The HSBC Scholarship Programme 2009

The 2009 Scholarships Programme is open till 26 May 2009 12 AM IST.
The HSBC Scholarships Programme aims to nurture leaders around the world and help build global knowledge with the accompanying expectation that the lifelong careers of the scholarship recipients will be marked by significant contributions to the community in which they live and work.

Over time, the HSBC Scholars will form an influential international alumni network, bringing vision and commitment to improving lives of citizens throughout the world. The scholars are thus expected to use their education for the benefit of others.

Eligibility :

• Candidates must be Indian citizens, resident in India, and below 25 years of age as on September 1 in the year of the Scholarship.
  
• The Scholarship is open to students admitted for undergraduate or graduate studies at Oxford, Cambridge or London Universities, in the UK for a maximum period of three years for any of the courses offered at these Universities. (The Scholarship is not open for PhD students)
  
• Applicants should have independently gained admission to the Universities at the time of applying for these scholarships. Applications should be accompanied with the acceptance letter of admission by the University's Admission Office.
  

Awarding Criteria :
2 scholarships are to be awarded to outstanding men and women candidates in India each year. To conduct a fair and equitable selection of the most meritorious scholars, the HSBC Scholarship Programme has established criteria for evaluation. These criteria are applied to all applications in a balanced and judicious manner. Four main criteria for selection are listed below, together with the elements that constitute each criterion.

• Previous academic record and future potential of the applicant. This criterion relates to the future potential and continued excellence of the applicant in his/her discipline. Records of school and or college academic results and other accomplishments in both academics and extra curricular activities will be taken as valuable evidence for competency and as evidence of academic achievement in their line of study.
  
• Leadership qualities. Applicants should submit a 500-word statement of purpose that sets out their own ambition for the future which illustrates how study in the UK would help them achieve their personal goals.
  
• References. Applicants will be invited to nominate two referees (should not be related to the applicant) who can write knowledgeably about them as individuals and their contribution to society, and who can comment authoritatively on their character and their non-academic attributes and achievements.
  
• An HSBC Scholarship can be taken up only by a student who does not have any other scholarship to study in the UK.
  

The Scholar should submit progress reports on a six-monthly basis to the HSBC Scholarships Programme Secretariat. Such reports should include academic and extracurricular achievements and the reports have to be endorsed by the relevant Heads of Department of the University.

Progress reports will be monitored by the Secretariat to ensure the continuation of the Scholarship for the full three - year term.

Funding :
Each HSBC Scholarship will be worth upto GBP 25,000 a year and is expected to cover the following costs:

• University fees which will be paid directly to the University
  
• Board and Lodge expenses sufficient for a single student
  
• Books
  
• One return economy airfare from India to London (for each of the three years)
  

Selection Procedure :
The HSBC Scholarship Programme Secretariat will administer a five-level selection process:

• Level 1 The Application Cover Sheet will be processed online to screen eligible candidates
  
• Level 2 Information provided will be appraised to shortlist candidates for the next level.
  
• Level 3 A special panel will evaluate the shortlisted candidates on the basis of the submissions to further shortlist upto 12 candidates for the next level
  
• Level 4 The shortlist candidates will then be evaluated by the HSBC Assessment Centre in Mumbai for the Final interview.
  Shortlist candidates will be required to have:
  
  • Records of school and or college academic results and other accomplishments in both academic and extracurricular activities
    
  • The original letters of reference
    
  • The original acceptance letter of admission by the University's Admission Office before appearing for evaluation by the HSBC Assessment Centre
    
• Level 5 A Selection Panel will hold interviews in Mumbai of 8 selected applicants to nominate the 2 HSBC Scholars.
  

--The decision of the Selection Panel will be final'

Courtesy:- HSBC

Consultancy Development Centre,India

CDC offers Educational Program

         1)   MS in Consultancy Management

                2) Certificate Programme Technical Consulting

                3) Certificate Programme Consultancy Skills

 
 

 
 

Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) of Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.  CDC, working towards development and promotion of the consultancy profession in the country, strengthening Consultancy skills and capabilities including export of services and process co-operation with other countries. 

Over the past decade business organizations are focusing on diversity as a way of increasing their effectiveness and competitiveness.  This has led to the need for expertise in varied disciplines.  Since it is difficult for organizations to have in-house expertise of all types, the model of consulting including outsourcing has gained prominence resulting in growth pace of the consulting profession.  Thus the consulting profession in India has taken a turn around over the last few years and there has been a significant increase of consultants in the country comprising large (private and public) companies, small companies, individual experts, specialized organizations including R&D, academia and government departments. Being a heterogeneous discipline, the distinctions between the boundaries of various types of consultancies are diminishing with rapid technological and industrial developments. 

