HRD To Workout Modalities To Implement 10 Per Cent Reservation Order The Ministry of Human Resource Development is working out modalities to implement 10 per cent reservation for the “economically weaker” sections in higher educational institutions, sources have said. The Union Cabinet Monday cleared the 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for Read More
The sanctioned strength of faculty in all IITs is 8856, against which, 6043 faculty are in position According to the data provided by the Union Human Resource Development minister in the Parliament recently, in IITs, only 2.81 per cent is from the reserved Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) category. At present, there are Read More
Indian-American Kavya Kopparapu, Rishab Jain, and British-Indian Amika George are among the group. Three Indian-origin students have been named among the 25 most influential teens of 2018 by Time magazine for making a mark across numerous fields. Indian-American Kavya Kopparapu, Rishab Jain, and British-Indian Amika George are among the group who have become inspirations for Read More
DUTA Condemns Postponement Of Academic Council’s Meeting The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) on Tuesday wrote to the varsity’s vice-chancellor (VC) Yogesh Tyagi, condemning the postponement of the academic council’s meeting and threatening action if it is not convened within a week. The meeting of the academic council was slated to take place on Wednesday. Read More
Around 1,300 students had registered for the campus placements during 2018-19.CHENNAI: When the first phase of placement process concluded on Saturday, Indian Institute of Technology or IIT, Madras, witnessed the highest ever number of job offers made in its history. As many as 888 offers made from 195 companies, including the 136 pre-placement offers, now the total Read More
The CBSE has been asked to work with state boards to remove marks disparity. (Representational Image) The Centre has instructed the CBSE (Centre Board for Secondary Education) to discuss how to remove the disparity between marks awarded to examinees by it and that by various state boards, Union minister Satya Pal Singh said here on Thursday. Read More
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is formulating guidelines for children’s hostels, prescribing the minimum standards of care that should be provided to children. This comes in the wake of institutions, housing children on the request of parents who are unable to take care of them and their education or due to other circumstances Read More
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) started the placement season for 2018-19 on a very strong note with 215 offers received from 10 companies including 150 Pre-placement offers (PPOs) by companies other than these ten also. The Institute also received 7 international offers. The highest salary in Domestic was at Rs. 47 lakh and the International Read More
The Jammu and Kashmir government announced Thursday three-month winter vacation for schools in Kashmir division and other areas falling under winter zone in the state. According to an order issued by the School Education Department, winter vacation for students up to class 8 would be observed from December 6, 2018 to March 3 next year. Read More
Doctoral degree holders from the top 500 foreign universities are now eligible for direct recruitment as an assistant professor in Indian varsities, according to the UGC. As per the new recruitment norms, the top 500 ranking of the university shall be referred from four famous world university ranking systems — Quacquarelli Symonds , Times Higher Read More
