Under his leadership, India became the first country to land near the Moon's south pole last year, In the same year, ISRO also launched India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1.
The education body through an official notification revealed that some universities were still accepting fresh MPhil applications despite UGC cancelling the program in 2022.
Professor D. Manjunath's paper, yet to be peer reviewed, cites rise in number of students going abroad, lure of PSU jobs & ‘declining quality’ of Master’s courses as possible reasons.
Her guide sent her 'lewd' videos, a co-author was added to her thesis and IISER-Pune's PoSH committee dismissed her allegations, saying he crossed ethical, not sexual boundaries.
University Grants Commission has found instances of appointment norms being violated & regulatory bodies getting complaints. Committee will recommend action in case of violations.
In a letter to IIT-M director, Bhavesh Jain has sought a probe into his brother Sachin Kumar’s suicide, saying he had been under mental duress but was still subjected to 'inhuman behaviour'.
The UGC, earlier this week, notified significant modifications to the PhD programme, including in the qualification for admissions and evaluation procedures.
UGC rules notified Monday are applicable with immediate effect; notification also says any PhD registered after 1 July, 2009 shall be governed by regulations of 2009 or 2016.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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