Universities News

New Delhi, July 2, 2015: Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of "fake" universities in the country at eight, followed by six in Delhi, the University Grants Commission (UGC) said on Wednesday. It said the country has 21 such bogus universities. ...

New Delhi, July 2, 2015: Warning students to refrain from enrolling in fake institutions, the UGC has released a list of 21 such bogus varsities of which eight are in Uttar Pradesh and six in Delhi. In a notification issued today, ...

Puducherry July 1, 2015: Puducherry government today said it has not granted approval to any of higher education institutions in the Union Territory for converting themselves into deemed to be universities or private universities. Secretary to Education Ragesh Chandra said in ...

Distance education is a system wherein teachers and learners need not necessarily be present either at same place or same time. In the current scenario, the distance education has been one of the most popular and preferred choice among the students.Distance ...

New Delhi, June 22, 2015: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday requested all universities and affiliated colleges to participate in a cleanliness drive starting June 22. "The government has decided that a week-long cleanliness drive should be held from June ...

New Delhi: University Grants Commission (UGC) in its recent announcement informed the universities to customise the model syllabi by 30 percent depending upon their areas of specialisation. Meanwhile, the UGC also ensured that there will be no inter-institute/ inter-college migration transfer ...

Chennai, June 19, 2015: The Madras High Court today granted one year time to the Tamil Nadu government for formulating a comprehensive act to govern all private schools in the state. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and ...

Chennai, June 16, 2015: IIT-Madras has signed an agreement with two Russian Universities towards exchange of students and faculty and to undertake joint research in disciplines of mutual interest. "Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has signed MoUs with National Research Tomsk ...

Hyderabad, June 15,2015: Four persons were today arrested for allegedly preparing fake certificates of various universities, police said. Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force (West Zone) apprehended four accused persons -- Mohd Kaleemuddin, Mohd Ismail, Mir Abrar Ali ...

New Delhi, June 15, 2015: The front page news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally directed that the feasibility of foreign universities entering the education space in India be urgently examined has come as good news for the higher education ...

New Delhi, June 15, 2015: The 31 teachers' from central universities across India who participated in an in-residence programme of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday described their experience as "enriching" and "fulfilling". The teachers, who were finalised after a collective selection process, ...

According to the Times Higher Education Asia Universities Rankings 2015, which were announced yesterday, June 10, 2015; Japan is still in the first position in the Asian Continent for the best universities. However, Japan is said to be losing its balance ...

The WEEK- Hansa Research Survey, carried out a survey on top state universities in India recently.The research, based on factual informations and academic expertise has eventually come up with a list of top ten state universities in India. The top ten ...

The WEEK-Hansa Research Best Universities Survey 2015 recently conducted the survey of 500 leading universities in India, and listed out some of the top universities after considering the perceptual and factual scores by academic experts. Combining both the scores determined the ...