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Statutory Compliance under Maternity Benefit Act

May 3, 2015, 10:38 am
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Maternity Benefit Act is one of the employee welfare (protection) legislation. Before giving practicality of the Act, let me explain its applicability and other details

Maternity Benefit Act 1961: This is a central Act applicable all over India including the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (In 1970, the word except Jammu and Kashmir was omitted hence it is now applicable in Jammu and Kashmir too). 
After the Act, there is a separate rule to be formed which act as a guideline from each state.

To whom it is applicable? : 
In any organisation whether it is a shop or commercial offices whether a factory or any organisation who has employee strength of 10 or more. The moment employee strength reaches 10, the Act becomes applicable. 

What is maternity benefit: A female employee expecting a child (pregnant) entitle to get total 12 weeks of maternity leave (6 week before delivery of child and 6 weeks after delivery of child and additional 1 months leave for sickness arising due to illness of maternity). The female employee is also entitle to get maternity bonus of Rs. 3500/ - as a one time bonus. This changes time to time through government notification. The benefit also provided if miscarriage happens and an employee is entitle for 6 weeks leave after miscarriage. 

Who is eligible: Any female employee who have completed 80 days work in an organisation is eligible for maternity benefit. If a female employee die during child birth, the nominee is entitle to get such benefit. 

What is employer's responsibility: To provide leave with pay during maternity and to provide medical benefit or bonus. 

My employee is drawing less than 15000 per month and covered under ESIC Act, do I still need to follow maternity benefit Act?
no, but compare and see where she gets more benefit and accordingly provide. Overall she is your human capital and asset. 

Benefit in detail
Cash Benefits
 
• Leave with average pay for six weeks before the delivery
• Leave with average pay for six weeks after the delivery
• A medical bonus of Rs.25 if the employer does not provide free medical care to the woman.
• An additional leave with pay up to one month it the woman shows proof of illness due to the pregnancy, delivery, miscarriage, or premature birth.
• In case of miscarriage, six weeks leave with average pay from the date of miscarriage



Non Cash Benefits/Privileges
• Light work for ten weeks (six weeks plus one month) before the date of her expected delivery, if she asks for it.
• Two nursing breaks in the course of her daily work until the child is 15 months old.
• No discharge or dismissal while she is on maternity leave.
• No change to her disadvantage in any of the conditions of her employment while on maternity leave.
• Pregnant woman discharged or dismissed may still claim maternity benefit from the employer.
Exception : Women dismissed for gross misconduct lose their right under the Act for Maternity Benefit.


An employee in maternity leave get the same benefit as she would have been service such as promotions, increment and an employer cannot discriminate. An employer also cannot terminate such employees who are in maternity benefit.

Prohibition of dismissal during absence of pregnancy (as per section 13)
• Discharge or dismissal during or on account of such absence or to give notice of discharge or dismissal on such a day that the notice will expire during such absence, or to vary to her disadvantage any of the conditions of her service.
• At the time during her pregnancy, if the woman but for such discharge or dismissal would have been entitled to maternity benefit or medical bonus, etc.
• Not barred in case of dismissal for gross misconduct. (Please refer standing orders for definition of such misconduct, if your organisation does not have such standing orders, go through the employee handbook or employee manual)


What Compliance an  HR / organisation need to do with the Maternity benefit Act
1. Display of the abstract of the Act: It is mandatory to display prominently the abstract of the Act and Rules. Such abstracts are available sometime online and also available with stationary where such compliance registers and forms are available. In Mumbai, it is Bapuji Stores, Parel. 
You need to display it in English, Hindi and Local language as well as language understood by majority of the workforce so in Maharashtra- Hindi, English and Marathi, in AP and Telangana- Hindi, English and Telugu etc.)
Please refer one such abstract from following link:
http://www.ourprofessionalteam.com/phocadownload/form%20km.pdf

Penalties for violating this Act
Penalty for contravention of Act by employer.—(1) If any employer fails to pay any amount of maternity benefit to a woman entitled under this Act or discharges or dismisses such woman during or on account of her absence from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year and with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend to five thousand rupees: Provided that the court may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a lesser term or fine only in lieu of imprisonment. (2) If any employer contravenes the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, he shall, if no other penalty is elsewhere provided by or under this Act for such contravention, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that where the contravention is of any provision regarding maternity benefit or regarding payment of any other amount and such maternity benefit or amount has not already been recovered, the court shall, in addition, recover such maternity benefit or amount as if it were a fine and pay the same to the person entitled thereto.) 

Penalty for obstructing Inspector.—Whoever fails to produce on demand by the Inspector any register or document in his custody kept in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder or conceals or prevents any person from appearing before or being examined by an Inspector shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extent to 1 [one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees], or with both.

Which court can handle matter under Maternity benefit Act: Court of a metropolitan magistare, equivalent and above only. 


Condition for Claiming Benefits
• Ten weeks before the date of her expected delivery, she may ask the employer to give her light work for a month. At that time she should produce a certificate that she is pregnant.
• She should give written notice to the employer about seven weeks before the date of her delivery that she will be absent for six weeks before and after her delivery. She should also name the person to whom payment will be made in case she cannot take it herself.
• She should take the payment for the first six weeks before she goes on leave.
• She will get payment for the six weeks after child-birth within 48 hours of giving proof that she has had a child.
• She will be entitled to two nursing breaks of fifteen minutes each in the course of her daily work till her child is fifteen months old.
• Her employer cannot discharge her or change her conditions of service while she is on maternity leave.


What Compliance an HR/ organisation should follow
1. First of immediately display the Act and Abstract as mentioned above. this should be physical, preferably at the entrance of the office area in a notice board where anyone can easily see this. You cannot put it anywhere and say you are complied. Putting it in company's intranet does not lead to comply. The Act has been made considering both the good and bad organisation, both educated and illiterate workfoce so any excuse of you are being a reputed, white collar job and does not need such display does not work. A Government Labour Officer or Facilitator or Inspector whatever name you give, will always search such excuse to extract money from you. 

2. You need to maintain forms and registers under maternity benefit Act. You need to file return to the Assistant Labour Commissioner and rest you need to keep with you. You also need to make all the required forms available as and when a female employee demands.
these are

1. Form A muster role
2. Form B certification from a doctor about pregnancy/ miscarriage
3. Form C Death of the female under maternity and survival of child/ death of child
4. Form D Confirmation of Delivery
5. Form E NOTICE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961
6. Form F Receipt of Maternity Benefit
7. Form G Complaint to Assistant Labour Commissioner by female employee who has been deprieved the maternity benefit
8. Form H: Request for payment to Inspector of labour if withheld by the employer
9. Form I: Request by nominee for the payment
10. Form J: Appeal by the company/ organisation against directive of the labour inspector
11. Form L : Annual return to the Assistant Labour Commissioner
12. Form M: Details of bonus, dismissal to be submitted to Assistant Labour Commissioner
13. Form N: Details of payment made during a particular year- To be submitted to Assistant Labour Commisioner's Office
14. Form O: Details of prosecution- To be submitted to Assistant Labour Commissioner Office


So this is clear, you need to file return without fail to Assistant Labour Commissioner in form LMNO and rest records you need to keep in your organisation. 

If you have any query about maternity benefit as an employee or nominee or as an employer or HR, please feel free to ask

Govind
Mumbai
May 03, 2015




Below is the form and format you may use
FORM A
(See rule 3)
MUSTER-ROLL
Name of [1][organisation]…………………………………………………………………..
1.   Serial Number…………………………………………………………………………..
2.   Name of woman and her father’s (or, if married, husband’s) name………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
3.   Date of appointment…………………………………………………………………...
4.   Nature of work…………………………………………………………………………
5.   Dates with month and year in which she is employed, laid off and not employed.
            Month                    No. of              No. of              No. of 
                                           days               days laid          days not    Remarks
                                          employed        off                   employed 

………………………………………………………………………………………………
6.   Date on which the woman gives notice under section 6……………………………...
7.   Date of discharge/dismissal, if any……………………………………………………
8.   Date of production of proof of pregnancy under section 6……………………………
9.   Date of birth of child…………………………………………………………………..
10. Date of production of proof of delivery/miscarriage/[2][Medical Termination of pregnancy/ tubectomy operation/death.]…………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. Date of production of proof of illness referred to in section 10………………………
12. Date with the amount of maternity benefit paid in advance of expected delivery….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
13. Date with the amount of subsequent payment of maternity benefit………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….
14. Date with the amount of bonus, if paid, under section 8……………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
15.       Date with the amount of wages paid on account of leave under section 9…………. …………………………………………………………………………………………
[3][15A. Date with the amount of wages paid on account of    leave under section 9A.]…. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
16.       Date with the amount of wages paid on account of leave under section 10 and period of leave granted……………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
17. Name of the person nominated by the woman under section 6……………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….
18. If the woman dies, the date of her death, the name of the person to whom maternity benefit and/or other amount was paid, the amount thereof, and the date of payment……………………………………………………………………………..
19. If the woman dies and the child survives, the name of the person to whom the amount of maternity benefit was paid on behalf of the child and the period for which it was paid……………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….
20. Signature of the employer of [4][the organisation] authenticating the entries in the muster-roll……………………………………………………………………………...
21. Remarks column for the use of the Inspector.

FORM B
[See rule 4(1)]
      This is to certify that I examined..................................wife/daughter of……..... …………………………. a woman employee in.......................................................  ……………………………………………………………………………………………… (name of [5][organisation]) on............................................................................... (date) and found/cannot discover that she is pregnant and is expected to be delivered of a child within (month and/days) from the above mentioned date/has undergone miscarriage/ [6][Medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation]/has been delivered of a child on…………….....(date) or is suffering from ……………......(date) from illness arising out of pregnancy/delivery/premature birth of a child or miscarriage/[7][Medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation].

Signature, qualifications and designation of
Medical Officer/Medical Practitioner.
Date...........................

Definitions of “child” and “miscarriage” as in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.—
1.   “Child” includes a still-born child.
2.   “Miscarriage” means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code.
FORM C
[See rule 4(4)]

      This is to certify that Smt............................................................... wife/daughter of…………………………………………………………....employed in …………………………………………………………………………………………...... (name of [8][organisation]) expired on .........................................before/ during/after confinement. The child died on……………..../survives her.
Signature, qualifications and designation of
 Medical Officer/Medical Practitioner
Date...............................
FORM D
[See rule 4(5)]
      This is to certify that I examined.................................................... wife/daughter of................................................................................................. a woman employed in .......................................................................................... (name of [9][organisation]) and found that she has been delivered of a child/has undergone miscarriage on…………………………….....(date).
Signature of registered midwife.
Date..... ...................
Definitions of “child” and “miscarriage” as in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961—
1.      “Child” includes a still-born child.
2.     “Miscarriage” means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period      prior to or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code.
FORM E
[See rule 5(1)]
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961
To
      ……………………………….....(name of [10][organisation])
1    …………………………………………………………..... (name of woman) wife/daughter of ............................................... employed as........................... at……………………………..... (name of [11][organisation]), hereby give notice that I expect to be confined within six weeks next following from the date of this notice/have given birth to a child on ....................................................(date) and shall be absent from work from .......................................................(date). I shall not work in any establishment during the period for which I receive maternity benefit.
2.   For the purpose of section 7, I hereby nominate………………………………...... (here enter name and address of the nominee) to receive maternity benefit and/or any other amount due to me under the Act in case of my death.

Signature of an Attester in case
the woman is not able to sign
and affix thumb impression. Signature or thumb impression of woman
Date................................
FORM F
[See rule 5(3)]
 FORM OF RECEIPT OF MATERNITY BENEFIT
To
      …………………....... (name of [12][organisation])
      I, …………………………………..... the undersigned, a woman employee/the nominee of .......................................................woman employee/legal representative of.......................................... woman employee deceased in .............................................(name of [13][organisation]) at………………………... in………………………………………... district received maternity benefit and/or other amount due under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, from the employer of [14][organisation] referred to above, as detailed below:—
Rs........................ being the first instalment of maternity benefit paid on..................
Rs....................... being the second instalment of maternity benefit after delivery paid on.........................
Rs…………………………........ being the medical bonus under section 8 of the Act paid on.......................................
Rs……………………………………....... being the wages for the leave period from ………………............ to…………...... mentioned under [15][section 9,9Aor 10].
*My/Her confinement/miscarriage [16][Medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] took place on.....or I/she fell ill because of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of a child or miscarriage [17][Medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] on………………………...... In consequence I...................................... her nominee/legal representative have received the aforesaid amounts prescribed in [18][sections 5, 8, 9, 9A and 10] of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.

Signature or thumb impression of.....
* Woman employee or her nominee or legal representative
Signature of an Attester in case the woman is
not able to sign and affixes thumb impression
Date.....
* Strike out unnecessary portion.

FORM G
[See rule 9]
To
      The Competent Authority
      (Appointed under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961).
      ………………………......(Address)
Sir,
      I………………………………………........ the undersigned, woman employee of............................ (name and full address [19][organisation]) have been wrongly deprived by the employer of maternity benefit or medical bonus or both (strike out unnecessary portion) for the reasons attached hereto, prefer this appeal under sub-section (2) of section 12 and request that the said employer be ordered to pay the above mentioned amount to me. A copy of the order of the employer in this behalf is enclosed.
Date ..........................................               Signature or thumb impression of the                                                                                                                              woman
Signature of an Attester in case the woman is
not able to sign and affixes thumb impression.
Full address of the nominee/legal representative

FORM H
[See rule 10]
To
      The Inspector,
      (Under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961)
Sir,
      I……………………………………………..... (name of woman) employed in ………………………………....... (name and full address of [20][organisation]) having fulfilled the conditions laid down in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and the Rules thereunder, am entitled to Rs...... being maternity benefit and/or Rs..... being the medical bonus and/or Rs...... being wages for leave due under [21][section 9 or 9A] 10 but the same has been improperly withheld by the employer. He may, therefore, be directed to pay the amount to me.

Date……………………………                                   Signature or thumb impression of                                                                                                                        the woman

Signature of an Attester in case the woman is unable to sign and affixes thumb impression.

Date……………………………........                           Full address of the woman.
FORM I
[See rule 10]
To
      The Inspector
      (Under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961)

      I……………………………………....(name), a person nominated under section 6 by or a legal representative of........................................ (name of woman) employed in................................................. (name and full address of [22][organisation]) have to complain that the said woman having fulfilled the conditions laid down in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and the Rules thereunder is entitled to Rs………………..... being maternity benefit and/or Rs..... being the medical bonus and/or Rs………………………..... being wages for leave due under [23][section 9 or 9A] or 10 but the same has been improperly withheld by the employer. He may, therefore, be directed to pay the amount to me.
Date …………………......                               Signature or thumb impression of the                                                                                                      nominee/legal representative

Signature of an Attester in case the nominee/legal
representative is unable to sign and affixes thumb impression.

Date ………………………….....   Full address of the nominee/legal representative.

FORM J
[See rule 11]
To
Sir,
      Shri………………………...... Inspector, having directed under sub-section (2) of section 17 to pay the maternity benefit or other amount being………………...... (nature of amount) to which...................................... (name of woman) is said to be entitled, I prefer this appeal under sub-section (3) of section 17. In view of the facts mentioned in the memorandum attached hereto and other documents filed herewith it is submitted that the woman is not entitled to the maternity benefit or the said amount and hence the decision of the Inspector in this behalf, copy of which is enclosed, may be set aside.                                    
Signature of aggrieved person.
Full address.......................
Date....................

FORM K
[See rule 15]
(Abstract of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and the rules made thereunder).

