Order issued on 29 May had asked universities to raise funds from various sources & reduce dependence on government funds. The move was criticised by state's teaching community.
Suspensions come months after South Asian University was rocked by student protests seeking an increase in the monthly stipend for Master’s and PhD programmes, among other demands.
Principal secy of higher education has asked state universities to generate their own funds from alumni, CSR, public-private projects, research grants, patents etc.
University Grants Commission feels kala gurus at higher education institutions will provide 'immense practical experience' & help professionals, art forms find new energy.
Higher education regulator has released draft guidelines to make universities and colleges ‘more inclusive, equitable, and sensitive to Socio–Economically Disadvantaged Groups’.
By promoting teaching-learning in local language, the UGC aims to achieve its target of enhancing gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 27% to 50% by 2035.
HEFA was supposed to fund projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore by 2022. However, as on 31 December 2022, projects worth Rs 46,700.03 crore had been approved, according to parliamentary panel.
Ministry of Education data in Rajya Sabha shows University of Delhi has 792 teaching positions lying vacant, IIT-Kharagpur has 819, and IIM-Tiruchirappalli has 51.
Hyderabad's Indian School of Business was 1st higher education institution set up through collective philanthropy, followed by Ashoka in Sonepat, Krea in Sricity & Plaksha in Mohali.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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