Tutors who wish to apply to Tutorvista can mail their resumes to jobs@tutorvista.com. The entire recruitment is carried online as the service delivery is done online. Interviews are conducted online. Post interviews the tutors undergo a training process. There is a 60 hour training which is conducted by the training department at Tutor Vista. It covers aspects of technology, presentation skills, instruction methodology, course on use of educational content etc. Post this training the tutors are certified and assessed on these skills and subject matter expertise.
At present Tutor Vista offers services for CBSE and ICSE curriculum in India.

Online tutoring services by Tutor Vista is available for Indian students from Rs. 499 onwards. For more information, visit www.tutorvista.co.in.

Workshop on ‘Creativity’
The Centre for Training Excellence will be conducting a one day workshop for Employees of Corporate Organisations on 'Lateral Thinking and Creative Problem Solving’ on September 29, 2007 at the Urban Health Research Training Institute, 16th Cross, Behind Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Malleshwaram, Bangalore.  For details contact Lalitha on 9945854378

Want to study in Australia?
A group of 40 educational institutions from Australia are in India on a student recruitment programme. IDP Education supported by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is organising a country wide student recruitment programme covering seven cities. The Australian student recruitment programme for Bangalore is being held on September 17, 2007 between 10.30 am and 5.30 pm at Hotel, Le Meridian, Bangalore. Interviews for students will be conducted on-site and on spot admission offers will be made to students.
The Australian Trade Commission is also organising information seminars on “Education Opportunities in Business and Engineering in Australia” on September 17, 2007 at Hotel Le Meridian, Bangalore. These seminars will offer prospective students an overview of the education and training opportunities in Australia and career pathways in Business and Engineering.

Prospective students should register with IDP Education through http://www.idpindia.com/newdelhi.html. Based on the student background, IDP Education will recommend prospective institutions and schedule meetings for students with the Institutions on September 17, 2007 at Bangalore.

For more details contact Ashwini Arun, Manager, IDP Education (Bangalore) at 080-4123 3751/ 4123 3752/ 4123 37532 or E-Mail to info.bangalore@idp.com

Drawing course
MC Academy of Art & Design, Bangalore will soon start its next batch of one year correspondence course in drawing for beginners who are above the age of 8 years. For details contact: MC Academy of Art & Design - 1381, 1st Floor, East End Circle, 9th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560 0069 or call up 98458-39141 for free prospectus or visit www.mcaad.com and download the prospectus.

Skill development programmes
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Institute, Government of India, Industrial Estate, Rajajinagar, Bangalore- 560 044 is organising a 40-day Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme on Decoration of Glass Products starting on September 20, 2007 at SISI, Bangalore for the benefit of entrepreneurs who want to start self-employment ventures. The programme will cover lectures and demonstrations for planning, organising and launching new micro and small scale glass decoration and glass processing units.

The objective of the programme is to equip the participants with skills of entrepreneurship and to provide information on various glass decoration techniques, technologies available and help in business opportunity identification.

Contact H Baldev Singh, Assistant Director, MSME-DI, Govt of India, Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 044 (M: 9448487096) for details.

 MSME Development Institute is also conducting a one week Skill Development Programme on Detergents and Allied Chemical Products such as detergent powder, liquid detergents, phenyl, cleaning powder, liquid blue and wax candles from September 17 to 21, 2007 (5 days) at the Institute premises. The training will provide theoretical and practical inputs on manufacture of the above items and could be useful for un-employed prospective entrepreneurs. Contact: S R Deshpande, Dy Director (Chem), MSME-DL Bangalore (Tel: 23151581/ 82/ 23204018.

New ICFAI branch
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) has opened a new branch at Marathalli, Bangalore. The ICFAI branch located at Krishna Grand no. 17, third floor, MTK Reddy building, outer ring road, Marathalli junction, Bangalore-37, will benefit students and working professionals of the nearby areas to obtain counselling and other information on the various ICFAI programmes at UG and PG levels.

The branch will offer student-related services and interested students can submit their application forms and also collect their study material etc from the branch. The ICFAI network has over 256 branches across the country.
For details contact: Ranbir Luwang on 64545930-31 or on icfaimar@icfai.org

CNC training
Rotary Bangalore Udyog (RBU) and Rural Human Resources and Technical Foundation (RHRTF) is organising a three-month evening training programme on CNC Machining Center - Operator Training on the premises of RHRTF near Dr Rajkumar Samadhi from September 18, 2007. This is aimed at workers having about 2 years experience in conventional lathe, milling etc., for them to upgrade to CNC machine. Contact: Natraj of RHRTF on 9342466655 or A S Patil of RBU on 99801 26594.

Annual Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships
NIIT, Asia's No.1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation has announced the 17th Annual Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships (BJS) to reward meritorious college students desirous of building successful careers in diverse industries that require Information Technology skills.

Based on the students' performance in a competitive written test, personal interview and Standard XIIth score, NIIT will award fee waivers of up to one third of the fee of its popular IT career programmes, such as GNIIT, to successful students. The scholarship examination will be conducted simultaneously across hundreds of NIIT education centres, in the country on September 16, 2007.

Royal Scholarship
The Indian Royal Academy of Art and Culture has decided to give the Royal Scholarship for the year 2007-08 of Rs. 6,000 each to five deserving candidates in the field of painting for a period of one year. Students of Karnataka studying in Bachelor and Master degree, diploma or equivalent in visual arts are eligible to apply. Four photographs of size 5"x7" of your original work with bio-data should be sent to the academy. Those interested can get the application form at the office of the Indian Royal Academy of Art & culture S.F.S - 46 & 47, K.H.B. Colony, Rajapur Road, Gulbarga 585106. For more information contact 9986310032 or e-mail iraac_glb@yahoo.co.in. on are before September 15, 2007.