Shreya Bhandary is a Special Correspondent covering higher education for Hindustan Times, Mumbai. Her work revolves around finding loopholes in the current education system and highlighting the good and the bad in higher education institutes in and around Mumbai.
Articles by Shreya Bhandary
MU sets up senate amid universities bill haze
University has set up a temporary senate with former varsity officials as well as government representatives to put together the budget for the upcoming academic year even as the fate of the new universities bill is unclear.
Published on Jan 28, 2016 06:09 PM IST
Hindusatan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
Buddy culture blooms in Mumbai college campuses
Colleges see a rise in the number of senior students helping juniors with studies
Published on Jan 24, 2016 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
Examinations to begin in MU next month but crucial posts still vacant
As a stop gap arrangement, the university has now got in touch with the former members of various bodies, including Board of Studies(BoS), to put together the question paper sets as well as for evaluation
Published on Jan 22, 2016 08:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
Acceptance can come only through education: India’s first transgender principal
For 49-year-old Manabi Bandopadhyay, the demand for an identity for the transgender community didn’t end after she became the country’s first transgender principal at a girls’ college in Kolkata, but began just then
Published on Jan 15, 2016 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
No principals at 452 of 742 Mumbai University colleges
Colleges blame lack of interest among candidates in taking up the post and slow approval process
Published on Jan 14, 2016 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
16 boys, one girl achieve a perfect 100 in CAT 2015
Of the 1.79 lakh candidates who appeared, 16 boys and one girl have got perfect scores. Once again, the top scores have been bagged by engineering students. Five students also scored zero in the test this year.
Updated on Jan 13, 2016 05:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
More Mumbai colleges are ready for autonomy
Premier colleges like Mithibai, Jai Hind and RA Podar plan to apply, some others seek clarity on provisions
Published on Dec 20, 2015 12:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
IIT-B placements first phase: More students without jobs, seek counselling
It’s that time of the year again when the brightest of minds in the country’s leading engineering institutes are busy biting nails and waiting for the best possible job offer
Published on Dec 17, 2015 12:51 AM IST
Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
Include module on firecrackers in eco studies: UGC to varsities
Body issues circular asking universities to explain ill-effects as part of compulsory subject
Published on Dec 17, 2015 12:43 AM IST
Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai
Not a single transgender student registered at Mumbai University
Seven had applied under the ‘others’ category in 2014-15, but none took admission
Published on Dec 16, 2015 12:47 AM IST
Shreya Bhandary, Mumbai