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Important news for all those who are registered for the B.Ed degree courses in colleges affiliated with the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and are scheduled to appear for exams in November. The SPPU Notice University authorities have issued a public circular to all affiliated B.Ed colleges. The notice says that owing to the paucity […]

Around 400 women students from the Benaras Hindu University (BHU) have written a letter to the vice-chancellor. The Demands of BHU Students 1. Relaxation in hostel timings 2. 24 hours library access 3. End to the alleged practice of intervening in personal matters in the name of security 4. The students want women’s hostels to […]

 IIT-Roorkee has announced that it has become a part of an Indo-US consortium working on a project for smart energy distribution system, Smart Grids. This is a $75 million 5-year project named US-India Collaboration for Smart Distribution System with Storage (UI-ASSIST). And the project is part of the Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) has recently served a “chargesheet” to the Vice-Chancellor. The VC has to respond to the allegations by October 20, failing which there will be a public trial conducted by ’eminent’ lawyers and academicians against him. What Are The Charges The chargesheet has a detailed list of the charges […]

  Common Admission Test CAT 2017 is just about a month away. And graduates from all across the country are fighting for a chance to be a part of the elite Indian Institutes of Management or IIMs. Attractive packages, high recall value and emphasis of multinational companies all add to the attractiveness of IIMs as […]

Intelligence Bureau Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade II Executive Exam or IB ACIO Exam 2017 was conducted on October 15 across 33 centres in the country. Immediately after the examination, however, candidates took to twitter to share their displeasure over the mismanagement at the examination centers. Candidates also pointed out at the lack of security […]

It took some 50 suicides for the government to take note. Yes, only after multiple suicides by students preparing for competitive examinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, allegedly due to a pressure to perform, education ministers of the two states held separate meetings and issued several guidelines to colleges. A Larger Problem Student unions have […]

Private coaching centres earned sharp criticism from the minister for human resources development Prakash Javadekar. He is of the belief that these centres treat students as “slaves” under the garb of training them for admission to IITs and other such prestigious institutions. He said a decline in teaching standards in schools and colleges are also […]

The mess at the girls’ hostel of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has been shut for two days. The students have no option but to eat out. Incidentally, the mess at the boys’ hostel of the varsity has been open. It has led the girls to raise their voice against the “differential treatment” meted […]

Over 25 students across PGP (Post Graduate Program) and PGPX (Post Graduate Program for Executives) programs at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad – IIMA – attended a course on Panchatantra in the last 2 weeks. The Panchatantra course was conducted outside the regular curriculum (non-graded) over five 75 minute sessions as an experimental offering […]