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The position of the Director at IIM-Calcutta comes to the hands of Anju Seth from Saibal Chattopadhyay- the former director. IIM Calcutta is one of the oldest B-school in India and certainly, never in its history has a woman taken the charge to lead. In IIM-Calcutta’s history of 50 years, it is for the very […]

The Union minister said varsities are the main research centers of developed countries and because of their research they are at the top in global innovation ranking. The HRD Ministry established an innovation cell at the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) with an aim to brainstorm new ideas about promoting innovation in all […]

“The University of Delhi is the only central university that has been selected as one of the eight public IoEs, although a formal announcement is eagerly awaited,” he said. DU Only Central University Selected As Institute Of Eminence, Formal Announcement Awaited: VC Establishment of the Delhi School of Public Health and the Delhi School of […]

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu said that not having enough high quality researchers and the declining number of students doing PhDs and entering research posts is a concern. While launching Krea University he said that a country as populous as India and facing innumerable challenges from poverty to environmental degradation simply cannot […]

The five new medical colleges are coming up at Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Anantnag and Baramulla for which the Centre has sanctioned Rs 189 crore each. In order to ensure that the five new medical colleges in the state start functioning from the next academic session, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik has […]

This has been approved under the IIM Act, 2017. According to MHRD, the entire process needs to be closed down by December 15, 2018. The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has recently announced that all the 20 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) of the country will soon get a new set of Board […]

ARPIT is an online certificate course that will be conducted for three months by the government. LEAP is as an annual programme by IIT Kharagpur to train academics with leadership potential and help them improve their administrative skills. To bring in quality teaching in the country, the Centre has launched the Annual Refresher Programme in […]

He said the Dalit teachers have not been happy due to lack of implementation of the reservation policies in various central universities. A Delhi University professor has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing various central universities of violating various reservation norms in appointing Dalit teachers and requested him to look into the matter. In […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) prohibited the charging of fees in advance for a year or a semester. It also warned institutes against forcing students to buy the institutions’ prospectus. UGC has issued the guidelines to be followed for fee refund in case of withdrawal of admission. The rule shall be applicable to undergraduate, postgraduate, […]

The committee had suggested removal of three of books of Ilaiah— Why I am not a Hindu, God as Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism, and Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution. Setting aside the recommendations of the standing committee on academic matters, which had suggested removing three books of OBC […]