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Like IITs and IIMs, UGC wants its institutes to take alumni help for placement & funding

Kritika Sharma -
UGC letter says it is good for institutes to stay in touch with alumni holding top positions in govt, media or politics or those who have established businesses.

More IITs, technical institutes for J&K as Modi govt readies special education plan

Kritika Sharma -
HRD ministry is working on a plan to improve the education infrastructure in J&K and Ladakh, which includes opening up of new colleges.

DGCA ropes in IITs, five international firms to take on rogue drones flying near airports

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Monitoring drones in sensitive areas is difficult since there is no way to communicate with or identify operators.

Now, IIT graduates make a lateral entry into HRD ministry to work as consultants

Kritika Sharma -
Ten graduates have been hired from IITs and other top institutes to work on a higher education project on a salary of Rs 70,000 per month.

IIT, IIM and Oxford alumni make way into govt as lateral entry specialists

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
In an announcement Friday, the UPSC named nine lateral entry specialists. ThePrint takes a look at some of the new joint secretaries.

Diversity deficit in IIMs, IITs — just 23 STs and 157 SCs in 9,640 faculty posts

Kritika Sharma -
Together SCs, STs and OBCs make up just 9% of total faculty in IITs and 6% in IIMs. Some of the institutes have no SC or ST faculty.  

IITs reject proposal to scrap JEE Advanced, B.Tech courses will continue in all institutes

Kritika Sharma -
IIT council rules that doing away with JEE Advanced, as proposed by HRD ministry, will make exam lose credibility.  

IITs, IIMs, NITs have just 3% of total students but get 50% of government funds

Kritika Sharma -
The remaining 97% of students attend 865 educational institutes in the country and get less than half the government funds.

Centre shoots down IIIT-Dharwad, Infosys partnership proposal

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Government cites conflict of interest as IIIT-Dharwad chairperson Sudha Murthy also chairs Infosys CSR arm Infosys Foundation.

‘Institutes of national importance’ running without chairperson

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Boards of governors at 15 IIITs, four IIMs, nine IITs are headless as HRD ministry is sitting on appointment files.
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Economy

India-US trade talks in final stages, withdrawn NITI Aayog paper shifts focus to GM soybean, corn

Udit Hinduja -
Working paper invited backlash from several farmers’ groups including BKU & BKS who opposed recommendation for import of genetically modified soybean & corn for oil extraction.

Defence

3 crashes this year, 3 pilots lost. IAF’s Jaguars, long retired everywhere else, back in spotlight

Javaria Rana -
Running on cannibalised spares and plagued by engine issues, the Jaguar continues to plug critical gaps in the Indian Air Force's stretched squadron strength.

National Interest

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal. India needs a 6-month, 2-yr & 5-yr plan for Asim Munir

Shekhar Gupta -
Kutch is our most forgotten war with Pakistan. Learn from it and draw up a plan for the next six months, two years and five years.

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