2016 Volume 1

2016 Volume 1

  1. Measuring Quality of Education: Rating Students Employability Skills in Nizwa College of Technology
    by: Dr. Imran Hameed
    Abstract: Educational qualification is a means to gain employment. However all qualified people do not get employed. Employment requires certain “Employability Skills” in addition to educational qualifications. Many higher education institutions are cognizant of this and make efforts to make their graduates employable. Colleges of Technology inculcate ten graduate attributes in their students through various means to prepare them for the job market...
  2. Student Centered Education: A Mission of NCT with Special Reference to Jean Piaget’s Notion of Constructivist Method of Teaching
    by: Dr. Diwan Taskheer Khan,  Arif Iftikhar
    Abstract: Technology is very important for the development of any society. It plays a very crucial role in wealth creation, improvement of quality of life, real economic growth, and transformation in any society. Hence, technical education plays an essential role in preparing and qualifying citizens to meet the state requirements for a qualified national labor force in the market...
  3. A Study on the Key Determinants of Consumer Buying Motives and Behaviour – With Special Reference to Organic Foods in India
    by: Dr. Sangeetha Natarajan
    Abstract: Nowadays food safety is considered to be the predominant, imperative and absolute need of the hour. Today’s consumers are more concerned over the quality, safety and integrity of the produce as they strongly believe that organic foods are more safer and healthier than conventional food…
  4. A Study on Problems and Prospects of Coconut Growers in Pollachi Taluk, India
    by: Dr. T. Edwin Premkumar
    Abstract: The objective of this study is to know the demographic profile, performance and problems in the areas of cultivation, maintenance and marketing of coconut and also to elicit the prospects. By applying various statistical tools, factors involved in performance and problems were analyzed and their significant relationships were carefully studied...
  5. Impact of Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics on Business
    by: Sonia V. Soans
    Abstract: Business organisations are working more effectively on producing smarter outputs which can support financial benefits, and revenue generation simultaneously lowering the cost of the business risks. In order to do this it is necessary to have an appropriate perception of the business and this is very well done through business analytics which helps in increasing the business accomplishments. Business Analytics using the substantial data generated by big data and cloud is preferably used for achieving appropriate results. This paper highlights the use of cloud computing and the big data which can be used for analytics to generate useful inference...