IIT-Madras tops HRD's national ranking of higher institutes, 7 IITs among top 10The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and IIT-Delhi ranked second and third in the list respectively. Of the top 10 institutes...
08 Apr, 2019, 05.31 PM IST
India-born eminent mathematician VS Varadarajan, wife Veda give $1 mn to UCLAThe couple want to establish a professorship honouring Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
07 Mar, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
Jindal Global University youngest Indian university to be ranked in 'QS BRICS Rankings 2019'Naveen Jindal, founding chancellor of JGU, said in a statement the global recognition was in their inspirational journey of nine years is "...
17 Oct, 2018, 08.34 PM IST
University of Madras a model for the country: President Ram Nath KovindThe president said no other university in the country could boast of the fact that six former presidents had studied in the varsity.
05 May, 2018, 05.28 PM IST
HRD to announce national ranking tomorrow, less takers this yearNIRF, a methodology adopted by the ministry to rank all institutions of higher education in the country, was launched in September 2015 wit...
02 Apr, 2017, 12.34 PM IST
IITs lose ground in global rankingIndian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, remained India's highest-ranked institution, but dropped out of the top 150. The only good n...
06 Sep, 2016, 10.35 AM IST
Jaffna University keen on tie-up with Universities in IndiaThe Vice-Chancellor said that the University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Madras University.
28 Oct, 2015, 04.47 PM IST
Smriti Irani's HRD ministry has come to agreement with global scholars to teach in IndiaIndia may not yet have managed to get the Ivy League to set up campus in India but is close to drawing in over 200 academics from global va...
16 Sep, 2015, 06.09 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lunch with J Jayalalithaa at Poes GardenPrime Minister Narednra Modi would call on chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence.
07 Aug, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
India loses ground in Asia University Ranking, 2015Indian universities continue to lag way behind other institutes in a latest ranking of Asian universities that is dominated by varsities fr...
11 Jun, 2015, 03.42 AM IST
Need to evolve India-specific ranking system for universities: Narendra ModiModi emphasised the need for India to evolve an independent 'India Ranking' metric for universities as the existing systems are skewed towa...
17 Jun, 2014, 09.36 PM IST
No Indian varsity in top-10 of Asian ranking list; IIT Delhi at 38th positionNo Indian university features among the top 10 varsities in Asia in the latest QS university rankings with IIT Delhi securing the 38th posi...
12 May, 2014, 09.38 PM IST
Students protest nod for Narendra Modi meet at Madras varsityA section of students of the Madras Universtiy today staged a protest against permission accorded to a function at the varsity campus tomor...
17 Oct, 2013, 05.55 PM IST
For Indian academics, foreign varsities' entry means strong tie-ups, sharper research & the best of global facultyThe move could benefit millions of meritorious students who are rejected from the system due to the lack of seats in colleges.
20 Sep, 2013, 06.41 AM IST
- At 187 position only IIT Bombay figures in world's top 200 varsities
Not a single Indian university, including the IITs, has fared well in an all-Asian varsity ranking for 2011. IITBombay is the only one to f...
16 Jun, 2011, 09.21 AM IST
- UGC committee recommends additional 735 universities
To increase the enrolment rate in higher education, a UGC committee has suggested starting an additional 735 universities in the country du...
03 Aug, 2008, 09.39 AM IST
- Brush up soft skills at Madras varsity
Madras University has become the first Indian university to introduce a mandatory course on soft skills for all its post-graduate students.
05 Sep, 2007, 02.27 AM IST