Education abroad & Career

Keralite Professor received highest honour in Australia Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Professor Kadambot H.M.Sidhique, a native of Kodungalloor and currently the Chair in Agriculture and Director, UWA Institute of Agriculture and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia has been honoured as the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in Queen’s birthday honors’ list. The citation recognized his lifetime’s work in advancing agricultural science as an academic and researcher. In 2005 he was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) recognizing his outstanding contribution to Australian and international agriculture, particularly his innovative research and leadership in production agronomy, crop physiology, germplasm development and breeding of grain legumes (pulses) and cereal crops. In 2009 he received a gold medal and citation from the former President on India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul ...

Foreign education bill can be a prescription drug Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Foreign education bill can create spectacular growth in the higher education and research sector of the country. Indian students can easily access the cutting edge technologies at an affordable cost is one of the major impacts of this bill. Recent analysis reveals that in 2008-09, around 140 Indian institutions and 156 foreign education providers were involved in academic collaborations. Of which 90 institutions have university status and 20 have college status. Other institutions were for skill development programmes. Total number of collaborations was 225 having more than one programme delivery, the total number was 635. Highest numbers of collaborations were in management studies which were around 26 per cent. Engineering and tech...

British Chevening Scholarships 2011 The British Council invites applications for the Chevening Gurukul Scholarships. Researchers can now apply for this fully funded leadership training at London School of Economics! Chevening Gurukul Scholarship for Leadership and Excellence is a unique 12-week advanced leadership programme, created specifically for India’s future leaders, by the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Twelve exceptional candidates from India will be selected for this fully funded programme. The scheme is meant for working professionals who have substantial experience in their professional field and are looking for a short-term professional training programme to expand and consolidate their experience, knowledge and skills. For more information about the scholarship, course content, schedule and eligibility criteria, please visit http://www.britishcouncil.org.in/scholarships Interested candidates can apply online at www.cheven...

Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan Climate change adaptation programme is emerging as one of the new generation courses having umpteen research potentials. Considering lack of technical personnel in this field of emerging science, an innovative and unique postgraduate programme entitled M.Sc. (Integrated) Climate Change Adaptation has been started at Academy of Climate Change Education and Research (ACCER) of Kerala Agricultural University at Vellanikkara campus, Thrissur from 2010-2011 onwards. Climate change has become a reality and global warming is likely to be increased by 3°C by the end of this century. Sectors like Agriculture, Horticulture, Plantations, Forestry, Fisheries, Biodiversity, Water resources, Animal agriculture and Human health too are in threat in the event of frequent occurrence of floods, droughts, heat and cold waves due to global warming and climate change. Moreover recent climate predictions reveal that India will be one of the th...