If you are a MBA aspirant and waiting for a little guidance to choose an appropriate course then you should not miss this worthy opportunity. A MBA Education Fair is being held at Hotel Abad Plaza, Cochin on 28^th January for the proper guidance of young MBA aspirants. This exhibition will feature a wide range of management courses including MBA, PPGDM, PGDBA, ACCA, Finance, logistics, shipping, health care, retail management and various other management related courses in  India and abroad. Students can meet different B-Schools and Universities representatives in India and Abroad at the exhibition venue. This event will be open to students, parents and public from 11 am. The entry to this educational fair is free.

Looking for ways to break up a bad case of math monotony? Elevate Mobility, a iphone development company in Kochi provides a refreshingly fun and challenging game that emphasize math fun. Find it in App Store here.

Develop problem solving skills, mathematical intelligence, practice creative thinking, and give your brain a good workout. Along with math skills, memory and speed play a big part in the game, making it all the more challenging and fun. Challenge your friends of Facebook; enjoy playing together and see if you can better your child’s time. The Math Mission game is designed to spice up mathematics, revive interest in the subject, and ensure excellent retention.

Three great reasons why you should download the Math Mission App

1) It provides engaging opportunities for students to improve their mathematical skills, deepen their understanding of numbers and operations, and to practice computation.
2) It encourages strategic mathematical thinking and reasoning as students find an optimal way (rather than just any way) of playing the game.
3) And most importantly, provide opportunities for families and friends to do math together in a fun way

Math Mission is true testimony to the philosophy that games are important tools for learning. This game is sure to bring about hours of practice in basic math computation. Kids and adults alike will love practicing their computation skills with the Math Mission app. And remember, Practice makes perfect! Do give the app a whirl and drop your impression in the comments below.

All you book lovers in Cochin, Here is the chance to quench your undying thirst for words. The 15th Kochi International Book Festival is scheduled to be opened next month.

The 15th edition of the annual event has witnessed lakhs of people thronging the stalls at the festival. The festival, as told by the publishing community, gives them an excellent platform for them to bring out their new publications to the readers. The confluence of various genres of publishing, brings to readers everything under the sky from fiction, children’s books, science, history not only in English but in other native Indian languages as well. Also the libraries across the city have always seen this festival as an opportunity to choose the books and expand their collections.

The event is scheduled to be organized from the 2nd of December to the 11th of December at the Ernakulathappan Grounds.

So don’t miss this opportunity . Happy reading !!!

The Adishankara Institute of Science and Technology is organizing a 1-day workshop titled ‘Awareness programme for young girls to cope up with the challenges of womanhood’. The main aim of this programme is to enlighten the teenagers and yo0ung adults on the roles and responsibilities of woman that they will face in their lives. With the leading minds of our times presenting talks and presentations, it would be a learning process that none of the young Kochiites should miss out on.

Event : Awareness programme for young girls to cope up with the challenges of womanhood

Date: 3rd November

Venue: Naval Auditorium, Kochi naval base.

The Hindu, one of India’s Most popular newspaper, is organizing the 13th edition of the Young World Quiz. Its a national competition open to school students. The event kicks off in Madurai and the national finale would be held in Trivandrum on the 14th of November.The Kochi leg of this competition is to be held on the 11th November 2011 at A.J. Hall.

Eligibility:
Participation is open to school students in Classes VII to IX, and teams must consist of two bonafide students from the same school. A school can send a maximum of four teams. In each centre, the teams will participate in a written preliminary round to decide on the six finalists for the regional round. The finals will be held immediately after the prelims. The winners in each centre will qualify for the final.

The Hindu will arrange for the travel and stay of the outstation teams, along with one adult escort per team, qualifying for the final. The organisers reserve the right to amend the rules as they deem fit.

Prizes :
The regional finals in various centres carry a cash prize of Rs. 15,000 for the winning team. The second prize is Rs. 12,000, the third gets Rs. 10,000, while the fourth, fifth and sixth places get Rs. 2,000 each. For the grand finale, the first prize carries a cash award of Rs. 50,000, the second prize is Rs. 40,000 and the third, Rs. 30,000. For the fourth, fifth and sixth positions, there will be a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.

In addition to the above, there are plenty of other prizes in kind to be won by both the participants and the audience. Two Tata Nano cars will be given to the winners of the national finals – both members from the winning team. The schools are expected to register their teams on the specified dates for each centre. V.V. Ramanan will be the quiz master.

To get more information about The Hindu Young World Quiz competition you can contact Mr:P.Narayanan, Regional General Manager, Hindu at the below given address or phone number.

Post Box No.1971,
NH By Pass Road,
Vyttila Junction,
Kochi-682019

Phone Number: 0484- 2301653.

Get more details at: http://www.hindu.com/events/ywquiz2011/index.htm

Be part of an exciting new development. Design a unique logo or emblem for Kochi Metro. You can try different lettering styles, symbols, and colour combinations. Our eminent panel of judges will pick the best to be the logo of the new Kochi Metro.