1.   No employer shall knowingly employ a woman during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery of miscarriage/[24][Medical termination of pregnancy] and no woman shall work in any establishment during the said period.
2.   No pregnant woman shall, on a request being made by her in this behalf, be required by her employer to do during the period of one month immediately preceding the period of six weeks before the date of her expected delivery and also for any period during this period of six weeks for which she does not avail of leave of absence, any work which is of an arduous nature or which involves long hours of standing, or which in way is likely to interfere with her pregnancy or the normal development of the foetus, or is likely to cause her miscarriage or otherwise to adversely affect her health.
3.   [25][(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act, every woman who has actually worked in an establishment of the employer from whom she claims maternity benefit for a period of not less than eighty days, including the days during which she was laid off, shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit at the rate of her average daily wages, or the minimum rate of wage fixed or revised under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, or ten rupees a day, whichever is highest, for the period of her actual absence not exceeding six weeks immediately preceding the day of delivery and the remaining period immediately following that day:
      Provided that the qualifying period of eighty days aforesaid shall not apply to a woman who has immigrated into the State of Assam and was pregnant at the time of the immigration:
      Provided further that where a woman dies during the period for which maternity benefit is pay able to her, the benefit shall be payable only for the days upto and including the day of her death. However, where the woman having been delivered of a child, dies during her delivery or during the remaining period of maternity benefit leaving behind in either case the child, the employer shall be liable for the payment of maternity benefit for the entire period of maternity benefit following the day of her delivery but if the child also dies during the said period, then, for the days upto and including the day of the death of the child.]
(2) The amount of maternity benefit for the period preceding the date of her expected delivery shall be paid in advance by the employer to the woman on production of a certificate in Form ‘B’ stating that she is pregnant and is expected to be delivered of a child within six weeks of the date of production of the certificate, and the amount due for the subsequent period shall be paid by the employer to the woman within forty-eight hours of production of the certificate in Form ‘B’ or Form ‘D’ stating that she has been delivered of a child or production of a certified extract from a Birth Register maintained under the provisions of any law for the time being in force.
4.   (1) Any woman employed in an establishment and entitled to maternity benefit under the provisions of this Act may give notice in writing in Form ‘E’ to her employer, stating that her maternity benefit and any other amount to which she may be entitled under this Act may be paid to her or to such person as she may nominate in the notice and that she will not work in any establishment during the period for which she receives maternity benefit.
(2)  In the case of a woman who is pregnant, such notice shall state the date from which she will be absent from work, not being a date earlier than six weeks from the date of her expected delivery.
(3)  Any woman who has not given the notice when she was pregnant may give such notice as soon as possible after the delivery.
(4)  On receipt of the notice, the employer shall permit such woman to absent herself from the establishment until the expiry [26][of the remaining period of maternity benefit] after the day of her delivery.
5.   (1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under the Act shall also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus of [27][two hundred and fifty rupees], if no pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge. The medical bonus shall be paid alongwith the second instalment of the maternity benefit.
(2)  In case of miscarriage, a woman shall, on production of a certificate in Form ‘B’ or Form ‘D’ be entitled to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit, for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her miscarriage. The wages shall be paid within 48 hours of production of the certificate in Form ‘B’ or Form ‘D’.
[28][(2a) In case of medical termination of pregnancy, a woman shall, on production of a certificate in Form ‘B’ be entitled to leave with wages of the rate of maternity benefit for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her medical termination of pregnancy. The wages shall be paid within 48 hours of production of the certificate in Form ‘B’.]
(3)  A woman suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child or miscarriage/[29][medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] shall, on production of a certificate in Form ‘B’, be entitled, in addition to the period of absence allowed to her on account of maternity or miscarriage/[30][medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation], as the case may be, to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a maximum period of one month. The wages for the leave period shall be paid within 48 hours of the expiry of that period.
6.   Every woman delivered of a child who returns to duty after such delivery shall, in addition to the interval for rest allowed to her, be allowed in the course of her daily work two breaks of 15 minutes’ duration for nursing the child until the child attains the age of fifteen months. An extra sufficient period, depending upon the distance to be covered, shall be allowed for the purpose of the journey to and from the creche or the place where the children are left by women while on duty, provided that such extra period shall not be less than 5 minutes and more than 15 minutes’ duration.
7. (1) When a woman absents herself from work in accordance with the provisions of the Act, it shall be unlawful for her employer to discharge or dismiss her during or on account of such absence or to give notice of discharge or dismissal on such a day that the notice will expire during such absence, or to vary to her disadvantage any of the conditions of her service.
(2)(a) The discharge or dismissal of a woman at any time during her pregnancy, if the woman but for which discharge or dismissal would have been entitled to maternity benefit or medical bonus shall not have the effect of depriving her of the maternity benefit or medical bonus:
      Provided that where the dismissal is for one or more of the following acts, the employer may, by order in writing communicate to the woman, deprive her of the maternity benefit or medical bonus or both—
(i)   willful destruction of employer’s goods or property;
(ii)  assaulting any superior or co-employee at the place of work;
(iii) criminal offence involving moral turpitude resulting in conviction in a court of law;
(iv) theft, fraud, or dishonesty in connection with the employer’s business or property; and
(v)  willful non-observance of safety measures or rules on the subject or willful interference with safety devices or with fire-fighting equipment.
(b)  Any woman deprived of maternity benefit or medical bonus or both, may within sixty days from the date on which the order of such deprivation is communicated to her, appeal in Form ‘G’ to [31][the Competent Authority and his decision] on such appeal whether the woman should or should not be deprived of maternity benefit or medical bonus or both, shall be final.
8.   If a woman works in any establishment after she has been permitted by her employer to absent herself under the provisions of the Act, she shall forfeit her claim to the maternity benefit for such period.
9.   (1) Any woman claiming the maternity benefit or any other amount to which she is entitled under the Act and any person claiming that payment due has been improperly withheld may make a complaint to the Inspector in writing in Form ‘H’ or ‘I’ as the case may be.
(2) The Inspector may, of his own motion or on receipt of a complaint in Form ‘H’ or I make an inquiry or cause an enquiry to be made and if satisfied that payment has been wrongfully withheld, may direct the payment to be made in accordance with his orders.
(3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Inspector may, within, thirty days from the date on which such decision is communicated to such person, appeal to [32][the Chief Inspector of Mines].
(4) The decision of [33][* * *] [34][the Competent Authority] where an appeal has been preferred to him or of the Inspector where no such appeal has been preferred, shall be final.
10. (a) The employer shall supply to every woman employed by him at her request free of cost copies of Forms ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘G’, ‘H’ and I.
(b) The failure to submit a notice, appeal or complaint in the prescribed form will not affect the right of a woman entitled to receive maternity benefit or any other amount due under the Act. Where a notice, appeal or complaint has been received in a form other than the prescribed form, the authority concerned shall within fifteen days of the receipt of such notice, appeal or complaint, require the woman to submit the notice, appeal or complaint, as the case may be in the prescribed form.
11. (a) (1) The employer of [35][every organisation] in which women are employed shall prepare and maintain a muster roll in Form ‘A’ and shall enter therein particulars of all women workers in [36][the organisation.]
(2) All entries in the muster-roll shall be made in ink and maintained up-to-date and it shall always be available for inspection by the Inspector during working hours.
(b) The employer of [37][every organisation] shall on or before the 21st day of January in each year submit [38][* * *] [39][the Competent Authority] a return in each of the Forms ‘L’, ‘M’, ‘N’ and ‘O’, giving information as to the particulars specified in respect of the preceding year.
FORM L
[See rule 16]
ANNUAL RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDING ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 19....

1.   Name of [40][the organisation]…………………………………………………………
2.   Situation of [41][the organisation] ……………………………………………………..
      MauzaDistrictStateNearest Railway Station………………………………………….
3.   Date of opening of [42][the organisation]………………………………………………
4.   Date of closing, if closed………………………………………………………………
5.   Postal address of [43][the organisation]………………………………………………..
6.   Name of employer………………………………………………………………………
      Postal address of employer…………………………………………………………….
7.   Name of managing agent, if any. Postal address of managing agent………………...
8.   Name of Agent or representative of employer. Postal address of representative of employer………………………………………………………………………………..
9.   Name of Manager………………………………………………………………………
      Postal address of manager……………………………………………………………..
10. (a) Name of medical officer, attached to [44][the organisation]……………………….
(b) Qualification of medical officer attached to [45][the organisation]……………………
(c) Is he resident at [46][the organisation] ?..............................................................
(d) If a part-time employee, how often does he pay visits to [47][the mine or              circus]…...
11. (a) Is there any hospital at [48][the organisation]?................................................
(b) If so, how many beds are provided for women employees?
(c) Is there a lady doctor?
(d) If so, what are her qualifications ?
(e) Is there a qualified midwife ?
(f) Has any creche been provided ?
Signature of employer
Date............................
FORM M
[See rule 16]
EMPLOYMENT, DISMISSAL, PAYMENT OF BONUS, ETC., OF WOMEN FOR THE YEAR ENDING ON 31ST DECEMBER, 19.....
1.   [49][Organisation]…………………………………………………………………….…
2.   Aggregate number of women permanently or temporarily employed during the year… ………………………………………………………………………………….
3.   Number of women who worked for a period of not less than [50][eighty days] in the twelve months immediately preceding the date of delivery…………………………..
4.   Number of women who gave notice under section 6………………………………….
5.   Number of women who were granted permission to remain absent on receipt of notice of confinement………………………………………………………………….
6.   Number of claims for maternity benefit paid………………………………………….
7.   Number of claims for maternity benefit rejected……………………………………..
8.   Number of cases where pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care was provided by the management free of charge (section 8)…………………………………………..
9.   Number of claims for medical bonus paid (section 8)…………………………………
10.       Number of claims for medical bonus rejected…………………………………………
11. Number of cases in which leave for miscarriage/[51][MTP] was granted…………………
12.       Number of cases in which leave for miscarriage/[52][MTP] was applied for but was rejected. ……………………………………………………………………………….
[53][12a Number of cases in which leave for tubectomy operation under section 9A was granted…………………………………………………………………………………
12b. Number of cases in which leave for tubectomy operation was applied for but was rejected.]……………………………………………………………………………….
13.       Number of cases in which additional leave for illness under section 10 was granted.
14.       Number of cases in which additional leave for illness under section 10 was applied for but was rejected……………………………………………………………………
15. Number of women who died……………………………………………………………
(a) before delivery.
(b) after delivery.
16.       Number of cases in which payment was made to persons other than the woman concerned………………………………………………………………………………
17.       Number of women discharged or dismissed while working……………………………
18.       Number of women deprived of maternity benefit and/or medical bonus under proviso to sub­section (2) of section 12………………………………………………
19. Number of cases in which payment was made on the order of the Competent Authority or Inspector…………………………………………………………………
20.       Remarks………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….
N.B.—Full particulars of each case and reasons for the action taken under serials 7,10,12,14,17 and 18 should be given in Appendix below:—

Date...................................                                         Signature of employer.

FORM N
[See rule 16]
DETAILS OF PAYMENT MADE DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 19.....

Name of person to whom paid…………………………….     Amount paid………………
1. Date of payment…………………………………………………………………………
2. Woman employee………………………………………………………………………...
3. Nominee of the woman………………………………………………………………….
4. Legal representative of the woman……………………………………………………..
5. Amount for the period preceding date of expected delivery……………………….…..
6. Amount for the subsequent period……………………………………………….……..
7. Under section 8 of the Act………………………………………………………………
8. Under section 9 of the Act. …………………………………………………………….
[54][8a. Under section 9A of the Act.]………………………………………………………..
9. Under section 10 of the Act…………………………………………………………….
10. Number of women workers who absconded after receiving the first instalment of maternity benefit………………………………………………………………………
11. Cases where claims were contested in a court of law…………………………………
12. Results of such cases…………………………………………………………………..
13. Remarks…………………………………………………………………………………


Signature of employer
Date....................................

FORM-O
[See rule 16]
PROSECUTION DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 19.....
Place of employment of         Number of cases  Number of cases
the woman employee                   instituted                which resulted                         Remarks
                                                                               in conviction



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(For mines)
N.B.—Reasons for prosecution should be given in full in the Appendix below:


Signature of employer.
Date............................................

[1]     Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[2]     Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[3]     Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[4]     Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[5]     Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[6]     Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[7]     Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[8]     Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[9]     Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[10]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[11]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[12]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[13]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[14]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[15]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[16]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70 (E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[17]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70 (E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[18]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70 (E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[19]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59 (E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[20]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59 (E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[21]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70 (E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[22]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[23]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[24]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[25]  Subs. by G.S.R. 64, dated 4th February, 1992 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992).
[26]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[27]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[28]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[29]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[30]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[31]  Subs. by G.S.R. 64, dated 4th February, 1992 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992).
[32]  Subs. by G.S.R. 64, dated 4th February, 1992 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992).
[33]  Omitted by G.S.R. 49, dated 4th January, 1988 (w.e.f. 16-1-1988).
[34]  Subs. by G.S.R. 64, dated 4th February, 1992 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992).
[35]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[36]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[37]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[38]  Omitted by G.S.R. 49, dated 4th January, 1988 (w.e.f. 16-1-1988).
[39]  Subs. by G.S.R. 64, dated 4th February, 1992 (w.e.f. 15-2-1992).
[40]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[41]  Ibid.
[42]  Ibid.
[43]  Ibid.
[44]  Ibid.
[45]  Ibid.
[46]  Ibid.
[47]  Ibid.
[48]  Ibid.
[49]  Subs. by G.S.R. 59(E), dated 27th February, 1975 (w.e.f. 1-3-1975).
[50]  Subs. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[51]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 ‘w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[52]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 ‘w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[53]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 ‘w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
[54]  Ins. by G.S.R. 70(E), dated 31st January, 1996 (w.e.f. 31-1-1996).
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University of Mumbai recognized SSC and HSC board

May 17, 2015, 9:31 am
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Dear Friends,

I hope you have gone through my earlier article about recognized and fake board. Please note that all universities and government job universities must accept only the board who are member of COBSE. You can see above, how a fake institute RIOS is making money by luring students and government is silent.

Here is the list of recongized board as on May 17, 2015

1. Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education

2. Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education

3. Assam Higher Secondary Education Council

 4. Assam Board of Secondary Education

5. Bihar School Examination Board

 6 Central Board of Secondary Education

 7 Chhatisgarh Board of Secondary Education

8. Council for the Indian School Certificate Exams.

9. Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Sec. Edu.

10. Gujarat Secondary & Higher Sec. Edu. Board

11 Haryana Board of School Education

12. Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education

13. J& K Board of School Education

14. Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi

15. Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education

16. Karnataka Secondary Edu. Examination Board

 17. Kerala Board of Public Examination

18. Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education

19. Maharashtra Board of Sec. & Higher Sec. Edu.

20. Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education

21. Manipur Board of Secondary Education

22. Manipur Higher Secondary Education Council

23. Meghalaya Board of School Education

24. Mizoram Board of School Education

25 Nagaland Board of School Education

26 National Institute of Open Schooling

27. Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education

 28. Odisha Board of Secondary Education

29. Punjab School Education Board

30. Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education

31. Tamilnadu State Board of School Examinations

32. Tripura Board of Secondary Education

33. Telangana State Board of Secondary Education

34. Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education

35. U.P. Board of High School & Intermediate Edu.

36 Uttrakhand Board of School Education

37. West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

 38. WB Council of Higher Sec. Education

 39. West Bengal Board of Primary Education

 40. West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education

41. The W.B. Council of Rabindra Open Schooling

42. Madhya Pradesh State Open School

43. Chattisgarh State Open School

44. Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur

45. Banasthali Vidyapith

46. Bihar State Madrasa Education Board

 47. Chhatisgarh Madrasa Board

 48. Chhatisgarh Sanskrit Board

 49. Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan

50. U.P. Madhyamik. Sanskrit Shiksha Parishad

 51. Dayalbagh Education Institute

52. Bihar Board of Open Schooling

53. A.P Open School Society

 54. Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board

55. Assam Sanskrit Board


56. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

Let me know if you have any question

Credit:
http://www.iconnectnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RIOS-copy.jpg
http://www.mu.ac.in/lbhs.pdf
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University of Mumbai announced admission for distance/ part time MCA 2015

May 19, 2015, 3:28 am
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University of Mumbai, Institute of Distance and Open Learning has announced for entrance examination for Master of Computer Application course (MCA) for year 2015.

