The SRM University, based in suburban Chennai, is set to launch 11 new courses across its campuses in various parts of the country this academic year. Courses in allied health sciences, dual degrees and integrated courses are in the offing.Speaking t ..

M S University's (MSU) online admission is becoming a hit from the first year itself. The university has for the first time made online admission mandatory from this academic year.Even as it has opened up the online admission process for few prog ..

As the alarm goes off at 4am, N Shiva Kumar is up on his feet, stacking his bicycle with newspapers. He has to deliver them before the sun appears on the horizon. A habit since Class 6, Shiva's life is set to change now. Come June 16, this newspa ..

Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50.Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title, while Rafael Nadal eased by Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 for  ..

Admissions to all colleges under the Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges’ Association (KPPGCA) will be done according to the Karnataka Management Admissions Test (KMAT), instead of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), Association s ..

As India plays catch-up with its bigger Asian neighbour China, Mandarin has emerged as a popular course at some of the IIMs. One of them, IIM Bangalore (IIMB), says Indian students cannot afford to be left behind as the two countries compete in every ..

Siddaramaiah was sworn as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka.At a simple ceremony at the Kanteerava Stadium, State Governor H.R. Bhardwaj administered the oath. All senior Union ministers and elected MLA from Congress party took part in the swearin ..

Seven IIM-A students are set to replicate the "Amul model" in the agri-belt of Bihar as part of their summer internship during which they will work for Bihar's rural livelihood initiative Jeevika for eight weeks."As in 'Amul mo ..

The Limca Book of Records has recognized the 50-hour marathon conducted by the students of IIM-Calcutta during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations as a national record.The college is celebrating the run up to its golden jubilee. During the two year log a ..

A three-day leading schools MDP will be offered by Prof Debashis Chatterjee, director of IIM Kozhikode during May 16-18, 2013 in Delhi. This programme is a 'gurukul for gurus' - for teachers, path finders and pioneers in schools.Participants  ..

India's grassroots innovations may just a new avatar. And the person who will give them this fillip is Oscar winning-director James Cameron. Known for spurring innovative experiences for movie-goers, Cameron is interested in tapping technology in ..

Colleges affiliated to a university are not obliged to take separate permission from the All-India Council for Technical Education to conduct MBA/MCA courses, the Supreme Court has held.“The AICTE Act does not intend [the council] to be an auth ..

The IIMs have announced the dates for CAT 2013, and IIM Indore will be conducting the exam this time round. ET caught up with this year's CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor, faculty in the institute's operations management and quantitative techniques  ..

Indian Institute of Management-Raipur (IIM-R) will have the stone-laying foundation ceremony of its upcoming new infrastructure at Naya Raipur, village Pota-Cheriya on May 5. To be built on a budget of Rs 600 crore, the campus was recently approved b ..

The rising expectations and demands of the communities from schools have triggered a rethink about the goals of school education and the attendant academic processes. Schools are grappling with improving the quality and motivation of teachers, academ ..

The XLRI School of Business Management and Human Resources and Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, USA), have come together to offer an innovative programme on Positive Organization Development and Change ( ..

Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid was on 24 April 2013 sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman, who died in March 2013. Abdul Hamid is the 20th President of Bangladesh. He will hold the ceremonial position for a five-year term.Hamid ..

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 14 mega watt Solar Power project at Deoghar in Jharkhand on 30 April 2013. Along with the inauguration of this solar power project, the President also laid Foundation Stones for Pilgrim Queue C ..

About 74 students from the first batch (2011-13) of IIM-Tiruchippalli (IIM-T) have been placed with companies such as Cognizant, KPMG and BPCL, among others, at annual salaries ranging from Rs 11.5-18.25 lakh.These successful placements for the 2011- ..

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 for Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other business schools will be conducted from October 16 to November 11. Students can choose any slot during the period.This year, four new locations, Surat, Udaipur, ..