Indian Institute of Management Bangalore selects SunGard Higher Education solution

September 21st, 2009 Education Management to sell 20M shares in IPOPITTSBURGH — Education Management Corp. said Monday it would sell 20 million shares, at $18 to $20 a piece, in an initial public offering that will help it pay down debt.

September 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Axiom Education, an education innovation company, Saturday announced the launch of interactive comic textbooks based on the curriculum set by the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) to spread scientific knowledge. Called "iken books", the textbooks have been designed with comic characters imparting education, and will be available in two volumes for students of sixth to eight standards.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/BANGALORE - Students and young professionals Monday hailed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's 'aam admi' focus of the union budget with many rejoicing over tax sops and interest subsidy in education loans. "Tax exemption is definitely the best news as far as I am concerned.

July 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - Living more than 13,000 km away from their home has not deterred the sizeable American community in India's IT hub Bangalore as they celebrated the American Independence Day Saturday. Right from hosting luncheon parties to song and dance, the Americans here started celebrations from early afternoon.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At a time when scores of foreign educational institutions are queuing up to woo Indian students, leading industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Friday said it will showcase Indian higher education and its rich variety at Kuala Lumpur. The CII, with the support of the high commission of India, is organising the India Education Fair 2009 during June 20-21, the industry lobby said.

May 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - Mechanical Engineering students of a Bangalore college have developed a compressible car, which can be of great help to those who are faced with parking or traffic problem. The car named LARSA (Linearly Actuated Retractable Sedan Type Automobile) has been designed by final year mechanical engineering students of the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology.

May 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - President Pratibha Patil arrived in the Karnataka capital Thursday evening on a two-day visit during which she will attend the concluding function of the centenary celebrations of the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here. President Patil will unveil a plaque at the IISc to mark the end of the celebrations here Friday.

April 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - Indian cricketer and former team captain Rahul Dravid's wife Vijeta gave birth to a son in a hospital here Monday afternoon. Dravid is presently in South Africa playing for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

April 3rd, 2009 BANGALORE - TWB Institute of Professional and Technical Communication (TWB), India's leading organization for Technical Communication Education and Training, released a larger education portfolio, offering a complete range of professional and employment-oriented programs. With this TWB provides India's most comprehensive and most specialized suite of trainings in professional and technical communications.

April 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) Thursday announced a modest increase in the fee structure for post-graduate programmes from the ensuing 2009-10 academic year. The fee has been increased by Rs.25,000 to Rs.5.25 lakh from Rs.5 lakh for 2009-10 and by Rs.50,000 to Rs.5.75 lakh from Rs.Rs.5.25 lakh for the second year (2010-11), IIM-B school director Pankaj Chandra told reporters at the school campus.

February 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - About 500 denizens, including celebrities and students, participated Sunday in a nine-km marathon in this IT hub to heighten urgency in placing energy efficiency systems and renewable energy options. 'Bangalore is reeling under rising temperatures, measuring 33 degrees Centigrade and above as against 22 degrees Centigrade a decade ago during the same time of the year.

February 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy Tuesday called upon Indian scientists to focus more on research and innovation to catch up with their counterparts in the developed countries.

February 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Karnataka government and the US-based networking technologies major Cisco Systems will jointly develop a roadmap for a sustainable Bangalore city, it was announced here Thursday. The state government and the company Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the subject in the presence of Chief Minister B.S.

February 6th, 2009 BANGALORE - Nine people have been arrested for the July 2008 serial bomb blasts that killed a woman here, a top police official said Saturday, adding that the case had been solved. All the nine are from Kerala, Bangalore city Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari told reporters here.

January 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian students going abroad for their higher studies cost the country a foreign exchange (forex) outflow of $10 billion annually, according to an industry lobby report released here Monday. The report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) said despite subsidised engineering and management education, about 500,000 students choose to go abroad every year.