It is one of the rare university in India who offer MCA programme strictly as per AICTE guideline, based on the entrance examination. This is also one of the rare institute whose distance learning degrees are highly valued like AMU, JMI, Delhi University, Pune University, SNDT and Pondicherry University.

MCA entrance test 2015

Admission process for MCA: 
Admission to MCA programme in University of Mumbai, strictly on the basis of entrance exam.


Eligibility:- Graduate in any faculty of a recognized University by UGC with minimum 45% marks (minimum 40% for reserved category) and Mathematics as a subject at XII or higher level. Those Students who have appeared for final year and whose results are awaited are eligible for appearing for the Entrance Test. 


Entrance test date:
Admissions to MCA will be on the basis of Entrance Test to be held on Sunday, 21 st June, 2015 between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.


How to apply
Students can submit their form online (www.mu.ac.in/idol or idol.mahaonline.gov.in) from 18 th May, 2015 to 6 th June, 2015. Entrance examination fees of Rs. 500/- should be paid through Credit/Debit Card by Payment Gateway OR Bank challan of Bank of Maharashtra (Challan of Bank of Maharashtra will be accepted for payment up to 11 th June, 2015 in their respective branches) This fee is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.
 Please see the Website: www.mu.ac.in/idol OR www.mahaonline.gov.in for details. If Student do not get Hall Tickets upto 15 th June 2015, they should come to IDOL along with payment receipt / relevant documents. Verification of all eligibility criteria documents including Caste Certificates, Caste Validity Certificates of only those candidates who qualify for the Entrance test will be done at the time of admissions. 


Frequently asked questions

1. From where to get syllabus ?
Please check:

Can I get old question paper?
Yes, please download it from

I have passed B.Sc. Mathematics / B.Com (with mat as a subject) through open university system i.e. without passing 10+2, am I eligible to apply ?
Yes,subject to the condition that the degree has DEC/ UGC DEB approval and awarded without territorial jurisdiction violation.


I have studied mathematics at 10+2 level and holds a BA, am I eligible to apply for MCA?
Yes, you are eligible. 

Does Mumbai University offer courses outside Mumbai?
Yes, it offers within its jurisdiction i.e. Mumbai District, Thane District, Raigad District, Sindhudurg District and Ratnagiri District


Is it a fully distance course where attendance is not mandatory?
no. It is a kind of part time course. Attending lectures on Saturdays and on Sundays are mandatory. 

Does MCA distance learning of Mumbai University has AICTE approval?
Yes

Does Mumbai University offer placement to MCA distance holder?
No, students have to apply by their own.

I have completed my graduation from other university, what process do I need to follow?
The students who have passed 3/4yr Bachelor’s Degree from other University and completed another degree course viz B.ED, L.L.B., MMS etc form college affiliated to University of Mumbai and wish to pursue M.A./M.COM/M.Sc./MCA from the University of Mumbai are required to obtain Eligibility Certificate from University of Mumbai,

 IDOL. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR OBTAINING ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE: 
1. S.S.C. and onwards all examination (F.Y., S.Y. & T.Y.) 
2. Equivalent Certificate from MSBTE/Tech Board of the concern state (in case of diploma students) 3. Passing/ Convocation/ Degree Certificate
 4. Marriage Certificate/ Gazette Notification (For female married students) 5. Migration / Transfer Certificate(Can be submitted within 2 months) FEES FOR ELIGIBILITY CASE:  Document Verification fees of Rs. 400/- will be charged from UG/PG programme students who have passed their Board/ University Examinations from other than Maharashtra State Higher Secondary Board / other than University of Mumbai (Only for Eligibility Case). 
 Eligibility fees of Rs. 220/- for the students who have passed their examination from Maharashtra State Universities and Diploma from MSBTE and Rs. 320/- for out of Maharashtra State Universities /Boards other than Maharashtra /Technical Boards of other State.

Does it offer course in Semester pattern?
Yes

What is the syllabus for MCA?
Semester - I
1 Programming with C  
2 System Analysis Design 
3 Computer Organization and Architecture 
4 Discrete Mathematics 
5 Principles of Economics and Management \
6 Introduction to Web Technology 

Semester – II
1 Data Structures
2 Operating Systems
3 Accounting and Financial Management
4 Computer Graphics
5. Probability and Statistics 
6 Communication and Soft Skills


Semester – III
1 Object Oriented Programming C++
2 Data Base Management Systems
3. Data Communication Networks 
4 Operation Research
5 Software Engineering
6 Management Information System

Semester – IV 
1 Java Programming
2 Object Oriented Modeling and Design Using UML 
3 Network Security 
4 Advance Database Techniques
5 Elective I : Customer Resource Management
6 Software Project Management

Semester – V 
1 Software Testing 
2 Wireless Technology 
3 Distributed Computing 
4 Advanced Web Technologies 
5 Elective – 2 Logistics & Supply Chain Management 
6 Foreign Language


Semester VI
Project

So the biggest drawback is like a full time college, you do not have option to chose elective here and the university decides what you should study.

Does university provide study material?
Yes, it does. 


Is assignment compulsory for MCA?
Yes, it is compulsory

What is the fee for MCA?
It is rs. 15345 per year

Is lateral entry into MCA second year available?
No, no such options available


Let me know if you have any question
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AICTE approved private universities in India

May 24, 2015, 4:13 am
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People asked me query about many private universities opened like mushroom during rainy season. They are armed with many false claim like their degrees are completely valid, they do not need AICTE approval and they are citing the old case of Bharathidasan University vs AICTE. This is the old case and after that. Please read following article for more details:

Clarification on whether a University need approval from AICTE for engineering, technology and management programme



I am not an AICTE or such regulating body fan. They are neck deep down in corruption and in fact have never contributed for the development of the quality of higher education. We also cannot deny the fact that, in the absence of these bodies, quality of our education would have gone down far below standard. Look at the case of degree scams by private universities. 

Whether you love or hate, you have to be abide with the law. A AICTE not approved degree later causes lot of headache including denial of admission, denial of private sector job and so on. Private universities in India are poorest in quality and just extracting money from students. Take any name, Ansal, Manav Bharati, Monad, Techno Global and so on.

Below mentioned private and deemed universities only have AICTE approval. 

Rajasthan

1. Jaipur National University, Jaipur Rajasthan
2. Jodhpur National University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
3. Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur

It is surprising. Rajasthan has total 38 private universities as on today, however, only 3 has AICTE approval. Should not it be the case that any institute / university before offering courses should have first AICTE, BCI, PCI, NCI, NCTE, MCI and such other bodies approval? and what the hell 38 private universities doing in Rajasthan where it lacks in quality except one IIT and few handful state universities? Rajasthan is becoming another scam place for degree selling universities. 



Arunachal Pradesh
None of the private universities (Total 7) in Arunachal Pradesh has AICTE approval. Assam is the most developed state in north east and still it has just 4 private universities and poorest Arunachal already has 7 private universities. The gainer must be ministers.

Assam
Assam has 4 private universities and none of them have AICTE approval. Don Bosco and Assam Down Town had approval when they were just a college. After they started as a university, they do not have approval. 


Chhatisgarh
1. Dr. C V Raman University, Bilaspur
2. Kalinga University, Raipur
3. MATS University, Arang Kharora

Out of 8 private universities, only 3 have AICTE approval. Out of these, C V Raman and Kalinga are involved in degree selling rackets. 

Gujarat
1. Charotar University, Anand
2. C U Shah University, Wadhwan City, Surendra Nagar
3. Ganpat University, Mehsana

so, Gujarat has 16 private universities who does not have a good institute of reputation featuring at national level except IIM ahmadabad and IIT Gandhinagar, but still has 16 private universities. Out of these Rai University is a degree scamster which seems to have Narendra Modi Backing (Owner of Rai and EIILM are same).  Among private universities, Nirma and dhirubhai Ambani are good, although they do not have AICTE approval. They are backed by the corporate. Team Lease is another private university seems to be founded by HR company Team Lease. That may be also good. Calorx is a university involved in degree selling scam. 


Haryana
1. Al Falah University, Faridabad
2. Maharshi Markandeshwar University, Ambala

Haryana has 16 universities and out of these, only 2 universities have AICTE approval. Out of this GD Goenka and BML Munjal seems to be good as they belong to corporate (BML Munjal to Hero group and chances that they will absorb more students in their companies. However, there is complain (unofficial, yet to be verified about this university). Ansal is a fraud university who are making false claim in their website and with big advertisement. O P Jindal is another private, but corporare university. I hope this will be still better than above mentioned AICTE approved universities.



Himachal Pradesh
1. Eternal University, Baru sahib, Simour
2. Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Solan

So out of 14 private universities, only these 2 universities in Himachal has AICTE approval. The names of these private universities funniest such as Agrasen, Shoolini, Sai and so on. It seems they are selling temples and not the degrees. Himachal, failed to produce any good universities, I do not know what they are going to do with these ever growing stupid private universities. 


Jharkhand
Jharkhand has 3 private universities - Sainath, Rai and ICFAI. ICFAI is involved in selling unrecognized degree and just a money making game, so the ICFAI. Sainath is involved in degree selling scam and many people confirmed buying degree from it. 
None of these 3 universities have AICTE approval.

Karnataka
Karnataka has total 9 universities  including Azim Premji university (which does not offer engineering and management programme and a very reputed institutes) other includes highly advertised Alliance University and another Rai university. It seems few colleges have upgraded themselves to private universities and earlier they had AICTE approval. None of the private universities in Karnataka has AICTE approval.


Meghalaya
Meghalaya has 7 private universities and all of the known name such as MGU or Mahatma Gandhi University, CMJ or Chandra Mohan Jha and Techno Global University are degree sellers, faking and selling degrees all over the world and UGC, state government is silent over it. I have roll no of few students who never saw the face of Techno Global University campus whose enrollment no was verifiable on its website but sure, soon going to disappear.
None of these 7 private universities have AICTE approval and very poor in quality. ICFAI too has a shop here, what they sell, they only know but I am sure these are poorest in quality. 




Mizoram
Mizoram has only  private university i.e. ICFAI and it does not have AICTE approval.



Madhya Pradesh
1. AISECT University, Bhopal
2. ITM University, Gwalior
3. RKDF University, Bhopal

Out of 13 private universities, only 3 have AICTE approval. Welcome to the land of degree scam universities. You will find degree selling Swami Vivekanand University here, you will find another Amity University here and so on.


Maharashtra
 Maharashtra has only 2 private universities so far, Amity and Spicer both do not have AICTE approval. Soon, you will find many private degree selling and money making university here.



Nagaland
Nagaland has 2 private universities (The Global Open University and ICFAI), TGOU VC got arrested for degree scam and ICFAI is another controversial. Both do not have AICTE approval.


Odisha
1. Centurion University

Odisha or Orissa has only 3 private universities, Sri Sri, Xavier and Centurion. Only Centurion University has AICTE approval and it is not so reputed institute and not reported any degree scam from this university so far.


Punjab
1. Chitkara University 

Punjab has total 10 private universities so far and only 1 institute has AICTE approval. Out of these, Lovely Professional, Chadigarh University and desh Bhagat are highly advertised universities but not sure about their quality. Out of this, one of my blog reader informed that  Lovely is very good in quality and curriculum, students need to verify the same.


Sikkim
Welcome to the state of universities scam in India. A state which does not have a basic infrastructure and not a single state universities (still north Bengal University serve colleges in Sikkim) has allowed  5 private universities in Sikkim and all of them are running degree scams and selling. They are EIILM (almost closed down now), Sikkim Manipal, ICFAI, Vinayak Mission- all running degree scams and selling like peanuts on road and Ramaswamy University.


Tripura
It has only one private university, ICFAI and it does not have any AICTE approval. 


Uttar Pradesh
Welcome to the land of politically and civil service wise intelligent, home of few top world class universities like BHU, IIT Kanpur, IIM Lucknow, Lucknow University, Aligarh Muslim University  and also land of degree scams. When people cannot pass anywhere in India, they head to UP to get their SSC and HSC certificate, where copying is fashion and a parallel thousand crore business and now it is supported with so many private universities. 

1. Shiv Nadar University

Wow, there are 22 private universities in UP, the land where you can buy degree. Everyone claims through advertisement they are best- Amity, Sharda, Glocal, Ramswaroop Memorial, Teerthankar Mahaveer, Shobhit, Rama, Mangalayatan, Integral, GLA.

Shiv Nadar only a respectable private universities in UP. Look at Shobhit how it ran the scam for a very long time. 


Uttarakhand
Uttarakahnd has 9 private universities, none of them so known, none of them reputed and none of them have AICTE approval.


West Bengal
Out of the 5 private universities, none of them have AICTE approval. As on April 23, 2015, there are 207 private universities and if we carefully examine, even not 20 of them have capability of delivering programmes. Why the hell do we need so many private institutes then. Are government, MLAs and authorities are making money out of this? What is the future of students who are unaware about all these complexities? 






Credit for the data:
Please refer below list

http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Private%20University/Consolidated%20List%20Private%20Universities%20as%20on%2023.04.2015.pdf


http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/Chhattishgarh_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/gujarat_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/haryana_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/Himachal%20Pradesh_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/jharkhand_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/karnataka_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/meghalaya_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/mizoram_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/madhya%20pradesh_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/maharashtra_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/nagaland_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/Orissa_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/punjab_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/uttar%20pradesh_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/uttarakhand_ET.pdf

http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/West_Bengal_ET.pdf

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How this institute in Ahmadabad is misleading institute- Design Development Academy

May 24, 2015, 6:28 am
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Recently, I am seeing Gujarat particularly, Ahamadabad has become hub of degree scam institutes. First, the IIMTS and now, while researching I come across another private institutes whose website is lucrative, attractive and good for nothing.




I took little longer time to write about this institute. Once someone asked me about this institute and I was helpless to answer. This institute was not selling any degree, I could not find anything wrong. I did a little research and decided following parameters. 

1. Whether it is authorised to offer any course?
2. Whether it has any placement track?
3. Whether it has real tie up as it claims or it is false?

Unfortunately, I found this institute has some dubious act.

It claims it offers following courses
B.Sc. (Interior Designing)
B.Sc. (Photography)
B.Sc. (Graphic Design)
B.Sc. (Fashions and Textiles)


Since it is not a college, I further wanted to check from which university they are offering the course. I clicked on specific link, but it did not have any answer. 

It has listed following institute as its partner:
1. Edexcel (For BTEC)
2. University of Portsmouth, UK
3. Pacific University, India
4. De Montford University, UK

To clarify, any institute cannot offer a degree of foreign university without prior approval of UGC and AIU and any such degree stands invalid. This institute has not taken any such approval.

Further, Pacific is a private university and cannot offer any course outside its campus, it cannot add any partner institute and it cannot offer any course in collaboration. I have clarified it through my various article in the past. Please scan my blog. 


Then, I wrote to University of Portsmouth going further, They claimed that DDA/ DDI was just an agent for them to send students to the university. This university is a very reputed university in UK and never offered any course in India. 

Below is the reply for your reference:


Govind Sharma 

4 May
to info.centre
Dear Sir,

One institute in India (Design Development Academy Ahmadabad)  is using University of Portsmouth name and claiming to be offering courses viz. degree from this esteemed university. 

Below is the website


I will be highly grateful if you can confirm whether this institute is authorised by University of Portsmouth to offer any programme


Regards

I got following official reply from the university


Emma Schlesinger emma.schlesinger@port.ac.uk

6 May
to me
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Dear Govind, 

Thank you for your email and your interest in the University of Portsmouth. 

