Space City Bangalore, home to Isro and other aerospace organizations, has some reason to celebrate. Three projects by students of a school in K R Puram in East Bangalore have bagged prizes in Nasa’s Space Settlement Contest-2014. Of these, one project — ‘NEA ZOI’ — by two class eight kids Ayush Basavesh and R Jyothi […]
For the benefit of II Pre-University students and those appearing for CET examinations, Bangalore Doordarshan, Chandana Channel, has been telecasting “Vikasana” programme from January 30. On Wednesday, the subjects that will be telecast between 7 a.m. and 7.40 a.m. are Economics (Human Resource Development) and Chemistry — CET (Organic chemistry concepts) between 9.30 p.m. and […]
The Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK), Bangalore has released the schedule for first round of counselling for post graduation medical courses. Not only the dates, but the fee structure for the PG medical and dental courses has also been announced.The counseling will take place at “NMKRV College Mangala Mantapa”, 3rd Block, Jayanagar, […]
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) will set up a new campus in Bangalore. The campus, the first one outside Tamil Nadu, is set to admit students by 2015. Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference in Chennai on the admissions to the institute, VIT Chancellor G Viswanathan said that the Karnataka government had given […]
Dr Sarala Bangalore, student of Government Homoeopathic Medical College, bagged 17 of the 18 awards in her college, for scoring maximum marks in various subjects. Besides winning a gold medal from the Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences for the highest marks in Materia Medica subject, she also stood first in the list of overall […]
Expressing concern about the “quality of education”, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said “quality education” and “requisite skills” were a must for the country’s youth. Addressing a meeting of the directors of Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore, and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) here, Mukherjee said “demographic dividend would be an […]
Anjum (name changed), aged five, from KR Puram, is special. She suffers from a physical disability which has left her with tiny hands joined. Born to a disabled father and into a poor household, little did she imagine that she would go to school or hold a textbook in her hands. NGOs came to her […]
Hopes for an increase in the intake of government medical colleges in the state have suffered a partial setback: the Medical Council of India (MCI) has rejected the application of Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli, to add 50 seats for 2014-15. MCI gave no reason for the rejection. Competition for seats is expected […]
JAIPUR: The process for admissions to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) in the country begins. The first leg of the two-stage examination process known as JEE-Main, conducted through both offline and online modes, is scheduled on April 6 and April 9, 11, 12 and 19 respectively. The offline exam centres are Kota, Jaipur, […]
The High Court on Saturday directed the Department of Technical Education (DTE) to approve the admissions of nearly 800 students who got late admissions under the management quota to Bachelor of Engineering course in 2013-14. Justice Anand Byrareddy was hearing a petition filed by Dr B R Ambedkar Engineering College and other private colleges challenging […]