Author Archives: Mayank Arora

  After a seven-year tussle, the government has decided against interfering in the functioning of private B-schools in a number of matter. The centre has also abandoned its plan to mandate states to fix fees, conduct admission tests for management schools offering post graduate diploma in management (PGDM), according to documents of the central government-controlled […]

No age is old enough to get educated. And a 98-year-old student has proven this fact by being awarded a postgraduate degree at the 12th annual convocation of Nalanda Open University (NOU). Raj Kumar Vaish received a master’s degree in economics by Meghalaya governor Ganga Prasad at the convocation function. And that is the reason […]

The JNU management issued a circular on its decision last week. While it claimed that the academic council had approved the move to make attendance compulsory at a meeting on December 1, the institute’s students and professors contradicted the statement. WHAT CIRCULAR READS The circular, issued on December 22, makes attendance mandatory for all students […]

Successfully completing the three years of registrations, the NMAT by GMAC exam witnessed a significant growth of 7% in registrations for 2017 over 2016. With the retake, total registrations closed at 88,454 in 2017 compared to 82,928 last year. Registration window for the exam was open from July 4, 2017 till October 14, 2017. The […]

The year 2017 saw many firsts, bu威而鋼 t this one was certainly not pleasant. The vice-chancellor of the University of Mumbai, Sanjay Deshmukh, was sacked for his handling of the online assessment. Reportedly, the system that was introduced in a haphazard manner, leading to a six-month delay in announcement of results and endless woes for […]

Pranita P Sarangi, a professor of Biotechnology at IIT, Roorkee, has bagged this year’s Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award. This is a highly prestigious scheme from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology to identify and nurture outstanding young scientists with innovative ideas to pursue research in frontier areas of biotechnology. Sarangi was chosen […]

  Kolkata Presidency Mentor Group chair Professor Sugata Bose has said the group is exploring options to reach out to brilliant students in districts for bringing in the best brains to Presidency University. Bose, the Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University, said they wanted to attract the best brains to Presidency University and the […]

  India has an ambitious target of providing higher education to 40 million students by 2020. And to achieve the goal it should allow foreign universities to operate in the country — either through partnerships or letting them open their own campuses, says the vice chancellor of an Australian university. THE CHALLENGES But the environment […]

The ‘Second Failure Conclave’ saw the presence of some eminent people who achieved great success despite initial hiccups. The conclave featured poet and Padmashree awardee Liladhar Jagudi, retired professor of Physics from NAS College, Meerut, Yogesh Sharma and associate professor Pernell Gooch from University of Sweden. All these distinguished people have failed at some juncture […]

The health ministry as asked for views of all concerned to make an informed decision on the medical exam National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (super speciality) or NEET (SS). Candidates clearing this test are eligible for admission to programmes such as MCh (master of chirurgiae or surgery), DM (doctorate of medicine) or PDCC (post doctoral […]