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TOI : PUNE: The fear of an impending economic slowdown is barely showing an effect on the campus recruitments for 2008-09 batch students at premier technical institutions like the College of Engineer Pune (CoEP).

Sample this. Of the 852 B.Tech and M.Tech students who have enrolled for this year’s campus recruitment programme (CRP) at the CoEP, 438 have landed fairly handsome offers in the first five days itself. The CRP, which started on June 21 is to continue till July 21.

In terms of percentage, the initial placement works out to a little over 51 per cent — all of which was effected by software companies based in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The offers ranged between Rs 3.5 and Rs 4.5 lakh per annum (pa), said Mukul Sutaone, CoEP’s training and placement officer (TPO), while speaking to TOI on Thursday. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: As many as 55 new professional colleges, including four in Pune, will open this academic year across the state.

Proposals for these colleges, which were submitted through the respective universities, were cleared by a high-level scrutiny committee of the state department for higher and technical education in Mumbai. On July 1, the department released the list of these new institutions.

In Pune, all the four new institutions will offer studies in the increasingly popular branches of bachelor of business administration (BBA) and bachelor of computer application (BCA), which fall under the University of Pune’s commerce faculty.

The institutions are: Novel Institute of Business Management at Sant Tukaram Nagar, Nigdi Pradhikaran; the Latur-based Bharat Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s college at Katraj-Kondhwa road; Mumbai-based Metropolitan Education Society’s college at Vitthalnagar in Hadapsar; and the Dina Education Society’s college at Mohammadwadi, Hadapsar.

Babasaheb Sangle, dean, UoP commerce faculty, told TOI on Thursday that the university had recommended an intake of 80 seats each for these new colleges.

According to Sangle, the number of institutions offering BBA and BCA courses has shot up significantly over the last couple of weeks. “Prior to the proposals, the UoP had nearly 58 colleges, but now the number has reached a little over 100,” he said.

What is driving up these numbers is the fact that conventional commerce degree (B.Com) is barely sufficient to get jobs and a stable future these days.

On the other hand, BBA and BCA degrees cater to specialised areas. The BBA is, in fact, seen as a ‘gateway to an MBA seat’ and hence the hype. Similarly, computer applications have gone up significantly across the spectrum of commercial activity. So, the demand for skilled manpower in computers also remains high.

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TOI : PUNE: A software professional, his parents and brother have been arrested and remanded to police custody till July 6 for allegedly abetting a housewife to commit suicide here on Tuesday night.

Swagata Chatterjee (23), a B.Tech degree holder, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at her residence in Kothrud. Although her husband, Raunak Chatterjee (26), and in-laws produced a “suicide note” in court absolving them of the crime, the deceased’s father Udayshankar Chatterjee disputed the handwriting.

Swagata and Raunak Chatterjee got married in November 2006 in Durgapur, West Bengal. Later, she moved to Pune with her husband, brother-in-law Gaurav (19), mother-in-law Krishna (50) and father-in-law Shubhranshu (55).

According Udayshankar, the suspects tortured his daughter to bring Rs 50,000 as dowry. Moreover, he has accused Raunak of getting his girlfriend Kalyani Ranade home. Raunak was also tortured when she opposed that, he said.

The police produced the suspects in a city court and sought their custody to verify her handwriting and investigate the role of Raunak’s girlfriend in the case.

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TOI : PUNE: Vehicular traffic on various roads in the city will be diverted or closed between Friday and Saturday to facilitate the movement of President Pratibha Patil’s convoy.

The President is scheduled to arrive at the Lohegaon airport around 2 pm on Friday.

According to a statement from the traffic police, the traffic on roads from the airport to Rajbhavan and Rajbhavan to Maharshi Karve institute will be diverted between 2 pm and 8.30 pm on Friday.

Traffic on the roads between Rajbhavan to Balgandharva Rangmandir and Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruha will be diverted between 4 pm and 8.30 pm on Saturday. The roads between Rajbhavan and Baner as well as airport will be closed to vehicular traffic between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm. All lanes intersecting with these routes will also be closed to traffic. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: The Sahakarnagar police late on Wednesday night arrested four members of a family from Thane for allegedly abetting the suicide of electronics engineer Pallavi Handore (25).

Pallavi had ended her life by jumping from the balcony of her fifth-floor residence at Panchvati in Chavannagar on June 24.

The suspects include the victim’s father-in-law Kashinath Shankar Handore (55), mother-in-law Tarabai (50) and brothers-in-law Harish (28) and Govind Pandurang Sande (37), all from Waghle Estate in Thane.

Judicial magistrate first class Sanjay Yadav on Thursday remanded the four suspects to police custody till July 7.
Assistant public prosecutor Pramod Hazare told the court that the their custodial interrogation was required to recover Pallavi’s ornaments from their residence in Thane.

Pallavi’s husband Kishore (30), a mechanical engineer employed with a leading auto company, was arrested on June 24 and had been later remanded to magisterial custody.

Pallavi’s father, Chandrakant Hari Gholap (54) of Ambernath in Thane district, stated in his police complaint that her in-laws had asked her to get Rs 40 lakh from her parents to buy a flat in Thane. After Pallavi failed to do so, her in-laws allegedly asked her to arrange the money by taking a loan.

Pallavi and Kishore married in 2006 and later lived at Kishore’s parents’ home in Thane. According to the suspects, the couple’s relations turned sour after Pallavi was allegedly accused of stealing Rs 7 lakh from Kishore’s uncle’s residence soon after the marraige.

The couple shifted to a rented flat in Pune in September 2007. They continued to fight frequently over the next few months. According to Kishore, the couple quarelled again on June 23. He later saw Pallavi standing in the balcony of their flat. When he asked her to come inside, Pallavi allegedly committed sucide by jumping off the balcony.
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