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Feb 07, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Business Talk cum Networking Session
“Leadership Challenges in Today’s World: Managing Your Business Effectively
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims
Selamat Hari Raya from GOPIO Malaysia
Aug 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
4 Indians among MIT’s top 35 innovators
Two Indians and two persons of Indian origin figure among Top 35 Innovators under 35 in the latest list of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Technology Review, the world’s oldest Technology Magazine established in 1899.
Ajit Narayanan, Invention Labs, Chennai and Aishwarya Ratan, Yale University, who were part of TR35 India Winners announced in March 2011, [...]
Aug 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Indian-American makes bid for US House seat
WASHINGTON: Sachin Pilot was 27 and Milind Deora and Agatha Sangma were 28 when they were elected to the Lok Sabha. Lakshwadeep’s Mohammed Sayeed trumped them both by making it at 26. In a demographically green country infamous for its geriatric leadership, where Madhavrao Scindia and P.Chidambaram were considered ”youthful [...]
Aug 22, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Another hard knock – Latest seizure of stolen items further dents scrap metal operators’ repute
KUALA LUMPUR: The scrap metal industry — long associated with illegal activities — suffered another setback last week when Selangor police seized 226 stolen scraps ranging from metal, cable, steel and copper pieces from a yard in Bukit Puchong.
The metal parts were stolen from 13 “hot spots” in Selangor, mostly from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) [...]
Aug 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Dieting can force you to eat more
An Indian-origin scientist has come up with an explanation to one of the most sought-after questions of obese people – why it is so frustratingly difficult to stick to a diet?
When we don’t eat, hunger-inducing neurons in the brain start eating bits of themselves. That act of self-cannibalism turns up a hunger signal to prompt [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Business school goes international
The NMIMS ManagementAptitude Test (NMAT), with an aim to go international, will open its doors for foreign students and persons of Indian origin.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), for the first time, has decided to admit sons/daughters and wards of Persons of Indian Origin.
All these students will be admitted on the basis of GMAT score.
“NMIMS will [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Indian origin scientist designs nanosized batteries
Washington, July 31 : A team led by an Indian origin scientist has packaged lithium ion batteries, which power mobiles and smartphones, into a single nanowire. The breakthrough could be a valuable power source for new generations of nanoelectronics.
Pulickel M. Ajayan, who did his B. Tech in metallurgical engineering from Banaras Hindu University in 1985, India and [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Student swap to help fix India rift
AUSTRALIAN students will be able to complete part of their degrees at Indian universities, and Indian students in Australia, under a new scheme being worked out between the two countries.
After a serious rift over a spate of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney, and a massive fall in the number of Indian students [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas from 7 to 9 January 2012 in Jaipur, Rajasthan
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA), Government of India, in partnership with the Government of Rajasthan and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as the Institutional Partner is organizing the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention (PBD 2012) from 7-9 January 2012 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conventions provide the largest platform to the [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Indian outsourcers now ‘insourcing’ jobs to Silicon Valley
India’s $60 billion IT outsourcing industry was built on a simple model: Rely on armies of cheap engineers in the South Asian country to be the help desk for the West. Now, though, Indian outsourcers are hiring thousands of expensive engineers and business development specialists in Silicon Valley and nationwide.
The shift in strategy reflects the [...]
Aug 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
‘Indian-origin people soft targets at workplace in S Africa’
South African Indians are being unfairly targeted at the workplace, a minority rights leader has said after powerful Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) accused the community of accommodating their “brothers” in top jobs at the expense of African employees. There are “great suspicions” that
senior Indian staff at the eThekwini Municipality (which includes the city of Durban) [...]
Jul 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Surge in Number of Indian Students Heading to Canadian Colleges
NEW DELHI — Canada, which has long promoted its eagerness to attract foreigners, is experiencing a surge in the number of Indian students heading there for higher education.
Besides the country’s positive attitude toward outsiders, the chief attractions for Indian students are the lower costs for both tuition and living expenses, [...]
Jul 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
A taste of diplomacy
Malaysia is the latest Asian nation to follow the win-hearts-with-food policy, hosting events and participating in others to give the American audience a better idea of its culture
The way to a person’s heart is truly through his or her stomach. This wise adage holds true even in today’s world in which computers [...]
Jul 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
