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SNAP 2012 Paper Pattern & Test Structure

2011-12-16T18:24:00.000+05:30

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test is conducted every year for admission to various MBA programmes offered by Symbiosis International Institute, Pune.

The duration of this objective type test is 120 minutes (2 hours). It is an objective, multiple choice type question. Candidates are required to mark the right answers. Any wrong answer attracts 25% negative marks.

Overall Test Structure:

Sections	Subject Area	No. of Questions	Percentage	Suggested Time
1	General English	40	27%	30 minutes
2	Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation,Data Sufficiency	40	27%	30 minutes
3	General Awareness, General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Business Scenario	40	26%	30 minutes
4	Analytical & Logical Reasoning	30	20%	30 minutes
-	Total	150	100%	120 minutes

Let us discuss each section in details.

1) General English: This section checks candidate's verbal ability and reading comprehension skills. It also checks your grammar, usage of words, reading comprehension. The type of questions asked are identifying the correct sentence, punctuation, converting from active to passive and vice versa, fill in the blanks, synonyms and antonyms, jumbled sentences, etc. The best way to ace this section is to read as many newspapers, magazines and reading material and also practice as much as you can.

2) Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency Section Analysis: Includes questions on the following subjects- Average, Probability, Geometry, Simple Interests, Equations, Statistics, pie charts, data sufficiency and TSD. You can do well in this section by taking as many model test papers as possible.

3) General Knowledge: Questions can be asked on any current affairs or general knowledge with subjects ranging from IT, science, sports, films, business/economy, persons, quotation, history, quotes, etc. Read newspapers, books on current affairs, etc to improve your general knowledge. Also stay informed and know your areas of strengths and weaknesses.

4) Analytical and Logical Reasoning Section Analysis: Topics covered under this are Matrix arrangement, linear arrangement, Visual and critical reasoning, puzzles, family tree and Venn diagram.

Aakash Tablet is now available online

2011-12-15T14:08:00.000+05:30

The Aakash Tablet is now available and you can order the tablet online. Also the Ubislate 7 which is a slight better version of the Aakash, is available for pre-order.

The Aakash is available at Rs. 2,500 and can be bought with the option for cash on delivery as well. It features a 366MHz processor, Android 2.2 and a 2100mAh battery. As for the Ubislatec7, pre-orders are up for the tablet and will be available by late January 2012. The Ubislate 7 is available for Rs. 2,990.

So it seems that the tablets will be available before they are sent out at education institutes which was proposed by the Indian Government.

Full specs of the Aakash Tablet:

    7 inch resistive touch-screen
    Android 2.2
    366 MHz processor plus Graphics Accelerator and HD Video Co-processor
    256 MB RAM
    2GB Micro SD card expandable up to 32GB
    2 USB ports (full sized)
    2100mAh battery
    Wi-Fi Enabled
    Inbuilt cellular and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)

Head over here to order the tablet online.

GRE vs GMAT: What's Right For You ?

2011-12-01T23:17:00.001+05:30

Indian students who aspire to study abroad always face a confusion. Should they take the GMAT or apply for GRE. While both exams are very popular and widely acceptable in foreign universities, you should make the correct choice as your future depends on it.

What is the main difference between the GMAT and GRE ? There are many important factors like format of both tests, graduate schools perceptions behind them, advantages of exam, the preparation behind them and how to score good in these exams.

Generally, the GMAT exam predicts how apt a candidate is for a particular management programme on the other hand the GRE assess your skills for the programmes in science streams, medicine, literature, mathematics and other course except law programmes.

Both the exams GRE and GMAT have been designed for a native English speaker, according to that foreigner is at an immediate disadvantage, mainly in verbal section. The GMAT has for some time been accepted as main admission criteria for securing a seat into any business schools. The GMAT is designed to assess the verbal, mathematical and analytical skills that the candidate has acquired during his/her education and at work place. But the exam does not test some specific knowledge related to business, job skills or subjective qualities such as motivation, creativity and interpersonal skills. In this exam if your maiden language is not English, he or she may still have fair chance to score high in this exam.

The GRE assesses the extent to which undergraduate education has developed a student's verbal and quantitative skills in abstract thinking. For a student who belongs to a non-English speaking country, the GRErequires a far wider knowledge of vocabulary, writing skills and general subjects than the GMAT. Without good English and writing skills it is not possible to score high in GRE exam. So it is advisable for non-English speakers, it always good to take GMAT in place of GRE.

GMAT score is more than just score: Aspirants whose mother language is not English have an upper hand when it comes to scoring a high GMAT scores. Nowadays, business and graduate schools are welcoming students from diverse background, so applicants from countries that have recently joined the European Union, always have fair chance of being accepted by those B-Schools, so do those from smaller countries. There are fair chances of a candidate being selected by a B-School if the institutes finds that applicant is 'special' and the whole application stands out, the school might accept low GMAT score. Women candidates are always given preference and have higher chances to get selected.

Schools are also seeking to increase their appeal amongst candidates from different background. Candidates are still more commonly come from management, finance or accounting backgrounds, but those who have different background are on the top of the list for business schools admissions.

Main Differences between GRE and GMAT

The format of both the exams are different, it requires different style of approach and strategy to crack the exam. The GRE requires candidates to do the arguing, on the other hand in GMAT exam the candidate is expected to analyse what has been already argued. It is expected from the GRE test-takers that the candidates is more abstract and draw conclusion from different sources and factors, where as GMAT is more concrete and analytical in approach. Does a future manager actually have to be able to write his argument or does he just have to be able to recognize a good one? Both the exams are different in approach; GRE is conducted to assess the academic skills and GMAT for future leaders in academic circle.

GRE and GMAT basic format

What aspirants should do?

Before applying for any institute and college abroad, the first and foremost thing is you should know that the schools in which you are applying accept which test. Observe closely at the GMAT and GRE test and see how you feel about the exam. If you have taken the GRE and manage to score high you can always ask the schools if they will consider it or not. One should always remember that now institutes look for overall-package rather than just one section or concentrating on one part. Applying for a business school is not an overnight decision, it gives a new start to your career.

Current Affairs

2011-11-28T18:20:00.001+05:30

November 2011

Obama bumped Chinese President Hu Jintao from the No. 1 spot on the magazine’s annual rankings to the third place with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin taking the second position. — Nov 03, Hindustan Times

Pakistan on Friday said it is not taking any “U-turn” on normalising trade relations with India and granting the MFN status is a part of that process. — Nov 04, Hindustan Times

An asteroid larger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and Moon on Tuesday. It will be the closest encounter by such a huge space rock in 35 years. — Nov 06, Hindustan Times

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said that the country’s nuclear weapons are very hard targets and can never be attacked by the United States. — Nov 07, Hindustan Times

Former Libyan dictator Col Muammar Gaddafi scavenged for food and fled from one abandoned house to another during his desperate final days in his hometown of Sirte, one of his top security officials has revealed. — Nov 08, Hindustan Times

The head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that Europe’s debt crisis risked plunging the global economy into a “lost decade” and said it was up to rich nations to shoulder the burden of restoring growth and confidence. — Nov 09, Hindustan Times

Ahead of the two important summits in the Asia Pacific region in the next 10 days, the White House made it intentions clear that US will continue to be a strong power in the region and work with key regional partners in this regard. Manmohan, Obama to meet in Bali — Nov 10, Hindustan Times

China’s campaign to stifle dissenters such as artist Ai Weiwei through secret detentions could come cloaked in a thicker veneer of legality if proposed crime law changes go through, a prominent rights advocacy group said on Thursday. — Nov 11, Hindustan Times

Two Russians and an American on Monday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an AFP correspondent said. — Nov 14, Hindustan Times

British Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly impersonated the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard during his annual foreign policy speech in London. — Nov 15, Hindustan Times

A salvo of missiles fired by US drones destroyed a Pakistani Taliban base today, killing up to 18 militants in Pakistan’s tribal badlands on the Afghan border, officials said. — Nov 16, Hindustan Times

Julian Assange’s mother has joined protesters in Australia’s capital demanding the government oppose a possible U.S. extradition of her son in a WikiLeaks investigation. — Nov 17, Hindustan Times

US President Barack Obama said today there were “flickers of progress” towards democratic reform in Myanmar and opened the door to a new US relationship with the long-isolated country. — Nov 18, Hindustan Times

The Inter-Services Intelligence agency “conclusively authenticated” the delivery of a secret memorandum purportedly sent by Pakistan’s civilian leadership to the former US military chief before army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani raised the matter with President Asif Ali Zardari. — Nov 19, Hindustan Times

If Pakistan’s telecom regulator has its way, millions of mobile phone users may be unable to send text messages with “offensive” and “obscene” words like crap, damn, hobo, flatulence, gay, lesbian and slime from Monday. — Nov 20, Hindustan Times

Officials say satellite surveillance has shown a recent increase in activity at an Iranian site suspected of secret work on nuclear weapons. — Nov 21, Hindustan Times

The Indian rupee depreciated by 35 paise to a lifetime low of Rs 52.50 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange on Tuesday on sustained demand for the American currency from banks and importers. Dollar gains against other currencies overseas also put pressure on the
Indian rupee. — Nov 22, Hindustan Times

