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The EduMeet 2019 & Education Excellence Awards

EduMeet

12th July 2019, Hotel Hyatt Regency, Kolkata The education sector in India is constantly evolving itself and is working towards being at par with Global players. Technology is facilitating growth in the sector. The cutting edge technologies from Virtual Reality to Artificial Intelligence are changing the way learning is acquired or training being delivered by […]

JMI Recruitment 2019: 64 Teaching Positions Open In Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia has invited applications in this regard in the prescribed form available on the university’s website www.jmi.ac.in. Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has invited applications for 64 teaching positions including Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Research Scientist in various faculties and centres, stepping up the process of filling up the vacant posts since Prof. Najma […]

Second Year In A Row, IIT Bombay Tops Indian Universities In QS World University Ranking

IIt Bombay

Among top 10 Indian institutes are IIT Delhi, IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, University of Delhi, IIT Guwahati and Jadavpur University. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is yet again in the top spot among all Indian institutes and universities ranked in the QS World University ranking 2020 which was […]

Why India Lags Behind Other Countries In World University Ranking

World University Ranking 2020

QS World University Ranking 2020 were released on Wednesday with only three Indian institutes making it to top 200. QS World University Ranking for 2020 was released on Wednesday and yet again the same two-three names have made it to the top 200 list. This year there has also been a re-shuffling of the ranks […]

2 Crore Additional Seats In Higher Education By 2024: President

'Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate' lecture-competition to be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind

The government is striving to increase the number of seats in higher educational institutions by one-and-a-half times by 2024, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday. Addressing the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, he said research is being encouraged in higher educational institutions and to strengthen this effort, […]

Head Of DU Law Faculty Resigns, Cites ”Non-Cooperation” From Varsity As Reason

Head of DU Law Faculty Ved Kumari

A Delhi University official said the resignation has not been accepted yet. Two months before her tenure was supposed to end, head of Delhi University’s Faculty of Law Ved Kumari resigned from the post, citing “non-cooperation of the varsity authorities”. Ms. Kumari had joined as Dean and Head, Faculty of Law from September 2, 2016, and […]

As Uttar Pradesh Goes Big On Sanskrit, Few Takers For The Language In Colleges

Sanskrit

As per the state education department, as many as 1,148 posts of principals and assistant teachers are lying vacant in 921 schools teaching Sanskrit that is referred to as the ‘language of gods’. Even as the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is trying to promote Sanskrit in a big way by issuing press statements in this […]

‘Avoid Publication In Predatory Or Dubious Journals’: UGC To Academia

Books

UGC’s direction is coming after “it has been observed that unethical/deceptive practices in publishing are leading to an increased number of dubious/predatory journals worldwide”. University Grants Commission or UGC, the national higher education regulator, asked the academic community to avoid publication in predatory or dubious journals or participation in predatory conferences. UGC’s direction is coming after, […]

Delhi University Changes Degree Admission Criteria

admission

The registration process for DU’s degree courses will be concluded on June 22. Delhi University (DU) has released a notice with the changed admission criteria for Undergraduate (UG) admission in affiliated colleges in the varsity. DU has changed the admission criteria for Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Honours courses after […]