Bhimaraya Metri takes charge as a director of IIM NagpurDr Metri has taken over from L S Murty, who was the director of IIM Nagpur from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining IIM Nagpur, Dr Metri served ...
07 Oct, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
Amidst shortage, institutes make their own hand sanitisersThe Indian Institutes of Technology at Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Ropar, Madras, MNIT Jalandhar, the Indian Association for the Cultivatio...
23 Mar, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
IITs dominate first-ever Indian university rankingsIIT Bombay tops the 'QS India University Rankings', with IITs Madras (3), Delhi (4), Kharagpur (5), Kanpur (6), Roorkee (9) and Guwahati (1...
16 Oct, 2018, 05.35 PM IST
SPJIMR signs MoU with Shivaji UniversityAs part if the agreement, the two top B-schools will work together in areas like faculty development, case writing and research, among othe...
23 May, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
Maharashtra women’s commission rolls out training in anti-harassment laws at collegesThe MSCW has already conducted training programmes for ICC members and principals in Nagpur, Nashik, Nanded, Jalgaon, Pune, Solapur and Kol...
10 Feb, 2017, 01.21 AM IST
Kolhapur: This city focuses on materials science and nanotechnology but connectivity is an issueRIT has gone from a fledgling institution with just three branches of engineering to an autonomous institute offering an array of diploma, ...
11 Dec, 2016, 01.10 AM IST
Fading footprint of Maharashtra's Kolhapuri chappalsThe bulk of the leather used for the slippers comes from tanneries in Chennai, a dependence compounded by the closure of local tanneries.
01 Feb, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
PIL on Mumbai, Kolhapur varsity VC appointments dismissedThe Bombay High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the appointments of the vice-chancellors of Mumbai University and Shivaji University.
03 Jul, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
How Maharashtra's beef ban will hit leather products hub KolhapurDespite the promise of a common centre for tools, training and marketing, few people give this industry a fighting chance. Strengthened law...
15 Mar, 2015, 06.01 AM IST
- Shivaji University researchers discover 4 plant species in Western Ghats
The researchers said new species are separated from their nearest ancestor by a million years of evolutionary process.
01 Jun, 2014, 01.03 AM IST
- Forest department plans to curb man-animal conflict in Yavatmal
Yavatmal, Aurangabad and Kolhapur territorial circles have reported huge economic losses due to man-wildlife conflict.
17 Dec, 2013, 07.26 PM IST
With 811 colleges, Pune University second largest in countryThis year, Pune went on to add many more colleges under its ambit, thus emerging as the second largest university of the country.
04 Nov, 2013, 10.49 AM IST
Capitalism Vs Caste: How market economy can sweep away centuries of caste discriminationIn district Sangli of Maharashtra , a new kind of social narrative is at work. It is this village where dalit industrialist Ashok Khade was...
17 Apr, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
- Wildlife wing to boost meadow development in PAs
In a bid to encourage speedy recovery of wildlife population, the state forest department plans to take up meadow development at relocated ...
13 Oct, 2012, 02.48 AM IST
- 1,135 students got jobs in Maharashtra using fake marksheets
Over 1000 students of Maharashtra universities secured jobs after submitting fake marksheets, according to a CBI report.
03 Feb, 2010, 10.46 AM IST
Political clout fails to save DY Patil varsityThe DY Patil Medical College was granted a deemed university status on Sept 1, 2005.
20 Jan, 2010, 01.16 PM IST
- Student from Kolhapur wins NASA stipend
The 17-year-old son of a poor Dalit farmer in Maharashtra has been selected by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ...
18 May, 2008, 02.12 PM IST