Author Archives: Mayank Arora

  As Mumbaiites welcomes Christmas with bright lights and decorated trees, students from city colleges are spreading the cheer by helping the underprivileged. St Andrew’s College, Bandra, is encouraging students campus to donate used goods that can be sent to orphanages. The college has already received donations from the students and are is planning to […]

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) have registered an almost 15% rise in hiring across all streams during this year’s phase I placement in comparison to last year. The postgraduate class also saw an increase of over 20% in overall placements as compared to last year. The placement season for the batch graduating in […]

It is up to the users to decide how to make the best use of the Internet and where to draw a line. Thus, Kolkata West Bengal women and child development minister Sashi Panja has expressed concern over the growing problem of Internet addiction among children. She advised parents to educate their wards about the […]

  The Rajya Sabha has passed the much-awaited Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill. This effectively maked the elite B-schools free of government interference and giving them the power to award full-fledged degrees. India has 20 IIMs. The bill now requires presidential assent to become law. It seeks to grant administrative, academic and financial autonomy […]

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the decision to change the name of an evening college here was not the government’s decision and has been put on hold. WHAT WAS BEING DONE Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, SAD member Naresh Gujral said the “unfortunately” managing committee of the Dyal […]

  A team of young students from the Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi IITD), Roorkee (IITR), Indore (IITI); Institute of Chemical Technology Bombay (ICT) and CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) have won an innovative business idea contest . THE CONTEST The 24H Chrono Challenge was held this month at the Indian Institute of Science […]

  Students Federation of India (SFI) has condemned the JNU Administration’s move to cancel the Srinagar centre for the upcoming entrance examination being conducted for admission to various courses in the varsity. THE EXCUSE & ARGUMENT According to the student body, the only excuse that the JNU authorities have for this move is that the […]

IIM Rohtak will be conducting the Common Admission Process (CAP) for admissions into the 9 IIMs for the academic session 2018-20 soon. This is the second year in a row that IIM Rohtak has been assigned with the important responsibility to conduct the Common Admission Process. The participating IIMs are: 1. IIM Bodhgaya 2. IIM […]

Owners of private coaching classes in Maharashtra are upset with the state government’s draft proposal to regulate the industry. The proposal asks for five per cent revenue share from the coaching owners in the state. The opposition came after the draft was leaked online on social media. Among other proposals, the state is also considering a […]

  About 196 companies have made about 822 offers to students of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee during the institute’s placement season. Hirers have looked for diverse profiles – from those of software engineers to geologists and geophysicists. When it came to core and non-core offers, 288 offers were made in the former category and […]