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MoU signed between IIT-Kharagpur and AIIMS to start research programmes.

AIIMS

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 […]

Attendance to become compulsory from onwards for JNU teachers.

JNU

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 […]

Special admission drive to fill vacant seats announced by Delhi University.

Delhi University

To fill the vacant seats in the colleges affiliated with the university, A special admission drive has been announced by the Delhi University for the academic year 2018-2019.  The university had already closed admissions for the academic year 2018-2019 which was based on 5 cut off lists. Due to a large number of vacant seats, […]

The Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings: IIT- Kharagpur among the top 100.

Times Higher Education Golden Age University Rankings

In the latest Times Higher Education Golden Age university rankings, The Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur has been listed in the top 100 universities. It has also been featured among the top in the emerging university rankings. In the Golden age ranking, only those universities are featured that have been established for more than 50 […]

EU looking forward to enhance cooperation in higher education with India.

EU

At the India – EU summit last October, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of European Commission, Donald Tusk, President of European Council and Narendra Modi, the Prime minister of India showed their commitment towards enhancing cooperation with international universities in the fields of higher education. This was told on the Inauguration of the Manipal higher education meet […]

High Court of Madras decides against releasing revised JEE Advanced Rank List, Revised counselling schedule released by IIT-Kanpur.

High Court Of Madras

The High Court of Madras has put a stay order on the order to release a revised rank list for JEE advanced exam. An order was given by the single judge bench to IIT-Kanpur to release a revised rank list for JEE Advanced 2018 in which preference was to be given to the candidates who […]

5 More public institutions to be considered by HRD ministry for Institute of eminence (IoE) tag.

Institute of eminence

A proposal of five more institutions for the Institute of eminence (IoE) status recommended by the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) is proposed to be taken by the HRD ministry. N Gopalaswami, the head of the empowered expert committee (EEC) that is responsible for selecting the institutes for the Institute of eminence (IoE) have proposed to […]

College students to get free digital training, MoU signed between Microsoft and Rajasthan Government.

Microsoft

Free digital training will be provided to 9500 students from Rajasthan over a period of one year by the MoU signed between Microsoft and the Rajasthan Government. Kiran Maheshwari, the Higher education minister said that this initiative has been taken to enhance the digital learning and capacity building of the college students in Rajasthan. She […]

HRD Minister Prakash Javedakar, announces JEE(MAIN), NEET will be conducted twice a year.

JEE(MAIN)

From 2019 Joint Entrance Examination JEE(MAIN) and the National Eligibility, cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted twice a year.  The candidates who have missed the test or are not satisfied by the score will have the opportunity to give the test again. The Ministry Of HRD also announced that from now onwards, The Central […]