Learn Mandarin
The Bangalore chapter of the Chinese Institute of Chennai is conducting a 40-hour course in conversational Mandarin (Level 1) and reading and writing skills in Pinyin. Pinyin is a Romanised form of written Chinese, used to represent Chinese words with Roman letters. The institute also offers Level 2 where one can learn to read and write characters along with advanced grammar. The course is conducted on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) for five hours each for four weeks.
For more details log on to http://www.nihaobangalore.com or call 98865 42488. The next batch for Level 1 begins on August 11, 2012.
Tata Crucible Business Quiz
The Tata Crucible Business Quiz is back. The winning team from each regional final will participate in the national finals to be held in Mumbai on October 7, 2012. The winning team of the national final will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000 and the Tata Crucible Trophy.
The quiz will be conducted by Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramaniam, who is preparing to bring about another fresh angle in the Crucible format for the participants this year.
If you have the quizzing acumen you can be a part of the fun and excitement at Tata Crucible Business Quiz 2012. Interested candidates can register on the official website www.tatacrucible.com. The interactive website also provides an opportunity to participate in the Crucible mock prelims and the weekly Tata crucible online contest.
The winners of the regional finals will win cash prizes of Rs. 75,000 while the runners-up will receive Rs. 35,000.
Free retail training centres
HOPE Foundation and Bharti Walmart recently launched the Bharti Walmart - HOPE Foundation Training Centres at Bangalore. The Training Centres will provide free-of-cost training to students and equip them with requisite skills set in the retail sector, to bridge the existing gap, for organised retail and cash-and-carry formats.
The training curriculum is based on Walmart's global best practices and will be run by the HOPE Foundation.
Sustainability programme
Wipro has launched the second edition of its 'earthian' programme. Teams are required to submit their entries in the form of an essay or narrative on scenario(s) related to sustainability.
They are encouraged to first identify a scenario, explore multiple layers and unravel the interrelatedness, and suggest approaches relevant to the context. Twenty winning institutes will be selected later this year.
The 10 selected institutes from earthian 2011 are now part of a three-year continuing engagement programme — the second phase and essentially the core of the programme.
In the first year of the programme, this is being offered through a set of experiential programmes involving faculty and students — some of these are ecology related field programmes, environmental assessment for campuses and theater in sustainability education. These programmes are being offered through the evolving partnership network — presently ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment), CFL (Center for Learning), BLT (Bangalore Little Theater) and CSE (Center for Science and Environment).
For more details check www.wipro.org/earthian. The last day to register is August 31, 2012. For further information, contact: earthian.contact@wipro.com
TCS IT Wiz 2012 on August 13
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that this year's TCS IT Wiz would be held on August 13 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vyalikaval (Near Sankey Tank), Bangalore.
The Bangalore edition is open to all school students studying in Class 8-12 (including Pre University of Junior college students). There is no entry fee. Each institution is allowed to send up to 10 teams of two-members each to participate.
Entries have to be sent through the respective institutions on or before August 7 to TCS IT Wiz Coordinator, Tata Consultancy Services, 18 Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore - 560009. For further details contact: 080 67246000. Schools can also register online: www.tcsitwiz.com
Successful placements at IIPM
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has announced its campus placement results for the Class of 2010-12. At the time of going to the press, the Institute had successfully placed 3,491 students (beating its own national record of 2,800 students last year for which it had bagged the prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for the last four consecutive years). About 1,299 (800+ unique companies) domestic and international companies visited the various IIPM campuses this year. Although the batch size was more than the previous batches, this season witnessed a surge in participation of companies by over 75 per cent.
Overall, the average package offered to the class of 2010-12 increased by 20 per cent compared to last year. The average package that was offered to the students of IIPM's flagship programme was Rs 6.25 lakhs while it was Rs 4.5 lakhs for the non-flagship ISBE programme of IIPM. The international average package that was offered this year stood at Rs 12 lakhs.
Screening test for dyslexia launched
Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment recently launched the India edition of their flagship screening test for the Indian market, the Dyslexia Screening Test - Junior, India Edition (DST-J INDIA ) for school teachers, special educators and psychologists across schools in India.
The DST-J INDIA is a psychological screening test to identify children at risk for dyslexia, which was launched at the World Education Summit 2012, New Delhi. This test is unique because it can be administered by general school teachers, unlike most other psychological tests used in the school system that can be used by special educators or psychologists only.
