Bible and Veda

Jesus died for us that we may go from darkness to light. But we must believe in Jesus, trust in him with all our heart, for Jesus death on the cross to count for us. Does this make sense to you? The Bible asks, "What fellowship can light have with darkness?" Either we will live in the darkness or we will choose the light. To live in the light we must all turn from the darkness with its evil lifestyle and choose to walk in the light of Jesus. Would you like to experience this light right now? You can receive Jesus right now and experience the sin-destroying light and union with God in your life right now. Oh Creator God, I know that you desire for me to have union with you and walk in the light. I acknowledge right now I am walking in darkness because of my sins. I am sorry for these wrongs, and now I want to turn away from walking in darkness and from my past sinful life. Please forgive me, and lead me from walking in darkness to light. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive. I invite Jesus to come into my heart to be my true light and to guide my intellect in the right direction and be the Lord of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen." If you sincerely prayed this prayer you have union with God through Jesus Christ and you have received the sin-destroying light. You want to continue to walk in the light. One way you can do this is to start by reading the Bible. Also you should share with your friends and family that you have received the Light of the World, Jesus Christ. ________________________________________________ Note: The roots of the Gayatri Mantra go all the way back to ancient Hindu text the Rig Veda (iii, 62, 10) which was written in Sanskrit about 2500 to 3500 years ago. The Gayatri mantra is found in all the four Vedas. Vedic Bridge Like you I have an inner longing for peace and truth. I have been reading the ancient Hindu Mantra, the Gayatri Mantra and I have found the light that all seekers of truth desire. May I share with you what I have discovered? I am impressed with the Gayatri Mantra because the Gayatri Mantra is one of the oldest and most highly revered mantras in Hinduism. Gayatri MantraOh God! You are the Giver of Life, Remover of pain and sorrow, The Bestower of happiness, Oh! Creator of the Universe, May we receive your supreme sin-destroying light, May you guide our intellect in the right direction. Our common desire is to really know God, and we desire union with Creator God. I have found how we can receive this supreme sin-destroying light. I have experienced this! In the ancient times wise men, seekers of the truth from the east followed an ancient star in quest for divine awakening of the mind and soul. They were led to Jesus. Jesus is the supreme sin-destroying light. In the Bible we find: John 1:1-9 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it. There was a man sent from God; his name was John. This one came as a witness, to bear witness concerning the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. He was the true Light; He enlightens every man coming into the world. God desires to give true light to all men This passage in the Bible speaks of Jesus. He was and is the true Light and God’s desire is for each of us to have the sin-destroying light of Jesus Christ. John bore witness to the light. His role was like the role of the Guru. The guru points the way from darkness to light. The meaning of guru is Gu-darkness, Ru-light, the one who leads you from darkness to light. The ancient Rishis (holy men) would have no problem believing that Jesus fulfilled this longing for supreme sin-destroying light. This is what they were waiting for, the sin-destroying light of Jesus. We all need the sin-destroying light. Why do we need a sin-destroying light? It is because we have sin in our life. This same sin problem mentioned in the Gayatri mantra is confirmed in the Bible. In Rom 3:23 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. You may have made a promise to your mother and not kept that promise. That is sin that separates us from God. We all need a sin-destroying light because we all sin. Our sin will keep us from a relationship with God. God is holy and punishes sin and his punishment for sin is death. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. We need a sin-destroying light because we are walking in darkness. John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. God’s sin-destroying light comes through the death of Jesus Christ. Jesus took on that death we deserve when he died on the cross for us. Jesus died on the cross to take us from darkness to light. 2Co 4:6 For it is God who said, "Out of darkness Light shall shine;" who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus conquered darkness, sin and death through his resurrection. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live. We receive God’s light by Believing in Jesus God calls us to believe in Jesus to have God’s light. Jesus Said, John 12:46 I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes on Me should not remain in darkness. John 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light so that you may become sons of Light. Jesus spoke these things and departed. Author: Mr. N.K. Rai is theology gradute and poses Master degree in English. He hs experience in Church planing training and facilitation and on community dwevelopment. He is now working as a international missionery. Author can be contancted at pthulung@hotmail.com or in learningcircle01@yahoo.com. You can also ask nepali version of this article. Please keep visiting you will find more comprative study article on this side.