You asked about our partnership with the Design Development Academy in Ahmadabad. We have had a link with them in the past and it was only this year that the partnership ended. They were sending students into our 3rd year of our BA Interior Design degree and were working as representatives for us. This has now ended and they are no longer working with us. I am sorry for any convenience and if you did want to find out more about on-campus courses then please do let me know? 

Kind regards, 

Emma 

-- 
Emma Schlesinger

International Officer 
 
International Office | Nuffield Centre | St. Michael's Road | Portsmouth PO1 2ED | United Kingdom




I do not think I need further elaboration on the same.

So, the question is, these are the professional courses, people are least worried about recognition. What matter is placement and quality of education.
I investigated further and scanned the database of a leading job portal to find out if I can see any single students who have got a good placement and I scanned the all time database. I was shocked, I could not see more than few resumes thats too most of its employees only. So it seems the story of FALTU University of FALTU movie where they are keeping its students happy, busy in party and tour, parents spending money without recognizing what they are doing and students, too scared to tell the truth being a crime partner. 

This is the sad state of our education where it has become commodity and people are making money.

Disclaimer: I could not find any complaint online by any students or anybody about this institute hence it needs more elaboration and possibly, it may take time to get the truth about this organisation. I advise students and parents to do their own thorough investigation before taking any admission in this institute. It may be wastage of time and money for them.

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Mumbai University, Thane Sub Campus announce admission for 5 years BBA LLB and BMS MBA

June 5, 2015, 8:09 pm
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Mumbai University, definitely a reputed university on paper at least is offering 5 years integrated BBA LLB and BMS MBA programme in its Thane campus.

The BBA LLB is a good course as being a professional course, it helps you to establish as a corporate lawyer and you may decide to start your own practice. 
BMS MBA, I am not sure a student can really get a good placement, but it is a 5 years course and possibly, with the time it may improve. In other hand, Mumbai University could not improve placement of its own existing department of management studies i.e. ADMI. 

University of Mumbai Re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC Five Year Integrated Law Degree Programme BBA -LLB (Hons.) & Five Year Integrated Management Programme BMS-MBA At University of Mumbai’s Thane Sub-Campus.

 Applications are Invited for Five Year Integrated Programme in Management (BMS-MBA) at Thane Sub -Campus of University of Mumbai & Five Year Integrated Programme in Law [BBA-LLB(Hons.)] at Thane Sub-Campus and at the Proposed School of Legal Studies located at the Kalina Campus of the University of Mumbai for the Academic Year 2015-16. 

Minimum Eligibility requirement:The admission shall be based only on All India Merit Rank of Mumbai University Common Law Entrance Test (MUCLET) for Integrated Law Programmes and Mumbai University Common Management Entrance Test (MUCMET ) for Integrated Management Programme. To be eligible to appear in MUCLET -2015/MUCMET -2015, a candidate should have obtained a Higher Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognized Board in the First Attempt with Not Less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of Reserved category candidates) and should be below 20 years of age as on 1stJuly 2015 (22 years in case of Reserved category candidates and Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates). {85 % of Seats shall be Reserved for Students qualified and Domiciled in Maharashtra.} 



For more details, please click following link:
Thane Sub campus
Admission Procedure
B.B.A. - L.L.B.(Hons) (Integrated.)
B.M.S. - M.B.A. (Integrated)

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June 28, 2015, 8:22 am
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After spending almost a decade in HR and self being holder of an MBA, I still have not understood why organisations need an MBA to handle recruitment profile,

Frankly speaking, none of the MBA courses in India offer a course in recruitment and even MBA HR does not have a course or syllabus in recruitment. Recruitment is a very specialized subject and it is both science and arts. It needs lot of skills right from selling to branding, negotiation and persuasion. 

Frankly speaking, my MBA degree taught very little about HR and more I learnt from my job, but my MBA degree did not teach anything about recruitment. 

I wanted to write a lot about it, but Vijay has already written precisely on this. Please read


I came across Vijay Anand L V around 3-4 years back (I don't remember exactly) and fascinated with his discussions on recruitment and his initiative- Hirington academy. In fact, he asked me multiple time to go through his courses, however I was not sure about making my career purely in recruitment, so avoided this. 

However, we cannot ignore the fact that MBA definitely not meant for recruiter and it is time for a specialised course in line with SPHR, Aon certification and such others.Let us see more about Hirington Academy and its courses.

As of now, Hirington offers following certification courses:

Certified Internet Recruiter

This course is good for those with 1 year's experience in recruitment and want to get a specialised skill. I am not sure this course will be how much useful for an experienced recruiter. I recommend this course only for MBA HR/ marketing fresher who want to make career in recruitment in a large organisation or with a recruitment firm, where demand for skilled recruiter is high.


Certified Interviewer

The course content seems to be good. To be frank, I have found excellent managers but very bad interviewer. This harms organisation badly, so their reputation. Following are the excerpts from Hirington website.
This program is designed for professionals who take interviews everyday and they need to know how to do a professional interview. The program is meant for anyone wanting to upgrade their skills on taking interviews.

Duration     Min 15 hours (In-person – based on audience volume),
3 days a week (2 hours per day for online training).

Program Cost    
5,000 INR (Five thousand rupees only) per participant.


I recommend this to every managers involved in hiring.


Recruitment Process Auditing

This is not the course, rather a process. Many time, whether a recruitment firm or corporate wonder why they are not able to recruit right people and not able to fill the position. This auditing will surely help them and organisation must use it once.

Certified Recruitment Manager

This course is must and good for all the HRBP, recruitment and talent manager.

Duration     Min of 20 hours – Max based on the volume plus real time assessments.
Out station participants who would like to have In-person training would have to bear travel and boarding cost (Actual) apart from the Training Fee.
  
Program Cost   
10,000 INR (Ten thousand rupees only) per participant. Participation fees are 100% advance and can be paid as cash or through cheque (In the name of Vijay Anand L V)


Certified Recruitment Program level 1,2 and 3

I recommend this course for entry level recruiter and HR professionals as well as those in their MBA final year.
The courses are offered as
Certified Recruitment Analyst (CRAn)
Certified Recruitment Professional (CRPro)
Certified Recruitment Expert (CREx)

Duration     Min. 60 hours for all the three levels (1-2 hours per day)

Program Cost - 15,000 INR (Fifteen thousand rupees only) per level / participant.


Certified Social Media Professional

The course should have been actually renamed as Certified Social media recruiter.
Today, hiring just through Naukri or job portal is not enough. There is trend for social media recruiter (yes, I too do that, I use Linkedin, I use twitter, I use blog, but the conversion rate is very low, because it is continuous process and not when you need it. 
Social media indicates the interactions among people in which they like, create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. In today's world, everyone is virtually available in Social Media for different needs. It is a one such platform where organizations can leverage themselves without incurring much cost and can build a great brand for themselves.

It is very much important for the organization to attract their target audience using social media strategies.

Cost
10,000 INR (Ten Thousand Rupees Only) per person – Min. 20 hours of training plus real-time assessment on each module.



Certified Placement Professional

This course is targeted at placement officer and placement managers of B schools and engineering colleges.
Most of the Placement Officers don’t possess a recruitment background. Client always wanted to discuss about their recruitment plans with the person who understands end to end recruitment. But not with someone who is experienced in different industry and has also taken the role of TPO in the institution.



Certified Recruitment Analytics Professional

This is time for analytics and HR cannot be separated from analytics. HR analytics is not a rocket science, but this science need to be acquired and practiced. Most of the organisation has HRM tools, but there are many who does not have a specific tools. This course will help them. 

Please visit following website to know more about Hirington and its programmes


Disclaimer: Please note that this article is neither a paid nor a sponsored article. I have taken almost care while writing this article, you may exercise your own judgment while enrolling for the course. I strongly recommend these courses as they are reliable and come from an expert. 

Happy learning

Mumbai
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A success story of networking, learning and Development

July 28, 2015, 3:44 am
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Last weekend,  I had been to NMIMS, One of the India's top 10 B schools and was with other friends in OB (Organisation Behaviour) class. It was a great learning and too interactive and learnable. 
After spending almost a decade in HR, the subject was not new for me, but learning was great. 
Well, during the discussion topic emerged that an effective manager spends 40% 9f its time in networking and thats very essential.

No doubt. Networking is essential to learn, to showcase your talent, to enhance your creativity, to build a rapport and to have credible pool of people in your contacts who can vouch for you when needed. I could not stop mentioning MTHR Global (More than HR Global ) and HR Shapers.
HR Shapers is truly an example how a tool like whatsapp can be used to optimally use a distracting technology actually for networking and learning and development purpose.
Let me tell you more details about it.

What is HR Shapers ?
HR Shapers is a brain child and a great initiative of Ashish Gakrey who is also an HR professional associated with Capgemini. He is also core founder member of MTHR Global. It has more than 500 HR professionals (all industry / corporate HR and there is no recruitment consultant or any HR consultant). They are from mid to senior level across various verticals and various organisation. Hatsoff to Ashish. 


What HR Shapers do?
HR Shapers chose a topic everyday and all member discuss, brainstorms, put their ideas forward. HR is a vast field and many people do not handle entire gamuts of HR. This platform provides them enough opportunity to learn, free of cost. 

What had been success story?
Started with just around 50 members, it has grown more than 10 folds and yes, everybody is not accepted as a member. People are given enough opportunity to participate and if found they are not active and not contributing, they are removed.

How is it helping in the networking?
A lot. I know many of the people and learn from them. I never met them (except Ashish), but we know each other. Apart from that, regular lunch, dinner organised (of course at your own cost) at different location in India, middle east, Canada and it gives people to meet, collaborate and understand each other beyond the virtual world. It also invited eminent speakers from diverse HR background and who are specialist in their field.



What had been past programme of HR Shapers
Various
It was
1. Mehul Kuwadia- Psychometric Assessment
2. How to conduct a whasapinar
3. Dharmedra Rai- Invisible selling
4. Sexual Harasment
5. Labour Laws


Sounds interesting, how to become part of Whatsapp group of HR Shapers?
It is easy as well as not easy. First, follow HR Shapers in facebook and on twitter. Please join at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/44903520222232

# Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=6620701 

# Twitter: http://twitter.com/hr_shapers


Please send request to Ashish to be part of whatsapp group and follow @hr_shapers

I hope you found this article useful

Govind
Mumbai
July 29, 2015




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Free online course in Social Entrepreneurship

August 3, 2015, 1:49 am
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Hi Friends,

Unfortunately, there are not many institutes in the world, specially in India where MBA or a course in social entrepreneurship is taught. 

Few of the institutes are:
  1. NMIMS, Mumbai (Diploma and MBA Social entrepreneurship- part time)
  2. MA Social Entrepreneurship, Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai- Full time
  3. PG Diploma in development Studies, SP Jain, Mumbai, Part time
  4. IGNOU, MBA in social entrepreneurship (India)

There are few more institutes offering full time MBA in social entrepreneurship, but they are not recommendable. 



As you know, our course is a kind of MBA programmes with lot of theories and focus as an MBA rather than truly focusing on entrepreneurship. 

I am a fan of MOOC courses, they are really rich in course content, very practical and free of cost.  One of such course is "Social Entrepreneurship" from Coursera. 

What is social entrepreneurship?
  1. Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to draw upon business techniques to find solutions to socialproblems. This concept may be applied to a variety of organizations with different sizes, aims, and beliefs.
So you may have a business plan where you want to make profit for sure and not for charity. But, you want to do such a business which can bring a social change, this is social entrepreneurship.

Few of the examples in India
1. Dhruv Lakra, Mirakle Couriers

2. Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh Sauchalay

3. Anita Ahuja, Conserve India Anita and Shalabh Ahuja founded Conserve India as an NGO to recycle the waste in their neighbourhood that wasn't being managed by local authorities

4. Sumita Ghose, Rangsutra

5. Saloni Malhotra, Desi Crew (India's first rural BPO)

6. Ishita Khanna, Spiti ecosphere (Eco tourism)

7. Harish Hande, Selco (Affordable solar lighting solutions)

8. Dr/ Prof/ Dinabandhu Sahoo- Project Chilka (Increasing people's income level and also developing a carbon eating car)

9.Dr.  Madhav Chavan,Pratham (Pratham is an innovative learning organization created to improve the quality of education in India. As one of the largest non-governmental organizations in the country, Pratham focuses on high-quality, low-cost, and replicable interventions to address gaps in the education system. Established in 1995 to provide education to children in the slums of Mumbai, Pratham has grown both in scope and geographical coverage.)
http://www.pratham.org/about-us/about-pratham

10. Anshu Gupta, Goonj 
Popularly known as the Clothing Man, Anshu has done his Mass communications twice and masters in Economics. Starting as a freelance journalist, Anshu left a corporate job in 1998 and founded GOONJ with a mission to make clothing a matter of concern and to bring it among the list of subjects for the development sector.  Anshu’s work with GOONJ goes to a core challenge of our times; the growing gap between the urban prosperity & rural poverty. His work has a game changing element in many ways; he has taken the menacing growth of urban waste and used it effectively and efficiently as a tool to trigger large scale development work on diverse issues; roads, water, environment, education, health etc. in some of the most backward and remote pockets of India. Not only is the so called urban waste addressing ignored basic needs it’s turning out to be a valuable asset for income generation. Bridging the massive gap of social and economic inequities between urban and rural India in an innovative way, Anshu has created a new dynamic focused on the receiver’s dignity rather than the donor’s pride.

12. Shaheen Mistri, Akanksha foundation and teach for India

13. Vinayak Lohaani, Parivar Ashram

14. Hariharan P .V. Agro-Biogenics (Clean-Tech) Pvt Ltd - Working toward Mitigating Global Warming and Poverty (GWP)

15. Late Prof. Banwari lal Sharma:
 Azadi Bachao Andolan that was led as peoples’ movement in different part of the nation against nuclear energy. The main aim of the andolan was to seek control of environment and its resources in the hands of local people. He also was a member of the movement in Orissa against Posco Steel as well as the spread of the multinational soft-drinks in the nation. He was one of the founding members of National Alliance of Peoples Movement as well as Swaraj Vidyapeeth at Allahabad. The Vidyapeeth worked with a focus of Jagrit Samaj promoting a new pedagogy.
I was lucky to meet him before he passed away. I feel really lucky now. 

Here is the course details


by Kai Hockerts, Kristjan Jespersen, Robert Austin, Anirudh Agrawal, Ester Barinaga, Sudhanshu Rai

Awarding body: Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (Ranked as globally top 45 B schools in 2o14 by FT and average ranking of 39 (IIMs, NMIMS, JBIMS are not even part of top 200)

Course fee: Free

Duration: 12 weeks

Course outline:

Week 1 - Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship

Overview
Welcome back to the Social Entrepreneurship MOOC Week 1. During this week we will share some perspectives and definitions of Social Entrepreneurship by academics from the U.K and U.S to help you shape your personal understanding of this field. Finally and certainly not least, we will engage you in the "The 7-day challenge". 
https://class.coursera.org/socialentrepeneur-002/wiki/Week%201%20Definitions%20of%20Social%20Entrepreneurship



So you can see, there are lot of videos and questions to complete. 

Week 2 - Who is a Social Entrepreneur?

    Objectives 
    At the end of this week, you should:
    • Have posted an initial idea for a social start-up or at least browsed ideas by others.
    • Have a good understanding of the role of empathy, moral judgement, self efficacy, and percieved social support as predictors social entrepreneurial behavior
    • Thought through one of the social problems outlined in this week's assignment.
  • https://class.coursera.org/socialentrepeneur-002/wiki/Week_2_-_Who_is_a_Social_Entrepreneur
I am not going to post more detailed curriculum as you can go through the coursera website and find it out. I am just providing for outline

Week 3 - How to Identify an Opportunity?

