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The High Court of Madras has put a stay order on the order to release a revised rank list for JEE advanced exam. An order was given by the single judge bench to IIT-Kanpur to release a revised rank list for JEE Advanced 2018 in which preference was to be given to the candidates who […]

A proposal of five more institutions for the Institute of eminence (IoE) status recommended by the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) is proposed to be taken by the HRD ministry. N Gopalaswami, the head of the empowered expert committee (EEC) that is responsible for selecting the institutes for the Institute of eminence (IoE) have proposed to […]

Free digital training will be provided to 9500 students from Rajasthan over a period of one year by the MoU signed between Microsoft and the Rajasthan Government. Kiran Maheshwari, the Higher education minister said that this initiative has been taken to enhance the digital learning and capacity building of the college students in Rajasthan. She […]

From 2019 Joint Entrance Examination JEE(MAIN) and the National Eligibility, cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted twice a year.  The candidates who have missed the test or are not satisfied by the score will have the opportunity to give the test again. The Ministry Of HRD also announced that from now onwards, The Central […]

A new UK visa route for Indians and Non-EU researchers, academics and scientists for working and training in the United Kingdom has been launched by the Theresa May government on Friday. This new visa will allow them to work and train for a maximum duration of two years. This new visa route known as The […]

Institute of Excellence (IoE) status to be given to six colleges, UGC is expected to approve the proposal to announce the names of the institutes on Monday. This status will entitle these institutes to special incentives. 20 Institutes – 10 Public and 10 Private will get complete academic and administrative freedom under the HRD ministry’s […]

A proposal has been approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday to widen the capacity of the HEFA by increasing its capital base from the present Rs 1,100 crore to Rs 10,000 crore, also it is the responsibility of HEFA to Mobilise funds of Rs 1.00,000 crore by 2022 for Revitalising Infrastructure and systems in […]

A computer vision approach for monitoring the railway tracks health using drones and data from the satellite has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee The primary goal of this project is to replace the present manual inspection of the railway tracks with some automated method for the track inspection. Dharmendra […]

Less government and more governance, ending the inspection raj, Enhancing the academic quality, ensuring compliance with the academic quality standards, and ordering the closure of institutions will be the features of the new higher education commission. According to the Ministry Of HRD, a final decision is yet to be taken about shifting of UGC funds, […]

The Decision of the centre to scrap the UGC from the higher education sector and introduce a new regulating body has not been appraised by the academicians, instead, have questioned the involvement of the politicians in the matters of higher education. The decision to replace the UGC with the HECI was announced by the Ministry […]