Research and teaching have remained Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao's first priority and first love, and that is what sets him apart, says Dinesh C Sharma
Palpreet Singh Brar, standing 6'9 can be an intimidating figure. But sit with him for a chat and his easy-going demeanor and straight-faced humour will have you alter any perceptions harboured of the 21-year-old.
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Two young dhaakad designers tell us why they want to dress up the First Lady of Bollywood.
Five people have been arrested in St Petersberg in Russia in connection with the murder of an Indian medical student, who was stabbed to death in 2006.
The body of Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, who was gunned down by terrorists on Wednesday night near Mumbai's Metro cinema, was consigned to flames with full State honour at the Vaikunth cremotorium ground in Pune on Thursday evening.
Daring, but with an exceptionally cool head made Ashok Kamte an excellent negotiator in crisis situations -- a quality for which he was summoned late Wednesday night to deal with terrorists holed up in Mumbai buildings.
'Belonging to a Muslim family, I obviously had my own set of issues to deal with but I don't remember my father saying 'no' to anything.'
'Put cricket, first and foremost, at the centre of every decision you take.' 'The bottom line must always be the sport that we love.' Rahul Dravid as eloquent as always in his M A K Pataudi Memorial Lecture.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that American Paul Krugman has won the Nobel economics prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity."
Dr Pat Basu of Naperville, Illinois, and Dr Sunny Ramchandani of Rowland Heights, California, USA are among the 2010-11 class of White House Fellows.
Singapore Education is organising the Singapore Education (SE) Admissions Fair '08-'09 in Mumbai on June 7-8, 2008 and will have participation from 12 Singapore-based institutions.
Two Indian Americans, Pat Basu of Naperville, Illinois, and Sunny Ramchandani of Rowland Heights, California, were among the 2010-2011 Class of White House Fellows, announced by the White House on Tuesday after a highly competitive selection process.
A large number of management schools in the country have begun outsourcing the process of student placements to human resource consultants. Traditionally, B-schools have an in-house placement team, headed by a faculty member. Several B-schools, on condition of anonymity, confirmed they had hired HR consultancies to find jobs for their students. Many of them also plan to have the agencies help out with placing their students as interns with companies.
A higher intake of Short Service Commissioned officers, picking up potential recruits who have just passed out from schools and payment of monthly stipends to cadets in military academies are some of the suggestions made to government to make up the shortage of officers in the army.
"We are delighted to have Anjali Raina take on this important leadership role at our India Research Center," said Krishna Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. "She will focus on building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders in the region to facilitate the expanding work of the Center in research, educational programs, and alumni endeavors."
Joining the forces is a dream come true for NDA (2009) topper Cadet S M Sriram. The 18-year-old talks about life at the Academy and why he chose the Indian Navy.
Starting this September, Boman Irani, Tabu, Anupam Kher, and Urmila Matondkar will teach at the first Bollywood acting school in Britain. The school will be based in the Ealing Institute of Media in the west London borough of Ealing.
The rapidly growing banking, financial and services industry sector in India is expected to create about a million jobs every year for the next five years
In an online chat with readers on December 14, Amit Grover, founder, Nurture Talent Academy addressed reader queries on how to be a successful entrepreneur. For those who missed the live chat, here's the unedited transcript.
As awards were declared, the closing ceremony of E Week turned into a happy riot as winners, runners up celebrated.
A round-up of the Ranji matches played across India on Sunday
Failure to obtain a score over 40 per cent on nine different criteria like governance, research output and faculty resources has led to the blacklisting of 44 deemed universities by a government panel. Another 44 deemed universities, which have been found having deficiencies and have been told to rectify them within three years.
Militants have stepped up attacks against security forces in Pakistan, mostly in the troubled tribal regions and parts of the NWFP, in recent months.
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If you're keen to take up photography as a career and need technical skills to complement your talent, here are some institutes offering photography courses.
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.'
A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the council held to review steps for overhauling the present university administrative and security steps.
The family members were shell-shocked as he was supposed to return home later this month and proceed to Bangalore for his marriage on October 29.
Sanjay Singh, a student of the Sahara Arts and Management Academy, was allegedly ragged by students from Lucknow University and some other nearby institutions.
'We have been getting e-mails for assignments and events. People from random islands, like Seychelles, called us to perform for India's independence day. It's crazy to see how the internet affects the world. We feel blessed that so many people recognise us. We have even got mails from low-budget feature film makers in the South -- like they want us to be the heroines!' Twins Poonam and Priyanka Shah give us a jhalak into their lives!
'Attempts at long-term rapprochement have been rather feeble from both sides. The primary cause of the lack of progress is that these efforts do not appear to have the support of the Pakistan army,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Shekhar Gupta, who heads The Indian Express Group, says his entry into journalism happened by chance. It showed him an alternative that was more attractive than botany.
27-year-old Raju is a bachelor. While his IPS batch-mates and friends in the city greeted Raju, his family was elated over the distinction he achieved in the Civil Services exam.
"It has come to the notice of the National Mission of Manuscripts that thousands of rare manuscripts have been lost in the years of terrorism in J&K," said Dr Dillip Kumar Rana, assistant director of the mission.
Meanwhile, noted artists, including Padma Shree awardee Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nilima Sheikh and Surendra Nair have criticised the police action.
It was like old times at Arthur Ashe Stadium as US Open fans gave Andre Agassi a rousing ovation as the former champion was honoured before Monday's opening night programme at Flushing Meadows.
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