What is Mechatronics and its scope?

Mechatronics is relatively emerging as a new area of engineering where the synergy of Mechanical engineering, electronics, computer engineering, control engineering and systems design engineering to be done to make a world class product.

Mechatronic engineering program can work in many industries, including automobiles, manufacturing, gas and oil, mining, transport, defense, robotics, aerospace and aviation. In addition, they have a wide variety of multi-disciplinary skills that will allow them to take traditional engineering positions.

A mechatronics engineer unites the principles of mechanics, electronics, and computing to generate a simpler, more economical and reliable system.

A mecharonics engineers do the thorough study of Mechanical engineering and material science subjects, Electronics and computer engineering, System & control engineering subjects, optical engineering subjects and robotics subjects.

Where is the application of Mechatronics ? Mechatronics engineers are highly in demand in Automation, Robotics, Servo mechanics, sensing & control systems, Automotive engineering, consumer products, structural dynamics systems, biomedical systems, energy & power systems etc.

As Mechatronics engineers are equipped with all the essential knowledge of all the engineering branches , they are treated as very useful assets to the company due to their multi-skill capabilities.

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What is actuarial science and what is the scope for it?

Actuarial science is a science which applies the mathematical and statistical tools or methods to assess the risk related to insurance and financial sector.  In other words, this is a science of estimating the risk involved in Insurance or financial domain for introducing any scheme or products by applying mathematical and statistical methods.

Those people who are expert in this science are known as Actuary.  The role of actuary is designing of any insurance plans, pension plan , decide the premium rates of any policy, etc.

The job sector available for Actuary are Insurance companies, Banks and other financial sectors which deals with insurance , loan etc. the required characteristics for a good actuary are : He/she must have a problem solving ability, thinking a solution by seeing it in different angles, deep knowledge of mathematics, statistics and finance.

In India , there are several institutes who conduct the training programme like CMD School of Insurance and actuarial science , Modi Nagar, Uttar Pradesh which is accredited to IRDA, Bishop  Herber College, Amity school of   Insurance and actuarial science, Noida etc.

IRDA has implemented a system that every insurance company – life or general insurance, an actuary must be appointed for doing business in India.

Admission time begins in Delhi ………

Universities in Delhi are starting the admission session 2010-11 like Delhi University, Jamia Millia, Indraprashta University , JNU and offering the variety of courses and after the regular courses , the distance education will be also offered by these universities.

The official website of these universities is as under:

Jawaharlal University, Delhi - www.jnu.ac.in

Delhi University , Delhi - www.du.ac.in

Jamia Millia Islamia : www.jmi.nic.in

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University :  www.ipu.ac.in

Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi - www.jamiahamdard.edu

Checkout these official websites for the course offered by them and enrolled yourself.

What is Firmware and Spyware ?...........

As a computer user for long time, we all know about the Hardware and Software. The physical and tangible components of a computer are called Hardware i.e Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, CPU etc. and Software are the instructions or program according to which the hardware do functions like MS-OFFICE etc

But usually we are not aware about the Firmware and spyware.

Firmware are the combination of Hardware and software. Computer chips which are inside your CPU that have data or programs recorded on them are Firmware. Some examples of Firmware are ROM, PROM and EPROM.

Spyware is basically a computer software which is installed on a computer in intercept or take the partial control over the user's interaction with the machine without the user knowledge.

If a spyware is installed in your computer, the user activities like surfing habits, websites visited can be tracked without the user knowledge. Spyware can change the computer setting and can stop the internet or slow down its speed.

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What is UGC-NET?

If you have a passion for teaching, then UGC NET is your cup of tea.
University Grants commission is the highest authority in India to maintain a standard of higher education in India. So, UGC conduct the NET ( National Eligibility Test) for all the Indian candidates for lectureship in higher education institutes. Now NET is the basic requirement for lecturer in any of the govt approved or govt. colleges.

UGC conducts NET twice a year, i.e., in the months of June and December and generally the notification being published in the month of March and September for June and December test respectively. There are 92 subjects for which you can apply for UGC-NET.

All the other information is available in their website as www.ugc.ac.in

State-wise List of fake Universities as on 08thDecember, 2009 , Courtsey-UGC

Following are the list of fake universities declared by UGC.

1)Maithili University/Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga, Bihar.

2)Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi (UP) Jagatpuri, Delhi.

3)Commercial University Ltd., Daryaganj, Delhi.

4) United Nations University, Delhi.

5) Vocational University, Delhi.

6) ADR-Centric Juridical University, ADR House, 8J, Gopala Tower, 25 Rajendra Place, New Delhi - 110 008.

7)Indian Institute of Science and Engineering, New Delhi.

8)Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society, Gokak, Belgaum, Karnataka.
9)St. John?s University, Kishanattam, Kerala.

10) Kesarwani Vidyapith, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

11) Raja Arabic University, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

12)D.D.B. Sanskrit University, Putur, Trichi, Tamil Nadu.

13) Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkatta.

14) Mahila Gram Vidyapith/Vishwavidyalaya, (Women?s University) Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

15) Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

16) National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

17) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University (Open University), Achaltal, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

18) Vishwavidyalaya, Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

19) Maharana Pratap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

20) Indraprastha Shiksha Parishad, Institutional Area,Khoda,Makanpur,Noida Phase-II, Uttar Pradesh.

21) Gurukul Vishwavidyala, Vridanvan, Uttar Pradesh.