Move over traditional job portals. It’s the time of job referrals. Wondering what this new ‘animal’ is? Make a short trip to NDTVJobs. Through its tie-up with Bangkok-based Yellojobs.com, NDTVJobs is perhaps the first online job referral network in India. All you have to do is to refer a friend through the portal for a […]
Virtual MBA, now clicks away
Sometime back I wrote on TutorVista, an online tutoring venture owned by Krishnan Ganesh. The story dealt on the supply side of a pent-up demand that a skilled entrepreneur like Ganesh is successfully exploiting. TutorVista however doesn’t award a degree, which online institutes like Ellis College does. Ellis College, an accredited online college attached to […]
TutorVista
Sometime back (June 23 issue to be precise), The Economist ran a story on Krishnan Ganesh, an entrepreneur who owns TutorVista. The catchline was: If you want to see where Indian outsourcing is going, keep an eye on Krishnan Ganesh. The Economist story is about the entrepreneurial acumen of Ganesh as he traveled from one […]
On the holy trail of knowledge
Consider this. A scientist on hearing that the government has decided to increase grants by 50% to those who do research in laboratories is concerned that with increased money researchers would be inclined to spend it outside laboratories, meaning they would have less time on research. See GS Mudur’s article in today’s TT. The argument […]
Happy tidings
If Italian PM Romano Prodi’s 4-day visit to Kolkata in February and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s forthcoming visit – both leading high level business delegation – are like music to the ears of the city’s business fraternity, no less is so the commencing of American School since yesterday. Mumbai, Chennai and of course the capital, […]
After Besu, it’s JU
In June 2005 the PM Manmohan Singh constituted National Knowledge Commission (NKC) headed by Sam Pitroda. The broad mandate for NKC is to suggest ways to spread education among the masses of the country with special emphasis on primary education and improving the standard of higher education. [Image source] The PM being a scholar first, […]
A career of flying high
Here is a snippet from TT’s front-page story yesterday: Next time Ratan Tata wants to land in Bengal, he can take off from his group’s private helipad atop a luxury apartment hotel in Colaba, fly over the traffic chaos of Mumbai and board one of his jets at the airport. The article informs that DGCA […]
Hopes belied
Over the past year, some colleges of repute under University of Calcutta have been granted autonomy in starting new courses, setting curriculum, conducting examinations, and suchlike. This has meant that these institutes can now offer new undergraduate courses and design them at par with the latest trend in education. Those that are fortunate to have […]
A namesake gift
What is common between Meghnad Saha and Meghnad Desai? I’m afraid there’s no prize for correct answer. For it is so obvious. There is however another common between the two stalwarts. It is the quest for pursuing knowledge. As per news report in Khaleej Times, Lord Meghnad Desai is so enamored by his namesake that […]
Court sees answer scripts
Picture this. A Uchcha Madhyamik (Higher Secondary) examinee, Debapriya Sengupta, fails in all her science subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics in this year’s exam, yet ranks 1700 in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). The strange dichotomy is so glaring that it required the High Court to actually examine the answer scripts. On Debapriya’s seeking justice, […]
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