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Organised by 20 big Indian groups in association with the Indian embassy in Canada, ‘Namaste Canada’ featured a call to the diaspora for making contributions to India’s development and progress. ‘Super 30’ founder Anand Kumar urged Indian-Canadian community to contribute specially in the field of education and skill development to improve the future of the […]

As the industries across the world fluctuate along with global influences, the latest of such ups and downs in the field of Engineering is with Mechanical Industries and those based on Computer Sciences. Subsequently, similar effects can be felt in academics, with more and more students opting for ME than computer sciences. The trend seems […]

A recently passed bill in the Lok Sabha, the IIM Bill is poised to grant greater autonomy to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) along with adequate accountability for especially decision making. The IIM Bill is currently pending approval in the Upper House, it declares IIM’s to be of National importance as well as the […]

  In a written letter to the HRD Ministry and the DEpartment of Economic Affairs (DEA) last month, The Niti Aayog has asked for amendments to a batch of regulations and laws described as “restrictive” to investment (private) in higher education. These include Section 10(n) of the AICTE Act 1987; Section 8 of The Companies […]

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education, erstwhile the Kerala IT@School project of state education has department rolled out  Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tender worth 300 crore for state schools. Published publicly on the states e Tender portal, the total stated requirements is of 60, 250 laptops and around 43,750 multimedia projectors. The official […]

  Sitaram Yechury, the national general secretary of CPI(M), hit out at the Modi government for its planned imposition of the NEET without the state’s consent. The suicide of a Dalit medical aspirant in Tamil Nadu,  who had moved the Supreme Court against NEET-based medical examinations has led to an uproar over the current regulations […]

For the second occasion this summer, the Delhi School of Economics has denied permission to the same Student’s Group, DU Conversation, for conducting a panel discussion on ‘Indian Constitution – Right to Privacy’. Delhi University’s premier postgraduate centre refused a group of independent students and teachers from the university, the permission to hold a panel […]

The board of IIMA (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) society appoints Errol D’Souza as Director-In-Charge of the institute. The incumbent Ashish Nanda, who resigned in the last week of April, will relinquish office on 1 September. Nanda’s resignation came as a surprise for many; the decision to quit a year before the expiration of his […]

“Idea has not been completely discarded: HRD Ministry The human resource development (HRD) ministry has decided to junk the plan of introducing a common engineering entrance exam from next year. WHY WAS CEE JUNKED The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) had announced in March that a national-level common entrance examination (CEE) for engineering […]

In a meeting of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) responsible for conducting the IIT entrance examinations, the decision to conduct the entrance online was passed on August 20 2017. Apart from this, JAB has also announced that multiple choice questions (MCQ) will be replaced with brief answer type questions, requiring the examinees to type in […]