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  Presidency College - Chennai
Presidency College - Chennai, one of the premier institutions of educational excellence in the country, was founded in 1840 by Thiru.
Presidency College is an undergraduate college in Chennai, India.
It is a source of pride for the college that it is considered to be the mother of the University of Madras.
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 Presidency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word presidency is often used to describe the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation.
The presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states.
The presidency of British crown colonies is held by the office of the United Kingdom colonial secretary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidency   (258 words)

  
 The Presidency
While the recently built presidential libraries each hold the papers of a single chief executive, the Manuscript Division has in its custody the papers of twenty-three presidents, including the men who founded the nation, wrote its fundamental documents, and led it through the greatest crisis of its existence.
The new building was "the natural and fitting depository" for presidential papers, declared the descendants of Francis P. Blair, who in 1903 gave the division its first presidential collection, the papers of Andrew Jackson.
Shortly after the Jackson Papers arrived, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order transferring to the Manuscript Division the State Department's historical archives, which included the papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/mcchtml/preshm.html   (343 words)

  
 P. Chidambaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palaniappan Chidambaram, or PC, as he is popularly known in the Indian press, was born September 16, 1945 in the village of Kanadukathan in Sivaganga District of Tamilnadu state, India, into an affluent family.
He studied at Presidency College, Chennai, India and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and then studied law at the Law college of the University of Madras, Chennai, and received his Bachelor of Law degree.
Generally a simple down-to-earth person, Chidambaram is at ease slipping in and out of the highly-charged politics of his home state Tamilnadu, speaking to the financial media in Mumbai or presenting India’s views at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/P._Chidambaram   (1085 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Presidency College herbarium in need of preservation
One of Chennai's landmarks and an institution known as the "mother of the University of Madras", Presidency College houses a herbarium that is over 100 years old.
The herbarium is in the department of plant biology and plant biotechnology (botany department) and it has over 15,000 specimens collected from around the world since 1884.
Though our college received some amount many years back, it is time that the UGC reviewed its perspective of increasing its allocation of funds," said Prof.
www.hindu.com /2006/03/19/stories/2006031914310200.htm   (570 words)

  
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CHENNAI: Starting this year, government colleges in the State will follow a shift system to meet the increasing demand for quality higher education.
It will be introduced in ten colleges this year and extended to other colleges next year, Minister for Higher Education K Ponmudi told the Assembly on Friday in his reply to the debate on the demand for grants for his Ministry.
The ten colleges are Quaid-e-Milleth Women's College, Chennai; Arts College for Men, Nandanam, Chennai; Presidency College, Chennai; Dr Ambedkar Arts College, Vyasarpadi, Chennai; Aringnar Anna College, Villupuram; Rani Anna Women's Arts College, Tirunelveli; Kundavai Nachiyar Women's College, Thanjavur; Arts College for Men, Kumbakonam; Arts College for Women, Kumbakonam and Aringnar Anna Arts College, Cheyyar.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006080516110100.htm&date=2006/08/05/&prd=th&   (450 words)

  
 Indian Rhodes Scholarships - Links - Useful - 02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chennai's Presidency College-Nobel laureate C.V. Raman is its flagbearer-has slipped to the 5th position from last year's No. 1 slot, while Mumbai-based Elphinstone College, which was ranked 12th the year before, has managed to make it to the "Big Ten" this year.
College officials say that their student's involvement in academics and the deep commitment of the faculty is what distinguishes them from other colleges of commerce.
Among the facilities the college boasts of is a counselling centre with professional counselors.
www.rhodesindia.com /links/useful-02.shtml   (11437 words)

  
 GOV.CN
The President of the People's Republic of China is the Head of State, as well as the supreme representative of China both internally and externally.
The State presidency is an independent State apparatus and a component part of China's State organization.
The president is subordinate to the NPC and directly receives instructions from the supreme organ of State power.
english.gov.cn /links/presidency.htm   (105 words)

