Hyderabad Higher Education Updates

[rockystone]

All seats taken at IIT-Hyderabad

The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad was the most sought after IIT in the country this year.

While the old IITs struggled to fill all the seats even after all three phases of IIT-JEE counselling were over, IIT-Hyderabad, which was established just three years ago, achieved a record with not a single one of its 140 seats going vacant. In fact, it admitted two extra students owing to the huge demand this year.

Out of 7,536 B.Tech seats available in 15 IITs across the country this year, 7,316 seats were filled after three rounds of counselling, leaving 220 seats vacant.

Surprisingly, seats are going begging in prominent IITs that were established some decades ago, such as IIT-Kharagpur, which has 55 vacant seats, IIT-Madras that has 17 vacancies, and IIT-Roorkee, which has the most number of vacancies at 63. IIT-Hyderabad was one among the eight new IITs that were established by the Centre in 2008.

Running from a temporary campus in Ordnance Factory in Medak and mentored by IIT-Madras, IIT-Hyderabad is today the largest of the new IITs with a total student strength of 762, which includes M.Tech, Ph.D. and M.Sc. (physics/chemistry) students. “Invention and innovation have been the top priority of IIT-H since its inception. I think this has attracted students,” Prof Uday B. Desai, director, IIT-H, said.

According to Prof Desai, in its first year, 60 per cent of the students at IIT-H were from Andhra Pradesh, while the remaining seats were filled by students from other states. However, from the second year, the trend has reversed. Almost 70 per cent of the students are now from rest of India. He said that IIT-H has evolved as a ‘national campus’.

“We want to maintain the excellent teaching standards. IIT-H is the only IIT among the new ones to launch M.Tech, Ph.D and M.Sc courses along with B.Tech,” he said.

IIT-H is also the only one among the new IITs to have a full-time faculty of 72 at present, Prof. Desai said.

[sohail_Modern_indian]

Originally Posted by rockystone

All seats taken at IIT-Hyderabad

The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad was the most sought after IIT in the country this year.

While the old IITs struggled to fill all the seats even after all three phases of IIT-JEE counselling were over, IIT-Hyderabad, which was established just three years ago, achieved a record with not a single one of its 140 seats going vacant. In fact, it admitted two extra students owing to the huge demand this year.

Out of 7,536 B.Tech seats available in 15 IITs across the country this year, 7,316 seats were filled after three rounds of counselling, leaving 220 seats vacant.

Surprisingly, seats are going begging in prominent IITs that were established some decades ago, such as IIT-Kharagpur, which has 55 vacant seats, IIT-Madras that has 17 vacancies, and IIT-Roorkee, which has the most number of vacancies at 63. IIT-Hyderabad was one among the eight new IITs that were established by the Centre in 2008.

Running from a temporary campus in Ordnance Factory in Medak and mentored by IIT-Madras, IIT-Hyderabad is today the largest of the new IITs with a total student strength of 762, which includes M.Tech, Ph.D. and M.Sc. (physics/chemistry) students. “Invention and innovation have been the top priority of IIT-H since its inception. I think this has attracted students,” Prof Uday B. Desai, director, IIT-H, said.

According to Prof Desai, in its first year, 60 per cent of the students at IIT-H were from Andhra Pradesh, while the remaining seats were filled by students from other states. However, from the second year, the trend has reversed. Almost 70 per cent of the students are now from rest of India. He said that IIT-H has evolved as a ‘national campus’.

“We want to maintain the excellent teaching standards. IIT-H is the only IIT among the new ones to launch M.Tech, Ph.D and M.Sc courses along with B.Tech,” he said.

IIT-H is also the only one among the new IITs to have a full-time faculty of 72 at present, Prof. Desai said.

[swajayr]

aga khan academy is opening officially for this academic year on august 16th , good to see some good institutions are coming up on the other side of hyderabad. campus looks good, anyone has more information regarding the academy .



http://www.agakhanschools.org/academ...pus_photos.asp
http://www.agakhanschools.org/academ...ad/pdf/map.pdf

[asterix1]

When will the permanent campus of IIT-H be built? It has been 3 years now, and so far we havent heard any news of it? is it under construction?

[sohail_Modern_indian]

Originally Posted by asterix1

When will the permanent campus of IIT-H be built? It has been 3 years now, and so far we havent heard any news of it? is it under construction?

