Engineering has remained the most sought-after higher education category in India despite the fact that barely 7% of engineering graduates are employable. This is why it is of utmost importance that if you are going to study engineering, you select one of the top Indian Engineering colleges to make your chances of getting a job […]
On this Thursday, the HRD Ministry announced amendments in the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship, PMRF Scheme to increase the number of students to pursue research in India. The announced PMRF 2020 scheme include reduction in the required GATE score, introduction of a lateral entry option among others. The candidates pursuing master’s level Engineering courses from […]
Several IIT MTech aspirants staged a protest today on October 4, 2019, at Jantar Mantar, Delhi against the HRD Ministry decision to hike fees for Master’s degree programme at Indian Institutes of Technology. Students under the banner of All India Engineering Student Council demand a roll-back of the 900% fee hike in the Indian Institutes of […]
The Human Resource Development Ministry has awarded Institute of Eminence status to 5 more public Institutions, said an official statement. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank recently said that “Orders have been issued to five public higher education institutes declaring them as IoEs“. This development comes on the recommendations from University Grants Commission (UGC) and an Empowered Expert […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday announced IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, Delhi University, University of Hyderabad, Amritha Vishwa Vidyapeetham and VIT among other 14 institutions, out of the 24 recommended by the Government’s Empowered Expert Committee (EEC), selected for Institute of Eminence (IoE) status. Seven public universities and seven private ones also received similar letters […]
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announces a new policy on internship. According to AICTE New policy, Engineering Students will have to undertake a mandatory internship for a stipulated period to earn the required Activity Points, as reported by The New Indian Express. AICTE new policy report on internship says that Students can also earn […]
Swachhta Ranking Award for Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) has been announced today, 01 October 2018 by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar and MOS, HRD Dr Satyapal Singh in an event. Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 are given to those Universities, Institutes and Colleges for their dedicated efforts for Swachhta Abhiyan. Best 51 […]
Smart India Hackathon 2018, a unique initiative to identify new and disruptive digital technology innovations for solving the challenges faced by our country. In order to work towards our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi‘s vision for Digital India and promote digital literacy, MHRD, AICTE, i4C, and Persistent Systems organized Smart India Hackathon, the world’s largest […]
Swachhta Ranking 2017 for Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) has been announced by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar on eve of Engineer’s Day. About 3500 Higher Educational Institutes took part in the Swachhta Ranking 2017 of which 174 were shortlisted. Best 25 Institutions were selected for the top rankings in 4 different […]
The Central Government will provide INR 70,000 as a monthly fellowship to those researchers doing their PhDs in IITs or Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Union higher education secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma said recently at the 67th Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur. As part of the research fellowship scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Students […]
IIM Bangalore for their Massive Open Online Course lauded by President of India. The contribution of IIM Bangalore for making management education accessible to all through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has been honored by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, during the launch of the Government’s SWAYAM platform at Vignan Bhavan, in New Delhi on […]
Students of engineering colleges and technical institutes will have to take part actively in yoga, sports or other socially relevant activities in addition to their regular academics to be awarded a degree. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) which governs more than 10,000 institutions having over 18 lakh students, has now made these […]