Further Industry expectations in today's competitive environment is that professionals engaged meet to assume the responsibilities in a short span of the time. Realizing this need Consultancy Development Centre is successfully running the following courses and their Objectives of CDCEducational Programme are :-

 
 

       To expose professionals to Technical Consulting process, tools and  practices

       To impart basic Technical Consultancy, project management and comprehensive problem solving skills to   fresh and working technical professionals

       To equip technical professionals for consulting career opportunities

       To develop/enhance skills and expertise for internal consulting in organizations.

       To expose professionals to consulting skills including assignment management

       To impart basic consulting perspective in an integrated manner

       To equip professionals for consulting career opportunities and to train them for

        fast expanding consultancy industry

       To develop / enhance consulting skills and expertise for internal consulting in  Organizations

 
 

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MS in Consultancy Management

     
 

Key Features of the Programme

 
 

       All students will be enrolled as students of BITS, Pilani and successful students will be awarded the M.S.(Consultancy Management) degree by BITS, Pilani

       Students can register at any one of the four centers

       Students enrolled at a particular center shall have to appear the examination from the centre only

       The evaluation for each course in a semester shall be based on the performance in 2 assignments, mid term examination and end semester examination

 
 

 
 

Certificate Programme in Technical Consulting

 
 

Key Features of the Programme

 
 

      Exposure to consulting software tools

      Visit to multi-disciplinary consulting organizations

      Practical problem assignments

      Seek clarifications/information through E-Coaching Mode

      Certificate by CDC, Autonomous Institution of DSIR, Ministry of Science &   

       Technology, Government of India on successful completion of programme

 
 

Certificate Programme in Consultancy Skills

Key Features of the Programme

 
 

     Case studies/ Skill development assignments

     Seek clarifications / information through E-Coaching Mode

     Certificate by CDC, Autonomous Institution of DSIR, Ministry of Science &  Technology, Government of India on successful completion of programme

 
 

 
 

Admission Procedure 

 
 

Application form can be downloaded from Consultancy Development Centre website URL:

    
 

MS in Consultancy Management                                                            

http://www.cdc.org.in/ShowPage.aspx?ConTabID=97

Deadline: - Last Date for Submission of Completed Application Form is 3^rd June, 2009

 
 

Certificate Programme in Technical Consulting                                                        

http://www.cdc.org.in/ShowPage.aspx?ConTabID=207

 
 

 Certificate Programme for Consulting Skills

http://www.cdc.org.in/ShowPage.aspx?ConTabID=208

Deadline: - Last Date for Submission of Completed Application Form for both Certificate Programmes is June, 2009.

Master’s in Software Systems

The University of British Columbia offers Master's Degree in Software Systems

Next Program starts: January 2010

Application Deadline: June 15, 2009

The 16 month Master of Software Systsems (MSS) program is designed for students with Bachelor degrees in IT, scientific or engineering areas other than Computer science or Computer Engineering. Those with degrees in other disciplines may be eligible for admission if they have the necessary technical background and professional experience.

Find out more at: www.icics.ubc.ca/mss or request an information package by emailing info@mss.icics.ubc.ca

Video Lectures@ NPTEL HRD

This channel provides technical lectures from all seven Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

The Video Courses are organised as PLAYLISTS under the following Categories:

1. Core Sciences
2. Civil Engineering
3. Computer Science and Engineering
4. Electrical Engineering
5. Electronics and Communication Engineering
6. Mechanical Engineering

Please visit the Playlists section in this channel to view the complete list of courses. Link is http://www.youtube.com/nptelhrd

GOLS : Online Learning Solution

GOLS is an online learning portal for people who don't have time to attend regular lectures or University program. It gives them an alternate option to add value.GOLS solutions for the University Education and the Academic industry, opens new avenues to students while introducing them to a stimulating new world of learning and knowledge. This dynamic tool, when used successfully, expands talent and further improves the abilities of individual students.

