Indias first space university is all set to take wings next month seeking to groom tailor-made experts to fuel the countrys satellite and rocket programmes.

August middle is our target, said G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, which is setting up the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and expected to meet the high technology requirements of ISRO.

It would initially operate from the campus of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thiruvananthapuram, a lead centre of ISRO, which will create a full-fledged infrastructure for IIST on a picturesque site in Ponmudi near the Kerala state capital in about two years.

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Come July-August and Delhi University reverberates with the excitement of students mapping out their careers. However, how many of those seek admission are actually interested in higher education? Most of them join because it is the right thing to do and their parents want them to do so.

Majority of the students are burnt out - first giving their Xth board and then their XIIth board exam. There is a lot of pressure and as the exams near the tension mounts. parents also push their children to limits beyond. There is a reason for this -if you get anything less than a 90 per cent you will not get admission in the so called elite college.

The cut off for courses is so high that only the best of the best make it, causing frustration and disappointment to many. This does not mean that those who have secured 65 per cent are not intelligent. In fact some studies show that it is the middle rankers who perform better than the academic toppers when it comes to their professional life. While those who top may opt out for research and higher studies, it is the middle order students who perform exceedingly well on the career front.

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VAIBHAV Tidke and Darshan Mehta of the University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT) , Mumbai, today bagged the Agilent Engineering and Technology Awards (AETA) 2007 held at IIT Delhi.

BTech and MTech students from leading engineering colleges in the country participated with their project reports either in the field of Electronics and Communications Engineering or Life Sciences or Chemical Engineering.

I am interested in pursuing research in renewable sources of energy. The dryer has been designed in order to enhance the value of vegetables and fruit produced in the country by adopting effective and less expensive unit and raw materials, said Vaibhav, a third-year student of BTech at UICT, who designed a Solar Pond Dryer.

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Every year, over a million students have a go at professional courses and the preparations start at school level itself. Admissions to the 4,600 seats at the five IITs, 9,600 seats in NITs, 2,400 in self-financed deemed universities in respect of engineering colleges and around 1,600 seats in medical and dental colleges of India are based on the rank a student gets in the entrance exams, viz., IIT-JEE, AIEEE and AIPMT.

Invariably, most parents and students need information on these institutions, admission procedures, trends and changes in the qualifying exams, how to prepare for these examsand chances of cracking the exams. There are any number of how-tos and what-not-tos and the latest is a free info booklet, A Guide to Crafting a Successful Entry into Topnotch Professional Colleges.

Students in Classes 11 and 12 can collect it at the Aspire Learning centre at Jayanagar, next to Sukh Sagar. Ph. 41301915.

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Geoffrey Pyatt, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, said that India is getting more attention from the US, than never before, and it would also be in the list of the its most important partners in times to come.

Pyatt was speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) on US-India strategic partnership under Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP) today. KIAP was started in 1962 for the development of IIT-K. Under the programme, the institute was funded by the US from 1962 to 1972. Even many faculty members came from US universities. However, later, the programme lost momentum and the assistance from US stopped.

Now after three decades, when IIT-K is rated among the top technical institutes in the world, the US has again decided to enter into collaboration with the institute.

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Course: PG Diploma in Human Rights (PGDHR)

Description: Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights (PGDHR)

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Prospectus and application form (price Rs. 1000/- and for Diploma Rs.500/- ) will be available in the office of the Registrar from 11-06-07 to 28-06-07on all working days between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Prospectus and application form can also be downloaded from the Universitys website (www.nliu.com) from 11-06-07 to 28-06-07 and duly filled is to be sent the form along with a Demand Draft of Rs. 500/- drawn in favor of National Law Institute University payable at Bhopal. In all Courses seats are available for candidate belonging to the category of NRI/Foreign Nationals. The duly filled in application form indicating the Course name on the envelop must reach at the following

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Course: MSc (Computer Science)

Description: MSc (Computer Science) [Self financing courses]

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