One-Woman ARMY

Radhika Anand, the one-woman army planted 110k trees in a year across India. 
The 52-year old used her own resources, savings and small contributions from friends and well-wishers to fund her endeavour. Radhika, a former Air Force Officer’s daughter, chose this synergistic partnership with the Indian Army as it ensured not only a seamless planting rollout, but also the fact that these trees would be tended for by a disciplined and passionate force for generations to come. 

She has planted over 1,10,000 fruit trees, essentially mango (aam), tamarind (imli), gooseberry (amla) and blackberry (jamun) jackfruit (kathal) have been planted at and around Army Formations across North India, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. She envisages broad basing the plantation to over 200,000 trees by early next year a large component of which shall be planted in specific Commeration of the Fallen Soldiers of India under a ‘INDIA REMEMBERS’ programme conceived& initiated by the Center for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR) under the aegis of the USI.

NTSE Stage I Test Series

For the First Time in the History of NTSE
State wise Test Series announced by any recognized/established institute
PNCF, Allen, Kota announces DLP Test Series (Offline) for the preparation of
NTSE for class 9th (Target 2017-18) and 10th (Target 2016-17)
Stage I syllabus and Pattern will be based on respective State Board
for more details visit
www.dlp.allen.ac.in
or call : 0744-5162200

Kishore Vaigyanik Protashan Yozana 2016-17

Kishore Vaigyanik Protashan Yozana
Eligibility - Students enrolled in XI Standard (Science Subjects) during the academic year 2016-17 and having secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board examination.
Aptitude Test: After scrutiny of application forms and meeting the eligibility criteria for various streams, all eligible students will be called for  aptitude test conducted both in Hindi and English at different centers across the country on Sunday, the 6th November 2016.

for Application form and other informations please visit
http://kvpy.iisc.ernet.in/main/applications.htm

NTSE 2016 Final results

NTSE 2016 Final results are declared

http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/vacancies/pdf_files/NTSE%20Final%20Result.pdf

cut off for General Candidates - 85.09
cut off for SC Candidates - 56.43
cut off for ST Candidates -52.12
cut off for Physically Handicapped Candidates -53.47

NTSE Provisional Result 2016

please visit the link
http://www.ncert.nic.in/pdf_files/ntseresult2016.pdf
According to the notice issued by NCERT, marks scored by students in NTSE Stage II held on 8 May has been uploaded, go to the link check your marks
if total no. of scholarships to be allotted is 1000

5 questions has been exempted ( MAT Q. No. 36 and SAT Q. No. 24, 59, 61 & 82)

so now the cut off wld be out of 145 rather than 150

My prediction, a student scoring anything between 85 to 90

wld be able to be in the top 1000 students

Number of NTSE Scholarships, still uncertain

Uncertainty prevails over the number of NTSE scholarships to be awarded this year.
Earlier the then HRD minister Smriti Irani has announced to double the scholarships to 2000
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126540

but now some of the media reports claim that, number of scholarships are 1000 only, as the file for raising the number of scholarships to 2000 is not been passed by the HRD

Frequently Asked Questions about National Talent Search examination

Here are some of the frequently asked questions about National Talent Search Examination, the process of NTSE conduction, authorities which conduct it, where to file the application form etc

please visit
http://www.ncert.nic.in/programmes/talent_exam/pdf_files/FAQNTSE23_7_15.pdf