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Tamil Nadu Education - Schools, Colleges and Universities

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#1 ·
Thread for updates in TN Education. TN having around 420 Engineering Colleges, numerous Arts and Science, Polytechnic, Business schools and Medical colleges.
Some them are ranked in Top 10 in the Country.
 
#2 ·
TN Engg college ties up Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tiruvannamalai-based SKP Engineering College today announced a tie up with Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in the field of Nanotechnology.

"We had a series of meetings with Tokyo Insitute of Technology President Kenichi Iga and Vice-President Ichiro Okura and have decided to conduct research at Tokyo Institute of Technology by our college students and staff" college Chairman K Karunanithi said in a press release here.

As per the agreement, students of the respective institutions would share knowledge and ideas.

A modern lab on VLSI design would be constructed at a cost of Rs five crore and a post-graduate programme in VLSI Design would be introduced in next academic year, he said.

The MoU would be valid for five years, he said, adding an International seminar on Nano technology and electronics circuits would be conducted in December 2010.

Source: http://news.chennaionline.com/newsi...-e51f-4971-8003-fb14a8a23012&CATEGORYNAME=CHN
 
#3 ·
Chennai school to teach robotics



The Japanese-based Learning System Inc, developers of creative computing and robotic education programme for schools, have signed an Memorandum of Understanding with the Chennai-based BVM Global Education Trust, to impart robotic education in Bala Vidya Mandir school at Adyar, Chennai.

The course will begin in all the BVM Global Schools from the academic year 2010 as part of school curriculum for students of sixth to ninth standards. Similarly the school will also conduct “after school programme” for the benefit of other school children and others, who are interested in the course.

The President of Learning Systems, Masao Ishihara, who was in Chennai to sign an MoU with the Managing Trustee of Bala Vidya Mandir and BVM Global Schools, A. S. Ramana Prasad here on Thursday.

In a chat with The Hindu, Mr. Ishihara said that robotics had been popular and effective among the students of developed countries such as North America, Japan, Korea and some parts of European countries.

The educational systems in Japan and Korea had been keen in promoting robotics as an academic course at the school level. “It encourages students to use their imagination, try out their problem solving skills and work in a team. It also enables students to contribute to the process of designing, building and testing solutions,” he said.

About robotic education, Mr. Ishihara said Learning Systems provided the best robotic kits, which had been selected for specific education purpose, with creative computing software and progressive curriculum activity packages.

It enables students to get a head start on simple robotics by building models, attach sensors and motors that were plugged into a computer and configure behaviours using a simple programming tool developed by Learning Systems.

Over a period of time the students would have learnt to design programme and control fully functional model, he said.

The students use software to plan, test and modify sequences of instruction for a variety of life-like robotic behaviours.

Similarly, they also collect and analyse data from sensors, using data logging functionalities embedded in the software. Robotic education is an open-ended problem finding and solving focused education programme.

On the robotic course, S.S. Nathan, Chief Executive Officer, BVM Group of Schools, said creative computing and robotics (CCR) programme was a whole new way for Indian school students to learn STEM subjects (science, technology and engineering and mathematics) through experimenting with leading edge software and robotic kits. It consisted of 30 classes of each 80 minutes of lessons.

Mr. Prasad said the school would be charging a minimum fee for the course from the student. The fee would be shared by both the players on accepted ratio. The school would have to invest in a robotic lab, where in every two student would have one netbook and a robot. Similarly, the school would be hiring trained tutors for the training the students.

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/education/school/article267516.ece
 
#4 ·
Virginia Tech varsity to set up campus in Chennai

With the Cabinet nod to the Foreign Educational Institution Bill, allowing foreign education providers to set up campuses in India, Chennai has got the first ‘pedagogic’ call from the overseas.

The US-based Virginia Tech University has chosen Chennai to establish its Indian campus in collaboration with Marg Ltd, the diversified infrastructure major, on the outskirts of the city. The Indian edition of Virginia Tech, which has been touted as the future Asian hub of the education major, will offer advanced education and research in the fields of nanoscale science and engineering, nano biotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and automotive engineering. Virginia Tech will manage the campus and design its academic programmes, research facilities and labs.

“This will be a joint venture and other modalities are being worked out as the new Bill will be taken up by the lawmakers very soon. The Marg has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Virginia Tech and we expect the campus to be operationalised by July 2011, said Marg Ltd chairman & MD GRK Reddy.