I dont think it started yet, I read somewhere that it was planned to move in Mid-2012 but i guess its highly unlikely with present status!!!!!

[Prodigist]

Facebook hires NIT Warangal student for Rs 45 lakh

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/t...ow/9793300.cms

HYDERABAD: It's raining lucrative jobs at NIT Warangal which has had the best placement season so far. The 51-year-old institute started its recruitment drive on August 15 and already has a 21-year-old fourth year BTech computer science student securing the highest ever pay package of Rs 45 lakh per annum.

The offer, made by Facebook, has created a record of sorts here. The institute confirmed that the student will be joining the technical wing of the social networking giant, as soon as he completes his course in March next year.

This has set a new benchmark at NIT Warangal in that the highest salary any student from the institute had bagged so far was Rs 20 lakh per annum. From the 2010-11 batch as many as three students had got jobs that paid them Rs 20 lakh per annum, sources at NIT said. It is not just the 21-year-old whizkid who has bagged a hefty package this year.

According to sources, the salaries offered to students so far range anywhere between Rs 5 to Rs 12 lakh per annum. The recruitment process for this year that started on August 15 is expected to last till March 2012. Sources said that most of the recruiters so far are IT companies.

About 30 students from computer science stream of the institute have already been recruited. Eight companies have come in for recruitment in the first round so far. According to NIT officials, this year other than the usual brand of companies several new ones have expressed interest in hiring. "Companies have now shed the recession blues completely and are looking for fresh candidates to recruit.

Many of them like Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and Google could recruit more number of freshers than they did last year," said a senior professor from the institute. Last year, 92% students from the B Tech batch of the institute and 50 % students from M Tech batch were recruited by companies.

The average pay package offered by companies last year was between Rs 6 and Rs 7 lakh per annum. The institute officials are expecting a considerable increase in the pay packages this year. NIT professors said that this year, several companies have been vying for the first interview slots with students.

"Most of the IT companies are willing to pay really well to bright students who get absorbed in the first or second interview. The companies who come for interviews later could offer bigger packages to students. We'll have to wait and watch what the salary trend this year is," said an official from NIT.

[amby_1986]

Great going NIT warangal..........

[Gudavalli]

Source: DC

Wondering what MUN, the new buzzword in the city stands for? It is the Model United Nations. Students of CBIT organised the first-ever MUN in Hyderabad. Students act as delegates from different countries that come under the UN — there were around 400 delegates representing 365 countries.

Rules to be followed if one is a part of MUN, Varun, the Secretary- General of CBIT-MUN, explains, “Discipline and decorum have to be followed during the sessions.” The tech grads of CBIT feel that it is the responsibility of the youth to voice their thoughts. Shruti, the deputy Secretary-General, says, “The feeling of being in a session and voicing our views that would influence world decisions inspires most of us to be a part of MUN.”

Most of the students find this more than just a debate. Mounika Seif from Lebina says, “Anybody can argue and fight but negotiating and making a point is very important that most of us got to learn.” Aspiring engineers Rashina from Punjab and Sushrath from Chennai find MUN a career opportunity. As they want to get into international relations, they say, “We dream of making a career in international affairs.” With this, the CBIT has successfully put Hyderabad on the MUN map and made the city go international, feel student participants.

[Svicki]

Source: http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=115763

Hyderabad (OPENPRESS) September 9, 2011 - Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development, Government of India and President, IMT Group of Institutes presided the inauguration ceremony of IMT-Hyderabad's campus. Presently the IMT campuses are located at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh; Nagpur, Maharashtra in India and the international campus is located in Dubai.

Inaugurating the Hyderabad campus at Cherlaguda on the city outskirts Mr. Sibal stressed upon the need for utilizing management education system to provide solutions to problems faced by the common man.

"We have to look into the issues of management for poverty. No case-study has been done with reference to slums and the people living there. There are other problems like how to manage 55 lakh teachers in schools and recruitment of these teachers and how do you manage a school administration, among others," Mr. Sibal said. "There are huge problems and there is a need on studying the management of socio-economic issues in the society," he said.

"However, at the moment, our management schools are centered around getting placements for their students in big firms for fat salaries. This is really a tragedy," the minister said.

The first academic session of 2011-13 of IMT Hyderabad is starting in the 30 acre campus with 120 seats. The programs offered by IMT Hyderabad are PGDM, PGDM Finance, PGDM Information Technology, PGDM Human Resources and PGDM International Business.

