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Harvard Business School will soon start executive MBA programme

If studying a management course at Harvard Business School was a dream you couldn’t realise and had to make do with Harvard Business Review books, here is some good news to cheer you up. Harvard Business School (HBS) will soon launch its executive MBA programmes in the new amphitheater-style classroom in Mumbai. The classroom replicates the classrooms on the School’s Boston campus, giving participants and students a true Harvard Business School case method learning experience.

The new classroom, with a seating capacity of over 82 students, will offer state-of-the-art multi-media facilities. The room is virtually indistinguishable from the MBA classrooms in Boston. Using the new classroom, Harvard Business School faculty will offer programs and symposia to leaders in business, government and academia on a wide range of subjects such as Corporate Social Responsibility, Building a Global Enterprise, and Case Writing and Course Development.

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Adhunika Naithani

Expertise in foreign language can be a full-fledged career

I am soon going to write engineering entrance tests...I have applied for AIEEE, EAMCET and Manipal engineering tests. Which of these should I give more importance to? Also, my family might move to Pune, is there any good engineering college I can join in case I move. Which test will I have to write for that?- Payal, 18

All the exams are equally important and you should be prepared well for all of them. Still if you insist, you can prepare well for AIEEE which will make you eligible for NITs and deemed universities and most other colleges across the country. Whereas test like EAMCET Manipal Engineering test will make you eligible only for admissions in Andhra Pradesh and Manipal College of Engineering respectively.

If your family is planning to shift base to Pune, you may give write MHT-CET, common test for engineering colleges in Maharashtra. It will make you eligible for all government, Aided & Unaided engineering universities/
colleges in Maharashtra for Undergraduate Engineering courses.

Learning foreign language can open many career avenues

The eligibility is:

• A candidate should have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with English, Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. 
• Candidate should have scored at least 50% aggregate marks in MPC.  
• There is 5% relaxation for Maharashtra backward classes. 
• Candidates appearing for 10+2 examinations in 2010 can also apply. 

Tentative dates for availability of forms are end of March to second week of April. You can check the website regularly during this time for more details.


Some of the top engineering colleges where you can apply in Pune are:

• College of Engineering Pune (COEP)  
• Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)  
• International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-P)  
• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) 
• Dhole Patil College of Engineering
• Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering 
• Department of Biotechnology University of Pune 
• Hindustan Aerospace & Engineering 
• Army Institute of Technology  
• Pune Viydarthi Gruha's College of Engineering & Technology (PVG)  
• Sinhgad College of Engineering, Vadgaon, Pune.  
• Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune.

My younger sister is learning Japanese language. She says she will learn several other foreign languages as well. I wonder if she can make a good career after learning these languages. Please tell if learning a foreign language is only for fun or some career can be charted out of it. - Syed, 23

         We live in a global world and India expanding its overseas trade, skills in foreign languages can be turned into a full-fledged career. There are various careers options that your sister can look for i.e. she can work as a translator, interpreter, language teacher or a linguistic.

          There are some jobs where a combination of languages and other qualifications and skills are needed like IT, marketing and sales, finance, law, etc she can even opt for these careers if she wants.

          The remuneration that she can expect depends on the work she does and the skills she possesses. But still she can expect a salary package of 2-3 lakhs. If she plans to enter the corporate sector she can expect an even better salary package.


I have just passed out from intermediate. I do not want to do engineering or medicine and all those regular courses. I want to learn animation. Is there any recognised course for it? Raghav, 17

Animation is seeing a boost. There are various types of animation like 2D animation, 3D animation, puppet animation, clay animation, etc. You can purse various degree courses or diploma or certificate courses in the same. If you want to make a serious career in animation then you should go for the degree course.
Colleges you can apply at:

• Arena Animation Academy 
• DSK International Institute for Industrial Design, Animation and Gaming. 
• Picasso Animation College.  
• Thakur-Toonskool Advanced Animation Academy 
• Mudra Institute of Communications 
• Accel Animation Academy
• FX School Of Animation  
• National School of Design Animation Entrance Exam 

Eligibility:

Candidates who have a higher secondary pass certificate from any stream can apply.

Top companies that recruit animators are:

• Animation Supervisor
• Character Animator
• Content Developer
• Free Lancer
• Graphic Designers
• Lead Animators for Feature
• Films or Video Games
• Modeler
• Senior Technical Artist
• Story Broad Artist

Incorrect answer will get negative marking

A strategic plan is essential to crack the toughest engineering entrance test IIT-JEE,

considering that only one student out of 45 gets through it. With the success rate being

so low, here is how you can be that one student ?

