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Nov 13, 2022

UGC Transfers Three Fellowship Schemes to Ministries

The University Grants Commission (UGC) announced that three national fellowship schemes were transferred to concerned ministries.
According to the official notice, the National Fellowship for SC (NFSC) and the National Fellowship for OBC were transferred to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Also, the Maulana Azad National Fellowship was handed over to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
The nodal agency for NFSC is National Scheduled Cast Finance and Development Corporation, and National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation for NFOBC.

Nov 12, 2022

Centre Unveils India's First National Repository for Life Science Data

India's first national repository for life science data, generated from publicly-funded research in the country, was unveiled by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh.
The 'Indian Biological Data Centre' (IBDC), established at the Regional Centre of Biotechnology in Faridabad, Haryana, has data storage capacity of four petabytes and is also home to the 'Brahm' High Performance Computing facility.
Prof. Sudhanshu Vrati, Executive Director of IBDC, said that the life sciences data was till now stored in data repositories in Europe and the US, and a need was felt to house the data within the country.

Nov 11, 2022

UGC Notifies New Regulations on PhD Degrees

The University Grants Commission (UGC) announced new regulations on PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees called "University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of PhD Degree) Regulations, 2022". These rules will replace the rules notified in 2016.
Under the new rules, UGC has made a series of significant modifications to the eligibility requirements, admissions process, and evaluation methodologies governing doctoral programmes in colleges and universities.
According to the notification, the rules are applicable with the immediate effect.
Students who have completed a four-year undergraduate course will be eligible for direct admission to a doctorate programme.
Candidate should have a minimum of 75 per cent marks in "aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed". In case the candidate does not have 75 per cent marks in a four-year undergraduate program, she/he has to pursue a one-year master's programme and score at least 55 per cent.
The new Rules discontinue the M.Phil programme altogether. However, that will have no bearing on those holding or pursuing M.Phil degrees currently.

Nov 10, 2022

QS Asia University Rankings 2023 by Quacquarelli Symonds

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is the top educational institute in South Asia, as per the recently released QS Asia University Rankings 2023. IIT Bombay bagged 40th position in the QS ranking followed by IIT Delhi which secured rank 46. The Asia University Ranking 2023 was released by the international ranking agency - Quacquarelli Symonds.
A total of 19 institutes made it to the list of top 200 universities which include IIT Bombay (rank 40), IIT Delhi (rank 46), IISc Bangalore (rank 52), IIT Madras (53), IIT Kharagpur (61), IIT Kanpur (66) University of Delhi (85), IIT Rorkee (114), JNU (119), IIT Guwahati (124), VIT Vellore (173), University of Calcutta (181), Jadavpur University (182), Anna University (185), Chandigarh University (185), IIT Indore (185), BITS Pilani (188), Jamia Millia Islamia (188), and Amity University Noida (200).
A total of 118 institutes featured in the list are from India, China- 128, Japan- 106, South Korea- 88. China's Peking University topped the list, the top 10 Asian universities are-National University of Singapore (rank 2), Tsinghua University, Beijing (rank 3), The University of Hong Kong (rank 4), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (rank 5), Fudan University, China (rank 6), Zhejiang University, China (rank 6), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (rank 8), Universiti Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur (rank 9), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (rank 10).

Nov 09, 2022

PwC Introduces Certification Programme on GST

PwC India's Tax Academy announced the launch of a first-of-its kind professional certification programme on GST. This programme will be available on digital portal Coursera.
This course has been designed with the aim of helping learners gain in-demand basic GST skills and knowledge, such as applicability of GST on transactions and how to undertake compliance and file returns.
The programme will focus on practical knowledge of GST and will teach enrolled students about its application with the help of various scenarios and case studies.
Candidates will be awarded a professional certificate from PwC India and will be equipped with job-ready skills for entry-level GST jobs in India. The programme will be nearly 24 weeks long.

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