It's confirmed!! The Common Admission Test (CAT) is going online this year. After 33 years of being held as a written test on paper, to secure admissions to the Post-Graduate Programme in management at seven IIMs in the country, this move heralds the next generation of tech savvy. Officials at IIM-B say that they welcome the move as it is in the right direction. They can now handle the growing number of CAT applicants, maintain the quality at test centres and the environment with utmost ease. The test will be conducted over a span of 10 days at the end of the year.

"ANIMATION has evolved as one of the fastest growing and most in-demand industries in the world today, and has become a popular feature in movies and advertising commercials that make heavy use of special effects," says a brochure from Aptech and yes we agree!

There is a much hype about Humanities among student community...

What is Humanities???

The humanities - also referred to as social sciences - are part of the liberal arts. They are defined by Webster's Dictionary as "the branches of learning having primarily a cultural character."

The entrance examinations season have started...
Students are facing the ultimate challenge as they have started preparing for their engineering, medical and management.
It is the time when our knowledge and perseverance is put to test.

These are the few days that can turn the fortunes for you if your preparation is on the right track. This phase is crucial and one should make best use of this time to maximize one's chances of a top rank.

“IBM India has commenced its small-and-medium businesses (SMB) operations at Nashik in Maharashtra for providing innovative IT solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 14 tier-II cities across the country.

According to a statement issued by the Indian subsidiary of the global IT major, the SMB operations will enable the company to provide better support to its SME clients in non-metros.

ELCOT (Electronics Corporation of Tamilnadu) & NASSCOM Chennai , co-ordinated a campaign to take IT to tier 2 cities in Tamilnadu. Six locations (Hosur, Salem, Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore & Tirunelveli) has been identified to spread the benefits of IT uniformly across the state. This campaign was kicked-off with an Industry - Students meet in the deep south twin cities of Tirunelvi - Palayamkottai on 18th and 19th of Jan 2008.

http://blog.nasscom.in/emerge/2008/01/27/empower-it-taking-it-to-tier-2-...

I came across an article on soft skills training recently and it was a great eye opener. I had been thinking that soft skills was about learning to speak good English and being able to communicate, but it seems to be more than that.

I came across an article on soft skills training recently and it was a great eye opener. I had been thinking that soft skills was about learning to speak good English and being able to communicate, but it seems to be more than that.

It’s a whole subject on its own – including customer service, making the right decisions, understanding working styles, hierarchy in organizations etc. An understanding of these soft skills on the job front is important to understand the protocol and how to fit in. I am trying to locate the various aspects of soft skills to understand this.

Recently I came across a news item which said that The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $150 million to expand mobile phone coverage in rural areas in India. This is good news indeed. The agency has decided to fund the construction of 17,100 more cell towers to strengthen mobile phone coverage in the Subcontinent. In spite of drastic growth in telecommunication sector, we suffer from a critical lack of communication infrastructure in rural areas. Its sad to learn that out of 600,000 villages in the country, about 7 per cent do not even have landline phone connections.

When you will be studying about India and especially about the businesses which are undertaken in the country, then you will certainly be amazed to see the number of companies and groups which are working wonders and lending a helping hand to boast the overall economy of India. Bharti Enterprise is one of those names that you will come across while you search for the big Indian companies. The basic focus of the enterprise is on the Telecom Industry and it really have achieved a place and have been able to make a mark in this very industry.