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Highlight Number of international students growing fast
The number of students studying abroad has risen enormously. The figure is now approaching three million. That is an increase of 50 per cent since 2000 and it is twice as many as in 1995.
Highlight Study in Holland: Open to international minds met extra lange titel uitrpoberen
Entérate de las posibilidades para estudiar en Holanda el 11 de septiembre en la oficina de Neso México
Highlight Study in Holland Desk opens in India
Recently a so-called Nuffic Neso Desk - which basically has the same purpose as a Nuffic Neso - opened in Ahmedabad, India.
Highlight Education Fair Ahmedabad
Students are confused when looking at opportunities available for higher education. The Times Education Boutique helps overcome this mystery.
Highlight CSTEP and TU-Delft sign MoU
On 25 June, in Bangalore India, the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a Bangalore-based think-tank, and the Next Generation Infrastuctures Foundation, Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize a partnership that will facilitate the development of modeling and simulation projects, chiefly in the realm of policy analysis.
Highlight The Hybrid Auto Rickshaw Battle
For the first time in India, Enviu, a leading Dutch sustainability company organized the Hybrid Auto Rickshaw Battle, in combination with its Indian counterpart: the event took place from 22 to 25 July at SRM University in Chennai.
Highlight Promotional Film of Holland
Nuffic has developed a Study in Holland promotional film in collaboration with the Association of Universities in The Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO-raad) and the Netherlands Foreign Trade Agency (EVD).
Highlight See what studying in Holland is like
What makes Holland an attractive country to study? What can you expect of the higher education system and how diverse is the range of international study programmes offered? What is day-to-day life like in Holland and how international is Dutch society?
Highlight The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 13
University van Amsterdam has initiated the EMECW13 in specific programmes of the UvA for Indian students.
Highlight Queens Day 2010 celebration in Ahmedabad
The Netherlands Business Support Offices celebrates Queens Day in Ahmedabad & Chennai every year. This year being the 600th year celebration of Ahmedabad city, Nbso Ahmedabad decided to celebrate Qeens day in a unique fashion.
Highlight Queen’s Day reception in Chennai
Queen’s Day in Chennai was an evening of festivities, with vibrant hues of orange, an upbeat mood and a passion for the country, shown by all present. Among the guests were consuls general of several countries, diplomats, chief executives of Indian and Dutch companies, vice chancellors, deans and senior representatives of educational institutions, education representatives of several countries (USA, Germany, Singapore and Australia, amongst others) and last and most important, the Dutch alumni. They looked forward to this day with great enthusiasm. With memories of their student days flowing back, they were carried back into a world of their own, and the atmosphere was filled with youth and joy. Holland Alumni network With every Queen’s Day in Chennai, the alumni network seems to be growing stronger and the bonding is evident. The Holland Alumni network India (Chennai chapter) also elected their president and secretary to help coordinate the activities and events in the region on this joyous day.
Highlight Pre-departure Briefings 2010
It's time again for the Nuffic Neso desk pre-departure briefings. This year the sessions will be held in 6 cities. The informative meeting will help Indian students prepare themselves for the Netherlands. Tips on finding your way around the new surroundings, important procedures to follow in the first week, introduction to the Dutch way of living and an oppurtunity to meet other Indian students leaving for the Netherlands.
Highlight Huygens Scholarship Programme
The prestigious HSP Huygens Programme is open to excellent students from all countries of the world. The application for the 2011-2012, will start on 1 November 2010
Highlight Study in Holland quiz
Neso desk India in collaboration with Shiksha, a leading educational portal of India had conducted a Holland Quiz for students aspiring to go abroad for higher education, in March 2010. Students from all over India took this interesting quiz and there was an overwhelming response. Through an elimination process, 61 students were chosen from a select group of students and all the winners were awarded attractive Study in Holland branded T’shirts.
Highlight QS World Grad school tour 2010
The QS World Grad School Tour is a prestigious Masters & PhD fair, bringing together talented prospective students with the world's best universities.
Highlight Pre-Departure Briefing 2010
This year the Pre-departure meeting was held in 5 cities. The event in all the 5 cities was a huge success, as the response was tremendous and students found the sessions all very informative and interactive.
Highlight Letz FIFA with Holland
The Holland Alumni Network cosponsored the event along with the Netherlands Business Support Office, Norit (a leading Dutch water treatment multinational) and the Indo Dutch Business Circle. The event was a reunion for the Alumni carrying them back to their student days in the Netherlands.
Highlight Apple-iPod for creative minds !
Winning entries of Best essay and poem
Highlight The Netherlands ranks 9th in Legatum Prosperity Index
The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world's global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. The index produces rankings based upon the very foundations of prosperity; those factors that will help drive economic growth and produce happy citizens over the long term.
Highlight Nuffic publishes market information factsheets
Are you looking for information on how to reach prospective students online in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand or Vietnam?
