New Delhi, May 23 -- The Indian School,Sadiq Nagar celebrated Literary Week which was graced by Vice Chairperson, Nayana Goradia and Madhavi Divan. The event was based on the theme of 'Silk Route' where students presented various tales such as Jataka, folk and Chinese Tales.

A description of Italy in Sanskrit, and a French song 'Alouette', along with self description 'Moi-meme'. The event included a performance, 'the Bard' based on Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice', followed by renditions of Yeats 'Byzantium' and 'Sailing to Byzantium'.

Delhi Public School, East of Kailash echoed with laughter and joy as 'Shera' the mascot of the Common Wealth Games 2010, paid a visit. Students of Classes I to V met with Shera at an interactive session where they were given information and quizzed on their knowledge of the upcoming Games.

Delhi Public School, Rohini hosted its Scholar Badge and Award Function for the Middle school. Principal, Rita Sen felicitated the Chief Guest, Pankaj Vohra, Political Editor, Hindustan Times.

Prizes and awards were given to the students excelling in academics. On the occasion, students presented a dance recital 'Arpan'.

When Harvard Business School’s (HBS) new dean Nitin Nohria told the media that the top B-school is looking for a classroom in India and is committed to doing something in the executive education space in an “intense way”, he was voicing the collective ambitions of the Ivy league schools.

While HBS and Tuck School of Business are already present in India in a limited way, they would soon be joined by others like Oxford University's Said Business School and Duke University.

The reason is simple: All of them need to diversify their revenue stream and the India growth story is something they can hardly afford to ignore. Moreover, executive education is a Rs 350-business in India and is growing at a fast clip.

"We bring in advantages like scalability. It's about leadership training at various levels in the organisation. A large portion of our delivery is technology related. It's about blending classical executive education and technology-based education and about e-learning modules and simulation based courses," says Vinay Hebbar, MD, Harvard Business Publishing.

Others are more than listening. For instance, in its 800-year history, Oxford University has for the first time, announced that it will set up an offshore facility at Lavasa near Pune.

It is admission time. Here is a

list of universities

across India

that offer courses in

Engineering, Management

and more.

Anna University Distance Education -

MBA, MCA and MSC

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

General Management,

Technology Management,

Financial Services Management,

Retail Management,

Health Services Management,

Human Resources Management
.

Eligibility: A pass in any bachelor degree

(the degree must have been obtained

under 10+2+3 pattern), a pass in the

distance education entrance test (DEET)

conducted by Anna university. Chennai.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Eligibility: A pass in any bachelor's degree.

The candidates should have

studied Core Mathematics either at

+2 level or Mathematics/

Statistics/Computer oriented subject as

one of the subjects at the

degree level and a pass in the distance

education entrance test (DEET)

conducted by Anna university Chennai.

Master of Science (MSc) Information Technology

Eligibility: A pass in B.Sc

(Mathematics/ Computer Science/

Information Technology/

Software Engineering/Electronics)

or B.Sc (Physics/Statistics/ Chemistry)

or B.Sc with Mathematics or

Computer Science as allied subject

or B.Sc applied sciences

(Computer technology/

Information technology/

Computer systems

maintenance and networking)

or BCA or B.E./B.Tech any

branch and a pass in the

distance education entrance test (DEET)

conducted by Anna university, Chennai.

Application forms
_________________
Application forms can be

obtained in person from

study centres or downloaded from

http://www.annauniv.edu/index.php

Completed application forms

(with a Demand Draft of Rs 700

drawn in favour of The Director,

Centre for Distance Education,

Anna university)

can be send to:

Centre for Distance Education, Anna university,

Chennai-600025. Those

submitting applications in

person get the Hall Ticket on the same day.

Application forms are available at:
Chennai (Centre for distance education,

Tel 044-22357216)
Madurai (KLN College of Education,

Tel 0452-2698280)
Trichy (Jamal Mohammed College,

Tel 0431-2331015)
Vellore (Pentech Computer Education,

Tel 0416-3207666)

Important dates
_______________
18.06.2010 - Last date of

application form issue
02.07.2010 - Last date

of receipt of applications
25.07.2010 -

Entrance test MBA, MCA and M.Sc

Contact
_______
Tel 044-22357216/20/21/22/23/24
Email distanceprog@annauniv.edu

You’re at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or, you’re a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots. Either way, you’re playing a video game—and you might be improving your vision and other brain functions, according to research presented May 27 at a New York University conference on games as a learning tool.

ll 30 students of Super 30, a free coaching centre in Bihar, have cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for the third consecutive year, the institute announced Wednesday.

"We are really upbeat and celebrating the 100 per cent success for the third consecutive year as all 30 students have cracked the IIT-JEE this year," Anand Kumar, the institute's director-cum-founder, said.    

Super 30 that helps economically backward students crack the IIT-JEE has been selected by the Time magazine in the list of The Best of Asia 2010.    

The magazine, in its latest issue, said that every year, about 230,000 students take the exam for a seat in the IITs but only 5,000 grab it.    

"Last year, 30 of them came from one coaching centre in Patna, capital of the impoverished north Indian state of Bihar. That may not seem like many, but for the Super 30 centre it's a pass rate of 100 percent," it said.   

Mohammad Sadab Azam, a student of Super 30, said: "Thanks to Super 30, I cracked the IIT-JEE. Everyone is in a celebratory mood. We are happy."   

Azam, whose father works as a labourer in a village in Gaya district, said that he had never dreamt of cracking the prestigious exam.   

"It was all because of Super 30," he said.    

Anup Kumar, another Super 30 student, said the facilities and encouragement from the faculty made it possible for him to crack the tough exam.   

The institute selects talented students from poor families and provides them with free coaching, food and accommodation.   

According to Anand, "Hard work, proper guidance and supervision are the secrets of our success."   
"We were sure that the results would be positive as we teach them to eat, sleep, walk and talk only IIT," he said.   

In 2003, the first year of the institute, 18 students made it to the IITs. The number rose to 22 in 2004 and to 26 in 2005. In 2007 and 2006, 28 students made it through ITT-JEE. In 2008, for the first time 30 students cracked the IIT-JEE followed by 2009.   

Anand said the institute is supported by the income generated from his Ramanujam School of Mathematics, which has students who can afford to pay fees.   

The Super 30 was started by Anand along with Bihar's Additional Director General of Police Abhyanand. But two years ago Abhyanand dissociated himself from the institute.   

The success story of Super 30 was telecast by the Discovery Channel last year.   

"Super 30 is an amazing initiative and it needs to be taken to maximum people around the globe," said Christopher Mitchell, whose film for Discovery also bagged the Audience Choice Award at the sixth Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.   

Three years ago, Norika Fujiwara, a former Japanese beauty queen and actress, made a documentary film on Super 30 for its innovative and successful attempt to send poor children to India's top engineering colleges.