Nomination under Self Financing Scheme (SFS), IOR-ARC scholarship scheme, and Central Institute of Hindi scholarship for the year 2010-11 are open now

Nomination under Self-financing Foreign Student scheme (SFS) for admission to MBBS/BDS/BE/B.Pharmacy courses in government colleges in India, IOR-ARC scholarship scheme for post-graduate studies, and Central Institute of Hindi scholarship for the year 2010-11 are all open now. Still waiting for the SPDC scholarship programme.

For the application forms for these programmes which are open now, visit the High Commission of India - Kuala Lumpur's website (www.indianhighcommission.com.my).

The applications for these programmes have to be sent only through the High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur.

The last date for submission of application forms are as follows:
IOR-ARC scholarship scheme for post graduate studies: 17 March 2010.
Nomination under SFS scheme (MBBS/BDS/BE/B.Pharmacy): 31 March 2010.
Central Institute of Hindi scholarship: 30 April 2010.

'The Great Indian Education Fair 2010' in KL

‘THE GREAT INDIAN EDUCATION FAIR 2010’
IN KUALA LUMPUR

Prominent Universities, Colleges and Boarding Schools from India will come to Kuala Lumpur to showcase the strengths of Indian education this year at the largest gathering of Indian Educational Institutions in one grand exhibition “The Great Indian Education Fair” which will be held on 23rd – 24th January 2010 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre.

This mega Education Fair on India education is being organised by AFAIRS Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd (from India), with the support of the High Commission of India in Malaysia, Consortium of Indian Industries in Malaysia (CIIM) and Malaysia - India Business Council (MIBC)

THE GREAT INDIAN EDUCATION FAIR

23 - 24 January 2010
Saturday & Sunday
Timing: 11am to 7pm
Mid Valley Exhibition Centre - Hall 3
(Mid Valley Mega Mall)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

‘The Great Indian Education Fair’ aims to enable people to gather greater knowledge about the Indian education system and allow greater interaction between institution representatives, parents and students in Malaysia.

Besides from bringing the benefits to Malaysian students, this fair object is to create opportunities for local institutions and other educations organizations to form business partnerships with their counterparts in India with the common goal to bring the highest standards in education system.

Event Profile
The Great Indian Education Fair 2010 is a unique attempt to connect education institutions in India and aspiring students from Malaysia. The fair would provide a wide choice of quality education in India at an affordable cost for the students at Malaysia. This Fair is expected to provide a boost to the growing bilateral cooperation in the field of education. Some 5,000 visitors are expected to take advantage of this event to meet representatives of India’s finest leading educational institutes from school level to colleges and universities.

Fair Highlights

• A unique education exhibition showcasing about 40 prominent schools, universities, colleges and educational institutions from India all under one roof offering primary, middle, secondary & higher education.
• This Fair would feature salient aspects of Indian education system and would be a reliable platform for students to know about education in India.
• Wide range of Career options on offer at undergraduate and post graduate levels along with array of new - age Career programs.
• The Fair will offer quality education at affordable cost.
• Spot Counselling by experts
• Seminar on “Higher Education in India” will be conducted by India’s Leading Career columnist and Counsellor, Ms. Pervin Malhotra on 23 & 24 January 2010 between 2pm to 4pm.
• A series of Seminars on ‘Scholarship & Visas’ will run concurrently by the ‘High Commission of India’.

Indian Boarding Schools, Universities, Colleges and Higher Education Section
The exhibition will be divided in two distinct sections—the Schools Section and the Universities, Colleges and Higher Education Section. The Schools Section will showcase premier residential schools from India offering primary, middle and secondary level education while the other section will cater to the academic concerns of adult students in the age group of 18 to 25 years. Conceived to meet a growing demand for education in India, the Fair will exhibit some of India's prominent Universities and Colleges. This segment, will offer students from science, commerce & humanities streams, a choice of undergraduate, postgraduate, professional & vocational courses which can be pursued in India.

