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New UGC Rules Will Ensure More Of Our Brightest Students Can Get Into PhD Programmes At An Early Age

New UGC Rules

Samir V Kamat, DRDO chairman, obtained his BTech (Hons) in 1985 from IIT Kharagpur and, in the next three years, completed his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1988. Amit Kumar at IIT Delhi did his BTech from IIT Kanpur in 1997 and obtained his PhD in 2002 from Cornell University. He is a […]

Delhi University Academic Council to Meet on November 22 to Decide FYUP Syllabus for Second Semester

Delhi University Academic Council

Delhi University, DU will be conducting a meeting with its academic council to decide the syllabus for the four-year undergraduate programme, FYUP curriculum. As per inputs, DU’s Academic Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, to decide the syllabi for the second semester.In the last meeting conducted by Delhi University’s Academic Council, […]

UGC Focuses On Consistent NAAC Ratings And Aims To Streamline The Finances Of Deemed Universities

open and distance learning

The University Grants Commission (UGC) through its recent directive has to smoothen the process for private universities to get the status of ‘deemed to be universities. As per the newly modified draft of ‘deemed to be universities, institutions with as many as five departments that have secured NAAC accreditation of 3.1 consecutively for three years […]

UGC Asks Colleges, Universities To Make Changes In Ordinances, Statutes To Hire Professors Of Practice

UGC Issues Guidelines For Varsities To Share Resources

University Grants Commission, UGC has asked all colleges and universities to work towards making changes in ordinances and statutes. Indian varsities have been asked to do this in order to work towards hiring more Professors of Practice. As per an official notice released by UGC, dates November 14, 2022, “Vice-Chancellors of Universities and Principals of […]

UGC’s New Initiative On “India: The Mother Of Democracy”

Professors Of Practice

Celebrating the democratic traditions of India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is planning to organize special lectures, starting from 15th November to 30th November 2022, in 45 central universities and 45 deemed to be universities across the country, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said on […]

Chhattisgarh Govt Approves Draft Policy For Higher Educational Institutions In PPP Mode

Chhattisgarh Govt Approves Draft Policy For Higher Educational Institutions In PPP Mode

The Chhattisgarh government on Monday approved the draft of a policy to set up higher educational institutions under public-private partnership (PPP) mode to provide quality education to youth from backward areas, an official said.

15 govt schools in Nagaland district face shortage of teachers

15 govt schools in Nagaland district face shortage of teachers

DIMAPUR: There is a scarcity of teachers in the 15 government high schools in Nagaland’s Longleng district. A total of seven government high schools are without maths teachers, no English teachers in 10 schools, no science teachers in two schools and no Hindi teachers in five schools. This was revealed by Longleng senior sub-divisional education […]

Ministry Of Education Inaugurates Shikshak Parv To Take NEP Forward, Award Teachers

75 Years Of Independence

Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Tuesday inaugurated Shikshak Parv which is being celebrated to felicitate teachers and to take the new National Education Policy (NEP) forward. The beginning of Shikshak Parv was marked by an inaugural conclave organized by the Ministry of Education, CBSE, AICTE, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao Announces Several Measures For Betterment Of RGUKT University Basara

Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao Announces Several Measures For Betterment Of RGUKT University Basara

Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao on Monday told the students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) at Basara in Nirmal district that the government would build a mini-stadium, a state-of-the-art digital lab, and others to address their pending demands and improve the quality of education at the institute.

Indian Students The Second Largest Group at German Universities

Indian students now the second largest group at German universities

In an interview with the Free Press Journal, Dhanashree Deodhar, Regional Officer Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa & Madhya Pradesh, DAAD also known as German Academic Exchange Service, talks about Indian students in Deutschland and the opportunities ahead of them in the European powerhouse. Excerpts from the interview.