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The five new medical colleges are coming up at Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Anantnag and Baramulla for which the Centre has sanctioned Rs 189 crore each. In order to ensure that the five new medical colleges in the state start functioning from the next academic session, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik has […]

This has been approved under the IIM Act, 2017. According to MHRD, the entire process needs to be closed down by December 15, 2018. The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has recently announced that all the 20 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) of the country will soon get a new set of Board […]

ARPIT is an online certificate course that will be conducted for three months by the government. LEAP is as an annual programme by IIT Kharagpur to train academics with leadership potential and help them improve their administrative skills. To bring in quality teaching in the country, the Centre has launched the Annual Refresher Programme in […]

He said the Dalit teachers have not been happy due to lack of implementation of the reservation policies in various central universities. A Delhi University professor has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing various central universities of violating various reservation norms in appointing Dalit teachers and requested him to look into the matter. In […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) prohibited the charging of fees in advance for a year or a semester. It also warned institutes against forcing students to buy the institutions’ prospectus. UGC has issued the guidelines to be followed for fee refund in case of withdrawal of admission. The rule shall be applicable to undergraduate, postgraduate, […]

The committee had suggested removal of three of books of Ilaiah— Why I am not a Hindu, God as Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism, and Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution. Setting aside the recommendations of the standing committee on academic matters, which had suggested removing three books of OBC […]

Dr Ajit Prasad, Director of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, passed away on October 31, 2018. Dr Ajit Prasad, Director of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, passed away on October 31, 2018, at around 3.30 PM. He was admitted to the SGPGIMS Lucknow for over two weeks. Prof. Prasad was in a critical […]

Once again an Indian made a mark in the history with his outstanding achievement. Abhay Ashtekar, an Indian born American professor received the prestigious Einstein prize. It was a proud moment for every Indian when Abhay Ashtekar, an Indian born and bought up in a small town named Kolhapur in Maharashtra state, received the prestigious […]

The Delhi Cabinet approved a proposal to revise the pay-scales of teachers and administrative posts in universities and colleges in line with the recommendations of the seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), said an official. The teachers and other staffs from administrative posts in universities and colleges run by Delhi’s Directorate of Higher Education will now […]

Teachers and students from states such as Maharashtra, UP, Bihar, Orissa, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jharkhand, Punjab, Assam and Meghalaya participated in the Convention. A National Conventions organised by a composite platform of 25 unions in the Education Sector called for an alternative policy to restore public trust, equity and universal access in education. The […]