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Thursday, August 7, 2025
TopicHigher education

Topic: higher education

UGC to launch 10 women-centric academic chairs, Subbulakshmi & Ahilyabai Holkar on list

UGC wants to launch the chairs across universities in association with Ministry of Women and Child Development, which will provide financial support.

If you still don’t understand JNU fee hike protest, read this story of Sunita

If you are Sunita’s parents, you will wish and pray that the protest does not end with rollback of fee hike just for JNU.

Australia wants to set up university campuses in India as Modi govt changes rules

Australian Education Minister Dan Tehan set to meet HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today.

How China makes it possible for a German to study ancient Indian math in its university

China has wisely and energetically created new universities with a high standard of faculty recruitment at a global level in the past three decades of economic growth.

National education panel to be headed by PM unlikely now as states oppose it

Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog was proposed in National Education Policy draft as an apex body for education that would replace Central Advisory Board of Education.

UGC plans new way to evaluate students — through poster-making, quizzes & essays

UGC hopes the new evaluation method will wean college students away from rote learning and help develop critical abilities.

Modi govt rankings better than London-based QS & Times lists, IIT-Delhi study finds

QS and Times Higher Education are prominent education surveys where Indian institutes such as the top IITs and IISc have failed to make a mark. 

BA & B.Tech courses not as popular now as 5 years ago, reveals higher education survey

Enrolment numbers in Indian higher education see an overall rise, including in all courses at the Masters level and by gender too.

UGC says publishing paper in de-recognised journals will affect promotion & appointment

University Grants Commission has asked all universities & colleges to appoint, promote faculty on basis of its new list of nearly 800 approved journals.

B.Tech, M.Tech not enough to teach engineering, aspirants will now have to pass exam

Teaching candidates for technical colleges, including management & pharmacy institutions, will also have to undergo training and internship under AICTE.

On Camera

AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

The Army has plans for a technology thrust in the near term, including the use of AI to support decision-making. While well-intentioned, this may have unintended consequences.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.