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Higher Education

No new technical institution for a year

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In the guidelines issued recently, UGC has decided to suspend approval and regulation of new technical institutes for a year. It means, no new technical institutes will be set up across the country and there will...

Higher Education

UGC grants JNU Rs 60 Cr for research

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Granting Jawaharlal Nehru University, the status of University with Potential for Excellence (UPE), UGC has given grant of Rs 60 crore to the university for research and infrastructure development.  Instructing about the utilization of the fund,...

Higher Education

100 percent placement for Mica

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Mica, the premier B-school in strategic marketing and communication in India has recorded a 100 percent placement for its 19th batch of PGDM-Communication students. In the institute’s placement process called MICAlibre, out of 156 students 153...

Higher Education

Students design robots to aid agriculture in India

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With the aim to bring awareness to problems in the agricultural domain, the e-Yantra Robotics Competition was held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The theme of the competition was ‘Urban Agriculture’ Some of the finalist...

Higher Education

Kumaon University opens cancer biology department

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To promote research in cancer therapy using medicinal herb, the Kumaon University of Uttarakhand in collaboration with US’ Rosewell Park Cancer Institute will set up a cancer biology department. According to an official, this idea was...

Schools News

28 percent high school dropout rate in Goa

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Goa, being the small state in the country still does not show an impressive growth in the education sector. According to the planning commission’s data, the state ranks seventh among the other states and union territories...

Higher Education

India gives 200 Nepalese students scholarship

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In order to boost the human resource development in Nepal, the Indian government has provided scholarships to 200 Nepalese students on merit basis. In a function orgainsed in Nepal, the Nepal’s Education Minister Chitralekha Yadav and...

Higher Education

Dual accreditation must for tech institutes

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Dual accreditation has become mandatory for institutes in Maharashtra offering courses in engineering, pharmacy, hotel management etc. According to new UGC regulations, such institutes will have to get an approval from the National Assessment and Accreditation...

Higher Education

IIT-Gandhinagar plans a new lab on carbon dating

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IIT Gandhinagar plans to set a new lab for carbon dating. A centre for archeological science has already been set up in the institute and it will see a multi disciplinary approach to archeology, along with...

Policy Matters

Schools with overstaffed teachers to be transferred

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Teachers from overstaffed government schools in Uttarakhand will be transferred to the ones suffering from shortage of teachers, the state government said. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar has sought a district-wise list of government schools from the...