Highlight Dutch professor: ‘Discovery of arsenic bacterium is nonsense’
There is no evidence that the bacterium recently discovered by NASA truly incorporates arsenic instead of phosphorus in its DNA. The study published in the scientific...
Highlight Two Dutch universities announce strategic alliance
Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Utrecht with its University Medical Centre (UMC) have agreed to extensive cooperation.
Highlight Dutch Inventor of Bluetooth in India
Jaap Haartsen has been active in the area of Wireless Communications for the past 24 years. He studied at Delft University of Technology obtaining his Master and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering (both with honors) in 1986 and 1990, respectively.
Highlight Honorary doctorate for 'Hole in the wall' to Indian Professor by TU Delft
Delft University of Technology has awarded Professor Suguta Mitra from India an honorary doctorate. He received the award for his work showing that children can learn by themselves and from each other without formal education if their curiosity is stimulated properly, which he calls 'Minimally Invasive Education', he was awarded an honorary doctorate on 7th January, 2011
Highlight Dutch universities set to benefit from UK budget cuts
Following the announcement of a drastic rise of UK tuition fees to up to £9,000, many sixth-formers are now looking for alternatives in the Netherlands.
Highlight Dutch students create world's largest multi-touch screen
Scientists at the University of Groningen turned their existing 3D theatre with a big cylindrical screen into one that can detect more than 100 simultaneous touches.
Highlight Like us on Facebook
Neso Desk India is trying to reach out to all our Pre-alumni and Alumni.
Highlight Glacier mummy gets a new face by Dutch Artists!!
As part of a new exhibit at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, two Dutch experts – Alfons and Adrie Kennis – have made a new model of the living Oetzi, this time with brown eyes.
Highlight Orange Carpet Award 2011
This year’s Orange Carpet Award goes to Artez Institute of the Arts. Nuffic hands out the award each year to the higher education institution that makes a special effort for the wellbeing of international students.
Highlight Holland Alumni conference 2011 applications are open!
International alumni from 37 countries are invited to apply for the Holland Alumni conference 2011 in The Hague on 26 and 27 May 2011.
Highlight The Dutch Design Superbus
The Netherlands has developed an electric "Superbus," an eco-friendly form of public transit that can carry 23 passengers and reach a top speed of 250 km per hour.
Highlight The Netherlands among the top 15 travel destinations
The Netherlands ranked among the fifteen best travel destinations in the world.
Highlight Follow us on Twitter
Neso Desk India is trying to reach out to all our Pre-alumni and Alumni.
Highlight IBR project India
The University of Groningen, the Netherlands, will be in India for 5 weeks to conduct field research for 11 Dutch companies, with 25 students.
Highlight Pre Departure Briefing 2011
It's time again for the Nuffic Neso desk pre-departure briefings. This year the sessions will be held in 6 cities based on the number of registrations per city, the final locations will be modified. The informative meeting will help Indian students prepare themselves for the Netherlands. Tips on finding your way around the new surroundings, important procedures to follow in the first week, introduction to the Dutch way of living and an opportunity to meet other Indian students leaving for the Netherlands.
Highlight Dutch ranked among top 10 funniest nationalities
The Dutch ranked among the top ten funniest nations in the world according to a recent survey.
Highlight PDB 2011 Presentation for students
For all those students who couldn't make it to the Pre-Departure Briefing's you can download the presentation here!
Highlight Netherlands in top 10 of Global Innovation Index
The Netherlands is in the top ten of the Global Innovation Innovation Index released by INSEAD, the leading international business school, and its knowledge partners.
Highlight Holland Quiz
Thank you to all who took the the quiz, there are 11 lucky winners who will be contacted soon through mail. Keep yourself connected with us, and look out for more such quizzes.
Highlight Percentage of International Students in the Netherlands continues to rise
The percentage of international students in the Netherlands continues to rise. In the past academic year, one in ten students at research universities came from abroad. Five years ago this was only 7%, or one in fourteen.
Highlight Indian Student's contribution to Intelligent street lighting
The Tvilight Team are working on the development and testing of intelligent street lighting system, to improve energy efficiency on the TU Delft University campus. Chintan Shah gives us a brief of this project.
Highlight Day of the International Student (DIS) 2011
The Day of International Students brings together all International Students in Holland. It is a National Event through which students from different Nationalities get to interact with each other.
Highlight University Rankings 2011
Rankings play an important role in the choice of a foreign university for almost all Indian students and their parents. This is especially true for students going for a bachelor’s or master’s degree. The 3 Rankings most students looks at are The Higher Education Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities and QS World Rankings.
Highlight Win an attractive picture
Here's your chance to win an attractive watch!! All you need to do is enter our contest on Facebook.
Highlight Win an Apple i-pod Shuffle
Do you want to own an Apple i-pod Shuffle? Neso Desks India provide you with a chance to do just that!!!