Friday, September 30, 2011

workshop: THIRD QUANTITATIVE FINANCE WORKSHOP (QFW-2011)

THIRD QUANTITATIVE FINANCE WORKSHOP (QFW-2011)

Dates: December 14th (Wednesday) to 17th (Saturday), 2011 (4 Days)

Venue: Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Road No.1, Castle Hills, Beside NMDC, Masab Tank, Hyderabad – 500 057 (AP), India

Organiser/s: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, INDIA; Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA; Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; and Institute for Development and Research In Banking Technology (IDRBT), INDIA

Brochure: http://www.igidr.ac.in/images/stories/qf2011brochure.pdf

Registration Form: http://www.igidr.ac.in/images/stories/qfw2011regform.pdf

Friday, September 23, 2011

convention: International Convention on "Virtual Education: Issues, Challenges and Prospects"

International Convention on "Virtual Education : Issues, Challenges and Prospects"

Dates: 24th & 25th February 2012

Venue: CEC, New Delhi, INDIA

Theme: Virtual Education: Issues, Challenges and Prospects

Sub Themes:

1.Virtual reality

2. Virtual classroom vs. face to face learning - reality and myth

3. Content development for different digital delivery platform

4. ICT Capacity building

5. Innovation in creation and use of content

6. Multimedia quality standards and benchmarks

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Convention: National Convention on CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

National Convention on CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Dates: 11^th - 12^th November, 2011
Orgainser: Shree Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal
At: Bhopal (MP), INDIA

Symposium: Redesigning the MBA: A Curriculum Development Symposium, 12–13 October, 2011, Singapore

A business school’s curriculum reflects its unique mission and encompasses the intellectual capital and character of its faculty. It is an essential ingredient for high-quality management education and a healthy business school brand. Curriculum is one of the most difficult elements for a business school to change and nowhere is this more conspicuous than in MBA degree programs.

To guide you through the MBA curriculum redesign process, AACSB is offering a new event: Redesigning the MBA: A Curriculum Development Symposium, to help business schools think strategically about questions of purpose, positioning, and program design. The symposium will draw on cutting edge research and best practices from business schools in the Asia-Pacific region, North America, and Europe. It will provide valuable insights about the content and pedagogies of MBA curricula, while also allowing the participants to network and exchange ideas.

The symposium will provide sessions on the following topics: managing in a global context, leadership development, innovation and creativity, critical thinking and communication skills, experiential learning, and the implementation challenges of curriculum redesign. Each session will feature examples from schools that will share syllabi and discuss the process of developing courses and programs.

Fellowship: Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2012/13

Background: Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions.

Eligibility: Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in the following eight institutions, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience, and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply.

City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Lingnan University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The University of Hong Kong

Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

Fellowship Award: The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approximately US$2,600) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year to each awardee for a period of three years. About 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in each academic year*. For awardees who need more than three years to complete their PhD studies, additional support may be provided by the chosen institutions. For details, please contact the institutions concerned directly.

* Institutions in Hong Kong normally start their academic year in September.

Selection Panel: Shortlisted applications, subject to their areas of studies, will be reviewed by one of the following two Selection Panels comprising experts in the relevant board areas:

sciences, medicine, engineering and technology
humanities, social sciences and business studies

Selection Criteria: While candidates' academic excellence is the primary consideration, the Selection Panels will take into account factors as follows:

Academic excellence;
Research ability and potential;
Communication and interpersonal skills; and
Leadership abilities

Monday, September 19, 2011

BLOG: Rural Sociology

The Rural Sociology Group of Wageningen University studies the dynamics of rural and regional development processes in Europe. Specific attention is paid to the different levels at which transformation processes occur and are shaped, as well as to the different actors and institutions involved. The Rural Sociology Group studies and analyses these transformation processes from an interpretative-explanatory sociological perspective, combining qualitative and quantitative research methods. A common denominator is the focus on diversity, agency, micro-macro linkages and processes of institutionalisation. Characteristic is the comparative and empirically driven research approach. An important feature of its research is the multidisciplinary approach, based on a well-established co-operation between sociologists, economists, spatial planners, agronomists, animal scientists and technicians. Equally relevant is the close collaboration with (organisations of) stakeholders.
PhD research and training is mainly carried out in programs, which are endorsed by the Mansholt Graduate School of Social Sciences. Rural Sociology also provides an important input into the BSc and MSc programmes on International Development Studies and on Public Health & Society.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Conference: "3rd International Conference on Applied Econometrics (ICAE-III)"

