Living in Singapore for Incoming Indian student 2022

You can apply for student accomodation on campus. However preference is given to research students. You can apply using application fee of 27 SGD.

Propertyguru.sg, 99.com

Use sites to look for accommodation.

Check Sinaoore MRT network and 

cea.gov.sg for verifying your agent with telephone numbers.

Kentridge Station and Botanic Gardens to NUS shuttle servuce available.All statikns on circke line

Also Buona Vista station  95 no. bus goes to NUS 

Remittance service

HDFC Remittance Service

Instarem

Wise

Preferably take a direct flight to Singapore when going for the first time look fir students concession. Singapore Airlines has good service and direct flights. On landing at Singapore Changi Airport look for prepaid SingTel sim card with some data then you can then port it to some other provider later.

Preferably open a DBS account at the branch nearest to your place of residence. As residence proof for bank account submit final offer letter from NUS and student status containing address from edurec. Rent agreement is not accepted as address proof.

Buy a couple of Type G convertors for electrical devices.

If you have a post paid connection retain it instead of converting to prepaid. If possible leave the post paid card back in India. Tell someone to use it once in a while.

Buy a queen size bedsheets.

NUS doesnt provide temporary accomodation. He can apply for accomodation for the hostel but that’s it. Otherwise, I dont know if he plans on looking for a room or for a house alongwith other students. He can get a room to himself for around 900-950 SGD around NUS, in clementi. Rents have gone up recently otherwise it was possible to get a room around 850 as well earlier. a 3BHK house (without any condo facilities) will be ~3k per month (might go a bit higher as well). Usually the person/s taking the master bedroom pay more than what otherwise would be an equal spliy.

You can stay at a backpackers for 10 odd days while figuring out  accomodation out after landing. You can probably stay at a relative/family friend’s place for a week or so till you figure stuff out. 

Start ooking for accomodation online while in India so that you can setup viewings when you land and finalise a place. It is getting more and more difficult to find a place these days and people confirm with the deposit just by looking at the photos.

If he is looking for a room to himself: Facebook (lots of flats and flatmate groups, can even find people to team up with), roomies.sg (a portal to look for flatmates, again can find people to team up with as well) and on carousell.sg. I would suggest that he look for a room with no landlord staying and cooking allowed so that he can have that freedom. Otherwise, you can find rooms where there is a stay-in owner but that would mean cooking only allowed to the extent of boiling water/noodles (“light cooking allowed”) and no freedom to have friends over.

If he is looking for flat: Facebook again, and other websites like 99.co, propetryguru, rentinsingapore, carousell etc where he can find flat listings. I would suggest to take one without agent’s fee, which is half a month’s rent usually. And take an HDB (government constructed flats) as they are cheaper, but dont come with any facilities like pools, gym access etc. He can avail those things at NUS where he will have free access.

I dont thing anyone deals in USD here in day to day transactions. He will have to get it exchanged for SGD anyway when he reaches here to get by. So it might be better if you consider just giving him some SGD only (both cash and prepaid card). Then he can open a bank account here (DBS, UOB, OCBC are the most common ones). You can then directly transfer money to his Singapore bank account from India as well. Some merchants will only take payments through a local payment system called NETS (like India has UPI) which wont work with prepaid cards

I just meant like a backpackers hostel. There will be plenty around in Singapore and would be the cheapest accomodation available. Can be found on any hotel booking website like bookings.com, trivago etc.

NUS Masters Admission Timeline

NUS invitation for addmission letter end of 31 Jan.

Acceptance 10 th Feb  8000 SGD

Offer package 20th June

- offer letter with outstanding docs

like provisional submitted want original to be delivered from Univ

-3 Annexures 

A. Graduation tequirements about program maintaining a Cgpa

B. Medical req doing a nedical exam to check fitness. Chest xray to check for TB

Urine analysis, HIV

2 forms to be filled one for univerdity and one for immigration authority.

C. Procedural instructions for Student pass for international students. Student pass is equivalent to a student visa.

Clmplete registration part 1 give your basic details like passport cobtact details like parents, go thro UT pololicy tick you have read the same 

Once you complete registration part 1 you will get your sudent id, pin, password ( for email).

Within 2 days of registration enail becomes active and go and change password. Also within 2 weeks of paet 1 registration complete 2 emodules. One student essentials which has 2 parts one us academic integrity no plagiarism and second is about personal data protection act.

The swcond module is about culture of respect and consent. sensitisation related to sexual harassment.