The Director of IMT Hyderabad is Dr. V Panduranga Rao who sets important goals and visions for the college. While sharing his vision on IMT Hyderabad, Dr. Rao told MBAUniverse.com, "IMT Hyderabad will endeavor to offer cutting edge and world class education. Our vision is to become a centre of excellence in management education in the years to come, offering quality programs with an international focus."

Talking about the unique features of IMT Hyderabad, Dr. Rao mentioned, "At the end of the first year of the regular PGDM program students will undergo a 14 weeks faculty-supervised Industry Internship Program. We are offering over 100 electives in nine different streams including Business Analytics."

Dr. Rao feels that IMT Hyderabad will give the advantage to the students in terms of location as well. He stated, "Hyderabad has emerged as a key IT/ ITES city in India and is poised to witness growth in other sectors such as pharmaceutical, biotech, financial services etc."

The IMT group's fourth and South India's first IMT Campus promises a great deal to the students and sets on its journey to fetch in global success by creating the best business leaders for the world. In the words of Kamal Nath, President- "You can't offer today's management graduates yesterday's management systems" and this is where IMT Hyderabad wants to excel.

[Gudavalli]

Source: TheHindu

The Distance Education Council has granted approval for all courses offered by the Centre for Distance and Virtual Learning, University of Hyderabad.
The UGC-AICTE-DEC Joint Committee visited the university last year and submitted its recommendations to the Distance Education Council, New Delhi based on which the approval was granted.
The Centre for Distance and Virtual Learning, which functions in the Golden Threshold Building in the city, offers 16 Post Graduate Diploma courses which are knowledge based, skill development and career oriented courses. It is also offering Post Graduate Diploma Programmes jointly with NIRD (National Institute of Rural Development), NAARM (National Academy for Agricultural Research Management), BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) and Truth Labs.
The notification for admissions into the Distance Education Programme for the year 2012 will be issued in the month of November 2011. More details can be had on 040-2460 0264 / 65.

[Gudavalli]

Source: Economictimes

Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation plans to start 25 schools in India over the next five years. The foundation, which owns and operates Global Indian International Schools (GIIS) and Global School of Silicon Valley (GSSV) across eight countries, will invest more than 300 crore to start schools in India.

In the first phase, schools in India will be spread across 12 destinations that include cities like Noida, Bangalore, Indore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Surat. The schools will offer kindergarten to class 12 education and will offer curriculums such as CBSE, IB, ICSE and IGCSE, depending on the location.

The first school to start operations in the country will be the one in Noida in April 2012, for which admissions have already began. It's a two-acre campus in the heart of the city, says Atul Temurnikar, chairman and co-founder of GSF. The tuition fees, he adds, would be anywhere between 40,000 and 90,000, depending upon the city, while the admission fees will range between 45,000 and 90,000. GSF is investing nearly 35 crore in establishing the Noida campus, he adds.

The foundation also plans to open 25 more schools across countries in the Middle East, South East Asia, India, Korea and China. Among the countries where GIIS already operates are Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, UAE and the US. For its expansion in India and in other countries, GSF will invest about $500 million.

On why the foundation decided to establish schools in India, after 10 years of operations, Temurnikar says the foundation was busy establishing and managing schools abroad. The foundation was started in 2002 to provide quality education to Indian students, whose parents are settled abroad. It opened its first school in Singapore. The foundation's international and advisory board comprises, among others, Infosys chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy and former Indian union minister Karan Singh.

[Gudavalli]

Source: openpr

The fourth campus of IMT gets established. The latest addition to Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad’s already credible kitty of Business schools, is Hyderabad now. With a resounding success of Nagpur and the Dubai branches, the school initiated the beginning of a school in the South on July 2nd, 2011. The inauguration was an occasion, presided by the country’s honourable minister of Human Resource and Development and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal. The other esteemed company included Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy and Mr. Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development, Government of India and President, IMT Group of Institutes. With revolutionary thoughts about advancement in education, Mr. Sibal has been a source of inspiration for many in the field. The inauguration was followed by an emphatic speech to the attendees drawing focus on the need for education intervention in socio-economic issues of the country.



Mr. Sibal lamented, “..., at the moment, our management schools are centred around getting placements for their students in big firms for fat salaries. This is really a tragedy”. He urged the faculty and management to allow for education to play a vital role in case studies dealing with India’s development. “There are huge problems and there is a need on studying the management of socio-economic issues in the society,” he said. The others issue that he advised the future business leaders to take up was the need-gap between slums and teachers and he kept his hopes high from IMT-H. IMT-H was truly honoured to have the Minister inaugurate the school with such a moving and impactful address.