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Offerings

EduVarsity™ An institution's 'virtual campus'. An environment that empowers faculty, guest lecturers (industry experts) and associate members to deliver education across geographies without having to travel. At the same time, it enables an educational experience that is not inferior to traditional classroom-based training. Students from across the globe can log on to their educational institution's varsity and learn. At the same time, faculties can monitor and track progress of an ongoing course irrespective of numbers and geography. Online learning technologies for blended or distance learning programs Online Learning Delivery Platforms (Course Management System, CMS) Synchronous Collaboration Tools (Live Virtual Classroom, LVC) Online Testing and Assessment Systems ClassroomReplay™ Portal Systems Solutions for Digital Language Lab Digital Content (Online Courseware) Custom developed content for specific curriculums Off-the-shelf courseware library (Online Courseware in Travel, Information Technology, Power, Business Management, Petroleum and Energy, ISO and QMS, eSecurity, Supply chain, Bioinformatics, English, Softskills,  Career Counselling and more)

NAC TECH for 2009 Passing out Engineers @ India

NASSCOM Assessment of Competence - Technology NAC-Tech has been conceived as an industry standard assessment and certification program to ensure the transformation of a "trainable" workforce into an "employable" workforce, hence creating a robust and continuous pipeline of talent for the IT/Engineering Industry. This is the perfect tool for organizations to identify the best candidate.

NAC-Tech is being held for all final year (2009 pass out) engineering students at the end of February, 2009. MeritTrac has tied up with 32 companies that include Accenture, Fidelity etc for NAC-Tech. Taking up the NAC-Tech allows a student to skip several individual tests that companies deem mandatory and enables them to get to the interview stage.

For queries on NAC-Tech, please mail nactech@merittrac.com

For further details check out the link http://www.nac.nasscom.in/nactech/

Barclays Wealth India

Barclays wealth has an open recruitment procedure where a candidate has to go through some online exams for Aptitute and then English Vocab i.e. a few preliminary rounds of filtering out the most appropriate candidate and then proceed to further rounds of interviews and all. All the details regarding the procedure , eligibility and open positions are there on the Barclays wealth Website.

http://www.barclayswealthcareers.com/

Just a brief about Barclays : At Barclays Wealth, we have over 7,900 staff in 25 different countries working towards our mission of becoming the Premier European Wealth Manager, attracting clients through world-class products, innovative solutions and outstanding service.

ICICI BANK Probationary Officer Programme

ICICI Bank Probationary Officer Programme - August 2009 Batch

ICICI Bank is commencing August 2009 Batch of ICICI Bank Probationary officer Programme Written Test & Interview is likely to be conducted across India in May/June 2009. 

Probationary Officer Programme is an initiative by ICICI Bank to attract bright graduate students to pursue a career in banking. It is designed to develop specialists with banking knowledge and skills to partially fulfill the future need of trained bankers . 

Those selected will undergo a one year intensive residential classroom training and internship in the following areas:

• Corporate Banking
  
• Private Banking
  
• Risk and Credit Management
  
• Treasury
  
• Branch Management
  
• Relationship Management
  

 

The training will be held in Bangalore or any other location in India as decided by ICICI Bank. During the training, a stipend will be given to candidates to meet out of pocket expenses. On successful completion of the program they will be absorbed as Assistant Manager.

Eligibility Criteria for Test:

• Graduates with 55% in any discipline.
  
• Up to 25 years of age as on August 1st, 2009 (should have been born on or after August 1, 1984).
  

Click on the link below to register yourself for the Process. Ensure you select your **Preferred Interview Location.

Last date of registration 20th April 2009 .

What is the selection procedure?

The selection will be through a multi stage selection process comprising of:

• Aptitude Test
  
• Group Process
  
• Profiling
  
• Interview
  

Who can apply?

 Graduates with 55% in any discipline

 Up to 25 years of age as on August 1, 2009 (should have been born on or after August 1, 1984)

If selected, You will undergo a one year intensive residential classroom training and internship with a stipend. All cost of the program including fooding & lodging will be borne by ICICI Bank. On successful completion of the program you will be absorbed as Assistant Manager – Band I at a gross salary of more than Rs. 3.5 Lakhs per annum.

Predoctoral Program@ISB

The Indian School of Business (ISB) is placed 15th in the 2009 global MBA rankings released by the Financial Times, London. Last year the School was ranked 20th by the same source, and with a significant surge of five ranks, the ISB has once again proven to be a world acclaimed centre for management education. This year the FT rankings place the ISB as second among Asian business schools, closely following CEIBS China.

The Pre-Doctoral Programme represents the ISB's mission to do top quality research commensurate with its global ranking. This programme is the first attempt in the country to train aspiring researchers and prepare them for admission into established doctoral programmes in business around the world, primarily in the USA and Europe. The programme begins in September 2008. The major fields offered are Accounting, Financial Economics, Information Systems, and Operations Management. Pre-doctoral candidates, upon successful completion of the programme, are expected to pursue a doctoral degree in a leading institute.

For further details visit the weblinks http://www.isb.edu/predoctoralprogramme/index.Shtml and http://www.isb.edu/media/UsrSiteNewsMgmt.aspx?topicid=498