3rd International Conference on Applied Econometrics (ICAE-III)

Organised by IBS Hyderabad, in collaboration with The INDIAN ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY

Date: 16^th – 17^th December, 2011

Venue: IBS Hyderabad, India

Call for Papers

About the Conference: The 3rd International Conference on Applied Econometrics (ICAE-III) will be held during December 16-17, 2011, at IBS Hyderabad. The theme of the conference is dedicated to recent developments in theoretical and empirical analysis of applied econometrics.
Theoretical analyses supported by data and applied contributions are invited.

Areas of Interest: Papers are invited on the areas of Business Economics, Agricultural Economics, Developmental Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, Actuarial Economics, Behavioral Economics, Financial Economics, Monetary Economics and Time series Econometrics.

Contact: Dr. Trilochan Tripathy, IBS Hyderabad, Conference Chair ICAE-III, Mob: 91-9866831785, Fax: 91-8417236653

Fellowship: Understanding Canada: Canadian Studies Fellowship Program 2012-13

The Foreign Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, invites applications from Indian scholars for Understanding Canada Faculty Research, Faculty Enrichment and Doctoral Research Fellowships.

A. Understanding Canada - Faculty Research
B. Understanding Canada - Faculty Enrichment Fellowship, andC. Understanding Canada - Doctoral Research Fellowships

ENQUIRIES AND APPLICATION FORMS

For the application Materials please visit the Shastri Institutes website at: http://www.sici.org.in/ OR www.sici.org
For any query, write to Dr. Prachi Kaul, Programme Officer at: prachi@sici.org.in or sici@sici.org.in

DEADLINE: Receipt of completed applications: 20 OCTOBER, 2011 (5.00.P.M.)

Please Visit: http://www.sici.org.in and/or http://www.sici.org

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Workshop: "All India Young Social Scientists Workshop"

Date: October 10th & 11th 2011 at Tezpur University,Assam)

Theme: Emerging Trends in Social Science Research & Methodological Challenges

Background: Ambivalent complexities emerging in social science research in India call for a review of the state of the art that goes beyond the conventional social science disciplinary boundaries. In a global knowledge society; often these boundaries become vague and overlap each other, necessitating the integration of diverse knowledge systems. There are areas of specialisations in every discipline, which are often the amalgamations of different disciplines. This leads to the emergence of ‘Multiplicity of Paradigms’ across the intra-/interdisciplinary boundaries. In the midst of ....

Brochue/RegForm: http://117.211.93.114/events_files/aiyssw_2011.pdf

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in World

On September 6, 2011, we announced that we are making journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. This “Early Journal Content” includes discourse and scholarship in the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and in mathematics and other sciences. It includes nearly 500,000 articles from more than 200 journals. This represents 6% of the content on JSTOR.

While JSTOR currently provides access to scholarly content to people through a growing network of more than 7,000 institutions in 153 countries, we also know there are independent scholars and other people that we are still not reaching in this way. Making the Early Journal Content freely available is a first step in a larger effort to provide more access options to the content on JSTOR for these individuals.

The Early Journal Content will be released on a rolling basis beginning today. A quick video tutorial about how to access this content is also available.

We encourage broad use of the Early Journal Content, including the ability to reuse it for non-commercial purposes. We ask that you acknowledge JSTOR as the source of the content and provide a link back to our site. Please also be considerate of other users and do not use robots or other devices to systematically download these works as this may be disruptive to our systems. For more information, you can read a new section about Early Journal Content in our Terms & Conditions of Use.

If you would like to be notified of the first and subsequent releases of the Early Journal Content, you may follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

You can browse a list of available content by discipline or by title. Please read our Frequently Asked Questions if you have additional questions about the Early Journal Content or contact us at support@jstor.org.

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Workshop: "National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity"

Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi is organising two days National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity during February 16-17, 2012, at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi Campus. This workshop intends to bring together scientists, policy makers and information scientists/librarians to discuss the various issues related to the topic.