Authorities say a small plane has crashed in eastern Indonesia, killing the Spanish pilot and leaving his co-pilot in critical condition. — Nov 23, Hindustan Times

Arguing that the UN Security Council is no longer reflective of contemporary reality, India has said this poses the “most important challenge” to global peace and security as well as conflict prevention. — Nov 24, Hindustan Times

Sports GK (ICC Awards, Londan 2011)

2011-11-28T18:16:00.001+05:30

The ICC Awards were presented in London on September 23 which includes:

ICC Cricketer of the year 2011: Jonathan Trott (Englend)
Test Cricketer of the year : Alastair Cook (Englend)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka): Spirit of Cricket Award: M.S. Dhoni (India)
Emerging Player of The Year:Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)
Associate and Affiliate Player of The Year: Ryan Ten Doeschate (The Netherlands)
ICC Women’s Cricket of The Year:Stefanie Taylor (West Indies)
People,s Choice Awards: Kumar Sangakkara ( Sri Lanka )
T20 International Performance of the Year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)
Umpire of the year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

ICC ODI Team of the Year:

M.S. dhoni (Captain & Wk India)
Tilakaratne Dilshan (SL),
Shan Wetson (Aus),
Yuvraj Singh(ind),
Graeme Swann (Eng),
Umar Gul (Pak),
Dale Steyn (SA),
Zaheer Khan (India),
Lasith Malinga (SL;12^th man),

ICC Test Team of The year:

Alastair Cook
Hashim Amla
Jonathan Trott
Sachin Tendulkar
Kumar sangakkara (Capt/wk)
AB de Villiers
Jacques Kaillis
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Dale Steyn
James Anderson
Zaheer Khan (12^th man).

Council of Ministers of India

2011-11-28T18:13:00.001+05:30

Cabinet Ministers
Sr. No.	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Prime Minister(External website that opens in a new window)	Dr. Manmohan Singh
	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(External website that opens in a new window)
	Ministry of Planning(External website that opens in a new window)
	Department of Atomic Energy(External website that opens in a new window)
	Department of Space(External website that opens in a new window)
2	Minister of Finance(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Pranab Mukherjee
3	Minister of Agriculture(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar
	Minister of Food Processing Industries(External website that opens in a new window)
4	Minister of Defence(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri A.K. Antony
5	Minister of Home Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Palaniappan Chidambaram
6	Minister of External Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri S.M. Krishna
7	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Virbhadra Singh
8	Minister of Science and Technology(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh
	Minister of Earth Sciences(External website that opens in a new window)
9	Minister of Health and Family Welfare(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
10	Minister of Power(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde
11	Minister of Corporate Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri M. Veerappa Moily
12	Minister of New and Renewable Energy(External website that opens in a new window)	Dr. Farooq Abdullah
13	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Jaipal Sudini Reddy
14	Minister of Urban Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Kamal Nath
15	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Vayalar Ravi
	Minister of Civil Aviation(External website that opens in a new window)
16	Minister of Information and Broadcasting(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Ambika Soni
17	Minister of Labour and Employment(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
18	Minister of Human Resource Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Kapil Sibal
	Minister of Communications and Information Technology(External website that opens in a new window)
19	Minister of Commerce(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Anand Sharma
	Industry and Minister of Textiles(External website that opens in a new window)
20	Minister of Road Transport and Highways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri C. P. Joshi
21	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation(External website that opens in a new window)	Kumari Selja
	Minister of Culture(External website that opens in a new window)
22	Minister of Tourism(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Subodh Kant Sahai
23	Minister of Shipping(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri G.K. Vasan
24	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal
	Minister of Water Resources(External website that opens in a new window)
25	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik
26	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri M. K. Alagiri
27	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Praful Manoharbhai Patel
28	Minister of Coal(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal
29	Minister of Law and Justice(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Salman Khurshid
	Minister of Minority Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)
30	Minister of Tribal Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo
	Minister of Panchayati Raj(External website that opens in a new window)
31	Minister of Steel(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Beni Prasad Verma
32	Minister of Railways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Dinesh Trivedi
33	Minister of Rural Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Jairam Ramesh
	Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation(External website that opens in a new window)

Ministers of State with Independent Charge
Sr No.	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Ministry of Mines(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Dinsha J. Patel
2	Ministry of Women and Child Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Krishna Tirath
3	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Ajay Maken
4	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution(External website that opens in a new window)	Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas
5	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Srikant Kumar Jena
	Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers(External website that opens in a new window)
6	Ministry of Environment and Forests(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan
7	Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar
	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)

Ministers of State
Sr No.	Portfolio	Name of Minister
1	Ministry of External Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri E. Ahamed
	Ministry of Human Resource Development(External website that opens in a new window)
2	Ministry of Home Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Ramachandran Mullappally
3	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri V. Narayanasamy
	Prime Minister Office(External website that opens in a new window)
4	Ministry of Commerce and Industry(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
5	Ministry of Human Resource Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari
6	Ministry of Railways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri K.H. Muniyappa
7	Ministry of Textiles(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka
8	Ministry of Finance(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Namo Narain Meena
9	Ministry of Defence(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri M. Mangapati Pallam Raju
10	Ministry of Urban Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Saugata Roy
11	Ministry of Finance(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
12	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Jitin Prasada
13	Ministry of External Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Smt. Preneet Kaur
14	Ministry of Agriculture(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Harish Rawat
	Ministry of Food Processing Industries(External website that opens in a new window)
	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)
15	Ministry of Railways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
16	Ministry of Tribal Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Mahadeo Singh Khandela
17	Ministry of Rural Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari
18	Ministry of Tourism(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sultan Ahmed
19	Ministry of Shipping(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Mukul Roy
20	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua
21	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri D. Napoleon
22	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri S. Jagathrakshakan
23	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri S. Gandhiselvan
24	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
25	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sachin Pilot
26	Ministry of Coal(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
27	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
	Ministry of Corporate Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)
28	Ministry of Water Resources(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Vincent H Pala
	Ministry of Minority Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)
29	Ministry of Rural Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Pradeep Kumar Jain Aditya
30	Ministry of Rural Development(External website that opens in a new window)	Ms. Agatha Sangma
31	Ministry of Planning(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Ashwani Kumar
	Ministry of Science and Technology(External website that opens in a new window)
	Ministry of Earth Sciences(External website that opens in a new window)
32	Ministry of Power(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri K. C. Venugopal
33	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay
34	Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Charan Das Mahant
	Ministry of Food Processing Industries(External website that opens in a new window)
35	Ministry of Home Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Jitendra Singh
36	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology(External website that opens in a new window)	Shri Milind Murli Deora
37	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs(External website that opens in a new window)	Shukla Shri Rajeev

Noble Prize 2011 – Name of Awardees

2011-11-28T18:02:00.001+05:30

Noble Prize 2011 – Name of Awardees:

Peace- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (President of Liberia), Tawakul Karman (Yemeni Activists) for their role in women empowerment and recognition of women’s role in Globle peace

Literature: Tomas Transtromer (Sweden) his poetry explores themes of nature, isolation and identity

Physics: Saul Perimutter (US), Brian Schmidt, American – Australian Adam Riess (US) for discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, a finding that implies that the cosmos will end in frozen nothingness

Chemistry: Daniel Shechtmen an Israeli scientist for his discovery of Quasicrystals a mosaic like chemical structure, that fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter;

Medicine: Bruce Beultler (US), Jules Hoffmann (Luxembourg Born Based in France), Ralph Steinman (Canadian born, based in the US) the trio uncovered key secrets of how the body’s immune system works. (it is ironical that Ralph Steinman who won the prize for work on cancer, tied just three days before the announcement of the awards), fighting the disease himself;

Economics: Thomas sergeant (US) Christopher A. Sims (US) for their research looking at the cause and effect relationship between economic policy and the broader economy

What are your chances of clearing JEE 2012 ?

2011-11-21T17:05:00.001+05:30

In JEE 2011, 13,196 qualified for admission to JEE of the 4.6 lakh (4,60,000)candidates who had applied.

Thus out of all those who wrote the examination, 2.87 Percent cracked the JEE 2011. In simple words out of every 10,000 writing the JEE 2011 exam, 287 went to the IITs.

So what are your chances?

If seriousness, hard work, perseverance and intelligence are key to be successful in JEE, then use this simple rule of thumb – Only 20 percent of students who take any competitive exam, prepare for it. Preparation here implies Preparation in Serious terms.

So if we assume that, the same number of candidates go for JEE 2012 (although that will in all probability increase), then only 92000 will be SERIOUSLY preparing for JEE 2012. If you are serious enough, then in order to get into 13,196 seats, you should be in top 14 percent of candidates or 1 in 7 candidates.

This doesn’t look much of a challenge! Right?

But these six other competitors are tough competitors – as they are razer sharp.

But still you can make your way among the chosen ones. As some among these razer sharp competitors LACK, other important ingredients of success -- Hardwork, Smart Hardwork and Perseverance.

So if you rule out those who lack the above three. Then you will be having a success ratio in JEE 2012, which looks like – 1 in 4 .