After completing emodules you uave to book a slot for a workshop for rexpect and consent in August conducted i

onljne or offline.

22nd June received the SOLAR application number. Use that to fillup eform 16 and along with it submit photo which meets certain req. Copy of passport and 30 SGD processing fee. If you do not know your Singapore address leave it blank.

After 10 to 15 days will receive the IPA inprinciple approval letter. This is your interim / entry visa to Singapore. Once you reach Singapore you need to complete all requirements for the Student pass which is facilitated by the university. Can do it at the booths in NUS or book an appointment with inmigration office.

Once you receive IPA you need to upliad a form filled out by a doctor. Form template is given.

There is a terms and conditions ( will abide by the rules....) need to to dign and upload ( 3 items = form, lab reports and undertaking).

Wait for them to process the documenrs. Then make a oayment of 90 SGD for multiple entry and issuance fee.

Keep a screen shot of payment receipt 30  + 90 SGD which has to be submitted during student pass formalities.

IPA letter contains FIN ( foreign identification number)

After payment book an appointment with immigration office or with NUS.

Between 1 st and 8 th july you havd to book your appointment for onsite enrollment for 28th July to 3 rd August. 

Before you go for insite enrollment have to have your vaccination records entered in national inmunisation registry (NIR).

This can be done by booking a slot at the university or online/offline through government approved clinics.

Might be required to take a Diagnostic English test. You could be exempted from this.

Vinay Tuli

Ashoka University Application Process

I have tried to put down all my lesson learnt in the Ashoka University admission process for undergraduate studies.

1. Use an email address which can be shared between applicant and parent so that this can be readily used by both when required. The online test also requires the student to login to the email account to receive instructions. Ensure the registration e-mail and password are known to both student and parent.

2. Ensure you have the following e-mail ids in your contacts/address book to ensure that mails from Ashoka University are received in inbox.
 admissions@ashoka.edu.in
financialaid@ashoka.edu.in

Some e-mail sites might mistake the mails as spam and move it to those folders.

3. The first step is to register your user id which the e-mail id and a password. Keep the details written down somewhere so that they can be referred to.

4. Before you start the application download the sample application and prepare thoroughly.
List down all certificates of your ward has won in the past 4 years so if he or she is in 12 th class now list from 9th class onward.

Extracurricular - 5 Nos., Co-curricular - 5 Nos., Miscellaneous Extracurricular - 2 Nos., Social Impact - 3 Nos., Leadership 3 Nos., Miscellaneous - 2 Nos.

Scan certificates as pdf documents.

If you are a resident of Haryana please get a resident certificate from local Zilla Parishad office.

5. For the recommendation be in close touch with the recommender. Before submitting the form click on Notify recommender button on the form which is below details of recommender. This will send an intimation to the recommender for submitting the recommendation. Check with the recommender. This will ensure that the system recognizes the e-mail of the recommender. Keep checking with recommender if he/she have received a link for submitting the recommendation.

The recommendation should be submitted by one of the applicant's teachers. Suggest to recommender to have "admissions@ashoka.edu.in" in contacts/address book to ensure that mails from Ashoka University are received in inbox.

6. Apply in 1st round so that it can take some pressure off board exams.

7. Write an essay as required in the application.

 Following are some questions which could be answered in the recommendation:

a. Since how long have you known the applicant and in what capacity?
b. Please comment on the strengths of the applicant or what are the most outstanding qualities of the applicant?
c. Please comment on the weaknesses of the applicant or what are the areas of improvement?
d. Please state the peer group against which you have compared the applicant
e. Rate ability to take initiative and academic performance
f. How strongly do you recommend the applicant.
g. While expressing the strengths or weaknesses one should use specific examples.

Had done the following preparation for son's interview:
a. A plastic folder with all original documents with cover sheets mentioning all details as entered in the Ashoka application.
b. Balance certificates with cover sheets and papersheets
c. Headlines from newspapers of past six months preferably related to the UG course opted for.
d. Cut outs of important newspaper articles related to te UG course opted for
e. Compilation of what one could do for interview based on Quora.

