Merger of education regulators will happen this year: AICTE"All regulatory bodies including the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Cou...
18 Mar, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Physics, Chemistry and Maths to continue to be important subjects for engineering courses: AICTEThe clarification by Sahasrabudhe came following news reports about Physics and Mathematics no longer being compulsory for studying enginee...
12 Mar, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
AICTE, CSIR to host hackathon for Covid-19 drug discoveryThe hackathon is being organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and AICTE. The ideas submitted will be worked ...
25 May, 2020, 09.30 PM IST
Meeting between JNUSU office-bearers, high-power committee underway: SourcesThe meeting commenced around 10.30 am and the students' union office-bearers are attending it along with the student councillors from diffe...
20 Nov, 2019, 12.02 PM IST
HRD Ministry appoints committee to recommend ways to restore functioning of JNUThe Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry's committee on JNU will initiate dialogues with students and administration as well as submit...
18 Nov, 2019, 04.01 PM IST
- Universities, colleges to start entrepreneurship courses: AICTE chairman
Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) The AICTE has initiated a policy under which universities and colleges along with their normal courses will start ...
07 Sep, 2018, 05.57 PM IST
Delhi houses highest number of fake technical colleges: GovernmentAccording to the data made available to Parliament, of the 277 ‘fake’ engineering colleges, 66 are in Delhi while Telangana is placed secon...
02 Aug, 2018, 10.54 AM IST
Government renews appointment of Prof Sahasrabudhe as AICTE chairmanThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved renewal of appointment of Sahasrabudhe till he attains the age of 65 years, an order...
17 Jul, 2018, 10.25 PM IST
Alarm bells for engineering, MBA students: AICTE chief says jobs are drying up in IT, BPO sectorsLarge scale industries are stagnating and small scale industries, medium enterprises, startups and individual entrepreneurs will emerge as ...
20 Jun, 2018, 06.59 PM IST
Number of engineering seats to go down by 80,000 this yearSince 2016, the number of engineering seats has been on the decline every year. According to All India Council for Technical Education, it ...
08 Apr, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
300 private engineering colleges would be asked to stop operationsAccording to HRD sources, of the over 300 institutions which would be asked to close operations as engineering colleges, over 150 have less...
02 Dec, 2017, 12.14 PM IST
800 engineering colleges to close over low quality, admissionsThere are approximately 150 colleges which are closed down voluntarily every year due to strict AICTE rules.
02 Sep, 2017, 12.51 PM IST
Only IISc, IIMB join India's official online platformThis academic year, IISc will offer nine courses and IIMB, which is also the national MOOCs coordinator for management programmes, will off...
29 Jun, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
Tamil Nadu opposes common entrance exam for engineering collegesHRD ministry & AICTE has now been forced to put the project on hold for now and start another round of consultations with all states to bui...
13 Jan, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
Panel to review ranking mechanism of educational institutionsThe committee would invite representatives from educational institutions to get a more comprehensive outlook of the issues.
25 Apr, 2016, 10.17 PM IST
AICTE to soon recognise distance learning engineering coursesVarsities offering engineering programmes through correspondence will soon be able to get accreditation from the All India Council for Tech...
26 Nov, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
- Pune college, signs pact with Neilsoft
College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) and Neilsoft, a Pune-based engineering services and solutions provider, have signed a memorandum of unde...
20 Sep, 2006, 12.29 AM IST