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Butterfly Fields Private Limited, a leading provider of e-learning tools for Engineering and Management candidates is offering Concept Maps in the books format for candidates appearing for competitive exams such as IIT JEE and AIEEE. Butterfly Fields is known for its innovative learning processes and concepts of learning by doing. It is also specialized in personalized learning solutions for schools students of all classes. The company is providing following products and services. The products help schools students to learn the lessons in a comprehensive way and provide in depth understanding of concepts in various sciences subjects such as Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Very useful and important product of Butterfly Fields is Concept Maps for 8th, 9th and 10th class students. These will be useful for candidates preparing to IIT JEE, AIEEE and other entrance exams which require basic understanding of the subjects at high school level. You can subscribe / purchase these through website of the company www.butterflyfields.com . The company has centers in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Jamshedpur and California (USA). Here is a brief description of the products:

1. Hands on Learning: More practical way of learning lessons and understanding subjects
2. Concept Maps: Provides central concept of the topic or lesson in any subject
3. Math and Science Games: TO make learning more fun and interesting.
4. Curriculum Based Content Development: It collaborates with schools to develop content for the customised requiremnts.
5. Assessment: The offers concept based assessment and evaluation of the students in all subjects
6. Teacher Training: TO provide hands on training for school teachers
7. Mini Science Centers: Gives importance to learning through direct experiences than rote learning.
8. E-Learning: It is an online tool to have more content, online quizzes and assessment tests etc.

For more details such as prices of concept maps, model videos, interactive tools, soft copies, hard copies of services and productes, Ordering online and related offers avaialbe on the website. Address of the company are provided here:

1. Hyderabad: Plot # 43, First Floor, Sarvasukhi Colony, West Marredpally, Secunderabad, Phone: Office: 040-32414994 / 27711020; Contach Sharat Chandra: 90525 53320; Email: sharat@butterflyfields.com

2. Vizag: 14-1-131, Venkatapathyraju Nagar, Nowroji Road, Vishakapatnam – 530002. Phone: Uday Shanker Raju – 99890 44244; Email: uday@butterflyfields.com

3. Bangalore: Flat #E403, Rohan Vasantha, Marthahalli, Varthur Road, Bangalore; Contact Person: Ashlesha, Phone: 91 97399 44404; Email: ashlesha@butterflyfields.com

4. USA Contact: 481, Tan Oak Terrace, Sunnyvale, California -94086, USA. Contact Person: Saket, Phone No. (408) 940 5274; Email: saket@butterflyfields.com

The Times Higher Education, London (UK) has announced global rankings for world’s top 200 universities and educational institutions for the year 2010- 2011. The THE has changed the parameters to decide world rankings from this year. There have been changes in the positions / rankings of various universities and institutes due to the changes in criteria of ranking. From Indian point of view, there are some deletions and new entrants into the list because of new system of rankings. The THE has taken teaching, research, citations, industry income – innovation and international mix as deciding factors in rankings. From India, Brand IITs, TIFR, IISc, Delhi University and Anna University have joined in the top 100 Asian Universities list. But there is no representation from India in the global rankings for 2011.

Well known universities have been ranked based on their reputation for teaching and research. Harvard University has been ranked as the top / number 1 university in the world for the 6th consecutive year. No Indian University has been placed in the global rankings of 200 world class universities. THE has considered following performance indicators for rankings:

1. Teaching: This includes the learning environment (Allocated 30 percent of the overall ranking score)
2. Research: Including volume, income and reputation (30 percent score)
3. Citations: Includes research influence (32.5 percent score)
4. Industry income: Including innovation (2.5 percent of the total score)
5. International mix: Includes staff and students (5 percent of the score).

Till 2009, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were figured in the global list of 200 universities. These have disappeared with the introduction of new ranking system. The THE has also published rankings region wise such as Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania and Africa. The Indian Institutes of Technology (Roorkee, Kharagpur, Delhi, Kanpur and Bombay); Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISC), University of Delhi (UD) and Anna University (AU) were figured in the top 100 Asian Universities / institutes. THE also publishes rankings in the subjects such as Engineering and Technology, Sciences, Clinical, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities etc.

More details of these rankings and subject and region wise listings available on http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/