Gone are the days when quality education was a domain of the affluent class and major cities. Today it is traversing great distances, overcoming rough patches and is coming to aid even remote areas. The IITs and IISc’s strenuous efforts are paving the way for quality education to cross over. They have taken the initiative […]
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UPES tops the list so far These days mark the achievements of institutions, pushing them to a different stature of ‘perception’. This is the word pondered upon when admission drives are on. The ‘placement’ fever is here. Admission drives, perception, stature and success of an institution is placed on ‘placement’. So, in the season of […]
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Jul
The complexity of various taxes inspired the Indian government to devise a simple tax structure to which everyone can adhere to. Be it service class or business class. Collective efforts of officials from various departments gave birth GST. And to spread its awareness, Central GST and Central Excise Department officials joined hands in organizing an ‘outreach […]
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Jul
Jul
The Union Cabinet has approved setting up International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) in Varanasi which will work on developing high-yielding rice varieties. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) will soon be signed between India and IRRI, Philippines. ISARC HIGHLIGHTS 1. Will be established at existing campus of the National Seed Research […]
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When you sow the seeds of hard work, you expect a rich harvest of success. The PGDBA which began in 2015, jointly designed by three premier institutions of Bengal – IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was optimistic of reaping a rich harvest of success for the hard work put in. Their […]
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What you give something it comes back to you. It was proved right by IITKGP’s distinguished alumnus Mr. Ajit Jain, whose stint with top level management consultancy McKinsey & Company till 1986 has been highly decorative with various posts coming his way, before he switched over to Berkshire Hathaway. Today in the capacity as President […]
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Coming down heavily upon the education system, of the country, Delhi High Court says, “It is completely de-humanised. It is a machine. The human element has been completely taken out. The contact between teacher and student is perfunctory. There is no connect, ” ruled out a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri. The […]
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Jul
President Pranab Mukherjee launched two programmes to take education to the remotest corners of the country. This will be done with the help of technology. Mukherjee also launched a ‘National Academic Depository’ where verified educational records would be digitally stored by universities or a board to counter forgery. The programmes Swayam and Swayam Prabha were […]
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Jul
Jul
Certified GST Students To Roll Out From Lucknow University Within two days of advice from the Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma a unanimous decision was taken to add value to this new tax regime. It was decided on July 6 to introduce this tax regime as a subject at a meet in the presence […]
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Jul
Jul
An India-born academician at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been named as the dean of its engineering school. Anantha Chandrakasan is the Vannevar Bush professor and head of the department of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). He assumed his new role effective 1 July. Chandrakasan succeeded Ian Waitz who is now […]