It is good news for all those candidates aspire career in Nationalized Banks in India. Candidates will have to appear in only one examination now rather than different tests for different banks.

Taking swift action on the story published in fachcha.com “WANT A BANK JOB: KNOW COMPUTER FIRST”, the Indian Bank Association (IBA), an association of several Nationalised Banks, has decided to conduct a Common Examination for selection of staffs in clerical cadre and entry level officers. The examination will be conducted twice in a year. This will ease the burden of both candidates as well as banks as candidates will get rid off the appearing several bank exams throughout the year and banks will reduce their cost and hassles for recruitment of their staffs.

On the basis of the scores obtained in the Common Examination banks will hold further selection process i.e. group discussion, interview etc. for the candidates. The Common Examination will be conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) and the score will be known as IBPS score card.

A notice in this regard has also been issued by the Indian Bank Association. The scheme of Common Examination will come into operation w.e.f. 1st June 2011. According the IBA the new scheme has the consent of the government and participatory banks

The participatory banks include the Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, PNB, OBC, Syndicate Bank and others.

Candidates too have shown their happiness on the decision. Amulya Gaud, an aspirant of bank career says it is need of the hour. It should have implemented earlier.

Rakesh Taneja, a management consultant too says that it will reduce hassle and tension of a candidate to a great extent.

“Construction of four hostels has already been completed in the campus. The finishing of these hostels are going on these days”, says a senior official of the university. According to him four hostels include two girls’ and two boys’ hostels accommodating 250 students each.

About 1000 students will be accommodated in the university hostel. The hostel will be available for the students from coming academic session, he adds.

The best thing is that these hostels will help to build up a complete academic ambience and environment in the Dwarka Campus, says Yogesh Kumar Singh, Examination Controller of the University. According to him this was not possible in case of Old Campus, situated at Kashmiri Gate due to lack of space.

The hostel will save time of the students from commuting they will use it in more constructive works, says B P Joshi, Registrar, I P University. The university has very good library and peaceful atmosphere which certainly will help students to excel in their field of study

Addressing the first international conference today at India International Centre in New Delhi US Ambassador said “In the United States, universities such as Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia have dedicated programs for the study of India and South Asia. I hope to see similar centers dedicated to the study of all aspects of the United States in the future.”

He also requested an Indian minister to lobby for it and discuss the matter with HRD Minister Kapil Sibal in this regard so that curriculum regarding American Studies could be added in the leading universities of India.

Citing co-operation between India and US on the geo-political level, demographic level and technology level the US Ambassador said that Indo-US partnership has deepens and expands in all major fields.

“The West Delhi Mudrika service will be introduced soon as we get nod of the Transport Minister”, Naresh Sharma, CMD, DTC said during an interaction. He said that the service would cover about 17 to 18 Km connect major locations of the area. These include Dwarka, Mayapuri, Naraina, Janakpuri, Sagarpur and many other areas.

Delhi has already three Mudrika services in the city. These include Outer Mudrika, Inner Mudrika and Mudrika for Trans Yamuna area. There are several technical and other operational aspects involved that DTC looking into, said DTC CMD.

Due to change in the policy the brave children of the country will not be able to enjoy waving their hands while riding on tuskers. Instead of it they will participate in the parade riding in six open jeeps during the parade.

Apart from tableau form various ministries and states, military might of the country will also exhibited during the parade. (Pix:Gujrat’s tableau at Rajpath during the full dress reharshal)

According to CBSE the online examination has been planned to conduct on experimental basis at some of the selected cities and centres. Though, the AIEEE was conducted in 86 cities in the country for over 25,000 seats last year. But the online examination facility will be limited to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Noida, Allahabad, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Jalandher, Bhubneshwar, Ernakulam, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Dehradun and Trivandrum.

CBSE is expecting that over 10 lakh students will participate in the examination considering the previous records. In such a situation it does not want to take risk in this regard as the online examination system is expansive option initially.