The workshop is intended to take stock of present methods of evaluating research productivity of a country and an individual scientist. An endeavour will be made to examine the methods which are followed in different scientometrics/bibliometrics studies which are generally used in the assessment of research productivity by various agencies .

The speakers would include eminent scientists and practitioners. The target audience are scientists, librarians and policy makers from leading institutions. This workshop will include both invited and contributed papers, and state-of-the-art lectures by eminent keynote speakers. Only a limited number of papers will be accepted for presentation. Later on an edited volume with ISBN No. will be published with presented papers.

Major Topics to be covered in the Workshop are :

(i) Evaluating research productivity. (ii) Tools for measuring the productivity. (iii) Using metrics for arriving at conclusions: Best Practices. (iv) Quality versus quantity- Two sides of the coins of research productivity. (v) Moving beyond the existing practices: Search for value addition parameters.

Local hospitality will be provided by the organisers to the participants from outside Delhi. This announcement is available on our website http://www.isid.ac.in/

Monday, September 12, 2011

Call for Papers - INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH

INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH (IJAR) (ISSN No. 2249-555X) is a double-reviewed monthly print-in published journal. The aim of the journal to become a serious vehicle for inspiring and disseminating research papers, articles, case studies, review articles etc in all subject areas by the academicians, research scholars, corporate and practitioners with substantial experience and expertise in their respective fields. This journal is kept wide to provide platform for diversity of intellectual pursuit from all corners of the society for enrichment and enhancement of the group readers.
The periphery of the subject areas includes:

Accountings, Arts, Bio-medical, Biology, Business, Commerce, Corporate Governance, Clinical Research, Designing, Economics, Education, Engineering, Finance, Financial Accounting, Fine Art, Geography, History, Home Science, Human Resource, Intellectual Property Rights, Industrial Laws, Information Technology, Journalism, Literature, Management, Marketing, Management Accounting, Medical Science, Organization Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Science, Political Science, Rural India, Statistics, Science, Social Sciences, etc.

In this regard, may I take this opportunity to invite Articles, Research Papers, Case Study, and Review Report for Indian Journal of Applied Research:
Please send us the following on or before 25thSeptember
1) Print Copy of the Paper (along with author(s) Name, Designation, Institute/University Affiliated, Contact No.)
2) Word file of the Paper in CD
3) Copyright Agreement Form duly sign by all the authors (please find the copy in the attachment)
4) Two Referees report (please find the copy in the attachment)
5) Publication Fees in Demand Draft/Cheque at Par (Rs. 1000 for single author). Kindly send it the address mention at the bottom.

For further details kindly see the attach pdf file.
May I take request you to circulate this email/attachment among your colleagues, peers & friends for the contribution to IJAR
Looking forward to intellectual relations and co-operations
Regards --
Editor,

INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH

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NR. Congress Bhavan, Paldi

Ahmedabad-380006. (Guj)

Cell:+91 98240 97643

Email: Editor@ijar.in

Website: www.ijar.in

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Conference: "5th Doctoral Theses Conference"

Title: “5^th Doctoral Theses Conference”.

Dates: 2^nd – 3^rd Mar, 2012.

Organisers/Venue: IBS, Hyderabad (AP), INDIA.

Please Visit: http://www.ibshyderabad.org/Conference/Doctoral%20Theses%20Conference/5th%20Doctoral%20Theses%20Conference.htm

OR http://www.ibshyderabad.org/Conference/Doctoral%20Theses%20Conference/Brochure-DTC.pdf

National Conference on Information Literacy Competencies for Higher Learning and Research

Title: "National Conference on Information Literacy Competencies for Higher Learning and Research (NCILCHR)”.

Dates: 21^st – 22^nd Oct, 2011.

Organiser/Venue: Tumkur University, Tumkur (Karnataka), INDIA.

Please Visit: http://tumkuruniversity.in/lisconference.aspx OR http://tumkuruniversity.in/Portals/14/newsevents/lisbrochure.pdf

Seminar: National Seminar on Gender Justice and Emerging Trends

Title: “National Seminar on Gender Justice and Emerging Trends – Assessment and Challenges Ahead”.

Dates: 14^th – 15^th Oct, 2011.

Organisers/Venue: Tumkur University, Tumkur (Karnataka), INDIA.