Scholarship and funding opportunities for abroad study

I made effort to assemble all the relevant information for scholarship awards those who intending to study on abroad. This will give brief but useful information about the scholarship awarding agencies from UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, EU countries, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines, Nepal and many more. I keep updating this information weekly so I would suggest you to come and visit this site. This site will help those who planning to study on abroad now and in future. A numbers of scholarship awards are available for international students intending to study graduate, postgraduate and research degrees. The majority are offered by outside the university although in certain cases candidates also can make an application through the respective university or college you are applying for. Some of these scholarship awards require you to have received an offer of admission for a study programme by a specific date, so if you would wish to be considered you should make sure that you submit your application in plenty of time for a decision to be made. Here is the country wise information:

USA

Most of the students prefer to study in USA because there are many scopes for skilled person and they know the value of your talents and skills. US universities mostly provide stipends, bursaries and full scholarships to international students. Some useful scholarship awarding agencies are Fulbright Scholarships (for Nepal www.fulbrightnepal.org.np), ADB bank JSP programme, and website of particular university you are applying for. Now in Offer visit for 2007: www.fulbrightnepal.org.np

UK

British council awards: British council awards and scholarship are available to certain international students to pursue graduate and postgraduate study. Details of the award scheme should be obtained from British council representative, British Embassy or British High Commission in the candidate’s own country. British council awards scholarship from graduate to PhD Level. Web www.britishcouncil.org this will provide information of chevening scholarshiptoo.

Canada

Funding opportunities for international students are not as plentiful as they are for Canadians. This is because many forms of assistance provided by the federal and provincial governments are offered to Canadian citizens or permanent residence of Canada only. However, the university you are applying suggests you some funding agencies and they can provide their own university awards without any nationality restrictions. Additional information on opportunities for financial assistance available for international students and fellows can found and downloaded from the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE). They produce free brochure entitled Destination Education Canada, available on the web at www.destineducation.ca

Norway, Netherlands and Germany

These countries are very good at providing education. They have very strong economic condition too so now these a lot of student choice go to these countries. Norway provides NORAD scholarship to many developing countries, Netherlands provide Nuffic scholarship to 52 developing countries and Germany provides DAAD Scholarship to international students. This information can be found in detail from respective embassy or consulate at your country. For other EU countries such as France, Poland, Finland,UK, etc ERAS MUNDUS Network will provide scholarship or financial support to international students. Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, USA, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines

Qualified citizens of developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), who intend to pursue post graduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields are awarded scholarships under the ADB Japan scholarship program. Scholarship details, University details and application requirements can be assess from www.adb.org/jsp

Nepal

You are suggested to get information from your own university, college or ministry of education. However, some of these agencies provide grants, scholarship or other form of research grants to Nepali students. May be of interest to students: www.sandeeonline.org ,www.south-asia.com/embassy-india, www.socialinclusion,org.np, and university website of Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu University, Pokhara University and Purwanchal University. Other resourcesSome associations oversee the administration of several fellowships, scholarships and other forms of research funding. AUCC- www.aucca.ca , British Council www.educationuk.org, Canada council – www.canadacouncil.ca, CBIE www.cbie.ca , government of Canada international scholarship programme www.schollarship.gc.ca , other may be of interest to international student DAAD – www.daad.org , www.ambafrance-ca.org/hyperlab, World Bank – www.worldbank.org/wbi/scholarship , www.reimagininginformation.us (USA),

