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Delhi University Dismisses Allegation of Favoritism Towards State Boards in the Admission Process

Delhi University Dismisses Allegation of Favoritism Towards State Boards in the Admission Process

Delhi University dismissed allegations of favouritism towards certain state boards and said that it maintains “equity to all meritorious candidates coming not only from Indian states but also from abroad”. Delhi University’s Registrar, Vikar Gupta, said that the university is an equal opportunity provider and it does not do favouritism. “Being a central university, the […]

Ministry of Education Organizes a Webinar on ‘Sabka Prayaas: Collective Partnership’

Ministry of Education Organizes a Webinar on ‘Sabka Prayaas: Collective Partnership’

The Ministry of Education along with the University Grants Commission organized a webinar on Sabka Prayaas: Collective Partnership today. The webinar was a part of a series of webinars being organized by the Government of India on Good Governance from 17th September 2021 to 7th October 2021. Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra […]

MP Govt Aiming to Have a College Under ‘Well Equipped’ Category in Every District: Higher Education Minister

MP Govt Aiming to Have a College Under 'Well Equipped' Category in Every District: Higher Education Minister

Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday said that the state government aimed to have a college in every district of the state under the ‘well-equipped college” category. “We are aiming to have one college in every district under the well-equipped category. This will later be done talking about colleges opening in the […]

NEP Will Transform The Higher Educational Institutions Into Large Multi-Disciplinary University Cluster And Knowledge Hubs, Says Dr. K Kasturirangan

NEP Will Transform The Higher Educational Institutions Into Large Multi-Disciplinary University Cluster And Knowledge Hubs, Says Dr. K Kasturirangan

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have successfully organized a webinar on the theme, ‘National Education Policy 2020: Realizing Aspirations of the 21st Century Youth’ on October 06, 2021. The chief guest of the inaugural ceremony was space scientist Dr. K Kasturirangan, Chairman of the National Education […]

NITI Aayog Should Drive Competitive Federalism in the Reservation Policy

NITI Aayog Should Drive Competitive Federalism in the Reservation Policy

The NITI Aayog can play a crucial role in understanding the impact of reservations at a caste level and identify the most vulnerable castes through a metric-driven process Since 2014, empowering states and encouraging competitive federalism has been one of the policy hallmarks of the Union government. The NITI Aayog has periodically compared the states […]

PM Modi’s New India Based on Women Development, Holistic Education

PM Modi Lays the Foundation Stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The two pillars of the New India envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is based on women development and holistic education policy. The realization that education and women are two pillars to be enjoined in the push for development has taken roots with regular policy decisions that are slowly […]

IIT Kanpur Partners With MSME to Transform toy Industry With Sustainable Design like Using ‘Flower Leather’

IIT Kanpur Partners With MSME to Transform toy Industry With Sustainable Design like Using 'Flower Leather'

IIT Kanpur’s business incubator FIRST has partnered with MSME to promote the creation of toy clusters with new-age designs, focus on sustainability and more.FIRST, or Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science and Technology (also known by the brand name, SIIC IIT Kanpur) is working with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government […]

University Of Pretoria: UP Academic Wins Management Award At NSTF ‘Science Oscars’

University Of Pretoria: UP Academic Wins Management Award At NSTF ‘Science Oscars’

Professor Stephanie Burton of the University of Pretoria (UP) was announced as one of the winners at the 2020/2021 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) NSTF-South32 Awards. The NSTF Awards are informally known as South Africa’s “Science Oscars”. Prof Burton won the Management Award, having been one of eight UP finalists. The ceremony took place […]

Manish Sisodia Gives 48.14 Crores To 6,820 Students Pursuing Higher Education

Manish Sisodia Gives 48.14 Crores To 6,820 Students Pursuing Higher Education

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia handed over cheques for Rs 48.14 crore to 6,820 students pursuing higher education under the Delhi government’s “Merit-cum-Means” financial assistance scheme on Monday. Over 13,000 students have received benefits amounting to Rs 87 crore under the scheme in the last three years. To ensure that no student is deprived of […]

DU Admissions 2021: Bypass DU Cut-Offs With These Off-Beat Certificate Courses in DU SOL

Delhi University Dismisses Allegation of Favoritism Towards State Boards in the Admission Process

The Delhi University admissions are in progress now and the first combined DU cut-off list was released on Friday for various courses in the 71 DU colleges. This year, the DU cut-offs have been even higher than average with several colleges recording 100% cut-offs for different courses. But despite the over 95% cut-offs in almost […]