91 Lakh package for IIT Student

A month away from final placements, IIT Kharagpur students are being flooded with pre-placement offers with a 20 per cent increase this year. IIT officials said already around 125 students have been extended pre-placement offers and interviews, where most of the companies have increased the package offered by around 20 per cent as compared to […]

Foreign Language to be a subject – Bangalore University

Foreign Language to be a subject – Bangalore University

Taking note of the demand for teachers who know foreign languages, Bangalore University is mulling over the idea of introducing foreign language as a subject. The issue was discussed on Friday at the Academic Council meeting where some senior members expressed the need for introducing a foreign language. The house unanimously agreed, and decided to […]

3D Printed Prosthetics, now faster, smarter, cheaper

3D Printed Prosthetics, now faster, smarter, cheaper

Researchers have created an open-source 3D-printable electromyographic controlled prosthetic hand that is more than 100 times cheaper than a comparable commercially available device.For most amputees, the road to a more fun recreactional prosthetic device is slow and costly. However, thanks to a student-led research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, that might be […]

Schools want English & not Kannada as Medium of Instruction

Schools want English & not Kannada as Medium of Instruction

A recent Supreme Court verdict  struck down a Karnataka government’s order imposing Kannada language as the medium of instruction in all primary schools, saying it violated the fundamental rights, and now schools have ammunition to fight for English as a medium and not Kannada. Around 5,000 schools across the state have applied for ‘conversion’ from […]

Your right to know whether schools have the requisite permissions

Your right to know whether schools have the requisite permissions

 All schools be told to display affiliation certificates – Commissioner for Public Instruction Mohammad Mohsin Know your Schools Parents should have the right to know whether schools have necessary permissions to run their courses. Commissioner for Public Instruction Mohammad Mohsin is planning to do just that, “We have asked our officials to issue circulars to all […]

IIMB students to have a taste of culture

IIMB students to have a taste of culture

Starting this  Saturday, The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) will usher in art and culture straight to its campus,. IIM-B Culture Connect  is a IIMB students’ driven intiative, which will attract well known writers, artists, filmmakers, playwrights and musicians to campus every month to speak to the students about their creative journey. It is aimed at exposing students […]

Develop a Government school and have it named after you!

Develop a Government school and have it named after you!

For those who want to do a very good deed and have thier names inscribes on Government Schools in Karnataka, it’s a dream come true… The government proposes to formulate a new policy to raise funds to improve infrastructure in such schools. The government requires at least Rs 6,000 crore to shore up facilities in […]

Ph.D Programme Applications invited – Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,

Ph.D Programme Applications invited  – Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,

The Indian Institute of Science is inviting Applications for The Research Program at the Institute, to fill the shortfall in the August Admissions. Qualifications for eligibility,  specializations, areas of research, number of seats and other details are provided on their website http://www.iisc.ernet.in.   PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Computer Science & […]

CAT 2014 Schedule

CAT 2014 Schedule

The students who have applied for CAT 2014, can download their admit cards from Sunday the 19th of Oct 2014,  2:00 Pm until Wednesday the 22nd of Oct. The city in which the student will take the test will be communicated on the card. This will be based on the center and node availability. CAT which […]

Recruitment for various posts in IIHR is on…

Recruitment for various posts in IIHR is on…

Applications are invited by The Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (ICAR), Bangalore  from all the eligible candidates for RA, SRF, Semi-Skilled & Skilled Assistants and other posts. The Institute spread its sphere of research activities to the length and breadth of the nation by establishing its experimental stations at Lucknow, Nagpur, Ranchi, Godhra, Chettalli and […]