Kolkata News

The government of West Bengal, has come up with a new policy decision with technical education department to have an integrated skill development programme with an aim to create more job opportunities. The government has also decided to merge the ...

The eastern metropolis is hosting music scholars from seven countries along with international musicians as part of Rabindra Bharati University's celebrations to mark the centenary of poet Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize. Christened 'International Seminar on Creating and Teaching ...

The West Bengal government has fixed quota in the state's higher educational institutions in a cabinet meeting, reserving 22 per cent seats for SCs and 6 per cent for the STs. Also 10 per cent seats would be reserved for ...

The West Bengal cabinet Monday ratified the rules of the 'West Bengal Higher Education Reservation in Admission Bill', thereby paving the way for reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBC) in education. State Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee said seats for general category ...

Mobile has become a one handy world for people these days. It has become a vital source of information and not merely just a piece for communication. Taking the mobile to a next level, the British Council and Pashchim Banga Sarva ...

In a role reversal of sorts, students of the elite Presidency University here would rate the performance of their teachers through a unique feedback system. The first-of-its-kind concept would be introduced from this semester after approval at the teachers' council ...

A new 200-bed super speciality block will be built at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital at an estimated cost of Rs 120 crore, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here. He said the money would be spent for the ...

Seacom Marine College has become the only institute to commence Electro-Technical Officer's (ETO) course out of total four institutes. The deputy DG shipping S C Mondol said Seacom is the only institute which has been able to get the clearance ...

Souvik Bhattacharya, former vice- chancellor of Jadavpur University, quit on his own as did a few others, while it was the West Bengal government's prerogative to appoint the right administrators, a minister said. Replying to a supplementary during question hour, ...

A leading neuroscience institute of the city has tied up with a British establishment to further advanced joint studies, thereby boosting collaborative research between India and Britain. In December, 10 neuro-specialists from the Institute of Neurosciences (IoN), Newcastle ...

 Selected students of the Presidency University here can now head to the Netherlands for an internship, an official said Thursday. As per an agreement signed between University of Groningen, one of the oldest varsities of the Netherlands, and India's premier educational ...

The West Bengal Assembly has passed the Bankura University Bill, 2013, paving the way for setting up a new university aimed at reducing the burden of Burdwan University. The bill was passed amidst a boycott of discussion by the opposition ...

Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, invites applications for admission to Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Biochemistry programme, commencing in 2013. Eligibility: Candidates should have a passed Post Graduate degrees in Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences with ...

One of the country's oldest institution, IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Calcutta is making a tactical 'retreat' to move forward and re-invent to prepare professionals for the changing global management scenario. IIM Calcutta has approximately 100 faculty members ...