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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicInstitute of Eminence

Topic: Institute of Eminence

IIT-Delhi breaks 10-year placement records, sees robust hiring

Placement officers at IIT-Delhi say there's a 15% increase in the number of companies as compared to last year and that IoE tag helped.

New eminence tags for universities unlikely before Lok Sabha elections

The process, already delayed because of disagreements over the number of institutes to get the tag, is now likely to be put in abeyance till polls are over.

No decision on eminence tag to universities whose patrons IB identified as ‘anti-Modi’

UGC to ask govt to clarify if all 19 institutions recommended by expert panel, including 9 flagged by the IB, can be granted the Institute of Eminence tag.

CBI’s ICICI Bank FIR could hurt lending & Indian economy

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HRD ministry panel wants Institutes of Eminence to get Rs 1,000 crore to boost research

Empowered expert committee says fund should be above general research pool grant and be available to institutions based on their performance.

UPSC invites fresh applications for lateral entry into IAS

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week

Institutes of Eminence tag starts fight between Modi govt panel and HRD ministry

While panel wants 30 institutes to get the coveted Institutes of Eminence tag, the HRD ministry wants to stick to its original shortlist of 20.

No IITs, JNU in Institute of Eminence 2nd list, Raghuram Rajan-backed university makes cut

Govt-appointed panel recommends 19 more educational institutions. HRD ministry to take final call early next week.

There are just 40 foreign teachers at IITs despite govt’s big push for global faculty

HRD ministry wants higher education institutes like IITs to have 20% international faculty. But the figure is just about 1% at IITs.

Ivy League curriculum to foreign faculty, Jio University’s competitors also had it all

The files show contenders had equally detailed academic plans with focus on learning pedagogy, faculty and curriculum.

On Camera

India’s online gaming ban shows today’s thriving sector could be tomorrow’s casualty

This policy unpredictability is accelerating India's brain drain, particularly in tech and digital innovation, where skilled professionals seek more stable environments abroad.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.