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Recently, SAHITYA KALA PARISHAD, Govt. of NCT of Delhi announced its scholarships for the its Advanced Training in Music & Dance course for the year 2010-2011. The scholarship is valid only for the residents of N.C.T. of Delhi.

The Applications for the Scholarships and copies of rules and regulations are available at a cost of Rs. 1500/- p.m. from the office of the Parishad at the address mentioned below. The scholarship is for period of 2 years for advance training in the field of Classical Music, Dance and other rare forms.

Those who are presently receiving any scholarship from the State Govt. or the Govt. of India are not eligible. Eligible age of Applicants is 18yrs. to 25 yrs. as on 31^st December, 2009.

LAST DATE FOR APPLICATION: 5^TH February, 2010

Address:

Academy of Music, Dance, Drama & Fine Arts

18-A, Satsang Vihar Marg, Spl. Institutional Area,

New Delhi-110067

The CBSE will be conducting the National Informatic Olympiad in cooperation with IARCS (Indian Association for Research in Computing Science), Mumbai across the country and abroad.  All students studying in class VIII to XII can participate in the competition.

The examination will consist of 2 stages.

STAGE 1:

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on 28-11- 2009 between 10.00 am – 1.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test their aptitude, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

STAGE 2:
The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination will appear in the second stage examinations to be held on January 24, 2010 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final round of selection for the International Olympiad 2009-10.

For More information please check out this link

http://www.cbse.nic.in/circulars/cir20-2009_leaflet.pdf

http://www.iarcs.org.in/inoi/

On the occasion of Wildlife Week, National Museum of Natural History has organized a Poster Design Contest on the Theme “Our Rich Biodiversity”. The Poster contest has been organized by Ministry Of Environment & Forests, Govt. Of India. Attractive Cash Prizes await the winners of the contest.

Venue, Date, Time

The Contest is open from 10.30 am to 12.30 am on 7^th October 2009

Eligibility:

All students of Class VIII to X

Registrations open from 4^th & 5^th October onwards

For more information & registration, please contact NMNH [National Museum of Natural History]

Office Address:

National Museum Of Natural History

Barakhamba Road,

New Delhi 110001

Fax: 011 – 23753235

Email: edu.nmnh@yahoo.com

Website: www.nmnh.nic.in

Delhi Public School, Pinjore recently hosted a Six-A-Side, Under-16 Cricket Tournament organized by Yuva Sports Club. The Tournament was inaugurated by DPS Pinjore Principal Mr. Samson Masih. The main participants of the Under-16 Tournament who reached the semi-finals were St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, Ryan International School, Chandigarh, Satluj Public School, Panchkula and the host school DPS Pinjore.

Ryan International School, Chandigarh won the Under-16 title by defeating St Xavier’s School, Panchkula by seven runs in the final match of the Cricket Tournament.

In the Under-14 category Semi-Final matches, DPS Pinjore defeated St Xavier’s School of Panchkula by four wickets and Satluj School beat Ryan International of Chandigarh by five wickets.

In the Finals again, Delhi Public School of Pinjore claimed the boys Under-14 trophy by beating Satluj Public School, Panchkula by 20 runs in the final match. DPS Pinjore won the toss and elected to field. Satluj scored 90 for 2 in 6 overs to which DPS Pinjore replied with 70 in allotted 6 overs.

The prizes were given out by United Group Managing Director Mr. Rakesh Baloni, who was the chief guest of the Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament.

Clearing an exam of the magnitude of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) level is a Herculean task in itself let alone top it. But 7 of our Indian students have done just that and passed in flying colors in the CIE this year. One of them is Karan Handa from British School, Delhi. Karan has really made the Delhiites feel proud of him. He has bagged the first position this year. Other toppers of CIE are Mahesh Rajesh Agrawal, Abhimanyu Lele, Abdullah Shaikh, Karuna Kadam and Sejal Pachisia.

Every year thousands of students all across the world work hard to top this examination. In 2008, Alokik Mishra of Choithram International (Indore) topped in Accounting, Neil Surendra Satra of Dhirubhai Ambani International School (Mumbai) topped in Mathematics and Ajay Ravindran of Mallya Aditi International School (Bangalore) topped in Mathematics at the AS level.

Studies reveal that Indian students are consistently doing well in the Cambridge International Examinations. They have managed to get the top grade this year. Moreover the number of students with A and A* grades in India has also increased from 34% in 2007 to 38% in 2009. “Indian students are now on the 5th position/rank from rest of the world in their performance,” said Ian Chambers, regional manager for South Asia, CIE.

Our Heartiest congratulations to all the toppers!!!

The students of Ram Manohar Lohia Law University, (RMLLU) have stormed into the finals of the 13^th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (IEMCC) that are scheduled to be held in Florida in March 2008. The finals would be competed by 35 teams from across the globe. The initial rounds in India were competed by 21 teams belonging to different law institutions/universities.

A team of five students pursuing B. Tech from The Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management have won the Go-Alive Challenge Contest organized by Microsoft Corp India Pvt. Ltd. This national-level contest was organised by Microsoft. The competition saw the students competing for developing the best website for their respective educational institutions.

This even was a part of the Microsoft Windows Live@Edu Programme and the students were asked to create an innovative website. The event saw participation from nearly 250 colleges from across the country. The winning team of students won a cash prize of Rs 250,000.

A group of 120 students and their 30 year old chemistry teacher Giovanni Cogollo made a record breaking attempt of continuous teaching class for 72 hours. The students belong to Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo school in Turbaco, in the province of Bolivar, Columbia.

Now students and their teacher wants it to be officially recognized as a Guinness record for longest non-stop teaching class. The original purpose of this attempt was to help collect fund for charity to medical institute for treatment of 70 children suffering from cancer.

During the attempt students were allowed to take 5 minutes break after every 1 hour, but the children decided to take breaks in longer periods, which helped them in achieving this record.

Popular British national debating competition “Debating Matters”, a creation of Institute of Ideas, Britain will be introduced in India, in the form of localized version of “Debating Matters”.

The competition will give chance to students of high school to show their oratory and logic building skills. In September, British council will invite applications for online debating competition from schools across the country. After screening, six schools will be selected for the initial round of competition.

The students who will clear the initial round, will get the chance of going to UK for taking part in live debating competition. Eventually, the debating competition will be developed as localized version of the competition on Indian television. Several schools have already confirmed their participation and have prepared the list of their students. The institute will use all the local resources from schools and universities to make this debating competition a big success in coming days.