

'Business Turnaround and Organisational Transformation' and 'Managing People for Excellence in Healthcare' will be coordinated by Sunil Maheswari.

 

'Designing Systems for Developing Internal Talent' and 'Leadership Pipeline' would be coordinated by Biju Varkkey.

 

'Psychological Assessment and Psycho- Metrics' will be coordinated by Promila Agarwal and 'Enhancing Service Quality in Healthcare' by Rajeshkumar Chandwani.

 

Talking to PTI, IIM-A director Ashish Nanda said, "To realise our vision, the institute is following a three-pronged approach of Connect, Nurture and Grow."

 

Ten new faculty members joined IIM-A since September 2013, the institute said.

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Bill on foreign universities to be brought back

New Delhi: The Union human resources development ministry led by Smriti Irani is working hard to bring back one of the UPA government’s pet projects, the Foreign Universities Bill, that will allow foreign universities to open branches in India. Sources said the proposed Bill is likely to draw heavily on the original legislation proposed during the UPA-2 government.

The proposal, mooted by then former HRD minister Kapil Sibal in UPA-II’s early days, had faced stiff opposition from the Left parties and even some BJP MPs who had objected to foreign players entering the education market. The earlier Bill had also drawn criticism in some quarters as it was felt by a section of the political leadership that it could spawn the growth of substandard
“teaching shops” in the country once the education sector was opened up.

The proposal was sent for detailed study by the parliamentary committee attached to the HRD ministry. The new Foreign Universities Bill is expected to be high on the priority list of the Modi government.

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IIM aspirants cry foul over CAT, move court

CHENNAI: Alleging large-scale irregularities in the manner in which the Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to 13 Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) was conducted, a petition by eight candidates in Madras high court has sought a stay on the entire admission process this year.

Justice R Subbiah, before whom the petition filed by the eight IIM aspirants from Chennai came up for admission on Thursday, directed the Union human resources development ministry and IIM-Indore, which conducted the CAT 2013, to reserve one seat each to all petitioners who moved the court.

CAT is the first step for joining any of the 13 IIMs, and some other top management institutions too use the scores for their admissions. After a 20-day exercise beginning October 16 last year at 40 centres, the CAT results were published on January 14.

The petitioners assailed the examination format and said: "The computerised format of CAT 2013 was conducted over a period of 20 days and the obvious consequence of it is varying standards of difficulty. The level of difficulty was different for each slot of the testing period. The method of 'equating', 'scaling' and 'normalisation' used by the authorities to normalise the scores is unlawful and erroneous."

The process of equating and scaling, which is otherwise known as normalisation of scores, has caused grave irregularities in the scores obtained by students, the petition said.

"It has been proved that candidates who have not attempted even a single question have been awarded a percentile of 55.46 and this, in turn, implies that more than 50% of the 1.7 lakh candidates who appeared for CAT scored zero or even less."

The entire registration process, setting up test centres, compilation of questions, evaluating answers and calculation and publication of results have all been outsourced to a Gurgaon-based company, Prometric Testing Pvt Ltd.

Describing the January 14 results as shocking and illogical, the petitioners said the normalised scores of several thousand candidates were not in consonance with the number of questions attempted by them.

Citing the case of a faculty member of a coaching centre who writes CAT every year, the petition said he did not attempt any question, but had scored 165 out of 450 marks and had an overall percentile of 55.46. Alleging lack of transparency in the evaluation, they wanted the court to stay the process of admission to IIMs as well as other institutions based on CAT. They also wanted the court to quash the entire CAT 2013 held between October 16, 2013 and November 1, 2013.

(Courtesy : Times of India)

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6 Andhra Pradesh varsities on defaulters’ list

Six universities from Andhra Pradesh are among 77 universities across the country which figure in the ‘NAAC certificate defaulters’ list’ released by the University Grants Commission. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is the country’s accreditation body for higher education.

Two Central universities, namely the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and the English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu), besides state universities — Osmania University, Andhra University and JNTU-Hyderabad — and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati, the lone deemed university, figure in the list. The UGC has declared that their accreditation status is “invalid” since they failed to seek renewal of accreditation within the stipulated deadline.

Students opting for admissions in top institutions, especially in foreign countries, would be at a disadvantage if the universities are not accredited.

The accreditation of Andhra University had expired in September 2013, JNTU-Hyderabad in May 2009, OU in February 2013, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth in September 2008, Eflu in January 2006 and UoH in March 2013.

Though the state has 43 universities, only 12 varsities have ‘valid’ accreditation. Of them, state universities Acharya Nagarjuna University-Guntur, Kakatiya University-Warangal, Telugu University-Hyderabad, Sri Krishna-devaraya University-Anantapur, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University-Tirupati and Sri Ven-kateshwara University-Tirupati, deemed universities, namely, GITAM-Vizag, ICFAI-Hyderabad and Koneru Laxmaiah-Guntur, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning-Anantapur — and Maulana Azad National Urdu University-Hyderabad have ‘valid’ accreditation.