Please Visit: http://www.tumkuruniversity.in/Portals/14/newsevents/genderjusticeconf.pdf

Training Programme: Qualitative Data Analysis and Software

Dates: 17^th – 21^st Oct, 2011.

At: Norma School, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), INDIA.
About: Qualitative research methods are becoming more widely used across a variety of disciplines in the social sciences. There has also been a renewed focus on the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in addressing research questions. This training programme gets you the basics of qualitative data analysis and deriving professional expertise in using qualitative data analysis software.
Admission: All who are interested in using computers for the analysis of qualitative data are welcome. Postgraduates of any discipline with computer literacy will find the programme more useful. The programme is designed in such a way that any computer literate without any prior exposure to qualitative data analysis software can derive expertise. Those who are familiar with statistical software will naturally have an advantage.
Seats: Only 10 seats; allotted on first come first serve basis.
Fee: Course fee is Rs.30,000/- only.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

TISS Platinum Jubilee Conference 2011–2012

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Platinum Jubilee Conference 2011–2012

on Globalisation and Social Transformation : The Indian Experience, February 17–19, 2012

Call for Participation

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee Celebration Year in 2011–2012. As part of the celebrations, a three-day Conference on ‘Globalisation and Social Transformation: The Indian Experience’, is being organised. The Conference will provide a platform to academicians, activists, practitioners and researchers to discuss the challenges of globalisation and the ensuing social transformation within a multi-disciplinary framework. The Conference aims at enhancing knowledge, identifying newer areas and methods of policy advocacy and intervention.

The Conference comprises keynote lectures, plenaries, parallel sessions, as well as oral and poster presentations. We are pleased to invite papers for participation across the following themes:

Economic Growth, Equality and Human Development
Organisation, Work and Innovation
State, Governance and Citizenship
Community, identity and Marginalisation
Environment, Resources and Resistance
Inequalities, Vulnerabilities and Human Health and Well-being
Transforming Role of Social Institutions in a Global Society
Culture , Nation and Change

Please submit an abstract of 350 words in the prescribed format with 4 keywords on any of the areas identified above to pjnc@tiss.edu on or before September 30, 2011.

For more details about registration and abstract submission please visit http://www.tiss.edu/nationalconference/announcement

Refresher Course on Advances in Economics for College/University Faculty

"Refresher Course on Advances in Economics" for College/University Faculty Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) (Deemed University), Mumbai
November 14-December 2, 2011

IGIDR is an autonomous research body located in Mumbai and founded in 1987 by the Reserve Bank of India. It received the deemed university status in 1995. It offers Masters in Economics and integrated M.Phil/Ph.D programs in Development Studies. Its mission is to promote the study and dissemination of knowledge of, and conduct research from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, on development with its economic, technological, social, political and ecological aspects, to gain insights into the process of development and alternative policy options, with special emphasis on social, legal, organizational and institutional aspects.

IGIDR is organizing an intensive refresher course on Advances in Economics from November 14 to December 2, 2011, as part of its nationwide capacity building activities. Several short courses such as Contemporary issues in Development, Contemporary issues in Energy and Environment, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Institutions, Investments, Oligopoly, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Productivity, and Time Series within the broad themes of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Development and Energy and Environment will be offered by IGIDR faculty. Apart from these short courses, there will be additional special lectures by eminent scholars.

Applications are sought from interested faculty from universities and colleges recognized by the University Grants Commission to participate in this refresher course. Preference would be given to those who are teaching Economics at Masters or senior undergraduate level, preferably below 45 years of age and who have done mathematics at the higher secondary and/or Bachelors ancillary level. The application should include detailed cv with contact details such as phone and email id, the courses taken by the faculty in their Bachelors and Masters degrees, and also the courses that they are currently teaching, along with a short syllabi. IGIDR will provide boarding and lodging to the selected participants. In addition, selected outstation participants will be paid travel allowance (not exceeding return 2-tier AC train fare by the shortest route) on furnishing the original tickets. Applications should be sent to Mr. Jai Mohan Pandit, Registrar, IGIDR, Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400 065 by post or by fax (022-2840 2752) or by email (facultyrefresher@igidr.ac.in) by September 20, 2011. Please add“Refresher Course on Advances in Economics” header to your envelope or electronic message.