Changes you will notice in JEE 2012

2011-11-21T16:58:00.001+05:30

Changes you will notice in JEE 2012:

1) Candidates will get the answer sheet in duplicate.

2) Candidates will be allowed to circle their answers in the ORS using a pen instead of pencil.

3) The answer keys will be put up online at least three weeks after JEE.

NOTE: The pattern of JEE will remain UNCHANGED.

How to crack JEE 2012 ?

2011-11-21T16:44:00.001+05:30

Conditions required to crack the JEE 2012:

1) The aspirant has to score at least 10% marks in each of the three subjects and a minimum aggregate of 35% to get featured on the common rank list for admission to IITs. until last time, the minimum qualifying marks in JEE were calculated by taking into account the average of marks scored, by all the candidates who wrote the exam.

Fixing the minimum marks required in each subject and aggregately will make the system more transparent, while making it easier for students to set their goals in the exam, hopes Joint Admission Board (JEB).

2) There will be a separate rank list for OBC and SC/ST candidates.

OBC candidates will get a relaxation of 10% in the minimum marks required to crack JEE. OBC candidates will have to score at least 9% in each subject and 31.5% in aggregate in order to be in the OBC rank list. Candidates of SC and ST categories must score at least 5% in each subject and 17.5% in aggregate to be on their respective rank lists.

JEE 2012 Online Registrations

2011-11-21T16:43:00.001+05:30

How to Apply for online registration for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2012:

Log on to the IIT website to fill up the form online for JEE.

NOTE: The forms will be available over the counter only from November 11 2011 onwards.

Last Date for registering online for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2012:

December 10, 2011

NOTE: The last date to register will be December 15 if the form is submitted offline.

Cost of form and registration charges: The registration charges, including the cost of form, will be Rs 1800 for general male candidates, girls will have to pay only Rs 200.

Conditions required to crack the JEE 2012

Changes you will notice in JEE 2012

What are Your chances of cracking JEE 2012

GRE new pattern : 10 things to note

2011-11-16T15:18:00.001+05:30

GRE exam is generally taken by those students who want to take admission in any foreign university for graduate programmes. The Graduate Record Examination is generally known by GRE and the exam is conducted by the Education Testing Service (ETS) on behalf of the Graduate Record Examination Board and Council of Graduate Schools. The pattern of the exam is objective with multiple-choice questions. This exam score is necessary criteria for taking admission in one of the foreign universities.

ETS has brought some changes in the pattern of the GRE exam to make this exam student friendly and less complicated as compared to other exams. This new pattern will help the universities to evaluate the students well, make the right choice and enable them to enroll more deserving candidates. This new pattern will be active from August 2011.

The team of new GRE pattern 2011 said, "It is the largest revision in the history of GRE, which is about 60 years." They also mentioned that the changes in the demographics of the test takers, technology changes, etc, have encouraged them to make changes in the exam pattern and they are really excited about the new format. Below are 10 important changes in the new GRE pattern:

1. Improved Design: This new modified design permits you to go back and forward in a particular section and modify or make changes in your answers. In this new format, you can mark and go back to a question to make changes and revise it. This new format is different in pattern as compared to the current GRE. The main aim behind this new pattern is to create a better and natural test experience.

2. Improved Quality of Data: The quality of the data used for the GRE Test will be better in the new pattern. The new format of the GRE exam will evaluate the skills of the students that are really necessary for graduate and business programmes.

3. Major changes in Verbal section: In this new GRE exam the verbal section has seen the maximum changes. In new format there will be more complex reasoning. No antonyms and analogies will be asked. There will be no vocabulary asked which is out of the context. Expect new types of questions in this section.

4. Quantitative reasoning: The new pattern allows using the calculator to avoid small mistakes. The new pattern puts more emphasis on the reasoning ability and not on the arithmetic calculations. This new pattern concentrates more on Data interpretation and real life scenarios.

5. Analytical writing: In this section there are no major changes but there will be expectations for more focused responses and less generalisations.

6. New test score rating: Due to new changes in the verbal and quant sections, the new range will be between 130 and 170 score scale with increments of 1 point instead of earlier 200 to 800 with 10 points increments. The scale for analytical section is unchanged as 0 to 6 with 0.5 increments. The new test is designed to give enough opportunity to students to demonstrate their reasoning skills irrespective of their background.

7. First new GRE 2011 test score and test: The score for the test taken between August and October will be available in the month of November. The applicants who want their score before November can take the present test before August 2011. The score of reporting will go back to normal time frame of 10 to 15 days after late November.

8. Paper based testing: All the students who are thinking to appear in paper-based test, have to take the test before November, 2011. ETS has proposed various changes in the exam pattern; all these changes will get implemented from August, 2011. All the changes will also be carried out in paper-based test too.

9. Split test going away: If a student is taking this test in Asian continent such China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, you may be using a split-test pattern. This format will not exist in the new GRE exam. The modified GRE test version will provide faster reporting, offered more often on computer and can be done in single day in one sitting only.

10. GRE test prep material: GRE has already made available the new practice papers for aspirants to make them familiar with new exam format. GRE has launched this paper available more than a year before. You can also check the preparation material by visiting the official website of the GRE test.

SNAP 2012

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Symbiosis International University conduct common written test for the Post graduates aspirants called Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test. All the post graduate institutes under symbiosis international university is making this test mandatory for the candidates to get admission into these institutes. The examination is the first step in the admission process and it is followed by submitting application to the individual institute and final round selection process including GD and interview.
Structure of SNAP
Symbiosis National Aptitude (SNAP) Test is in the MCQ format giving four options with 180 questions. The examination is of two hours duration and the paper is divided into four parts

Analytical & Logical Reasoning: 60
General Awareness :40
General English: 40
Quantitative : 40

There will be negative marking for the incorrect answer, 25% of deduction.
Syllabus for SNAP
General English

Antonyms
Comprehension Of A Passage
Grammar
Reading Comprehension
Reasoning
Sentence Completion
Synonyms
Verbal
Verbal Ability
Vocabulary

Quantitative

Arithmetic
Basic Mathematical relations and Formulas
Computation
Data Interpretation
Data Sufficiency
Measurements
Relationship between Numbers
Time and Distance

General Awareness

Business Scenario
Current Affairs
Economic condition of India and Other countries
General Knowledge
Social Scenario of Indian and other countries

Analytical & Logical Reasoning

Analogies
Analysis
Arithmetical Number Series
Arithmetical Reasoning
Decision-Making
Differences
Discrimination
Judgment
Observation
Problem-Solving
Relationship Concepts
Similarities
Space Visualization
Verbal And Figure Classification
Visual Memory

Eligibility Criteria
The candidates must be an Indian Citizen with not less than 21 years of age. The minimum education qualification required is graduation in any discipline from the recognized university. The candidates must have at least 50% marks in the final examination. The eligible candidates will get 5% relaxation in the requirements. The foreign and international students can appear for the examination by satisfying the set requirements and more information is available by contacting the University.
How to Apply?
The candidates need to register by online for taking the exam. Visit the official link of SNAP, www.snaptest.org and register for the test. Then the candidates have to pay the application fee of Rs.1, 500/- by any of the following mode. The applicants can pay the amount by cash. For that they have to take the Axis Bank Challan from the SNAP website and pay the amount in the selected braches of the bank. They will get a Symbiosis copy and student’s copy of the challan.
Sign the Symbiosis copy and send to the “Symbiosis Test Secretariat”. Thy can take the DD of eth set amount from the nationalized bank payable at Pune and send to the suggested address. Credit card and Net banking is yet another way for paying the application fee. The fee payment should done before the closing date, other wise your registration will be cancelled.
How to fill the Form?
The applicant must be very careful while registering for the examination. The instruction is available in the site and you will get direction through commands. Give the correct and valid information, which should match with your certificates. You have to upload a recent photo of specific size on the desired place while registering for the examination. Only after the crosschecking the given information the candidates should click the Submit button.
Important Dates (Tentative)

SNAP Registration Closes on : Last Week of November
Payment Closes on: Last Week of November
Admit Card Live on: First Week of December to third Week of December
SNAP Test: Third Week of December
SNAP Test Result: Second Week of January

List of SNAP centers

Visakhapatanam
Vashi
Surat
Pune
Patna
Noida
Nashik
Nagpur
Mumbai
Lucknow
Kolkata
Kolhapur
Kochi
Kanpur
Jamshedpur
Jaipur
Indore
Hyderabad
Guwahati
Gurgaon
Faridabad
Delhi
Chennai
Chandigarh
Bhubaneshwar
Bhopal
Bengaluru
Allahabad
Ahmedabad
Agra

Contact Address for the SNAP

Symbiosis Centre for International Education, S.B. Road, Pune -411 004, India
Tel : +91 20 25671905
Fax : +91 20 25659209
Email : int.admissions@symbiosis.ac.in
URL : http://www.symbiosis.ac.in/international.html

Colleges Accepting the SNAP Score

Student’s Guide To Exam Success by Eileen Tracy
Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT)
Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development (SCMHRD)
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bengaluru
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management(SIBM), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR)
Symbiosis Institute of Geo-informatics (SIG)
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS)
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB)
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS)
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (SIMC), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (SIMC) Bengaluru
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM)
Symbiosis School of Banking Management (SSBM)