The UGC had recently issued a gazette notification making accreditation mandatory for all the universities and colleges. It has threatened to stop grants from 2015 if the universities fail to seek recognition within a year.

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GATE 2014 New paper pattern

Preparations for any entrance exam or test begins with understanding the paper pattern or the structure of the exam, as it gives a direction to student’s efforts. Some important facts about the structure of GATE 2014 are as given below:

Common factor:

 One thing common for all the papers is:

- Total 65 questions for 100 marks

- Out of which 10 questions - 15 marks - General Aptitude (GA) and the remaining of the total marks are devoted to the subject of the paper.

Two different types of questions: 

In the various papers of GATE 2014, there would be questions of two different types:

(i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) – Objective questions carrying 1 or 2 marks, where each question will have a choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer(s), in all papers and sections. 

(ii) Numerical answer questions – Each question of 1 or 2 marks in all papers and sections. For these questions the answer is a real number, to be entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this type of questions.

 Design of questions:

The questions in a paper may be designed to test the following abilities:

(i) Recall: These are based on facts, principles, formulae or laws of the discipline of the paper. The candidate is expected to be able to obtain the answer either from his/her memory of the subject or at most from a one-line computation.

(ii) Comprehension: These questions will test the candidate's understanding of the basics of his/her field, by requiring him/her to draw simple conclusions from fundamental ideas.

(iii) Application: In these questions, the candidate is expected to apply his/her knowledge either through computation or by logical reasoning.

(iv) Analysis and synthesis: In these questions, the candidate is presented with data, diagrams, images etc. that require analysis before a question can be answered. A synthesis question might require the candidate to compare two or more pieces of information. 

 Marking Scheme:

- For 1 - mark multiple-choice questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. 
- For 2 - marks multiple-choice questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. 
- The GA section includes 5 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 5 marks) and 5 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 10 marks).
- There is no negative marking for numerical answer type questions.

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MICA Announced Admission for PGDM- Communication

Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA) invited applications for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Management- Communication (PGDM-C). Eligible candidates can apply through prescribed application form on or before 31 January 2014. MICA is India’s premier Institute in Communications Management. Its mission is to develop innovative professionals in the practice, development & management of communications to serve the needs of industry & society through education, research and advocacy.

Important Dates

• Opening Date of application forms: September 2013
• Closing Date of application forms: 31 January 2014
• Date of Issue of MICAT Call Letters: February 2014
• Date of MICAT Exam: 2 March 2014
• Date of GE & PI: March / April 2014
• Date of Declaration of Result: April 2014
• Date of Orientation Programme: June 2014
• Date of Session Begins: Last week of June 2014

Important Dates for Foreign Nationals / Non Resident Indians (NRIs)

• Opening Date of application forms: September 2013
• Closing Date of application forms: 24 March 2014
• Date of Personal Interview Process via teleconference: April 2014
• Date of Declaration of Result: April 2014
• Date of Orientation Programme: June 2014
• Date of Session Begins: Last week of June 2014

Name of the Programme: Post Graduate Diploma in Management- Communication (PGDM-C)

Eligibility Criteria for Admission

• Bachelor degree or an equivalent qualification recognized by AIU who have appeared in CAT 2013 / XAT 2013/ CMAT 2013(Sept)/ ATMA 2013 (Feb/May/ July)/ GMAT(2010 onwards) irrespective of their score, can appear in MICAT exam of MICA, subject to their application form being complete and accepted by MICA. 
• Candidates in the final year of graduation can also apply.

Selection Criteria

Candidate’s selection for admission to the courses will be made on the basis of MICAT Test, Group Exercise and Personal Interview.

How to apply

Interested and eligible candidates should send their duly filled in Application Forms along with application fees of Rs. 1785 to “The Admissions Office, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, Shela, Ahmedabad – 380 058, Gujarat, India”.

For More details : http://mica.ac.in

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Punjab University announced Admissions for MBA Programmes 2014-15

University Business School (UBS), Punjab University, Chandigarh, invited applications for two Year Full Time Management Programmes: MBA, MBA (IB), MBA (HR) and MBA (Biotech) for 2014 session. Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 28 January 2014.

Important Dates

• Opening Date of online application forms: 18 November 2013

• Closing Date of online application forms: 25 January 2014

• Closing Date for deposit of fee in any branch of SBI: 28 January 2014

• Closing Date for submission of fee details: 4 February 2014

• Closing Date for submission of Application forms: 17 February 2014

Name of the Programmes

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• MBA (International Business)

• MBA (Human Resource)

• MBA (Biotechnology )

Eligibility Criteria for Admission

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline from a recognized university with 50% aggregate marks or a pass in the final examination conducted by ICAI/ICWAI/ICSI or AMIE with 50% marks.

