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Prof. At IISER Has Been Appointed As India’s Research Ambassador

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), popularly known as German Academic Exchange Service, has appointed Prof. A.A. Natu, IISER, as India’s research ambassador at a function held in New Delhi on August 19, 2010. Mr. Christiane Schlotmann, Head DAAD, New Delhi, conferred the honor on him for his exemplary dedication, leadership and commitment in encouraging Indo-German relations in the area of education and research. "DAAD promotes Indo-German co-operation in the area of education and research awarding scholarships at graduate, post graduate and doctoral level for studies in Germany. It has recently introduced a programme called working internships in science and engineering,’ wherein undergraduate students from 63 institutes across India can get scholarships for three months for practical training to carry out research projects," said Prof. A.A. Natu.

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The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" is an ongoing program started by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research.

This program strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is tapped for research and development in the country. Generous scholarships will be provided (up to the pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.

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GENIUS MEET 2010 -Eduworld

Thiruvananthapuram (14 August 2010)

Eduworld Foundation – A non profit organization aimed at nurturing scientific spirit in children organized Genius Meet 2010 for the students of Trivandrum schools who scored high in class 10 during the year 2010. About 150 students along with their parents participated.

Former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, G. Madhavan Nair interacted with the students.

The participants also got chance to hear and interact with Sh. B.N. Suresh, Director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology; Dr. E.D. Jemmis, Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research; A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer of BrahMos Aerospace.

Dr. Sivathanu Pillai’s address and presentation were very much appreciated by the audience. All were wonderstruck with the advancement and the high degree of precision India has achieved in the field of missile technology.

The students were taken to a visit to the Science and Technology museum and in the mean time Prof E D Jemmis interacted with the parents of the genius students and stressed on giving freedom for the students to think and choose the right career which they find themselves suitable for. He stressed on the importance of attending the exams like KVPY (Kishore Vygyanik Protsahan Yojana – A scheme introduced by the Govt of India to identify the genius and to grant them scholarship to study in Top Schools and courses like IIT, IIST,IISER etc Get the details here http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy/). He stressed that there is a high need of students selecting research as a career. Pure science is also leading to great jobs with long lasting and healthy work environment than the get rich quick type jobs as in the IT field.

Dr. S.K. Satheesh of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, who won the Bhatnagar Award for 2010, was felicitated at the meet.

The Genius Meet 2010 ended with felicitation of the top scoring students and the National Anthem

The eyes of the students were sparkling with inspiration and motivation while they came out of the meet.

New Policy For Engineering Program This Year

In this academic year, students will find some new changes in the admission process of engineering colleges in Gujarat. Until now, students had been following the upgradation structure but from this year, they will have to follow a reallocation policy. As per the new policy, a candidate who has taken admission in a particular branch but now wants to opt for another branch would need to submit his/her previous seat to get an admission in the desired engineering branch. Mr. MN Patel, Principal of LD Engineering College and head of the admission committee, said, “It is not going to affect the career of the students much. The only difference is that first they had the option of holding on to their earlier branch, but now they will get a chance to reshuffle depending on the availability of the college and the branch that they have requested for.”

Source : dnaindia.com