The Director of IMT Hyderabad is Dr. V Panduranga Rao shared his vision for the Hyderabad branch of IMT. He said, “IMT Hyderabad will endeavour to offer cutting edge and world class education. Our vision is to become a centre of excellence in management education in the years to come, offering quality programs with an international focus.” In the words of Kamal Nath, President- “You can’t offer today’s management graduates yesterday’s management systems” and this is where IMT Hyderabad wants to excel.

Already popular among students, the unique and exciting ‘Virtual Interview’ IMT Hyderabad held online was a hit. It soon became the most memorable experience of the interview process. For some others, the whole process of going from being among the 15,000 who applied to finally making it as an IMT student was a memorable journey. “From the process of entrance test till the last round of personal interview everything was an interesting and a good experience,” Siddhanth Verma voices what many of his classmates think.

With such strong roots in the education field, Institute of Management Technology rolls out its first session of 2011-13 in its brand new campus of 30 acres. The 120 seats are assured of a bright future and exposure to the world of business management by IMT-H.

[rockystone]

Apollo Hospitals to divest minority stake in its BPO


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle2473517.ece

Apollo Hospitals will divest minority stake in Apollo Health Street, the group’s business process outsourcing division.

The company is scouting for partners from the IT space. “We are looking at 3-4 contenders – both global and domestic firms – who want to strengthen their health IT portfolio. Apollo Health Street is profit making and is the 3rd largest in this space. But it has the potential to grow more and we want to get a tactical partner for that,” said Dr Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals.

Currently, the Apollo management and family members hold 54 per cent stake in Apollo Health Street. The rest is held by PE firms such as One Equity Partners and Temasek Holdings. Apollo held a board meeting on Wednesday to decide the merchant bankers for the divestment proposal.

The hospital group, which will add 2,400 beds by FY14, is looking to invest Rs 1,500 crore. Part of this will be funded by Apollo’s recent QIP which raised Rs 330 crore; the group already has Rs 600 crore. Promoters will bring in Rs 100 crore. The rest will be raised via internal accruals.

While the company is not averse to acquisitions, acquiring existing hospitals will not solve the problem of bed-shortage in the country, which needs 100,000 beds a year, said Dr Reddy.

Talent is another big issue in the country. “We hope to address this by setting up a medical college in Hyderabad and later Chennai,” said Dr Reddy. Built at an investment of Rs 100 crore, the proposed college in Hyderabad will take in 100 students initially. The Medical Council of India will soon conduct an inspection.

“We hope the college will start functioning from the next academic session,” said Dr Reddy, on the sidelines of an event to announce an MoU with Apollo Endosurgery, Austin and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Centre, New York City of the US to provide scar-less bariatric surgery in India.

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Source: twocircles

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh has awarded Syeda Sadaf with ‘Engineer Kode Seetha Devi Best Woman Student Merit Award in Polytechnic Education (Civil Engineering)’. Sadaf is the topper of the Engineering Common Entrance Test. The award consisted of a cash award of Rs. 5,000/ a Gold Medal and a certificate.
Sadaf was a student of Jawaharlal Nehru Polytechnic Engineering College, Hyderabad. After getting top rank at state level, she has been offered a seat by the Osmania University Engineering College.


Sadaf is the daughter of Dr. Rafat Seema, general secretary of Nisa Research and Resource Centre for Women, Hyderabad. She has been actively involved in social services. At the college, she has been carrying out anti-ragging campaign and has protected many juniors from the clutches of the ragging group.
A topper right through her schools to the college level, one of Sadaf’s dreams is to become an IES (Indian Engineering Services) officer. In the long run she wants to encourage other girls to study and also wants to serve the downtrodden in every possible way.
“It’s my dream to become an IES officer. I want to serve the marginalized and voiceless section of society,” she said.
Nisa Research and Resource Centre for Women congratulated Sadaf on her success and wished that she will use her success, abilities and skills for the benefit of the community.