Reference Books for SNAP
You can refer the books of GMAT, CAT, MAT etc. for preparing for the exam

Analytical And Logical Reasoning By Arihant Prakashan
How To Prepare For Data Interp. & Lr For Cat 4/e by Sharma A

Quantative aptitude by R.S.Agawal
Coaching Centers for SNAP

Career Forum
Global Education Counsel
IMS
KITS
Success Guru
Tara Institutes
TIME
PT Education

Study Plan
A well structured study plan will help you to meet the requirements of the examination. The candidates must be well prepared with the syllabus as described by the exam conducting body. There are many books separately available for each topic and the students can prepare with that. The coaching centers could also help you to prepare for the exam. The candidates must be vary careful about the time frame and must complete the paper with in two hours. So take the mock test and prepare with the model question papers to get used to time constrains. Update yourself with the current happening in the national and international scenario. You should develop the practice of reading newspapers, Journals and Magazines etc.
How and Where To Get the Results?
The examination result will be available in eth official site of eth SNAP. The candidates can see the detailed report by giving the roll number with DOB. After the three weeks of publishing the result the students will get the score report by mail.
Cutoff Marks
The Cutoff will vary according to the institute and also it is vary every year. The SIU declare the cutoff every year after the examination and in the previous year the cutoff for the major institutes are the following,

SIM: 92-98 marks
SIBM: 85 and above
SCMHRD: 80-87 marks
SIIB: 72-80 marks
SITM: 68-72 marks
SCIT: 65 and above
SIOM: 68-75 marks
SIMS: 55 and above
SIMC: 50 and above

Score Validity
The post graduates written score will valid only for the present academic year.

CAT 2011: Last minute tips to crack the exam

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With just few days left for CAT 2011, students must be very stressed out. However, now is the time to sit back, relax and revise. In order to help you crack the exam, Learnhub spoke to IIM alumni from across the country and asked them their last-minute strategies that helped them to score that desirable percentile. Let us divide various sections of the CAT2011 exam and examine expert tips on how to tackle these sections effectively-:

CAT 2011 Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation: The key to solve this section is speed and accuracy. One should have a thorough knowledge of mathematical concepts and have short cut to answers. Abhishek Jha, an alumnus of IIM Lucknow, says, "For data interpretation questions, one has to be very comfortable with numbers, charts, and tables and be very good with mental calculations." He further suggests that one should try and practice a data interpretation problem everyday, reading and analysing stories which consist of graphs and pie charts in business sections of newspapers. In order to improve your speed, it is very essential to take mock tests. However, experts warn that one should take only mock test per day.

On the exam day, try to answer the caselets with which one is familiar with, and one can spend up to 4 minutes in analysing a caselet. Experts suggest that if after four minutes there is no progress in understanding then it would be wise to leave the questions. Another advise for the exam day is to avoid guess work as CAT has 1/3 negative marking. In this section, if you're able to attempt 16-19 questions with 90 per cent accuracy is enough to secure 97 percentile and above in this section.
CAT 2011 Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning: As we all know that verbal ability consists of two sections namely reading comprehension and English usage. The only way to do well in reading comprehension is to increase your speed of reading. This can be done by practising the habit of focusing on keywords that convey the meaning of a sentence. On how one should work on enhancing his Logical Reasoning, Jha says, "One should create a chart or a diagram of the question to get clarity. The aspirant should read questions very carefully as these questions are intended to check your ability to manage ambiguous data. One should avoid to assume any information that is not given in the question." Experts also suggest that it is always advisable to answer those questions you're most comfortable in. Around 15 minutes should be spent on the verbal ability section. One should allot five minutes on reading each comprehension passage and logical reasoning caselet to understand the same. Even after spending five minutes if you fail to understand the comprehension passage then you should move on to the next.
Time Management: The total examination time is 140 minutes and examinees will have 70 minutes to solve 30 questions in each section. The test will also contain a 15-minute tutorial. Experts feel that since each section is of about 60 minutes duration, so one must keep ten minutes as a buffer. A couple of minutes should be spent at the beginning of every section to understand the number, type and nature of questions. When we spoke to some faculty member of coaching institutes, they specified that you should allocate equal time to all the questions and one should not spend more than four minutes in any question. You can spend up to eight minutes on a Reading Comprehension passage or Data Interpretation caselet assuming it consist about 3 questions.

Last-Minute Tips-:

Never make the mistake of attempting the questions without looking at all four options first
Try to focus on your speed and accuracy
Go into the exam with an open mind and expect the unexpected
Begin with your strongest section and attempt the weakest section in the middle
Do not be nervous and don't start with any new concept now

IIM- Kozhikode Placement 2011: Students get stipend of Rs 1.6 lakhs for two months

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In what seems like an offer that is too good to be true, two students from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) have bagged a domestic stipend of Rs 1.6 lakhs each for a two-month long summer placement. These students will be placed in the Mumbai office of Australia-based investment bank Macquarie.

In 2010, the highest domestic stipend was Rs 1.2 lakh. There were also placements abroad whose stipend details were yet to be finalised. As per IIM-K placement officials, 60% of the 2011-2013 batch of 348 students got summer placements within a week of commencement of placements. This report has been a sigh of relief for B-school students who feared that their offers could get impacted by global economic slowdown. These students will be doing their summer jobs for two months during April-June 2012.

Reflecting the market trend, marketing firms picked up 40% of the students, followed by finance firms who took 30 per cent. Some popular marketing firms that recruited IIM-Kozhikode students in large number are Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC limited and Marico. Students of finance field were picked up by American Express, Deutsche Bank, Citi Bank, and Goldman Sachs. Companies from other sectors, like general management, HR and consulting also visited the company.

Another prestigious company that was impressed by the quality of students and hence made maximum number of offers is Tata Administrative Services (TAS). This year, there were many new recruiters who had participated in the placements. The new recruiters constituted 20% of the total recruiters, almost double of last year. It seems the dramatic rise of IIM-K in the rankings by different agencies over the years has generated interest among the firms.

