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KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET) is an autonomous engineering college established in the year 2009 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. KPRIET is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. Placement offers with low salary package and lack of better opportunities becomes a major drawback for the college. Students review shows that the college seems to be a top tier institution from the outside when they took admission, but do not have the same quality that they claim. Many students have the opinion that they were not given a chance at getting good placements from the college like they were promised when they joined. Reviews from websites like www.ambitionbox.com shows that KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET) gives placement opportunities to students mostly from IT companies and the salary package offered for many students ranged from 10k – 15k. The job locations in many job postings were in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon etc. The

The second phase of polling will be held on December 5. The counting of votes is scheduled for December 8. The counting of votes is scheduled for December 8 New Delhi:  89 assembly seats went to polls yesterday in the first phase of assembly polls in Gujarat. Surat is among the key areas that voted. While the BJP is pushing for the seventh consecutive term in the state, the AAP has launched a mega campaign. Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this phase A moderate voter turnout of 60.23 per cent was recorded in the polls covering the 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions of the state, with the voting largely peaceful, officials said. The voter turnout was less than 66.75 per cent recorded in the first phase of the 2017 Assembly polls. Barring a few incidents and reports of technical glitches in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at some places, the voting process, which began at 8 am, was largely peaceful, Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi said. The focus of th

The following story includes renderings of a fictional pickup created by independent designer Travis Yang who is neither related to nor endorsed by Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce Car Rolls-Royce is probably the least likely automaker to ever introduce a pickup truck but this fact hasn’t limit the imagination of young design talent Travis Yang who created the Britannia. The digital-only concept combines extravagant proportions with Rolls-Royce’s styling language and a wood-covered rear bed, making a case for an ultra-luxury pickup. The Britannia measures 5,500 mm (216.5 inches) long which makes it slightly longer than a Spectre and gives it a commanding road presence. Its massive ground clearance would put a Cullinan to shame, thanks to the portal axles and the large-diameter wheels. The most striking feature of the concept is the ultra-long bonnet which makes it look like a yacht. Note that the concept was envisioned as an EV, which means that all this space at the front can be used for ext

First-time car buyer programs are designed to help car buyers without a credit history — and those with a thin credit history — get into their first vehicle. These programs typically have less stringent credit requirements than traditional auto loans, but approval is not guaranteed. If you’re interested in a first-time car buyer program, research vehicles in advance, create a budget and ask about any additional fees before applying. First-time car buyer programs are designed to help car buyers without a credit history  How do first-time car buyer programs work? Although first-time car buyer programs are easier to qualify for, approval is not guaranteed — it is still possible to be denied. So if you do not get approved, you may need to look into other options such as cosigners, secured credit cards and checking accounts. What are the requirements for a first-time car buyer program? First-time car buyer programs vary by lender and manufacturer, so requirements can change. However, there

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Indian multinational Aditya Birla Group , which operates in 36 countries across six continents. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from the London Business School. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla Mr. Birla chairs the Boards of all major Group companies in India and globally including Novelis Inc., Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Domsjö Fabriker, Terrace Bay Pulp Mill, Hindalco Industries Ltd., Grasim Industries Ltd., UltraTech Cement Ltd., Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. and Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. In the 25 years, at the helm of the Group, he has accelerated growth, built meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value. In the process he has raised the Group’s turnover by well over 20x to $45 billion. The market cap of the Group’s listed entities at the close of FY21 was over $60 billion. He has been the architect of over 40 successful acquisitions by the Group in India and abroad, the highest by any Indian multination

Mukesh Ambani , in full Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani, (born April 19, 1957, Aden, Yemen), Indian business mogul, chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the foremost company of the Indian energy and materials conglomerate Reliance Group. Mukesh Ambani Ambani was one of four children of Dhirubhai Ambani, who first worked as a gas station attendant. Because of the increasingly unstable political climate in Aden, where Mukesh was born, the family relocated in 1958 to the Bhuleshwar neighbourhood of Bombay (now Mumbai), where they lived in a chawl (a communal building that commonly features low-rent two-room apartments). In the same year, Dhirubhai and a cousin founded the Reliance Commercial Corporation, which grew into RIL from a commodities-trading business that they initially operated out of a one-room rental space. Ambani earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bombay (now the University of Mumbai) and s