www.iviewd.com/ashokauniv

Mindler Presentation on careers

Shilpa - Mindler
Confusion comes out of fear


All new job profiles have associated new technology. Today's top career options did not exist 10 years back.
There is a need to develop different skills, which can be built during extra curricular activities.
Currently there is a glut of engineers
New careers
Architecture,
ethical hacking - currently about 25000, need of 75000
Merchant Navy - explore the world, need to be away from home 4-5 months, 3 month vacation.
Product design needs science background
No matter what your stream do a detailed assessment
Get an objective assessment
Physics and Chemistry
Maths and stats
Actuarial science - analyze risk - huge requirement - need mathematics, have to like maths
In India it takes 12 years to complete all papers for actuarial
actuarial science - economics students can also go there
Sustainability - environmental science
Biotechnology is again coming up

Trending career
Physical science, Maths and Stats, Actuarial science, food and agriculture, life science
New age careers - data mining  environmental science
Data mining is predictive e.g. when you buy racket it will prompt to buy tennis ball, shoes etc. Next 20 years will be a good career option.

Trending careers
Architecture, design, animation & graphics, UI design, UX design
New age careers - design thinking, image consultant

Animation & Graphics - Hollywood outsourcing to India
Trending careers- medicine, nutritional dietetics
Allied medicine, forensic science, genetics

New age careers
Bio informatics, fitness expert

Humanities Related
Social service, law, education and training, archaeology

New age careers
International relations, instructional design
Big requirement of trainers. Law is open for graduation.

Media
Content Winter, public relations, film making
Journalism, mass comm., hotel management
New Age
Event management
Culinary arts

Radio jockey - there are many radio channels, akashwani has the max number of listeners. Akashwani is the only radio station allowed to broadcast news.

Government and administration
Judiciary and administration
Defense - open to all streams
Navy and air force need science background
Supply chain management
Civil services, UPSC
In future security in government and private sector will be same

BBA is a small version of MBA
BCom, Sport management -for managing events like IPL etc.

Skills required in future:
Complex problem solving, Critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, judgement and decision making
cognitive flexibility - ability to learn new things, service orientation, negotiation
communication - writing and speaking
inter disciplinary

DNA code could be used in future for printing in 3D printer organs
Robotics - surgery done using nano bots
smart cities due to population increase
With age longevity - will come changes in education
In future would need to change career multiple times
one gets
Mahesh Neki - career360
Career is based on perception
Mahesh did CA realized he was not cut out for it
gave MBA did not do well
was a topper in CA
joined investment banking , enjoyed the job

Need to understand what child is interested
People ask what is the package one gets after passing out of a certain college
Selecting a college requires lot of research start consuming info given by colleges
when selecting college
People join brands rather than job description hence start faltering in career graph
Govt has made data transparent
Insurance Management Institute at Pune has 100% placement but seats are not filled
ISI - all seats not filled has 100% placement
NIRF - data is transparent
believe data - nrf pdf data
compare colleges on career360 site
For colleges look at mandatory disclosure form for every college website
career360 puts in RTI
Check NIRF  - eligible seats and how much students were taken
NAAC does accreditation
QS and Times Higher education do rating
Use career360 college predictor to select college

In medical in the end several seats go vacant then colleges conduct mop up exercise to fill seats
For PCB there are 19 allied science courses
elderly care can be an option
more jobs in creative fields
Career360 researches openings where companies do not get people
e learning, healthcare, machine learning, organic agriculture, renewable energy, urban planning, robotics, wellness management, 3D animation
Do not narrow your scope e.g. MBA energy management
Do not go or niche courses do speciaisation later
Choose near corporate for easy access
Preferably do under grad in India and post grad abroad

Different colleges have different methods - Amrita - discipline getting up early, doing yoga
Indian institute of actuaries
TCS has own exm now

Psychology do not go for graduation rather do in post grad
do a base course then do psycho in post grad

Robotics - do mechatronics then robotics

mahesh@careers360.com

Institutes of Eminence in Private Sector and Public Sector

Under Public Sector
IISC Bengaluru
IIT Madras,
IIT Bombay
IIT Delhi
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kanpur
IIT Roorkee
IIT Guwahathi
Andhra University
Jadavpur University
Calcutta University
University of Hyderabad
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Punjab University
Delhi University
Anna University
University of Madras,
 Alagappa University,
 Periyar University,
 Barathiyar University
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University


Under private sector, nine private universities and 16 Deemed to be Universities have applied in brownfield category and eight Institutions have applied in greenfield category"

Total 31 have applied for 10 positions.