Exhibitor’s Profile

• Residential Schools offering Indian national curriculum of ICSE and CBSE along with the option of International Baccalaureate, IGCSE ‘A’ & ‘O’ level of international curriculum
• Engineering Colleges, Medical Colleges & Dental Colleges
• B - Schools & Management Colleges
• Deemed Universities
• Distance Learning Universities
• Professional & Vocational institutions

How the Fair will Benefit Students
The event will embrace a significant change in the student's & parent's perception by creating awareness in terms of global education scenario. The student - parent community would be immensely benefited by the endless advantages:

• An opportunity for the students to interact directly with the Authorities of the Premier Educational Institutes & Schools from across India.
• The Education Fair will enable people to gather greater knowledge about the Indian education system
• Offer students and parents, the rare platform and opportunity, to connect with multiple Indian residential schools, colleges and universities all under one roof, saving time and cost
• Parents' looking for a quality school education for their child will get a chance to interact with the head of the finest schools from all across India.
• Get to know about the Global education trends about the various happenings & latest developments in the educational scenario on the world map.
• Get Authentic & transparent information on various courses & programs at different levels
• Opportunity to learn, understand, compare and evaluate the right educational institution
• Get spot counseling & guidance to choose the right career

About the Organisers
AFAIRS Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd. is India's Leading Organiser of Education Exhibitions & Conventions with over 16 years of experience in organizing over 300 high value Exhibitions all across India, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan and all set to cover the markets of other parts of Asia & Africa in 2010.

AFAIRS Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd. welcomes the Malaysian parent - student community to visit ‘The Great Indian Education Fair’ at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (Mid Valley Mega Mall) for an on the spot assessment of what the Indian educational institutions have to offer.

Contacts

Mr. Sanjeev Bolia
Founder & Managing Director
AFAIRS Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd.
33, Dr. Sundari Mohan Avenue
Kolkata – 700016, India
Tel: +91 33 22865770 / 5771
Fax: +91 33 22865788
Email: sanjeev@afairs.com
Web: www.afairs.com

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Shankar's International Children's Competition 2010

The Shankar's International Children's Competition (SICC) 2010 is now open for submission of paintings / drawings / written work, from children all over the world.

Background of the competition: (taken from www.childrensbooktrust.com/sicc.htm)
K. Shankar Pillai (July 31, 1902—December 26, 1989) was a famous cartoonist. He brought out a political magazine called ‘Shankar’s Weekly’. Under the auspices of this magazine, a competition called the Shankar’s International Children’s Competition was organized in 1949. It invited paintings and writings from children in India. Children sent about 3,000 entries. The following year the competition was thrown open to children from all over the world.

Today, the competition has grown and about 1,60,000 entries are received from over 130 countries. The entries are judged by an international jury. The prizewinning entries are compiled in a volume called the ‘Shankar’s Children’s Art Number’.

The prizes are given away at a ceremony conducted entirely by children. The chief guest at this function is the President, Vice-President or the Prime Minister of India. Being very fond of children, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru gave away the prizes in all SICC functions held between 1949 and 1963.

Rules:
1. The competition is open to children from all over the world. They should have been born on or after 01 January 1994.
2. There is no entry fee.
3. Competitors are free to choose the theme/subject they are interested in, or like most, for their paintings / drawings / writings.
4. Each entry should be certified by the parent/guardian/teacher as the original, unaided work of the competitor done during 2009. Entries should be an individual effort and NOT a combined work.
5. Every entry should carry the following information in English and in Block Letters, at the back of the painting/drawing or at the end of the written work:
* First Name
* Last Name
(Please do not give expanded names)
* Boy or Girl
* Date of Birth
* Nationality
* Full postal address
* Subject / Title of the entry
6. No entry will be returned. The copyright of all entries will rest with SICC.
7. All packets should be pre-paid / adequately stamped and mailed directly to reach:
Shankar's International Children's Competition
Nehru House
No. 4, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002 India
8. Entries sent by air cargo will not be accepted.
9. The last date for receipt of Indian entries is 31 December 2009, whereas for foreign entries it is 28 February 2010.

Rules for Paintings / Drawings:
10. The drawings can be in any medium. Computer printouts / lino-cuts / batiks will not be accepted.
11. The size of each entry should not be less than 30 x 40 cm.
12. A competitor may submit any number of entries. They should not be mounted / framed.

Rules for Written Works:
13. Only entries in ENGLISH will be considered. Translations from other languages do not qualify for the competition.
14. Entries may be in the form of poems, plays, short stories, essays, descriptive writing, and the like.
15. A competitor may submit any number of entries. They should be in a neat handwriting or typed.

