The Taiwan-based Institute of Information Technology (III) and Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) are planning to set up electronic clusters at Gujarat Vittal Innovation City, a special economic zone to come up near Valsad in Gujarat.
'The situation is such that they feel unsafe and confused whether they should go out and work or just sit at home fearing safety. Incidentally, the number of aspiring Indian students to Australia has dropped dramatically.'
The makers of 3 Idiots may be smiling their way to the banks with box-office records in Bollywood, but the National Innovation Foundation awaits funds promised by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film's producer. NIF sourced the innovations for the film.
The murder of a 21-year-old Indian national, Nitin Garg, in Melbourne has further tarnished Australia's reputation for hosting Indian students. For the academic year 2010, overseas education consultants are predicting a 20-50 per cent fall in the number of students applying to Australian universities.
In a first at the National Institute of Design (NID), academic profiles were offered to the graduating batch of young designers during placements this year.
Offers for senior positions take longer since companies spend more time screening the 1-year executive management programme students.
The Gujarat government has given its green signal to Nirma Ltd's controversial cement plant in Mahuva.
Professionals are making the most of the short and full-term courses to keep pace with changing trends at the workplace.
Among the strategies provided to make postal services commercially viable are tying up with fast moving consumer goods companies, gift shops, cellular service companies, banks and other financial institutions to deliver their products, mobile bills and debit/credit card statements.
With an aim to provide an energy-saving and low cost option to iron boxes operated through electricity, an innovator has come up with an iron box operated with the help of liquified petroleum gas.
On the back of the global economic slowdown last year, most management institutes had to take steps like extending their final placement week by a few days and inviting more companies to campus to ensure better work opportunities to their students.
Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands for enhanced allowances, faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to express its dissatisfication with the Centre in a novel way.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has killed hopes of an immediate pay rise for the faculty of centrally funded technical institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institute of Science.
Four girls from a college at Latur in Maharashtra have developed a black box for automobiles.
Economists and experts said on Tuesday the Union Budget presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday has not shown any fiscal prudence. They were speaking at a post Budget analysis session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in Ahmedabad.
"As on date, GSPC has drilled 15 wells, of which 11 have proven reserves of 10.8 tcf. The gas production in the field, spread across 1,850 sq km, is likely to kick off after two-and-a-half years," Saurabh Patel, the state's energy and petrochemicals minister, informed the assembly. Of the 15 wells, GSPC received success in 11 wells, while three showed no gas flow. Testing in one well is yet to be done.
Preeta Misra, head, financial education solutions, Dun & Bradstreet -- India, said, "The economic downturn has opened up opportunities for companies in India, as with the decrease in the attrition rate of employees, companies can now have the crucial talent they need. They can identify and build leaders for tomorrow and set up efficient internal processes in place to build the future growth."
While the registration fee for CAT 2009, which was Rs 1,300 last year, will surely increase due to the high administrative and infrastructure costs because of the computerisation, it may still be less than Rs 2,000. CAT, say IIMs, will be a candidate-friendly test in terms of flexibility in the selection of test date, ease of registration, better physical environment and test experience, and enhanced security with biometric identification of candidates and video monitoring.
The Information Technology (IT) sector in Gujarat has been witnessing a lot of green initiatives in the recent past.
For a country that considers cricket as a religion, it comes as a surprise that its viewers would prefer politics to the game. On May 16, a decisive day in the history of Indian politics, the cricket worshiping country preferred the Loksabha election results than to the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
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