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The IIT Madras administration has cancelled a series of lectures on social equity. The organisers alleged that the three speakers invited for the event were “controversial”. Alleged Controversial Speakers: 1. K Stalin, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist 2. Nandini Sundar, sociology professor at the Delhi School of Economics 3. Adhik Kadam, social entrepreneur and […]

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to replace the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH). It is an 18 year old body, with an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). The decision has been taken citing UGC regulations. For this, the university has put a stay on elections to the body, which were to be […]

  In a major relief to the students, the Belagavi based Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) decided in a meeting to modify the ‘critical year’ and ‘year back’ concepts of the year 2010. Relief to Students The move is being taken to help engineering students get their degrees. The decision was taken at a meeting held […]

  For the first time, three renowned Indian institutions — the Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and the IITs Delhi and Bombay, have catapulted to the list of the top 200 global universities. This is when it comes to producing “employable graduates”. This is as per the latest edition of QS Graduate Employability Rankings. The […]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore will soon inaugurate the India-Japan Study Centre in its campus. The primary aim is to promote economic and educational ties through research, teaching and policy outreach. This comes at the same time as India is strengthening its ties with Japan. Off late we all saw the inauguration of […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has urged exhorted students to take maximum benefit of the new age digital media while pursuing their academic studies. ‘Knowledge is power and in this age of globalization, information technology has significantly altered many aspects of life and students must take maximum benefit of the digital medium in their academic […]

University of Oxford retains first place Indian institutes continue to perform poorly in global university rankings. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore slid in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2018. SLIDING RANKS Though IISc remained at top in India, it was placed in the 251-300 groupings of the best universities. IISc […]

Niti Aayog has invited invited applications for ‘Mentor India’ campaign. Under this industry leaders and academicians can mentor and guide school students in more than 900 “Atal Tinkering Labs” established by “Atal Innovation Mission” (AIM) across India. What is Mentor India Campaign –Initiative to promote innovation and entrepreneurship –Leaders are expected to dedicate 1 to […]

IIM-Ahmedabad Society has appointed Errol D’Souza as the Director-In-Charge of the institute. He is currently the professor of economics at the IIM-A. “Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Board – IIM-A Society today announced the appointment of Professor Errol D’Souza as Director-in-charge, IIM Ahmedabad effective Saturday, September 2, 2017,” the elite B-School said in a […]

  For the second consecutive year, Tezpur University of Assam has ranked among the top 1000 universities in the world. This was announced by the The Times Higher Education (THE). THE is a leading provider of higher education data for the world’s research-led institutions. THE has listed 1000 Universities in its Ranking 2018 and Tezpur […]