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  The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has released the eligibility criteria for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2018 And the good news is that now more students will be eligible to appear for the gateway to the prestigious IITs than 2017. A statement on the eligibility criteria highlighted the category-wise distribution of candidates, based […]

Maharashtra College has installed a rooftop solar plant of 50 Kilo Watt peak, in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint . “With the way things are going, there is a foreboding rumination on environmental change. We thought that one of the best ways of imparting the value of conserving nature was to do something […]

The Rajasthan government has directed colleges in the state to install a statue of Vivekananda if they do not have the image of an ‘inspirational personality’ on campus. But the move has come under fire, with many considering it as another one of the BJP government’s measures to institutionalise Vivekananda—considered an icon of Hindu philosophy. […]

The Bengal government is likely to introduce five bills, paving the way for as many universities, in the winter session of the assembly. This marks a huge expansion drive in higher education by the Mamata Banerjee government, which has established as many as 14 universities since assuming power in 2011. FIVE NEW UNIVERSITIES The first […]

THE UNIVERSITY of Mumbai (MU) has got a green signal from the state government to continue with the controversial onscreen assessment process. It is noteworthy here that the same scheme had led to an unprecedented delay in the declaration of results in the summer semesters. While the appointed agency, Merittrac, will conduct the assessment process […]

Union minister of state for human resources Satyapal Singh has said that the New Education Policy of the NDA government is in final stages and it would be announced in December. MINISTER POINTS OUT FLAWS Singh said the policy envisages to ‘correct’ the course of education system in the country, that has followed a colonial […]

100 colleges to open PG classes The BJP-led government in Assam would soon make it mandatory for all colleges in the state to start the Science stream. This is being done to ensure that no student willing to pursue a career in Science is deprived of an opportunity. Likewise, 100 colleges of the state would […]

Kerala’s largest temple body, Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), is planning to establish an exclusive college and study centre to teach streams of ancient knowledge like ‘Veda, Vedanta and Tantra’. The colleges called Veda-Vedanta-Tantric centre in Shangumugham and Veda-Vendanta college in Sasthamkotta will impart knowledge on ancient traditions and spirituality. Kerala Temple Board’s Statement  “The Veda-Vedanta-Tantric […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) and Ministry of HRD are set to hold a meeting with the heads of all higher education institutions. These insititutions are the ones which are eligible to apply for the ‘Institutions of Eminence’ (IoE) tag. And this meeting to be held later this month is being held to brief them […]

University of Mumbai claims to have declared all results. But several students said their results were still held in reserve. Others said there were mistakes in their marksheets and hence, they could not complete their admission process for higher studies. What Students Claim As claimed by the student, some 29,000 results have been held in […]