  
 1 - CampusRox.com - Your Campus Online!
As parents struggle to pick the right college for their wards and students fill up multi-coloured forms, the detailed findings of the survey should help them to zero in on the institution that best fulfils their aspirations.
If you think your college deserves to be a part of this list and for reasons unknown has not made it, do mail us your College name and details so we can add it on to this section.
One of the first colleges to cash in on the it boom, it is well-known for its science and technology entrepreneurs' park.
www.campusrox.com /cbuzz/colleges.html   (3697 words)

  
 eWENR, July/August 2000: Asia & Pacific
The college, founded in 1987, has endeavored to improve the quality of enrollment by recruiting more students who have passed the national entrance exam and by establishing more four-year bachelor degree programs.
The college has pursued a different approach to higher education than most of the state-run schools by providing a combination of language and hands-on training with the aim of better preparing students for an increasingly globalized job market.
The respondents were asked to rate each college from 0 to 100 on the basis of reputation, curriculum, academic input, student care, admission procedure, infrastructure and job/placement opportunities.
www.wes.org /ewenr/00july/asiapacific.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Alter: The Imperial (Vice) Presidency - Newsweek Jonathan Alter - MSNBC.com
President Herbert Hoover would talk to his friend Will Irwin and one or two other friendly journalists, but otherwise answer only a few questions submitted in writing.
FDR's first veep, John Nance Garner, said the vice presidency "wasn't worth a pitcher of warm piss." (When a reporter changed "piss" to "spit" for taste reasons, Garner called him a "pantywaist.") But in the last three decades, vice presidents have steadily gained power.
Their taxpayer-funded traveling retinues have become so large (Cheney even travels with his own medical team) that pretending to be normal citizens wouldn't wash. When Al Gore said there was "no controlling legal authority" on his fund-raising, it was at a hostile press conference, not an interview with The Harvard Crimson.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11434566/site/newsweek   (665 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Kancheepuram clinches S.S. Rajan Trophy
CHENNAI: Kancheepuram chalked out a six-wicket win over Tiruvallur in the final of the S.S. Rajan trophy inter-district limited-overs cricket tournament at the MAC stadium here on Tuesday.
Jeppiar Engineering College (Chennai) defeated Sourashtra College (Madurai) 73-44 in a league encounter at the ninth State-level inter-collegiate basketball tournament for the Krishnaswamy Naidu Memorial Trophy at the Jamal Mohammed College courts in Tiruchi on Tuesday.
Kongunadu College of Arts and Science posted a thrilling one-run win over Krishna College of Art and Science and entered the semifinals of the 14th inter-collegiate cricket tournament for the SNR ever rolling trophy in Coimbatore on Tuesday.
www.hindu.com /2006/03/15/stories/2006031508002000.htm   (672 words)

  
 ACE | Publications & Products
David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, defends his Academic Bill of Rights, arguing that it is designed to help universities enforce professional standards and foster intellectual diversity in the liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Karen A. Holbrook, president of The Ohio State University; John C. Cavanaugh, president of the University of West Florida; and Robert A. Corrigan, president of San Francisco State University, add their views on the academic freedom debate.
The president of Bethune-Cookman College discusses the steps she takes to get to know her students and help transform them into leaders.
www.acenet.edu /bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=51   (412 words)

  
 Chennai History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The region of Chennai was called Tondaimandalm in those days and had its military headquarters at Puzhal, which is now a small and rather insignificant village on the outskirts of the city.
Modern Chennai grew out of a small village when in 1639 a fishing hamlet called Madraspatnam was selected by early English merchants of the East India Company as a site for the settlement.
It was used by Clive of India as a base for his military expeditions during the Wars of the Carnatic and, during the 19th century, it was the seat of the Chennai Presidency, one of the four divisions of British Imperial India.
www.indiatravelite.com /chennai/chennaihistory.htm   (368 words)

  
 Dr. M. Kandan's Education
It was a new world for me who had no exposure to a metropolitan city, that too in a very prestigious college of the country.
The culture at Psychology Department was very cosmopolitan and known to be the Hep department in the college.
Presidency College had lovely gardens and we used take pride in showing the well manicured gardens and lawns to friends and guests.
www.kandan.i8.com /colleges.htm   (743 words)

