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Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) has announced the Doctoral and Post Doctoral Research Fellowship for the session 2008-2009.

Doctoral And Post Doctoral Research Fellowship 2008-2009 (Admission Guidelines)

Last date of submitting the completed application form is 12th September, 2008.

Delhi Government has announced scholarships for economically backward students who want to take admissions for higher studies in various institutes in Delhi. A trust “Delhi Higher Education Aid Trust” will be created which will be headed by minister of education for the state to look after the fair distribution of scholarships. The trust will also manage distribution of stipends and prizes for poor students of the National Capital Region (NCR).

The government has decided to contribute an amount of Rs. 1 crore as corpus fund for the trust. This move will encourage students from weaker sections of society to take on higher studies.

Indian Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has introduced a new management development program for senior executives. The program “IIMA-ESSEC Global Management Program on Retail Management” has been specially designed for senior management executives and is divided into two phases.

Phase-1: IIMA, India (8-12,Sep 2008)
Phase-2: ESSEC, France (3-7,Nov 2008)

Fee for this programme is Rs. 3,60,000 or 6000 Euro. For detailed information about the programme visit the official web site.

In association with international research firm Synovate, Zee Business recently conducted a first survey of its kind in India to find out best B-Schools in India.

Indian Institute Of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Indian Institute Of Planning And Management (IIPM) bagged the top positions in different categories. The survey was conducted in 10 metro cities with large set of candidates.

IIM-A got top positions for providing best placements, infrastructure, industry interface and course content to its students. IIPM bagged the top position for best B-School providing global exposure to its students.

For complete results visit, http://www.zeebiz.com/bschool/BSchoolresult.html

Mangalayatan University, Aligarh has declared the results of entrance test held on 15th July for various degree courses for the session 2008-2009.

B. Pharm
B.Sc (Bio Tech)
B.Sc (CS)
B.Tech
B.Tech (Bio Tech)
B.Tech (Int Engg)
BBA
MBA
MBA (Int BBA)
MBA (Int B.Com)
MBA (Int Bio Tech)
MBA (Int Engg)
BJMC

Counseling and interview sessions for all the above courses will continue up to 1st August, 2008.

One more Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) is starting its operations from 2nd August onwards. Central government has already announced earlier to open eight more IIT’s all over the country, and IIT-Gandhinagar is the first in this lot.

Initially, IIT-Gandhinagar will be offering three specialization streams in 4 year B.Tech programmes for the students.

Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

For the time being, several administrative routines will be taken care by IIT-Bombay.

Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Banglore has invited applications for various Post Graduate Diploma programmes.

Postgraduate Diploma course in Bioinformatics
Postgraduate Diploma course in Biotechniques
Postgraduate Diploma course in Cheminformatics
Advance Diploma in Organic Synthesis

Last date for submission of forms is 30th August, 2008.

Based on the recent initiative taken by Ministry Of Human Resource And Development (MHRD), University Grants Commision (UGC) has introduced a new scheme for promoting higher education for single girl child.

A single girl child in the family will be eligible for this scheme. The girl must take admission in any Master’s degree programme in any recognized university or PG college.

You can get detailed information about the scholarship scheme from UGC web site from this link.