Appointment of academic staff in institutions of higher education across India has stopped after the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday asked all central universities, state universities and deemed universities receiving grant-in-aid from the government or the commission and inter-university centres to postpone the process. Appointment of academic staff in institutions of higher education across India has stopped after the UGC asked all universities receiving grant-in-aid to postpone the processThe UGC move followed an instruction from HRD ministry due to a plea filed before the Supreme Court regarding implementation of government’s reservation policy Appointment of academic staff in institutions of higher education across India has…
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Management Orientation Program (MOP) was recently held at the Institute of Management Hyderabad, to familiarize students with the educational process and its governance mechanism at IMT Hyderabad, introduce the students to faculty members and various specializations on offer and acquaint them to various club, committees and activity chairs. “MOP had three important components, orientation sessions, and panel discussion immediately followed by an outbound activity. It has been designed to offer and imbibe in the students the constant urge to learn, unlearn and relearn and be prepared to expect the unexpected. While the theoretical knowledge acquired in college will develop conceptual…
The Lone Star State pays its higher education leaders a good chunk of change, according to a new analysis. These four Texas public university leaders — including one in Houston — were among the 15 highest-paid in the nation for the 2016-2017 school year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s latest “Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges” report: • No. 3 was University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven, whose total compensation was $1,500,140 and base compensation was $1,200,000. • No. 5 was Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, whose total compensation was $1,285,147 and base salary…
Speaking at a marketing and branding conference organized by the CII, Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi, said, “For the new age consumers, value of a brand is to a great extent something which is of ‘peer value’. That is if their friends’ value the brand, then the brand resonates with the millennial. Hence, evolving with changing consumer needs, brand today has to have a strong referral system and a story around it to build the value-perception”. Dr. Das, who was the Chairperson of the session on value creation at the conference on ‘Marketing &…
The AIIMS here has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, for institutional collaboration in education, research outreach programme and medical services.According to a government official, the primary objective is to promote interaction and collaboration among faculty members, scientists and students of the two premier institutes in their respective domains, to carry out joint academic and research programmes, joint supervision of masters and doctoral students, and collaborative research. The broad areas of cooperation identified under this MoU include initiating joint academic programs such as PhD, MD-PhD, MSc-PhD and other courses. It includes coordinated internship programmes for students from AIIMS and…
CAT 2018 registration has been closed for this year after the extension of dates. Number of aspirants reported to have filled the form has been around 2.41 lac, which is higher by 3% (approximately by 10,000 in nos.) compared to past year. Incidentally, this is has highest in the past 10 years. In 2008 no. of aspirants in CAT were 2.9 lacs. CAT 2018 will be held on Nov 25, 2018 While there has been not much of rise in CAT registrations as per the past 5 years trends increase in the seats in IIMs has been almost a whopping 50%. For…
(Aritro Pal) Background I was tensed. I have already missed the 1st day of counseling and suddenly realized that for general candidates it was the ‘Day 1’ which was allotted. The counseling fees had not been paid. The medical fitness certificate was also not ready. I rushed to my father seeking his advice. He tried calling the helpline nos. mentioned in the site but there was no response and after trying for several times both of us gave up. He suggested that I should go there, talk to the authorities and if they allow me as a general candidate for the counseling,…
The IIT Gandhinagar graduands celebrated the biggest day of their life, as they are no more graduands now and are going to be called as graduates. IIT Gandhinagar celebrated the 7th Convocation on saturday. The auditorium was filled with all the happy faces. The ecstasy of students and their family members is indescribable. The ceremony commenced with Academic Procession and invocation. Professor Sudhir K Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar accorded degrees to the students and gave an enriching speech. He congratulated the graduating students and medal winners and underlined landmark events of academic year. Chief Guest Ms. Anu Aga, Chairperson, Teach…
Background: I had been allotted a seat in the ECE course at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) in the online counselling. According to my JEE mains score, I had to report at the TIET Patiala campus for in-person counselling on the 14th July. Now, if you are wondering why I have been so particular about writing that Deemed to University on the top be rest assured I have no clue what it means. I have heard my father mutter once, “I don’t understand the difference between Deemed University and Deemed to Be University when in reality they are the same. What does…
55th convocation of IIT Madras was held on July 20, 2018. 2,267 degrees were awarded by Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras. One foreign national student received the M.Tech. degree. As is the custom of IIT Madras, the new graduates took their pledge after receiving their degree. Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog graced the occasion along with Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras and Managing Director, Mahindra and Mahindra. 2,267 degrees were awarded by Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras. Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog graced the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Professor Ramamurthi said,…