  
 ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He was tutored by Dr.Sarvapalli.Radhakrishnan, the first President of Republic India.
A magnanimous and a wealthy barrister, he took his legal degree from University of Dublin and on his return to India joined The Madras Bar.
The college has a dedicated team of 291 faculty members who maintain academic excellence and about 5706 students who are our anchor to sustain our vision.
www.ethirajcollege.org   (346 words)

  
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She did her BA in literature from Women's Christian College and MA in literature from Stella Maris College Chennai.
We were the tallest of our class at college and we used to have so much fun sitting in the last row at the back.
She did her BE in Electricals from Karunya College Coimbatore and she is doing her MS in Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago.
www.iit.edu /~kylaapa/college.html   (1446 words)

  
 IDF - Intellectual Development Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sivashanmugam, father of invariantology and president of Intellectual Development Foundation, received his basic graduate degree in biochemistry from Bharatiar university, Coimbatore.
Mansur, student of Sivashanmugam, is from Needur (Mayiladuthurai) recieved his bachelor of science degree in zoology from Bhrathidasan University (A. College) and master degree in biotechnology from Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli.
Syed Abuthahir, student of Sivashanmugam, is from Cumbum recieved his bachelor degree in zoology from Madurai Kamaraj University (Wakf Board College) and master degree in biotechnology from Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli.
wwf.edula.com /content/union/lastpage.html   (395 words)

  
 O V Vijayan passes away
Ailing with Parkinson's disease and sepsis, Vijayan was admitted to the hospital in August 2004.
Born on July 2, 1930 at Vilayanchaathanoor village in Palakkad district in Kerala, Oottupulackal Velukkutty Vijayan, who became famous as O V Vijayan, had his school education at Kottackal and Palakkad and graduated in arts from Government Victoria College, Palakkad.
He did his master's degree in English literature from Presidency College, Chennai.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/mar/30ov.htm   (307 words)

  
 PROFILE OF SHRI. E.V.K.S. ELANGOVAN, MINISTER OF STATE,COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
His father, E.V.K. Sampath, one of the important leaders of Indian National Congress Party in Tamilnadu was the son of E.V. Krishnaswamy, elder brother of Periyar E.V. Ramasamy, the legendary Dravidian leader and one of the greatest social reformers India ever produced.
In his younger days he was a great lover of motor racing and he participated in motor car race in Cholavaram, Chennai in 1972 and 1973.
He was elected as the Secretary of Presidency College Students Congress in the year 1967.
dipp.nic.in /improfile/profile_s_cim.htm   (222 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : Making the most of marriage
One such event was arranged in Chennai a couple of months ago, in which over 100 grooms participated.
Son of a retired government official, Murugavel, 31, hails from Royapuram, Chennai.
He studied at Presidency College, Chennai, and later at the University of Madras.
www.blonnet.com /ew/2002/05/22/stories/2002052200340300.htm   (869 words)

  
 Welcome to Balamurali's Website
After 4 yrs, I graduated from 'College of Technology, GCT Campus' Coimbatore, earning a First Class degree with Distinction in the field of Computer Science and Engineering.
Ananthan is a Reader in Chemistry, in Presidency College in Chennai.
He finished his Ph.D in IIT, Chennai and did his post doctorate in Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
www.iit.edu /~ananbal/aboutme.html   (244 words)

  
 Theme — Surface Hydrology
The continued inter-state water dispute that deprives the Cauvery delta of its share of freshwater for agriculture has made farmers to either sell or convert their prime agriculture lands for aquaculture.
On the other hand, in the Chennai and Pondicherry regions, the groundwater is largely over exploited mainly for drinking purposes.
It must be mentioned that the Chennai city depends almost entirely on monsoon for its drinking water supply and hence during periods of drought, the dependency on groundwater expands to proportions that cause both deterioration in the amount of water availability and its quality.
www.members.tripod.com /envisjnu/unesco/2001/abstract/surface.html   (2617 words)

