The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) is on a roll: it is increasing student intake for all courses, starting next year. In line with the vision document prepared by three IIM-B professors, the institute has decided to increase seats for both the two-year post-graduate programme in management (PGPM) and post-graduate programme in public policy and management (PGPPPM).For the next academic year, the number of seats for PGPPPM will go up from 30 to45. It will admit more students for its regular PGPM too. Though it has already increased the seats from 180 to 234 this year, the institute will add another section in 2007 taking the number of students to over 300. Construction of a 160-room hostel is also-in progress. The IIM-B vision document prepared by three professors S Sunderarajan, R Ravikumar and Rishikesha T Krishnan says: “We (IIM-B) will ensure that no one is denied access to our PGP due to financial constraints. To enable pursuit of our vision vigorously, we will build a strong financial foundation through healthy internal generation, external funding support and efficient resource management.” After taking the post-graduate programme in software management to Chennai in June this year, IIM-B will start virtual classrooms in Hyderabad, using interactive television mode. It will be a two-year general management programme for mid-career software professionals with a set of management courses and electives. IIM-B has tied up with Infosys to conduct classes in Chennai using two-way video and audio facilities. To reach senior managers and board members, a team of IIM-B faculty was trained in Washington under the Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship. ‘This will enable IIM-B to train directors who are on different boards. In association with McGill and Lancaster, we offered an Advanced Leadership Programme for senior managers. The vision document has suggested that the institute focus on executive education as their number had gone up by 26% in just one year,” a member of the Board of Governors said.

Notification

All the applicants to CAT-2005, which is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, November 20, 2005, are advised to visit the Web site of any of the six IIMs on Saturday, October 1, 2005 to check whether their application is in the fist of rejected applications, in case your application is in the list, you may have to adopt corrective measures as specified on the Web site. All errors that may result in rejection of application have to be rectified on or before Friday, October 7, 2005. This might require visiting the IIM, where you have submitted your application. Note that no corrections will be accepted after Friday, October 75 2005. Any application on this list not rectified by Friday, October 7, 2005, is liable to be rejected. Candidates whose applications are rejected will not be issued admit cards and hence will not be allowed to appear for CAT-2005 under any circumstances.

Notification

BHARTI VIDHYAPEETH-04.06.2005: All India Entrance Test for MBA/MBA (HR)/ MBA (IT)/MCA at IMED under Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune (www.bharatividyapeeth.edu). Biomedical Sciences.04.06.2005: Admission Test for MSc-Ph D and M Sc degree courses in Biomedical Sciences at Dr B R Ambedkar Center for Bio Research, University of Delhi (www.acbrdu.edu).

CET-01.06.2005: Common Entrance Test (GET) by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar (www.ptu.ac.in) for B Tech/ B Arch/ B Pharm 2005 in colleges affiliated to Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Punjabi University, Patiala. 1st to 5th June ‘05: Entrance Test OCET-2005 for admission to various courses (including LLB, B P Ed, MMC, LLM, MA, M Sc) by Punjab University at Chandigarh (www.puchd.ac.in).02.06.2005: CET-2005 for Bachelor of Hotel Management & Catering Technology under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi (www.ipu.ac.in).

COMPUTING-04.06.2005: GET 2 for PGD in Advanced Computing (DAC) at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune and other centres (http://acts.cdac.in).05.06.2005: Entrance test for 1 -year P G D in Software Enterprise Management at C DAC Noida. (www.cdacnoida.com).

DELHI UNIVERSITY-05.06.2005: Entrance Test for BBS / BFIA at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi (www.cbsdu.net).

FASHION-05.06.2005: Entrance Test for MA /BA Hons at Pearl Academy of Fashion (www.pearlacademy.com). Note: This is an indicative guide to forthcoming opportunities for entrv into professional courses/government services. Application deadlines are far in advance of the examination dates. Keep in touch with prominent newspapers regularly regarding notifications, any corrections/revisions relevant to the Examinations.

Alerts of CET

A few seats are available in the NRI sponsered category for the regular programmes being offered by g. Interested candidates may apply in the application form downloadable from the NIFT website. The applications may be sent to Registrar (Admission), NIFT Campus, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016 along with Demand Draft of Rs.3000/- and the details of the NRI latest by 7th June, 2005. For further details please log on

Source : Admission in NIFT

The Supreme Court on Friday posted to the third week of July, hearing on a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu governments decision to abolish the Common Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses in the state.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan listed the matter for hearing after the courts summer vacation after senior counsel Nageswara Rao, appearing for the petitioner student, made a fresh mention of the matter.

Petitioner A S Prabhu has alleged that the governments decision to abolish the CET was illegal as admissions were now being sought to be made by the state through random allotment and in an unscientific manner on the basis of qualifying marks obtained in the board exams.

More : zeenews.com

Thiruvananthapuram, May 13: With the Supreme Court allowing self-financing professional colleges to conduct their own entrance exams amid the ongoing tussle between the Kerala Government and the managements, the students who had already taken the Common Entrance Test (CET) are in a fix, lacking the means to pay capitation and huge fee.

The court verdict has also raised the question of social justice in professional educationcollege

Stating the government would go by the court verdict, Education

More : newkerala.com

For the first time the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) is conducting a Common Entrance Exams (CET) for diploma holders seeking admissions to the second year of professional degree courses in engineering and pharmacy.

This is in keeping with the recent directions from the All India Council for Technical Education, said a highly placed official from the DTE.

In the past, such admissions were being executed based on the diploma results obtained by the students
This year too a total of 74 seats in the second year degree courses in engineering and 6 seats in the second year degree course in pharmacy have been reserved. This accounts for ten per cent each of the total number of seats available in the first year degree courses in engineering and pharmacy, said the official.

More : oheraldo.in