"The objective behind this radical step was to give a pan-India character to the University's admission system. These centres will attract meritorious students to AMU, ensure wider representation of the States across India and strengthen the all-India character of the University," said an AMU official.

"Vice-Chancellor P. K. Abdul Azis has written a letter to the Chief Secretaries of the respective States to provide security arrangements for conducting the tests in a transparent manner at various centres," the official added.

Pearl School of Business, Gurgaon, in academic collaboration with Delhi University's Shri Ram College of Commerce and strategic partnership with Nottingham Trent University, UK, has announced admission to its three-year BBA programme.

Applications for the programme can be submitted up to June 6, while the course starts on July 14.

The programme is designed by the faculty of the School in collaboration with NTU's Nottingham Business School and Babson College, US.

FIITJEE, an institute for IIT-JEE training, has announced that it will conduct the FIITJEE Talent Reward Exam (FTRE)-2008 on June 4 at 48 test centres across the country for students who have cleared Class XII.

The last date to register for this exam is June 1, while the results will be declared on June 12.

Further details and information about the registration process, test schedule and details of the syllabus are available at www.fiitjee.com

The students appearing for FTRE will also be entitled to attend a workshop on IIT-JEE conducted under the academic guidance of the institute in select cities.

Ghalib Institute is organising an international seminar on "Josh Maleehabadi, Fikr-o-Fun" at Aiwan-e-Ghalib in Delhi this Friday.

The three-day seminar will be presided over by Syed Shahid Mehdi, former Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia and inaugurated by renowned Urdu scholar Syed M. Aqeel Rizvi.