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IT Entrance Examination at designated centres, no use of pen and paper The entrance examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will go completely online from 2018. This has been decided but the Joint Admission Board (JAB) recently. The JAB, which is the policy-making body on IIT admissions, took the decision at a […]

The Maharashtra State Board for Technical Education(MSBTE) has decided to work upon improving the communication skills in their students starting this academic year. The Board’s focus will also be on imparting numerous soft skills, a necessary requirement in today’s changing industrial landscape. The announcement came after the had received repeated industry requirements, as candidates lacked […]

The prestigious Udaan Scholarship was awarded by SKF India to 40 meritorious girls from the Marathwada region on Friday. The official announcement came at the at a ceremony held at Yashada Auditorium in Pune. The girl students and their family members attended this ceremony in the presence of Dr Sayali Gankar, director, MIT School of […]

In a boast to the IIT, IISc research projects, the centre will now provide Rs70,000 as monthly fellowship to researchers. These researchers must be doing their PhDs in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or Indian Institute of Science (IISc). This was informed by Union higher education secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma. Highlights of the Scholarship Presently […]

 National Board of Examinations (NBE) has removed Bipin Batra from the post of executive director. NBE has taken this stand stating that his appointment had not been approved by the central government NBE is the apex examinations body for postgraduate medical education in the country. The governing body of NBE in its meeting decided to […]

The Union cabinet has finally approved the creation of a “non-lapsable corpus fund” for secondary and higher education. This will help fund select education schemes for which demand exceeds budgetary allocations. The Fund: Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) –Will have proceeds from the 1% cess the government collects under the ‘secondary and higher education […]

Three women have reached the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Review’s Innovators Under 35 list this year. THE PROUD WOMEN 1. Radha Boya, a researcher from University of Manchester’s Graphene Research Institute 2. Suchi Saria, a researcher from Johns Hopkins University 3. Neha Narkhede, co-founder of a Palo-Alto start-up, Confluent Inc. Radha Boya The 32-year-old […]

The inauguration of India’s first aviation university in Uttar Pradesh has been postponed. It was scheduled for 18 August. “The inauguration has been put on hold due to some unknown reasons. The next date is yet to be announced,” an RGNAU official informed. Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is at Fursatganj in Rae Bareli […]

The Union government is putting its plan to allow foreign universities to operate in India on the back burner. It is noteworthy here that the same was being pursued for last several years. The centre will now instead focus on its world-class university plan. The move fits in with the central government’s India-first approach across […]

The Anna University has begun its single window admission process this academic year with around 1.89 lakh seats. The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2017 has received only 1,41,077 applications, which officials said was more than last year. It is learnt that the trend has been so at least for the past five years. AU receives […]