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CHENNAI: It is a time for revelry and celebration at The Banyan, an NGO, as seven children of parents with mental illness, from disadvantaged communities, have managed to gain admission into prestigious institutes in the city for graduate and postgraduate courses this year. “I am really proud,” said...
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June 16, 2019 Loknath Das
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IIT Delhi campus. Photo: HT New Delhi: After nearly six decades of technology focus, the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (IIT-D) is set for a makeover – it will become a comprehensive multidisciplinary university. Medical science, bio medical studies, public policy, design thinking, sustainability studies, executive education and...
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July 25, 2018 Loknath Das
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The human resource development (HRD) ministry is likely to take up the proposals of five more public institutions that were recommended by the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) for institute of eminence (IoE) status. The empowered expert committee (EEC) headed by former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami that selects...
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July 11, 2018 Loknath Das
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According to the latest world university ranking by UK-based agency Quacquarelli Symonds, IIT-Bombay has a global ranking of 162, the best among Indian institutions, followed by IISc (170) and IIT-Delhi (172). New Delhi: The centre on Monday announced the names of six “institutes of eminence”, three each from the...
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July 11, 2018 Loknath Das
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K. Kasturirangan. Photo: HT New Delhi: The Union government has granted another extension to the K. Kasturirangan Committee tasked with drafting a new education policy, days after the human resource development (HRD) ministry said it was giving final shape to the policy. The committee, which was supposed to submit...
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July 11, 2018 Loknath Das
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Computer science and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) have emerged the preferred choice of course and institute among the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE-Adv) toppers. The seat allotments for Indian Institutes of Technology were released on Wednesday morning. According to the data released by the Joint...
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June 30, 2018 Loknath Das
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