German-Indian MBA for engineers

The focus of the programme is to prepare the graduates for management positions in German companies operating in India and Indian companies operating as subsidiaries in Germany.

PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, in association with Hof University of Applied Sciences, Germany, will offer a two-year German-Indian Management Studies (GIMS)-MBA programme for Indian engineers from the ensuing academic year.

The programme will be offered for engineers, and graduates who have completed engineering-related courses, belonging to disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, environmental, process, materials and surface, besides others.

The degree should be from a technical university.

The focus of the programme is to prepare the graduates for management positions in German companies operating in India and Indian companies operating as subsidiaries in Germany.

Specialisations will be offered in such a way so as to enable them to take up positions such as sales managers, key account managers, project managers, procurement managers, and branch or regional managers.

The four semester programme will be spread out in campuses of both the partnering institutions.

The first semester will be held at PSG, while the second and third will be held at the German university. The fourth semester will be spent in a German or Indian company as a paid internship. The degree will be that of Hof University of Applied Sciences. German as a language will form part of the syllabus.

A degree from a recognised university and a minimum composite score of 600 in the Management Aptitude Test conducted by the All India Management Association or an equivalent test are mandatory. Issue of applications will begin from April 15. The second phase of issue will begin from June 2.

The selection process will involve written test for English language comprehension, group discussion and personal interview. For the first phase it will be from April to May and the second phase from June to July. Applications should be submitted to GIMS Programme, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore – 641004, India.

source:http://www.hindu.com/edu/2011/03/08/stories/2011030850170400.htm

Paid internship in professional studies in Haryana

The Haryana government has decided to provide paid internship to students of professional courses in different sections of the school education department in the state.

Officials said internship would be provided to students studying engineering and post-graduation in management, social welfare, journalism and mass communication at recognized universities and institutions in Haryana.

"Students, who complete their studies in April 2011, will be absorbed as interns for projects such as quality initiative coordinators, community mobilizers and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators," Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal said here. 

"Working within the school education system will provide wide exposure to interns. We have 16,000 schools, 105,000 teachers and 26 lakh school children. No other organization could match the volume and scale of the school education department," she said.

All the interns will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs.15,000 and their internship will be extended up to one year. The students will also be provided a laptop and internetfacility from the department.

Interested students can forward their applications on the prescribed format either through e-mail at edusecondaryhry@gmail.com or through post to joint director (education). Application form can be downloaded from www.schooleducationharyana.gov.in.

Bhukkal said a selection process would be conducted to finalize the interns and after selection they would be provided induction training.

"The interns will be exposed to various aspects in human resource development like quality initiatives and manpower requirements, budgeting and financing, community mobilization training programmes and management during the induction training," Bhukkal said.

source:http://indiaedunews.net/Haryana/Paid_internship_in_professional_studies_in_Haryana_13530/