IGNOU to conduct engineering entrance test again in 10 days

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Tuesday said it will conduct an entrance test for engineering courses again in next 10 days, after its online test system collapsed Saturday. The IGNOU Engineering Aptitude Test (IGNEAT) is the university`s first foray into online testing. The test determines entry into B. Tech and diploma programmes in engineering and technology. IGNOU is the country`s largest distance education university. On Saturday, when around 9,800 asp...
Published about 04-11-2009 | Rated 0

What Does It Take to Be a Marketing Leader?

I always smile when I hear someone, particularly in a high-technology industry, talk about their "staff," because smart leaders always work through complex webs of relationships. They don`t simply give orders; instead, they listen, think, communicate, and develop meaningful relationships. While managers generally are more concerned with hierarchy, effective leaders think more about dependencies, relationships, and networks—not simply formal authority and management. A more educated, empower...
Published about 02-11-2009 | Rated 0

IT biggies to woo foreign grads with paid internships

Indian IT companies are attracting talent from German, Swiss and Austrian universities to work in India as paid interns. Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant and Mindtree are among the nine companies that have taken the lead by joining hands with the Frankfurt-based Vibe Internships to create 50 paid internship positions in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore, said Dr Karl Kurbel, Project Supervisor of Vibe Internships and Head of the Business Informatics Chair at the European University Viadrina (EUV) to Busine...
Published about 02-11-2009 | Rated 0

Marketing Is Not Communications

A 5-page foldout magazine advertisement opened up with the following 39 attributes spread out over two pages: Renegade, fearless, unexpected, bold, true, spontaneous, curious, intriguing, unwavering, rare, brash, provocative, intuitive, genuine, daring, uncommon, irreverent, brazen, absolute, unusual, visionary, idyllic, proud, maverick, wild, undaunted, resolute, poetic, dynamic, soulful, unconventional, strong, romantic, authentic, brave, unorthodox, deft, radical, dreamer. What brand could...
Published about 30-10-2009 | Rated 0

Nuclear sector to recruit 2000 engineers every year

Now apart from IT industry, engineering students have an option to enter into the nuclear sector, as it is being expected that the country would need about 2,000 trained nuclear engineers every year to staff the increased capacity. Indian government is planning a five-fold ramp-up in the existing nuclear power capacity by 2020 and a strong interest by global majors to shift manufacturing operations to India. Currently, the number of specialist nuclear post-graduates and PhDs from IITs and o...
Published about 31-10-2009 | Rated 0

Scared to join a startup?

India has become the Silicon Valley of the east and a nurturing ground for startups but these startups are often targeted with wrong assumption and myths. The most common myth that an applicant assumes is that working for startup is risky and unsecure. Viswanath "Vishy" Ramachandran, CTO of Webaroo said that this is not true as it completely depends on the company a person joins. Sometimes it happens that employees working for big companies will get thrown out for not performing. While many empl...
Published about 28-10-2009 | Rated 0

Entrepreneurship emerges as a career choice on campuses

There is more interest shown by students towards entrepreneurship with incubation centers across campuses fostering the young entrepreneurs. His batchmates will be busy wooing and being wooed by recruiters this placement season, but 26-year-old Mainak Chakraborty, who will graduate in 2010 from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), has chosen to sit out the season. Chakraborty wants to start a company that will set up recharge centres for electric vehicles. And he is hoping to i...
Published about 28-10-2009 | Rated 0

The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg - Founder Word Press

Matt Mullenweg, founder of Word Press and Automattic, manages a successful Internet business where everyone is working from home. As a high school student, Matt Mullenweg worked on open-source software projects in his bedroom. Seven years later, he still does most of his work from home. Mullenweg, 25, is the founder of Automattic, the company behind the open-source blogging tool WordPress and a handful of other software projects. WordPress.com powers 12 million blogs, including those of The N...
Published about 26-10-2009 | Rated 0

Under Armour`s Kevin Plank on How to Motivate Employees

Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, on motivating employees and improving employee morale during a recession. Q.I run a start-up. How do I keep my team motivated, passionate, and focused on our product in this challenging economy? Ben Chase co-founder Enhance Films Olathe, Kansas A: Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top. I`m a big advocate of the power of positive thinking, particularly for small businesses. Your attitude is contagious. There`s been a lot of nega...
Published about 26-10-2009 | Rated 0

Two Things Sunk the Titanic: They Will Also ....

Two Things Sunk the Titanic: They Will Also Sink Your Sales Results Two Things Sunk the Titanic: They Will Also Sink Your Sales Results On April 14th 1912 the largest, and seemingly unsinkable, passenger steamship in the world collided with an iceberg and sank in less than three hours. The death toll was over 1500, making the sinking of the Titanic the most deadly peace-time maritime disaster in history. Two things contributed to this disaster and the extraordinary loss of life. "The...
Published about 23-10-2009 | Rated 0