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JNU VC Recruitment: Centre Issues Fresh Recruitment Notice; Check Eligibility, Pay Scale

The Farce of University Rankings and ‘Liberal’ Education in Foreign Countries

The central government has issued a notification for the “Appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University“. The recruitment notice was released by the Education Ministry citing the need to have a “wider choice of selection” for the post of Vice-Chancellor. All the information related to the JNU VC recruitment is available on the official website […]

Assistant Professor Recruitment: Big Change In Eligibility

Internationalisation of Higher Education in India: UGC brings regulations in accordance with NEP, 2020

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centre has decided to put on hold the plan to make PhD a minimum qualification for recruitment of assistant professors this year. This information was recently shared by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The Minister stated that the government has decided to put on hold the mandatory PhD […]

NEP 2020 and Entry of top Global Universities in India

NEP 2020 and entry of top global universities in India

New Education Policy ( NEP )2020 approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020 opened the way for foreign universities to establish their International Branch Campuses ( IBCs) in India. This is one of the major announcements of the new education policy. IBCs represent the concept of transnational education (TNE ). With […]

Jamia Students Demand Phase-Wise Reopening of Campus, can’t Decide in Haste: V-C

Jamia Students Demand Phase-Wise Reopening of Campus, can’t Decide in Haste: V-C

Both DU and JNU came out with their own reopening schedules following the Delhi Disaster Management Authority directives on August 30 allowing students of higher educational institutions to return to campuses as long as a 50% seating capacity is maintained Even as Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have come out with plans for the […]

AWS Extends Cloud Computing Curriculum to 21 Higher Education Institutions in India

AWS Extends Cloud Computing Curriculum to 21 Higher Education Institutions in India

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will add 21 higher education institutions across India offering cloud computing curriculum as part of their undergraduate and post-graduate programs starting in the 2021-22 academic year. The cloud computing curriculum will be included in engineering programs for computer science and information technology, degree programs such as Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of […]

NIT Andhra Pradesh Recognized as ‘Best Institute in South India 2021’ by Centre for Education Growth and Research

NIT Andhra Pradesh Recognized as 'Best Institute in South India 2021' by Centre for Education Growth and Research

The National Institute of Technology, NIT Andhra Pradesh has been recognized as the ‘Best Institute in South India 2021’ by the Centre for Education Growth and Research, a New Delhi-based Education Think Tank. The award was presented during the 15th Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar Ceremony held on September 7, 2021. The award was presented in […]

Science Graduates Earn 22% more, says IIM-Ahmedabad study

Science graduates earn 22% more, says IIM-Ahmedabad study

Would you become a doctor or an engineer?’ Toddlers across the country face this ubiquitous question just as their parents fielded it when they were young. An IIM-A study has found a solid reason behind this rather obsessive insistence of parents that their wards study science — it found that graduating from science stream courses […]

PM Modi to lay Stone for University Named After the King who Donated Land for Aligarh Muslim University

PM Modi Lays the Foundation Stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the stone of the university named after Maharaja Mahendra Pratap Singh, who donated land for Aligarh Muslim University. According to the university’s land records, Raja Mahendra Pratap leased 1.221 hectares (3.04 acres) of land in 1929 at Rs 2 per annum to the university. Maharaja Mahendra Pratap Singh’s legacy […]

Maharashtra Govt to Take a Decision on College Reopening After MHT-CET is held: Higher Education Minister Uday Samant

Maharashtra govt to take decision on college reopening after MHT-CET is held: Higher education minister Uday Samant

Maharashtra’s minister of higher and technical education Uday Samant has said that the government will take a decision on the reopening of colleges after the MHT CET exams, which are scheduled to be held between September 15 and October 10. Samant said colleges may reopen from November, depending on the prevailing Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra. […]

Delhi University to get New Vice-Chancellor Soon

DU’s Academic Council Meeting on Feb 9 to Discuss Implementation of NEP in UG Curriculum

The Delhi University (DU) will soon get a new Vice-Chancellor as the process for the selection has been completed. The names of more than a dozen candidates have been discussed. Among them, the most prominent names include Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor (VC), M. Jagdish Kumar, Delhi Technological University VC Yogesh Singh, A.D.N. Bajpai, and […]