An Indian-origin girl, Pooja Chandrashekar, aged 17, has managed to get admission to 14 top US universities, including all eight Ivy League schools considered the most prestigious varsities worldwide. Virginia-born Pooja Chandrashekar decided to apply to all eight ivies hoping to get into just one of them. But now she has the choice to get […]
Commerce courses in city colleges are continuing to ride a high wave and managements are leaving no stone unturned to cash in on it. With demand for arts and basic science courses fizzling out in many undergraduate colleges and their departments being closed in some, college managements are offering a plethora of choices under the […]
Candidates have time until today to apply for the test Bowing to pressure from anxious students and parents, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has extended the date for applying for the (UGET) 2015. The test is to be held on May 10. A release from the consortium, on Monday, […]
Campaign Over 1,000 students and staff of MVJ College of Engineering (MVJCE) took part in a four-km rally recently as part of an anti-tobacco campaign. The aim was to educate the people in and around Whitefield as a part of their social awareness programme. It was flagged off by Minister for Health and Family Welfare […]
Estrails the techno-cultural fest of Gopalan College of Engineering and Management, was the perfect blend of creativity and intelligence of young minds coming together in heady brew of competitive spirit. One of the biggest college fests of 2015 was declared open by the general secretary, Gopalan Foundation, Dr Prabhakar, by lighting the symbolic lamp. More […]
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has uploaded details of the test on its website. This is the second of the three-part brochure that the KEA will be releasing. The CET for admissions to government seats (and government-quota seats in private colleges, subject to the implementation of the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination […]
Shouts of excitement and thrill reverberated throughout BMS College of Engineering as the college fest “Utsav 2015” organised in association with Bangalore Mirror, concluded on Friday. The three-day extravaganza witnessed some highly competitive events including Bass drop, Happy feet-the dance competition, Palette – the art competition, web coding and debugging, the vocals, the battle of […]
A satellite-based educational programme has started bringing the educational expertise of the IIM or Indian Institute of Management to classrooms across the state. The programme, called Satellite and Advanced Multimedia Education or SAME, covers classes 5 to 10 and focuses on subjects like Math, Science and English. Through a virtual classroom set up on a […]
At the 40th Annual Convocation at IIM Bangalore, 592 students received their graduation diplomas and 7 students were awarded Gold Medals. The list of gold Medallists: Rachit Kothari Gold Medalist – Post Graduate Programme in Management Naveen Prashanth Gold Medalist for Best All Round Performance – Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) Kakarla Usha Gold Medalist –Post Graduate Programme in […]
ERA (Education Assessment and Rating) Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, has announced ‘Uni- GAUGE EMeD’ a single all-India entrance exam window for multiple universities. This a step to provide an efficient platform to students aiming for admission to engineering, medical and dental colleges, The launch was held on Thursday 12 March 2015. The advantage with Uni-GAUGE is […]