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THE TIMES OF INDIA

Date
2005-10-31

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Easy come easy go best defines todays dynamic scenario. Be it the ever-evolving job market or the amount on your monthly bank statement. With many new job prospects and avenues for entrepreneurship opening up, the earning capacity of youngsters too, has sharply increased. But,Wholesale Gucci handbags, so have opportunities to spend, invest and save.

Learning to manage ones money has today, become more important than ever before. Managing money is not just about saving but also about budgeting, investing, insuring,Replica Gucci, taxation and much more. Unfortunately,Prada Bags, not many have the required knowledge to do so. Most youngsters reach adulthood without even a cursory knowledge of personal finance. Consequently, one tends to learn money management by trial and error and often when it is too late. This leads to the obvious question: Shouldnt schools and colleges make life skills such as lessons in money management and budgeting a part of the academic curriculum?

CURRENT SCENARIO

Home science courses offered by colleges under the SNDT University, Mumbai, cover various aspects of finance management (income, budgeting, expenditure, savings, investments and taxation) at the junior college as well as degree levels. ..

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DECCAN HERALD

Date
2005-07-28

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VILD has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Mysore for offering the non-profit management courses which provide new opportunities for the youth.

Today the non-profit institutions have begun discharging a much greater role in the socio-economic transformation of India. Notably, a little known fact that NGOs are the largest employers in India stands testimony to this.

Mysore-based Vivekananda Institute of Leadership Development (VILD), established by Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) has evolved from over two decades of field work and interaction with several experts. The Youth Movement works amidst the tribal and rural folk of nearly 12 districts of Karnataka.

SVYM, one of the pioneers in the professional management of the non-profit sector, with the prestigious University of Mysore, has come forward to offer Indias first university affiliated masters and post graduate diploma programmes in non-profit management.

The courses are said to prepare students for leadership roles in non-government organisations and tax-exempt organisations.

VILD has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Mysore for offering the non-profit management courses. It is now affiliated to the university as an Autonomous Academic Institution. The MoU is poised to provide a new opportunity to the youth of the nation to combine their commitment with competence to work in development organisations of the country and contribute to nation building, explains Dr (Flt Lt) M A Balasubramanya, secretary, SVYM and project director,Hermes kelly, VILD.

Infrastructure

The institute has, apart from well-equipped classrooms, videoconferencing facility, a knowledge centre and computer training center. The entire space is built for easy access to those who are differently abled.

Course content

The courses offered are – Master of Management of Non-profit Organisations (MNPM) consisting of two components based on a credit accumulation system and post-graduate diploma (one year) in management of non-profit organisations (PGDMNPO). Dr Balasubramanya said candidates holding a masters degree can get placements as non-profit organisation manager, public administration officer,Replica Burberry, and manager in co-operative sector.

He said 40 candidates with a minimum of 45 per cent of aggregate marks in a degree course of University of Mysore or any other university considered equivalent thereto may apply for this course.

Non-Profit Institutions can sponsor candidates for the course. Sponsored candidates should have put in a minimum of three years of service in a recognised NPO, Dr Balasubramanya explained. He said the programme is specially suited for professionals seeking leadership roles in non-profit organisations. This includes people working in all non-profit institutions working for community development in varied sectors, quasi-governmental agencies such as religious and social services agencies, art and theater. The course is slated to focus on managing both internal and external transactions of a non-profit institutions more effectively, he said.

The internal transactions of a non-profit include: Human resource management, financial management and organisational management. Topics for external transactions of a non-profit include community organising, fund-raising, marketing and public relations. The course is operated on a lecture, discussion, and student participation format. The course consists of 18 core subjects, two elective subjects, two capsules of apprenticeship, a research based project work with weightage equivalent of two subjects and viva voce at the end of the fourth semester. The course carries 2,500 marks.

Course curriculum: The two-year masters programme has four semesters. First semester: Introduction to non-profit sector; Indian social spectrum,Wholesale Gucci; Principles and practices of management of NPOs and Organisational behaviour and leadership among others
Second semester: Foundation in philosophy and values; operations management; research methodology; project development and management and reporting.

Third semester: Strategic management; Indian economy – policies, growth and development; quantitative techniques; Elective 1 and Elective 2; apprenticeship equivalent to one paper.

Fourth semester: Managerial decision making; fund raising and project promotion; and marketing for voluntary organisations. ; democracy, governance and politics and project work.

The topics covered under electives are to mention a few financial management in NPO; HR management in NPO and health programs management.

NGO and the concerned assigned faculty will assess the candidate for 75 marks based on their field performance and the report submitted.

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hindu

Date
2005-06-11

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Minister warns erring schools

Staff Reporter

DDPIs to check if norms have been violated on medium of instruction

STUDY TIME: Children looking at an item on display at the exhibition on `The World of Astronomical Observatories at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum in Bangalore on Friday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

BANGALORE: The State Government will initiate action against English medium schools that were originally permitted to start only Kannada medium classes, the Primary and Secondary Education Minister, R. Ramalinga Reddy,Wholesale Gucci handbags, said here on Friday.

He told presspersons on the sidelines of the inauguration of an exhibition on `The World of Astronomical Observatories that the Deputy Directors of Public Instruction will inspect schools all over the State to find out if they had violated norms.

Notices

We will issue notices and eventually close them as we have done in the case of unauthorised schools, he said.

If the schools were originally permitted to start classes in Kannada medium and have converted into English medium schools,Gucci Handbags, we will ensure that they stick to Kannada medium, he said.

On the Kannada Sahitya Parishats demand that the State Government should issue an order directing all schools to teach English from Class III, Mr. Reddy said he will discuss the matter with the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh.

Appeal

He appealed to the parishat members, who have threatened to launch an agitation on June 14 in support of their demands,wholesale replica wallets, to call off the strike.

As the subject pertaining to the States Language Policy is still in court, we cannot issue any order till the stay is vacated, he said.

Mr. Reddy said the Government will also ensure that Kannada is offered as a subject for Kannadigas in all CBSE schools.

Earlier, the Minister said the Governments EDUSAT programme that provides education through satellites will be extended to schools and colleges in Bidar and Gulbarga.

The programme is successfully running in over 850 schools. I spoke to the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh, during a recent meeting of Education Ministers about permitting us to extend it to these two districts, he said. He lauded the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum and the National Council of Science Museum for organising the exhibition.