Colleges Participating in CAT 2011

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ACCMAN Institute of Management 46 A/2, Knowledge Park-III, G B Nagar, Greater Noida 201 310, Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2323800-3 Fax : 0120-2323805 Website : www.accman.in	Accurate Institute of Management & Engineering Colleges in Pune Plot No. 49, Knowledge Park – III, Greater Noida 201 306, Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2328234-5 Fax : 0120-2320355 Website : www.accurate.in
Allahabad Institute of International Management Behind ICICI Bank, 19H/17A, Cdr. M N Mulla Road, Civil Lines, Allahabad 211 001, Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0532-2602014 Fax : Website : www.aiimmba.org	Alliance Business Academy 19th Cross, 7th Main, BTM-II Stage, N. S. Palya, Bangalore 560 076, Karnataka Phone : 080-26786021 Fax : 080-26781494 Website : www.alliancebacademy.org
Alliance Business School No. 2 & 3, 2nd Cross, 36th, Main Dollars Colony, BTM 1st Stage, Bangalore 560 068, Karnataka Phone : 080-26681444 Fax : 080-26782048 Website : www.absindia.org	Apeejay School of Management Sector – 8, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 077 Phone : 011-25363979/80/81/88 Fax : 011-25363985 Website : www.apeejay.edu/asm/home.htm
Aravali Institute of Management Marwar Bhawan, Polo No.2, Paota, Jodhpur 342 006, Rajasthan Phone : 0291-2542235 Fax : 0291-2543600 Website : www.aravali.org	Army Institute of Management Judges Court Road, Opp. Alipore TelephoneExchange, Alipore, Kolkata 700 027, West Bengal Phone : 033-24398335/37/38/24794494 Fax : 033-24794929/495 Website : www.aim.ac.in
Army Institute of Management & Technology Plot No M-1, Pocket P-5, Gautam Budh Nagar, Greater Noida 201 306, Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2343501 Fax : 0120-2343501 Website : www.aimt.ac.in	Aryans Business School Village Nepra, Between Banur & Rajpura Chandigarh-Patiala Highway, Nr. Chandigarh Dist. Patiala, Punjab Phone : 09878908888/09876299888/09876599888 Fax : 0172-2545522 Website : www.aryans.edu.in
Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) Shiksha Vihar, Barang-Khurdha Road, Chandaka, Bhubaneswar 754 005, Orissa Phone : 0674-2374801/802/824/825 Fax : 0674-2111205 Website : www.asbm.ac.in	Asia-Pacific Institute of Management Plot No. 3 & 4, Institutional Area Jasola (Opp. Sarita Vihar), New Delhi 110 025 Phone : 011-42094800 (30 lines) Fax : 011-26951541 Website : www.asiapacific.edu
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of InformationTechnology & Management Morena Link Road, NH #92, Gwalior 474 010, Madhya Pradesh Phone : 0751-2449801/2460316 Fax : 0751-2449813 Website : www.iiitm.ac.in	Aurora’s Business School 6-3-456/18 & 19, Dwarakapuri Colony, Panjagutta, Hyderabad 500 082, Andhra Pradesh Phone : 040-23351892 Fax : 040-23351891 Website : www.absi.edu.in
Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB) S.No.55/2-7, Tathawade, Nr. Wakad, Off Mumbai-Bangalore Bypass, Pune 411 033, Maharashtra Phone : 020-66741080 Fax : 020-66741082 Website : www.biibpune.com	Balaji Institute of Management and HRD (BIMHRD) S.No.55/2-7, Tathawade, Nr. Wakad, Off Mumbai-Bangalore Bypass, Pune 411 033, Maharashtra Phone : 020-66741192 Fax : 020-66741191 Website : www.bimhrdpune.com
Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM) S.No.55/2-7, Tathawade Nr. Wakad, Off Mumbai-Bangalore Bypass, Pune 411 033, Maharashtra Phone : 020-66741239 Fax : 020-66741242 Website : www.balajisociety.org	Balaji Institute of Telecom and Management (BITM) S.No.55/2-7, Tathawade Nr. Wakad, Off Mumbai-Bangalore Bypass, Pune 411 033, Maharashtra Phone : 020-66741224 Fax : 020-66741274 Website : www.bitmpune.com
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management Copernicus Lane, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110 001 Phone : 011-23073493 Fax : 011-23387903 Website : www.bulmim.ac.in	Bengal Institute of Business Studies 18 D, Lake View Road Kolkata 700 029 West Bengal Phone : 033-24669236 Fax : 033-24669237 Website : www.bibs.co.in
Bharathidasan Institute of Management Post Box. No. 12, M. H. D. Campus BHEL Complex Tiruchirappalli 620 014 Tamil Nadu Phone : 0431-2520796/502 Fax : 0431-2520733 Website : www.bim.edu	Birla Institute of Management Technology Plot No. 5 Knowledge Park-II Greater Noida, (NCR) 201306 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2323001-10 Fax : 0120-2323022/5 Website : www.bimtech.ac.in
BLS Institute of Management Opp. Mohan Meakin Factory Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad 201 007 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4192500/4 Fax : 0120-4192519/35 Website : www.blsim.org	Calcutta Business School Diamond Harbour Road 24 Parganas (South) Bishnupur 743 503 West Bengal Phone : 033-24809609-12 Fax : 033-24809612 Website : www.calcuttabusinessschool.org
Centner Institute of Management & Communication D-108, First Floor, Sector-2 Noida 201 301 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4551777 Fax : 0120-2440268 Website : www.cimc.co.in	Centre for Management Training & Research CMTR Campus, Vill. Khanpur P.O. Textile Colony, Kharar Distt. Mohali 140 301 Punjab Phone : 0160-5009000 Fax : 0160-2282493 Website : www.cmtrindia.org
Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) Phaneeshwarnath Renu Hindi Bhavan Chhajubagh Patna 800 001 Bihar Phone : 0612-2200489/453 Fax : 0612-2200453 Website : www.cimp.org.in	College of Agribusiness Management G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Dist. U S Nagar Pantnagar 263 145 Uttarakhand Phone : 05944-233884 Fax : 05944-233533 Website : www.cabm.ac.in
College of Management – Teerthanker MahaveerUniversity N.H. 24, Delhi Road, Bagarpur Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0591-2360222 Fax : 0591-2360222 Website : www.tmu.ac.in	College of Management Studies – IILM Academy of Higher Learning 17-18, Knowledge Park – II Dist. Gautam Budh Nagar Greater Noida 201 306 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-3374360 Fax : 0120-3374333 Website : www.iilmcms.ac.in
CORE Business School 431-432, Orbit Mall Vijaynagar Indore 452 010 Madhya Pradesh Phone : 0731-4000021 Fax : 0731-4218890 Website : www.corebusinessschool.org	Cosmic Business School B-I / E-II, MCIE Nr. Shamken House NTPC Badarpur, Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 Phone : 011-40520815-816 Fax : 011-26945323 Website : www.cosmicbschool.in
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Management and Higher Studies 142, Kakardahi, Near Baghpur Village Rear Side Road of IIT, Kalyanpur Shivli Road Kanpur-Dehat Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0512-2555822/09415050180 Fax : 0512-2555822 Website : www.dduinstitute.org	Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research 9, Institutional Area Sector-25, Rohini Delhi 110 085 Phone : 011-27062290/27932799 Fax : 011-27062292 Website : www.dspsr.ac.in
Department of Business Administration, TezpurUniversity P.O. Napaam, Tezpur 784 028 Assam Phone : 03712-267128 Fax : 03712-267128 Website : www.tezu.ernet.in	Department of Business Management Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana 141 004 Punjab Phone : 0161-2401960-79 Fax : 0161-2400955 Website : www.pau.edu
Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta Alipore Campus, 1, Reformatory Street Kolkata 700 027 West Bengal Phone : 033-24499418 Fax : 033-24499418 Website : www.mbmcu.org	Department of Management Studies, Indian School of Mines University ISM University Dhanbad 826 004 Jharkhand Phone : 0326-2296631 Fax : 0326-2296563/631 Website : www.ismdhanbad.ac.in
Department of Management Studies, School of Management Pondicherry University Pondicherry 605 014 Phone : 0413-2654309 Fax : 0413-2255253 Website : www.pondiuni.edu.in	Doon Business School – Global 122, Mi Selaqui Behind Pharma City Dehradun Uttarakhand Phone : 0135-3240733/2699166 Fax : 0135-2699231 Website : www.doonbusinessschool.com
Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research Kamla Nagar, Kanpur 208 005 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0512-2231417 Fax : 0512-2218265 Website : www.ghsimr.org	Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) 6, Waterloo Street Kolkata 700 069 West Bengal Phone : 033-22100911-13 Fax : 033-22100909 Website : www.eiilm.edu.in
EMPI Business School P.O CSKM Educational Complex Satbari, Chattarpur New Delhi 110 074 Phone : 011-26652373/5 Fax : 011-26654422 Website : www.empiindia.com	Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India Near Village Bhat Via Ahmedabad Airport & Indira Bridge, Bhat P.O. Gandhinagar 382 428 Gujarat Phone : 079-23969163 Fax : 079-23969164 Website : www.ediindia.org
Faculty of Management Studies Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221 005 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0542-2369332/2307430-1 Fax : 0542-2307430/2369332 Website : www.bhu.ac.in	FORE School of Management B-18, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi 110 016 Phone : 011-41242405 Fax : 011-26964229 Website : www.fsm.ac.in
Fortune Institute of International Business Plot No. 5, Vasant Gaon Rao Tula Ram Marg, Opp. R R Hospital New Delhi 110 057 Phone : 011-26144319-20 Fax : 011-26144279 Website : www.fortune.edu.in	Fostiima Business School 75-76, Amrit Nagar NDSE, South Extension Part – I New Delhi 110 003 Phone : 011-46126000 Fax : 011-24647000 Website : www.fostiima.org
Galgotias Business School 1, Knowledge Park – II Greater Noida 201 306 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4513860-1 Fax : 0120-2320075 Website : www.galgotiasbschool.in	Gitam Institute of International Business Gitam University Campus Rushikonda Visakhapatnam 530 045 Andhra Pradesh Phone : 0891-2790505/2840400 Fax : 0891-2790036 Website : www.giib.edu.in
