Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday ordered a comprehensive probe into alleged irregularities in the post-matric scholarship scheme that had surfaced during the previous Congress regime in the state. Mann took to Twitter to announce this decision. “I have received files pertaining to the release of scholarship amount during the previous government. Irregularities have […]
Tag Archives: higher education
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The Railway University in Gujarat’s Vadodara has been granted central status by the Union Cabinet, Union minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday. The university has been renamed as Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. The Union Cabinet gave its approval to introduce a Bill in Parliament, namely, the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to amend the Central Universities […]
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The higher education regulatory body, University Grants Commission (UGC), will organise a three-day workshop at Varanasi from July 7 to July 9. The three-day education summit, Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam, seeks to provide a platform for leading Indian Higher Educational Institutions to discuss, deliberate, and share insights on strategies, success stories, and best practices in […]
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In the backdrop of a tussle over power to appoint Vice Chancellors of state-run universities, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has pointed out that Governor Jagdeep Dhankar’s unilateral appointment of a VC for Rabindra Bharati University was at odds with the state government’s decision conveyed last month on re-examining the appointment process in view […]
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The Delhi University (DU) has announced that the classes for the students of the fifth and seventh semesters of graduate courses will begin on July 20 for the academic year 2022-23. The university has issued an academic calendar for the students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth semesters. For the sixth and eighth semesters, […]
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When the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in 2016, under the leadership of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, our greatest challenge was reaching the last woman in the remotest recesses of India with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders. With a dedicated workforce and political will, the PMUY’s success has given me confidence that we […]
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) is planning to establish exam centres in more than 600 districts, each of which will have a minimum of 250 seats and be able to accommodate up to 20,000 candidates per shift. The NTA has written to vice-chancellors of all universities requesting space to set up exam centres for online […]
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras’ Department of Management Studies has achieved 100 percent placement for the academic year 2021-22. All 61 students in the batch graduating this year have received and accepted job offers at the IIT Madras campus placement 2022 drive. The average salary has risen by 30.35 percent over the management department’s […]
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The University of Kerala here has secured the highest NAAC grading of A++ with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.67, an achievement, that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday termed as an inspiration to other universities and educational institutions in the state. Vijayan said the recognition received by the university was a […]
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Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi has said it has surpassed the campus recruitment record for its current batch of students with a placement rate of 98.10 percent. During the campus placement, the institute hosted 140 companies, among which 108 offered competitive salaries falling between Rs 11 lakh and Rs 47 lakh per annum. Several […]