Best Chemistry Teachers Awards launched
The Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT), in association with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Tata Chemicals Ltd., is inviting entries for its second series of Best Chemistry Teachers Awards (BCTA), 2012. This initiative has been launched to honour exemplary teachers involved in teaching Chemistry and its allied subjects.
The call for entries will close on September 30, 2012. The nominations for the entries are classified in the below five distinct award categories:
Best Chemistry Teacher (Class XI/XII and equivalent)
Best Chemistry Teacher (Bachelor's degree and equivalent)
Best Chemistry Teacher (For Master's degree and above)
Best Chemistry Teacher for promotion of Chemistry as a subject
Best Young Chemistry Teacher
Tata Chemicals has created an interactive website called the Human Touch of Chemistry (www.humantouchofchemistry.com), wherein interested teachers can download the nomination forms and send in their nominations for awards in the above mentioned categories. The Chemistry teachers can also approach the Association of Chemistry Teachers present across India to send in their nominations.
The winners for the awards will be selected by an eminent panel comprising renowned Indian scientists, professionals and academia and will be felicitated by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development; Communications and Information Technology at the CII Global Higher Education Summit 2012 on November 8, 2012 in New Delhi.
Transform urban India challenge
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) has announced the launch of 'Transform Urban India - National Student Challenge 2012', a campaign to elicit innovative ideas and solutions from students across the country to drive positive change in urban India. This is the second cycle of this student challenge. In 2011, 170 teams from 55 prominent education institutions participated in the National Student Challenge (NSC) 2011. The top three teams were awarded three lakh rupees each to implement their ideas.
NSC 2012 will span the entire nation with a host of events conducted over a period of six months. It is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
NSC encourages students as urban citizens and future leaders to seek viable systemic alternatives to urban challenges they experience or witness in their day to day life. It will provide participants the platform to share their ideas and innovative solutions to specific challenges and enable them to interact with opinion leaders and policy makers to enable the change they wish to see.
NSC is open to teams of graduate or postgraduate students and students who graduated after March 2011. Each participating team of three to five students from different disciplines is required to submit a problem statement and a proposed solution to tackle a particular urban challenge. Twenty teams will be shortlisted from across the country for the national finals. The shortlisted teams will be mentored by experts in the field of urbanisation, communication, and entrepreneurship who will help them to fine-tune their proposals. These proposals will be presented to a jury comprising of eminent professionals and officials at the national final to be held in Bangalore on November 30, 2012.
This year's event also includes an academic conclave where students can submit research papers that will be reviewed by an eminent panel of academics. The top entries in this category will get to present their papers at the national final in Bangalore. The best paper gets a cash prize of ten thousand rupees.
The Jury for the NSC Final will comprise of eminent academics, practitioners and policy-makers. The best overall solution will be awarded a cash prize of one lakh rupees. The best solutions in entrepreneurial and policy categories will be awarded a cash prize of rupees twenty thousand each. The best teams will also receive grants to implement their solutions in a project mode along with technical guidance from IIHS.
To know more about NSC and engage, visit http://www.transformurbanindia.com
FIITJEE's FTSE announced
FIITJEE has announced the dates for its FIITJEE Talent Support Exam (FTSE) 2012. The examination will be held on September 23, 2012 in more than 50 test centres across India. In a bid to encourage the IIT JEE aspirants, FIITJEE organises the FTSE every year. This all-India assessment test is a platform for the serious IIT JEE aspirants to gauge their preparation level through the Rank Potential Index (RPI) and the Success Potential Index (SPI).
This mid-way assessment will help students know their current position and analyse their shortcomings. Students securing a rank in the top 300 in the FIITJEE Talent Support Exam will get a cash scholarship, tuition fee waiver for the FIITJEE Program as well as a hostel fee waiver on the basis of their performance in the exam. The FTSE rank one holder will get scholarship of Rs 1,50,000.
