PhD Programme in Future Healthcare @ NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health (NITHM)

PhD Programme in Future Healthcare @ NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health (NITHM)

The Interdisciplinary Graduate School Them​atic PhD Research Programmes in Future Healthcare at NITHM offers Doctor of Philosophy in the following research areas:

• Sensing and Diagnostics
• Therapeutic Medical Devices
• Nanomedicine
• Tissue Engineering
• Systems Biology and Medicine
• Medical Imaging and Signal Analysis
• Chemical Biology
• Health Systems Complexity
• Skin Research 

Eligibility:

• Opens worldwide
• Graduates with a Bachelor’s degree of at least Second Class Upper Honours or equivalent qualifications from a recognised university
• Graduates with a passion for interdisciplinary research in science, engineering, and related aspects of medicine
• Good GRE scores for applicants with grades from overseas universities
• Good TOEFL or IELTS scores for applicants whose native language or medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English

Tenure

 

The scholarship is tenable up to four years of the PhD studies, or up to the date of graduation, whichever is earlier.

 
 

Benefits of the Scholarship Award:

• Full tuition fees worth S$200,000
• Monthly stipend up to $3600 (for Singapore citizens)
  Note: The actual stipend will depend on the class of honours obtained for the Bachelor’s degree. Singapore permanent residents and international students will have slightly lower stipends at competitive rates. 
• Conference allowance

The scholarship award will be reviewed annually and its renewal is subjected to satisfactory performance and academic results.

PhD scholarship opportunities in the area of health information systems and health informatics are available.

The applicant should have some health/medical academic background or work experience, and interested in health information systems, human computer interaction or user studies. The PhD scholarships are offered by the NTU Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health and Medicine, and is quite generous.

For international applicants, GRE is preferred, but our school can administer a “Technical Proficiency Test” instead. TOEFL or IELTS scores are needed for applicants whose medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English.

International Seminar on Indian State and Indigenous / Tribal Peoples, 28-29 March 2014, TISS Mumbai

International Seminar on Indian State and Indigenous / Tribal Peoples: Revisiting Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Guarantees

Organized by
Bodoland University
&
Center for Social Justice and Governance
TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

supported by
Tribal Intellectual Collective India

Venue: Bodoland University, Kokrajhar (Assam)

Date: 28^th & 29^th March 2014

Seminar Theme: Indian State and Indigenous / Tribal Peoples - Revisiting Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Guarantees

Concept Note: With a population of 104.3 million, the indigenous/tribal peoples in India are recognized as ‘Scheduled Tribes’ by the Indian Constitution. Out of 5,653 distinct communities in India, 700 of them are considered to be ‘Scheduled Tribes’ notified under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. The Constitution of India, which came into existence on 26th January 1950, addresses Indigenous peoples or Scheduled Tribes in  as  many  as  209  Articles  and  2  special  Schedules  -  these articles  and special schedules are protective and ameliorative in nature. Article 341 and 342 provide for classification of Scheduled Tribes, while Article 330, 332 and 334 provide for reservation of seats in Parliament and State assemblies. Indigenous/tribal peoples are the original inhabitants and the first settlers in specific geographical habitations of the region which became India in 1947. They live on about 15 percent of the country’s land in various ecological and geo-climatic habitats, ranging from plains and forest to hills and inaccessible areas. They are objects of various categorization processes from the perspective of the ‘other’. Notwithstanding the same, they identify themselves as indigenous peoples. ‘Scheduled Tribe’ is a politico administrative term used for the purpose of administering certain specific constitutional privileges, protection and benefits from the state. [ Read More..]

Please send your abstracts (300 words) within any of themes stated above by email along with your contact details (email, phone number and postal address) and current institutional affiliation to daltrijournals@gmail.com

Details and updates also available at:
www.bodolanduniversity.org
www.tiss.edu
www.daltrijournals.org

All papers submitted to the conference organizer and meeting necessary standards will be published in the online, open access Daltri Journals.

Timeline:

• Last date for receiving abstracts: 31 January 2014
• Intimation regarding acceptance of abstract: 7 February 2014
• Last date of submission of full paper: 7 March 2014

Hospitality and Traveling:

Second class railway fare (to and fro) will be given to participants whose papers are selected. The conference fee is Rs.500 per participant (to be paid to organizers at the registration desk). This is inclusive of a conference kit, boarding and lodging.

Contact International Seminar organisers @

Mr. Birphung Narzary Deputy Registrar Bodoland University Kokrajhar Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam Email:birphung@gmail.com Phone:+91 9435026667

Mr. bodhi s.r. Assistant Professor Center for Social Justice & Governance School of Social Work Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) Email: bodhi@tiss.edu Phone: 022- 2552 5415

Mr. Raile Rocky Representative Tribal Intellectual Collective India, Mumbai Email: tribal.intellectual.collective@gmail.com Phone: +91 9833877508

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FDP/1st Workshop on Business Analytics, 11-13 APR 2014, IMT-Nagpur.

FDP/1st Workshop on Business Analytics

Dates: April 11 - 13, 2014

Organisers: IMT Nagpur, in association with IBM.

Venue:  IMT Nagpur

Program Fee: The program registration fee is Rs-10,000/- per participant. Registration fee includes the course material, lunch, refreshments and double occupancy non a/c accommodation at IMT campus.

Program Structure:

Day 1	Big Data & Analytics- Opportunities and Challenges
	Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics
	Business data handling using IBM SPSS
	Data Integration and Preparation
	Data Exploration
Day 2	Summarizing business data using statistical techniques
	Inferential statistics
	Comparison between different situations using  t test
	ANOVA, CHAID, Decision Tree
Day 3	Predictive analytics/Model Building
	Model building using simple, multiple and logistic regression
	Cluster/Factor/Conjoint Analysis

All the above content will be discussed using analytics approach to analyze Big Data

REGISTRATION.

Contact: Mr. Abhinav Chandel, Faculty Research Associate,
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, Nagpur
603, Khullar Apartments,Byramji Town, Nagpur-440013
Tel- + 91-712-280-5303;
Mobile: + 91-9330538466
Email: achandel@imtnag.ac.in

SAFETYEX: 2nd International Exhibition & Conference

SAFETYEX: 2nd International Exhibition & Conference
14-16, July 2014
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Conference: A two days conference would be organized on 14^th & 15^th July 2014, along with the exhibition, covering all aspects of industrial safety, occupational health, disaster management, personal protective equipment and safety training.Please furnish your exact area of requirement and we would revert back to you very soon. safety@reedsi.com

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NRSC Announcement of Training Courses, March-May 2014.

NRSC Announcement of Training Courses, March-May 2014.

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Contact Details
Head, Training & Education Division
RS Applications Area
National Remote Sensing Centre
ISRO/DOS, Govt. of India
Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 A.P., India.
Phone Nos : 040-2388 4566/4567/4247/4248
Fax : 040-2388 4561
Email : training@nrsc.gov.in