Week 4 - How to Build your Business Model

Week 5 - Applying the Business Model Canvas

Week 6 - The Purpose of a Business Plan

Week 7 - Selecting an Organizational Form

Week 8 - Attracting Start-up Funding

Week 9 - Measuring Social Impact

Week 10 - How Social Enterprises Communicate

Week 11 - Replication of Social Enterprises

Week 11 - Replication of Social Enterprises

Week 12 - Time to Submit Your Business Plan


The course is already over for current session, but if you are not interested for certification and focused on learning, you may download the course video and comments as well as responses of other participants. You may apply for next session of the course. I am sure you will love it.


Regards
Govind
Mumbai, August 03, 2015
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Apply or nominate for Young HR award in India

August 3, 2015, 2:23 am
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Getting awarded as an young HR leader is one of the most prestigious thing and work as a branding for you and also for your organisation.People matters and DDI has announced young HR Award "are you in the list"

Why it is important
Such award work as an HR branding tool for your organisation as well as do branding for you. Participation also provides lot of insight. you may also nominate somebody who is fit

About “Are you in the List?”

India's first initiative to identify Emerging Future HR leaders is back again!
After successfully sifting out the crème de la crème of young HR leaders for the last 3 years – People Matters initiative in association with DDI – “Are you in the list 2015” is back with yet another intense qualifying application process, with a series of assessments and a competitive race to find today's emerging leaders in HR. A platform for HR managers to showcase their potential and get recognized as the “Emerging Future HR Leaders”.
If you are a young HR leader or aspire to be one, and if the below criteria mirrors you – Be a part of the list!
  • Age group of 26- 35 (as on 31st January 2016)
  • Minimum work experience of 3 years. (as on 12th June 2015)
  • Working in HR role as on date
If you have it in you and want to better yourself, compete to be amongst the chosen “Emerging Future HR Leaders” in India, come join the list!



What is the process and how to apply

Application Process


Stage 1

STAGE 1

1A (Online Application): Candidates register online by submitting their details and by following the online application process.
1B (Application Form): Applicants would be taking the Online Application test
1C (Virtual Simulation – iLead): The candidates will undergo a real life-like simulation test by KNOLSKAPE. This test will identify the candidates’ ability and readiness to be effective as an HR professional. The qualified candidates will proceed to stage 2 of the Awards process.
12th June – 26th August
Result announcement: 11th September
Stage 2

STAGE 2

Cognitive Ability test: DDI’s Cognitive ability test will follow for eligible candidate which is a tool for online assessment of one’s cognitive ability as it relates to success on the job. The qualified candidates will proceed to stage 3 of the Awards process.
9th September – 18th September
Result announcement: 23th September
Stage 3

STAGE 3

Leadership Assessment (Manager Ready): The shortlisted candidates undergo DDI’s online Leadership Assessment. This is a tool to identify the candidate's readiness to take managerial roles. The top candidates from this assessment will further proceed to stage 4 of the Awards process.
28th September – 13th October
Result announcement: 26th October
Stage 4

STAGE 4

4A (Video Interview): The shortlisted candidates will be required to record their video, answering pre-determined questions on Video Recruit platform to assess whether the applicants display the required competencies for which the automated interviewing process is used.
26th October – 10th November

Vetting the Insights: This stage will involve scrutiny of the information provided by the shortlisted candidates on the basis of insights from the HR competencies. The shortlisted candidates will move to the next stage of the Awards Process
Stage 5

STAGE 5

5A (Business Case Study): In order to further assess skills required to be a successful HR Leader, DDI will evaluate selected individuals on their business acumen by conducting a mini-assessment using a business case study method. This stage may also include a personality inventory which measures attributes or tendencies that can either enhance or derail one’s leadership effectiveness.
4th December – 18th December

5B (Face off with the Panel): This stage will sight a one-on-one meeting of the Jury with the finalists which will lead to identifying the Emerging Future HR Leaders of 2015.
4th January – 15th January
Stage 6

Awards & Recognition

The selected Top Emerging Future HR Leaders will be recognized in a formal event in the presence of HR veterans of the country.
22nd January 2016

For details, please visit: http://areyouinthelist.peoplematters.in/registration/process

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Do you have a social enterprise, a business which can help to improve people's life? then you must not miss this opportunity

August 5, 2015, 2:18 am
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Hello friends,



You may click above or paste following link in your browser to read it





Following IDiya official video is self explanatory to all, even those who do not know what is a social entrepreneurship






This is next step ahead of the same.

Do you have a social enterprise/ a business which can change people's life, which can improve their livelihood?


You might have an excellent and viable social business idea, however, you do not have fund. You are finding it extremely difficult to pitch this to investor. Then you have an opportunity to showcase your entrepreneurial idea and making dream come true.


The prestigious, Indian school of Business (IBS), Hyderabad has announced 7th edition of iDiya - a social venture competition.


Deadlines: July 17, August 16, 2015



What is iDiya
iDiya is ISB's national Social Venture Ideas Competition. It was conceived in 2009 at the Indian School of Business by the Net Impact Club of ISB. Within six years, iDiya has come up as a promising platform for dynamic entrepreneurs with a social bent, from around the world to showcase their ideas to enthusiastic partners. Our social entrepreneurs are put through a rigorous 5-day boot camp that helps them grasp the foundation of a great business while interacting with various partners who guide them. These partners not only mentor the entrepreneurs during the boot camp held at ISB but also help them with the one resource most entrepreneurs feel holds them back in making their idea big – Funds.

Who are eligible to participate?
1. Anyone who has completed academic and working in a social venture, which is in existence for last six months but less than 5 years. 
2. NRIs meeting above criteria
3. At lest team size of two
4. The social venture mentioned above must be legally in existence i.e. a company or an LLP or any form of a legal incorporation (trust, NGO, Cooperative society etc,)



Who are these partners for iDiya?
There were 7 venture capitalist partners last year. They were:

1. Bharati Foundation




2. EdelGive Foundation


3. Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd (GVFL)



4. IMPACT LAW VENTURES

5. UnLtd India


6. Upaya Social Ventures


7. Venture East





What’s it about?

iDiya’s main objectives are:

  • Encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the social space
  • Be a platform for showcasing commercially viable, self-sustaining social business ideas in India
  • Provide mentoring, access to incubation and angel funds to convert the ideas into reality



How do we do that?
iDiya is targeted at professionals in India working in teams of 2 to 4 individuals. Teams submit an executive summary of their business ideas and plans, which are evaluated by student evaluators, faculty, investors and social VCs and social entrepreneurs. Submissions are evaluated on various parameters, including measurable social impact, the social need being addressed and sustainability of the enterprise.



Winners are invited to ISB for an intensive five day boot camp where industry experts, ISB faculty and local and national entrepreneurs help them train for challenges they would face in bringing their ideas and ventures to realization. Teams are interfaced with potential investors and are matched with entrepreneurs and organizations that will mentor them for a certain period post-boot camp.



Okay, so why participate?
The 6th iDiya Challenge was a huge success, with 125 teams submitting their ideas and 10 winners invited to the boot camp. The 7th ISB iDiya challenge promises to be only bigger and better in every way.



Apart from giving you a platform to showcase your idea, participating in the ISB iDiya Challenge will also help you identify possible avenues for ensuring your vision takes shape.



If your idea manages to convince the jury of its potential, and you are invited to the boot camp, you would be entitled to:

  • A five day all-expenses* paid boot camp for the top 10 teams where you will meet industry leaders, venture capitalists and business mentors
  • Top 10 teams will receive mentoring support after the competition. The mentoring board comprises of high-profile businessmen and organizations which will help you commercialize your idea.



In addition to the above we offer:

  • Assured mentoring from industry experts in round 2 of the competition
  • A place on the iDiya website for the top 20 participants.
  • Cash rewards:
    • 1st Place – Rs.2,00,000
    • 2nd Place – Rs.1,25,000
    • 3rd Place – Rs.75,000
  • A short feedback to the top 50 participants on their idea

Convinced! How to participate?

Step 1: Register on the website by signing up.
Step 2: Login with the credentials provided and submit the business ideas by uploading in the template that is sent during the registration process.
Step 3: You will then be taken to an online gateway where you can pay Rs. 2,500/-(INR) application fee via credit card or net banking.

  • Ensure that your browser’s popup blocker is disabled.
  • After entering your credit card/net banking details, please wait for the payment successful page to show up. If this page does not display, your card/bank account will not be charged.

sounds interesting. This investment of Rs. 2500 is worth. Apply and all the best

Govind
Mumbai
August 05, 2015
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How to identify if a college is a real or a fake? Read this article to save your career and year

February 2, 2015, 5:09 am
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One of my virtual friends from my same fraternity i.e. HR asked me to write an article on the above subject matter and I thought it is an interesting idea to write on such subject matter. Needless to say, in my previous many articles, I have written about the universities, degree system, type of universities, ranking of colleges, precaution needs to be taken while opting for a distance education and so on.

People in India need degree for various reasons and one of the least reason is- knowledge. The most obvious reason is job and then comes tag.
Well, we know that a college awards a degree and unlike most of the countries in the world, in India, universities are of 2 types- 1. Unitary 2. Unitary cum affiliating

What is a unitary university?
A unitary University is a university spread in acres of campus. These universities do not and cannot affiliate any college outside its campuses. These universities cannot offer any course outside its campuses not even in distance mode or online mod (if they are private and deemed universities). Few examples are:
1.       All private universities in India
2.       All deemed universities in India
3.       Annamalai University (A state university, but it is a unitary university; it can offer distance education courses all over Tamil Nadu state but through its own study centres, not through a private franchisee agreement)

What is a unitary cum affiliating university?
These are the universities who have their own campus and offer courses through this campus. They also affiliate private as well as government sponsored colleges within their jurisdiction.   Every University has their own jurisdiction to affiliate such colleges. For example, University of Mumbai has jurisdiction over the district of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri. University of Pune has jurisdiction over Pune District, Nashik, Ahmednagar etc. so any college who wants to offer the degree courses or operate, they have to take affiliation from Pune University only and not from any other universities. The same rule applies to any University in India.  Few universities have jurisdiction over all over the state. For example, Maharashtra Universities of Health sciences have jurisdiction all over the Maharshtra for Medicine, Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Ayurvedic, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy courses.  Most of the states have such kind of health or technological universities. However, they can offer the affiliation only for the courses mentioned in their respective Act. Similarly, West Bengal University of Technology has jurisdiction all over the state of West Bengal to affiliate college in the state. This means, any college who want to offer an engineering courses must take affiliate from West Bengal University of Technology and not from any other institute. Only exception to this is IITs, NITs etc. Similarly, Calcutta University has jurisdiction over  the few districts of Calcutta (not specifically mentioned in the Act of the University, but it affiliate colleges in the west Bengal wherever other universities do not have presence).

An affiliating university cannot affiliate any college beyond their jurisdiction defined in the Act of the University.

What is a college in India? How are they established?
A college is an institute which can conduct necessary training and conduct exam on behalf of the university from which it has an affiliation. To verify whether an institute is or college or not, it must satisfy following criteria:
1.       It must be linked to a trust or a society registered under the specific public trust Act for instances in Maharashtra and Gujarat, under the Bombay Public Trust Act and Registration of Societies Act 1860 or as a not for profit company under the companies Act.
2.       This alone is not sufficient. Every state has a education department. Such college must get approval from such department.
3.       Apart from this, if a college is offering an engineering programme, it must have approval from AICTE, if a college is offering a teachers education programme like D.Ed., B.Ed., M.Ed., it must have approval from NCTE, a MBBS college must have approval from Medical Council of India, a dental college must have approval from Dental Council of India, a nursing college must have approval from nursing council of India, a BAMS, BHMS, BNYS, BUMS (Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy and Unani) college must have approval from AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (all of them are central government bodies).  There are few other councils too.
4.       They must offer the seat sanction to them. They cannot offer more than that. Any seat offer more than the seats limited is violation and the degree becomes invalid.
5.       Each such college must have minimum teachers with minimum prescribed qualifications from the UGC (University Grants Commission) and the respective bodies as well as state government.


If any of the institutes do not meet above criteria, they are not the college. They are simply fake and you are losing your money.
A distance learning degree cannot have a college. Such distance learning degree, diplomas, post graduates degrees should offered through their respective university directly without engaging a private person, institute, coaching institute.


Typically, a college has the minimum infrastructure such as minimum 1 acre of land (and in metro may be at least ½ acre of the land), multiple classrooms, office, principal’s office, washrooms, practical laboratories etc. You cannot ignore them.  A college cannot be opened in one or two rooms, cannot be opened in shopping mall, cannot be opened just like a convenience store.


Example is,  WLC (Wigan and Leigh College) who does not have any approval. It could term it just as a training institute, but you know, you cannot earn lakhs of Rs just for training and cannot run it for 2 years. You have to fake your programme as an MBA or a management programme, that’s why they faked it).

Few of the fake colleges you can see on internet, hoardings are:
1.       Mckoy Distance College Barrackpore
2.       AIEM, Ayano Institute, West Bengal
3.       Swami Vivekanand College of Distance Education, Thane, Mira Road, Andheri Mumbai
4.       MCM Academy
5.       AIECT DISTANCE EDUCATION CAMPUS(SARF)(UGC APPROVED UNIVERSITY STUDY CENTER as it claims but the fact is UGC does not recognize any college, it just grants recognition to universities)

You can go through my various article on my blog which provides you enough clarity. A degree from a private agents are mostly fake and may look tempty, easy but push your future in dark. Just look at following The Hindu article:

The Medical Council of India has issued a notice on Wednesday cautioning students to check the status of medical colleges before seeking admission.
The notice follows violation of MCI rules by two institutions – Singhania University, Pacheri Bair, in Jhunjunu district of Rajasthan and Surendra Medical College and Hospital in Khagol, Patna.
According to the notice, Singhania University had issued an advertisement claiming that it was “recognised under section 2 (f) of the UGC Act 1956 and does not require MCI approval to impart education and award degree for the same such as MBBS, MD & MS.”
Reena Nayyar, secretary in-charge of MCI, has pointed out that under the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, prior permission of the Central government is required to establish a new medical college and impart courses in modern medicine. She has said that such permission is granted by the Central government on the recommendation of the Medical Council of India.
“Admission made by any institution that imparts courses in modern medicine, or Diploma in various streams of medicine; MD/MS/DM/M. Ch without permission of the Central government is illegal and students so admitted shall not get recognised medical qualification entitling them to practise medicine,” the notice said. In the case of the Surendra Medical College and Hospital, Khagol, also the courses of medicine offered “are illegal and void ab initio”, the notice adds.
                                            
The MCI website, www.mciindia.org has the name of colleges, along with their status, number of seats approved/permitted.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/mci-cautions-students-against-bogus-colleges/article6743097.ece

If you have any query about any college, institutes and validity, please feel free to ask.
Govind
Mumbai
February 02, 2015



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Causes for electrical fires and tips for prevention

February 3, 2015, 9:06 pm
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The Times of India reports that most of the fire happening in India causes through electrical fires and it result into both property loss as well as human loss. Property loss can be recovered through the insurance coverage, however the human loss in irreplaceable. The world over, the figure can go higher and the loss is huge.  At our home as well as in the offices, we need to have enough preventive and safety measures to stop this. For a facility or administration manager and the safety manager, this is an important task. Let’s have a look into this.


1.       Common causes of electrical fire:
Following factors causes electrical fires
1.1. Increased usage of electrical appliances: Due to the change in the weather and more usage of electrical components, usage of electricity increases. The old electrical wiring and the overall systems are not capable enough to handle the load.


1.2. Old and malfunctioning appliances: People often do not check the old appliances. They are sometime faulty and lead to short circuit and fires.


1.3. Change in the original pattern of the appliances: Some appliances come with 3 pins so they can handle the additional electricity required. People, for their convenience remove the extra pin. This leads to the instrument malfunctioning and causing fires.


