Higher Education in India

Higher Education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent streams with each stream monitored by an apex body, indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The 415 universities/ institutions, are mostly funded by the state governments. However, there are 25 important universities called Central universities, which are maintained by the Union Government and because of relatively large funding, they have an edge over the others. The engineering education and business schools are monitored and accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while medical education is monitored and accredited by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Like-wise, agriculture education and research is monitored by the Indian Council for Agriculture Research. Apart from these, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) controls all the teacher training institutions in the country. The country has some ace engineering, management and medical education institutions which are directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Union Government. Admission to all professional education colleges is done through all-India common admission tests of which the IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CAT and CPMT are the most popular ones. Most of the institutions reserve a small percentage of seats for foreign students.
 

 

Sibal trouble : Education Tribunals
Bill 2010 put off in Rajya Sabha
   

Parliament House

NEW DELHI : An elated Kapil Sibal had to beat a hasty retreat in Rajya Sabha on August 31 when some Congress members joined a determined Opposition to force him to defer the crucial Educational Tribunals Bill 2010 to the next session of Parliament. The jolt was painful and pungent firstly because the same Opposition had supported the Bill in the Lok Sabha last week and secondly because Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal hadn't expected the kind of reaction from Congress members.  more
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Finance Ministry throws spanner in IIT, IIM autonomy wheel
NEW DELHI :
Finance Ministry has rejected a long-standing demand of the IITs and the IIMs seeking freedom from government interference in creating faculty posts. more

All-India medical admission test put on hold after TN protest
NEW DELHI :  Bowing to pressure from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister the Centre has put on hold the decision by the MCI to hold a CET for MBBS courses from the next academic session. more

Nalanda university Bill approved by Lok Sabha as well     
NEW DELHI: On August 26 Lok Sabha adopted the Nalanda University Bill, 2010, which has already been approved by the Rajya Sabha, to set up a Rs 1,005 crore international university at Nalanda in Bihar. more

K'nataka govt firm on getting medical seats from deemed varsities
BANGALORE : With deemed medical universities rejecting the state government request for some share in their medical seats a grim shadow of a long drawn-out tussle looms large over the state. more

 

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MUMBAI VARSITY OKAYS 43 NEW COLLEGES FOR CITY 
AMU TO START BENGAL, KERALA CENTRES THIS SESSION
BAR COUNCIL WARNS LAW COLLEGES : PERFORM OR PERISH
KANPUR IIT STUDENTS DEVELOP NANO SATELLITE
MHRD SACKS JAMSHEDPUR NIT OFFICIATING DIRECTOR

UP MOVE TO PAY REVISED PAY TO COLLEGE TEACHERS 

 
 

Parliament okays MCI (Amendment) Bill

NEW DELHI : On August 26 Parliament approved the amendments to Medical Council of India Act replacing the MCI with a 7-doctor board. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 20 without discussion, as members were busy protesting for a pay hike. The Bill is aimed at restoring the credibility of the apex body of medical education, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said during the debate in the Upper House on the Bill.

 

Appointment of Mumbai VC challenged in HC

MUMBAI :  A local  environmentalist has moved Mumbai High Court alleging that the newly appointed vice- chancellor of Mumbai University, Rajan Welukar, does not have the required academic qualifications.
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Rajan Welukar

 

IIM-CAT to be held over more days

LUCKNOW : The Common Admission Test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of Management and other top B-schools, will be held over 20 days between October 27 and November 24 this year. Himanshu Rai, the admissions chairman of IIM Lucknow and the convener of CAT 2010, said that the computerised test has been preponed by almost a month to avoid the dates clashing with other examinations. Last year, the test was held daily between November 28 and December 7.

 

IIT-JEE on April 10, no change in format

LUCKNOW : The Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be held on April 10 and the pattern of the test will remain unchanged, the
Joint Admission Board decided on August 21. The board met at IIT Kanpur and decided to stick to the current pattern for 2011.
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Dr Aroon Tikekar

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