Uncategorized India’s becoming a permanent member of Washington Accord is great news but Minister Irani probably misread that all Engineering degrees will now be at par globally… 15 Jun 2014 After years of effort and several failures, India finally became the 17th member of the exclusive Washington Accord on Friday. It will help create equivalence of engineering degree programmes and…
Government of India… If the Minister “hastily” scraps Delhi University’s FOUR YEAR DEGREE format, it will be her first mistake… 6 Jun 20146 Jun 2014 If Smriti Irani, India's "fresh" HRD minister goes ahead with BJP's promised agenda item of scrapping the 4 year format, it will be her first mistake. The four year format…
Uncategorized US First Lady sells STUDY ABROAD… what a contrast to Indian leaders who consider this as “brain drain”… 6 Jun 2014 In March, the First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to American and Chinese students at the Stanford Center at Peking University on the importance of studying abroad. When I hear her spell…
Uncategorized My wish-list for the Minister on Indian Education has caught attention… Hindustan Times has reported it and now MHRD will take a look… Power of blogging indeed. 5 Jun 2014 On 30th May, I put out my wish-list for the new Minister for HRD (Education). It can be found on the following link. Hindustan Times of this day has reported…
education… My wish-list for Indian Education: An OPEN LETTER to the Honourable Minister for HRD, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani. 30 May 20141 Jun 2014 Honourable Minister, I know that your first few days in the job have been taken up in a controversy around your qualification and also the fact that you mis-represented under…
Uncategorized Changing bottles does not change the wine… Education NZ reboots its education agent engagement: IEEN to NZIER to NZSA and now to ENZRA and then further ENZOP… 30 May 201430 May 2014 But then inability to build a lasting relationship with education agents can turn out to be the nemesis for the program. I have been an active supporter of NZ…
Uncategorized Why Indians have to “lie” about their qualification? Case of Mukesh Ambani and its contrast with Steve Ballmer. 30 May 201430 May 2014 The former CEO of Microsoft and the current Chairman of Reliance Industries studied at Stanford at the same time. Both dropped out at the end of first year itself. However…
Uncategorized Now some Australian TAFE/Private Advanced Diplomas to also get SVP… 27 May 2014 I can visualise TAFE providers (and some Private Institutions) feeling so relieved. However, just hold on... The list of providers is to be decided later this year but would assume…
Uncategorized Is there a degree that a Prime Minister should possess? 25 May 201426 May 2014 Apparently None. A few days back I shared links to an article which listed educational qualifications of current world leaders and compared that to the fact that the Indian PM…
Uncategorized IELTS loses it’s monopoly as Australia to accept TOEFL and PTE for most visas. Interesting development at a time when UK and Ireland have stopped accepting TOEFL even for the student visas. 23 May 201423 May 2014
Uncategorized My prayer for the new phase in my country… India has given a clear mandate in favour of Modi. 16 May 2014
Uncategorized Speaking at Australia-India Institute, Swapan Dasgupta explains why “Modi” is good for India and why I am wrong about him… Will remain a critic though! 15 May 2014 http://youtu.be/o4Qml4lU4mM
attacks… With the possibility of a BJP led Government in India later this week, Australia needs to strategise considering RSS’s perspective on OZ, mouthed in 2010. 14 May 201415 May 2014 Public memory is short, Media moves on, Diplomats find ways to make the right noises, I somehow am still stuck in lessons from 2009-2010 with regards to India-Australia relationship. "Australians…
Uncategorized Understanding INDIAN STUDENTS… 8 May 2014 Source: http://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/india-quotes/
Uncategorized Forget about learning to code—to get rich in tech, become an accountant 30 Apr 2014 IT vs Accounting/Finance.... seems like a verdict against coders...
Indian students… MOTIVATION for studying overseas has been highlighted in TWO recent reports. Both can be “red herrings” when talking of “Indian students”. 4 Mar 20144 Mar 2014 QS released the Analysis of Student Mobility 2013 report and lists “Would like to work there after graduation” as No. 4 factor which 12% of their respondent listed. The other…
Uncategorized If “study-work-migrate” is on your mind, NZ offers possibly the straightest pathway… With lesser Kiwis flying across to OZ, indicates growing opportunities. 27 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 NEW Zealand's inbound net migration has climbed to a 10-year high as fewer people quit the country to cross the Tasman and the number of new migrants continued to rise.…
Uncategorized Shocker: Better-prepared pathway-led diploma-to-degree returning graduates are deemed unfit for Masters study in India. India (AIU) needs to fix itself and Institutions need to pre-warn the students. 26 Feb 201426 Feb 2014 AIU which is responsible for issuing equivalence to foreign qualification just doesn’t get the concept of “pathways” and seems to be deeming students who began their degrees using a pathway…
Uncategorized Non-University Aussie SVP list finalised. To apply from 22nd March… 21 Feb 201421 Feb 2014 The "degrees" of the following "Non-Universities" will also be eligible for SVP from 22nd March: Alphacrucis College APIC (Asia Pacific International College) AIPE (Australian Institute of Professional Education) Avondale College…
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