1.4. Non adhering to standards: Using a non-recommended appliances, devices, electrical equipments also lead to the electrical fires. Such equipments are substandard in quality, do not meet to the required safety norms. Using a high electricity consuming device than the recommended are also responsible for electrical fires. 


1.5. Poor handling of equipments: Sometime, people uses the electrical appliances carelessly and do not adopt enough preventive measures, including keeping away the materials causing fire from the equipments like a heater, keeping a cloth or paper, near a high wattage electrical bulbs, not setting timers or usually longer timers for the equipments resulting into over heating of the equipments.


1.6. Lack of safety measures: The wiring, switches, electrical panels and boards are often old and needed to be replaced after a certain amount of time.  Due to no replacements, they lead to the fire. Few homes may not have auto cut off or MCB to cut down the electrical supply in case of overheating or overload which lead to electrical fires in the offices and home.


2.       Tips for preventing electrical fires
We can prevent electrical fire through few simple steps and proper planning. Few of the measures are determining the exact amount of power need and always have provision for future requirements, adopting proper safety measures, using quality and appropriate appliances, avoiding any kind of changes in the original make and specification of the requirements. Few of them are as follows:

2.1 Determining exact electricity need: Always plan with your future need of the electricity. You may need x amount of electricity today, but in the future, you may need more electricity for the additional equipments you are going to buy due to innovation, your life style adoption, an increase in the number of family members. Even if you take higher supply, you are going to pay only for the amount of electricity you use. You should consider those factors and add additional 10 percentage of your overall electricity need. This will prevent in the heating of the electricity cables, switches and also keep your equipments safe.


2.2  Regularly change your wiring and switches: Please check your electrical wires and switches regularly. Take a help of expert electrician and audit firm. The cost of this audit is nominal and compared to the loss you are going to suffer, it is worth to spend. If you have an office or a factory, it is very necessary for you to do so. Every appliance and electrical wires have a specific life and need to replace them accordingly. This constitutes a major reason for causing  an electrical fire.


2.3 Avoid using multiple extension boards: Every electrical switches and wirings are designed to take a specific load and it cannot take more for a longer time. Avoid using extension, multiple devices in a specific electrical plug.


2.4 Make provision of separate wall plug for heavy appliances : Air Conditioners, refrigerators, microwave oven, hand dryers, dishwashers are heavy electricity consuming appliances. Please make a separate wall socket for each of these appliances and use them only. Using them with the other plug may lead to heating of the electrical wires and causing major electrical fires.


2.5 Must have circuit breakers : Always use appropriate capacity and a good, branded MCBs. Whenever the overall electricity consumption increases, it automatically gets tripped. Please do not use higher capacity MCB, otherwise it will not be able to recognize in a proper way. Again, always take the advice of a good electricity audit firm who has expertise in this field.


2.6 Fire sprinkler and Fire alarm system: Always have a fire alarm system and water sprinkler specially in the commercial unit and factories. This is especially helpful when you are not around. If your city has provision to connect it to local fire station, please do it.

                                                                                   
 I hope you lovely readers will like my this article. 


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What to pursue after completing or while completing CS (Company Secretary Course)

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Somebody asked me about what to pursue after doing a company secretary course. I thought to write in details about it on my blog. 

What is a company secretary: A company Secretary or CS is a person who looks after overall compliance of an organisation , a corporate organisation (i.e. company) in India. They looks after filing all necessary returns as per the Registrar of the Companies, who keep records of annual general meeting of the company, who ensures that the company is keeping all the records and complying all the provisions of Companies Act 1956 and also various accounting standard of the ICAI. They also play vital role when company is listed in the stock exchange. 

What qualification do I need to have to be a Company Secretary
You must be a CS (Company Secretary) from ICSI. 

Which college offer CS course?
There is no college for this course. This is a chartered, distance learning course. 

How to become a CS?
Stages to become a Company Secretary:
The student who would like to join the Course after 10+2 pass or equivalent has to undergo three stages to pursue the Company Secretaries Course i.e. 
Foundation Programme
Executive Programme
Professional Programme
The Student who would like to join the Course after passing the Graduation has to undergo two stages of the Company Secretaryship i.e. 
Executive Programme
Professional Programme
Foundation Programme which is of eight months duration can be pursued by 10+2 pass or equivalent students of Arts, Science or Commerce stream (Excluding Fine Arts)
Executive Programme can be pursued by a Graduate of all streams except Fine Arts.
Professional Programme can be pursued only after clearing the Executive Programme of CS Course
 
ADMISSION TO THE CS COURSE is open throughout the year.  Examinations are held twice a year in June & December.
Cut off dates for admission to CS course: .
For Foundation Programme
31st March for appearing in December Examination  in the same year
30th September for June Examination next year
For  Executive Programme
28th February for appearing in both modules in December Exams in the same year  year
31st May for appearing in single module in December Examination in the same year
31st August  for appearing in both modules in June Exam in the next year
30th November for appearing in single module in June Examination in the next year.
SUBJECTS FOR CS COURSE
There are 4 papers in CS  Foundation Programme
There are 7 papers divided into 2 Modules in CS Executive Programme (wef. 01.02.2013)
There are 8 papers divided into 4  Modules in CS   Professional   Programme
SUBJECTS
Foundation Programme [4 papers]

·         Business Environment & Entrepreneurship
·         Business Management, Ethics and Communication
·         Business Economics
·         Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing
Executive Programme [7papers]
Module I
(4papers)
   
·         Company Law
·         Cost and Management Accounting
·         Economic and Commercial Laws
·         Tax Laws and Practice
Module II
(3 papers)
   
·         Company Accounts and Auditing Practices
·         Capital Markets and Securities Laws
·         Industrial, Labour and General Laws
Professional Programme [8 papers]
Module I
(2 papers)  
·         Company Secretarial Practice
·         Drafting,  Appearances and Pleadings
Module II
(2 papers)
·         Financial, Treasury and Forex Management
·         Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
Module III
(2 papers)
·         Strategic Management, Alliances and International Trade
·         Advance Tax Laws and Practices
Module IV
(2 papers)
·         Due Diligence and Corporate Compliance Management
·         Governance, Business Ethics and Sustainability
Professional Program ( new syllabus – w.e.f. 1st September 2013 )
MODULE 1
1. Advanced Company Law and Practice
2. Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence
3. Corporate Restructuring, Valuation and Insolvency
MODULE 2
4. Information Technology and Systems Audit
5. Financial, Treasury and Forex Management
6. Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
MODULE 3
7. Advanced Tax Laws and Practice
8. Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings
9. Electives 1 out of below 5 subjects
9.1. Banking  Law and Practice
9.2. Capital, Commodity and Money Market
9.3. Insurance Law and Practice
9.4. Intellectual Property Rights - Law and Practice
9.5. International Business-Laws and Practices
Fee Structure for CS Course
CS Foundation Programme              
Rs.4500/-
CS Executive Programme
Rs.9000/- for Commerce Graduates / CPT passed of ICAI / Foundation passed of ICAI-CMA
Rs 10,000/- for Non Commerce Students
Rs 8,500/- for CS Foundation passed students
CS Professional Programme
Rs.12,000/- 
 Examination
1.     Examination is conducted twice a year in June and December
2.      Examination fee
1Foundation Programme  -Rs. 1200/- 
Executive Programme     -  Rs. 1200/- per Module
Professional Programme  -Rs. 1200/- per Module
 Last date for submission of application for appearing in the examination
25th March (with late fee of Rs. 250/- till 9th April)
25th September (with late fee of Rs. 250/- till 10th October)
Medium of Examination
The Institute allows facility to students to appear in examination in English as well as in Hindi. (Except Business Communication subject of Foundation Program)
Qualifying Marks
A candidate is declared to have passed the Foundation / Executive / Professional examination, if he/she secures at one sitting a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate of all subjects.
Time limit for completing CS Examination
A student is required to complete the Executive and the Professional examination within the registration period. However, on payment of requisite fees the validity of registration may be renewed / extended for further period subject to fulfilling the applicable guidelines.
ICSI ORAL TUITION GUIDELINES / PPP GUIDELINES:
Salient features of the Oral Tuition Guidelines & PPP Guidelines: Under the revised guidelines 30 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Foundation / 35 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Executive / 40 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Professional Programme has been made mandatory
Existing Practical experience and training requirements 
The students are required to undergo the following trainings:
1.     7 days Student Induction Programme (SIP)-  within six months of Registration to Executive Programme or exempted therefrom for becoming eligible to seek enrolment to appear in Executive Program Examination.
2.     70 hours compulsory computer training program- for becoming eligible to seek enrolment to appear in Executive Program Examination.
3.     8 days Executive Development Programme (EDP) - after passing the Executive Programme and before commencement of 15 months training.
4.     25 hours of Professional Development Programme (PDP) during 15 months training
5.     15 months training after passing the Executive Programme or Professional Programme on completion of Student Induction Program and Executive Development Program with companies and Company Secretaries in Practice registered with the Institute for imparting training
6.     3 months practical training is required to be undergone by the student if the student completes professional program examination and exempted from undergoing at least 12 months training on the basis of Company Secretaries Regulations,1982, as amended on submitting the documents to the Institute and fulfills the requirement of Regulation 48. This training will be exempted to the students who have undergone 15 months training.
7.     15 days training in a specialized agency such as Registrar of Companies (ROC) / Stock Exchange / Financial and Banking Institution/Management Consultancy Firm can only be commenced if the student completes SIP,EDP , 15 months training and having passed professional program examination.
8.     15 days Management Skills Orientation Programme (MSOP)- after Professional Programme and on completion of Executive Development Program and 15 months training
1.     The students can be exempted from undergoing training totally or partially depending on the practical experience possessed by them on fulfilling the requirement of the Company Secretaries Regulations,1982, as amended, on submitting the relevant documents.
2.      A student after passing the Professional Programme may enroll as ‘Licentiate ICSI’ at his/her option until completion of training requirements.

    What is the average salary for a CS?
    A CS fresher gets minimum starting salary of Rs. 4 lakhs p.a. , a CS + LLB gets slightly higher salary and same is the case for a CA + LLB. If you have cleared it in first attempt or a rank holder, your salary will be much higher.



What other courses should I do alongwith the CS or after CS?

the best combination is a CA  + CS or ICWA / CMA + CS or LLB + CS. You may also decide to opt MBL (Master of Business Law). 

Master of Business Law course is available in distance as well as in full time mode. It is available with National Law University, Jodhpur and other universities.

You can also pursue M.Com Corporate Secretaryship both in distance and full time mode from IGNOU as well as Madras


PhD after CS: Yes, it is possible. You do not need to pursue MBA or a PG degree as almost 55 universities in India recognize CS as equivalent to a post graduation degree. Please see the list below. 



LIST OF UNIVERSITIES WHICH HAVE RECOGNISED THE COMPANY
SECRETARYSHIP QUALIFICATION AS EQUIVALENT TO POST
GRADUATE DEGREE FOR PURSUING PH.D COURSE.
SL. NONAME OF UNIVERSITY
REFERENCE
SUBJECTS
1.Sardar Patel University 
Vallabh Vidyanagar
Gujarat - 388 120

D:A:4/1/8209
dated- 26.12.1980
Click Here		Commerce
2.South Gujarat University 
University Campus
Udhana-Magdalia Road
Surat - 395 007. 
A/Eli/Equi/17388
dated 18/23.2.1981
Click Here		Open recognition
3.Maharshi Dayanand University, 
Rohtak,
Haryana - 124 001		AC-III/R81/2375
dated 28.2.1981
Click Here		Commerce and allied subjects
4.Guru Nanak Dev University 
Amritsar,
Punjab - 143 005

Gen/Recog/8130
Dated 23.4.1981
Click Here		Commerce
5.University of Poona 
Ganeshkhind
Pune - 411 007
Maharastra

Elg/4251
dated 16/19.6.1981

(Revised Rules for the degree of PhD – 2009)
Click Here		Commerce / Law / Management


Commerce
6.Punjab University, Chandigarh – 160014. 
4416/GM
dated 31.3.1983
Click Here		Business Management / Commerce
7.Nagpur University, 
Ravindra Nath Tagore Marg,
Nagpur,
Maharashtra-440 001 
Exam./Recog./5591
dated 21.9.1983

Click Here		Commerce
8.Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut
Uttar Pradesh - 250 005. 
Proceeding of the Meeting of Equivalence Committee held on 8.12.83
Click Here		Commerce
9.Mangalagangothri Mangalore - 574 199 
MU/ACC/Ph.D/22 84-85 (A5)
dated 31.7.1985
Click Here		Open recognition 
10.Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 695 034 
Acad.C-3/2034/85
(Recogn.) dated 7.8.1985
Click Here		Commerce
11.University of Mysore Viswavidyanilaya Karya,
Soudha “Crawfort Hall”,
Mysore - 570 005 
R2/917/84-85
dated 12.12.1985

Click Here		Commerce
12.Cochin University of Science & Technology Kochi
Kerala - 682 022. 
Ac.A3/10705/85
dated 25.3.1986
Click Here		Commerce and allied subjects
13.Bangalore University University City Campus
Bangalore - 560 001 
Com./17663/85-86
dated 3.4.1986

Click Here		Commerce
14.Shivaji University Vidayanagar,
Kolhapur - 416 004. 
SU/Eligi./JNV/Equivi/3644
dated 21.12.1988

Click Here		Commerce
15.University of Bombay Mumbai - 400 032. 
El/C 121 of 1989
dated 9.1.1989

Click Here		Commerce
16.Algappa University Algappa Nagar
Karaikudi - 623 003.
Tamilnadu. 
Letter dated 19.9.1991
Commerce / Corporate Secretaryship / Bank Management
17.Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli - 627 009.
Tamilnadu.

MSU/CE/RECOGN/92-93
dated 12.4.1993

Click Here		Commerce and allied disciplines
18.Pondicherry University R V Nagar,
Kala Pet,
Pondicherry - 605 014. 
Letter dated 21.7.1994

Click Here		Commerce
19.Kuvempu University Shankarghatta
Shimoga Distt.
Karnataka-577 451 
KU/AB/Afn-2/5212/94-95
dated 25.10.1994

Click Here		Commerce/ Law/Management
20.Kakatiya University Warangal
Andhra Pradesh 506 009 
1111/B4/KU/Recogn.94
dated 5.11.1994

Click Here		Commerce / Business Management
21.Utkal University, Vani Vihar,
Bhubaneswar
Orissa - 751 004. 
AC/Recog./Gen-40/(P)20463/94
dated 17.11.1994

Click Here		Commerce
22.North Maharashtra University Jalgaon,
Maharashtra 425 001

NMU/94/5/33-B/8432
Dated 6.12.1994
Click Here		Commerce / Law / Management
23.Karnatak University
Dharwad,
Karnataka		KU/Aca/PG/CRT/95/6993
dated 9.1.1995
Click Here		Management
24.Rani Durgawati
Vishwavidhyalaya,
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh - 482 001		GS/95/31
dated 27.1.1995
Click Here		Commerce
25.Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Marathwada University
Aurangabad,
Maharashtra - 431 004. BR>
/td>		Acad./Elqui/Eligi/94-95/59314
dated 7/8.12.1994
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26.National Law School of India University
Nagarbhavi,
Bangalore - 560 072.		MOU dated 5.11.1997
Click Here		Business Laws
27.Sambalpur University Jyoti Vihar, Burla,
Sambalpur – 768 019.
Orissa. 
Notification No.10420/Acd-I
dated 10.7.1998
Click Here		Commerce / Management and related field
28North Gujarat University P.B. No.21,
University Road,
Patan, Gujarat 384 002 
Aca/8479/2000
dated 19th August, 2000
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29.Bhavnagar University, Gruri Shankar Lane Road,
Bhavnagar,
Gujarat - 364 002.

Acad/PG/1994/4349/2002
dated 8th March, 2002
Click Here		Commerce
30.The University of Kashmir Hazart Bal
Srinagar - 190 006.

