IBSAT 2008 and SNAP Test on the same date

IBSAT 2008 and SNAP Test 2008 for MBA Admissions on same date - December 21, 2008. Though Symbiosis have just announced the SNAP TEST Date, IBSAT Application Forms are out

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Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is a common written test for the admission processes of postgraduate institutes of Symbiosis International University [SIU] established under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 vide notification No.F.9.12/2001 U.3 of the Govt. of India. Subsequently ten more Institutes of Symbiosis have been brought under the ambit of Symbiosis International University

IBSAT is the Common Aptitude Test for the Programs of Icfai Business School (IBS) namely the 2-year MBA Program at all campuses and the 1-year Executive PG Program

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IIFT Entrance Exam 2008 Important Dates

IIFT MBA Entrance Exam Important Dates

Important Dates
# Last Date for Sale of Prospectus by post : 20th August 2008
# Last date for Sale of Prospectus across the counter at IIFT : 3rd September 2008
# Last Date for Receipt of completed Applications : 3rd September 2008
# IIFT 2008 Written Test : 23rd November 2008 (10 a.m - 12 noon)

Details : IIFT 2008 Entrance Exam Notification

PG Dental Entrance Test Preparation Question bank CD for Practice

PG Dental Entrance Test Question Bank CD for Practice -
Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exams (PG Dental Entrance Test)

"PG Dental Entrance Question Bank CD "

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Dental Entrance Exams in India

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SBI Educational Loan for Karnataka CET Medical Students

The State Bank of India will offer a student loan scheme for students joining medical and dental courses through the common entrance test (CET) conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority for the year 2008-09. An agreement to this effect has been signed between the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and SBI.

The scheme, `Vidyadhana', will be offered as a financial package.

Under the scheme, students and their guardians can visit any SBI branch in Karnataka, preferably a branch nearest to their place of domicile, and avail of a temporary clean overdraft equivalent to the amount to be remitted at the time of CET counselling.

Subsequently, a regular loan limit will be sanctioned by the SBI branch as per the student's eligibility, the bank said in a statement on Friday.

NTSE 2009 Important Dates announced by NCERT

National Talent Search Examination 2009 dates have been announced

On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be awarded for each group of students appearing for Class VIII examinations

Selection: There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage II examination conducted by NCERT.

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West Bengal may abolish JEE

The West bengal state higher education department might consider doing away with the joint entrance examination (WBJEE) if Tamil Nadu's decision to abolish JEE for engineering and medical courses is upheld by the Supreme Court, Reports the Statesman.

Mr Sudarshan Roychoudhury,State higher education minister, today (july 21, 2008) said in the Assembly that they are keeping a tab on the issue taken by Tamil Nadu to abolish the JEE for engineering and medical. He said the decision has been okayed by the Tamil Nadu High Court but the matter is now pending at the Supreme Court.

“It is a good proposal to consider admission on the basis of merit in engineering and medical courses. But there is a problem too. There are a number of councils which hold higher secondary examinations. It is difficult to bring a parity in all these examinations,” said Mr Roychoudhury.

However, the higher education minister informed the Assembly that he would put forward a proposal to do away with the age bar in medical entrance test in the review meeting of the JEE board this year. The minister said this while replying to a question raised by Mr Manas Bhunia of the Congress in which he asked why the state has imposed an age bar in the medical entrance test when the Medical Council of India has no such preconditions.

The minister said they do not have any plan to bifurcate the JEE board and set up two separate boards to hold engineering and medical entrance tests separately. He added that the state government has taken a series of steps to stop irregularities that were taking place in JEE. The minister also informed the Assembly that police are still investigating the JEE racket case that was exposed by Kolkata Police last year.

Source - The Statesman

GGS IP University adds 816 seats

IP University (GGSIPU) has revised the intake of its several sought after courses. This includes BBA, in which 415 more seats have been added this year; B. Tech., with 280 more seats; BCA with 210 added seats; MCA will have 60 additional seats; 40 more seats have been added in B.A. LLB; and the Bachelor of Journalism & Mass Communication will include 30 additional seats, to mention the prominent ones. >>>

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Eight more new IITs approved this year

Eight more new IITs approved - As many as eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) would be set up in the country during the current academic session to impart high quality technical education, reports the Economic Times
The new IITs would come up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 6,080 crore, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a meeting of the Union Cabinet.

With the creation of new IITs, high quality technical education will become accessible to bright students as hardly two per cent of about three lakh students, who appear in the Joint Entrance Examination could get admissions in them, he said. The Cabinet also approved creation of 30 faculty posts per year in the first three years of establishment of each of the new IITs, besides approving the posts of a director and Registrar. A decision was also taken to raise the grade of all existing IIT Directors to Rs 26,000 (fixed) from Rs 25,000 now.

The IITs of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat would commence their classes for about 120 students each for B.Tech programmes through temporary campuses and would be mentored by IITs of Madras, Guwahati and Bombay respectively.

The three IITs of Rajasthan, Punjab and Orissa will start their classes in the campuses of their mentor IITs at Kanpur, Delhi and Kharagpur respectively, while the IITs at Indore and Himachal Pradesh will begin their sessions from the academic session 2009-10.

Source ET