Globsyn Business School Globsyn Crystals, XI -11 & 12, Block- EP Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Sector – V, Salt Lake Kolkata 700 091 West Bengal Phone : 033-40003600 Fax : 033-23573684 Website : www.globsynbschool.com	Graduate School of Business & Administration Sector Alpha – 02 National Capital Region Greater Noida 201 308 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2320521-4/4598100 Fax : 0120-2320522/4598127 Website : www.gsbaindia.org / www.gsbaindia.com
Gujarat Institute of Management Research Knowledge Center Rander Road, Adajan Surat 395 007 Gujarat Phone : 09374469686 Fax : Website : www.gimr.in	Haryana School of Business Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology Hisar 125 001 Haryana Phone : 01662-263111/82 Fax : 01662-276240 Website : www.gju.ernet.in
Heritage Institute of Technology Chowbaga Road, Anandapur P.O.East Kolkata Township Kolkata 700 107 West Bengal Phone : 033-24430456-7/24431256-8 Fax : 033-24430455/1259 Website : www.heritageit.edu	IEC College of Engineering & Technology 5, Sant Nagar (Ground Floor) East of Kailash New Delhi 110 065 Phone : 011-26291141 Fax : 011-26293571 Website : www.ieccollege.edu.in
IFIM Business School No. 8P & 9P, KIADB Industrial Area Electronics City, Phase – I Bangalore 560 100 Karnataka Phone : 080-41432888 Fax : 080-41432844 Website : www.ifimbschool.com	IILM Institute for Higher Education DLF Golf Course Road Sector – 53, Gurgaon 122 003 Delhi-NCR Phone : 0124-3354300 Fax : 0124-3354390 Website : www.iilm.edu
Indian Business Academy The Admissions Dept., IBA Campus, Lakshmipura Thataguni Post, Kanakapura Main Road Bangalore 560 062 Karnataka Phone : 080-32961373/26083703/10 / 09342410271/09313143933 Fax : 080-26083717 Website : www.ibainternational.org	Indian Business Academy The Admissions Dept., IBA Campus, Plot No. 44, Knowledge Park – III Greater Noida 201 308 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-3921061/4 / 09342410271/09313143933 Fax : 0120-3921099 Website : www.ibainternational.org
Indian Institute of Finance Ashok Vihar, Phase-II Delhi 110 052 Phone : 011-27136257/437 Fax : 011-27454128 Website : www.iif.edu / www.financeindia.org	Indian Institute of Forest Management Nehru Nagar Bhopal 462 003 Madhya Pradesh Phone : 0755-2775716/2773799 Fax : 0755-2772878 Website : www.iifm.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology Deoghat Jhalwa Allahabad 211 012 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0532-2430006/2922222 Fax : 0532-2430006 Website : www.iiita.ac.in	Indian Institute of Management Training EL-39/5, MIDC Nr. Indrayani Nagar, Bhosari Pune 411 026 Maharashtra Phone : 020-66319422/450/27129666 Fax : 020-66319410/27126731 Website : www.iimtpune.com
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management Management House College Square (West) Kolkata 700 073 West Bengal Phone : 033-22418694-5/22413756 Fax : 033-22413975 Website : www.iiswbm.edu	Indian Instiute of Plantation Management Jnana Bharthi Campus Post. Malathalli Bangalore 560 056 Karnataka Phone : 080-23212767/23211716 Fax : 080-23212775 Website : www.iipmb.edu.in
Institute for Financial Management and Research 24, Kothari Road Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034 Tamil Nadu Phone : 044-28303453 Fax : 044-28279208 Website : www.ifmr.ac.in	Institute for Integrated Learning in Management - Graduate School of Management 16, Knowledge Park – II Greater Noida 201 306 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-3374318/456 Fax : 0120-3374333 Website : www.iilmgsm.ac.in
Institute of Agri Business Management Rajasthan Agricultural University Beechwal Bikaner 334 006 Rajasthan Phone : 0151-2252981/82 Fax : 0151-2252981/0336 Website : www.iabmbikaner.org	Institute of Business Management & Technology # 298, 100 ft. Ring Road, 4th Phase 7th Block, Banashankari 3rd Stage Bangalore 560 085 Karnataka Phone : 080-26798528 Fax : 080-26790517 Website : www.ibmtedu.org
Institute of Engineering & Management D-1 Salt Lake Electronics Complex Calcutta 700 091 West Bengal Phone : 033-23578189/1064 Fax : 033-23576082 Website : www.iemcal.com	Institute of Management and Development Managment House, C- 46, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase – II, (Next to Vodafone Corporate Office) New Delhi 110 020 Phone : 011-40523658-9/40567463-4 Fax : 011-41638004 Website : www.mba.ac.in
Institute of Management Development & Research DES Campus Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411 004 Maharashtra Phone : 020-25653186 Fax : 020-25654371 Website : www.imdr.edu	Institute of Management Education 178, G. T. Road Sahibabad Ghaziabad 201 005 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2621424-5 Fax : 0120-2625870 Website : www.imesahibabad.ac.in
Institute of Management Studies Makkawala Greens, P.O. Bhagwantpur Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehradun 248 009 Uttarakhand Phone : 0135-2738003 Fax : 0135-2738005 Website : www.ims.edu.in	Institute of Management Studies C-238, Bulandshahr Road Lal Quan Ghaziabad 201 009 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4170600/2866035-9 Fax : 0120-2866034 Website : www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in
Institute of Management Studies A-8B, IMS Campus Sector-62 Noida 201 303 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4798800/1 Fax : 0120-2400726 Website : www.imsnoida.in	Institute of Management Technology A-16, Site-3, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Meerut Road, Ghaziabad 201 003 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2705628 Fax : 0120-2705625 Website : www.imt.edu
Institute of Management Technology 35 KM Milestone, Mouza Dorli Katol Road Nagpur 441 502 Maharashtra Phone : 0712-2593140 Fax : 0712-2805591 Website : www.imtnagpur.ac.in	Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway Post. Chandlodia, Via. Gota Ahmedabad 382 481 Gujarat Phone : 02717-241900-2 Fax : 02717-241916 Website : www.imnu.ac.in
Institute of Marketing & Management Marketing Tower, B-11 Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi 110 016 Phone : 011-26520892-6 Fax : 011-26520897/0903/9712 Website : www.immindia.com	Institute of Public Enterprise Osmania University Campus Hyderabad 500 007 Andhra Pradesh Phone : 040-27097445 Fax : 040-27095478 Website : www.ipeindia.org
INTECH Institute of Business Management 59/4, Bolare Post Nr. Gundanjenaya Temple, Kanakapura Rd Bangalore 560 082 Karnataka Phone : 080-22440073 Fax : 080-28433150 Website : www.intechibm.org	Integrated Academy of Management and Technology (INMANTEC) Adhyatmik Nagar, Delhi Lucknow Highway (NH-24) Udyog Kunj Ghaziabad 201 009 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-2768951 Fax : 0120-2768952 Website : www.inmantec.edu
International Institute for Special Education Kanchana Bihari Marg Off Ring Road, Via Kalyanpur Lucknow 226 022 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0522-2751066 Fax : 0522-2751020 Website : www.iiseindia.com	International Management Institute B-10, Qutab Institutional Area Tara Crescent New Delhi 110 016 Phone : 011-26529240 Fax : 011-26867539 Website : www.imi.edu
International School of Business & Media EN-22, Sector – 5 Salt Lake City Kolkata 700 091 West Bengal Phone : 033-66131622 Fax : 033-66131603 Website : www.isbm.edu.in	International School of Management Excellence (ISME) CAP-1, EOIZ, Export Promotion Industrial Park Near ITPL, Next to Big Baazar, Whitefield Bangalore 560 066 Karnataka Phone : 080-65606200/300 Fax : 080-28416767 Website : www.isme.in
Invertis Institute of Management Studies Invertis Village Bareilly – Lucknow National Highway – 24 Bareilly 243 123 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0581-2460442/3 Fax : 0581-2460454 Website : www.invertis.org	ISBR Business School No. 62 B, Electronics City, Phase I Opp. Electronics City Police Station and Post Office Bangalore 560 100 Karnataka Phone : 080-41668111/222 Fax : 080-41668111 Website : www.isbr.in
ITM Business School ITM Campus, 25 & 26, Institutional Area, Sector 4, Kharghar (E), Navi Mumbai 410 210 Maharashtra Phone : 022-27742793 Fax : 022-27740950 Website : www.itm.edu	Jagan Institute of Management Studies 3, Institutional Area Sector-5, Rohini Delhi 110 085 Phone : 011-45184000 Fax : 011-45184032 Website : www.jimsindia.org
Jagran Institute of Communication & Management (JICM) DPS Campus, Near Neelbad Crossing Bhadbhada Road Bhopal 462 044 Madhya Pradesh Phone : 0755-2696969/641 Fax : 0755-2696640 Website : www.jicm.edu.in	Jaipuria Institute of Management 1, Bambala Institutional Area Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, Tonk Road Jaipur 302 033 Rajasthan Phone : 0141-2771330-3 Fax : 0141-2771334 Website : www.jimj.ac.in
Jaipuria Institute of Management Vineet Khand Gomtinagar Lucknow 226 010 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0522-2394296-7/2398096 Fax : 0522-2394295 Website : www.jiml.ac.in	Jaipuria Institute of Management Plot No. A-32 A, Institutional Area Sector-62 Noida 201 307 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4638300/1 Fax : 0120-2403378 Website : www.jimnoida.ac.in
Jaipuria Institute of Management Studies Sec – 14 – C Vasundhara Ghaziabad 201 012 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4156525-8 Fax : 0120-2882804 Website : www.jaipuria.net	JK Padampat Singhania Institute of Management & Technology Damdama Lake Road Village – Bhondsi Gurgaon 122 102 Haryana Phone : 0124-2266470-1 / 09958672673/09958623624 Fax : 0124-2266478/520 Website : www.jkps.edu.in
