Mikhail Goldenkov/Strelka Institute/FlickrCareers don’t have to follow linear progressions, experts say. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, psychology researcher Tania Luna and Weight Watchers International executive Jordan Cohen say that people’s belief in the “career myth” – the idea that careers follow a linear path – is holding...
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July 19, 2018 Loknath Das
Career
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Time may be running out for unauthorised technical institutes as well universities claiming to offer degrees. These institutes have been flourishing and so far ignored several warnings from government bodies to get their courses officially approved. Government sources told Moneycontrol that these illegal institutes would be given a 6-8...
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May 10, 2018 Loknath Das
Institutes
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Six engineering institutes in India are being loaned over Rs 2,066 crores for research and infrastructure projects by a finance company established by the Union government for this purpose. These include the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (in Mumbai), Madras (Chennai), Kharagpur (in West Bengal), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Delhi,...
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December 11, 2017 Loknath Das
Education Loans
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Scandals aren’t meant to happen in British universities. Parliament, tabloid newsrooms, the City … those we expect to spew out sleaze. Not the gown-wearing, exam-sitting, quiet-in-the-library surrounds of higher education. Yet we should all be scandalised by what is happening in academia. It is a tale of vast...
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November 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Universities
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“Schools are segregated because white people want them that way. … We won’t fix this problem until we really wrestle with that fact.” That’s what Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Magazine writer and recipient of a prestigious “genius grant,” told me in a recent interview. “Genius grant” is...
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October 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Saturday announced the results of preliminary examination for recruitment of sub-inspectors in the state excise department. Steps to check the results: 1) Visit the official website of MPSC 2) Click on the link for ‘Sub-Inspector in the State Excise Department Preliminary Examination-2017- Written...
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August 7, 2017 Loknath Das
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