Shreya Bhandary

Organ donation: Students lend their ears and hands

Over 200 students pledge to donate organs; colleges to conduct plays, campaigns

Waiting for NEET: Medical colleges yet to start classes

IIT-Bombay not to allow research scholars to overstay on campus

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) will not allow post-doctoral fellows and research associates to overstay on campus

Mumbai University earned Rs8 crore re-evaluating answer sheets

It made Rs7.52 crore in re-evaluation fees and Rs41 lakh for photocopying answer sheets in the past three years, said a reply to a Right To Information (RTI) application

IIT-B research students allowed to stay at hostel till convocation

Fewer students opt for courses in state’s ITIs

IIT-B asks scholars to vacate hostel rooms

IIT-B space crunch: Research students told to vacate hostel for freshers

The institute has asked 350 post-doctoral fellows and Research Associates (RAs) to vacate their rooms to make space for the new batch of students who will join the institute this academic year

IIT admissions: 73 seats still vacant after Round 6

Many students adopted the option of cancelling admissions, introduced by the JEE Advanced council this year.

IIT admissions: 92 seats vacant after Round 6

After the last round of admissions, 92 seats in IITs across the country still remain unclaimed. This is after 293 seats were allotted in the sixth round of IIT admissions by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) on July 19 and by July 20, the last day for students to confirm their admissions with the respective institutes. Only 201 had finished the process.

Students divided over approval for new courses in city colleges

State government permitted 120 colleges to start new courses earlier this month.

Delay in universities bill unfair to students: Tawde

The previous Act was scrapped in August 2015, as the State wanted to introduce improved rules and regulations.

NEET next week, deemed med colleges to conduct admissions separately

With the second phase of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) taking place in ten days, students aiming at admissions to private and deemed institutes are facing uncertainty. While private medical and dental institutes will be part of a centralised admissions process, deemed institutes have decided to conduct admissions separately. This means, students will have to individually apply to each of the ten deemed institutes in the state to be eligible for a seat.

Inauguration of IITs left dangling after cabinet reshuffle

Changes to the council of ministers at the centre has left the inauguration of two premier institutes in jeopardy. While former HRD Minister Smriti Irani had initially confirmed her presence for the inaugurating two of the newest campuses of the Indian Institutes of technology (IITs), a change in her portfolio now means the institutes are yet to get confirmation from the new HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Autistic boy distraught as MU evaluation costs him 20 marks

Revised merit list offers students a silver lining

Even though the revised merit list was released after a two-week delay, more than 80% of these students said they are pleased with the directorate’s decision to update the merit list for admissions.

Colleges may lose affiliation under new edu policy norms

Colleges may lose affiliation under new edu policy norms

To prevent outsiders and those who have ceased to be students from playing an active role in student politics and disrupting academic activities in higher education institutes, a study will be conducted, says a draft version of the NEP 2016.

Computer science and engg is still most popular choice at IITs

67 of 100 JEE top rankers this year picked IIT-Bombay

67 out of 100 top rankers choose IIT Bombay

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) announced the first round of seat allocation for the 22 IITs

90% seats filled in top degree colleges

Aspirants get more time to choose institutes

No extra subjects for biotech, computer science students

Now, no extra subjects for biotech, computer science students

52,000 students register online for seats in IITs, NITs on Day 1

Of the 52,000 candidates who registered on the website, nearly 14,000 had applied for seats in IITs. By the end of the day, the portal registered 13 lakh choices of courses chosen by the more than 52,000 students.

Navi Mumbai student bags fourth rank in JEE-Mains, aims for IIT-B

Navi Mumbai student bags fourth rank in JEE-Mains, aims for IIT-B

Sriram Balasubramanian from Nerul, Navi Mumbai, secured the fourth position in JEE (Mains) exam, results of which were released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) late on Thursday evening.

More demand for MBA students this year than in 2015: Study

More corporate recruiters are showing interest in hiring MBAs directly from business schools in 2016, according to the annual survey conducted by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Yoga day: Colleges to cancel classes, conduct programmes