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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated the draft guidelines outlining its plan to encourage growth of multidisciplinary higher education institutions that will offer a diverse range of subjects. When the guidelines are approved, a dual-degree from IIT Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University will become a distinct possibility,...
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March 8, 2022 Loknath Das
Career
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The first person to inspire me to list out annually which podcasts are taking up my “ear share” was Bryan Alexander. In January of 2021, he wrote up his most recent list of what podcasts he’s listening to, while admitting he hadn’t done this in a while. I have also missed...
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November 10, 2021 Loknath Das
Online Classes
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f you are planning to complete your higher education through open and distance learning courses then it must a good news for aspirants as the University Grants Commission has recognised 14 new Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) for providing courses through distance education. This new edition has been made...
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August 11, 2019 Loknath Das
Distance Learning
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The fund will cater to schemes such as interest subsidy on education loans, education credit guarantee fund, scholarship schemes, girls’ education schemes and a scheme that funds higher education in states. Photo: Nayan Shah/Mint New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a non-lapsible corpus fund...
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November 10, 2017 Loknath Das
Education Loans
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A few months ago, I listened in horror about parents who sold the house they live in to be able to afford an overseas college education for their child. They now live on rent. Sending children overseas for higher education has become part of dinner conversations among adults...
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November 10, 2017 Loknath Das
Education Loans
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The Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, 2018, of the world’s top 1,000 universities in 77 countries, published today, had plain bad news for India. Most of the country’s universities were knocked down from their previous positions with star performer Indian Institute of Science (IISc) slipping from the 201-250...
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September 7, 2017 Loknath Das
Universities
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