NEW DELHI: The human resource development (HRD) ministry doesn’t just want a single exam to determine admissions to the country’s top engineering schools, the broader aim is to take some of the pressure off candidates and address concerns about the quality of student intake. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the National Institutes of…
Internships can help you find out whether you are really cut out for the job you are seeking. At a time when coaching classes are mushrooming to help students crack entrance tests and job interviews, there is hardly any guidance to make job-seekers aware of the actual demands of a job and prepare them accordingly….
Taking into account the societal relevance of the Right to Information Act, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to rollout certificate and diploma courses in RTI. The new programmes, which are being worked out with support from Central Information Commission (CIC), will also form mandatory part of training for all Central Government…
In what could well become a larger sectoral trend, Wipro, India’s third-largest information technology (IT) services company, has started hiring non-science graduates. Traditionally, the industry depends on engineering, computer science and science graduates for its talent pool. For the first time, the Bengaluru-based company is experimenting with commerce, fine arts and business management graduates. These…
Confused about all the different rankings for universities? We pick out the ones that matter, ask why they are important and tell you how to read them University rankings have always proved popular, both among prospective and current students – not to mention the university alumni who happily share new tables should their university be…
Spacing study sessions will win hands down in improving learning skills. Navya is dejected when she sees her exam results. Tears well up as she stares at her mark sheet. As her friends cheerfully post their marks on Facebook and Whatsapp, Navya’s hurt only intensifies. Even peers, whom she had helped on homework assignments and…
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination being conducted and administered by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology. It is conducted by the National Coordination Board GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. In the present competitive scenario, where there is…
NEW DELHI: Over 2.18 lakh candidates have registered for the Common Admission Test 2015, marking a six-year high, though it is still way behind its all-time record of 2.76 registrations in 2008. The last date for registration of the entrance test to premier management institutes and top B-schools was on September 25 and the computer-based…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may not lessen the societal stigma faced by transgenders, but in a first, the state government has decided to institute a scholarship for students from the community to fund their studies. The scholarship instituted by the Social Justice Department is touted to be the first-of-its kind in the country. Students in five categories,…
If private equity and venture capital firms are looking to fund startups, the nation’s second largest lender by assets, ICICI Bank, has gone a step ahead by tying up with 22 educational institutions to fund ideas of students. But this comes with a catch: the bank will own the intellectual property rights (IPR) of the…
