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UGC mulls 20 exclusive univs, 800 colleges for women

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NEW DELHI: Espousing the cause of women’s education, the 12th Plan period document of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has proposed 20 exclusive universities for them and 800 constituent colleges under the central varsities to ensure equity in access to quality education.The UGC has also sought a four-time hike in allocation during the Five-Year Plan period from Rs 46,632 crore to Rs 1,84,740 crore to achieve its proposed initiatives.

The initiatives also include upgrading of autonomous colleges with potential of excellence, enhancing intake capacity of institutes of higher education and development of ‘college Continue reading →

Italian Business School to Open Campus in Mumbai

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SDA Bocconi School of Management , a leading Italian business school in Milan, has announced plans to open a branch in India, its first campus abroad.

The new initiative, the Mumbai International School of Business , or M.I.S.B. Bocconi, expects about 100 students to start a postgraduate program in business in July 2012. Continue reading →

SRM University started its admission for new year

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SRM University from Chennai has started its admission process for the academic year 2012-13, for various programmes offered at the university.

SRM University offers 197 programmes in the streams of engineering, technology, architecture, management, medicine, health sciences, Continue reading →

ISB to throw open Mohali campus in April

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The Indian School of Business will begin operations at its second campus coming up at Mohali in April next year.

“Mohali will be another Hyderabad in the North. ISB should set up a pattern for other universities and institutes in excellence,” Mr Adi Godrej, Chairman of ISB’s Board of Governors said at a function to mark the tenth anniversary of the Hyderabad-based business school here on Saturday.

“In India, there is no unemployment. There is only unemployability,” Mr Godrej said while stressing the need for quality of education.

Mr Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, ISB said his school had grown from 128 students 10 years ago to 570 now.

“After the Mohali campus (goes on stream) next year, it will have 780 students,” he added. The 3,800 students who graduated from the school were working in 25 countries, he added.

The collective output of the 50 faculty members had already made ISB the most productive business school in the country, Mr Rangnekar claimed.

Mr Godrej also launched the book, ‘An Idea Whose Time Has Come’ by Mr Pramarth Sen, the founder-dean of the ISB.

 

Student group in Rajasthan University tells Gehlot not to come to varsity

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Chief minister Ashok Gehlot was requested by a group of students to not visit the Rajasthan University campus on December 19 as it will cause inconvenience to hundreds of students appearing in semester exams.

Some news reports said Gehlot was to visit the university to inaugurate the students ‘ union office of law college at the ghoomar ground. The ceremony will be followed by cultural events, which are likely to disturb the students appearing for the exams.

They have also registered a formal complaint with vicechancellor BL Sharma asking him to not grant permission for any cultural programme at a time when around 10 postgraduate departments are conducting exams.

In a letter to the V-C , registrar and chief minister office dated December 17, they raised apprehension over the law and order situation during the programme . Notably, during the inauguration of students’ union office here recently, a student had fired a bullet.

“They also light firecrackers which cause environment problems and noise pollution,” said the group. They also requested for framing of rules to prohibit any programmes to be held during exams and on working days.

The programme is scheduled to take place at the ghoomar ground, which is surrounded by nearly15 departments . “The loud music, Gehlot’s security cover and non-collegiate students, who generally come at such programmes , will disturb the students ,” said the letter. TOI tried to contact vice chancellor, but he was unavailable.

 

 

From 2012, study at JNU, IIT or DU, Jamia at same time

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Cross-university education will no more remain a dream for students in Delhi. Pursuing two courses simultaneously at Delhi University (DU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) or graduate students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) trying their hands at technical courses offered at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) may soon become a reality.

To make this possible, four city-based institutes — DU, JMI, IIT and JNU — will join hands to tap their best faculties and make cross-discipline education available to students.

“We are looking at making courses like environment sciences, biotechnology, disaster management and mass communication available to students. We also have a good social sciences faculty, especially in social work, which can prove to be useful for the students,” said Najeeb Jung, vice-chancellor, JMI.

The university is also aiming at making the flow of education smoother for students so as to enable them to transfer their credits from one system to another.

“We want to make it easier for students to transfer their credits from one university to another. So, if a student is pursuing economics (hons) in DU, he can take up mass communication in JMI or some technical course in IIT at the same time. The idea is to make the system of education smoother for students,” said Jung.

DU, too, has given its go-ahead for the project and has already started identifying students from various streams to be part of this pilot programme.

“We are trying to create a programme that complements the strength of each university. For instance, Jamia has a strong faculty in media and IIT has a similar technical backing. Similarly, both JNU and DU are strong in several fields. By July 2012, we would have launched this as a full-time programme. Students from streams like economics, physics and mathematics have expressed a keen interest in joining the programme,” said Dinesh Singh, vice-chancellor, DU, at a ‘Learn Today’ meeting.

Meanwhile, the institutes are awaiting further clarity on the matter to decide the future course of action.

“Two weeks ago, we had our last meeting with representatives of the other three universities. Our next meeting will take place on January 7, which will give us greater clarity on the matter,” said Najeeb Jung.

Jung added that there would be no central campus to carry out the programme, as it would be based on an exchange model of education.