The 9th AIEEE was held on 25th April, 2010 and a total of 10,65,100 candidates appeared, out of 11,18,148 candidates registered. The examination was conducted at 1623 centres located in 86 cities. Institutions like National Institutes of Technology (NITs), IIITs, deemed universities, Delhi Technological University, and other institutions offered their seats to the candidates on the basis of performance in AIEEE.

According to CBSE the revision has been made on the basis of feedback, received from teachers and students. “Revised textbooks aim at integration of skills in all student books as well as introduction of revised test item types as per CCE scheme”, CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi said in a letter to all heads of schools and institutions.

The Board has also instructed schools to provide at least two periods in a fortnight for students’ participation in Health and Wellness Clubs, Dramatic Clubs, Eco Clubs, Science Clubs and other related activities as these activities are important for holistic development of child.

Normally, these Clubs related activities are not mandatory in the nature and most of the schools do not bother about these activities. This is despite the fact that over 2000 such clubs are active in Delhi’s schools alone.

Thirty teams from various states, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya and Delhi are participating in the six-day national tournament of the school. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Sports Minister Arvinder Singh will inaugurate the games at Chhatrasaal stadium.

“All teams have already arrived in Delhi to participate in 13 disciplines of sports tournaments”, Delhi’s Chief Co-ordinator (sports) and Additional Director (Education) Satpal told fachcha.com. We have arranged their lodging facilities at 25 schools in the capital city, he says.

The 13 disciplines include basketball, baseball, under-14 cricket, netball, judo, Kho-Kho, and other games. Though the all the teams will participate in the various tournaments but Delhi face toughest competition from the states like Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh. It is notable that Delhi had emerged as numero uno in the last National School Games.

“A team of 480 student players are participating in the games from Delhi. Since the National School Games provides potential national and international players so it is important event not just for school or the state but also for the country”, says Satpal adding that Delhi will retain its position in the games.

Many talented players are encouraged to participate in the national camps or training centres on the basis their performance.

While the students have been ultimate victims in the ongoing war between the university administration and the teachers of Delhi University since the new academic session has begun on the name of implementation and opposition of semester system at the undergraduate level the ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) has planned to bring new head outside the university to end the episode. If everything will be according to the plan Syed Husnain, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad may be appointed as new VC of Delhi University, said a highly placed source of HRD.

The present Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University Deepak Pental has already indicated to leave the office by the end of this month (as the biggest issue of Cobalt-60 has already been settled and he has emerged as Mr. Clean in the report).

According to a senior official of the HRD though the name is yet to get nod from the Visitor of Delhi University (President of India) but the HRD is seriously considering the option to bring Vice Chancellor from other university. Meanwhile, the Prof. Dinesh Singh, Pro-VC of the university will be officiating Vice-Chancellor if the name is not finalized by the Visitor. In fact, he is the most senior official of the university. “There will be no problem even if the Vice-Chancellor leaves the office before the new appointment.”

The term of Deepak Pental as Vice-Chancellor had been completed in August. He has been on extension since then. It is notable that four names had been suggested by the search committee for the DU’s VC post. These include Pro-VC Dinesh Singh, LSR Principal Meenakshi Gopinath, JNU’s B S Chimni and Prof. Syed Husnain of University of Hyderabad.

According to a senior minister of Delhi government after successful games and performance of the players in the Commonwealth Games the Sports and Education department has planned to use state-of-art infrastructure for the development of various disciplines. “Delhi has got three state-of-art stadiums including Thygraja stadium and Chhatrasaal stadium. While Chhatrasaal stadium has been in use for a long time for various activities including celebration of Republic Day and Independence Day; the Thyagraja stadium has been renovated as world class stadium for the games. The stadium will be used for various sports related activities including activities of proposed academies”, says the minister.

“The players have done extremely well. Their role in making the Games the best-ever is commendable,” the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had said after the cabinet meeting.
“The people of Delhi have more expectations from their talented players. The newly developed sports infrastructure, a part of the city’s legacy now, will be utilised to prepare our athletes,” said the Chief Minister.
According to a senior sports official of Delhi government the Thyagraja stadium has already been occupied for the next two years for sports related activities of schools and other tournaments. However, he says that activities of academies too can be accommodated at the stadium if it is required so.