              It’s that time of the year when aspiring engineers will put an end to the long laborious years of working hard to solve full of complicated Mathematics books, understand the strange theory of light scattering and learn the periodic table of periodically placed chemical elements. Yes, the two major engineering entrance tests- AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) and IIT-JEE (Indian Institute of Technology- Joint Entrance Test)-for admissions to 30 NITs (plus several deemed universities) and 8 IITs respectively are here, and the anxiety is already seeping in the minds of young students.

Gear up for IIT-JEE and AIEEE entrance tests

            Every year about lakhs of students appear for I I T - J E E a n d AIEEE. “ E v e r y student who wants to be an engineer dreams of pursing the degree from IIT. But it is very important to understand that preparation for The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) requires rigorous hard-work as competition for the limited seats at the prestigious IITs is increasing year on year. Nowadays, students start preparing as early as in Class IX itself. They take special coaching to sit for the entrance exams,” said Ramesh Batlish, Head FIIT-JEE, an IIT and AIEEE coaching centre. 

           While IIT-JEE, which is rated as one of the toughest engineering tests to crack in the world has a success rate of around 1 in 45 students, AIEEE is the largest entrance examination in the world for admissions in engineering and architecture courses. So what does it take to be that one winner among 45 students? 

         “Students need to focus and maintain a positive a t t i t u d e . F r e t t i n g over the exam will not be h e l p f u l ; m o r e ov e r will waste your time. It is very important to develop speed. Do not overstress yourself, it is important to sleep five to six hours every night, especially three-four days before the exam to keep you physically and mentally fit,” advised Ramesh. “Short naps also help to regain freshness. Students should avoid over-sleeping during the day. It is important to focus on weak areas and improve upon your concepts. Your mantra should be quality of time and not the quantity,” he added.

If a student aspires to score a top rank in esteemed university then March is the right time to brush up your fundamental skills and re-energise all your efforts 

Fundas to crack the two most difficult tests: 

• If you aspire to rake in a top rank in esteemed university then this is the right time to brush up your  fundamental skills and re-energise all your efforts. 
• percent hit rate i.e. all attempted questions are correct. This will enable competitive edge over others who will be left behind in the race due to negative marking on incorrect attempts. 
• Make summary points to remember all concepts topic wise and flag the questions with twist, intermingling of concepts requiring analytical skills. This will help in quick revision couple of days before or even on the eve of examination.  
• During practice sessions, one should develop speed in working out the questions. 
• To reap benefits, student through-out preparation period should remain focused with a positive attitude to study with utmost concentration. It is quality of time spent and not the quantity alone that will matter.  
• A short-break of 5 to 10 minutes after every one and half hours of serious study is advisable. 
• Students should indulge themselves in yoga. They need to develop inner calm, poise, confidence, power of concentration and spiritual quotient required for success in competitive examination like IIT-JEE, AIEEE. This will ultimately be of immense help on the D-day of the examination.  
• It is advisable to reach examination centre at least 20 minutes early. Few deep breaths on the seat in the hall will ward-off nervousness.  
• Speed and accuracy will help to finish the exam ahead of time, leaving some time for revision.
• Do not leave all hopes on the luck factor, hard work and dedication is the key to success.

IPE College wins the campus business quiz

The winning team receiving the Rs 75, 000 cheque

             After a grueling and close contest, the team from IPE comprising Md Zuhair Ali and Naveen Kumar edged out Syed Mustafa Hashmi and Sri Nagesh of Osmania Medical College to make it to the national finals to be held in Mumbai on April 8. The Hyderabad chapter witnessed exciting and enthralling battle of wits on February 28. The winning team from Hyderabad will now compete with the regional winners from across the 23 other cities, where the quiz is being organised.

             The winners were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 75,000. The runners-up team from Osmania Medical College was awarded a cash prize of Rs 35,000. The Hyderabad regional round of Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 saw participation from 148 teams from across 90 colleges at the preliminary rounds. The top six teams who qualified for the regional stage rounds were:

Md. Abdul Khadir and Sohel from MJ College of engineering and technology.

Naveen Kumar and Md. Zuhair Ali from IPE College. Syed Mustafa Hashmi and Sri Nagesh from Osmania
Medical College.

Anusha Reddy and Divya from IIPM

Abdul Akthar and Varun Agarwal from Nalsar.

Somith Sen and Surya Prakash from IPE College. While 12 teams were selected based on their scores and 2 teams were selected through the wild card round.

After Hyderabad, the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 will now move on to other cities like Bhubaneswar,
Bangalore, Chennai, Manipal, Cochin, Amritsar, etc.