CBSE IIT JEE Advanced results declared

The JEE (Advanced) results have been announced today, on June 12. This year, Aman Bansal from Jaipur bagged the fist position followed by Bhavesh Dhingra from Yamuna Nagar and Kunal Goyal from Jaipur who secured the second and third positions in the test respectively. A total of 36,566 candidates qualified the examination out of 1.47 lakh. Among the girls, Riya Singh...

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'No jeans at work places': Haryana government to teachers

Last week, the Haryana state education department issued an order asking the teachers to avoid wearing jeans in work places. The Director of Elementary Education, Panchkula in an order issued on June 4 also directed the teachers not to visit the director of Education in western attire. The Director Elementary Education in an order addressed to District Moral...

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Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya felicitated with Regius Professorship

Founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, who is of Indian origin, was awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II.  He was honoured with this award for his outstanding contribution in manufacturing. According to The Quint, he has given recommendations to the UK government on manufacturing, innovation,...

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President Pranab Mukherjee gives reforms for university education

President Mukherjee attended the book launch of Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday, May 8, counting the importance of university education in Indian scenario. Why are universities so important for the President? One of the most well educated politicians, Mukherjee marked the importance of universities in his life: University tours helped in gaining more...

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PG seats unrecognised in government medical colleges

Students practice hard to crack the entrance exams to get into one of the preferred colleges of their choice but the saddening part is 30 per cent of the post graduate medical seats have remained unrecognised in government medical colleges since 2013. The matter came into notice when the Medical Council of India (MCI) gave a few seats to some students, which were not...

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JNU students protest outside MHRD to demand OBC reservation

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, along with their union president Kanhaiya Kumar, on Thursday, June 9, protested outside the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) demanding that reservation to OBC candidates be granted for appointments at associate professor level, following which 36 of them were detained. Earlier, on Wednesday, the students had...

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Delhi University's law faculty awaits BCI affiliation

Delhi University has only two weeks and a little more time left to upgrade themselves in all sense, including infrastructure and appointment of teachers of the law faculty. It is only after completion of the formalities that the Bar Council of India will affiliate them. Law Faculty of DU at present: The law faculty at DU is currently not affiliated by the BCI In 2014,...

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Mobile app to be launched for admission ease in six government colleges

In an attempt to make admission procedures and applications easier and more convenient for the applicants, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to launch a new mobile application for six government colleges in the city. The decision has been implemented by UT Higher education department for the government colleges in Chandigarh. About the mobile application...

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President Pranab Mukherjee gives reforms for university education

President Mukherjee attended the book launch of Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday, May 8, counting the importance of university education in Indian scenario. Why are universities so important for the President? One of the most well educated politicians, Mukherjee marked the importance of universities in his life: University tours helped in gaining more...

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DU teachers protest, threaten to quit admission process

Delhi University teachers have refused to participate in the process of admission for the commencing academic session so as to protest the University Grants Commission's (UGC)  third amendment. Why are they planning boycotting the admission process? The ongoing protest is a repercussion of UGC's notification which would snatch the jobs of 5,000 ad-hoc teachers...

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JNU students protest against OBC reservations for professors

Jawaharlal Nehru University students protested against University Grant Commission's rule of 27 percent OBC reservation for assistant professors in the university only. What do the students want? The fact that the reservation is applicable only to assistant professors was not acceptable by the university students The students want the reservation to be extended to those...

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Anna University announces admission dates for TNEA

Anna University in Tamil Nadu has announced admission dates for 2016 batch. The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) for the university will begin on June 26. Counselling dates for admission: Rank list will be published on June 22 Call letters can be downloaded from the official website of the university Admissions at Anna University will begin with counselling...

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