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CAREER IN TECHNICAL WRITING

Tech writing is a well-recognized career in other geographies, particularly USA, though it is just starting in India. Most software products are feature-rich; it is important to document the features in a way the end users can appreciate, understand and in turn use features to their advantage. It is not sufficient to build a great software product; it is necessary to get the 'value of the software product' were less complex through appropriate documentation, on the early days when the software products were less complex, simple 'users manuals' (often in printed form) were sufficient. But in today's context, the documentation goes beyond simple paper based documentation -there must be online help, has- holding tutorials for the first-time learners, online manuals with index and categorization, frequently asked questions to thrash out common errors and problems, on frequently asked questions to address the needs of expert users and specialized users, discussion forums...

GRE PREPARATION

WHAT IS GRE? GRE is the commonest graduate exam taken by the prospective graduate applicants for entry into graduate school of the USA. Admission panels use GRE scores as a common measure to evaluate applicants supplementing their undergraduate records and recommendations. WHAT DOES IT HAVE? The GRE General Test is composed of three parts-verbal, Quantitative and analytical writing. The verbal and the quantitative tests have seperate scores which range between 200 to 800 A good GRE Score can enhance opportunities for financial aid. Moreover, most reputed graduate schools require good GRE scores for admission. It's important to ensure at least 450 and upwards for each test for master's programmes and 500+ for doctoral programmes. It does wihtout saying that it's important to prepare well in advance for the GRE before taking it. Brushing up your skills in vocabulary, reading comprehension, analogies, algebra, and geomerty is essential.

AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIAN STUDENT

AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP AWARDS(ALA) SCHOLARSHIP ALA Scholarship are academically prestigious awards offered to high achivers from the Asia-Pacific region each year to undertake postgraduate study(Master's or Doctorate) and a Leadership-training programme in Australia. It does not include Graduate Diploma, with the exception of those Master's course that require the completion of a Graduate Diploma as part of the Masters degree. An ALA Scholarship has a total value of up to A$130000 for Masters degrees and A$250000 for Doctoral programme, not including provision for leadership training. Benefits inclue return air travel, visa support, establishment allowance, full tution fee, contribution to living expenses, introductory Academic programme(IAP) and Overseas Students Health Cover(OSHC) for the duration of the award(for award holder only) Requirements: Awards are open to all field of study; however, study programmes that relate to the priority themes of international trade, pandemic...

US SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIAN STUDENTS

STANFORD-INDIA BIODESIGN(SIB) INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Training the next generation of medical technology innovators in India. The fellowship will last for two years commencing from Jan2008. Approximately half of the fellow's time will be spent in New Delhi and other half at Stanford University. Fellow will receive tuition, stipend support and international travel arrangements. Fellows are expected to remain in India at the completion of the programme. The stanford India Biodesign Fellowship Programme is funded jointly by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Stanford University. This fellowship programme will be administered as a collaboration between Stanford University, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and All India Medical Sceince(AIIMS) Indian citizen who have significant work experience and /or possess graduate degree in engineering, medicine or business can apply for this Scholarship contact: info@sibiodesign.org FUL...

MBA PROGRAMME IN DUBAI

The MBA at the Dubai campus of the Institute of Management Technology(IMT), Ghaziabad, under approval from ministry of higher education and scientific research,UAE. Capitalise on Dubai's position as the world's third largest re-export centre, with more than a third of fortune 500 companies having a local presence. With specialisations in following areas. Marketing and retail management International banking and finance Project Management and Human resources management. The first batch allready secured internship placement in UAE or aboard, at ABN-AMRO,Citi Bank, Coca-Cola, Essar Oil, HSBC, KPMG, Xerox etc. Admission to second batch starts in September 2007 are open for candidates who are taken GMAT/CAT 2005/06 for more infor mation www.imtdubai.org