Sunday, January 20, 2008

HUMBER COLLEGE OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE BACHELOR DEGREES TO INDIANS

New Delhi, Jan 21 Canada-based Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning today announced its five new four-year specialized business degrees in the fields of International Business, Tourism Management, Fashion Management, Human Resources Management, and e-Business Marketing starting from October 2008 for the Indian students.

Humber claims to offer innovative, career-focused learning opportunities. It provides over 350 programs including: bachelor's degree, diploma, certificate, apprenticeship and postgraduate programs.
Humber has 17,000 full-time and 55,000 part-time learners, as well as more than 15,000 employees in custom corporate training on its role. It has partnerships with employers, as well as transfer agreements with 45 universities and colleges that could help students to build a foundation for lifelong success.
''Canada is opening its doors to international students and Humber College offers them the opportunity to become successful professionals, whether they choose to apply their skills in Canada or anywhere in the world'', Ms Wendy Gallegos, International Recruitment Officer, Humber College, said .
.The institute claims to have most positive results as over 90 per cent of their students find employment within six months of graduating. It has two campuses in Toronto, with over 750 international students from more than 75 countries .
Humber ranks among the top 12 institutes of North America and Canada. The first two years of study are built on the platform of a solid business education offering courses in marketing, accounting, economics and law. And during the third and fourth year of thebachelor degree, students work toward a specialization by gaining practical skills through applied projects linked to business, real companies and industry, she said and added that each degree also offers one full semester of paid work placement which is valued ashands-on experience by employers.
She named companies where Humber College students found placements in Toronto which include: Nestle, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Air Canada Vacations, American Express, Hilton Hotels, Holt Renfrew, Rogers Communications, Xerox, Apple Canada, Microsoft Canada, and Electronic Data Systems, amongst many others.
Indian students who enroll in any of these five specialized bachelor degrees, would have access to Entrance Scholarships based on academic performance, she advised. The bachelor's degrees are offered at its Lakeshore campus, located on the shores of Lake Ontario, in the booming city of Toronto.
The institute has a tie-up with Chandigarh-based Canam Consultants, a registered member of Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants,to assist students with career counseling, admissions processing, and Canadian student visa guidance inIndia anFor Indian students interested in applying to these degrees,please visit the website: www.makeyourmovetocanada.com and alsoat: www.international.humber.ca

Ms Ganga D Dandapani

Mob: 9312601937d in Kuwait

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

“SPACE4BRANDS” LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE BRANDS AND PRODUCTS

NEW AVENUES AND ENVIRONMENT BRANDING TO BE THE FOCUS AREA.

New Delhi A team of marketing specialists have joined hands launched a new unique venture ‘space4brands’ to meet the growing demand from brands for the creation of a sophisticated buying service for promotional space in across a variety of venues.

“Our exclusive sites include shopping malls, leisure venues, exhibition venues, golf clubs, universities, schools and fitness clubs. Whatever your business we will have the right space for the product manufacturer or brand launcher. We will match and provide right venues to the ever demanding clients” said Rahul Suri , one of the founders for Space4brands’
.
“We as experts in brand space selling have already tied up with some property groups, transport authorities and logistic providers , autorikshaw and taxi unions for promotional sale sites” said Suri.

“Malls and other real estate ventures are world wide becoming major branding venues . More over, most of the malls and real estate owners prefer to outsource their common free space for the purposes of third party brand promotions. The sales and management of these sites is also outsourced” added suri

“ We estimate that each year, brand-owners spend more than Rs 2000 crore on hiring promotional spaces in order to sell, sample or simply promote their products and brands . Our service will save significant time, whilst increasing profits of the companies as we will be Create a profile of venues all over the country in the brand marketplace” added suri.

“Outsourced management of the whole sales process; from sourcing leads through to managing all the administration for each booking (licence agreements, insurance checks, invoicing and credit control) will be our punch line” he added.

