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Indian Summer in Vancouver: July 4-13
Source: Connect – Canada in India The Indian Summer Festival in Vancouver kicks off with a culinary tour of India with local chef, Vikram Vij, on July 4. Other highlights of the ten-day festival include: conversations with Indian cinema icon and humanitarian Shabana Azmi and Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, a health and well-being weekend focussing on [...]
» read moreMOU facilitates faculty and student exchanges
Source: Connect – Canada in India India’s GITAM University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Canada’s University of Windsor to enable short and long-term faculty and student exchanges (including a dual degree program for under-graduate students), collaborative research, teaching and engagement, and offer research based innovative academic programs.
» read moreIndian innovators receive global attention
Source: Connect – Canada in India Three Indian innovators were among the 20 finalists who got a chance to participate in the C2-MTL conference in Montreal, Canada. This conference, which explored the relation between commerce and creativity, provided the participants with a platform to explain their innovations to top industry leaders from around the world and [...]
» read moreCelebrating World Environment Day with special workshop for children in Delhi
Source: Connect – Canada in India Over a 100 children between the ages of eight and 12 years participated in a special workshop on June 4 at the High Commission of Canada in Delhi, to mark World Environment Day. The workshop, held in collaboration with the ECO Roots non-governmental organisation (NGO), encouraged children to preserve [...]
» read moreKing’s College London Opens first International Summer School in Delhi
Source: Digital Learning King’s College London has opened its first international Summer School in Delhi, following the successful launch of the university’s India 2013 programme in Mumbai earlier this year. Classes are being held at Miranda House College, University of Delhi. Courses will cover nternational relations, international political economy and e-business. King’s is working with [...]
» read moreCBSE declares Class XII results, girls outdo boys again
Source: Digital Learning New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the Class XII results on Monday, with more than 82 per cent students passing the examinations. This is an increase of about two per cent as compared to the last year. Girls once again outshined the boys with 87.98 per cent clearing [...]
» read moreRs. 1 lakh each for 200 Meritorious Class XII Students
Source: Digital Learning The HRD Ministry has announced a cash award of Rs. one lakh each to about 200 meritorious students who have passed class XIIth this year in the Government schools affiliated to CBSE. The move was approved by the HRD Minister, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju on Tuesday evening. The students who have studied [...]
» read moreMake Internship Compulsory for all Engineering Students says AICTE
Source: Digital Learning The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made internships compulsory for all engineering students to enhance their employability levels. Students in the fifth, sixth and seventh semesters will have to do an internship ranging from three to 24 months. According to a statement issued by the AICTE Chairman SS Mantha the [...]
» read more‘Bilateral trade with Canada may touch $15 billion by 2015′
Source: Press Trust of India via Indian Economic Business News India’s bilateral trade with Canada is expected to grow to USD 15 billion by 2015 from the present USD 5.8 billion, Canadian Consul General Richard Bale said recently. “Currently the bi-lateral trade stands at 5.8 billion dollars and is expected to grow to USD 15 billion [...]
» read moreHarper Government continues to deepen Canada-India Partnership
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade via Indian Economic Business News On May 17th, The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), met with members of the Indo-Canadian business community in Brampton, Ontario, to highlight the benefits for small [...]
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