[Assam] Society For Srimanta Sankaradeva.
SOCIETY FOR SRIMANTA SANKARADEVA ( http://srimantasankaradeva.wordpress.com/ ) : SOCIETY FOR SRIMANTA SANKARADEVA is a socio-economic, cultural and spiritual organization. It was formed in May 2011 with the aim of creating awareness about the multi-faceted contributions of Srimanta Sankaradeva and to spread the universal message as well as glory of the saint all over the world. Aims of the society : To spread the universal message and glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world and to do all such things that may be necessary to be done for that purpose, in a cultured manner. Objectives of the society : To create awareness about the multi-faceted contributions of Sankaradeva and to spread the universal message as well as glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world. To create awareness about the spiritual philosophy of Srimanta Sankaradeva that is to submit oneself to the supreme almighty Krishna. To hold meetings, seminars, conventions, lecture-demonstrations etc in different places of the world to spread the universal message as well as glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva To prepare, produce and distribute literature and audio-visual tools on different aspects of Srimanta Sankaradeva To create awareness about heritages associated with Srimanta Sankaradeva and to create awareness about their protection and promotion To conduct serious research on Srimanta Sankaradeva and his important and earnest followers like Madhavadeva in order to add to the existing knowledge To use all possible tools of mass-communication to spread the message and glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world. To work among all people irrespective of caste, creed, sex, nationality to spread the message and glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world To accord recognition to litterateurs and artists for their serious original works on and about Srimanta Sankaradeva To set up branches of the society in different parts of the world to spread the message and glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world To work in unison with the Facebook group ‘Followers of Srimanta Sankaradeva.’ but will be independent from it To engage voluntary workers, life workers and paid employees in the activities of the society. To do any other thing not mentioned above but required to spread the message and glory of Srimanta Sankaradeva all over the world in a cultured manner To do all such things about Madhavadeva just as Srimanta Sankaradeva To mobilize resources by way of commercial activities, and by taking donations grants etc from Indian and foreign sources in keeping with the objectives of the society. To highlight the all round contributions of Srimanta Sankaradeva in dance, music, plays, literature, social life etc with thrust on devotion to lord Krishna. http://srimantasankaradeva.wordpress.com/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [assam] 63% drop in student visa applications in Australia Report
Dear Netters: I have been posting figures of Indian students going abroad for higher studies. Here is a report on visas for Australia. We know why Australia is shunned by Indian students. 63% drop in student visa applications from India in Australia: Report PTI | Aug 3, 2011, 10.54AM IST Read more:student visa applications from India|Simon Marginson|Melbourne University|Indians in Australia|immigration department MELBOURNE: Australia has recorded a drop of almost 63 per cent in offshore international student visa applications from India in the last financial year, according to latest official data. The figures also show an overall drop of 20 per cent in the offshore international student visa applications, media reports said on Wednesday. The Indian market has been the hardest hit by the fall in offshore applications with a drop of 63 per cent. The June month Immigration Department's quarterly report on the student visa programme revealed that the number of offshore applicants from India dropped from 18,514 in the 2009-10 financial year to just 6875 in the 2010-11 financial year. Apart from this even applications from China, Australia's largest source country for international students, also dropped 24.3 per cent. Melbourne University higher education expert Simon Marginson said the drop showed the sector was still a way off from a recovery. [There is] no sign that we have yet reached the bottom of the curve, he said. Marginson said the steep drop-off in offshore applications was largely because of federal government changes to the visa criteria and skilled migration list. Demand for Australian education in India always was relatively soft and the elimination of the migration-related industry run through education agents, plus the image problems triggered by the violence, has permanently depressed the prospects of recruitment in that country, he said. Professor Marginson said the drop in applications from Vietnam - down 31 per cent - and China was of greater concern. China and south-east Asia are our core markets [and] far more worrying is the defection of part of the student market in China and Vietnam, where demand is more education-centred, and the quality of students coming to Australia has been higher than those coming from India, he said. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [assam] 63% drop in student visa applications in Australia Report
Dear BK: What is your personal view if a 'phoren' :-) education is of any benefit to a 'desi', regardless of whether he/she returns to India and regardless of the quality of the particular 'education' as compared with an equivalent 'desi' education'? I ask the question because you are one amongst us who has, most likely, the longest number of years of the benefit of first hand experience of seeing both. s On Aug 7, 2011, at 3:50 PM, bbar...@aol.com wrote: Dear Netters: I have been posting figures of Indian students going abroad for higher studies. Here is a report on visas for Australia. We know why Australia is shunned by Indian students. 63% drop in student visa applications from India in Australia: Report PTI | Aug 3, 2011, 10.54AM IST Read more:student visa applications from India|Simon Marginson|Melbourne University|Indians in Australia|immigration department MELBOURNE: Australia has recorded a drop of almost 63 per cent in offshore international student visa applications from India in the last financial year, according to latest official data. The figures also show an overall drop of 20 per cent in the offshore international student visa applications, media reports said on Wednesday. The Indian market has been the hardest hit by the fall in offshore applications with a drop of 63 per cent. The June month Immigration Department's quarterly report on the student visa programme revealed that the number of offshore applicants from India dropped from 18,514 in the 2009-10 financial year to just 6875 in the 2010-11 financial year. Apart from this even applications from China, Australia's largest source country for international students, also dropped 24.3 per cent. Melbourne University higher education expert Simon Marginson said the drop showed the sector was still a way off from a recovery. [There is] no sign that we have yet reached the bottom of the curve, he said. Marginson said the steep drop-off in offshore applications was largely because of federal government changes to the visa criteria and skilled migration list. Demand for Australian education in India always was relatively soft and the elimination of the migration-related industry run through education agents, plus the image problems triggered by the violence, has permanently depressed the prospects of recruitment in that country, he said. Professor Marginson said the drop in applications from Vietnam - down 31 per cent - and China was of greater concern. China and south-east Asia are our core markets [and] far more worrying is the defection of part of the student market in China and Vietnam, where demand is more education-centred, and the quality of students coming to Australia has been higher than those coming from India, he said. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] My article on capability of some leaders of Sankar Sangha in propagating the Saint outside Assam
My article on Internet Related Controversy on Sankaradeva and the reasons for my doubt on the capability of some leaders of Sankar Sangha in propagating the wonderful ideology of the Saint outside Assam is published in Amar Asom today... If you feel like, you may have a look by clicking on the link below http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=5906boxid=3609 regards Mayur Bora Jorhat ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
