Mumbai: The state govt is digging into 150-year-old land records of the erstwhile JJ School of Applied Arts, Fine Arts and Architecture, which is now a deemed-to-be university under the de-novo category. The reason: the new university, Sir JJ School of Art, Architecture and Design, is mandated to transfer all the movable and immovable assets…
Pune: State higher education minister Chandrakant Patil has triggered a debate in academic circles after questioning the innovation and societal impact of research conducted by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). Speaking at the inauguration of a new building at DES Pune University’s School of Science and Mathematics on Friday, Patil’s remarks were seen by many…
Bhubaneswar: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the state govt to upgrade the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, in Dhenkanal district into a unitary university. In a letter to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi Pradhan said the upgrade is essential to strengthen technical education in the Dhenkanal-Angul region, which is witnessing rapid…
New Delhi: As the first-ever woman principal of St Stephen’s College, Susan Elias, assumed charge on Monday, Delhi University said it would move court and seek the Union education ministry’s intervention to stop funding over the college’s alleged non-compliance with regulatory and university norms.DU registrar Vikas Gupta told TOI that representations sent to University Grants…
Patna: The fate of a draft statute proposing sweeping changes to the appointment of assistant professors in Bihar universities hangs in the balance as governor-cum-chancellor of universities, Syed Ata Hasnain, seeks a fresh review of the selection process through a committee of experts.Academics said several provisions in the draft statute, which has already been circulated…
Patna: If all goes as planned, faculty-starved colleges and universities across the state are likely to get more than 12,000 teachers of different categories soon.Sources said the Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) would advertise the posts and begin the recruitment process once the draft statute for appointment of assistant professors receives the chancellor’s approval…
New Delhi: St Stephen’s College has absorbed its outgoing principal, John Varghese — at the centre of an ongoing legal battle with its affiliating institution, Delhi University, over his second-term extension — as a professor in its English department.Varghese has been directly appointed as professor without facing any selection committee and despite there being no…
Bengaluru: The higher education department has constituted an expert committee to study the convocation protocol and common dress code during convocations.The issue was raised during a recent meeting chaired by governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and attended by chief minister Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar, along with the vice-chancellors of all the state-run universities.There was a general…
UGC NET June 2026 registration ends on May 20 UGC NET June 2026 registration: The National Testing Agency has reminded candidates that the registration process for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2026 examination will close on May 20, 2026. Interested candidates who have not yet completed the application process can…