Marie Curie (1867 –  1934) was a Polish scientist who won a Nobel prize in both Chemistry and Physics.  She made ground-breaking work in the field of Radioactivity, enabling radioactive isotypes to be isolated for the first time. During the First World War, Curie developed the practical use of X-Rays; she also discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. Her pioneering scientific work was made more remarkable because of the discrimination which existed against women in science at the time. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris and broke down many barriers for women in science. Marie Curie  Short Bio Marie Curie Marya Sklodowska was born on 7 November 1867, Warsaw Poland. She was the youngest of five children and was brought up in a poor but well-educated family. Marya excelled in her studies and won many prizes. At an early age she became committed to the ideal of Polish independence from Russia – who at the time were ruling Poland with an iron fist, and i

Personal growth was the focus of some apps that finished on top. Questt, an app that makes studying fun even while it uses data to help the process, and Shopsy , a hypervalue e-commerce app from Flipkart, are the big winners in tech giant Google’s selection of the best apps from India in 2022.  L to R: Logo of Questt, Shopsy Shopsy won the User’s Choice App of 2022 award, from among the options available on Google PlayStore while Angry Birds Journey was the winner for best game of the year in the user’s choice section. The Google Play winner of the best app 2022 (editor’s choice) was Questt, which uses artificial intelligence to personalise education, including the gamifying of the learning experience for students. While Shopsy led the category of the best app for everyday essentials,  the rise of ultra-fast delivery in 2022 saw an increase in the popularity of apps like Zepto (a Mumbai startup which promises 10-minute delivery of groceries) and BlinkIt (formerly called Grofer’s). “On

Jayalalithaa Jayaram  ( born 24 February 1948 ), commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the former Chief Minister and current leader of the opposition of the Government of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( AIADMK ), a Dravidian party in the state. J. Jayalalithaa J. Jayalalithaa is called Amma ( English : Mother ) by her supporters and Puratchi Thalaivi ( English : Revolutionary Leader ) by her followers. She was a popular film star in Tamil and Telugu cinema before entering politics. J. Jayalalithaa EarlyLife J. Jayalalithaa was born Komalavalli in Melukote in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka,  in a Tamil Iyengar family, native of Srirangam, Trichy. She was initially educated at the Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School in Bangalore but later moved to Madras State ( now Tamil Nadu ) along with her mother Sandhya, who ventured as an actress into Tamil cinema. J. Jayalalithaa was then schooled at Sacred

The recent Supreme Court order permitting 27% quota for Other B ackward Classes (OBCs) in the all-India quota for admissions to the undergraduate medical courses has been hailed by almost the entire political spectrum in Tamil Nadu as a milestone in the history of social justice. The words, ‘social justice,’ may even sound clichéd to some but a look at the evolution of the reservation system reveals how the idea is an important chapter in the contemporary politics in Tamil Nadu. K. Kamaraj, as Chief Minister, had got ready the list of ‘More Backward’ among the BCs after a study. I t all began with a decision taken at a meeting at the Victoria Public Hall in Chennai in November 1916 to form an organisation to voice the grievances of non-Brahmins. Among those present were T.M. Nair and P. Theagaraya Chetti. The meeting paved the way for the establishment of the Justice Party. A month later, the leaders unveiled a document, called ‘ Non Brahmin Manifesto’ . Thus began the campaign for ge

India’s fourteenth Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is rightly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar. He is well regarded for his diligence and his academic approach to work, as well as his accessibility and his unassuming demeanour. Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India. Dr. Singh completed his Matriculation examinations from the Punjab University in 1948. His academic career took him from Punjab to the University of Cambridge, UK, where he earned a First Class Honours degree in Economics in 1957. Dr. Singh followed this with a D. Phil in Economics from Nuffield College at Oxford University in 1962. His book, “India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth” [Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964] was an early critique of India’s inward-oriented trade policy. Dr. Singh’s academic credentials were burnished by the years he spent on the faculty of Punjab University and the prestigio