Pl. Visit: http://www.igidr.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156:refreshercourse&catid=1:latest&Itemid=51

InfoMail (5.9.2011)

InfoMail

05.09.2011

“HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY”

1. Events/Announcements:

1.1 Seminar

Title : “National Seminar on Tribal Health in Central India: Issues & Challenges”.

Dates : 15^th – 16^th Sept, 2011.

Organiser/Venue : School of Studies in Anthropology & Tribal Studies, Bastar Vishwavidyalaya,

Jagdalpur (C.G.), INDIA.

More Info. : Brochure is available at the Circulation Counter of the Library.

Please Visit : http://www.bvvjdp.ac.in/NewsInDetails.asp?NID=1

1.2 Conference

Title : “National Conference on Knowledge Dissemination through Journal Publications”.

Dates : 28^th – 30^th Sept, 2011.

Organisers : Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum (CEDBEC), Christ University, Bangalore (Karnataka) INDIA.

Venue : Seminar Room, CTQMS, 4^th Floor, PU Block, Christ University Campus, Bangalore (Karnataka) INDIA.

More Info. : Pre-Notice along with Reg. Form is available on the Library Notice Board.

Please Visit : http://anilpinto.blogspot.com/2011/07/national-conference-on-knowledge.html OR http://www.box.net/shared/5lpnuqe45u0apa2pbu15

1.3 Conference

Title : “International Conference on Gandhian Values: Sustainability & Corporate Governance”.

Dates : 7^th – 9^th Oct, 2011.

Organisers : Institute of Business Management & Technology (IBMT) and Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi & Gandhi Peace Foundation, Bangalore (Karnataka) INDIA.

Venue : Hotel Atria, Palace Road, Bangalore (Karnataka) INDIA.

More Info. : Brochure with Reg.Form is available at the Circulation Counter of the Library.

Please Visit : http://www.ibmtedu.org/GVCG/Index.html OR http://www.ibmtedu.org/GVCG/Images/Brochure.pdf

1.4 Conference

Title : “3^rd Annual Higher Education Leadership Asia Summit”.

Dates : 18^th – 21^st Oct, 2011.

Organisers : IBC Asia (S) Pte Ltd., Singapore.

Venue : Hilton Hotel, Singapore.

More Info. : Brochure with Reg.Form is available at the Circulation Counter of the Library.

Please Visit : http://www.highereducationsummit.com/

1.5 MAP

Title : “20^th International Management Appreciation Programme for Voluntary Agencies (VOLAG-MAP)”.

Dates : 14^th Nov – 9^th Dec , 2011.

Orgaiser : Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat), INDIA.

More Info. : Brochure with Reg.Form is available on the Library Notice Board.

Please Visit : https://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/mdp_sponsprog_volagmap.php OR https://www.irma.ac.in/pdf/volag_bro/29.pdf

1.6 Conference

Title : 1. “9^th Conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences & Health”, and 2. “Pre-Conference Workshop on Approaches to Social Science Research”.

Dates : 21^st – 23^rd Nov, 2011 and 24^th – 26^th Nov, 2011 respectively.

Organisers : Indian Association for Social Sciences & Health, Chennai (T.N.) and Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (Maharashtra), INDIA.

Venue : Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (Maharashtra), INDIA.

More Info. : Brochure with Reg.Form is available at the Circulation Counter of the Library.

Please Visit : http://www.iassh.org/ninth/brochure.pdf OR http://www.iassh.org/ninth/index.html

1.7 MDP Calendar

Title : “Management Development Programmes”.

Dates : Apr 2011 – Mar 2012.

Organiser/Venue : Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand (Gujarat), INDIA.

Please Visit : https://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/mdp_calendar.php

1.8 MDP Calendar

Title : “Management Development Programmes 2011-12”.

Dates : Jul 2011 – Feb 2012.

Organisers : XLRI, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), INDIA.

More Info. : One PRINT copy is available at the Circulation Counter of the Library.

Please Visit : http://www.xlri.ac.in/scripts/mdp_list.php?acy=2011-2012

2. i-Resources:

2.1 New Journal

Title : “Amity Journal of Media & Communication Studies” (S-A), Vol. 1 (1), Jan-Jul 2011.

ISSN : 2231-1033

Publisher : Amity University, Jaipur (Rajasthan), INDIA.