[Gudavalli]

Source: TOI

HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the general atmosphere in the city, thousands of school and college students displayed their interest in science by visiting the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) on its 'Open Day' on Monday.
The 'Open Day' is an annual event organised every September 26 as part of the Foundation Day celebrations of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.
Addressing a press conference on the occasion, CCMB director Dr Ch Mohan Rao said though last year nearly 12,000 students had visited the institute on the occasion of 'Open Day,' this time because of the situation prevailing in the city, 3,000 students visited it by afternoon and an equal number was expected by the end of the day.
Scientists showcased posters and exhibits specially prepared on the achievements of the institute.
The director also introduced Dr Rajan Sankarnarayana, senior scientist of CCMB, who on Monday bagged the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for science and technology this year.
Dr Rajan Sankaranarayanan has set up a state-of-the-art macromolecular crystallography laboratory and is carrying out research in the field of structural biology at the CCMB. "The group has made outstanding contribution in the area of proofreading during translation of the genetic code and understanding the structural basis of function of enzymes involved in the complex lipid cell wall synthesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis," Dr Rao said.
Dr Rajan Sankaranarayanan, who explained the significance of his work, said one third of the world's population was affected by mycobacterium tuberculosis and research in the area would look at eventual drug development. About the other achievements of the institute, CCMB director Dr Ch Mohan Rao said CCMB scientists along with scientists from the UK had found reasons for lactose intolerance in grown ups.

[Gudavalli]

Source: educationtimes

Hyderabad: The Indian School of Business (ISB) recently announced that Ajit Rangnekar, dean, ISB was appointed as member of the Board of Directors of The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), an association of top graduate business schools around the world. The ISB dean is the only representative from India invited to join this influential group comprising deans of leading B-schools.
Along with the ISB dean, GMAC also announced the appointment of Xiongwen Lu, dean of the School of Management at Fudan University in Shanghai and founding director of the Chinese Market Research Center and Christine Poon, dean and John C Berry chair in Business at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University as the other directors.
The appointment of dean Rangnekar coincides with the completion of ten successful years of the ISB. It reinforces the recognition of ISB’s demonstrated record of growth and accomplishment since its inception in 2001. As the pioneer of several global best practices in India, ISB has rapidly risen to emerge as not only one of India’s finest B-schools, but also become the youngest institution to be ranked among the top 20 B-schools in the world. ISB’s inclusion on the global board of GMAC reflects India’s ascent as one of the key stakeholders on the future radar of global management education.
Speaking about his role in the council, Ajit Rangnekar, dean, ISB, said, “I am honoured to be chosen as a member of the Graduate Management Admission Council. GMAC has today established itself as a leading entity for prospective management students and B-schools, owing to its universal appeal, standardised format and greater transparency. As a member of the board, we aim to widen GMAC’s ambit by extending its affiliation to other leading B-schools.”

[Gudavalli]

Source: http://www.educationsun.com/2011/09/...ntre%E2%80%99/

Next Education, India’s fastest growing e-learning enterprise offering creative ICT solutions, launched Next Learning Centre (NLC); India’s first ever ‘After School Learning Centre’ in Hyderabad today. The company currently has two NLCs in Hyderabad and one in Kochi. Next Education plans to launch 100 owned centers and 500 centres on the franchisee model across 20 cities including Mumbai, Pune and Delhi. The main objective for Next Learning Centre is to create a more effective personalized classroom and bring back the joy of ‘After school learning’.
The learning centre will conduct two main programmes namely – MiClass: customised and most innovative after school learning program for students and iTeach: revolutionized technology tool for 21st century educator.

At the inauguration, Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO, Next Education, said, “The channels through which a child receives education are – schools, home tuitions, coaching centres and parents. However, they all have limitations. In the 21st century, pure academic excellence is not enough to enable students to reach the pinnacle of success. At NLC, we will focus on all aspects of a student’s development and every student will have a personal computer along with a teacher. The teacher will facilitate learning through traditional methods as well as digital tools based on what is more suited to the content as well as to the child’s style of learning.”
Vijay Rajan, Director, Next Learning Centre said, “More and more schools are revolutionizing their teaching methodologies using technology as a tool to learn, and to enhance the learner’s understanding and retention. We intend to focus on all aspects of a student’s development; therefore, we have integrated the ‘Finishing School’ as a weekly offering which will help to develop the personality traits of the students. At NLC we customize teaching methodologies based on the objectives of learning: Remember-Understand-Apply-Analysis-Evaluate-Create. I am confident that this will help build a strong academic performance and development of the next generation skills early on in life.”
Next Learning Centre has the state-of-the art facilities to experiment, research and explore content.