F(Recog.Acad)/KU/002
dated 7.5.2002
Click Here		Commerce & Management
31.Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh,
Agra -282 005 (U.P.) 
DE1/GN/ACD-9/1839
dated 2.1.2003
Click Here		Commerce / Management
32.Punjabi University Patiala
Punjab - 147 002

315/ARB
dated 12.3.2003
Click Here		Commerce / Law / Management
33.T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur,
Bihar – 812 007 
M/39067
dated 7.11.2003
Click Here		Open recognition
34.Bharathiar University Coimbatore 641 046
Tamilnadu 
18732-I/S4/2003
dated 02.01.2004
Click Here		Commerce
35.National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law 3-4-761, Barkatpura
Hyderabad- 500 027 
MOU dated 10th April, 2004 and letter dated 5.8.2005
Click Here		Discipline of Law
36.Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221 005.
Uttar Pradesh

RAC/Misc/Equivalence/ 2004-05/232
dated 08.06.2004
Click Here		Commerce
37.University of Madras University Building
Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005 
D.2/PH.D./ADMN/2004/572
dated 28th June 2004
Click Here		Commerce
38.Jiwaji University
Vidya Vihar
Gwalior 474 011 (M.P.)		F/Academy/Arhata/2004/2942
dated 6/7/2004

Click Here		Commerce and Allied Disciplines
39.Annamalai University 
Annamalainagar
Chidambaram
Tamilnadu - 608 002 
B6/6430/2003
Dated 5.11.2004
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40.Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, Chittor
Andhra Pradesh 517 502 
8008/C- I(2)/2005
dated 29th April,2005
Click Here		Management and Commerce
41.Osmania University 
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh - 500 007 
1/L/2005/Acad.
dated 02.01.2006 and

2702/L/2006/Acad.
dated 26.10.2006
Click Here		Commerce / Business Management
42.Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya 
R N Tagore Marg
Indore 452 001
Madhya Pradesh

No. 11/06/630
dated 27.04.2006
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43.University of Bikaner
Dungar College Campus 
JNV Colony
Bikaner 334 003 (Raj.) 
F.12()/UOB/Rese/2006/18047-18107
dated 1.11.06
Click Here		Commerce/Management/Law
44.Madurai Kamaraj University 
Palkalai Nagar
Madurai 625 021
Tamilnadu 
R3/Ph.D – 2007
dated 13.05.2007
Click Here		Commerce and Management Studies
45.Gobind Singh,Indraprastha University, Delhi,110 006GGSIPU/DAA/2007-08/117
dated 02.01. 2008
Click here		Management and Law
46.Gauhati University, Gopinath Bardoloi Nagar, Guwahati- 781 014GU/AC/Equiv/08/886-888 dated 17. 06. 2008
Click here		Commerce
47Berhampur University ,
Bhanja Bihar,
Berhampur – 760 007(Orissa).
No.10191/Acad-I dated 30.8.2008
Click here
Management
48Mahatma Gandhi University , Kottayam,
Kerala - 686 560		ACD/3/3384/2005 dated 6th October 2008
Click here		Commerce
49University of Kalyani 
Kalyani
West Bengal 741 235		DR/PhD/2010/15(2)
dated 20.7. 2010
Click here		Commerce and Allied Disciplines
50University of Jammu 
Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road
Jammu Tawi -180006		No.F.Acd/II/11/3911-15
Dated:11/07/2011

Click here		Commerce/Management/Law
51Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 
Jammu and Kashmir             		SMVDU/COM/11/3580
Dated: 22.11.2011Click here		Management
52Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh202002 (U.P)Dated: 26.11.2011Click hereCommerce
53Ranchi UniversityRanchiMemo: No. GE/1888
Dated : 19.12.2011
Click here		Commerce/Management/Law
54
IIM, Shillong
Mayurbhanj Complex,
 Nonthyammai,
 Shillong – 793 014
 Meghalaya
Fellow Programme in  Management
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Mahatma Gandhi UniversityMayurbhanj Complex,
 13th Mile, G.S. Road
Opp Forest Training College
PO&OP- Byrnihat,
Dist.-Ri-Bhoi,
Meghalaya
Ref.No./Reg./No 739
Dated: 12.06.2012
Click here
Business Management


If you have any question or query, please feel free to ask and post on this forum

Govind



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Online courses for career enhancement, increased job prospects and skills

February 7, 2015, 5:11 am
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I am against of any one day/ two seminar, conference claiming enhancing skills and highly "knowledgeable" I am against of the amount charged in lakhs of Rs, by top Tier ! B school in the name of MDP (Management Development Programmes). It benefits those professors as an additional incentive. The true management development education are training those can be learned in the classroom, which can be implemented at the workplace in their responsibilities, those professors and institutes measure its effectiveness and approve it. 

Where does it happen? A senior manager attends a 2 days / 3 days/ 1 week lectures and workshops in a top level institute. They come back to their work, do their routine and nothing changes. I am sorry if I am sounding too much against of this, but this is the reality. I am giving this statement based on my several years of experience and observations. 

If this has to have happened, then why not to opt much higher quality and a very good education available through world's top universities and institutes? Now, Coursera, Futurelearn also allow you to download those lecture videos. transcript and you can read and watch them again and again. You participate in the discussion with hundreds of members, read their comments, you complete assignments and the peer learners also review it. I loved this whole way of flexible learning and without any monetary cost (yes, I need to invest my time, internet and either a tab or laptop or a computer). 

Here is the few MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) you can pursue this week, month and next couple of few months. Yes, if you read this article later on, you can still check as the courses are re-offered on time to time.

If you attend any course, please let me know your feedback.

University of Amsterdam
Begins February 4, 2015
University of Washington
Begins Now
University of Michigan
Begins February 2, 2015
University of Michigan
Begins February 2, 2015
Peking University
Begins Now
University of Oregon
Begins February 9, 2015
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Begins February 2, 2015
Relay Graduate School of Education
Begins Now
University of London
Begins February 2, 2015
Berklee College of Music
Begins February 2, 2015
University of Michigan
Begins February 2, 2015



Course credit: Respective universities and institutes and coursera. com

P.S.: I have enrolled for most of these courses and sure to complete at least 2 of them.

Govind
Mumbai
February 07, 2015

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One of the best job description- a mailer from Box 8

February 8, 2015, 5:07 am
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How important a job description?
A job description is a very important part of any job and hiring. If you are attracting someone who is in badly need of the job, it may not matter, but if you want to hire somebody from premier B schools and tech colleges, from a mid level to a senior level then it really matters a lot. 

A good job description is very essential. It should provide details about the company (whether it is new, start up or a well established company). Even if a good established organisation and good brand want to attract talent from the similar level or higher level company, in that case, apart from the organisation brand recognition, they must explain why someone should join their organisation. There is talent war everywhere.

What should a good Job Description contain?
Profile of the organisation: You should write about the organisation, its business unit, what the company does, why one should join the company, what is in offer, what kind of work environment it provides etc.

Detailed job description: 
A detailed job description tells how organised and well planned the organisation is. It should mention major KRAs, reporting to, team size to be handled. I will not prefer to look into any mailer or to apply to any job unless it has clearly provided the detailed JD. If possible, also indicate the CTC range. 

Check spellings and other details
Please ensure that it has all spelling and correct sentences. Such error result into bad reputation.

Never copy
Never copy a job description from a job board or an earlier JD. A job description should be always unique and should attract people's attention. Specially, if you are a start up or an organisation who wants to attract talent from a better organisation in terms of brand reputation, then you must provide a JD which is unique and which attract them. 

I missed one of the earlier JD in a Linkedin for a start up for HR, where it was said that the HR must be able to deliver a TEDx type video. Wow! That attracts the right talent. You know what you want and people know what you can deliver. 

Box 8 Job mailer : 
I got a Box8 job mailer and it says, the mail being sent by a Box8 co-founder, and not by an HR executive or by a placement agency. It gives first positive impress about the company. Yes, I am aware about Box8 as few of my employees order from them and for few birthday parties in the office, I have gone through the menu, but could not order as food that I required was not available or sometime, I could not approve this expenses due to "cost saving" measures. The company name is Poncho Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. and brand name is Box8. On its website, it tells about 10 members so far (and I am sure, the team size is bigger than this). I glanced through the Linkedin profile of its co-founder Amit Raj and I must appreciate it is a well written profile. As I expected, these are too IIT alumnus. Here is the company profile and vision:


"What’s Box8? Box8 is an Indian quick service restaurant chain. In humbler words, we sell food. Our innovative offerings are rapidly breaking the centuries old status quo of how scrumptious Indian food is consumed.(www.box8.in). 

What’s the story? Jaded with frequent cussing of the existing fast food options, and beguiled by an insanely lucrative opportunity, I & Anshul (who were otherwise blowing up their IIT degrees with Deutsche Bank) decided to take their own chances with food. Looking back where one outlet has grown to 20 and a team of 2 has grown to 200 in just 24 months; the decision doesn’t seem that bad after all. Meanwhile, eight more IIT junkies have joined the band, who now are decision makers in everything, be it running outlets or building growth strategies. Also, a series of funding has ensured we don’t go to sleep empty stomach. 

What’s the vision? Serving a curious mind, we once asked someone why the likes of McDonalds & Dominos haven’t emerged from India. We are just trying to be the answer (that would translate to a thousand Crore IPO in five years)."


Thats really nice, right? I am not sure whether it is self funded or a venture funded company, but I am sure they will achieve for what they are passionate about. This JD does not provide a detailed JD, but definitely a well written what they are looking for. 

Now, look at the JD follows:
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Dear Candidate,
This is Amit, co founder Box8 - India's fastest growing food start up. Had a look at your profile at one of the job portals and thought of dropping this email regarding openings at our core team. Below a quick brief about us & the role. Let me know if you are interested and we will take it forward. 

What's BOX8? Box8 is an Indian quick service restaurant chain. In humbler words, we sell food. Our innovative offerings are rapidly breaking the centuries old status quo of how scrumptious Indian food is consumed. Know more about our product here (www.box8.in). 

What's the story? Jaded with frequent cussing of the existing fast food options, and beguiled by an insanely lucrative opportunity, Amit & Anshul (who were otherwise blowing up their IIT degrees with Deutsche Bank) decided to take their own chances with food. Looking back where one outlet has grown to 20 and a team of 2 has grown to 200 in just 24 months; the decision doesn't seem that bad after all. Meanwhile, 15 more IIT junkies have joined the band, who now are decision makers in everything, be it running outlets or building growth strategies. Also, a series of funding has ensured we don't go to sleep empty stomach. 

What's the vision?

Serving a curious mind, we once asked someone why the likes of McDonalds & Dominos haven't emerged from India. We are just trying to be the answer (that would translate to a thousand Crore IPO in three years).

Who are we looking for? Since we are growing rapidly, we need more hands aboard, with varied skill sets but sharing one frenzied desire of growing and building big things. We are looking for creators & hunters who have a knack for taking up challenges and device on-grounds schemes simplifying structures for others to follow. Or we could have said mavericks from so called big campuses, who are perplexed by the corporate culture and dream of running their own organizations one day.

What will you do? Your role could sound anything like taking complete ownership of city operations or spearhead expansion in new cities or contribute in creating tech infra & analytics platform or formulating marketing & HR strategies or head our finance team. Thing is, we are looking for rock stars in all the verticals & will help you construct a challenging role for yourself, taking into account what you love the most and are best at.

What will you get? Issues are fixed everywhere, but with Box8 you will identify and fix symptoms. You won't just build a career here. Working with us might obviate your need of building a resume as you will be well equipped to build and run your own dream. And lastly, a journey which would be more rewarding monetarily than other opportunities around.

Care to reach us? Drop us an email at hr@box8.in with brief write up with your reasoning for joining BOX8and we will reach back in 24 hours.

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I hope you have gone through the JD. It is well thought, well written and clear. If you are interested, please apply. This is a recent one. Next time, when you write a JD, get inspiration from such JD and make sure, you write an original one. 

Govind
Mumbai
February 08, 2015 

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SHRM Webinar on New age Talent Management

February 9, 2015, 9:56 am
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Recruitment is old word and old word now. It is time for Talent Management. 
As an HR, we must equip ourselves with new tools to handle our role more effectively. Learning never ends. 
Here is the latest SHRM webinar about new age talent management. This webinar is free and you can apply even if you are not an SHRM Member. 


Traditional Talent Management practices are being relooked at today, given the dynamics of business environment and the need for strategic alignment of HR with business. To gain a competitive advantage through HR, organizations are re-defining strategic capabilities, roles and culture today.

HR Leaders are moving from worrying about “Operational HR” to spending more time on defining talent strategy for their organization, helping the business focus on building capabilities and nurture high potentials.

This webinar would cover the following:
  • Emergence of Differentiated Workforce across Industries
  • A framework for the new age Talent Management including
    • Creating a talent based differentiated workforce strategy
    • Identifying, building and nurturing strategic capabilities and roles
    • Key Metrics to measure success for a differentiated talent strategy
  • New Age Talent Management – Trends and Best Practices
  • Leveraging transient knowledge within an organization
About our Panelists:

Mathew Kuruvilla - has over two decades of experience in enabling individuals, teams and organizations in the banking, technology, pharmaceuticals and management consulting domains. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mathew was Head of Talent and Organization Development for large multinational corporations like Deloitte. He has successfully partnered with business on HR strategy, leadership development, organization design and effectiveness, performance, talent, succession, change management, employee engagement and HR compliance. Currently, he leads HR for Global Transaction Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Infrastructure and Divisional functions of Deutsche Bank AG.

Shankar Bharathan - comes with 14+ years of experience managing global products such as at SAP as well as at smaller social media start-ups. At Ramco, as the head of HCM product management, Shankar works on bringing the best of the web, social media and mobility to the HCM product.

Thank You.

Perzine Dadyburjor
HR Knowledge Consultant
Toll free number: 1800-103-2198

   		 
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Wednesday, 18th Feb 2015

Duration:
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (IST)

Panelists:

Mr. Mathew Kuruvilla
Vice President – HR
Transaction Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Infrastructure & Divisional Functions at Deutsche Bank AG


Mr. Shankar Bharathan
Head - Product Management
Ramco Systems

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Leading People, Leading Organizations.

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MICA offers PhD admission in Communication and media

February 15, 2015, 12:29 am
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MICA was established in 1991 and is the premier management institute in India renowned for creating leadership in Strategic Marketing and Communication. This is one of the most reputed institute in India for management programme for those who want to pursue career in the subject of communication, marketing and media. It offers highly acceptable and reputed programmes as follows:
Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Communications)


  1. Advertising Management(Formerly known as Account Planning)
  2. Brand Management
  3. Media Management (Formerly known as Media Planning)
  4. Marketing Research
  5. Digital Communications Management 



It also offers following programmes

Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Crafting Creative Communications[edit]
This one year programme leads to a certificate in Crafting Creative Communications with specialisation in Crafting Copywriting or Art Direction, depending on the module chosen by the student. A one of its kind creative course, the main objective of this programme is to develop students into professionals for careers in Marketing Communications.

Online Postgraduate Certificate Programmes
MICA offers skills enhancement programmes. The institute offers the following programmes as part of this initiative:

Advertising Management and Public Relations
A one year online course including a campus visit for junior and middle level executives interested in the field of advertising and public relations.

Research and Data Analytics
A one year online course for students to foster objective data analysis strategies, apply critical thinking skills to data analysis, generate and validate solutions to a problem and communicate findings.

Retail Management
A one year online course for executives with an acumen and interest in Retail Management. The program has been designed in close consultation with the industry to prepare entry-level and experienced professionals for a career in Retail Management.

Fellow Program in Management-Communications (FPM-C)
A three year full-time residential doctoral programme in communications discipline

This is a full time residential programme. This means you have to be a t campus on regular basis and need to complete your research over there. You cannot do it if you are a working professional and cannot attend the campus.

