Tech institutions take the lead
The increased global emphasis on high-impact scientific and technological research is on display in this year’s QS World University Rankings, which are dominated by institutions specialising in the STEM disciplines. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cements its place at the top of... read more »
IIM-A Insight ready with new vision
AHMEDABAD: Insight, the marketing conclave of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will begin on Saturday on the institute’s campus. Over the past 26 years, Insight has successfully established itself as the defining marketing conclave that brings corporates, business school... read more »
IIM likely to be established in Gaya
GAYA: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech proposed the establishment of Indian Institute of Management in Bihar. The Union govt has asked the state govt to provide 200 acres of ‘suitably placed’ land with easy access to road, rail and air transport and other... read more »
India is second largest & fastest growing source of international stude...
NEW DELHI: Representing 12% of the international student population in the country, New Zealand is turning out to be an emerging attraction for Indian students aspiring to go abroad. In last one decade there has been 700% increase in number of students from India. First time student visas has... read more »
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Civil Services Aptitude Test rollback?
Last week, students led by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parsihad (ABVP) protested against the pattern of the civil services preliminary test, conducted by the Union Public Service... read more »
510 more MBBS seats for Punjab, Himachal, Haryana
CHANDIGARH: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Punjab will have additional 510 MBBS seats. This comes after several negotiations between the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the... read more »
Gujarat University to admit 5,000 left-out students offline
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat University (GU) has decided to conduct offline admission for 5,000-odd commerce students who were left without admissions after the completion of second round of the... read more »
1.4 million Indian children aged 6-11 out of school: Unesco
NEW DELHI: Achieving the goal of getting all children in school by 2015 is now clearly impossible. It has emerged that there are 57.8 million children who are out of primary school... read more »
A higher degree
As NID becomes an institution of national importance, it can award degrees and carry out research The National Institute of Design (NID) has been declared an institution of national importance... read more »