Last date: 15th November 2011

How to enter:

• Submit your hand drawn logo design by scanning and emailing it to us at logodesign@kochimetro.org
• Alternatively you can post us your entry to Kochi Metro Rail Ltd., 8th Floor, Revenue Tower, Park Avenue, Cochin 682 011, Kerala.
• All submissions must be accompanied by name, age, class and school of the entrant.

Competition rules

• Only hand-drawn submissions will be considered.
• Only one design will be permitted per entrant.
• The design must be your original work and must not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.
• The entries will not be returned.
• Shortlisted contestants will be required to produce original design for verification.
• The winning logo will become the property of the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. and the designer will not have any rights over it.
• Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. reserves the right to modify the logo in the final output.
• The decision of the judges will be final and binding. No disputes will be entertained.
• The contest is restricted to schools from Ernakulam District.

Artis Dynamics is a pioneer company in the world to provide power management solutions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI), The only company in the country to have 3 separate projects funded under the TePP (DST, Govt of India), One of the 7 Technological Partners to Great Britain from India selected by UK-TI and E&Y.

All these laurels add to the work done by Artin Dynamics, based in Technopark, Kerala. The company, with its motto, ‘Saving is Generating’, creates energy efficient products in the Clean Tech category that support its ‘Go Green’ policies.

An emerging market leader, Artin Dynamics offers dynamic solutions and domain expertise in Artificial Intelligence across an international as well as pan-Indian network, catering to both global and Indian clientele. The services of the company include promoting research and guidance in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and also, offering energy efficient products including power saving solutions. The diverse interests of the company include product and service re-innovation; Industrial, Governmental and Agricultural automations; high performance AI based Security Modules and the creation of environment-friendly products.

The company provides internships for Engineering and Technology students for a period of six months in live projects and modern technologies. The excellent on the job experience enables the students to be part of innovative projects that ensure their active involvement as well. The students are encouraged to pour in their ideas and thus assimilate themselves with an atmosphere conducive to growth and productivity.

The internship at Artin Dynamics could well be the perfect launching pad for your career, with hands-on expertise obtained in the diverse aspects of latest technologies. Further, isn’t it great to be spending some quality time with hard core, talented professionals, who could guide you upwards in your professional ladder?

The internship fees for the entire six months term is Rs. 50,000/-.

Before joining you will have to clear a general interview. For the interview call rush your resumes to contactus@artindynamics.com.

To learn more about the company and the products, please visit,
www.artindynamics.com
www.savingisgenerating.com

ZICA -a division of Zee Network Education Group is the nation’s first fully fledged classical and modern digital animation training academy; is conducting a FREE SEMINAR ON ANIMATION AND WORKSHOP ON STOP MOTION ANIMATION. ZICA offers advanced diploma and certification courses in animation in film making, VFX and 3D. Earn a certified BSc in animation and VFX. ZICA provides a perfect opportunity to learn with experts, excellent faculty and industry mentors to turn your passion into profession. It is indeed an excellent chance to experience world class learning environment and state of the art technology with industry relevant curriculum and training methodologies.
Hurry…Limited seats only. Book your seats by calling 999 55 111 44 and unleash your potentials.

Venue: ZICA, CHEMBUMUKKU.
ZICA-ZEE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ARTS
Vijaya Complex (2^nd floor), Chembumukku, Kakkanad, Cochin: 24
Ph: 0484 4055444, Mob: 999 55 111 44

Date: 15^th October 2011

Time: 10 am onwards.

To know more just login to: www.zica.org

The Kochi city will witness a get-together of a rare genre this week. Cyber mystics from across the globe will fly down to the Queen of Arabian Sea for two days and will deliberate on the new trends in the international hacking scenario. c0c0n 2011, a global platform where hackers come together to discuss and deliberate new developments will begin in the city on October 7.Over 20 cyber security experts from across the globe, including Michael Kemp from the UK, Celil Unuver from Turkey and Fyodor Yarochkin from Taiwan will speak at the 25 sessions, focusing on various aspects of cyber security, including mobile technology, e-commerce and banking and new challenges in cyber banking. Various technical, non-technical, legal and community events will be organized as a
part of c0c0n 2011. This is a two day event and will conclude on 8^th October.

The details of this event are:

Venue: Holiday Inn Cochin, NH bypass Vennala 33/1739 A, Chakkaraparambu Junction, Kochi.

Date: 7^th and 8^th October.

Time: 9 am to 5 pm on 7^th October, 8:30 am onwards on 8^th October.

To know more follow:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hackers-to-brainstorm-in-kochi/189733-60-122.html

http://www.informationsecurityday.com/c0c0n/index.html

Linux India, a non profitable organization dedicated to promote GNU/Linux in India is organizing a ILUG (Indian Linux User Group) user-meet in Cochin. This event intend to educate people about GNU and Linux so that people starts using Linux/GNU by making it accessible to all by providing the initial assistance necessary to get started. ILUG Cochin meetings are open to general public for free. All are welcome for this event.

Venue: Jay’s Internet Club Broadway, Behind Allapat Super Shoppe (on the top of SBT Treasury), Kochi.

Date: 23^rd October (Repeated monthly on 4^th Sunday).

Time: 2pm to 5pm.