  
 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Prema Pandurang
Prof.Prema Pandurang, M.A is the daughter of Dr.P.Nagaraja Rao, a retired professor of Philosophy and hails from a devout family in Tamil Nadu.
She was Professor of English for Post Graduate students in the prestigious Presidency College in Chennai for around two decades.
She is the founder President of Samskriti (Home of Culture) and Kshetropasna Charitable Trust and the Founder Trustee of Shree Chakra Foundation.
www.bhavanus.com /events/prema.htm   (481 words)

  
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New light was thrown on the contributions made by these German Tamilologists at a series of lectures sponsored by the German Consulate-General in Chennai and the Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, in mid-March.
Five lectures were delivered by three researchers - Dr. C.S. Mohanavelu, Reader in History, Presidency College, Chennai, Dr.Daniel Jeyaraj, Dean, Lutheran Heritage Archives, Chennai, and Dr. Thomas Malten of the Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies, Cologne University, Germany.
Dr.R. Vijayalakshmy of the International Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai, gave an introductory lecture on "German contributions to Tamil studies".
www.flonnet.com /fl1509/15090820.htm   (1528 words)

  
 Antidermatophytic activity of Pistia stratiotes Premkumar VG, Shyamsundar D - Indian J Pharmacol
The collected leaves were cleaned, dried in the shade and ground into a fine powder from which 500 g were extracted repeatedly with 2 liters of methanol using soxhlet extractor at 50 °C for 72 h.
The extracts were filtered using Whatman filter paper (No.1) and concentrated in vacuum at 40 °C using a rotary evaporator and the residues obtained were stored in a freezer at -80 °C until further tests.
The fungal inoculum was prepared from a 21-day-old culture of dermatophytes by scraping with a sterile scalpel and macerating the scrape in 10 ml sterile distilled water.
www.ijp-online.com /article.asp?issn=0253-7613;year=2005;volume=37;issue=2;spage=127;epage=128;aulast=Premkumar   (977 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper
He represented Presidency College, Chennai, in volleyball in the 1960s.
However, if public reaction is any indication, Vaiko might have a lot of explaining to do as to why he joined Jayalalithaa, who invoked pota against him.
On August 5, 2004, when I set out on my 1,100 km march from Tirunelveli to Chennai in heavy rain, Sun TV reported that I had postponed my march due to rains.
www.tehelka.com /story_main17.asp?filename=Ne032506DMK_twice.asp   (804 words)

  
 MantraOnNet.com : Shopping
All these mantras are recited by the eminent Ganapaati Brahmasri Porosurama Sastri (Yojnavalkya Gurukulam, Ambattur) and his disciples Sri Srinivasa Snrma, Sri Monjunathan, Sri Sankaran being co-ordinated by Prof.R.Thiagaraan, H.O.D of Sanskrit, Presidency College, Chennai and Mr.Manikkavinayakam the famous Music Director.
All these Suktas are recited by the eminent, President awardee Ganapati Brohmasri Parasuramo Sastri and his disciples Srinivasa Sarma, Manjunathan, and Sankar being Co-ordinated by Prof.R.Thiagorajon, H.O.D. of Sanskrit, Presidency College, Chennai and Mr.Manikkovinayakam the famous Music Director.
All these Suktos are recited by the eminent, President awordee Ganapati Brahmasri Porasuramo Sastri and his disciples Srinivasa Sarma, Monunathon, and Sankor being Co-ordinated by Prof.R.Thiagaraian, H.O.D. of Sanskrit, Presidency College, Chennai and Mr.Manikkavinayakam the famous Music Director.
www.mantraonnet.com /shopping-sacred-vedic-chants.html   (771 words)

  
 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar...SciPeeps.com
He was born in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan).
He attended the Presidency college in Chennai (then, Madras), where he graduated with a degree in physics.
He was known to the world as simply "Chandra".
www.scipeeps.com /subrahmanyanchandrasekhar.html   (276 words)

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