Interested in becoming a Rhodes Scholar?
A few years ago one of Roopa Unnikrishnan’s clients remarked that the fact that she was a Rhodes Scholar meant she was a “certified smart person”. “It is a stamp and it has opened many doors,” acknowledges Unnikrishnan who was the 110th Rhodes Scholar from India in 1995, and [...]

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Experience designers — those who create an experience of a product, a service, a process, an event or an environment — are the new interface between products and clients.

What do you want to be when you grow up?” Remember that question from way back when you were a child? [...]

The last century can aptly be called the century of physics. Rightly so because all the nations which had made significant socio economic and industrial progress around that time had sound research and development capabilities in the sphere of physics. The discovery of electron, x-rays, radio-activity, structure of atom, the development of the special theory [...]

The best way to benchmark yourself today is to choose a profession that is seeing an influx of expats

What sector should you join if you want to hone your skills to compete with the best in the world? Not finance, though that’s easily the place where you will make the most money. People who become [...]

It is often cheaper and better to study abroad than in a private college in India. Some help mentioned below to tell you to keep in mind while deciding on the course, the country and the college:-
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Going places: Browse the Net to figure out which institute and course suits you best (top). (Below) A frontal [...]

Stop fretting. Low scores do not mean your future is doomed.

I practically flunked my third-year final exam,” says a 30-year-old assistant editor of a weekly news magazine. Well, lots of people practically flunk their final exams. But what adds an edge to this comment when she makes it, as she recounts her plight at barely [...]

Now you can access all the self-instructional print materials of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) online. In addition to this, from July, one can view the audio-video instructional material on Youtube.com as well.
V N Rajashekaran Pillai, vice-chancellor, IGNOU, recently launched the eGyanKosh, online programmes and web casting facility for GyanDarshan, Edusat and Gyanvani at [...]

It’s that time of the year again, when students who have been admitted to American universities and colleges begin their visa processes. The chat sites on the internet are filled with accounts of visa denials, rumours about ‘certain’ visa officers, and myths about the process. A clear understanding about the US visa requirements for international [...]

Success is really a profound individual perception. Not only is there the commercialized notion of success, bred by whatever culture you live in, but individually, success is different for everyone, and changes as you grow older.
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It has been my observation that nearly all of us set our expectations too low. I have studied personal development [...]

US scientists have shattered the myth that innate intelligence cannot be improved. They have proven that it can be done with the right kind of training.

In the list of things we regard as immutable, intelligence would rank very high. We all learn as we go along, and become better at doing many things, but our [...]