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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicInstitutes of Eminence’

Topic: Institutes of Eminence’

BITS Pilani, IIT Delhi, Bombay, Jio Institute are now among six ‘Institutes of Eminence’

Against an earlier plan of 20, govt declares 6 institutions — 3 private and 3 public — as Institutes of Eminence.

Panel scraps shortlist for top colleges of India, will assess all 114 applications again

Shortlist dropped as changed screening criteria was not being seen as ‘fair’ and prominent institutes were left out.

High-level committee likely to announce 20 ‘Institutes of Eminence’ by April-May

Headed by ex-CEC N. Gopalaswami, panel holds first meeting Tuesday; it has on board Harvard’s Prof Tarun Khanna, Houston Univ’s Renu Khator.

Former CEC N. Gopalaswami to head committee to choose India’s 20 ‘Institutes of Eminence’

Also on board- Harvard’s Prof Tarun Khanna, Houston Univ’s Renu Khator and former IIM Lucknow Director Pritam Singh.

On Camera

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.