• Candidates appearing for the final year examination of Bachelor Degree examination may also apply.

Selection Criteria

Candidate’s selection for admission to the courses will be made on the basis of CAT-2013 score (Common Admission Test) conducted by Indian Institutes of Management during 16 October 2013 to 11 November 2013, followed by group discussion and personal interview.

How to Apply

• Eligible candidates can apply online through official website of the University http://ubsl.puchd.ac.in

• The hard copy of application form along with necessary documents should reach to Assistant Registrar, University Business School, Arts Block - III, Punjab University, Chandigarh-160014 by registered post/speed post or by hand on or before 17 February 2014 up to 04.00 p.m.

For detailed Notification click here

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IT majors go to rural IIITs

They come from poor families in remote villages and their annual parental income is in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh per year. But these students received job offers of Rs 5.2 lakh per annum from IT majors in campus placement drives at rural IIITs located in Basar, Nuzividu and Idupulapaya.

At a time when IT majors have been missing from most college campuses in the city due to weak global financial conditions, the rural IIITs, run by the state government and located in remote places, succeeded in attracting the firms. Interestingly, these IIITs have no track record that can be used to gauge the capabilities of students since this is the first batch facing campus placement drives.

IT majors such as Infosys, TCS, Infotech, Tech Mahindra etc., besides FMCG major ITC, have registered for campus placements in rural IIITs. The IIIT students are from remote villages who had studied in government schools in Telugu medium till SSC and are from socially and economically weaker sections.

The government had admitted 6,000 students in three IIITs in 2008-2009 based on their merit in SSC exams. It’s a six-year integrated course in residential mode, culminating in a four-year B.Tech degree in the sixth year. Free education, hostel and mess facilities were provided by the government for six years.

Already 185 of the 6,000 students have been placed, the highest annual package being Rs 5.2 lakh. Officials expect 80 per cent of the students to be placed by the end of January and the highest pay package to touch Rs 10 lakh.

Prof. R.V. Rajakumar, vice-chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, which runs the rural IIITs, said, “We have established quality engineering education in the university with highly motivated faculty, which was picked up locally as well as from the premier institutes. Choosing meritocracy as the main benchmark, we had to go for a lot of innovations while imparting engineering education and technical skills to match the scale.

Our students’ technical skills would be further visible when other engineering firms come for campus placements and their performance in competitive examinations like GATE is reported.” The beginning has seen major IT firms like Infosys completing the recruitment, Tech Mahindra initiating its process and many others lining up.

The number of students placed in the first instance in Basar, Nuzvid and RK Valley campus is 51, 64 and 71 respectively. The recruiters are all praising for the students and several firms will be visiting the university in the coming months.

According to Dr Amarnath Reddy, Placement Cell in-charge, firms like TCS, Amara Group of Companies, InfoTech Enterprises, ITC and IVIZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. are lined up for campus placements. 

(Courtesy : Deccan chronicle)

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Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2014 Notification

GPAT 2014 Notification: Applications are invited for the national level Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2014 by AICTE for admission to postgraduate courses in pharmacy in institutes across India.

GPAT 2014 online registration window will remain open from November 6, 2013 to January 7, 2014.

 GPAT 2014 Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must hold a 4 year Bachelors degree in Pharmacy after 10+ 2 including lateral entry candidates.
• Candidates who are in the final year of examination are also eligible to appear.

GPAT 2014 Online Registration

1. Candidates are required to register online only by visiting the official website of GPAT 2014.
2. Kindly keep your qualifications details, scanned copies of photo, signature, credit/debit card ready before starting the online registration.
3. You must have a valid email id and phone number. All communication will be done through this email id.
4. You have the option to pay online or through cash at designated branch of State Bank of India through computer generated challan. Application fees:
   Rs 1200/- + bank charges for general/OBC category
   Rs 600/- + bank charges for SC/ST/PD category
5. Once you have successfully completed the process you will see a message on your screen stating ‘Thank you for successfully registering for AICTE GPAT February 2014 Exam’.

 Kindly note that a choice of 3 cities for online examination center will be given to the candidates. Allotment will be made on first come first serve basis.

Phone: 022 66258304

Email: customercare@aicte-gpat.in

Website: www.aicte-gapt.in

GPAT 2014 Important Dates

Events	Dates
Registration window opens on	November 6, 2013
Last date for online registration	January 7, 2014
Print out of hall ticket	From February 10, 2014
GPAT computer based test	February 25- February 27, 2014
Declaration of result	March 15, 2014
Print out of score cards	March 15- April 14, 2014

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