Mushrooming coaching centres: Parliamentary panel to examine trend, existing legislations in the competitive exam spaceA parliamentary committee will examine the rise of coaching centres and their impact on students. The review includes the influence of Arti...
24 Nov, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
Proposed HECI could lead to closure of institutions in rural areas, fuel privatisation: Par panelThe Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) aims to replace current regulators such as UGC and AICTE, potentially leading to closures o...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.54 PM IST
Heavy snow forces school closures in New Hampshire and MassachusettsSchools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts were closed or delayed on Wednesday due to overnight snowfall. While snow cleared by morning and...
29 Jan, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
UP CM asks officials to consider partial relaxation in two-day weekly closure of shops, marketsAt a high-level meeting with senior officials, the chief minister, however, stressed that the Covid protocols should be followed everywhere...
11 Aug, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
179 professional colleges seek closure, approval dropped for 44Pan-India, 72 undergraduate/postgraduate engineering colleges, 58 MBA schools, and 71 diploma-granting institutes and polytechnics are amon...
06 Aug, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
179 professional colleges shut down this year, highest in last 9 years, shows AICTE dataBesides the closure of 179 institutes, at least 134 institutes did not seek approval this year in view of large number of seats lying vacan...
28 Jul, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
Modi government to dissolve UGC, set up new Higher Education CommissionThe govt today announced a complete overhaul of the apex higher education regulator - UGC, repeal of the UGC Act, 1951 and a fresh legislat...
28 Jun, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
AICTE gets 600 applications for pharma institutesUntil last year, majority of applications received were for new engineering institutes. Pharma displaces engineering for which about 150 ap...
30 Apr, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
India is in the middle of an engineering education crisisThere will be around 80,000 less seats in engineering this year in the country. This will lead to around 3.1 lakh seats less in four years.
09 Apr, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
AICTE mulls mergers to save dying collegesIn all 4,633 courses and 527 institutes have shut shop in the last five years in India. In Maharashtra alone, 921 courses were shut down du...
11 Sep, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
6 Bengaluru engineering colleges shut as selling land more profitableAt least 100 colleges have opted for “progressive closure” this academic year, with Karnataka accounting for 8, the highest ever tally for ...
16 Jan, 2017, 06.30 AM IST
Prakash Javadekar justifies closure of IIIT AmethiIIIT, Amethi was sanctioned in 2005 and courses started in 2005-06. This was a full-fledged IIIT, but an off-campus facility of IIIT in All...
05 Aug, 2016, 03.38 PM IST
IT capital of India, Bengaluru witnesses highest closure of Engineering collegesAt least 100 colleges have opted for closure this year in India, with Karnataka accounting for eight, the highest ever tally for the state ...
24 May, 2016, 12.09 PM IST
AICTE issues notices to 279 institutions running without approvalsThe All India Council for Technical Education has issued notices to 279 institutions found to be running without statutory approvals, Rajya...
10 Mar, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
AICTE has proceeded against 132 engineering institutionsAICTE in 2015-16 has proceeded against 132 private engineering institutions which failed to act on norms laid down by it, the government to...
07 Dec, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
- Rajasthan asks AICTE to hold approvals for new colleges
Rajasthan government has asked All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to suspend giving approvals to new engineering and managem...
14 Jun, 2011, 01.36 PM IST
- 500 engg colleges log off IT stream
With the number of students opting for IT in the past 2 years nose-diving, about 500 colleges have decided to close down their IT classroom...
16 Mar, 2011, 03.10 PM IST