Project Management and its importance in Developing countries

Project Planning’word is made by two words ‘Project’ and ‘Planning’ so it is good to define these two words differently before defining the project planning for better understanding. Project is a one-shot, time limited, goal oriented, major undertaking, requiring the commitment of varied skill and resources in a temporary organization (Project Management Institutions of USA). Project generally originates from plans. They serve as the building blocks for development planning. Most foreign aid is project based. Project is temporary organizations established to achieve specific goals. Planning is predetermining future. It is looking ahead. It is the process of setting goals and choosing actions to achieve the set/specified goals. In planning, we decide in advance what work need to do, how, when to do it and who is to do it. It provides goals and targets, which serve as standards to measure and control the performance. It helps to set the future course of action and ways in implementing it allocating ad mobilizing the available resources in good/sustainable manner. We can understand planning more clearly from the statement made by some writer as below: “Planning, in general, can be described as the function of selecting the enterprise objectives and establishing the policies, procedure, and programs necessary for achieving them’- Harold Kerzner. “Planning, refers to what is to be done, how it is to be done and who is to do it” _ S. Chaudhary Therefore, Planning is a statement of estimation of sequencing and scheduling the work, which is made in present to accomplish the objectives in the future Now, we have got some idea about defining project planning. in brief we can say project planning is future work plan of project. The planning phase of the project is concerned with the development of the project for investment these involved task are 1. Feasibility Study-weather the Project is implementable or not. 2. Appraisal-it is done after the feasibility study to evaluate the project ability to succeed. 3. Design-detailing implementation plan, work plans, making design-specifying specification etc. Thus, project planning is concerned with looking ahead at the future work plan of a project. It is deciding in advance about 1. What activities need to be done in the project? 2. How those activities will be done, when and deciding who will do it. Project planning is defining project objectives, determining and evaluating alternatives course of action, and selecting action plans to achieve project objectives. It is estimating, sequencing and scheduling of project work and allocation of resources in a co-ordinate with effective manner. It is planning the project work in a logical and structural manner, which provides the standard in measuring the performance. David I. Cleland defines that project planning is the process of thinking through and making explicit the project’s objectives, goals and strategies necessary to bring the project through its life cycle to successful termination. Effective project planning can be formulated from the right and accurate information these are:1. The statement of work- detail description of work which is needed to perform by project 2. Project Specification: Statement of procedures quality standard, organization policies and procedures of technical contents. 3. Milestone Schedule: determined formal reporting report of progress, project start and end dates. 4. WBS (Work Break Down Structure): Breakdown of work into smaller forms in a sequential manner, which are necessary and integrable. Developing countries are characterized by low level of economic and human development these indicators and low per-capita income shows their underdevelopment. Developing countries including Nepal are highly affected by red-tapism, delaying in decision making, low performance and accountability, mal coordination between politicians and bureaucrats, imbalance development, poor need identification of poor and marginalized community, corruption, low quality service, inefficiency at work, lack of monitoring and evaluation, lack of skilled/professional manpower, institutional incapability. Week transport and communication facilities, poor data base, poor management, week financial resources etc these can be listed more than mentioned here which are blocking our nations to achieve expected direction of development. Above situation gives an image in our mind about the needs and importance of project Planning in scenario of developing countries because of these factors, project planning could be more relevant and functional in developing nations. It provides: 1. Easy to manage. 2. Easy to measure the results 3. Easy to see the efficiencies of capital. 1. Reduce risk and uncertainty: in project to a minimum. Developing countries including Nepal’s environment is full of risk. Project planning is flexible to reduce risk and complexity. 2. Allocate resources and mobilize: in a coordinated manner available locally, nationally either received by international Aid agencies and mobilize the resources for balance growth and development of nation in a sustainable manner. 3. Helps to establish performance standard: that helps to measure progress (monitoring), monitor resources, usage and assess the viability of project. 4. Provide work structure: for its execution that means WBS will provide the sequences and schedule of work, which will help to perform works on priority basis and on time. 5. Establish process and procedures: which helps in controlling project work. 6. Complete Project; achieve result on time, to the cost and desired quality. 7. The more complexity of the project the more we need project planning 8. Assist in national plan: today the implementation of Nepal’s development plan depends heavily on project planning/ management. The project management model is widely used to implement projects in public, private and NGOs sector. 9. Bureaucratic model failed in managing development change in developing countries thus project planning is needed to cope with the changes. 10. Project planning involves the target parties the project that will promote community participation and finally build the ownership of project. Without ownership realization not a single project will sustained. 11. Similarly it also helps in intuitional development, and human resource development. References:1. Kerzner, Harold (1987) Project Management, CBS publishers & distributors, New Delhi, India. 2. Little and Mirrlees (1974), Project Appraisal and Planning for Developing countires, New York. 3. Choudhary, s. (1998); Project Management, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.

Who are the Nurse and what they do?

