Author Archives: Mayank Arora

Use of computers is briskly increasing in the field of education. This has become a necessity at primary as well as at higher levels, where computer based training promotes distance and off hour learning. Electronic media has widely made its way into modern education and this has questioned the importance of human teachers. Sidelining the question, […]

  Cleanliness benefits as well as is a matter of pride for those who are recognised. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday released its first edition of the ‘Swachhta Ranking’ pertaining to higher education institutions in which OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat and Kongu Arts and Science College-Erode in Tamil Nadu emerged […]

Students’ Allegation: No Speakers Allowed from Outside Students of Jamia Millia Islamia have alleged that the university has once again cancelled permission for an event. The events being held in the name of “Shrinking Democratic Spaces in Universities”. No Speakers from Outside? It was informed that Jamia had initially given its assent. Even the students […]

The IIT Madras administration has cancelled a series of lectures on social equity. The organisers alleged that the three speakers invited for the event were “controversial”. Alleged Controversial Speakers: 1. K Stalin, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist 2. Nandini Sundar, sociology professor at the Delhi School of Economics 3. Adhik Kadam, social entrepreneur and […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to replace the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH). It is an 18 year old body, with an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). The decision has been taken citing UGC regulations. For this, the university has put a stay on elections to the body, which were to be […]

  In a major relief to the students, the Belagavi based Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) decided in a meeting to modify the ‘critical year’ and ‘year back’ concepts of the year 2010. Relief to Students The move is being taken to help engineering students get their degrees. The decision was taken at a meeting held […]

  For the first time, three renowned Indian institutions — the Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and the IITs Delhi and Bombay, have catapulted to the list of the top 200 global universities. This is when it comes to producing “employable graduates”. This is as per the latest edition of QS Graduate Employability Rankings. The […]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore will soon inaugurate the India-Japan Study Centre in its campus. The primary aim is to promote economic and educational ties through research, teaching and policy outreach. This comes at the same time as India is strengthening its ties with Japan. Off late we all saw the inauguration of […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has urged exhorted students to take maximum benefit of the new age digital media while pursuing their academic studies. ‘Knowledge is power and in this age of globalization, information technology has significantly altered many aspects of life and students must take maximum benefit of the digital medium in their academic […]

University of Oxford retains first place Indian institutes continue to perform poorly in global university rankings. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore slid in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2018. SLIDING RANKS Though IISc remained at top in India, it was placed in the 251-300 groupings of the best universities. IISc […]