The Bangalore chapter of the Chinese Institute of Chennai is conducting a 40-hour course in conversational Mandarin (Level 1) and reading and writing skills in Pinyin. Pinyin is a Romanised form of written Chinese, used to represent Chinese words with Roman letters. The institute also offers Level 2 where one can learn to read and write characters along with advanced grammar. The course is conducted on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) for five hours each for four weeks.
For more details log on to http://www.nihaobangalore.com or call 98865 42488. The next batch for Level 1 begins on August 11, 2012.
Tata Crucible Business Quiz
The Tata Crucible Business Quiz is back. The winning team from each regional final will participate in the national finals to be held in Mumbai on October 7, 2012. The winning team of the national final will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000 and the Tata Crucible Trophy.
The quiz will be conducted by Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramaniam, who is preparing to bring about another fresh angle in the Crucible format for the participants this year.
If you have the quizzing acumen you can be a part of the fun and excitement at Tata Crucible Business Quiz 2012. Interested candidates can register on the official website www.tatacrucible.com. The interactive website also provides an opportunity to participate in the Crucible mock prelims and the weekly Tata crucible online contest.
The winners of the regional finals will win cash prizes of Rs. 75,000 while the runners-up will receive Rs. 35,000.
Free retail training centres
HOPE Foundation and Bharti Walmart recently launched the Bharti Walmart - HOPE Foundation Training Centres at Bangalore. The Training Centres will provide free-of-cost training to students and equip them with requisite skills set in the retail sector, to bridge the existing gap, for organised retail and cash-and-carry formats.
The training curriculum is based on Walmart's global best practices and will be run by the HOPE Foundation.
Sustainability programme
Wipro has launched the second edition of its 'earthian' programme. Teams are required to submit their entries in the form of an essay or narrative on scenario(s) related to sustainability.
They are encouraged to first identify a scenario, explore multiple layers and unravel the interrelatedness, and suggest approaches relevant to the context. Twenty winning institutes will be selected later this year.
The 10 selected institutes from earthian 2011 are now part of a three-year continuing engagement programme — the second phase and essentially the core of the programme.
In the first year of the programme, this is being offered through a set of experiential programmes involving faculty and students — some of these are ecology related field programmes, environmental assessment for campuses and theater in sustainability education. These programmes are being offered through the evolving partnership network — presently ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment), CFL (Center for Learning), BLT (Bangalore Little Theater) and CSE (Center for Science and Environment).
For more details check www.wipro.org/earthian. The last day to register is August 31, 2012. For further information, contact: earthian.contact@wipro.com
TCS IT Wiz 2012 on August 13
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that this year's TCS IT Wiz would be held on August 13 at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vyalikaval (Near Sankey Tank), Bangalore.
The Bangalore edition is open to all school students studying in Class 8-12 (including Pre University of Junior college students). There is no entry fee. Each institution is allowed to send up to 10 teams of two-members each to participate.
Entries have to be sent through the respective institutions on or before August 7 to TCS IT Wiz Coordinator, Tata Consultancy Services, 18 Sheshadri Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore - 560009. For further details contact: 080 67246000. Schools can also register online: www.tcsitwiz.com
Successful placements at IIPM
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has announced its campus placement results for the Class of 2010-12. At the time of going to the press, the Institute had successfully placed 3,491 students (beating its own national record of 2,800 students last year for which it had bagged the prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for the last four consecutive years). About 1,299 (800+ unique companies) domestic and international companies visited the various IIPM campuses this year. Although the batch size was more than the previous batches, this season witnessed a surge in participation of companies by over 75 per cent.
Overall, the average package offered to the class of 2010-12 increased by 20 per cent compared to last year. The average package that was offered to the students of IIPM's flagship programme was Rs 6.25 lakhs while it was Rs 4.5 lakhs for the non-flagship ISBE programme of IIPM. The international average package that was offered this year stood at Rs 12 lakhs.
Screening test for dyslexia launched
Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment recently launched the India edition of their flagship screening test for the Indian market, the Dyslexia Screening Test - Junior, India Edition (DST-J INDIA ) for school teachers, special educators and psychologists across schools in India.
The DST-J INDIA is a psychological screening test to identify children at risk for dyslexia, which was launched at the World Education Summit 2012, New Delhi. This test is unique because it can be administered by general school teachers, unlike most other psychological tests used in the school system that can be used by special educators or psychologists only.