Final list in fray- 10 Private Universities
Amity University
Manipal Academy
Vellore Institute of Technology
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham


Shiv Nadar University
O.P. Jindal University
FLAME University
Ashoka University
Azim Premji University





4 Greenfield Universities:
Reliance Foundation Institution of Education & Research in Maharashtra
KREA University, Sri City, Chennai

Bharti University (by the Satya Bharti Foundation) in Delhi
Vedanta University in Odisha - Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta group 

The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
DICE Knowledge Foundation
Indus Tech University, Delhi


Acharya Institutes of Bengaluru


Others probably
SRM, Chennai
Thapar University

Newspaper reports mentioned OP Jindal, Ashoka, Amity and Manipal as applicants for the Institutes of Eminence in private sector. Vedanta University has applied for the Institutes of eminence probably in green field category. Reliance also announced it is setting up a university hence could be a candidate for green field category. Krea university starting courses in 2019 could be another candidate in green field.

After going through NIRF (https://nirfcdn.azureedge.net/rankingpdf2017/IR2017_Report.pdf) and Education world (http://www.educationworld.in/rank-private_university/2017.html)
surveys following is the likely list

IOE
Ashoka University
BITS, Pilani
SRM, Chennai
Thapar University
DY Patil
Amity University
Shiv Nadar
Vedanta University
Krea University

Autonomous
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, TN
VIT, Vellore
Manipal Academy of Higher education
OP Jindal

Notes - HT Aspirations 2017

HT Aspirations 2017

If you are studying Science in std. 12 with Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Economics and English and are interested in Economics consider changing to commerce which has English, Maths, Eco, Accounting and Business Studies.

For Economics

DU offers an academic course which does not turn you into a professional however nowadays to get a job one needs good communication skills, presentation skills. DU does not have any industry visit, no professionals come to give lectures, also there are no extra curricular activities, internship is also not compulsory in DU.

Pass courses e.g. BA (Pass) courses are lighter courses, they have lesser subjects and preferred by those who do not want to pursue further education.

IP Univ is a government Univ which has private colleges affiliated with it.IP university is better than DU in terms of activities in college. Surajmal and JIMS are considered good colleges in IP university.

Lovely professional university is a good University, they have personality development courses. Total intake in each year is 16000.

GD Goenka has Economics course offered by Lancaster University which it seems is not recognized in India. It is suitable for those planning to go abroad.

Shiv Nadar

60% compulsory courses and 40 % can choose from other disciplines.

ISBF gives London School Economics degree. Those aspiring to join LSE and cannot make it join ISBF and such other colleges. Its better to join indian colleges and get Indian degree as Indian schools teach locally relevant economics. UBS has PG courses.

Future is in design, China produces 60000 Designers while India 3000 so there is great potential.

India has about 7000 years of history, Britain 1000 and US 200+ and the way Trump is going ….

Education Fair Notes

Educators 2017

letsenrol.com India's largest online admission portal applied to over 3000 colleges universities online all India helpline number 7827 500 600

www dot let control.com

HT campus provides free counselling to students counselling centre address in Gurgaon HT Media Limited 11th floor BPTP Park Centra Sector 30 Grugram 122001 toll free number 1800 300 29233

Student Aid Publications has Publications with objective type current affairs is available quarterly in bookshop in Sadar Bazar there are 4 issues one at the end of each quarter costing 50 rupees

Sharda University BA economics program for 3 years they provide hostel accommodation for all the 3 years Sharda University is located in Greater Noida First you need to apply and register with Sharda University it costs about 1200 hundred rupees student has to appear for SUSAT that is Sharda University aptitude test which is of 90 minutes you need to show your 10th and 12th standard admit card you need ID proof and parents PAN number

Sanskriti University BA economics program College program of 3 years elligibility is 12 th with mathematics and Economics with minimum 50% marks in best for relevant subjects Annual fees 25000 semester fees 14500 Sanskriti University is located Mathura on the Mathura Delhi Highway.

DIT university BA honours economics starting in the year 2017 so this is the first batch economics they have a well established the Humanities department

Findur talent this company is Based in Faridabad the claim that by taking your fingerprints all the fingers can give you a report on what is the best career option for you in the chargeis  2500 rupees for the report this is based on DMIT it which is the technology. This is so www.fIndurt a l e n t.com

Manav Rachana BA economics  in January you need to register then appear for  Manav Rachna attitude test then merit is based on aptitude test + standard 12 marks after that is counselling Manav Rachna is in Faridabad

Parul  University BA in economics Faculty of Liberal Arts located  in Baroda

Graphic Era University as an undergraduate program economics i also have a admission office  in Delhi

KR Mangalam University Economics economics BA economics

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