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Vidyanagar Vidyavihar (E) Mumbai 400 077 Maharashtra Phone : 022-67283000/50 Fax : 022-25157219 Website : www.simsr.somaiya.edu	Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies Yantrapur Harihar 577 602 Karnataka Phone : 08192-241269 Fax : 08192-241270 Website : www.kiams-hrr.org
Kohinoor Business School & Centre for Management Research Khandala Sub Division B, Kohinoor Global Campus Pune-Mumbai Highway, Khandala 410 301 Maharashtra Phone : 02114-269018 Fax : 02114-269224/30 Website : www.kbscmr.kohinoor.ac.in	Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management Shastri Sadan, Sector-III R K Puram New Delhi 110 022 Phone : 011-26191081 Fax : 011-26191080 Website : www.lbsim.ac.in
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology 29, Theatre Road Cantonment Bareilly 243 001 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0581-2429203/5 Fax : 0581-2429206 Website : www.lbsimt.com	Lovely Professional University Lovely Campus, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T. Road Near Chaheru Railway Bridge, N.H.1 Phagwara 144 402 Punjab Phone : 01824-510274 Fax : 01824-506111 Website : www.lpu.in
Management Development Institute Post Box No. 60, Mehrauli Road Sukhrali Gurgaon 122 007-02 Haryana Phone : 0124-4560800/310/605 Fax : 0124-2341189 Website : www.mdi.ac.in	Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA) Shela Ahmedabad 380 058 Gujarat Phone : 02717-308250/237946-51 Fax : 02717-308249 Website : www.mica-india.net
National Institute of Bank Management NIBM Post Office Kondhwe Khurd Pune 411 048 Maharashtra Phone : 020-26716000 Fax : 020-26834478 Website : www.nibmindia.org	National Institute of Technology NIT Post Tiruchirappalli 620 015 Tamil Nadu Phone : 0431-2503000-1 Fax : 0431-2500133 Website : www.nitt.edu
National Institute of Technology Calicut NIT Campus P.O. Calicut 673 601 Kerala Phone : 0495-2286100 Fax : 0495-2287250 Website : www.nitc.ac.in	National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal P.O. Srinivasanagar D.K. Dist. Mangalore 575 025 Karnataka Phone : 0824-2474034-5 Fax : 0824-2474033 Website : www.nitk.ac.in
National Insurance Academy Balewadi Baner Road NIA P.O. Pune 411 045 Maharashtra Phone : 020-27204000/444 Fax : 020-27204555/27292396 Website : www.niapune.com	National Power Training Institute NPTI Complex Sector-33 Faridabad 121 003 Haryana Phone : 0129-2275448 Fax : 0129-2275448 Website : www.npti.nic.in
National School of Business # 33, 22nd Main, 1st Cross, Phase – II J P Nagar Bangalore 560 078 Karnataka Phone : 080-30251440-7 Fax : 080-30251449 Website : www.nsbindia.org	NIILM Centre for Management Studies B-II/66, Sher Shah Suri Marg Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate, Badarpur New Delhi 110 044 Phone : 011-29891668 Fax : 011-29894212 Website : www.niilm.com
NIMT Greater Noida KP-1, Plot No. 41, Kasna Road Nr. Pari Chowk, Dist. Gautam Buddh Nagar Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh Phone : 011-22453543 Fax : 011-22453543 Website : www.nimtgroup.com	NIMT Institute of Managament and Technology GT Road, Delhi – Ghaziabad Highway Opp. Indira Priyadarsini Park, Nr. Hindon River Bridge, P.O. Mohan Nagar. Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-6473118 Fax : 011-22453543 Website : www.nimtgroup.com
Pailan College of Management & Technology Plot # 2-6, Sector-1, Phase-1, Bengal Pailan Park Amgachia Road (D H Road), Joka Kolkata 700 104 West Bengal Phone : 033-24978006-7 Fax : 033-24535605 Website : www.pcmt-india.net	Parul Institute of Management P.O. Limda Ta. Waghodia Vadodara 391 760 Gujarat Phone : 02668-263355-56 Fax : 02668-262327 Website : www.parul.ac.in
PES Institute of Technology 100 Feet Ring Road Banashankari – III Stage Bangalore 560 085 Karnataka Phone : 080-26721983/2108 Fax : 080-26720886 Website : www.pes.edu	Proton Business School Yeshwant Plaza Opp. Railway Station Indore 452 001 Madhya Pradesh Phone : 0731-3050000 Fax : 0731-3070099 Website : www.proton.in
S D M Institute for Management Development No.1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddarthanagar Post Mysore 570 011 Karnataka Phone : 0821-2429722/161 Fax : 0821-2425557 Website : www.sdmimd.ac.in	S P Jain Institute of Management & Research Bhavan’s Campus, Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road Andheri (West) Mumbai 400 058 Maharashtra Phone : 022-26237454 Fax : 022-26237042 Website : www.spjimr.org
School of Management KIIT University Krishna Campus (Campus – 7) Bhubaneswar 751 024 Orissa Phone : 0674-2725713 Fax : 0674-2725278 Website : www.ksom.ac.in	School of Management Sciences 19th KM Stone, Lucknow-Sultanpur Highway P.O. Kasimpur Lucknow 227 125 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 09792633331 Fax : 0522-2237273 Website : www.smslucknow.com
School of Management Sciences Khushipur P. O. Bachhaon Varanasi 221 011 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0542-2271771/3259266 Fax : 0542-2271773 Website : www.smsvaranasi.com	School of Management Studies University of Hyderabad P. O. Central University Hyderabad 500 046 Andhra Pradesh Phone : 040-23011091/23135000 Fax : 040-23011091 Website : www.uohyd.ernet.in
School of Petroleum Management Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Raisan Gandhinagar 382 007 Gujarat Phone : 079-23275114 Fax : 079-23276364 Website : www.ipmg.ac.in	Shobhit University NH – 58, Roorkee Road Modipuram Meerut 250 110 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0121-2575091/92 Fax : 0121-2575724 Website : www.shobhituniversity.ac.in
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial College of Engineering and Management Tewariganj Faizabad Road Lucknow 227 105 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0522-4053500-30/2815014-5 Fax : 0522-2815017/4053579 Website : www.srmcem.ac.in	Skyline Business School Hauz Khas Enclave New Delhi 110 016 Phone : 011-26864848/6968 Fax : 011-26864848 Website : www.skylinecollege.com
Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University Sub Post Office Katra Katra 182 320 Jammu & Kashmir Phone : 01991-285634/87/285535 Fax : 01991-285573 Website : www.smvdu.ac.in	St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies Near SAL Hospital Off. Drive-In Road Ahmedabad 380 054 Gujarat Phone : 079-30171244-6 Fax : 079-30171246 Website : www.skips.in
Suryadatta Group of Institutes 2074, Sadashiv Peth Vijayanagar Colony Pune 411 030 Maharashtra Phone : 020-24330425/35 Fax : 020-24330400 Website : www.suryadatta.org	T. A. PAI Management Institute 80, Badagabettu Dist. UDUPI Manipal 576 104 Karnataka Phone : 0820-2571358/9 Fax : 0820-2570699 Website : www.tapmi.edu.in
Taxila Business School AB-559, Kings Road Nirman Nagar Jaipur Rajasthan Phone : 0141-6500000 Fax : 0141-4020772 Website : www.taxila.in	Techno India EM 4/1, Sector – V Salt Lake City Kolkata 700 091 West Bengal Phone : 033-23576163/4 Fax : 033-23572450 Website : www.ticollege.org
Teri University 10, Institutional Area Vasant Kunj New Delhi 110 070 Phone : 011-26122222 Fax : 011-26122874 Website : www.teriuniversity.ac.in	The Business School University of Jammu Jammu 180 006 Jammu & Kashmir Phone : 0191-2431365 Fax : 0191-2431365 Website : www.jammubusinessschool.in / www.jammuuniversity.in
Thiagarajar School of Management Pamban Swamy Nagar Thirupparankundram Madurai 625 005 Tamil Nadu Phone : 0452-2484099 Fax : 0452-2483099 Website : www.tsm.ac.in	United School of Business 50, Knowledge Park III G B Nagar Greater Noida 201 306 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-3230169 Fax : 0120-2322208 Website : www.unitedcollege.com
Unitedworld School of Business Goldline Business Centre, Link Road Nr. Inorait Mall, Malad (West) Mumbai 400 064 Maharashtra Phone : 022-32097008/9 Fax : Website : www.unitedworld.in	University Business School Panjab University Chandigarh 160 014 Phone : 0172-2541591/2534709 Fax : 0172-2541591 Website : www.ubs.puchd.ac.in
University of Calcutta, Department of Commerce 87/1, College Street Kolkata 700 073 West Bengal Phone : 033-22410071 Fax : 033-22413222 Website : www.caluniv.ac.in	University of Lucknow Lucknow 226 007 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0522-2740412 Fax : 0522-2740476 Website : www.lkouniv.ac.in
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies SCO 9-12, Sector – 14 Near HUDA Office Gurgaon 122 007 Haryana Phone : 0124-4540300 Fax : 0124-4540330 Website : www.upes.ac.in	University School of Management Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra 136 119 Haryana Phone : 01744-238026 Fax : 01744-238035 Website : www.kukinfo.com
Vignana Jyothi Instititute of Management Veljan Centre, Vignana Jyothi Nagar Bachpally, Via Kukatpally Hyderabad 500 072 Andhra Pradesh Phone : 040-23044901-2 Fax : 040-23044953 Website : www.vjim.edu.in	VIT Business School (VIT University) VIT University Vellore 632 014 Tamil Nadu Phone : 0416-2202157/25 Fax : 0416-2245544/0411 Website : www.vit.ac.in
Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research 102-103, G-19 Electronic City Phase – I Next to Telephone Exchange, Hosur Road Bangalore 560 100 Karnataka Phone : 080-28520480/817/41742108 Fax : 080-41742108 Website : www.welingkar.org	Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research L. Napoo Road Nr. Matunga (C-Rly) Mumbai 400 019 Maharashtra Phone : 022-24178300 Fax : 022-24178300 Website : www.welingkar.org
WLC College India Ltd. C-56-A/26 Institutional Area Sector – 62 Noida 201 301 Uttar Pradesh Phone : 0120-4629800 Fax : 0120-4629911 Website : www.wlccollege.org