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Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/free-educ...67-60-114.html

HYDERABAD: Indus International Schools, as part of its corporate social responsibility project, is going to launch ‘Equal-opportunity Schools for Under-privileged’ in Hyderabad.
Under this project, children from backward classes would be able to get education, free of cost.
The school is planning to take 80 such students in the first year for Grade 1 to 6.
The curriculum for the equal opportunity school is designed on same principles used to design the parent schools’ curricula.
The teachers who teach will belong to the same community as the children.
Lt.
Gen Arjun Ray (retd), chief executive, Indus Trust said, “We create leaders of tomorrow and leadership is the core idea around which the system is devised.” Education World in a survey has ranked Indus International School, Hyderabad as the best international school in the state.

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Source: http://www.thehindu.com/education/co...cle2520973.ece

The winners of the Summer Internship Programme (SIP) of the IBS Hyderabad were felicitated with a certificate and prize money of Rs. 10,000 each by the IBS Alumni Federation (IBSAF). The awards were presented by Santosh Samantray, a solution architect at Infosys Technologies Ltd, Hyderabad.
This year's recipients of IBSAF awards included Gautam Mehta, who pursued SIP at Earnst and Young Pvt Ltd, New Delhi; Ritesh Marwah (National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai);
Deepak Khurana (D.E.Shaw & Co, Hyderabad); Yamini Mishra (ITC Ltd, Mumbai); Abhinav Kanagat (Ogilvy and Mather Advertising, Chennai); Krati Gupta (Matrix Laboratories Ltd, Hyderabad); Parth Tripathi (Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad) and Puneet Kapoor, who pursued SIP at Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Hyderabad.
Summer Internship Programme at IBS Hyderabad, instituted by the IBSAF, is part of the regular MBA curriculum.
It carries credits and grades are awarded according to the quality, content, thoroughness of the report and like parameters.
The objective of these awards is to motivate students to outperform and invite greater involvement from alumni in the IBS activities.
To be eligible for the awards the final year students who do their SIPs in designated organizations are entitled to participate.
Out of the entire strength of about thousand projects this year, twenty one projects were called for presentations and from them; eight best projects were awarded, said a statement from IBS.
Parameters
These finalists are judged on the various parameters like applicability of SIP findings and recommendations, innovative approach shown, communication and presentation skills, time management, ability to convey the utility and multi-disciplinary feature of the project, defend its core purpose and like.
Dr. J. Mahendar Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, IFHE University, (ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education), Prof. D.S. Rao, Director, IBS Hyderabad; Prof. Hilda Amalraj, Dean, IBS Hyderabad and Dr. Trilochan Tripathy, Area Chair, Economics, IBS Hyderabad were present.

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Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isb-hikes...27-60-121.html

HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Tuesday said it doubled its scholarship component from Rs 4 crore to Rs 8 crore starting 2013 academic year.
With the increased outlay, one in every seven students will receive the scholarship as against one in every eight last year. Also, the minimum value of each scholarship has now been increased from Rs 3 lakh per student to Rs 5 lakh.
The increased outlay of scholarships, given based on both merit and the financial need of students, will take care of 25 to 50 per cent of the total tuition fee. "The doubling of our scholarship outlay reaffirms our commitment of grooming future leaders by opening gateways to world-class management education. We are confident that our efforts will continue to reap results in terms of attracting the best talent as well as strengthening the brand ISB," said Deepak Chandra, Deputy Dean, ISB.
He added that students are selected on the basis of exceptional academic and professional performance as well as personal qualities such as leadership, integrity and community service.
Besides this scholarship, ISB also encourages students aspiring to start their own ventures through the 'Develop India' initiative.
Potential ideas would be incubated under the Entrepreneurs Development Intiative (EDI) at the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of the ISB and the scholarships will cover the student's loan EMI amount of up to a period of two years.
Apart from this, several organisations such as Citi Foundation, Novartis, IBF, Talentia, La Caixa and Casa Asia provide a wide array of merit and need-based scholarships. For instance, the Novartis scholarship is specifically offered to encourage women students from small towns.
Meanwhile, Indian School of Business, now in its 10th year, will offer its trademark Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) from two locations -- Hyderabad and Mohali -- and the combined class size is expected to increase from 560 to 770.
The Mohali campus will have four specialised offerings covering public policy, healthcare, manufacturing and infrastructure management.