| Singapore's educational institution to set up campus in India |
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SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based educational institution will set up its campus in India through a joint venture with an investment of over Rs 46 crore to offer diploma and masters in the field of business and management. Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) will establish the university campus in Chennai with the collaboration of India's... 24 Jul 2015 |
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| UGC Selects 8 Tamil Nadu Institutes for Kendras |
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COIMBATORE: The University Grants Commission on Tuesday published the list of recommended institutions in the country to set up Deendayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendras. A total of eight institutions have been selected from Tamil Nadu. The scheme was introduced to implement skill-based career oriented courses. The UGC called for proposals from institutions... 08 Jul 2015 |
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| HC Asks Authority to Take Decision on Disputed Questions in CLAT 2015 |
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MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the authority which conducts the Common Law Admission Test to take a decision on disputed questions in the 2015 examination paper. A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice V L Achliya asked the convenor of CLAT 2015 to consult its expert panel for the correctness of answers in the model... 03 Jul 2015 |
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| Online Counselling for Admission to IITs, NITs begins |
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KANPUR: After getting deferred thrice, online counselling for admission to IITs, National Institutes of Technology (NITs), IIITs and Government Funded Technical Institutions (GFTIs) started on Wednesday. The counselling began only after CBSE declared JEE ranks for Paper-1 and Paper-2. The ranks could not be declared till June 30 as some of the states'... 03 Jul 2015 |
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| Eight among 21 Fake Universities in UP |
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NEW DELHI: University Grants Commission on Wednesday released a list of 21 fake universities, eight of them in Uttar Pradesh. Most of these fake universities have been in the list for years but UGC and HRD ministry have not been able to shut them down. UGC says it has no power to close any university. "Our job is to inform children and parents... 03 Jul 2015 |
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| Odisha's IIIT Flouted Admission Norms Opeca |
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BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Private Engineering College Association (Opeca) on Wednesday alleged that state-run technical institute International Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar, completed the admission to BTech course much before JEE (Main) rank has been published.
"This is illegal. IIIT has diluted the admission... 03 Jul 2015 |
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| 44 Colleges in State in Poor Condition |
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BHOPAL: At least 44 government colleges in the state are on ventilator. This is what was disclosed in the recently completed grading by higher education department. Grading was done on seven parameters. These included curriculum, teaching-learning and evaluation, research, consultancy and extension, infrastructure and learning resources, student support... 29 Jun 2015 |
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| High Cut-Offs |
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Delhi: The University of Delhi released its first cut-off list for admission on June 25, with popular courses like economics and English falling in the range of 95-98%, not just at popular colleges such as Kirori Mal College and Hans Raj College but also at certain off-campus colleges. While some were relieved at making the cut on the first day itself,... 29 Jun 2015 |
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| CBSE To Conduct Retest for AIPMT on July 25 |
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NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the retest for All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Test on July 25 (Saturday), 2015. This is after the Supreme Court asked the board on June 19 to conduct the test afresh after a petition by students claiming the test papers of May 3, 2015 examination were leaked. While the apex court asked... 23 Jun 2015 |
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| Medical Colleges Struggle To Get Good Faculty |
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CHENNAI: At a time when 31,000 students battle for 2,200-odd seats in Tamil Nadu this year, the state government's efforts to increase the number of MBBS seats have come a cropper. After an inspection in January, the Medical Council of India (MCI), the apex regulatory body for medical education in the country, cited faculty shortage and poor infrastructure... 23 Jun 2015 |
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| Previous Years’ Students May Bag Over 1,000 MBBS Seats |
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CHENNAI: Worst fears of the latest batch of Class 12 students hoping for an MBBS seat may come true with the Tamil Nadu government on Monday telling the Madras high court that students from previous batches cannot be prevented from taking part in the ongoing admission counselling. While lawyers representing the fresh batch of students said more than... 23 Jun 2015 |
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| MBBS Counselling to Start from June 29 in Bihar |
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PATNA: The counselling for 807 seats in nine medical colleges of the state will start from June 29, according to Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) sources. In all, there are 950 seats but 15% seats in every college are reserved for All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) applicants conducted by CBSE. These seats will not be... 23 Jun 2015 |
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| Admission Committee Permits Colleges to Admit Without Qualifying Examination |
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AHMEDABAD: The Admission Committee for Professional Courses has decided that in the vacant seats in Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application, and for the Master of Engineering and Master of Pharmacy, the colleges will be free to admit students even if they have not appeared for their qualifying aptitude test. The students... 20 Jun 2015 |
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| No Laminated Mark sheets for class XII general stream students |
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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat secondary and Higher Secondary Education board in a bid to declare early results for HSC general stream has failed to give laminated mark sheets to the students. The board had for the first time given mark sheets to the student's at least a week after the results were declared. Officials from the Gujarat Secondary and Higher... 20 Jun 2015 |
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| CAT 2014 students to get 30 minutes more to attempt questions |
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INDORE: Candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) for entrance to IIMs and other prestigious business schools on November 16 and 22 will get 30 minutes more as number of questions will be more this time. "Earlier, candidates appearing for CAT were getting 140 minutes to solve the paper, but now time has been increased to 170 minutes,"... 08 Aug 2014 |
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| No Takers for 1.24 Lakh Engineering Seats in UPTU Colleges |