The last date to register for the exam is September 18, 2012. Details and information about the registration process, test schedule, details of syllabi and the intensive contact programme are available at http://ftse.fiitjee.com
The Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT), in association with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Tata Chemicals Ltd., is inviting entries for its second series of Best Chemistry Teachers Awards (BCTA), 2012. This initiative has been launched to honour exemplary teachers involved in teaching Chemistry and its allied subjects.
The call for entries will close on September 30, 2012. The nominations for the entries are classified in the below five distinct award categories:
Best Chemistry Teacher (Class XI/XII and equivalent)
Best Chemistry Teacher (Bachelor's degree and equivalent)
Best Chemistry Teacher (For Master's degree and above)
Best Chemistry Teacher for promotion of Chemistry as a subject
Best Young Chemistry Teacher
Tata Chemicals has created an interactive website called the Human Touch of Chemistry (www.humantouchofchemistry.com), wherein interested teachers can download the nomination forms and send in their nominations for awards in the above mentioned categories. The Chemistry teachers can also approach the Association of Chemistry Teachers present across India to send in their nominations.
The winners for the awards will be selected by an eminent panel comprising renowned Indian scientists, professionals and academia and will be felicitated by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development; Communications and Information Technology at the CII Global Higher Education Summit 2012 on November 8, 2012 in New Delhi.
Transform urban India challenge
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) has announced the launch of 'Transform Urban India - National Student Challenge 2012', a campaign to elicit innovative ideas and solutions from students across the country to drive positive change in urban India. This is the second cycle of this student challenge. In 2011, 170 teams from 55 prominent education institutions participated in the National Student Challenge (NSC) 2011. The top three teams were awarded three lakh rupees each to implement their ideas.
NSC 2012 will span the entire nation with a host of events conducted over a period of six months. It is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
NSC encourages students as urban citizens and future leaders to seek viable systemic alternatives to urban challenges they experience or witness in their day to day life. It will provide participants the platform to share their ideas and innovative solutions to specific challenges and enable them to interact with opinion leaders and policy makers to enable the change they wish to see.
NSC is open to teams of graduate or postgraduate students and students who graduated after March 2011. Each participating team of three to five students from different disciplines is required to submit a problem statement and a proposed solution to tackle a particular urban challenge. Twenty teams will be shortlisted from across the country for the national finals. The shortlisted teams will be mentored by experts in the field of urbanisation, communication, and entrepreneurship who will help them to fine-tune their proposals. These proposals will be presented to a jury comprising of eminent professionals and officials at the national final to be held in Bangalore on November 30, 2012.
This year's event also includes an academic conclave where students can submit research papers that will be reviewed by an eminent panel of academics. The top entries in this category will get to present their papers at the national final in Bangalore. The best paper gets a cash prize of ten thousand rupees.
The Jury for the NSC Final will comprise of eminent academics, practitioners and policy-makers. The best overall solution will be awarded a cash prize of one lakh rupees. The best solutions in entrepreneurial and policy categories will be awarded a cash prize of rupees twenty thousand each. The best teams will also receive grants to implement their solutions in a project mode along with technical guidance from IIHS.
To know more about NSC and engage, visit http://www.transformurbanindia.com
FIITJEE's FTSE announced
FIITJEE has announced the dates for its FIITJEE Talent Support Exam (FTSE) 2012. The examination will be held on September 23, 2012 in more than 50 test centres across India. In a bid to encourage the IIT JEE aspirants, FIITJEE organises the FTSE every year. This all-India assessment test is a platform for the serious IIT JEE aspirants to gauge their preparation level through the Rank Potential Index (RPI) and the Success Potential Index (SPI).
This mid-way assessment will help students know their current position and analyse their shortcomings. Students securing a rank in the top 300 in the FIITJEE Talent Support Exam will get a cash scholarship, tuition fee waiver for the FIITJEE Program as well as a hostel fee waiver on the basis of their performance in the exam. The FTSE rank one holder will get scholarship of Rs 1,50,000.
The last date to register for the exam is September 18, 2012. Details and information about the registration process, test schedule, details of syllabi and the intensive contact programme are available at http://ftse.fiitjee.com