Admission on Rural Management at IRMA

The Institute of Rural Management Anand, has invited applications for common entrance test conducted to select the candidates for the Postgraduate programme in Rural Management (PRM – 2009-11) and fellow programme in Rural Management (FPRM- 2009). Test will hold on 9th November 2008. The test centres will include Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasai, Kolkata etc. Eligibility: Graduates in any discipline with 50% [45% for SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities – (PWD)]. Last date of receipt of application is 6th October 2008. FPM is a two year and FPRM is a 3 year (doctoral) residential programmes. Every FPRM participants are eligible to receives fellowship of Rs. 10,000/- per month and contingency grant of Rs. 20,000/- per year. Download the application form from the IRMA website http://www.irma.ac.in/ and send the duly filled in application along with DD for Rs. 850/- (Rs. 600/- for SC/S T & PWD) drawn in favour of Institute of Rural Management payable at Anand to the Admissions co-ordinator, IRMA, Anand – 388001, Gujarat.

JEE 2009 on April 12

The Joint Entrance Examination 2008 (JEE 2009) for admission to the Undergraduate Courses at the Indian Institutes of Technology [there are seven IITs in India now], Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, will be held on April 12, 2009 (Sunday)
The Examination will consist of two papers, both of objective type designed to test the comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates, with each paper having separate sections in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Paper 1 will be held from 9 a.m to 12 noon and Paper 2, from 2 pm to 5 pm. The syllabus will be made available at the websites of all IITs as well as in the Information Brochure of JEE 2009.
Facility for submission of application form, either on-line or off- line will be provided from November 19th, 2008. The facility for on-line submission of applications will be available till 24th December 2008.
Sale of applications to be submitted off-line will be available at designated branches of Banks and at IITs till 24th December 2008. Postal requests for application form will be accepted till December 16, 2008.
The last date for receipt of completed applications at IITs will be December 24, 2008.
The detailed Notification will be published on November 8, 2008.

MBA in Army Institutes of Management

Army Institute of Management, Kolkata (AIMK) and Army Institute of Management & Technology (AIMT), Greater Noida have invited applications for admission to their two-year regular MBA Programmes for 2009-11 session. 80% seats out of 120 is reserved for Army Wards and 20% for general candidates. Selection to the course at both Institutes will be based on score of CAT conducted by the IIMs. Short listed candidates will be called for Group Discussion and Interview at AIMK/AIMT for final selection. Separate application has to be submitted to each Institute. application and Prospectus of AIMK can be obtained by post by sending a DD for Rs. 800/- for Army Wards and Rs.900/- for General Candidates drawn in favour of ‘Director AIM’ payable at Kolkata, and for AIMT DD for RS.800/- drawn in favour of AIMT payable at Noida can be send to AIMT. They can also be down loaded from the websites of the Institutes AIMK- www.aim.ac.in and AIMT- www.aimt.ac.in. The last date for submission of AIMK/AIMT applications is December 6, 2008.

SNAP on December 21

Application invited for the Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test, conducted to select the candidates for admission to Postgraduate Institutes of Symbiosis International University (SIU)- there are seven postgraduate institutes under SIU. Test will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2008. SNAP Test is an objective test with each question having 4 responses. Candidate should choose an appropriate response. Each wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.
Structure of the questions given:
Questions will be there from four sections.
(i) General English: Reading Comprehension, Verbal Reasoning, Verbal Ability (40 marks)
(ii) Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency (40 marks)
(iii) General Awareness: General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario (40 marks) and
(iv) Analytical & Logical Reasoning (60 marks).

Candidates desirous of taking SNAP have to register online at www.snaptest.org as per the instruction given therein. This will generate the SNAP ID of the applicant.
Last Date for Registration is Tuesday, November 25, 2008. The Test fee of Rs. 1000/- has to be paid on or before Saturday, November 29, 2008, as per the instruction given.

PG Admissions at CMC, Vellore

Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu-632002, has invited applications for admission to the various Post Graduate Medical programmes there for which admissions are offered in March 2009. The courses offered include MD/ MS/ Diploma and Residency in Medical Physics.
Candidates for all medical Post Graduate courses (MD /MS/ Diploma) conducted by the College will be ranked on the basis of a written test, practical tests and interview. The written test will be conducted at Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Trivandrum and Vellore on December 13, 2008.
The number of seats for the various courses, eligibility and other details are available in the Admission Bulletin available at http://home.cmcvellore.ac.in/admissions/SumAdd/pdf/PGBul09.pdf.
Application forms can be accessed on-line at http://home.cmcvellore.ac.in/admissions.
Application forms are also available by Post from the Office of the Registrar. Those desirous of making use of this option should first make a payment of Rs.300/-, using any of the methods described in pre-para. Subsequently, applicant should send the DD/Original Challan/Receipt to: Office of the Registrar, CMC, Thorapadi PO, Vellore 632002, stating the full Postal address with Pin-code and also the telephone number and email address if available.
Last date to submit the application is on 5th November 2008.

Regional Maths Olympiad on Nov 9

The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), a unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India has been organizing Mathematical Olympiads in our country, first at the regional level and then at the national and international levels, since 1988.

OBJECTIVES: To find out the talented students who have the capacity for original and critical thinking and to encourage them to choose a career in Mathematics and also to select an Indian team for the International Mathematical Olympiad.

ELIGIBILITY: Mainly, students of standard XI/XII and a few exceptionally talented students of standard X.

SYLLABUS: Roughly of the plus two level. Thrust areas will be Geometry, Number Theory, Algebra and Combinatory. The questions will be quite challenging. There is no prescribed syllabus.

REGIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD: (R.M.O.)
RMO-2008 will be held on Sunday, 9th November, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Trivandrum, Quilon, Kottayam, Alleppey, Adoor, Ernakulam, Irinjalakkuda, Trichur, Palghat, Calicut, Cannanore and Kasaragod.

INDIAN NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD (I.N.M.O.)
About 20 students (a maximum of 6 from class XII) will be selected for INMO, to be held in February 2009 at Cochin University Campus.

INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD (I.M.O.)
About 30 toppers of INMO-INMO awardees will be invited for a training camp to select an Indian team for IMO-2009 to be held in Germany. IMO 2008 was held in Spain where India was placed 31st, securing 5 Bronze medals.

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FOLLOW UP PROGRAMMES
Five toppers of RMO will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 2000/- each sponsored by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Enviornment ( KSCSTE). Five toppers of RMO will be awarded “Professor C.S. Venkataraman Memorial Prizes” and many other attractive gifts. All students selected for INMO will be given merit certificates. INMO awardees are eligible for NBHM scholarships for higher studies.

HOW TO APPLY: There is no prescribed application form. Principals of recognised schools shall forward the list of participants indicating their names, medium of Instructions, class, residential address, phone numbers, e-mails and the centre along with a registration fee of Rs. 30/- each by Cash / M.O. or D.D. (drawn in favour of Regional Co-ordinator, INMO) payable at SBT CUSAT Campus branch only. Applications not endorsed by the authorities will not be considered.
Last Date: 10th October 2008
This programme is funded by the NBHM, CUSAT and KSCSTE. For old Q-papers and an information brochure, write along with Rs. 25/- stamped, self addressed envelope of size at least 10 x 8 to
Dr. A. VIJAYAKUMAR, Regional Co-ordinator, INMO, Department of Mathematics Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin - 682 022Phone: 2577518 (O) 2575288 (R)
e-mail: vambat@gmail.com; ambatvijay@rediffmail.com
Olympiad Website: www.isid.ac.in/~rbb/olympiads.html ; maths.cusat.ac.in/olympiad