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LUCKNOW: Close to 1.24 lakh engineering seats in the state under the UP state entrance examination (UPSEE) counseling found no takers. Out of 1.47 lakh engineering seats in over 300 colleges in the state, only 23,000 candidates have confirmed admissions. Of the total seats, 97,000 were to be filled through counseling. Remaining seats were to be filled... 07 Aug 2014 |
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| IIT Kharagpur Eyeing International Status |
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KHARAGPUR: Eyeing an improved international ranking, premier technology institute IIT-Kharagpur has started inviting foreign students, faculties and even Nobel laureates every year to its campus. The first International Summer and Winter Term (ISWT) at the IIT, which ended this month, had around 10 students from Australia and at least one international... 28 Jul 2014 |
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| MP Govt Imposes Rs 13 Crore fine on Six Private Medical Colleges |
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BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government has slapped a fine of Rs 13.10 crore on six private medical colleges in the state for allegedly filling the MBBS seats under government quota through the management quota during the academic session 2013-14. Acting on a complaint filed by Indore-based Dr Anand Rai, the Madhya Pradesh Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee... 28 Jul 2014 |
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| Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Opens Registration for NMAT-2015 |
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MUMBAI: SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), has announced NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) 2015 registration open for admissions in its School of Business Management for academic session 2015-17. For admissions to NMIMS' full-time Management Programs at Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad campus, applicants shall be able... 12 Jul 2014 |
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| Two More Private Universities Approved for Pune |
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PUNE: The state cabinet approved proposals to set up of two more self-financed private universities in the city on Wednesday. The new institutions, to be established by the MIT and the Ajinkya D Y Patil groups, are expected to go functional from academic year 2014-15. The move comes close on the heels of the government's approval last month to two... 03 Jul 2014 |
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| All India Pre-Medical Test results out, 8% qualify |
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MUMBAI: Results of the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT-2014) were declared on Saturday. Of a total of 5.8 lakh candidates, 46,271 have qualified the test for counselling for admission to medical and dental colleges.
In all, 18,115 candidates have qualified for 15% all-India quota seats, of which 9,716 candiates are male and 8,399 are female.... 20 Jun 2014 |
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| 7,651 Candidates Apply for MBBS, BDS Courses at Annamalai University |
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CUDDALORE: As many as 7,651 candidates have applied for admissions to MBBS and BDS programmes offered by Annamalai University in the academic year 2014-15. According to a release from the university, as many as 11,654 candidates have sought admissions to BSc (agriculture / horticulture) courses, 2,545 candidates have applied for engineering courses... 17 Jun 2014 |
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| Chennai Boy Tops Tamil Nadu Engineering, MBBS Counselling Rank Lists |
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CHENNAI: It is a double delight for Sundar Natesh of Chennai who topped the engineering counselling rank list released by Anna University on Monday. Sundar, 18, also topped the MBBS rank list released by the Directorate of Medical Education on Saturday. "Medicine is my obvious choice, and I will opt to study in Madras Medical College," said... 17 Jun 2014 |
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| 400 Medical Seats Restored in Bengal |
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KOLKATA: Medical students desperate to get a seat in Bengal have got a breather. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has restored 40% of the seats it had slashed during inspection of state-run government colleges and two private colleges. Still, there are only around 1,755 medical seats up for grabs instead of 2,400. At the end of its two-day meeting... 16 Jun 2014 |
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| MBBS in Tamil Nadu colleges to Cost up to Rs 1 Crore |
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CHENNAI: Getting a medical degree can leave your finances in a critical condition - private medical universities and colleges in Tamil Nadu have raised their tuition fees for MBBS admissions this year. A student starting MBBS this year will have to pay an average of up to Rs 1crore - Rs 35 lakh to Rs 50 lakh as tuition fee and up to Rs 50 lakh in... 05 Jun 2014 |
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| 9,752 Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education students clear IIT-Mains |
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JAIPUR: Students of Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) have attained unprecedented success in IIT-Mains. The state board ranked fourth in the country with selection of 9,752 students out of 1.5 lakh applicants. CBSE ranked first with 64,481 students making the cut. This new examination system gives 40% weightage to Class XII marks that... 05 Jun 2014 |
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| Madras Varsity to use CET for MCA, MBA Admissions |
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CHENNAI: In an attempt to salvage its professional courses, the University of Madras has decided to admit students into its MBA and MCA courses based on the common entrance test conducted by the state under the directorate of technical education. The notification declaring admissions through TANCET, the common entrance test, was issued after the syndicate's... 01 May 2014 |
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| Maharashtra Education Board to Revise Number of Exam Centres |
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AURANGABAD: Taking a cue from the mismanagement at exam centres inconveniencing students and to check cases of mass copying, the education board has decided to cut down on the number of exam centres from next year. Sukhdeo Dere, divisional chairman of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) said that the steps... 01 May 2014 |
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| Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi exhibits students' research work |
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NEW DELHI: Innovative projects by the engineering students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, on a wide range of fields including healthcare, energy conservation and online social networking were put on display at the fourth annual research showcase of the state-run institute.
Projects on display covered an entire spectrum... 14 Apr 2014 |
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| CBSE Begins Online Evaluation of Class X Answer Sheets at Three Centres |
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LUCKNOW: Online evaluation of CBSE class X answer sheets has begun at three centres in Lucknow. Close to 110 teachers are busy in online evaluation of mathematics answer sheets. While over 40 plus teachers are evaluating answer sheets at RLB Memorial Senior Secondary School and DPS, Indiranagar each, there are around 30 teachers at DPS, Eldeco.
CBSE... 28 Mar 2014 |
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