An inquiry has been directed by Rajasthan Higher education department on 151 private colleges that were found running academic sessions without obtaining the necessary no objection certificates (NOC). This decision came a week after a high-level enquiry committee was formed by the state against four private universities for disregarding UGC norms. NOC is issued to […]
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The Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) which was earlier applicable for students from IISc, IITs, NITs, IISERs and the centrally funded IIITs will now be open for students from all universities. Under the PMRF a research grant of Rs 2 lakh is provided per year and Rs 70,000 is given every month to a student. On […]
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The Government’s decision to replace the UGC act to bring in the new HECI will face opposition from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) who have termed this move as a measure to control the funding and academic content of higher education institutions. In a letter to the prime minister Narendra Modi, Sitaram Yechury, the […]
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An amendment bill was passed by Lok Sabha for the National Council for Teacher Education Act requesting for approval ex-post-facto to selected institutions which are funded by the Centre or State but are not acknowledged under the 1993 law. Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javedakar, proposed it in quest of benefitting students who appeared for B.Ed […]
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In June it was proposed that University Grants Commission (UGC) would be scrapped for a new higher education body known as Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). This had raised a lot of concern and issues over the future of higher education in India. Prakash Javadekar, the HRD Minister On Monday informed the parliament that […]
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According to an HRD ministry report, in the last three years IIT-Bombay, the institute which was given the Institute Of Eminence tag by the ministry of HRD, has become the highest revenue generator through research, patents, inventions and consultancy among the top engineering colleges in India. Apart from IIT-Bombay, IIT-Madras and IIT-Delhi were amongst the […]
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In a recent move by UGC, all the central, state and the deemed universities that are receiving grants from the government or the commission were asked to postpone the process of appointment of academic staff, as a result, the appointments of academic staff in universities across India has been put on hold. The move followed […]
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The UK relaxed visa rules for students from 11 ‘low-risk’ countries. The list which already had Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand in it had got some new additions into it and India wasn’t included in this new list. The United Kingdom on June 15th announced several changes to its immigration rules and […]
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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS ) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, two prominent institutions of the country on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an objective to bolster interaction and cooperation. According to a statement released by AIIMS, the main goal of this Memorandum is to boost research […]
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After making attendance compulsory for JNU students, On Friday the Jawahar Lal Nehru university made it necessary for the teachers to mark the attendance every day. This decision was taken during the 146th academic council meeting held on Friday with a view to bring some major improvements in the university’s research and academic activities. The […]