Flex 4 Fun

2011-11-08T23:32:00.000+05:30

This is a very interesting book which would help you in exploring the graphical and animation side of the Flex 4 SDK. There are other books out there on Flex, on Flex 4, and on RIA technologies in general, but they generally don't cover the techniques that help you write cooler applications. This book is specifically about the graphical and animation technologies in Flex 4 that enable better user experiences: the ""fun"" stuff.

Flex 4 is a powerful and flexible set of libraries that enable rich client applications running on the Flash Platform. In particular, Flex makes it much easier to write robust GUI applications than it otherwise might be with just the Flash authoring tool and APIs. For example, Flex provides a rich and extensible component library, databinding for easy communication between objects in the application, and the declarative MXML language that enables you to write your GUI logic in a very simple and straightforward way.

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Beginning XML, 2nd Edition

2011-11-02T20:13:00.001+05:30

Description

This book teaches you all you need to know about XML--what it is, how it works, what technologies surround it, and how it can best be used in a variety of situations, from simple data transfer to using XML in your web pages.

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XSLT Cookbook

2011-11-02T19:55:00.001+05:30

By Sal Mangano
Publisher : O'Reilly
Pub Date : December 2002
ISBN : 0-596-00372-2
Pages : 670
Size: 1.11 MB

Description

The XSLT Cookbook is a collection of hundreds of solutions to problems that Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) developers regularly face. The recipes range from simple string-manipulation and mathematical processing to more complex topics like extending XSLT, testing and debugging XSLT stylesheets, and graphics creation with SVG. Among the variety of XSLT books now available, none has the explicit solution-oriented approach of this Cookbook. Solution, and many recipes include alternate solutions and explore issues like convenience and performance.

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Introduction to Data Technologies

2011-10-25T01:18:00.004+05:30

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 1 edition (February 23, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420065173
ISBN-13: 978-1420065176
Pages: 445
Size: 2.18MB
Product Description:
Providing key information on how to work with research data, Introduction to Data Technologies presents ideas and techniques for performing critical, behind-the-scenes tasks that take up so much time and effort yet typically receive little attention in formal education. With a focus on computational tools, the book shows readers how to improve their awareness of what tasks can be achieved and describes the correct approach to perform these tasks.
Practical examples demonstrate the most important points
The author first discusses how to write computer code using HTML as a concrete example. He then covers a variety of data storage topics, including different file formats, XML, and the structure and design issues of relational databases. After illustrating how to extract data from a relational database using SQL, the book presents tools and techniques for searching, sorting, tabulating, and manipulating data. It also introduces some very basic programming concepts as well as the R language for statistical computing. Each of these topics has supporting chapters that offer reference material on HTML, CSS, XML, DTD, SQL, R, and regular expressions.
One-stop shop of introductory computing information
Written by a member of the R Development Core Team, this resource shows readers how to apply data technologies to tasks within a research setting. Collecting material otherwise scattered across many books and the web, it explores how to publish information via the web, how to access information stored in different formats, and how to write small programs to automate simple, repetitive tasks.
Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Writing Computer Code
3 HTML Reference
4 CSS Reference
5 Data Storage
6 XML Reference
7 Data Queries
8 SQL Reference
9 Data Processing
10 R Reference
11 Regular Expressions Reference
12 Conclusion

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Oracle 11g For Dummies

2011-10-18T17:20:00.000+05:30

Authors: Chris Zeis , Chris Ruel , Michael Wessler

Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition 2009

ISBN-10: 0470277653

Type: PDF

Pages: 412

Size: 3.89 MB

Description:

Are you a seasoned system administrator charged with setting up an Oracle database? Or did you suddenly become a DBA by default? If database administration with Oracle is part of your job, you’ll be glad to have Oracle 11g For Dummies in your cubicle.

This nuts-and-bolts guide walks you through the mysteries of Oracle and database administration. You’ll learn how to understand Oracle database architecture, set up and manage an Oracle database, and keep it running in tiptop form. Oracle 11g For Dummies covers:

The building blocks behind the database engine as well as Oracle’s physical and logical structures
Hardware, software, system, and storage requirements for implementation
How to recognize and accommodate the differences between Oracle installations on Windows and on Linux/UNIX
Daily and intermittent tasks necessary to keep your database running properly
How to assess potential threats to your database, configure Oracle Recovery Manager, and set up backup and recovery procedures
When to use online, offline, controlfile, and archivelog backups
Troubleshooting methodology and how to use Oracle database logs and other diagnostic utilities
Different ways to manage your database
How to automate jobs with the Oracle Scheduler
Using SQL in Oracle, and a great deal more

Completely up to date for the newest release of Oracle, Oracle 11g For Dummies will give you both the information and the confidence to set up and maintain an Oracle database for your organization.

Table of Contents:

Part I: You Don’t Have to Go to Delphi to Know Oracle

Chapter 1: A Pragmatic Introduction to Oracle

Chapter 2: Understanding Oracle Database Architecture

Chapter 3: Preparing to Implement Oracle in the Real World

Part II: Implementing Oracle on Your Own

Chapter 4: Creating an Oracle Database

Chapter 5: Connecting to and Using an Oracle Database

Chapter 6: Speaking the SQL Language

Chapter 7: Populating the Database

Part III: Caring for an Oracle Database

Chapter 8: Protecting Your Oracle Database

Chapter 9: Protecting Your Oracle Data

Chapter 10: Keeping the Database Running

Chapter 11: Tuning an Oracle Database

Chapter 12: Troubleshooting an Oracle Database

Chapter 13: Monitoring and Managing with Enterprise Manager

Part IV: Inspecting Advanced Oracle Technologies

Chapter 14: Flashing Back and Replaying: Advanced Features

Chapter 15: Using High-Availability Options

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 16: Top Ten Oracle Installation Do’s

Chapter 17: Top Ten Database Design Do’s

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Aakash Tablet - World’s Cheapest Tablet ($ 35)

2011-10-15T01:04:00.000+05:30

The wait for the world’s most affordable tablet has finally ended. The Indian Government has finally released the $35 Aakash tablet. HRD minister Kapil Sibal released the Aakash tablet, whose real price is Rs. 2,999, at a press conference in the capital. The Aakash tablet will be available for students at a subsidized price, which would bring down its value to $35 (Rs. 1700) making it the cheapest tablet ever.

Specifications

Manufacturer    DataWind, India
Operating System    Google’s Android v2.2 Froyo
Battery    2100 mAh lithium-polymer battery/ Runs 180 min on battery
Procesor    366 MHz processor, on chip graphics accelerator & HD Video processor
Memory    2GB (Internal) , Expandable upto 32 GB micro SD
RAM    256 MB LP-DDR2/DDR2
Display    7-inch at an 800*480 resolution
Screen Touch type    Multi-touch resistive touchscreen display
Connectivity    Wi-Fi EEE 802.11 a/b/g connectivity
Weight    350 gm
Network    GPRS

Features

The tablet is cheap and exciting too.
It works as a phone if sim card and headphone is inserted in it.
Has both GPRS and Wifi enabled.
Not only that it can also work as 3G by enabling dongle
With extended upto 32 GB micro SD it has a USB port.
PDF viewer, Text editor
Mltimedia and Image Display
Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Web browser (xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant)
Separate application for online YouTube video
Safety and other standards complianceCE certification / RoHS certification

Conclusion

No doubt aakash is the cheapest tablet available in the world but it has got lots of drawbacks which makes it not usable by tech guys who need multi tasking and high speed processor. The tablet does not have Inbuilt Camera , GPS etc. & the touchscreen of tablet is not capacitive that is we can't enjoy its screen response. The look of tablet is not impressive but according to its price its not so bad. The main thing is that it has a slow processor that can't able to run most android apps smoothly. This tablet is not for tech guys or geeks or gadgets fans but if you are a student then this is not so bad for you.

Beginning Programming For Dummies, 3rd Edition ~ The Tech 'n' Education Blog

2011-10-13T19:43:00.000+05:30

Beginning Programming For Dummies, 3rd Edition ~ The Tech 'n' Education Blog

HTML5 for Publishers

2011-10-12T12:05:00.000+05:30

HTML5 for Publishers Summary:

Publisher: O'REilly Media 2011 | 57 Pages | ISBN: n/a , e-ISBN: 1449314600 | PDF | 2 MB

HTML5 is revolutionizing the Web, and now it's coming to your ebook reader! With the release of the EPUB 3 specification, HTML5 support will officially be a part of the EPUB standard, and publishers will be able to take full advantage of HTML5's rich feature set to add rich media and interactivity to their ebook content. What is HTML5 for Publishers? gives an overview of some of the most exciting features HTML5 provides to ebook content creators--audio/video, geolocation, and the Canvas--and shows how to put them in action.

Intersperse audio/video with textual content
Create a graphing calculator to display algebraic equations on the Canvas
Use geolocation to customize a work of fiction with details from the reader's locale
Use Canvas to add interactivity to a children's picture book

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Programmable Controllers :An Engineer's Guide

2011-10-12T11:50:00.000+05:30

E. A. Parr, "Programmable Controllers :An Engineer's Guide" Summary:

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) lie at the heart of modern industrial control systems; this book is the PLC guide for engineers written by an engineer.

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