Before reading this article, please read following article to understand complexity of PhD in India, fake and real PhD

More details about FPM (PhD) at MICA

How to apply?

The applicants should go through the following application process:
  1. Apply Online (Please use Mozilla Firefox Web Browser)
  2. Submit the following (through snail mail) by the specified date:
    • Application fee of Rs. 2000 through a demand draft drawn in favour of "MICA" payable at Ahmedabad. Please write your name and contact details on the back of the demand draft
    • Two letters of recommendation (blank forms for recommendation letters and the instructions can be downloaded from the online application portal)
    • Copies of academic certificates as described in the application instructions
S. No.ActivityTimeline
1.Last date for applying onlineTue, Mar 10, 2015
2.Last date for receiving application fee, recommendation letters and copies of certificatesTue, Mar 10, 2015
3.Sending emails for screening interviewsSat, Mar 14, 2015
4.Telephonic screening interviewsMon, Mar 23 to Fri, Mar 27, 2015
5.Admission Test on campusMon, Apr 13 to Sat, Apr 18, 2015
6.Declaration of resultFri, Apr 24, 2015
7.Admissions closeFri, May 8, 2015
8.Session beginsJune 2015
* This Schedule is annually updated in December.

Please apply online by clicking following link


The Fellow Programme at MICA is the first Programme of its kind in the country. It is an AICTE approved doctoral level Programme offered in the communication discipline. Through this Programme, MICA aims to encourage both fundamental and applied research in the communication domain.
The FPM aims to achieve the following inter-related goals:
  • To produce "Fellows of Communication" who will be able to meet international norms of research and education in communication
  • To conduct research pertinent to communication
  • To create researchers who can advance communication theory and practice and enhance the contributions that communication can make to the larger community
  • To increase the talent pool of researchers and teachers for the communication discipline in the country

Overview & Pedagogy

MICA’s FPM is offered in the core area of Communication. The sub-areas of the Programme are: 1. Communication and Media, 2. Communication and Marketing, 3. Communication and Culture, and 4. Communication and Social Change
The Programme consists of two years of course work and one year of thesis research. During the course-work phase, students spend one term at an overseas university department, assigned to an eminent communication academician/researcher.

Programme Structure

MICA’s FPM is a three-year, full-time residential Programme. The first year of the Programme is intended to strengthen the students' theoretical and research base in the area of Communication. The first year courses are designed to provide students a paradigmatic appreciation of theory and research in communication. First year students take the qualifying examination within one month of the completion of the first year course-work. Students successful in the qualifying exam are promoted to second year and become FPM scholars. Those who fail are required to withdraw from the Programme.
The second year of the Programme is intended for acquiring in-depth knowledge of the sub-areas and related fields. In addition, students are located in an overseas partner affiliate university department for an entire term, to get them acquainted and exposed to the research culture. While located in an overseas' university department, the students are engaged in thesis proposal related tasks – developing and strengthening the review of literature and methodology, finishing the draft of the thesis proposal and auditing a course or two (if necessary).

Students begin working on their thesis from the first year itself. They identify three faculty members primarily in the sub-areas of their interest and constitute a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC).

At the thesis stage, the student first develops and defends a thesis proposal. The student then works closely with the TAC on his/her thesis. On completion of thesis research, the student submits the thesis and defends it.
After successful completion of all the requirements of the Programme, the student is awarded the title of: “Fellow of MICA”.

Pedagogy

The faculty will facilitate classroom discussions. Students will be required to critically read research articles and publications prior to the classroom sessions. An integral part of the self learning process will be a fifteen-hour per week research/teaching assistantship attached to a faculty.

Who are we looking for?

Applicants must have a Masters Degree/an equivalent qualification with at least 55% marks or an equivalent grade in any discipline of the Humanities /Social Sciences / Business Management, having Communication/Journalism/Advertising/Public Relations/Media/Marketing as a subject. The candidate also should have completed a three-year Bachelor's degree/an equivalent qualification, after completing higher secondary (10+2) or an equivalent.
Or
At least 55% marks or an equivalent grade in a Five year Integrated Masters Degree Programme from any discipline of the Humanities /Social Sciences / Business Management, having Communication/Journalism/Advertising/Public Relations/Media/Marketing as a subject, obtained after completing higher secondary (10+2) or an equivalent.

Qualifications described above must be recognised by AICTE/Universities/Deemed Universities.

Foreign nationals and NRIs with non-Indian degrees that are considered to be equivalent (by UGC/AICTE) to the qualifications listed above, are also eligible to apply for the Programme.

A Foreign National is a person who is not a citizen of India.
An NRI is an Indian who as of April 2015 is working or studying or residing outside India, for at least the past 12 months continuously.

Final year students appearing for their Master's degree or an equivalent examination, can also apply. Such candidates, if selected, should be able to produce the final mark sheet (proving that they satisfy the eligibility criteria), at the time of accepting the offer of admission- failing which the offer shall automatically stand withdrawn.



So go ahead and apply. If you have any query, please feel free to revert.

Govind
Mumbai
February 15, 2015






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A fake institute in Ahmedabad selling fake degrees, beware from International Institute of Management and Technical Studies

February 15, 2015, 3:30 am
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I am highly thankful to my blog readers who contact me one after another their query and then I need to focus on such institutes and then I need to write them in details after doing due diligence. 

I request my readers including those friends from HR fraternity, my returning blog reader, fresh blog readers and many to please go through my following articles:




If you are looking for a distance learning programmes (any programme not completed by attending a regular college is a distance learning programmes), you must read this








Now, coming back to the point about IIMT Ahedabad, let me explain why is it fake. 
If you go through above articles, you may note the following

1. Only a University can offer a degree programmes, If anybody offer the course who are not a university, such degree is a fake as institute awarding them are fake. Only government, parliament and state legislature can start a university. Any individual or university cannot start a university without passing an Act in the state legislature or in a parliament. 

2. AICTE has banned distance learning engineering diploma, degree and masters programme. So, even if a university offer such programmes, they are invalid. 

Following is the address of the institute. I am deleting contact no and web URL as I do not want this institute to get an opportunity to advertise
International Institute of Management and Technical Studies
Address :56 B-Wing, Pariseema Complex,
Bodyline Cross Road,
C.G.Road,
Ahmedabad - 9.


Why is this institute is fake?
First of all, this institute is not a college. Second, this institute is not affiliated to any university and even not a study centre of any recognized university.

Second, Like other any master scam and fake institute, it too has focussed on the programmes which is high in demand- engineering and management. 
This institute has not mentioned from which university it is offering the programmes. Further, none of the universities are allowed to offer engineering courses then how this institute is offering the same. ?

Third, it is making fool to people. When people are cross verifying after reading my blog, 

It says that it has Gujarat government's approval. However, it is making fool to general people by showing a MoU (Memorandum of Association) during vibrant Gujarat Summit. MoU is even not a contract, it is just a proposal signed. Even when you decide to sell your flat to somebody, with or without accepting any token amount. Tell me simply, does that mean you have already sold your flat to that person and the person is the owner?

Please see following image about MoU


This MoU is not an agreement, approval from state government about this institute. You may search definition of MoU as well as take help of a legal expert you know. 

Now, see How this institute is misleading people by the fake UAE government recognition status. You must be aware that in order to get job abroad on the basis of qualification, you must have the degree attested by the Ministry of HRD. In terms of central universities, the degree will be attested by ministry of HRD, Government of India. In terms of a state university or a private university or a deemed university, the degree will be attested by the general administration department or education department. In no case, any government will not attest a certificate which does not fall under the category. For example, if you complete a degree from Bharati Vidyapeeth and even if you stay at Sikkim, you have to apply to education department of Maharashtra Government to attest the same. 
IIMT is not a university, hence its degree will not be attested at any cost. While sending email to students, it is sending just a page which has stamp and not the complete document. Look at this image:




Where is the full document which can tell what is it? This can be an application for a license, can be a bail, can be anything but definitely not attestation. If IIMT would have been a recognized institute, it should have posted a full documents with attestation from Gujarat Government. 

It claims it is an autonomous institute, is it?
No. Even an autonomous institute needs UGC approval. Only UGC has authority to grant autonomous institute status. Basically, an autonomous institute is an institute under a state or a central university who has enough infrastructure and capability to deliver the programme  on its own, so UGC grants them autonomy, more funds so they define their syllabus, conduct it as per the way but ultimately, students will get marksheet from a university only. 


Misleading affiliation and recognition
On its website it mentions affiliation from UKAS (what is that?), Gujarat Textile Association (how a textile association can be a affiliation for an educational institute), Gujarat Knowledge society (what is it). An institute must have affiliation from a university and from nothing else. 

It has cleverly accepted it is a fake institute in its FAQ page.
If you read its FAQ page for which you need to search a lot, you will find that it has accepted that it is a fake institute. 

Please read following excerpts
Q.1)    Is IIMT approved by AICTE &/or UGC ?
 
Ans : 1. Sir we have not taken the AICTE approval. There are more than a few reasons behind that. First of all they have certain norms like to run an institute you should have 5 acres of land in an urban area or 25 acres in a non urban area.
2. Also your classroom size should be this much and you should have a bank balance of in crores. Since we are running distance learning programs we do not need this much of land.
3. Secondly if we take there approval we will lose out on a lot of our sturdy points for example we will not be able to provide you with fast track education as the duration would be decided by AICTE.
4. As we also provide 100% (JPA) Job Placemen Assistance, we might not be in the position to provide such facility to our students under AICTE.
5. As far as UGC is concerned, they give grants to a university and we are not a university.

My comments: This is completely misleading. In fact UGC does not have rights to grant any institute a status of university except deemed university. All universities must be established by passing an Act either in a parliament or a state legislature. Further, in a remote part, 25 acre land cost hardly 25 lakhs which is not a high. This institute, on its MoU signed with Gujarat government talks about investing 300 crore. So is the amount high?
 
Q.2)    How can you give MBA in 6 Months ?
 Ans : The program is for 2 years, however we give this facility to our students wherein hey can finish the program any time between 6 month and 2-years. Generally if you pursue MBA from some other institute and even if you finish your studies in 13 months you can give your exam only after 24 months. In our case if you finish your studies in 13 months, you can give your exams and get your certifications done; as a result you are saving your own 11 months. The duration of the program utterly depends on the student caliber.

My comments: Again a big fake. Can you complete MBA in just 5 subject and 6 months, never. Every degree must follow UGC guideline on minimum duration i.e. a degree should be of minimum 3 years and a masters minimum 2 years. 
 
Q. 3)    Will the companies accept 6 months MBA ?
 
Ans : Sir, first of your entire certificate will not indicate that you have finished your program in 6 months or 8 month. It just indicates the &date you have finished your program. Secondly today in the corporate world, more of the working professions are interested in fast track duration courses to save their time, money and efforts; and the companies too. Companies even promote such fast track courses for their employee as part time courses.

My comments: No. most of the organisation not even accept your application for a job. Ask them to provide name of 5 such well known employer. I know they will never
 

 
Q. 7     But will this certificate be valid in govt jobs as I think they need the candidate to be a MBA from a AICTE approved university  only ?
 Ans : 1. Sir I can assure you that this certificate will be valid anywhere as far as jobs are concerned.
2. If you allow me to send you a copy of our prospectus, you will find a list of people who have finished their program from our institute and many of them are in govt sector.

My comments: For government jobs, they even do not accept a degree of a known reputed state university if the degree is awarded by violating UGC and AICTE norms then how will they accept it?  Please read my following article how a Punjab Babu lost his job due to submission of KSOU degree which did not have AICTE and DEB approval
 

Q. 12) How many specializations do you offer ?
 Ans : We offer more than 100 specializations; hence we have a course for almost everyone.

My comments: Even top institute like IITs, IIMs do not have capacity to offer so many specialisation. Government must award them Bharat Ratna/
 

 
I hope, I have been able to clarify on this subject and open your eyes. Please ask if you have any query. Please do not become victim of such fraud institutes.  This institute can send me a legal notice and I am open to debate anywhere - open forum, court of law with this institute. This is another Jaro and institutes like them. Please beware.

Govind
Mumbai
February 15, 2015

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Top 10 must watch TED talks for managers, working professional, entrepreneurs and any business professionals

February 15, 2015, 10:25 am
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Once, I was going through TED talks and could not resist from sharing these videos. Whoever you are, whether a fresher, somebody who want to start a business, a mid level professional still feel to remain independent but feel got rejected or whether you are a boss and still under lot of biases and stereotypes, you must watch it.

1. Simon Sinek – How Great Leaders Inspire Action







I rank this on the top due to one simple reason- it teaches you through few examples how not to do a business and how business with similar plan, more or same ability gets fail while others get success. Simon Sinek has written a book titled "start with Why" and I am sure I must read this book now. He simply explains reason for failure of many business and I think, today, many start ups must watch this video before copying any business. I am soon going to write a separate article on this.

#2. Jason Fried – Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work







Jason Fried is the author of bestselling business book Rework and co-founder of 37-signals. I loved this video as it opens with questioning how we have built office and why for many people working on these offices and meetings are not possible and how they are sheer wastage. It is thought provoking. People need their own time and way of being productive. I agree to him. 

#3. Dan Pink – The Puzzle of Motivation




This is another important and a must watch TED talks. Although I do not agree to his few statement (or I need to verify those hypothesis at least), It provoke us to think. He is a former Al Gore speechwriter and career analyst. Dan Pink explain through stories that what should be our people management approach. He put more emphasis on creativity and why we should engage people on creative activity. I am sure, the google way example makes lot of sense. 

#4. Susan Cain – The Power of Introverts





This video starts with simple examples and her experience. Her every experience from her school days to later on explains well about why there is no absolute introvert and extrovert and we, managers need to come out of the thinking that extroverts are only good and not introverts. A lovable TED talk. Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant. She is also author of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts. She cites examples of few great leaders to explain the same. 

#5. Shawn Achor – The Happy Secret to Better Work



Shawn Achor has put this video excellently forward. He is a  popular Harvard lecturer and CEO of Good Think Inc., He starts with example how he avert a disaster of being bitten from his parents and further explains by challenging our age old assumption that we work to be happy, flipping the equation around to argue that happiness actually makes one more productive. In this absolutely hilarious and inspiring talk, Achor explains how organizations can increase the happiness and meaning of their employees and thereby raise success rates and profitability. A must watch for every manager. 

#6. Tony Robbins – Why We Do What We Do




I bet you that when you start watching this video, you cannot stop laughing.  Tony Robins is a Well known life coach and motivational speaker. Through this video, he puts emphasis that instead of motivating people, our focus should be on helping on them to achieve what they want to do and what are those forces motivating them to do it.

#7. Tom Wujec – Build A Tower Build A Team



I am least interested in cricket. Today, when India Vs Pakistan match concluded and India, again became a winner or victor, there was a discussion happening in HR Shapers group on whatsapp where I am also a member and the comment came, India won because we played as a team and nobody wanted to win as alone. Same happens with us in our life. When we were children, we wanted things to do just to do and we never wanted to be a winner. When we grow, we fear somebody else should not win. This TED talk tells about the same very principle. Through Marshmellow problem, he explains about making the best team, enhance productivity. It is a simple team-building exercise to see who can build the tallest tower using dry spaghetti, tape and a . What makes for the most successful teams may surprise you. “

#8. Itay Talgum – Lead Like the Great Conductors



This is all about leadership example and lesson through the example of Orchestra Music conductor. Through this example, you can see why as a leader they succeeded and failed. Sometime, you just need to lead people to succeed and work how they want to do, you just need to tell them that you are enjoying the production. Lovable.

#9. Richard St. John – 8 Secrets of Success



This video is all about passion. It does not tell any story, it does not tell you things in details. It talks about the simple thing, "follow what you love and see money following you automatically".

#10. Amy Cuddy – Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are



Its all about our body language. This video talks about our body language and how we need to take care of our genstures. 

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