BESET with faculty attrition on one hand and an escalating demand for faculty following its proposal to be recognised as a university, the country’s premier National Institute of Design has set up Faculty Development Centre (FDC). The centre, apart from induction and training new faculty, will also aim at upgrading faculty resources on a global level.
Talking to media persons at a press conference on Thursday which was the beginning of the new academic year at the institute, Director of NID, Darlie Koshy said, “Our focus is to attain global leadership position in design studies which has been envisaged in our policy. Our decision to open up a dedicated centre for training and development of our faculty resources is a step towards that goal,’’ said Koshy.
Some of the key missions for the centre will be to motivate faculty members for expanding their skills and provide training to new recruits. The centre will also facilitate human resource requirements including the faculty and technical staff at the three campuses at Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bangalore.”
The FDC will focus on research-oriented education at the institute and also train faculty members from other design institutes in India.
Other new initiatives taken by the institute were also announced which included the initiation of National Design Aptitude Test (NDAT).
“As of now, we have designated three experts to complete the assessment, validation and facilitation of the admission test. However, the new system is expected to be introduced only by the academic year of 2009-10. We are also looking at the possibility of conducting partial tests online,’’ he said.
“Our proposal to DIPP, GOI seeking university status under section 3 of UGC Act will be accepted soon and it will add to our faculty requirement. We have five new faculty members at the Paldi campus, three at Gandhinagar and seven at Bangalore,” he said. Meanwhile, a total of 270 students have been selected for this academic year, with 75 under-graduate and 140 post-graduate students clearing the tests for three NID campuses.
The new Bangalore campus has enrolled 25 students for the two courses of Design for Retail Experience and Design for Digital Experience in this academic year.
NID international film festival in Nov
IN order to promote Indian animation and showcase animation films made by students from across the globe, the National Institute of Design will host an international animation film festival for students, called Chitrakatha, to be held between November 2 and 4 this year. Awards will be constituted for best animation films.
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Now, NID sets up centre to counter faculty exodus
June 15, 2007, 10:03 amHLCC: Brand that stands tall for commerce education
June 15, 2007, 10:02 am
WHEN a recent country-wide survey put H L College of Commerce in the list of top commerce colleges across India, it knew well that the college scored exceptionally well on the survey parameters. After all, H L College of Commerce _ or HLCC as it is popularly known_ has built its reputation over 75 years of its existence.
The top city college is also one of the first colleges in the State set up to offer commerce education. Set up in 1936 by Ahmedabad Education Society as its first educational venture, the college was awarded ‘A+’ accreditation by NAAC in 2004 for its academic excellence.
HLCC has also been awarded the ‘Best College in the State’ award by State government, and holds the rare distinction among top commerce colleges in the country with its students consistently making their mark in national level Chartered Accountancy (CA) examination.“History has supported in building the brand value of the college, as also its students and faculty. Its infrastructure has also been a key motivator for students to excel in their fields,’’ says Mona Kelshikar, principal.
While most colleges in the city are beset with space constraints, HLCC has a huge campus. It also has a large playground.It has also a state-of-the-art auditorium. Its library is one of the biggest among colleges in the city and its classrooms are well-equipped with facilities like microphones and projectors. With admission to college demanding high cut-off marks, around 650 students who are given admission every year to first year BCom are academically well-off.
“Our excellence emerges from the fact that we balance academics with sports and extra-curricular activities,’’ adds Kelshikar.74 students, according to college figure, have till date won top rank medals and scholarships from Gujarat University, to which this grant-in-aid college is affiliated. Not just that, college has also seen its student coming third in CA’s national preliminary test last year, and first rank in second stage of CA test.
The college also has its strong alumni base with more than 1,000 alumni from across the country and abroad helping out students by running course advisory, career counselling and placement centres. “Alumni are our strong resources in enhancing the brand value of the college. A college alumnus even came forward to assist us in campus development,’’ says G A Pathak, principal between 1998 and 2005.
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The top city college is also one of the first colleges in the State set up to offer commerce education. Set up in 1936 by Ahmedabad Education Society as its first educational venture, the college was awarded ‘A+’ accreditation by NAAC in 2004 for its academic excellence.
