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277 fake engineering colleges identified by AICTE

fake engineering colleges

According to the data provided by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the highest number of fake engineering colleges offering engineering and other technical courses that are running without the approval of the All India Council Of Technical Education (AICTE) are located in the national capital Delhi. This was revealed by the HRD ministry in […]

Innovation And Entrepreneurship | The Next Step For Growth

Innovation And Entrepreneurship

In our modern world, technology is reaching new heights. Virtual and augmented reality are being adopted as part of new education methodology. Students need more than a degree and good marks to excel in life. To drive and ride this change instead of being pushed aside by the transforming world, the students need to gain new sets of skills that will help them prepare themselves and stay ahead in this race. And a major part of this responsibility is shared by the Indian Higher education system. The universities have to brace themselves and develop a management to have Innovation And Entrepreneurship programs along with vocational courses that focus on the real-life skills. 

151 private colleges under scanner of Rajasthan Higher education department

Rajasthan Higher education department

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 […]

Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship open for students from all universities

Prime Minister's Research Fellowship

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 […]

The fate of new HECI bill in opposition’s crossfires

HECI

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 […]

NCTE Amendment Bill passes, More Courses To Be Recognized

Amendment Bill

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 […]

Two New Commissions proposed by HRD Ministry to replace UGC.

New Commissions

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 […]

IIT-Bombay becomes the highest revenue generator among the IIT’s.

IIT-Bombay

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 […]

No more appointments of academic staff in universities across India.

appointments of academic staff

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 […]

The New Relaxed UK Visa Rules – A Matter Of Tension For Indian Students

Visa Rules

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 […]