The 30-acre campus is expected to come up at Marg’s flagship Swarnabhoomi project which will feature innovation centres and draw upon Virginia Tech research resources such as the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech. The centres will work with industry to capitalise on innovation research and emerging market opportunities in India and the region. The campus will be managed and operated by a joint trust in the knowledge hub of Marg Swarnabhoomi. Marg will be developing the required infrastructure for the trust to establish the university.

Reddy said, “The MoU with Virginia Tech is a proud moment for us, as we will be a part of promoting world class education through the university, which will help address the global opportunities at large.” Marg Swarnabhoomi has been designed to be an aspirational habitat based on the principles of new urbanism, where business, living and learning will coexist in a stress free atmosphere. At Marg, we strongly believe in inclusive living, and are confident that this initiative will help in enhancing and enriching the lives of the future generations.”

Charles W Steger, president of Virginia Tech said, “This is a historic moment for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech, India will create a place in India where engineers, students, and high tech science professionals from the United States...

Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Virginia-Tech-varsity-to-set-up-campus-in-Chennai/595290/
 
#5 ·
Some photo updates

Cross posting from another thread.
VIT Vellore, TN. One of the best Engineering College in India




PSG College, Coimbatore, TN. Rated one of the top rated Tech college in India.


CMC Medical College, Vellore, TN. Rated 2nd best in India after AIIMS.


JIPMER Medical College, Puducherry. All India Rank 4.


Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Reseach Institute, Chennai. One of top rated medical college in India.


175 old Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai. All India rank 6.


Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry


SRM University, Chennai
 
#7 ·
AICTE receives 79 new applications from State

Seventy-nine new applications from the State have been received by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for approval to start new institutions. Of these 48 are for engineering colleges, 21 for management colleges, nine for integrated campuses and one for a school of architecture.

P. Mannar Jawahar, southern region chairman, AICTE, said a meeting would be held on March 27 to finalise the formalities for scrutinising committees. The process of approval was expected to be completed by May-end.

The State government had earlier indicated its opposition to new engineering colleges being started when a number of seats went unfilled in the previous year's counselling process. But, a senior government official said they would not intervene in the applications process of the AICTE this year as it was at an advanced stage.

In another issue, over 100 students of postgraduate programmes in various colleges affiliated to Anna University were found to have taken up full-time courses while they were working in various capacities.

After the students represented to the Vice-Chancellor, a committee was formed and found that attendance registers were falsified by certain colleges.

Many students who were working as lecturers in engineering colleges submitted their resignations and requested the university to allow them to complete their degrees.

Dr. Jawahar said the university had decided not to disqualify the students. They would be asked to complete the six semester part-time ME programme instead of the four semester full-time programme and were being let off without any other penalty.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/25/stories/2010032556350400.htm
 
#14 ·
Scholarship for south Indians at Cambridge University



CHENNAI: The signing ceremony for a new long-term endowment, Pemanda Monappa Scholarship, which will guarantee one fully paid annual scholarship for south Indian students to pursue post-graduate studies at Cambridge University, was held at the British Council here on Thursday.

Speaking at the function, Editor of The Hindu N. Ravi referred to the “long and glorious connection” between India and Cambridge University, an institution which has so far produced three Indian Prime Ministers, including Manmohan Singh.

Mr. Ravi added that it would no longer have to be the case that "only those from the most privileged backgrounds in south India" could afford to study at one of the world's greatest universities.

The generosity of the endowment, said Michael O'Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, would ensure the long-term future of the scholarship. He hoped that it would “change the life of someone who will change the lives of others''.

British Deputy High Commissioner Mike Nithavrianakis said that he fully supported the new programme, and praised the attitude of Indian students for placing so much importance on their education.

President of the Association of British Scholars and former bureaucrat P. M. Belliappa is responsible for establishing the new scholarship in the name of his father, Pemanda Monappa, a highly decorated police officer who served in all the four southern States. Mr.Belliappa expressed his support for the increased internationalisation of higher education and a hope that the new scholarship, in time, "would produce another Manmohan Singh''.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/26/stories/2010032663450200.htm
 
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Call to make cyber crime part of school syllabus

“Madras University planning to introduce cyber criminology in curriculum”


Commissioner of Police T. Rajendran interacts with participants at an international conference on Cyber Criminology in Chennai.

CHENNAI: Awareness of cyber crime should start from high school, Commissioner of Police T. Rajendran said here on Tuesday.

He was speaking at a two-day international conference on cyber criminology organised by the Department of Criminology, University of Madras.

Mr. Rajendran said that children are well-versed in computers these days and, therefore, “cyber sensitising” them was essential.

“A subject on cyber crime should be made part of school syllabus,” he said.

Mr. Rajendran also suggested mooted an international apex body to speed up investigations into cyber crime cases, as in many cases, the accused operated from abroad.

