Bangalore University BCom students, who were in a catch-22 situation over their 5th semester exam dates clashing with that of Chartered Accountant (CA) examination, can heave a sigh of relief. After receiving complaints from many colleges, the varsity has decided to postpone the BCom exam from November 17 to November 30...
PU vice-chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh announced here on Friday that the varsity would launch a full-time course in disaster management from the next academic session (2013-14). Necessary formalities for drafting syllabi and framework of the course have already been initiated and the state government has assured all ..
The maiden mapping of industry linkages with engineering institutes has spelt bad news with barely 19% of the total 156 engineering institutes surveyed emerging on top of their game. About 63% institutes had moderate linkages, while 18% were rated poor in parameters ranging from inclusion of industry representatives in ..
Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi on Friday appointed his principal secretary GB Patnaik as an officiating vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, a day after the tenure of incumbent Prof Manoj Mishra came to an end.
The 1978 batch IAS officer is likely to hold the charge till his retirement due in March ..
The committee of technology-based examination reforms in state universities has suggested amendments to the existing Maharashtra Universities (MU) Act, 1994, to enable the use and integration of technology in the examination processes. Some of the key suggestions are:
There is a need to modify ..
Tamil Nadu Government has targetted to provide Skill Development Training as per the requirement of Industries, for five lakh youths this year, a top offficial has said.
Project Director (Employment and Training) G.Prakash, who inaugurated a seminar of the IT Department,on behalf of ICT Academy,here, said ..
The standing committee of the IIT Council which meets in Mumbai on November 5 is expected to recommend raising tuition fee of undergraduate programme from Rs 50,000 to Rs 90,000.
The development comes as an empowered task force is still considering the details for implementation of the Kakodkar Committee ..
Aligarh Muslim University's Academic Council has turned down the proposal for "upgrading" women's college, AMU into a full-fledged varsity.
The Council at its meeting earlier this week rejected the proposal, which had been mooted last year by some members of the Council.
The ..
Hoping for revival of its world-class university project near Puri district, the Vedanta Group said many other states are interested in the project if it fails to come up in Odisha.
"Many states like Karnataka and Rajasthan are interested to get the project. But, we have not talked to anyone," ..
About 200 eminent agricultural scientists from across the country would assemble at the Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) from November 3 to 5 to discuss on farm productivity in the face of adverse impact of global climate change.
The BAU, in association with the Society of Agricultural Professionals ..