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Jio
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A Statesman Report
NEW DELHI August 1, 2018 : There are two ways
in which Governments can be made to bend to individual
will. The first is to persuade those in power to flout
policy to favour a person or an institution. This route
can open governments to criticism because the deviation
is easily established.
The other is to get Government to write policy that fits
the needs of a beneficiary. The Institution of Eminence
scheme formulated by the Government last year appears to
be an example of the latter, tailored as the
Gazette notification of 29 August 2017 was to favour
the proposed Jio Institute of the Reliance Foundation
run by Mukesh and Nita Ambani. But the devil is in the
details.
To begin with, the
Gazette notification entitled UGC (Institutions of
Excellence Deemed to be Universities), Regulations 2017,
lists the following parameters that the Committee of
Experts constituted to identify Institutions of Eminence
should seek in an applicant:
It should preferably be multi-disciplinary or
interdisciplinary and have both teaching and research
focus of an exceptionally high quality.
It should offer interdisciplinary courses, including in
areas of emerging technology and interest as well as
those of relevance to the development concerns of
countries like India and also award degrees, diplomas
and other academic distinctions in such
interdisciplinary areas. Click
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NTA
active, to hold NEET, JEE (Main) twice a year, says HRD
minister
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NEW DELHI :
A beaming HRD Minister announced here on
July 7 that the nascent National Testing Agency (NTA)
will hold the coveted National Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains)
twice a year.
Addressing a hurriedly called press conference here the
Minister, Mr Prakash Javadekar said : “The National
Testing Agency will conduct them this year. The same
student can take the exam both times a year and the best
score will be counted.”
The exams, he promised, will be “fair, transparent and
flexible” and would be computer-based, though not
online. “Computer centres will be set up where students
with no access to computers can practise from August-end
or September.”
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Javadekar U-turn, says
Jio not given Eminence tag
NEW DELHI :
On July 26 HRD minister Prakash Javadekar played
backfoot in Rajya Sabha on the Jio issue and
categorically said that "Jio Institute has not been
declared an 'Institution of Eminence'."
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Karnataka HC
grants relief to state's four deemed universities
BENGALURU : On August 1 the Karnataka
High Court gave an explicit relief to four deemed
universities of the state,
permitting them to collect 75% of fee
recommended by their in-house committees.
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GNDU Amritsar and Osmania University get Rs
107 each
NEW DELHI : The Ministry of Human Resources
Development (MHRD) has released a grant of Rs 107 crore
each to Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Amritsar and
Osmania University, Hyderabad.
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No takers for ESIC quota
medical seats in Uttar Pradesh
KANPUR : There are hardly
any takers for medical seats reserved by the Employees State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in the medical colleges of the country
due to lack of information about the facility.
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Courts CANNOT
examine answer sheets, says SC
SC refuses
to interfere in CLAT 2018 counselling
re-recognition of distance edu courses
opposed
YOGI DEMANDS SC, ST RESERVATION IN
AMU, JAMIA
ENGINEERING LOSES LURE AS BOYS
TURN TO HUMANITIES
52% IIT ENTRANTS
QUALIFIED BY SELF-STUDY : REPORT
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Plagiarism : UGC for action against Pathak |
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NEW DELHI :
The HRD Minister of State Satya Pal Singh told Rajya
Sabha on August 2 that a case of plagiarism has come to
notice of the UGC against Dr Vinay Kumar Pathak,
Vice-Chancellor Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University,
Lucknow.
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BHU's Raj Kumar is Panjab varsity VC |
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CHANDIGARH :
On July 21 Panjab varsity Chancellor Venkaiah Naidu,
appointed Prof Raj Kumar, Dean and Head, Institute of
Management Studies, BHU, as the new Vice-Chancellor of
Panjab University.
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Jio choice : MHRD says expert panel did it |
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NEW DELHI :
Facing mounting criticism HRD Secretary R. Subrahmanyam on July 10
took refuse behind former Chief Election
Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and others who, he said, had
chosen the institution for Institute of Eminence
status. In his
clarification the Ministry of Human Resource Development
said that the names of the six institutions were
recommended by an eminent panel and that
there was need to trust their judgment.
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B'lore
varsity & RHUHS get VCs after 2 years |
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BANGALORE : After nearly
two years Bangalore University and Rajiv Gandhi University
of Health Sciences (RGUHS) have had their vice-chancellors
on June 12. Both the universities were functioning with
interim VCs.
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GRC
Reddy moves north, joins Sharda |
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NEW DELHI : On June 6 Prof GRC
Reddy joined G.Noida based Sharda University as its
vice-chancellor.
Essentially an Andhrite, Prof Reddy's shifting to north has
surprised many who do not know that he can speak and
understand Hindi well.
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