Are We Friends Or Are We Not.....

*~Are we friends or are we not?~*

*~You told me once but i forgot~*

*~So tell me now and tell me true~*

*~so I can say I'm here for you~*

*~Of all the friends I've ever met~*

*~You are the one I won't forget~*

*~And if I die before you do~ *

*~I'll go 2 heaven and wait 4 you~*

*~I'll give the angels back their wings~*

*~And risk the loss Of everything~*

*~Just to prove my friendship is true~*

*~To have a friend just like YOU!!!~*

How to get @facebook.com email address!!!!

Now any one can get a unique email id @facebook.com for sending and receiving email from friends and family. This email service actually focuses on sender and receiver. There are no usual email elements like subject lines, cc and bcc as found in popular email service providers like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Live Hotmail. We can also strictly control who can send us message at our @facebook.com email address.

Setup @facebook.com email ID address

1. Since this is a new feature, to get early access you can request for email messages feature for your facebook account. Login into Facebook account and click here to open request webpage. Then click invite button at bottom right.

2. Once your invite is approved, goto messages in your Facebook account to get your facebook email feature activated.

3. Then select username for your Facebook email. If you have setup unique username for Facebook account like facebook.com/username then your default facebook email ID will be username@facebook.com. If you do not have unique username assigned to Facebook account, then you can setup Facebook username URL first and then repeat above steps.

Once your Facebook email is setup, you can share your Facebook email ID. All email messages from friends will land in messages section of your Facebok account. [via Facebook Blog]

Facebook email messages: Points to note

1. Facebook email messages are not like traditional email messages. It does not contain email title or subject line. Just send quick message to any friend.

2. Messages are not grouped according to date or subject line (as there are no subject lines). All messages are grouped according to sender’s name.
3. You can enforce strict privacy policy on who can send you message at your Facebook email ID. Messages from blocked users automatically land in spam folder. You can also promote messages from spam to priority inbox incase message is accidentenly sent to spam folder.
4. It is a simpler form of email service where focus is on ease of text communication based on sending users rather than message contents.

MAST after MBA to get into Dream Jobs.

Lakhsmangarh, Sep 22: After belling the Common Admission Test (CAT) to gain entry into a B-school, MBA graduates will now have to crack an all-new test to grab a job.
The All India Management Association (AIMA) on Tuesday, Sep 21, announced its plans of introducing the Management Aptitude & Skill Test (MAST).
The 150-minute, computer-based screening test will be designed to assess an MBA graduate's skills. The results of the test will help the companies chose the right candidate by making the best match of the candidate's skills and the requirement of the job.
The test will provide an employability ranking by accessing the candidate’s management aptitude, domain knowledge in areas of specialisation like finance, marketing, HR, international business, operations & IT.
MAST will also assess personality traits such as leadership, stress management, decision-making, and teamwork abilities.
As per media reports, recruiters like Deloitte, Dabur, MetLife India, Idea Cellular, Camlin Ltd, Alembic Ltd, HLL, Pfizer, Parle, PwC India, McAfee, Nokia, Lenovo, JM Financial, Reliance Industries, Suzlon and TATA Communications are ready to use the MAST score during recruitment.
The first test is scheduled to be held on February 20, 2011 across India.
Announcing the introduction of MAST, AIMA president Sanjeev Goenka said that the test has been designed in a concerted effort with IMRB and it would also be a ranking oriented online test.

Indian B-schools to challenge world's best MBA prog: Nitin Nohria

Lakshmangarh, Sikar: The idea of establishing a Harvard campus in India is perceived to boost the importance of the emerging economies. The new Indian born dean of Harvard Business School, Nitin Nohria feels that in near future, it is quite possible for an Indian or Chinese business school to challenge the world's best MBA programs.

The new Harvard dean admits in an interview with Wall Street Journal that countries like India and China will emerge as competitors in the b-school field, just the way they have proved their prowess in the corporate field. "It's true for American businesses, too, that had dominated the lists of the global top 100 and 500 companies for the entire Twentieth Century. When they started seeing companies from other countries on that list they said, 'What are they doing on our list. We're supposed to own it,' he asserts. He understands that the thought process of countries like U.S. and Europe must undergo certain changes. The two countries have to hold back their domineering attitude to make themselves a part of the global competition.

Nohria believes that the most important lesson which the Western business can learn from the Indian and Chinese market is to look into the domestic market, studying the markets' inclination towards goods offered at a rate, which no one would imagine to offer in any developed nation.