Prizes:
16. The entries will be judged by the organizers with the help of a jury. The judges' decision will be final.
17. The following prizes are offered:
i) The President of India's Gold Medal for the best painting / drawing.
ii) The Shankar's Award for the best written work.
iii) 18 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Gold Medals for the next best paintings / drawings / written work.
iv) About 400 Silver medals and 400 prizes.
18. Results will be announced in August 2010. Prize winners will be informed individually by post.
19. The best entries will be published in Shankar's Children's Art Number, Volume 61. Selected entries will also appear in the monthly magazine for children, Children's World.
20. All competitors are entitled to a copy of the Art Number, Volume 61, at a concessional price (given below). They can reserve their copies by mailing the attached coupon.
Concessional Rate:
USD20.00 / Euro10.00 / British Pound12.00 for foreign participants.
Rs.100.00 for participants from India.
Coupon:
Shankar's International Children's Competition
Nehru House
No. 4, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002 India

I wish to reserve a copy of Shankar's Children's Art Number, Volume 61, at the concessional rate. I am remitting ..................... by bank draft / money order in favour of Shankar's International Children's Competition.

(In BLOCK LETTERS)
Name: ........................................................
Address: ....................................................
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Note: The High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur, is in no way connected with this competition. This posting in the blog is just to create awareness of this competition, so as to help develop the creative skills in your children, or children you know.

Nomination under SFS 2009-10 application for MBBS, BDS, BE & Pharmacy are out

The application forms for the "Nomination of Self-financing Foreign Students (SFS) against reserved seats in Institutions in India in MBBS / BDS / BE / Pharmacy courses" for the academic year 2009-10 are out. The form can be downloaded from the Education Section's webpage at the High Commission of India's Website (www.indianhighcommission.com.my), or got in person from the Education Section at the High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur. The last date to apply for the Nomination under SFS scheme is 31 March 2009. This scheme is open only for a few selected government colleges in India. Normally two slots are offered for each course for Malaysia. Usually about 25 to 30 people apply for MBBS, and 2 to 3 for BE. No one applies for BDS and Pharmacy. So those wishing to apply, please do so at the earliest.

Eligibility Qualification: Either STPM, A Levels, South Australian Matriculation (SAM), or the Canadian Pre-University (CPU).

Compulsory subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology for MBBS / BDS / Pharmacy. For BE applicants should have taken Maths in place of Biology.

Cut off marks: those with 60% and above in each of the above mentioned subjects at the qualifying level are eligible to apply. Even if you get 58 or 59 your application will be rejected.

Results out in: end of September. It is generally late intake, since colleges in India start in July-August.

TCS of Colombo Plan courses offered by the Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI), Chennai

Malaysian SPM & PMR certificate holders, who would like to get their skills trained in manufacturing of footwear can now make use of a wonderful opportunity at zero cost.

The following fully sponsored courses by the Govt. of India (GoI) under the Technical Cooperation Scheme of Colombo Plan (TCSCP), are offered by the Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI), in Chennai:

Three weeks courses:

1) Shoe CAD

2) Process & Product Oriented EDP

3) Quality Control

4) Different Footwear Construction

5) Material Management

6) Product Management

7) Marketing Management

Four weeks course:

8) Shoe Upper Clicking

Six weeks course:

9) Footwear Machine Maintenance

Eight weeks course:

10) Lasting, Making & Finishing

Eligibility:

for course No. 1 to 3 is 10th standard i.e. SPM Certificate holders.

for course No. 4 to 10 is 8th standard i.e. PMR Certificate holders.

Course Start Dates:

Courses from No. 1 to 8 start on the 1st of February & also on 1st of March.

Courses at No. 9 & 10 start only on the 1st of February.

Nomination Dates:

The TCSCP nominations should be submitted 3 weeks before the start of these courses.

The application form can be downloaded from the following URL:

www.embindia.org.ph/newsite/files/colombo.pdf

The duly filled-in TCSCP application forms, along with a covering letter from a Malaysian Government organisation, nominating the candidate for the particular course, should be submitted to:

The Education Section,

High Commission of India,

No. 2, Jalan Taman Duta, Off Jalan Duta,

50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Telefax: +603 2092 2339

Tel: +603 2093 3510 ext 410.

Email: edu.hcikl@gmail.com

Website: www.indianhighcommission.com.my

Those Malaysian SPM & PMR certificate holders seeking jobs in the footwear industry may find the above courses useful.

