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All the below mentioned students are eligible for one extra card for the month of April 30, 2015: Sr. No. Member No's. ofTransactions 1 KEITH DIAS 20 2 RISHABH TIWARI 20 3 POOJA PANDIT 16 4 ASHOK MORE 16 5 SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA 15 6 SONIA FERNANDES 13 7 RAMYA THOMAS 13 8 VASUDEV PURANDARE 12 9 SANCHEZ SEBASTIAN 12

All the below mentioned students are eligible for one extra card for the month of March 31, 2015. Sr. No. Member No. of Transactions 1 KEITH DIAS 21 2 DIVYA DAVE 13 3 AMEY MHASKAR 12 4 VRAJESH DOSHI 12 5 SALVIUS SOOSAI 11 6 NEHA ASHOK PARMAR 10 7 VIVIAN JOHNSIMON CHETTIAR 10 8 RAVEENA D'COSTA 10 9 SAWANT SAISH  10 10 MABEL FRANCIS 10 11 SAGAR MALAVIYA 10

Colleges are allowing smart phones or laptops in class for taking notes MUMBAI: With the start of the exam season, students across colleges are busy preparing for papers with the help of apps. Owing to a string of free apps available online that can be downloaded on most smart phones, students are ditching the copious note taking and revision methods and are adopting new age l ear ning methods. For instance, Evernote, the multi-platform note sharing app, has become immensely popular among students as it allows them to synchronise all their notes across devices. “In class, I take down notes on the app and later edit it. By doing this, I don’t have go through multiple notebooks to study during exams as all my notes are in one place. If someone misses a lecture, I can just forward my notes to them via the app too,” said Shivani Tyagi, a mass media student. The trend in India reflects a worldwide movement towards these learning apps. A 2013 survey by UK based Educational ...

They joined as peons but went on to etch their fortune at HC library Bombay High Court library staff. (Ganesh Shirsekar) Written by  Aamir Khan  | Mumbai |  February 26, 2015 2:15 am When 48-year-old Sachin Ambolkar decided to be a chauffeur to a Bombay High Court judge, he had no idea how the forthcoming years of his life would shape up. Ambolkar is now among a group employed in the Bombay High Court’s Judges’ Library who say they are living their dream, courtesy a “driving force” in the form of the chief librarian who persuaded them to pursue higher education. Motivated by chief librarian Uma Narayan, Ambolkar went on to complete his graduation and is now an assistant in the library. What helped Ambolkar bag the job was his brief stint with a private library when he was in school, at a meager Rs 90 per day for a four-hour shift. Mangesh Mhaskar’s tale is similar to Ambolkar’s. With a Class 12 certificate, Mhaskar started out as a peon ...

Over-2000-students-hit-as-engineering-ATKT-rule-stands Over 2,000 engineering students with more than five ATKTs in their lower classes will lose a year as they will not be given admission to the final year in the current academic session. The faculty of technology of the University of Mumbai, in a meeting on Monday, recommended that these students be allowed to take admission in the final year only when they are eligible, that is, in the next year. These students will be allowed to take their exams in the old syllabus in the next academic year. Engineering students had demanded that they should be admitted and allowed to appear for their final year exams before the end of the academic year. The affected students began their protest against the university norms in September. They were not allowed to appear for their seventh semester exams in October. The students were willing to appear for the seventh as well as eight semester exams together in May. Their demands were against the...

Industry participation in research, innovation important to promote entrepreneurship: Report 13 Nov 2014 Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India, today released FICCI-EY Knowledge Paper on the theme ‘Higher Education in India: Moving towards Global Relevance and Competitiveness’ at the inaugural session of FICCI Higher Education Summit 2014. The knowledge paper reveals India’s vision to build a 21st century model for higher education that is of high-quality, equitable and affordable, and be a model of a higher education system that is not just the best in the world but the best for the world. The paper suggests key imperatives to realize this vision such as developing higher education institutes with an international outlook and global impact; providing world-class teaching, research and conducive learning environment; relaxing complex regulatory requirements; incentivizing transnational education; developing skilled, job-r...

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE MEMBERSHIP OF IIT BOMBAY LIBRARY Learning and Information Resource Centre @ SFIT is a proud member of IIT Bombay Library. Our library members (faculty and students) are urged to use the services of the library only on working days (Monday through Friday) between 0930 – 1730 hrs. They should carry a letter of introduction from Head of the Institute and their valid identity card. Only following services are available to them: Reference and consultation Photocopying service Bibliographic assistance on prevailing  Database (CD/DVD only) rates access, searching and printing output ) Books and other publications are not lent out to the educational institute members. Internet access to electronic resources is also not available to them. Please contact the Library for Application form and access details. Information gathered from:  http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/edumemb.pdf