HLCC has also been awarded the ‘Best College in the State’ award by State government, and holds the rare distinction among top commerce colleges in the country with its students consistently making their mark in national level Chartered Accountancy (CA) examination.“History has supported in building the brand value of the college, as also its students and faculty. Its infrastructure has also been a key motivator for students to excel in their fields,’’ says Mona Kelshikar, principal.
While most colleges in the city are beset with space constraints, HLCC has a huge campus. It also has a large playground.It has also a state-of-the-art auditorium. Its library is one of the biggest among colleges in the city and its classrooms are well-equipped with facilities like microphones and projectors. With admission to college demanding high cut-off marks, around 650 students who are given admission every year to first year BCom are academically well-off.
“Our excellence emerges from the fact that we balance academics with sports and extra-curricular activities,’’ adds Kelshikar.74 students, according to college figure, have till date won top rank medals and scholarships from Gujarat University, to which this grant-in-aid college is affiliated. Not just that, college has also seen its student coming third in CA’s national preliminary test last year, and first rank in second stage of CA test.
The college also has its strong alumni base with more than 1,000 alumni from across the country and abroad helping out students by running course advisory, career counselling and placement centres. “Alumni are our strong resources in enhancing the brand value of the college. A college alumnus even came forward to assist us in campus development,’’ says G A Pathak, principal between 1998 and 2005.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
Fairer sex buying more property in State
June 15, 2007, 10:00 am
The State has witnessed a remarkable change. The number of women property buyers has shot up to 20 per cent of the total property transactions carried out in the state in the last two years.
This sudden change is not due to any attitudinal changes among women or socio-economic reforms in Gujarati society. If revenue department officials are to be believed, this turnaround is due to exemption of registration fee on property if the buyer happens to be a woman. The exemption was implemented in the state since June 11, 2004.
Though exact figures with regard to women property buyers before registration fee exemption came into force is not available, revenue officials as also property consultants say the number of women property buyers never exceeded five per cent.
As per the figures available with the office of the Superintendent of Stamps Duty and Inspector General of Registration, Gujarat — within a period of six months after the new property laws came into force in June 2004 — the number of women buyers was recorded to be 51,230 out of a total of 2,28,511 property transactions in the state.
The number of women investors in property continued to rise further. Out of a total of 5,00,494 proper transactions between January-December 2005, the number of women property investors was found to be 1,07,199, accounting for over 21 per cent of the total investors.
Out of a total of 6.25 lakh investors in property between January-December 2006, figure of women property investors was recorded to be over 1.27 lakhs. According to A V Gamit, Deputy Inspector General of Registration, the state government lost Rs 64.88 crores by way of exemption of registration fee on women property buyers between June 2004 and December 2006.
Prominent Ahmedabad-based builder Jaxay Shah said that about 30 per cent of the property buyers were women now. He gives the credit for this to the registration fee exemption.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
This sudden change is not due to any attitudinal changes among women or socio-economic reforms in Gujarati society. If revenue department officials are to be believed, this turnaround is due to exemption of registration fee on property if the buyer happens to be a woman. The exemption was implemented in the state since June 11, 2004.
Though exact figures with regard to women property buyers before registration fee exemption came into force is not available, revenue officials as also property consultants say the number of women property buyers never exceeded five per cent.
As per the figures available with the office of the Superintendent of Stamps Duty and Inspector General of Registration, Gujarat — within a period of six months after the new property laws came into force in June 2004 — the number of women buyers was recorded to be 51,230 out of a total of 2,28,511 property transactions in the state.
The number of women investors in property continued to rise further. Out of a total of 5,00,494 proper transactions between January-December 2005, the number of women property investors was found to be 1,07,199, accounting for over 21 per cent of the total investors.
Out of a total of 6.25 lakh investors in property between January-December 2006, figure of women property investors was recorded to be over 1.27 lakhs. According to A V Gamit, Deputy Inspector General of Registration, the state government lost Rs 64.88 crores by way of exemption of registration fee on women property buyers between June 2004 and December 2006.
Prominent Ahmedabad-based builder Jaxay Shah said that about 30 per cent of the property buyers were women now. He gives the credit for this to the registration fee exemption.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
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