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JAMSHEDPUR: There would be a shortfall of skilled and unskilled resources by over one lakh in Jharkhand by 2015, a study has said adding that that there is an urgent need to give more focus on specialised skills.

The study by the Confederation of Indian Industry-Eastern Region, and consultancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, is to identify the ‘skill set’ of those to be recruited in 2015 and to identify and analyse the functional and behavioural skill set gap perce ived by industry representatives.

India figures among the four countries that had seen a marked increase in systematic attacks on schools, students and teachers between 2006 and 2009, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) report has said.

The other three countries were such attacks have increased are Afghanistan, Pakistan and Thailand.

The report also finds that children are abducted to fights with arrows and guns in India. The UN cites the story of Tarrem Kosa who spoke to Human Rights Watch (HRW) about how the Naxalites came to recruit him when he was in class eight.

XLRI school of business and human resources welcomed Shri S. Vijayaraghavan for a talk on entrepreneurship. Mr. Vijayaraghavan, an IAS officer, is Chief Advisor (investments) to Shri Nitish Kumar, CM of Bihar.

The Talk titled "Entrepreneurship and Impact Factors" was delivered to packed auditorium full of students and faculty alike, at the Fr Prabhu Hall.

Dr. Pingali Venugopal is the Dean (Academics) and Professor (Marketing) of XLRI, Jamshedpur. Dr. Venugopal is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has been a Marketing faculty in XLRI since 1994. He has also been the visiting faculty at top MBA schools like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow and the American University of Armenia. Before joining XLRI, Dr. Venugopal had held managerial positions in the marketing divisions of two agribusiness companies.

In an exclusive to MBAUniverse.com, Dr. Pingali Venugopal, Dean, XLRI Jamshedpur has informed all the MBA aspirants that the interview process of the MBA school will tentatively start from Thursday, February 25, 2010 and will continue till Monday, March 15. “These are the tentative dates. We are yet to decide the final dates,” Dr. Venugopal said in the interview.

It is a common knowledge that XLRI does not hold Group Discussion or Case Studies, but only Personal Interview of candidates who have been shortlisted on the basis of XAT entrance exam.

MUMBAI: Indian Institutes of Management have decided to continue with the existing admission system of conducting group discussions and personal interviews independently, at least for this year.

With the new IIMs starting operations this academic season, the Union human resource development ministry had asked the management schools to draw up a common admission process so that students are saved the trouble of travelling to various campuses.

XAT 2010 exam to select management students for top 60 associated institution was held today in 33 cities across the country.

The XLRI aspirant students will have to crack the XAT 2010 exams.

XAT 2010 Analysis:

XLRI, Jamshedpur is one of the leading management institutes in the country. XLRI, Jamshedpur is believed to be centre of excellence in management studies.

XLRI Jamshedpur is considered as one of the best schools of business and Human Resource.

Do not try to study anything new
The last few days is the time to consolidate, not experiment. Do not try to study anything from a grass roots level at this stage. Instead, focus on revising concepts and chapters you already know.

Know your strengths and weaknesses
Analyse your performance in the mocks. Understand your strong and weak areas. On D-Day,look out for questions from your areas of strength and give lower priority to those chapters you are not well-versed with.This ability can help candidates choose questions which can be attempted in the limited time available.

CARIRI, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, is expanding its services in the area of metallurgy — specifically corrosion assessment and prevention.

The Institute has engaged the services of Consultants from the National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) in Jamshedpur, India.

This is India’s premier metallurgical research and development outfit, with over five decades of experience conducting R&D and S&T services in the field of corrosion assessment and prevention.
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Jamshedpur: Criticising Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal's proposal to raise eligibility for entrance tests to IITs to 80% in Class XII examinations, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) today said it was a conspiracy to deprive tribals.
"The move is a conspiracy hatched by Congress to deprive adivasis from seeking admission in the premier technical institutes of the country," JMM general secretary Ramesh Hansda said here.

"Is it not double standards by the Congress?" he asked referring to the Centre's recent decision to withdraw one lakh