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Campus hires get roles in hot technologies Shalina Pillai Bengaluru:   Shortage Of Talent In Fields Like Big Data Forces Cos To Recruit Freshers & Train Them Campus placements and available job roles for engineering college graduates are going through a big change, given the emergence of a variety of new technologies that are disrupting every industry . The soaring demand for jobs in big data and analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, ...

Ref. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2kqrqyN1YIJTlF5Y09NaS1yUms/view GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website Opens Friday 1 st September 2017 Last Date for Submission of (Online) Application (through website) Thursday 5 th October 2017 Last Date for Requesting Change of Examination City (an additional fee will be applicable) Friday 17 th November 2017 Admit card will be available in the Online Application Portal (for printing) Friday 5 th January 2018 GATE 2018 Examination Forenoon: 9.00 am to 12.00 noon Afternoon: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday 3 rd February 2018 4 th February 2018 10 th February 2018 11 th February 2018 Announcement of the Results in the Online Application Portal Saturday 17 th March 2018

That’s right — some journals are willing to add authors to papers they didn’t write, often for a fee. This realization comes from one of the many sting experiments we’ve witnessed over the years, designed to expose the perils of the publishing industry, in which some journals will claim to peer review and publish any manuscript for a fee — no matter how nonsensical the content . Pravin Bolshete, a medical writer and researcher from India , wanted to explore a different side of predatory publishing — would journals agree to add a fictional author to a manuscript he/she didn’t write?  Link: http://retractionwatch.com/2017/09/13/authorship-sale-journals-willing-add-authors-papers-didnt-write/

Campus placements and available job roles for engineering college graduates are going through a big change, given the emergence of a variety of new technologies that are disrupting every industry. The soaring demand for jobs in big data and analytics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , digital marketing , and mobile and software development, is pushing companies to offer these roles to those coming out of college campuses.These were roles that were earlier offered primarily to mid-level professionals Link: http://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/campus-placements-at-engineering-colleges-is-undergoing-a-big-change/articleshow/60879261.cms

For students, the punishment could range from losing credits to cancellation of their registration.Guilty faculty could face cancellation of registration and no increments. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has come out with draft rules to make it difficult for students, researchers and the faculty at higher education institutes to plagiarise assignments, projects, theses, research work and dissertations. Link: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2017-09-28/Students-faculty-will-now-pay-a-heavy-price-for-plagiarism/329806

Source: Daily News and Analysis dated 21/09/2017