Exhibition titled 'Transformation' to be held at JMI

New Delhi: An exhibition titled "Transformation", organized by four students of the Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI), will be held at the university campus from February 21 to 26.

The students that are organizing the exhibition are from the Department of Art History and Art Appreciation at the varsity. They will be donning the roles of curators for the exhibition that is a part of the paper "History of Curational Practices", which is included in their syllabus.

Other institutions that will be participating in the exhibition include Delhi College of Art, GovernmentCollege of Art in Chandigarh, Tecnia Institute of Art and Design and Banaras Hindu University.

According to one of the student curators for the exhibition Pradeep K. Arya, as curators, their job will be to view various works, select those that will be displayed at the exhibition and provide their perspective on the exhibits by way of captions.

The students whose works have been chosen to be displayed at the exhibition were selected by the four student curators who had viewed all the entries and then chosen the ones that would be displayed.

The theme of the exhibition is "Transformation", which is a "metaphoric process which gets defined through various aspects of human life from birth to death".

The process of transformation while taking into account the social-political issues ofgender, class and caste will be explored by the show.

source:http://indiaedunews.net/Delhi/Exhibition_titled_'Transformation'_to_be_held_at_JMI_13556/

Panjab varsity to hold first alumni meet on Saturday

 Panjab University (PU), one of the oldest universities in the country that is PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh's alma mater, is organizing its first university-level alumni meet on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra will deliver the inaugural address at the meet and several former students are expected to participate.

PU's Dean-Alumni Relations Bhupinder Singh Bhoop said around 225 alumni of 1970 batch and previous ones will be honored on the occasion.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been a former student as well as a faculty member of the economics department in the PU in 1950s and '60s. However, he is unlikely to participate in the event this time.

Various teaching departments of the university will also be holding events to mark the alumni meet.

Panjab University was established in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). It shifted to its present campus in Chandigarh's Sector 14 in late 1950s. It is now spread over an area of 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25 of Chandigarh.

The university has 75 teaching and research departments and 15 centres and chairs for teaching and research at the main campus located at Chandigarh.

PU has 188 affiliated colleges across Punjab and has three regional centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur. It also has one regional rural centre in Punjab.

source:http://indiaedunews.net/Punjab/Panjab_varsity_to_hold_first_alumni_meet_on_Saturday_13542/

IFHE offers B.Tech. programme

The Icfai Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) is offering four-year full time B.Tech programme in five disciplines for the academic year 2011-12 on its campus in Shankerpally.

For admission into the programme, applicants have to provide any one of the test scores of IIT-JEE, AIEEE or EAMCET-2011. The IFHE Vice-Chancellor J. Mahender Reddy said classes would commence from August 2011.

The five disciplines include civil engineering, computer science engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, electronics and communications engineering and mechanical engineering. “We are offering the courses acceptable in any part of the country and world,” he said. The IFHE is a deemed university established under Section 3 of UGC Act-1956.

source:http://www.hindu.com/edu/2011/02/15/stories/2011021550150300.htm

IIT-Bombay to consider proposal for setting up NY centre seriously

Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT-B) has been invited by the New YorkCity Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to submit a proposal for setting up a campus in the Big Apple for courses in applied science.

The tie up with IIT-B will allow the city to have a world class facility for applied sciences teaching and research along with an emphasis on applied engineering.

The proposal from IIT-B is being prepared by a committee at the institute and will be submitted by April 2011. The capital contribution will be made by the host city along with provision of land and other considerations for setting up the campus.

IIT-B Director Devang Khakhar who had been invited by the NYDEC to consider setting up the campus said that they were exploring the concept and a team was working on a feasible plan.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, commenting on the need for setting up the campus for applied science courses said that the city needed to optimize its business strengths. He said that the city was committed to finding the right partner for the applied sciences center and would also provide the support needed for setting up such a campus.

"The city will be providing all the support that will be needed for establishing such a facility because research in the fields of engineering, science and technology is creating the next generation of innovations in global business and this is what will be driving the economy forward," Bloomberg stated.

He further added that the city of New York already had all ingredients that would help in establishing the applied science and engineering center. These included a highly educated global population, unequalled financial and business community that would contribute in the capital and support for new ventures as well as existing top notch institutions that had their own latest researches. He said that these strengths could be capitalized upon for the new centre.

source:http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/IIT-Bombay_to_consider_proposal_for_setting_up_NY_centre_seriously_13481/