Post-graduate medical seat aspirants could end up with seats at deemed universities which are determined to turn them away. Following a recent Supreme Court judgment, the state Department of Medical Education is preparing a schedule for counselling and plans to complete the first round in the next few days. A High Court judgment had directed […]
The Bangalore University’s 49th annual convocation would be held on/around May 20, 22 or 24. Earlier the convocation, which was to be held on April 28, was postponed as the chief guest Dr C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, could not attend due to personal problems, BU authorities said. “We will […]
This May, the city reverberates with the excitement of upwardly mobile, young professionals, especially from the IT and IT enabled services sector, quitting their jobs and making the rounds of innumerable placement services companies not only to move up the professional ladder but also take home, sizeable salaries. Industry sources say that nearly 25-30 per […]
If you’ve ever considered making a living doing something besides working 40 hours a week making someone else rich, this article is for you. “The only true success that exists is when we find a way to make a living doing exactly what we want. When you wake up every morning and create your day exactly […]
As a college professor, former admissions officer and researcher on what happens to youths after high school, I believe the current panic over the increasing selectivity of elite schools misses the point. So much energy goes into getting into college. Many families can’t see that getting through college is far more important, and that graduating […]
Legendary athlete Carl Lewis will be the event ambassador of the TCS World 10K Bangalore in May. The arrival of King Carl makes the May 18 race one of the biggest events in India’s sporting calendar. “It would be Carl Lewis’ second visit to India, and we are excited. We were looking at some other […]
The newly started Govt. Medical Colleges in Gulbarga, Koppal, Karwar, Gadag, Madikeri and Chamrajnagar will go under the scanner of the MCI – Medical Council of India whose team will visit these colleges to inspect the available infrastructure. The new colleges will have an intake of 150 students each. Sharana Prakash Patil -Medical education minister- told […]
Over 10.5 lakh students have been denied what was promised by The State Government – to provide free laptops and notepads, the reason given is that there is no budgetary allocation for this. In his joint address to both houses of the state legislature in January last, governor H R Bhardwaj had said laptops and […]
The Supreme Court has directed the State government not to insist on a domicile certificate of ten years from post-graduate medical aspirants. Following a petition filed by some of the candidates questioning the State government’s decision on mandatory submission of domicile certificate, the Supreme Court passed the direction on Friday. The same was communicated to […]
Eight school students from Bangalore are a part of a delegation flying to Malta in south Europe on a nine-day national exchange programme.Students from three schools in Bangalore-DPS (South and East) and Sudarshan Vidya Mandir- have been picked for the programme, organized by the University of Malta and the Malta embassy. The workshops will be […]