A total of 11,942 students have taken admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) after the seventh round of counselling. JEE Advanced 2018 Separate merit list for girls: The 14% female quota and what it means for male candidates After the final round across 23 IITs, a total of 11942 students—10,101 male and 1841 female students have taken admission, a total of 11942 students have been admitted across IITs. While 10101 of them are male students, 1841 women candidates have marked entry in the largely male bastion. 10,101 male students. 1841 female students. 779 supernumerary seats were earmarked for for…
The Indian Institute of Management at Visakhapatnam (IIM V) – the only one in the two Telugu states, would begin its doctoral programme– Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), from next academic year with five seats. The IIM-Vizag could be the first one among the newest set of IIMs – also known as the third generation of the IIMs set up in 2015 – to begin the inter-disciplinary research programme. On Monday, the premier B School has inducted 105 students as its fourth batch of its flagship Post Graduate Programme in Management. “We have received the approval of the ministry of HRD to…
1st Time NTA conducted NEET Exam Updated as on Feb 03, 2019. NEET Exam 2019: In another significant change, these exams will be held over many days, and students will have the option to choose a date. Moreover, if a student appears for the JEE (Main) and NEET both times, the best of his/ her two scores will be taken into account. About NTA: Union HRD Minister recommends setting up of National Testing Agency which will hold exams. At present, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts several examinations including board exams as well as entrances. CBSE exams are taken by more than 1.12 crore…
FORE School of Management, New Delhi was awarded the “Best Business School with specialized curriculum” by Associate Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India which organized the “The EduMeet 2018 & Education Excellence Awards” at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata on 12th July 2018. On behalf of FORE School, Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director received the award from the Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi. This award to FORE is also an evidence of the right initiatives being taken by FORE to strengthen various facets of business teaching. The Fore School of Management which is located in the heart of…
Updated as on Apr 01, 2025 NMAT vs XAT Exam: These two different Entrance Exams – gateway to take admission in top Business Schools of the country NMAT by GMAC and XAT are conducted by two of the oldest Business Schools of the country – NMIMS (now the test is in association with GMAT) and XLRI Jamshedpur. Apply to any top 250 B Schools from one window. Shortlist, save. CLICK NMAT is comparatively much younger than XAT which is being held for over 60 years by XLRI at all India level. The XAT score is being used by more than 250+ institutes for…
B.K. School of Business Management which was established in 1976 as the Business School of Gujarat University, is one of the oldest Business School in Gujarat. Initially the School started with an intake of 30 students for its two-year full time MBA programme. Later a part-time MBA programme for serving executives was initiated from 1983 and currently the intake for the same is 60. In the year 2006 the School started a PG Diploma in Port Management Programme with an intake of 35 students. This programme was restructured as an MBA programme in Maritime Management with an intake of 45 students.…
This year, 12 lakh youngsters sat for the annual JEE Main for admission to engineering institutions. Predictably, many could not make the grade, while others would have wanted to improve their scores, but their next opportunity would have come only a year later. This will no longer be the case, with the government announcing on Saturday that from 2019, aspirants will be able to sit twice a year for not only JEE Main, but also NEET for entry into medical colleges. Examinees will be able to appear for JEE Main in January and April of every year and for NEET…
How to Crack Verbal Ability : Verbal Ability is another important section in most of competitive exams as a lot of questions come from this section. Many students face difficulty in this section due to less acquaintance with the English language. So, the chances of their selection reduce as most of the exams like bank exams, CAT, etc. have a sectional CAT cutoff that the candidates need to clear in order to get selected. How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT Exam As the importance of verbal ability is now known, one must be very well versed with…
More than 15000 seat are vacant in Gujarat for admission in of both Master of Business Administration(MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA). Master of Education Course there were 883 registrations for the 550 With the registration for the 19,763 seats of both Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application ending today, the Admission Committee for Professional Courses fears that over 15,000 seats would go vacant. Officials of ACPC said that at the end of the registration a total of 4,655 students have applied online and have even got their documents verified. This was nearly 15,100 odd seats…
Speaking on ‘Making Innovations & Start-ups a Culture in India’, at the AICTE- auditorium during the final rounds of Start-up Mentorship Program 2018 organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi on 25th and 26th of June 2018, Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director of EDII Ahmedabad, said, “Entrepreneurship is more of an attitude, than a skill or talent”. Encouraging budding women entrepreneurs and young start-up teams, Dr. Shukla highlighted how there was an appreciable increase in the admission of girls i.e. from 10% to 25%, at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII). “AICTE’s focus on empowering women to…
