India Exults Over Appointing India-Born Dean of Harvard B-School

India is widely known for producing extremely talented and competent professionals all around the world. The news today is the decision to appoint India born Nitin Nohria as the next dean of the prestigious Harvard Business School (HBS). He is going to be the first Indian and in fact the first non-white to serve the position in the long 102 years history of HBS. Harvard Business School ranks among top 3 B-schools globally and is planning to establish its presence in India soon.

India has been endowing the globe with world class leaders and the latest is Nitin Nohria who will be the 10th dean of HBS assuming office from July 1. He gives credit to IIT Bombay for making him think ‘out-of-box’ and feels indebted to his alma mater even today at the age of 48. Nohria did bachelors in chemical engineering from IIT-B in 1984 and a PhD in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT in 1988. He then moved to join HBS faculty as an assistant professor and is the Richard P Chapman Professor of Business Administration today. Nohria has co-authored and co-edited at least 12 books with his colleague Rakesh Khurana.

Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra and a Harvard graduate says “Nitin’s appointment is an advertisement to the world about the quality of human resource and talent in India”. It reinforces the fact that our country has international level of education system that creates talent for global markets. But, there is a need to turn the prestigious Indian Universities in India into institutes like Harvard that focus not on demand but knowledge.

Nohria has made not only his father proud but the entire country and its education system. These achievements proves and strengthens the academic superiority of India.

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Education- a birth right !

A country or even this world without women is impossible, it’s not only because of her biological powers, but there are many other qualities, which credits to the importance and need of women in the society. In spite of seeing Girls topping in all the fields of education, we do not encourage girl education. India from the starting has given importance and due priority to education, but still somewhere we as the citizens of the country, has backstabbed the nation towards its growth, yes by not encouraging girl education and putting them under the scanner of gender discrimination.

We always pressurise on education, but whose education boys education, girl’s education still takes a back seat when it comes for prioritising education and family, we always prefer girls getting married early, rather than completing their education and becoming self- dependent. The factor of marriage always overpowers the integrity of a woman, when we say that education is a birth right, then why don’t we implement it equally on all the children irrespective of their gender.

You must be thinking I am talking about past, things are not like the same now, but you are wrong still there are many young girls in the country, who don’t get to complete even their primary level of education, forget about completing the graduation or professional courses from a quality recognised college or school. Government has taken steps, it has opened schools, that too free schools or with very minimal fees, but its our duty now, to make it sure that these facilities are utilised properly and the laws passed by the government are implemented by each and every citizen, that is the only way we would be able to produce more of Kiran Bedi’s and Kalpana Chawla in the country, and help the country prosper. Such improvisations and executions will let more women of our country get the reason to participate and celebrate each day as a women’s day.

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Handmade chocolates- the best gift ever !

Chocolates are man’s best friends, they support you when you are sad, by filing in their sweetness in your life and act as a mode of celebration, when you are happy. Chocolates are the ultimate source to bring smile on the faces of your loved ones; they have the power to cheer up your mood, even if you’re extremely sad. They are the best gift one could ask for, and specially chocolates helps in bridging the gaps in your relation.

Like with teddies and flowers, any girl like you or me, would love to get pampered by chocolates. Also, dark chocolates tempts one’s soul like anything, they are the sweetest tool to save a place in your friend’s heart. I think there would be very few people on this earth, who would say no to chocolates, starting from a kid to the oldies, everyone likes chocolates, even though they might be diabetic, they love to take one piece to satisfy their temptation. And just imagine you could make chocolates at your place, I mean this was a dream for me, till the time I heard of a profession called chocolatiers, they are the people who are experts in making chocolates. And these are not like the ordinary chocolates your mom or may be a neighbour aunt can make, these are the ditto chocolates which we buy from market, dark chocolates also, so exciting na!

I am sure everyone would agree that chocolate making is an art, but the best part is we all can learn this art, there are many schools like online Ecole Chocolat School, many hobby classes and workshops are also arranged for people who are keen to learn this talent. Just think, you would so very easily be able to impress you friends and loved ones by presenting handmade chocolates to them. This could beat any gift given to them ever, as other than the original sweetness, it would be instilled with all your love and emotions and the pain which you took in making them. So, I think we all must learn this art, and see the amazing smile on the faces of our friends when you surprise them with this wonderful gift!

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New Zealand – Hub Of Vocational Courses

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One place that is gaining popularity for its options in vocational courses is New Zealand.It’s a beautiful country and we are all aware but few are aware of the fact that it has a wide range of options in vocational courses like – polytechnic courses, animation courses, multimedia courses, hospitality courses, fine arts etc.

There are well reputed institutes in New Zealand, both government and private polytechnics are popular option as these institutes offer both diploma and certificate programmes in various fields like – nursing, hospitality, IT, tourism and many more the fee structure for which varies from 8lakh – 9lakh (for private universities).

Another option that would be easy on once pocket would be is to go for government funded polytechnic institute. These institutes not only provide the students with theoretical study but also provide them with practical training for e.g. CPIT Christchurch has its own restaurant where students are taught to cook and serve in their hospitality program and it also absorbs few of its students as full time employees.

New Zealand is gaining popularity for its vocational courses, every year nearly 500 students migrate to New Zealand from India, and the number is likely to increase in the coming years as New Zealand provides its students all that a migrating student would need in a new location – safety, well developed infrastructure, friendly people, reputed and economical courses, high rate of job opportunity after those courses and much more.

It has many reputed colleges like –

#CPIT Christ church – hospitality.

#Design and arts college, Christchurch – fine arts, interior design, fashion design and communication design.

#Natcoll Auckland – animation, multimedia and advanced media courses.

#Wintec (Waikato institute of technology) Hamilton.

Hence if you are interested in getting yourself a quick job then these vocational courses in New Zealand are a very good and promising option for you to opt for. Incase one requires more information in terms of admission procedure etc then one can consult various online forums, educational sites, magazines, newspapers, career counselors etc as there is a wide range on information present on vocation courses in New Zealand.

 

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Study Abroad – Canada

If studying abroad is your dream and pursuing a course in foreign land is your aspiration then why not go to Canada, the land with not only rich and diverse culture and environment but a plethora of options when it comes to colleges and courses in Canada.

Canada has over 70 universities and over 100 colleges and n number of courses to choose from ranging from – biotech in plant, law, management, business, medicine, fine arts, women’s studies, multidisciplinary minor and major, urban and regional studies, management of natural resources, arts and social science, tourism and hospitality etc.

With such a wide range of courses available and peaceful environment more and more students are opting for Canada to pursue their higher studies, it happens to gain quite a lot of popularity in recent past. Courses in Canadian universities and colleges are of high reputation due to its global acceptance of its degree and diplomas and its low tuition fees. A student can go for a high school diploma course, 2 to 4 years degree course, exchange program and part or full time courses either via campus classes or online classes.

Hence if you have made up your mind to pursue a course in Canada then you can apply for student’s visa from citizenship and immigration Canada (CIC) for which you need to fill a application and submit it along with processing charges, a few more documents is required depending upon the students location and country.
In case you require more data on courses and colleges in Canada you can surf the net, go to various education forums, articles and sites etc.

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