Madras University Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said that the university is planning to introduce cyber criminology in its curriculum. Topics of discussion at the seminar included cyber crime prevention, information security, national and international cyber laws, technological and legal challenges of cyber crime.

The Asian Society of Cyber Criminology, a forum to address issues related to cyber crime, under the Department of Criminology was also inaugurated at the event.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650850300.htm
 
#18 ·
Source: India Today-AC NELSEN-ORG-MARG Survey 2008

Top Arts colleges:

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
3. St. Stephen's College, Delhi
4. Presidency College, Kolkata
5. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi

Top Science colleges:

1. Loyola College, Chennai
2. St. Xavier's College, Delhi
3. Presidency College, Chennai
4. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
5. St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

Top Commerce colleges:

1. Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
2. Loyola College, Chennai
3. St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
4. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
5. Symbiosis Society's College of Arts & Commerce, Pune
 
#23 ·
PG medical course seats to go up

http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/27/stories/2010032765120400.htm

CHENNAI: The State government is planning to increase the number of seats in the postgraduate specialist medical courses this year, Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj said here on Thursday.

Speaking at a function organised to mark the 75th anniversary of the Barnard Institute of Radiology and Oncology at the Government General Hospital, he said that in the coming academic year medical colleges would admit 300 students in various specialty postgraduate courses.

The Health Department has also purchased Rs.10 crore worth digital X-rays for 10 medical institutions, including some taluka hospitals.

The delay in getting new equipment for the hospitals was not due to fund constraint but was a procedural issue, he said.

New equipment need suitable buildings and technicians had to be trained to adhere to proper safety procedures.

These procedural details had to be handled before the equipment is provided for use, Mr. Subburaj said, unveiling the statue of Captain T.W. Barnard. (Capt. Barnard had been chosen by the British government to set up the Institute of Radiology at the GH.)

His daughter Barbara King handed over the silver salver presented to her father on his retirement in 1940 from the hospital.

The salver has the signatures of doctors who worked in the Institute at that time. Ms.King recalled her father's work in India and returned the salver to Hospital Dean J. Mohanasundaram, saying the memento should remain with the hospital where her father had served for six years.

Books, souvenir

released

On the occasion, two books, Diagnostic Atlas of Paediatric Imaging and Radiology Physics, a textbook on radiology safety, and a souvenir of the department were launched.

Director of the Institute M. Prabakaran traced the history of the Institute and said the salver and the statue would be installed at the Institute building. Dr. Mohanasundaram and Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation's Managing Director Sandeep Saxena spoke.
 
#24 ·
Push for higher education

http://www.blonnet.com/2010/03/20/stories/2010032052861700.htm

Chennai, March 19

The Tamil Nadu Government has come out with a clutch of Budget proposals for 2010-11 to provide a fillip to higher education.

The measures include plans to launch a number of new institutions and free education at the post-graduate level in Government arts and science colleges. The State Government has allocated Rs 1,751 crore to the Higher Education Department.

The Finance Minister, Mr K Anbazhagan, addressing the Assembly, said a new university for technology, the Anna University of Technology, will be set up with its headquarters in Madurai for engineering colleges in Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts.

Four new Government arts and science colleges will come up in Pudukottai, Theni, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram Districts and seven new polytechnic colleges will also be set up with Centre's assistance.

The Government will waive the tuition fees for all students of government arts and science colleges in postgraduate courses starting from the next academic year. A new medical college is to come up in Tiruvannamalai, he said.

The Minister also announced plans to upgrade infrastructure at a cost of Rs 93 crore for the new engineering colleges started in the last two years under the Anna Universities of Technology.

Facilities would also be upgraded in Government engineering and polytechnic colleges and government arts and science colleges, he said.
 
#25 ·
Chennai-born scientist honoured

http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/27/stories/2010032764242000.htm

Chennai-born Shankar Balasubramanian of Cambridge University has been named Innovator of the Year by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Britain's leading agency for academic research and training in non-clinical life sciences.

He has been awarded £10,000 in recognition of his work on Solexa sequencing, the high speed genome sequencing technology. The award, now in its second year, is meant to encourage research that has practical impact on quality of life.

Professor Balasubramanian, who is also the winner of the Commercial Innovator of the Year category, said he was “delighted.”

“None of this would have happened without the support of the BBSRC. Their backing was essential for the blue skies research that gave rise to our original inventions. The continued funding of fundamental science by the BBSRC will be an essential part of future enterprises and ultimately, wealth creation.”