Do you have compassion for the sick and those that need your attention? Do you have the patience for long hours, devoting your attention and care for hospital patients? Perhaps, over and beyond these aspects, you just want to be able to try out the lucrative and rewarding career of nurses. Whatever your reasons and motivations, a vocational nursing school will be able to help you in your endeavor. As you may know, there is a shortage of nurses in the United States and they are even looking to hiring nurses from other countries just to be able to fill the demand. Take advantage of the signing bonuses and other incentives that are being offered by hospitals for qualified people to accept nursing jobs at their hospitals. To aid you on your quest, check out All Nursing Schools (http://www.allnursingschools.com/) This site is a veritable treasure trove of anything and everything about vocational nursing schools. As its name connotes, they offer a listing of hundreds of vocational nursing schools in the United States. Furthermore, this site is recommended because its search interface is easy and very useful. The search interface allows you to further narrow your search down to 25, 50 or 100 mile distances from your area. Aside from this, you can check or tick an option for whether you prefer online vocational nursing schools to even further narrow your search and widen the probability of finding the perfect vocational nursing school for you and your needs. As mentioned earlier, aside from the fantastic search function on the site, All Nursing Schools is a wonderful resource on anything and everything about nursing. On your first visit, I suggest you check out first their Frequently Asked Questions page to help you getting a clearer understanding and picture of the nursing sector and how to go about finding the right nursing school for you if you continue to choose to take this path. Also, don't forget to check out this site's featured schools as well as the different diplomas and degrees you may want to learn more about to further yourself in your nursing career. Whatever the case and need, the All Nursing Schools site will certainly be a great help to you on your journey to and through a nursing career. First, it will help you find the perfect vocational nursing school to jumpstart your career, and then further down the road, you can still use the site to keep abreast and up to date on new trends as well as guides on different diplomas and certificates that keep you one step closer to the ultimate in your chosen path of nursing. AddMe - Search Engine Optimization
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Distance Education by Open University

There is no age bar for Education. Yes, it is but I say more there is no any geographical bar too for Education. If we ask to someone why you are not pursuing your further education? The likely answer are no money, time, busy, etc. solution of this all problem is Distance learning mode education. The degree earned by Distance learning mode is as same as Degree earned by regular college going students. Only drawback is you will miss the college life and other activities. But there are many benefits that you not need to leave your present job, family and invest huge amounts. If you are a house wife, job holder, working in far remote areas, not enough finance to go college then Distance learning mode suits your all need. You must allot at least the prescribed hour as suggested for your study. Distance learning mode education is known as private study in Nepal If you have decided to pursue your further studies by Distance mode/ Open learning mode. The college or university will provide you all the study materials, audio visual aids, old questions and your questions answer via mail or Internet. In Nepal there are many national and international colleges which provide distance learning mode education. Namely TU is the national largest University which provides Proficiency Level to Master Level distance mode education. You will get all subject related books in the book shops. If you have not passed your SLC level education you can study private SLC too, there are many tuition centres which will assist you for this. Other Colleges are as below: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU): This University has more than four authorised centres in Nepal. Kathmandu, Dharan, Biratnagar, Narayanghat. In Kathmandu ICA International Study Centre is conducting these courses. You can study the following courses: Bachelor Preparatory Programme of 6 months who does not have 10+2 education. After the completion of this coerce you can study Bachelor level education. Other courses are MBA, MA English, MPA, Bed, MCA, BCA, BA, Rural Development, Journalism, MA Sociology, and Health Education and many more. For details visit www.ica.edu.np or www.ignou.ac.in or call at 014465400. Similarly DLP in Bagbazar also run IGNOU course and other courses from Karnataka University. Hope International College, Satdobato: Provides Bachelor to Master level studies in humanities, business administration, and computer education. HOPE also conducted distance mode MBA, affiliated by Purvanchal University. This also conducts many courses from Indian Universities. Lord Buddha Education Foundation: This also provides many courses from Bachelor level to Master level in different subjects of your choice. This has very good reputation conducting BBA, BCA, MBA, BSc, MSc courses in Nepal. For details visit www.elbef.org. This is just a small note that how you can pursue your further studies from distance learning mode. There are many national and international Universities which provides education in your own doorsteps. Just search, collect the fact information and have a good study. I hope this page will certainly helps you to get information on distance mode education. And I would love to hear your comments. Please send your comments and I will post on this website. Thanks.

