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 20 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.
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M.H.R.D update ::
Sinha,
Sunil Kumar hold charge LUCKNOW : Joint Secretary
N K Sinha has been given additional charge of Technical
Education while Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar will hold
charge of Higher Education in the Ministry of Human
Resource Development. This
has been necessitated by the ouster of two officials of
the ministry. Mr K M Acharya, Special Secretary in the
Department of Higher Education (Technical Education) has
been transferred to the Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment as Secretary. while Joint Secretary Ravi
Mathur has competed his five year term of Central
deputation and has being repatriated to Rajasthan.
Venugopal
is back as AIIMS director
NEW DELHI : Dr P Venugopal, the sacked
Director of country's ace super-specialty medical institute was reinstated by Supreme
Court on Thursday, April 8 after six months of ding-dong legal battle.
A beaming Venugopal was back on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
top seat hours after the apex court judgement, sat back on the hot seat
triumphantly for a while exchanging pleasantries with the faculty and support staff and
then left for home. more
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TOP STORIES ::
UGC
forms committee to review university fee, suggest hike
NEW DELHI : University Grants Commission has set up a committee to study
fees structure in the
Central and state universities, UGC chairman, Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat told reporters on May 4.
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Delhi
varsity's FMS to have OBC quota from next year NEW DELHI : The Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University, will implement OBC reservation from next academic
session, according to the Dean of FMS, Dr J K Mitra. more Japan deserts Bihar IIT in favour of
IIT-Medak HYDERABAD : Japan seems to have deserted the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Bihar in favour of IIT-Medak in Andhra Pradesh citing poor infrastructure and law and order in
Bihar. more
Vedanta
varsity triggers uproar in Orissa state assembly
BHUBANESWAR : Massive land acquisition drive for a
private university, Vedanta, on prime Puri-Konark marine
drive triggered off uproarious scenes in Orissa
Legislative assembly on March 20.
more
NEW DELHI
: Hard-pressed for time, Prof G.K. Chadha, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the ambitious South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
(SAARC) University. more
Bill
for OBC quota, fee control in pvt colleges
NEW DELHI : The Centre is drafting a bill to introduce seat reservation and to control fees in private higher
education institutes. The bill is likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament.
All private aided and unaided higher education institutions, including
business management schools, will be covered by the bill. more
Yadav
is AICTE chairman
NEW
DELHI : Prof R A Yadav has been appointed the new Chairman of the
All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. more
R
Karpaga Kamaravel is Madurai Kamaraja VC
MADURAI
: On April 20 Dr R. Karpaga Kumaravel took over as the
vice-chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University. His
appointment was made by the Chancellor on April 17. more
Arjun
Singh approves 100% fee hike for IITs
NEW DELHI : On April 30 Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh approved a 100 per cent hike in tuition
fees for the IITs, nearly doubling the fee amount that students must pay
foradmission. more
Presidency
scraps test
CALCUTTA : The Presidency College here has scrapped entrance tests for undergraduate courses in six departments, deciding to admit students on the basis of their Class XII
marks. more
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Campus life & students' politics coming back to life on
the campus of Kashmir University
