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Creamy Layer Of JEE Rankers Opts For IIT-B

IIT-Bombay has been and still is widely preferred by top engineering aspirants. This year too, IIT-Bombay had experienced the same crush. 65 of the top 100 JEE rankers opted for the Powai-based institute. Most of them opted for computer science. Like the previous years, IIT-Delhi stood second, with 31 of the top 100 joining it. IIT-Bombay Director-Devang […]

NEET Admission 2017: MCI Warns Students of 69 Colleges

Medical Council of India (MCI) has warned medical students about ‘certain unscrupulous elements who are misleading the applicants by alluring them that they would get them admitted in MBBS course in medical colleges’. The NEET based process of all India counselling and state counselling for medical admission is underway after the results were declared on […]

IIITs To Award Degrees Of M.Tech And PHD

It was a moment of great pride for Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) when The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Wednesday, granting them autonomous status. It says, now IIITs will have the power of awarding degrees which include M.Tech and Ph.D, as those issued by autonomous universities. It also gives powers to Indian Institute of […]

Exchange Program: US education official to visit India

Many Indian universities have exchange programs for their students, where students complete their first or second year in India and they go abroad to do their third year along with an internship. As part of these initiatives, India has invited a top American education official to visit India to develop an international teacher and student […]

3 internships to be mandatory for engineering students: HRD MINISTER

News Source: hindustantimes.com   Engineering students across the country will now have to undergo at least three mandatory internships during their course from this academic year. It will be the responsibility of colleges to ensure internship for students. In 2015-16, 56% students graduating from engineering colleges remained unemployed. Not only this, their teachers too will […]

India 5th In Global Research

  India is now in the elite club. It has been ranked 5th in global research publication output where countries from North America, the European and Pacific hold the roost, both in terms of quantitative and qualitative research, which has been mentioned by a joint study by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—National Institute of […]

Medical Seats: Puducherry Governor Stresses On Quota For Local Students

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has reiterated that the territorial government should bring in a legislation to ensure 50 percent quota for local students in medical courses in private colleges Bedi’s Assertions Talking to reporters in Puducherry she said, “The last budget session of Puducherry in May should have been utilised by the government to […]

IIT Madras Alumnus Professor Subra Suresh To Head NTU Singapore

IIT-Madras is known for its excellence which is valued the world over. It was recently proved with the selection of one of its Professor Subra Suresh, its distinguished alumnus as the fourth President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore on 14 th July, 2017. Professor Suresh will begin his new tenure from 1 January 2018, […]

NIIT to Deliver Next Gen Digital Transformation Courses

NIIT Limited (National Institute of Information Technology), an institute of great repute and a global leader in skills and talent is all set to offer Next Gen courses in Digital Transformation to the Universities in India. NIIT will introduce its globally aapproved proprietary NIC (NIIT Inside Campus) model in universities and colleges across India. After […]

Professor Subra Suresh named President of NTU Singapore

One of the world’s leading universities is all set to get a touch of a distinguished IIT-Madras alumnus. Professor Subra Suresh has been chosen as the fourth President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is a distinguished alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a native of Chennai. Professor Suresh will begin his […]