I am not a political person: New Rabindra Bharati University interim VC Kamal MukherjeeMukherjee is a former chief justice of Karnataka High Court and was appointed as the interim VC on Wednesday by Bengal Governor C V Ananda ...
07 Jul, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
Employees demonstrate in front of gates of govt offices in Bengal demanding hike in DAA protestor, belonging to the CPI(M)'s employees wing, said outside the Kolkata Municipal Corporation building here that "instead of issuin...
10 Mar, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
The 116-year-old Alipore Jail in Kolkata finds a sense of pre-independence historyMost of the solitary cells are accompanied by signage about some of their most famous inmates. Thus, there is the Nehru Cell where India's ...
24 Sep, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
West Bengal state universities not using CUET for admission to UG coursesVice Chancellor of Diamond Harbour Women's University Soma Bandyopadhyay told PTI, "we have conducted the entrance test as directed by the ...
18 Sep, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
Jadavpur University student receives three job offers; picks Facebook over Google, AmazonBisakh Mondal, an engineering graduate from Bengal, rejected job offers from Google and Amazon and accepted one from Facebook because of th...
29 Jun, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
How Railways could unlock migrating workforceThe best way to make the migration viable could be through railways. With a small on-board police team, a train can be effectively sealed o...
02 Apr, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
Youth should not remain neutral: Aishe Ghosh, JNUSU PresidentThe 25-year-old Ghosh, president of the JNU Students' Union (JNUSU), is arguably the most recognised student leader in the country at prese...
18 Jan, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
10 candidates score overall 100 percentile in CAT 2019, all from tech backgroundsThis year, 75004 female candidates and 134917 male candidates sat for the exam, along with 5 transgender candidates. Around 2,44,169 candid...
04 Jan, 2020, 02.55 PM IST
100-percentile CAT club: 11 engineers, all maleEleven of the two lakh candidates who took CAT 2018 for entry to premier IIMs have made it to the blue-chip 100 percentile club.
06 Jan, 2019, 10.26 AM IST
CAT 2018 results; 11 candidates score overall 100 percentile, no women in the listGraduation records show that 7 candidates are from various IITs, and 2 others from Jadavpur University.
05 Jan, 2019, 03.32 PM IST
Indefinite fast on at Jadavpur University demanding entrance examThe Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) today said it will write to West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi apprising him of the pre...
08 Jul, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
UGC grants full autonomy to 62 higher educational institutes; JNU, BHU, AMU in the listThe institutions granted full autonomy will be free to decide their admission procedure, fee structure and curriculum.
20 Mar, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
Reimagining India's learning landscapeImproved educational access, skill development and virtual classrooms could hold the key for India's demographic gains.
07 Feb, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
- Tagore University work in full swing; committee submits plan
Undaunted by opposition to reforms in higher education, the human resource development ministry is forging ahead with its plans to change t...
30 Jul, 2012, 09.25 PM IST
- Move for 8 more IITs, 7 IIMs
Planning Commission has proposed a seven-year special plan (2007-14) which includes setting up eight new IITs, seven new IIMs, 20 NITs, 20 ...
05 Aug, 2007, 03.47 AM IST
- Wait longer for IIT-level engg colleges
West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh & Kerala have objected to Centre’s proposal to take over the institutes.
08 May, 2007, 03.00 AM IST
- Who will man the additional IITs?
New IITs are welcome but do we have enough trained manpower to staff them and requisite infrastructure.
04 May, 2007, 11.00 AM IST