Chartered Accountancy Education and Future Prospects

Chartered Accountancy is a professional education course. Chartered Accountancy profession occupies a prominent role of higher level executives in our society, economy, trade and business, banking, education, taxation, finance, etc. Chartered Accountancy in other words means a door to a secured and sophisticated carrier. Student who have cleared or appeared in final year of 10+2 or intermediate level in any stream can study Chartered Accountancy starting from CA Foundation/PE 1. However, students who have passed passed bachelor with prescribed percentage may directly join intermediate/ PE II level. The students waiting for results can also join Chartered Accountancy. They have to get registered provisionally and submit the proof of passing to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) or Institute of Chartered Accountants of India within 6 months of their registration and failing to provide this record will cause the cancellation of their registration. Provisional registration for CA foundation and PE I is available from both Board. However provisional registration for PE II level is available only under ICAI. CA education can now be completed in Nepal itself. Full facilities including classes and training are available in Katmandu. However if desired, students may go to other countries for the same. After getting registered, with the concerned board (ICAN or ICAI), students may take private coaching classes and prepare for the exam.CA education is not imparted by any university in the world. For CA education, every country has its autonomous body established under the Act of parliament, like the ICAN for Nepal. Students have to get registered with the board and may take private coaching classes. Students can register in any board as their self interest. And there is not any provision of interchange between ICAN and ICAI. Eligibility Criteria: 1. Under ICAN CA Foundation: Intermediate levels pass or result waiting or non-exempted Graduates. CA intermediate: CA foundation pass, exempted graduates (commerce graduate having more than 50% marks, non-commerce with math 60% marks, non commerce without math 55% C CA Final: CA intermediate pass 2. Under ICAI Professional Education-I (PE I): Intermediate levels pass or result waiting or non-exempted Graduates. Professional Education-I (PE II) : PE I pass, exempted graduates (commerce graduate having more than 50% marks, non-commerce with math 60% marks, non commerce without math 55% C CA Final: PE II pass Registrations are open thought the year and examination are held in June and December under ICAN and May and November under ICAI. Therefore, you are advised to register within the prescribed time. Examinations are held inside the Katmandu valley. Depth dedication and genuine effort is needed for the completion of CA course. You can do your CA with other program like BBS and BBA, etc. Future Prospects: you can work as Accountant, Manager, Financial Analysist, Auditor, Academician, Economist, Tax advisor, Planner. Etc. there are more demanding of CAs in the Nepali market in business and other sector. CA course is recognized by TU as Master's degree and you can pursue your higher degrees leading to PhD.

Subjects, Duration and Cost of CA Courses

Subjects, Duration and Cost of CA Courses Under ICAN Foundation Level: Fundamentals of Accounting, Mathematics and statistics, Economics, Mercantile law. Intermediate level: (Group 1) Advanced Accounting, Auditing, Corporate laws and (Group 2) Cost Accounting, Income tax and VAT, Organization and Management, Fundamentals of electronic data processing. Final Level: (Group 1) Advanced accounting, Management accounting and financial analysis, Advanced Auditing, Corporate Law and (Group 2) Cost Management, Management information and control system, direct tax and related laws, indirect tax. Under ICAI PEI: Fundamentals of Accounting, mathematics and statistics, economics, business communication and organization management PEII: (Group 1) Accounting, Auditing, Business and corporate laws and (Group2) cost accounting and financial management, income tax and central sales tax, information technology. Final: Group 1, advanced accounting, management accounting and financial analysis, advanced auditing, corporate laws and secretarial practice and (Group2) Cost management, management information and control system, direct taxes, indirect taxes. What is the duration of Chartered Accountancy Course? The duration of CA under ICAN CA foundation: 1 Year CA Intermediate: 1 Year CA final: 3 years (with articleship period) Then duration for CA under ICAI Professional Education I: 1 Year Professional Education II: 1 Year CA final: 3 years (with articleship period) Estimated Expenses in NRs: Total Cost is estimated from NRs. 100, 000 to NRs150, 000 for total duration. Students also receive stipend during the Articleship period so they only spend NRs 50,000-70,000 for total course. Actually registration cost is not expensive you need to pay higher amount for tuition and examination. This is a rough estimated cost. The college or tuition provider will provide you the detail cost plan. It varies institution to institution.

The list of Institutions which provide tuition

The list of Institutions which provide tuition 1. Chartered Academics International P.Ltd. P O Box: 10228, Opposite of Shankar Dev Campus, Putalisadak, Nepal Phone 01-4223651, 4258512, 4228773, email: caipl@wlink.com.np www.cainnepal.com 2. Nepal College of Accountancy Putalisadak, New Plaza Phone: 4424932 www.nca.edu.np this is a ACCA and CAT tuition provider of ACCA UK. 3. ICAN Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: 4269130, 4258569 www.ican.org.np 4. ACCA Nepal representative Office Sanepa, Lalitpur, Phone: 5551126 www.accaglobal.com 5. Certified Chartered Accountancy Putalisadak, Kathmandu Phone: 6209141 6. ECTA management Academy Putalisadak, Kathmandu Tel: 2013298, 016204425 info@ecta.edu.np This academy provides Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting Management (PGDAM) for 10+2 and Bachelor students. This is a 6 months program however after 3 months they will do job placement in renowned organization. Courses are compatible with accounting software and practical training. Total cost for 3 installments Rs. 42500.