Furthermore, property owners in most of the new malls were finding it increasingly difficult to place values on their promotional spaces when approached by agencies and brands. Space4brands will now provide the bridge between buyer and seller. Our sophisticated valuation tool will ensure a fair valuation for both brands and property owners

“We will also be promoting environment branding, which is becoming a major concept world wide. Along with this we will be organizing brand alliance opportunities in malls, theatres, gyms, exhibition halls, educational institutes major landmarks, B2B venues and even nursery schools”

Space4brands has already tied up with major mall and retail chains for space bookings.
Further info@space4brands.comVoice:09811664662/09212044001

Thursday, January 3, 2008

REL investors ask SEBI to stop Reliance Power IPO

REL INVESTORS ALLEGE THAT RELIANCE POWER TRYING TO RUSH WITH IPO BY MODIFYING ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TERMS IN ORDER TO AVOID PUBLIC SCRUTINY .

URGE SEBI AND SAT NOT TO ALLOW THE IPO WITHOUT GOING INTO CONCERNS RAISED BY REL INVESTORS

Mumbai /Delhi December 3, 2007 Reliance Energy Limited (REL) Investor’s Forum along with Rajkot Saher/Grahak Suraksha Mandal in a letter written to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have demanded immediate holding of the proposed IPO of Reliance Power limited without going into concerns raised by the investors .

REL investors forum in the letter has alleged that SEBI has cleared the issue in haste without addressing concerns of Reliance Energy investors.

The investors alleged “the Discounts being announced by Reliance Power through media to retail investor is only a gimmick. High premium being charged from public who are being hoodwinked with a facility to pay in instalments. Promoters enriching themselves with shares issued at cheap price of Rs 10 per share” Said Prakash Krishnan of the forum.

SEBI should not allow the IPO to go ahead without studying the verdict of Securities Appellate Tribunal and courts. Public should not suffer.

Poor corporate governance already affecting power sector especially in Delhi under BSES Rajdhani and Yamuna. Consumers suffering due to high tariffs and erratic supply. Even UPa chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written to Delhi Government on power issues .

Delhi Power Minister Dr A.K.walia during the recently held session of Delhi government had admitted the problems and harassment being faced by Delhiites under BSES.

VIA to showcase 'small is beutiful' devices at CES

New Delhi January 3, 2008 – Chipmaker VIA Technologies today announced its participation in the annual Lunch@Piero's press event, to be held during Consumer Electronic Show ( in Las Vegas on January 7th and 8th. Attendees at Lunch@Piero’s will be able to see a host of high performance ultra mobile devices (UMDs), eco-friendly PCs, and power efficient embedded systems all made possible through VIA's extensive expertise in platform miniaturization and designed for a new digital world where Small is Beautiful.

Leading edge partner systems being demonstrated at this event include UMDs from OQO, WiBrain, TabletKiosk, Packard Bell and Solpi, as well as VIA’s own popular mini-note reference design, the VIA NanoBook. There’ll also be innovative new takes on the PC in the form of the award-winning Zonbu Mini, and the ultra thin, fanless vmpc vm7700 together with the eagerly anticipated MTube – a groundbreaking five-ounce Internet Media Player (IMP) developed by the Taiwan Government's Science and Technology Advisory Group and based on the new VIA Mobile-ITX motherboard.

Additionally, VIA will demo both its Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX motherboards, including the hugely popular ARTiGO Builder Kit, based on the Pico-ITX PX board. To showcase some of the possibilities these new small form factor boards provide, two case-mods by Jeffrey Stephenson, one using the Nano-ITX, the other the Pico-ITX, will be on display. Rounding out the demos are exciting digital signage systems from Danoo and a remarkable in-car PC system from CTT.

“VIA’s “Small is Beautiful” technology design strategy of shrinking the form factor and power draw of the x86 platform has resulted in some amazing new products and device categories,” said Richard Brown, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “Lunch@Piero’s gives the press an opportunity to view these devices first-hand, and offers a glimpse into the future of PC, ultra mobile and embedded computing technology.”

More information on the Lunch@Piero’s event can be found on the VIA website at: http://www.via.com.tw/en/company/events/ces2008/index.jsp

About Lunch@Piero’sFor the past 22 years, Lunch@ events organized by Pat Meier Associates have brought innovative technology companies and typically more than 300 reporters and industry pundits together for a fine productive working lunch, resulting in print and broadcast coverage that has reached around the world.
For more information please go to www.lunchat.com