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  The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy – or Ayush – is mulling over making an exit exam mandatory for medical graduates looking to get a licence to practise Indian medicine systems, including Ayurveda.  WHAT DOES THE BILL SAY The bill, known as the National Commission for Indian Systems of […]

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has said that it would pitch for a smart hackathon for Bengal next year. It will be on the lines of the Smart India Hackathon 2017 to make students of state universities and institutes adopt think innovation THE IDEA Director of SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for […]

  After a seven-year tussle, the government has decided against interfering in the functioning of private B-schools in a number of matter. The centre has also abandoned its plan to mandate states to fix fees, conduct admission tests for management schools offering post graduate diploma in management (PGDM), according to documents of the central government-controlled […]

No age is old enough to get educated. And a 98-year-old student has proven this fact by being awarded a postgraduate degree at the 12th annual convocation of Nalanda Open University (NOU). Raj Kumar Vaish received a master’s degree in economics by Meghalaya governor Ganga Prasad at the convocation function. And that is the reason […]

The JNU management issued a circular on its decision last week. While it claimed that the academic council had approved the move to make attendance compulsory at a meeting on December 1, the institute’s students and professors contradicted the statement. WHAT CIRCULAR READS The circular, issued on December 22, makes attendance mandatory for all students […]

Successfully completing the three years of registrations, the NMAT by GMAC exam witnessed a significant growth of 7% in registrations for 2017 over 2016. With the retake, total registrations closed at 88,454 in 2017 compared to 82,928 last year. Registration window for the exam was open from July 4, 2017 till October 14, 2017. The […]

The year 2017 saw many firsts, bu威而鋼 t this one was certainly not pleasant. The vice-chancellor of the University of Mumbai, Sanjay Deshmukh, was sacked for his handling of the online assessment. Reportedly, the system that was introduced in a haphazard manner, leading to a six-month delay in announcement of results and endless woes for […]

Pranita P Sarangi, a professor of Biotechnology at IIT, Roorkee, has bagged this year’s Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award. This is a highly prestigious scheme from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology to identify and nurture outstanding young scientists with innovative ideas to pursue research in frontier areas of biotechnology. Sarangi was chosen […]

  Kolkata Presidency Mentor Group chair Professor Sugata Bose has said the group is exploring options to reach out to brilliant students in districts for bringing in the best brains to Presidency University. Bose, the Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University, said they wanted to attract the best brains to Presidency University and the […]

  India has an ambitious target of providing higher education to 40 million students by 2020. And to achieve the goal it should allow foreign universities to operate in the country — either through partnerships or letting them open their own campuses, says the vice chancellor of an Australian university. THE CHALLENGES But the environment […]