Professor Douglas Kell, BBSRC chief executive, said: “The BBSRC is pleased to be able to recognise and reward researchers who are making extraordinary progress in translating their research into applications that are of benefit socially and for UK Plc.”

Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said turning research into innovation was crucial for future prosperity. “Finding practical applications for scientific discoveries is part of the joy of science. Today's winners make science exciting and relevant, with the potential to generate great benefits for our economy and society.”

Professor Balasubramanian, whose parents moved to Britain a year after he was born, graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and went on to do a PhD. He worked with David Klenerman of the department of chemistry, to invent low-cost and high-speed genome sequencing technology.
 
#26 ·
Madras University Alumini (Rajasekhara Shyam) donates Rs.18.2 crores and new building coming up in his name.



சென்னைப் பல்கலைக் கழக முன்னாள் மாணவர் ராஜசேகர ஷ்யாம், தனது சொத்தில் ஒரு பகுதியான 18 கோடியே 20 லட்சம் ரூபாயை சென்னை பல்கலைக் கழகத்திற்கு நன்கொடையாக வழங்க வேண்டும் என, உயில் எழுதி வைத்துள்ளார். இதில், முதல் தவணையாக இரண்டு கோடியே 77 லட்சத்து 14 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய், சென்னைப் பல்கலைக் கழகத்திற்கு வந்திருக்கிறது' என, சென்னைப் பல்கலைக் கழக துணைவேந்தர் திருவாசகம் தெரிவித்தார்.

Source: http://www.dinamalar.com/General_detail.asp?news_id=23324
 
#27 ·
Madras univ to offer dual ranking system in colleges

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Madras-univ-to-offer-dual-ranking-system-in-colleges-/articleshow/5733336.cms

CHENNAI: The University of Madras is planning to introduce two separate categories of ranks and medals — one for autonomous colleges and another for non-autonomous colleges from next academic year — to eliminate disparity between students.

Currently, students of both autonomous colleges and non-autonomous colleges are considered together to determine ranks and gold medals. Separate ranks and medals are being introduced because students of autonomous colleges and non-autonomous colleges were evaluated differently. “As evaluation is not common, we will ensure that ranks and medals are also separate for these type of institutions,” said University of Madras vice-chancellor of G Thiruvasagam at the senate meeting that was held on Saturday.

The university is also planning to eliminate the practice of handing out certificates to students by classifying them as first class holders and second class holders during convocation.

“Some of the colleges give away certificates to first class holders in a batch and second class holders in another batch during convocation. This is discriminatory and parents and students feel uncomfortable,” he added.

Thiruvasagam said : “The university will send out circulars in the first week of next month to all colleges urging them not to discriminate students based on their marks while distributing certificates.”

In another student-friendly measure, the senate approved Madras University Free Education Scheme and laid down the guidelines for selecting students. Thiruvasagam informed the Senate that the 10 students per college would be eligible for the scheme and beneficiaries would be selected in a centralised manner as colleges are not allowed to select. “We will ensure that women candidates are also selected to benefit from the free education scheme. A detailed guideline to select the students will be announced in the first week of next month.”

Detailing the future plans Thiruvasagam told the Senate that adequate and required faculty would be recruited within six months, two professors would be sent to recognised universities of USA to attain orientation about designing curriculum, each department of the university will get at least one smart class room, counselling centre will be made compulsory in all colleges and others. The senate also passed the budget of the university for 2010-11 in which charges exceeds receipts by a margin of Rs 16.32 crore.
 
#28 ·
VIT comes up with MTech course for IT co executives

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/-VIT-comes-up-with-MTech-course-for-IT-co-executives/articleshow/5724956.cms

VELLORE: In a first of its kind industry-academia tie-up in the country, information technology major Cognizant has joined hands with VIT University to offer an MTech degree programme in software development and management exclusively for its executives.

“A special curriculum appropriate to IT with emphasis on software engineering, particularly software programme management, has been developed jointly by faculty at Cognizant Academy and the VIT. Although Cognizant has worked with academic institutions, this is the first time we are sending our staff to attend a course specifically tailor-made by a university,” Cognizant vice-chairman Lakshmi Narayanan told TOI on Saturday.

The course will be a two-year full-time traditional master’s degree programme for managerial staff of the company. “I don’t believe there is any other course that combines development engineering and management aspects,” Lakshmi Narayanan said after participating in the VIT’s 10th University Day celebrations.

“We took a very long time to design the curriculum,” VIT University chancellor G Viswanathan said. According to VIT University pro-chancellor Sekar Viswanathan, the first batch of 25 students would get an opportunity to interact with experienced faculty at both VIT as well as Cognizant Academy.
 
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