Higher Education in India

Higher Education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent streams with each stream monitored by an apex body, indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The 415 universities/ institutions, are mostly funded by the state governments. However, there are 24 important universities called Central universities, which are maintained by the Union Government and because of relatively large funding, they have an edge over the others. The engineering education and business schools are monitored and accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while medical education is monitored and accredited by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Like-wise, agriculture education and research is monitored by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research. Apart from these, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) controls all the teacher training institutions in the country. The country has some ace engineering, management and medical education institutions which are directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Union Government. Admission to all professional education colleges is done through all-India common admission tests of which the IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CAT and CPMT are the most popular ones. Most of the institutions reserve a small percentage of seats for foreign students.

Yashpal wants super regulator,  death to deemed universities

Manipur University proctor gunned down, boarders flee
IMPHAL : Manipur University proctor Mohammad Islamuddin was shot dead by militants on the campus here on May 25 and by 27th over 500 boarders had left the hostels following police raids. more

Supreme Court snubs student for protesting against teachers
NEW DELHI : On May 27 the Supreme Court ruled that the students have no right to agitate against teachers, in support of their demands, even by staging a "satyagraha" on the college premises. more

NIT teachers demand pay parity with the IIT faculty  
NEW DELHI : The National Institutes of Technology have demanded pay parity with the faculty of the Indian Institutes of Technology under a proposed salary regime. more

Six more NITs to be opened in North East states
NEW DELHI : Six of the nine new National Institutes of Technology promised by the UPA government will be set up in the Northeast, one in each state which does not have a NIT at present. more
 

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The Sibal Action Plan

Brar appointed VC
of GND University

AMRITSAR : On July 2 Prof A S Brar was formally appointment Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University here. Presently VC of Lucknow University Prof Brar would join GND University after a fortnight, reports from Lucknow said.
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Hustle & tussle soon in Andhra higher edu

HYDERABAD : Some hustle and tussle and re-adjustments are likely to take place in the Higher Education in Andhra Pradesh as new players enter the sector which was, till now, dominated by the APSCHE. more

Maritime University opens admissions

The Union Minister for Shipping, Mr G.K. Vasan releasing the results of the first All India Entrance Examination of the Indian Maritime University, in Chennai on June 27, 2009.

ICFAI can't operate
in TN, orders court

CHENNAI : Madras High Court has held that the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) Society, Hyderabad, and ICFAI University, Dehradun, have no legal right to run their institutions in Tamil Nadu. The division bench ordered that a private university established under a State Act should operate within the boundary of the State concerned. more