Univarsity Number Nine in Ahmedabad City!

February 23rd, 2010 4 Comments   Posted in IT in Gujarat
GLS wants university status. If proposal is accepted, the city will get its ninth varsity

Following the footsteps of the Ahmedabad Education Society that set up Ahmedabad University, the Gujarat Law Society is planning to set up its own university. The proposal will be submitted to the state government next month. If it is sanctioned, the city will get its ninth varsity.

The trust is scouting S G Highway for possible sites to set up the university. More »

Google India targets Gujarat SMBs for online advertising campaign!

Google India is eying small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Gujarat for its online advertisement programme AdWords by the end of this year, the company’s online sales head, Sridhar Seshadri, said.

“Gujarat with over 7,000 SMBs is the hub of entrepreneurship in the country and has tremendous potential of online advertising,” Seshadri said while announcing Google India’s new service called ‘JumpStart’ for the state. More »

Engineering giants to recruit more: CII Baroda

February 19th, 2010 4 Comments   Posted in Career, Development, Events in Gujarat

VADODARA: Top honchos of the engineering giants from the state met during the Engineering Summit 2010 organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday here to discuss the way ahead for engineering industries in the country. Issues like technology management practices, robotic applications in achieving engineering excellence, product development and innovation and others were discussed in the day-long summit at Gateway Hotel.
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Placement at MSU’s science faculty goes hi-tech!

February 19th, 2010 1 Comment   Posted in Career, Education In Gujarat

VADODARA: Campus placement at MS University (MSU) went high tech with science faculty arranging a video conference facility at its placement cell. It will also be the first faculty in the varsity to offer such facility to boost the placement process as well aims to provide gateways to interact with faculty members from foreign universities. This facility will be inaugurated on Friday and will be put to use right away. More »

Sell your idea, make it big on a iWeekend in Ahmedabad

If you have an idea and don’t know how to turn it into a business, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM-A has the solution.

‘iWeekend’ where for the first time, a highly motivated group of 50 entrepreneurs and professionals will select a few ideas and work together to launch a version of the products. All of this in a weekend. Of the final presentations, some products will be selected and funded by venture capitalists and other funding agencies. More »