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An amendment bill was passed by Lok Sabha for the National Council for Teacher Education Act requesting for approval ex-post-facto to selected institutions which are funded by the Centre or State but are not acknowledged under the 1993 law. Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javedakar, proposed it in quest of benefitting students who appeared for B.Ed […]

In June it was proposed that University Grants Commission (UGC) would be scrapped for a new higher education body known as Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). This had raised a lot of concern and issues over the future of higher education in India. Prakash Javadekar, the HRD Minister On Monday informed the parliament that […]

According to an HRD ministry report, in the last three years IIT-Bombay, the institute which was given the Institute Of Eminence tag by the ministry of HRD, has become the highest revenue generator through research, patents, inventions and consultancy among the top engineering colleges in India. Apart from IIT-Bombay, IIT-Madras and IIT-Delhi were amongst the […]

In a recent move by UGC, all the central, state and the deemed universities that are receiving grants from the government or the commission were asked to postpone the process of appointment of academic staff, as a result, the appointments of academic staff in universities across India has been put on hold. The move followed […]

The UK relaxed visa rules for students from 11 ‘low-risk’ countries. The list which already had Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand in it had got some new additions into it and India wasn’t included in this new list. The United Kingdom on June 15th announced several changes to its immigration rules and […]

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS ) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, two prominent institutions of the country on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an objective to bolster interaction and cooperation. According to a statement released by AIIMS, the main goal of this Memorandum is to boost research […]

After making attendance compulsory for JNU students, On Friday the Jawahar Lal Nehru university made it necessary for the teachers to mark the attendance every day. This decision was taken during the 146th academic council meeting held on Friday with a view to bring some major improvements in the university’s research and academic activities. The […]

To fill the vacant seats in the colleges affiliated with the university, A special admission drive has been announced by the Delhi University for the academic year 2018-2019.  The university had already closed admissions for the academic year 2018-2019 which was based on 5 cut off lists. Due to a large number of vacant seats, […]

In the latest Times Higher Education Golden Age university rankings, The Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur has been listed in the top 100 universities. It has also been featured among the top in the emerging university rankings. In the Golden age ranking, only those universities are featured that have been established for more than 50 […]

At the India – EU summit last October, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of European Commission, Donald Tusk, President of European Council and Narendra Modi, the Prime minister of India showed their commitment towards enhancing cooperation with international universities in the fields of higher education. This was told on the Inauguration of the Manipal higher education meet […]