Tanmatra – It’s all about Women’s Leadership

Tanmatra – It’s all about Women’s Leadership

IBM along with Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore(IIM-B) and Catalyst India WRC will launch a cross-industry women’s leadership development programme that would encourage women to take charge. The women’s leadership development programme — ‘Tanmatra’ would leverage the best collective practical experience and research to prepare women for leadership in the Indian business community. The programme will also create a […]

Career Utsav – 14 the Biggest Education Fair coming soon in Bangalore

Career Utsav – 14 the Biggest Education Fair coming soon in Bangalore

Career Utsav, South India’s Leading mega educational event!! Mainly focuses on the students and their parents to build and choose the right platform to grow from various career options available post class 12th. After the grand success of The Career Utsav 2010 & 2013, the third edition of the exhibition & conference is launched and […]

3rd Round of counselling for medical seats

3rd Round of counselling for medical seats

Minister of State for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil told presspersons on Monday that the KEA would decide the dates for the third round of counselling for undergraduate medical seats in a couple of days. The KEA has allotted 2,400 undergraduate medical seats under the government quota in 2014. As of now, a total of […]

Education Dept Issues Safety Guidelines – better late than never

The recent rise in incidents of child abuse seems to have spurred the Department of Primary and Secondary Education into action. It has now issued a set of guidelines for parents, the police and school authorities on how to protect schoolchildren. The department formulated the rules in association with the Women and Child Welfare Department. […]

5 New IITs, IIMs announced

5 New IITs, IIMs announced

 As a part of the Union budget 2014 which was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Rs 500 crore has been allotted for setting up five new Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) and four All India Institutes of Management Studies (AIIMS) across various states of the nation. The IITs […]

Coming soon: Railway University

Coming soon: Railway University

The government plans to set up a Railway University for technical and non-technical subjects and also have alliances with other technical institutions. The Indian Railways, which employs over 14 lakh people, will become a better training ground for students. Also on the anvil is an Innovation Incubation Center and internships for engineering and management students. […]

Karnataka Professional Educational Inst. Act to be implemented soon

Karnataka Professional Educational Inst. Act to be implemented soon

The Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006  will be implemented soon with some amendments to check irregularities in the admission and fee fixation in professional colleges in the state, by the Government of Karnataka.   Medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government […]

Engineering students may have to pay ‘Extra Fees’

Engineering students may have to pay ‘Extra Fees’

Engineering Students may have to cough-up the ‘extra fee’ this year too. Going by the websites of some Engineering colleges, the fee payable is more than the fee stipulated by the Government  A few engineering colleges announced the extra fees after a circular was issued by a One-man Committee appointed to look into the complaints […]

BU’s Multiple Exit Option’s spread to other universities.

BU’s Multiple Exit Option’s  spread to other universities.

The Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) is mulling over a proposal to extend Bangalore University’s move to offer multiple exit options to students in degree courses,  to all universities in the State. At a meeting of a three-member committee set up by KSHEC on Monday, a proposal on the above lines, wherein students will have […]

“8% Reservation for Hyderabad-Karnataka region applies to Deemed Universities as well”

“8%  Reservation for Hyderabad-Karnataka region applies to Deemed Universities as well”

8 per cent reservation for students from Hyderabad-Karnataka region in educational institutions also applies to deemed universities said Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande in a reply to a question from Amarnath Patil in the Legislative Council on Thursday. He said the stand of the educational institutions was that, being deemed universities, they were not […]