‘Unfit’ Deemed univs will be given a hearing: Centre

Lakshmangarh, Sikar: A scathing report slamming the state of affairs in deemed universities and its recommendation to de-recognise 44 of them will not be implemented without giving them a fair opportunity to counter the charges, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

This response came from solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam to a query raised by a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma, which was hearing a bunch of petitions by blacklisted deemed universities.

The deemed universities, through senior advocate K K Venugopal, argued that the institutions were inspected by University Grants Commission (UGC) and were allowed to continue, and the HRD ministry had no authority to constitute the Tandon committee and accept its recommendations which were contrary to that given by the regulatory body.

Subramaniam tried to narrow down the controversy by agreeing with the Bench that if the government was to take action recommended by the Tandon committee, then it was duty bound to justify it on the basis of material which clearly suggested that the deemed university no longer functioned as expected under the statute and that there had to be compliance of natural justice -- opportunity to the institutions to present their defence.

However, when the Bench asked whether the "government was empowered to appoint the Tandon committee", the SG said if the Centre had the power to notify an institution as deemed university, then as a logical corollary, it had the power to rescind the notification.

Picking the SG's argument on meeting the principles of natural justice, Venugopal said the expert committee gave just 2-3 minutes to each university seeking irrelevant details that had nothing to do with the issue of recognition or its deemed status.

"What was shocking was the clash of interest as Tandon was part of an institute in Manesar (Haryana) that was ranked high among universities found fit to be included in the deemed category," Venugopal said.

He added that though Tandon had claimed that he was not present in the room when the case of the institute (National Brain Research Centre) was taken up, it could not be accepted unless there was video proof of his claim.

Admissions to 44 Deemed Universities Allowed: SC

44 deemed universities facing de-recognition got a breather on Thursday as the Supreme Court rejected the government’s plea that they be stopped from going ahead with fresh admissions for the session starting July.

Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, on behalf of the Union HRD ministry, requested the court to either stop the universities from admitting new students or declare in their prospectus the ongoing case against them in the Supreme Court.

But the court said it couldn’t pass any interim order as the validity of the government-appointed Tandon Committee — which advised de-recognition of the universities for allegedly failing to meet required standards — was “under challenge”.

“The constitution of the committee is itself under challenge, it has to be adjudicated first… It would not be appropriate for us to pass any injunction,” the court said.
Subramanium then urged the court to make the fresh admissions subject to the final outcome of the case.

In the meanwhile, he said, the court could continue to hear objections against the committee. But the court rejected this too.

The universities have alleged that since Tandon himself heads a deemed university, there is a conflict of interest in his appointment as head of the committee. The next nearing in the case is on August 3.

This year, IIMs see more girls making the cut

Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan: Women power. This is the buzz word in IIMs this year.

With many IIMs commencing classes for the 2010-12 batch this week, the institutes are witnessing more women than in the previous years. The once male-dominated campuses seem to be slowly giving way to girls now.

For instance, when IIM-Kozhikode commenced classes on Monday, there were 100 women walking down its corridors. That is, more than 30% of the class is girls, against 10% last year. This may be perhaps the largest number of women inducted to any IIM in a year.

Ditto at IIM-Bangalore — there are 78 girls out of the total 375 students. While last year it was 14% of girls in a class of 350 (around 49 students), it has risen to almost 21% in a class of 350 this year.

IIM-Lucknow is yet to complete its process. But officials confirmed that on considering the number of women who were sent offer letters, there was definitely a marked increase in the number of women in the batch.

Almost 25% of candidates who apply for CAT every year are women, though many do not get through. IIM directors attribute this year's success among women to many reasons.

"IIM-K, for instance, introduced an innovative selection process this year where in addition to Common Admission Test (CAT), consistent academic performance of candidates was taken into consideration for shortlisting and final selection. Apart from numerical scores, we also looked at other intelligences," IIM-Kozhikode director Debashis Chatterjee told TOI.

Himanshu Rai of IIM Lucknow said the weightage has varied for various parameters while selecting students. "For instance, additional weightage has been given to class X marks and additional five points given to extra curricular activities. Such changes could be the possible reason for more women getting through," he said.

Whatever be the reason, IIMs are happy that there is a better gender ratio in the classes now. "Female students generally tend to bring a large repertoire of management skills such as informality and social skills. Women usually bring in an emotional understanding to the job. A manager needs to have an emotional quotient along with analytical skills," said Chatterjee.

Agrees Subhashish Gupta at IIM-Bangalore. "Girls bring more diversity to the classroom." However, IIM-Ahmedabad has seen a decline in the number of girl students. While last year it was 15% of the total intake, this year it has come down to 11%. IIM Calcutta has more or less the same percentage.