Campus Digest

New Delhi, May 13: President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said India "must regain" the lost glory of its educational institutions and once again become a centre for "cross fertilization of ideas from across the world." Addressing a delegation from QS, ICAA, British Council, FICCI and KPMG who presented the first copy of "QS University Rankings: Asia 2014" to Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here Monday

Kolkata, May 11: Students of architecture from Denmark and all over India are in the city to study the Anglo-Indian community and Chinese settlement and document their architectural heritage at Bow Barracks and old Chinatown at Territi Bazaar. Led by Kamalika Bose, assistant professor, faculty of design at India's premier architecture institute CEPT University, the 27 students of whom 12 are from

New Delhi, May 2: Campus hirings across second rung business schools in the country have been severely hit this year due to economic slowdown, with only 18 per cent students landing job offers after completing the two-year MBA course, says an Assocham survey. The salary packages offered at these B-schools have also been curtailed by 40-45 per cent as compared to last year, according to the survey

Bangalore, Apr 25: Private engineering colleges in Karnataka have agreed to go ahead with last year's fee structure for professional courses. The Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association on Thursday decided to stop demanding a fee increase for the coming academic year. With this, the fees will remain at Rs 38,090 for CET students, and 45% of the seats in private colleges will go

London, Apr 23: Around 75 professors and other academics of Indian origin working at some of Britain's prestigious institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford university and London School of Economics today issued an open letter, sharply attacking Narendra Modi and saying, "The idea of Modi in power fills us with dread".The academics led by Prof. Chetan Bhatt and Gautam Appa of the London School of

Kolkata, Apr 8: The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) may explore the possibility of opening campuses on foreign shores soon. And the destinations could be Dubai and Malaysia. The proposal, which was discussed with several of the Board of Governors (BoG) members, is waiting for nod from the highest decision-making body of the institute. If a go-ahead is given, IIM-C will join the

London, Apr 5: Tata Motors accounts for 80% of the £19-billion (approx Rs. 1.9 lakh crore) turnover of the 41 fastest-growing Indian companies based in Britain, according to a new analysis by consultants Grant Thornton LLP released on Friday. The report prepared in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry says that over 700 Indian companies in Britain employed over one lakh people

Melbourne, Mar 22: In a significant reform of the immigration laws affecting international students, Australia has eased the financial requirements for the visa applicants from "high risk" countries like India, China and Pakistan. International students from the so-called high risk countries would not be assessed according to the stringent Assessment Level 4 and 5 criteria now as they have been

Belgaum, Mar 9: Indian higher education has many challenges of expansion, excellence, equity, empowerment and evolution, Union Public Service Commission Chairman Dr D P Agrawal said on Saturday. Delivering the convocation address of Rani Channamma University here, Agrawal also said the biggest challenge to be faced by educationists in the coming years would be the availability of quality faculty

New Delhi, Feb 2: Sahara group, whose legal battle with SEBI continues in Supreme Court over refund of over Rs 20,000 crore to investors, has made a surprise announcement of plans being afoot to hire over 56,000 new employees this year along with investments to the tune of nearly Rs 32,400 crore. In three-page newspaper advertisements, the group has invited applications for senior positions across