HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. The HRD ministry is deliberating whether the government should have a say on the appointment of an IIM chairman. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint New Delhi: The government is framing rules to partially control how the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) function to curb potential misuse of...
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July 11, 2018 Loknath Das
Universities
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The government, on an average, was giving Rs 10,000 crore every year to all CFIs in higher education for infrastructure development (File Photo) Centrally funded institutions (CFIs) such as IITs, IIMs, NITs, and central universities will no longer receive budget grants for expanding and building new infrastructure. Instead,...
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February 10, 2018 Loknath Das
Education Loans
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CAT 2017, which is going to be held on November 26, is now just three months away. CAT consists of three sections which are Verbal and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DI & LR) and Quantitative Ability (QA). Each of these sections is allotted one hour...
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August 19, 2017 Loknath Das
Exam preparation
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Just when it appeared the government was readying to reduce its chokehold on education by giving both colleges and universities more freedom in setting academic and other standards as long as they met certain quality standards, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has come out with new regulations that...
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July 8, 2017 Loknath Das
Online Classes
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