Kolkata News

Kolkata, Dec 3: In one of the fattest pay package offered to an IITian ever in campus placements, a student of IIT, Kharagpur has been offered a whopping annual salary of over Rs 1.5 crore. IIT Kharagpur officials said the ...

Kolkata, Dec 3: Apollo Hospitals has started the construction of a Rs 400 crore medical college and hospital with a capacity of 1,000 beds at Kolkata. A 14-acre plot on Batanagar's Hiland Riverside has been provided free of cost by ...

Kolkata, December 1: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday here lamented the brain drain of Indian scholars and called for a "serious scrutiny" to counter this avoidable trend. "It is ironical that our higher education system, which is capable of producing world-class scholars, ...

Kolkata, December 1: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday called for bettering the quality of teachers and enhancing the learning capacity of students in India. The president also batted for follow-ups on agreements inked between Indian educational institutes and foreign counterparts ...

Kolkata, November 21: Working with India's leading research centres, the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) is seeking more scientific partnerships for the country's remote areas, particularly the northeastern states, an official said here Thursday. ...

Kolkata, November 20: One of India's prestigious educational establishments, Presidency University, here is hosting a batch of students and faculty from a top-ranked US university as part of a student exchange programme, a statement said. Nine students (undergraduate and ...

Kolkata, Nov 20: To attract more number of students from India, the UK has increased the number of scholarships to 401 worth over Rs 14 crore this year. The British Council has launched the 'GREAT Britain Scholarships' under ...

Kolkata, November 17: E-commerce major Amazon has emerged as the top recruiter by making 22 offers in the summer placements for the 2014-16 batch of students at premier business school Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta. Amazon's offers were made across ...

Kolkata, Nov 13: In a bid to cater to the growing need of higher education and encourage private investments in the sector, West Bengal government has passed the Neotia University Bill in the Assembly. However, opposition Left protested ...

Kolkata, Nov 12: The West Bengal government's move to upgrade Raiganj college to a new university for the benefit of North and South Dinajpur districts, took a step forward after the state Assembly passed the Raigunj University Bill-2014. ...

Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, invites application for admissions to Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance programme, commencing in 2015. This course has received wide recognition from the market. Students have received good offers from ...

Kolkata, Nov 5: A month away from final placements, IIT Kharagpur students are being flooded with pre-placement offers with a 20 percent increase this year. IIT officials said already around 125 students have been extended pre-placement offers and ...

Nov 3: A group of Nepalese students is visiting Calcutta University to share their experiences and interact with leading educational personalities in India under a student exchange programme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the ...

Calcutta University, Kolkata invites applications for admission to Master of Computer Application (MCA) and Master of Technology (M.Tech) courses, commencing in 2014. The M.Tech courses is offered in: Textile Technology Information Technology ...