Author Archives: Mayank Arora

Centrally funded institutions (CFIs) such as IITs, IIMs, NITs, IIITs and central universities will no longer receive budget grants for expanding and building new infrastructure. Instead, all infrastructure financing will be moved to the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA), which was set up by the government last year to mobilise funds from the market and […]

The Union government has announced the appointment of 1,225 “assistant professors on contract.” This marks the beginning a new system of hiring contract teachers at government higher education institutions. THE HIGHLIGHTS The move has three key characteristics—a quick job creation, a shorter selection process and a limited period of employment guarantee, unlike the existing “job […]

Fellowships for 1,000 top BTech students for pursuing a doctorate, 24 new medical colleges and a new funding mechanism for higher education institutes were among the key initiatives in the education sector announced in the Union Budget 2018. THE OUTLAY OF EDUCATION BUDGET 2018 An outlay of Rs85,010 crore was made by Union finance minister […]

The new life sciences subject ranking by Times Higher Education Ranking 2018 is led by Harvard University, while unlike medicine ranking released along with it, 11 Indian universities found their place in the top 500. From India, the list has Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in top […]

News Source: ndtv Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited applications from engineering graduates for recruitment to the post of Scientist/ Engineer ‘SC’ posts. DETAILS FOR APPLICATION Candidates with BE, BTech or equivalent degree in Electronics, Mechanical and Computer Science can apply for the post. A total of 106 posts are open for recruitment. The […]

News Source: indianexpress.com The Madras High Court has directed the technical education regulator AICTE not to take any punitive action against certain deemed-to-be universities in Tamil Nadu. These are those Universities which have not responded to its notice seeking applications for approval of courses for 2018-19. WHAT PETITIONERS CONTENDED They were governed by the UGC […]

News Source : ndtv PU (Panjab University) scientist, J S Sehrawat has been invited to work with other scientists towards a complex identification process of human skeletal remains of 9/11 World Trade Centre (WTC) attack victims. WHO IS THE SCIENTIST J S Sehrawat, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh has been invited as visiting […]

News Source : indianexpress.com Petitions filed by hundreds of Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test-2017 ( UPTET ) candidates to evaluate their answer sheets have been dismissed by the Allahabad High court. WHAT IS THE ROW ABOUT The results were declared on December 15 and over 1000 candidates found the same as invalid on the website. It was […]

The University of Birmingham has launched an India Institute (UBII), which will aim for impactful engagement with the country. The university’s relationship with India began in 1909 with the first cohort of Indian students travelling to Birmingham to study for degrees in mining and commerce. Since then, the university has provided education to around 2,000 […]

News Source: Times Now – Amongst the many courses in Yale, the most popular is the recently launched Psyc 157 – the course on Happiness. Within a few days of opening the registration, 300 students had enrolled for the same. The number more than doubled to about 1200 within the next three days as one in every […]