Any Malaysian interested in pursuing management course in IIM Ahmedabad?

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is one of India's prestigious management institutes. People say it is more difficult to get into IIM-A than to get into Harvard or any other Business School in western countries, because of the competition to study at IIM-A i.e. more people apply for admission to  IIMs than for Harvard.

Now Malaysians have a golden opportunity to study at this prestigious world class institutionm, thanks to the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, which is fully sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India (GoI). IIM-A is now on the panel of ITEC institutions offering International Training Programmes to countries coming under the ITEC scheme.

IIM-A has been offering a 1-year Post-Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy (PGP-PMP). The application form for this has to be submitted well in advance e.g. for the course begining in April 2009, the last date to apply was 03 Nov 2008 (keep in mind that this date is for the institute to receive the application through this Mission; so one would have had to apply by the 1st week of Oct 2008 in order for the application to be processed and sent to IIM-A, which is about 6 months before the start of the course).

About the PGP-PMP course:

This one-year programme focuses on public policy and governance, infrastructure development and financing, and public enterprise management. It has been designed to sharpen the skills and perspectives of civil servants, managers in publi enterprises, professionals from NGOs, executives from the corporate world, and those with legislative experience who have to deal with public management issues.

The curriculum is very rigorous with about 800 contact or equivalent hours of engagement. The programme is offered in four modules:

1. A core management module,
2. A core public management and policy module,
3. An elective and seminar module leading to concentration in a number of areas,
4. An international attachment module which would provide exposure to public management and policy in a different country/context.

The applicants must meet the eligibility criteria laid down by IIM-A as well as the ITEC norms. Participants would need to fill both the ITEC and IIM-A application forms.

IIM-A's eligibility criteria for this course:

The applicant must have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline, and must have at least 7 years work experience in a supervisory / managerial / administrative position. In addition, all applicants must have valid GMAT/GRE score obtained recently, or CAT (Common Admission Test) score from any of the last three CATs. Applicants without a GMAT/GRE/CAT score will have to take IIM-A's special aptitude test. The test would be held at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata. (Note: Applicants have to incur the expenditure on the test themselves.)

So those interested in pursuing a management course from institutions like Harvard, you could try applying for this PGP-PMP through ITEC and if you meet the eligibility criteria and are selected, you could get the whole course sponsored by the GoI. Good luck and spread the word around. But remember, apply well in advance of 6 months or more, and have your GMAT/GRE scores ready.

IIT Roorkee's "SHP Development" course sponsored by M/o New & Renewable Energy, India

To exchange experience with the participants from developing and other countries on Small HydroPower (SHP) (upto 25 MW) development, the Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHCE), in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, is organising an annual regular International Training Course on "SHP Development" from 03 to 14 February 2009. In the 27 years since AHCE was established, this is the 16th SHP Development course.

During the training course, the participants are provided latest information on global overview of SHP, modern techniques for investigations & assessment, country policies for SHP, modern trends in rural electrification, design of civil structures, new technologies, cost effective electro-mechanical equipments, SHP for carbon trading under CDM, case studies, social and cultural excursions. There are only 15 seats in this course.

There is no course fee and the expenditure on course material, technical visits, boarding & lodging (on twin sharing basis), visit to sites, local travel from Delhi airport to Roorkee and return during the course is sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India (GoI). The participants through their organisation are to bear/arrange the international travel expenses from their home country to Delhi International Airport and back and personal expenses.

In India, the MNRE has accorded priority for the development of SHP and other sources of renewable energy. This development is open for private sector also. It has taken several policy initiatives supported with fiscal incentives.

The course brochure and application form may be obtained from:

The Education Section

High Commission of India

No. 2, Jalan Taman Duta

Off Jalan Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

Telefax: 2092 2339

Tel: 2093 3510 ext. 410

Email: edu.hcikl@gmail.com

Target Participants:

The course has been designed for the participants having Engineering / Scientific background involved in SHP Development. The participants may be from govt. departments, academic institutions, private developers, manufacturers and NGO, etc., who are contributing or intend to contribute to SHP Development.

Venue:

The course will be held at the AHEC, IIT Roorkee, Uttranchal. Roorkee is 180 km north of Delhi.

Last Date:

10 January 2009.