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Sep 28, 2023

THE World University Rankings 2024: IISc Bangalore Best among Indian Institutes

The Times Higher Education (THE) announced the World University Rankings 2024 in which as many as 91 Indian institutes secured a place. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore secured the top spot among Indian universities. It was placed between 201-250 rank overall.
IISc Bangalore was followed by Anna University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Mahatma Gandhi University, and Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences. These universities were ranked between 501-600. Meanwhile, several Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) continued its boycott of the rankings for the fourth consecutive year.
The top 10 Indian universities in the rankings are: IISc Bangalore (201-250 rank), Anna University (501-600 rank), Jamia Millia Islamia (501-600 rank), Mahatma Gandhi University (501-600 rank), Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences (501-600 rank), Alagappa University (601-800 rank), Aligarh Muslim University (601-800 rank), Banaras Hindu University (601-800 rank), Bharathiar University (601-800 rank) and Indian IIT Guwahati (601-800 rank).

Shalini Bharat Steps Down from the Post of Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Professor Shalini Bharat stepped down from the post of Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) after completing her term of five years.
The director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai, Professor Manoj Tiwari was given additional charge of Director TISS until the new full-time director is appointed.
This new appointment will be the first one through the process following changes to the regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) which brings TISS under the central government's purview of appointments; along with other deemed-to-be-universities receiving over 50 per cent funding from the Centre.

Karnataka Government Forms New Textbooks Revision Committee

The Karnataka government established a committee established to comprehensively revise the curriculum based on the new National Curriculum Framework. In total, 37 experts were appointed to participate in this revision process, as per the order issued by the Under Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy.
The state government appointed Manjunath Hegde, a retired professor from the Rani Channamma University (RCU), as the chief coordinator. It also includes several subject-wise presidents from various universities across Karnataka.
The revisions will be made to first and second-language Kannada textbooks for classes I to X, third-language Kannada textbooks for classes IX and X, and social science textbooks for classes VI to X.
According to the order, the revision will be as per the UPA era's National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005 even as the central government has brought out NCF 2023.

Sep 26, 2023

Ban on New Engineering Colleges for 2 Years, Control over Student Intake: Karnataka Higher Educat...

In view of growing violations among state private institutions (offering engineering and technical courses), Karnataka Higher Education Minister M. C. Sudhakar in a letter sought All India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) intervention to curb the 'unscientific' and 'abnormal' increase of seats in such institutions for different engineering courses.
The minister expressed the need for the state government to control the increase of seats in state private institutions (in IT related courses) and decrease of seats (in traditional courses) in engineering/technology by fixing the limit for minimum and maximum seats in a particular course/programme which they can offer. In addition, the minister also sought restrictions or ban on starting new engineering colleges/universities with professional courses mainly in metro/tier 1 cities for the next two-three years.

Sep 25, 2023

Maharashtra Govt. Approves Scheme for Schools with Less than 20 Students to be Merged to Create C...

The Maharashtra government approved a new scheme of creating clusters of schools by merging multiple schools having enrolment of less than 20 students.
The idea is to combine them and create one big school wherein appropriate infrastructural can be provided to students along with a nurturing atmosphere with a great number of children in one campus encouraging healthy competition, sportsmanship and other aspects of holistic development of children.

UP Government's New Uniform Mandate for Schools to Combat Communicable Diseases

In a proactive move to curb the spread of communicable diseases such as Dengue, Malaria, and Chikungunya, the Uttar Pradesh government introduced new guidelines for schools across the state. Effective immediately, students attending council schools in Uttar Pradesh are required to wear full shirts and trousers as part of their school uniforms.
To enforce this directive, a circular has been dispatched to the basic education officers in all districts, instructing them to ensure compliance within their respective districts.
Additionally, each school will appoint a designated teacher as a nodal officer to oversee the implementation of this new uniform policy.
The decision to implement a dress code modification comes amid a rise in cases of communicable diseases in the state, particularly Dengue, Chikungunya, and Malaria.

India's First 'Medical Cobotics Centre' at IIIT Delhi

iHub Anubhuti-IIITD Foundation (Technology Innovation Hub of IIIT-Delhi) and iHub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC, Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi) inaugurated their joint medical facility, 'MCC-Medical Cobotics Centre' on the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, IIT Delhi campus.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Government of India, funded this joint facility to be operated by iHub Anubhuti and IHFC under the NMICPS mission.
The Medical Cobotics Centre is aimed at being India's first state-of-the-art technology-enabled medical simulation and training facility for doctors, paramedics, technicians, engineers, biomedical researchers, and entrepreneurs. The Centre is also equipped to offer hands-on simulation training to the medical fraternity across the country.

QS Releases its First 'Europe 2024' Ranking; 7 of Top 10 Top Universities Based in UK

Seven of the top ten universities in Europe are based in the United Kingdom, as per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2024. QS for the first time released rankings focused exclusively on European universities. A total of 688 universities were included in the list with the University of Oxford grabbing the first place, closely followed by ETH Zurich.
The third spot was awarded to the University of Cambridge (with an overall score of 98.7), followed by Imperial College London (with an overall score of 97.6) and UCL at fifth spot (with an overall score of 97.5).
The top ten in the University Ranking 2024 are:
1 University of Oxford 100
2 ETH Zurich 99.4
3 University of Cambridge 98.7
4 Imperial College London 97.6
5 UCL 97.5
6 The University of Edinburgh 96.5
7 Université PSL 96.2
8 The University of Manchester 94.6
9 EPFL 93.2
10 King's College London 93.1

Sep 24, 2023

Discussions to Setup IIT Campus in UK Underway

As per reports, the UK is keen on welcoming an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to set up an offshore campus in the country and some UK universities are already in talks with IITs to explore the possibility.
Several universities from the UK are also interested in setting up their branch campuses in India and are waiting for final regulatory framework from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to move formally in this regard.

Sep 23, 2023

Usha Tandon First Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University Prayagraj

Senior academician and a well-known name in the field of legal studies and research professor Usha Tandon was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University (NLU), Prayagraj. She is currently a senior professor in the faculty of law at the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, where she is dean (faculty of law) and teaches environmental law, population law, gender justice and family law.
Prof Tandon has over 30 years of teaching experience and she is recognised for her research in the areas of human development, with a particular emphasis on environmental protection and women empowerment.
She has also authored and edited several books on various aspects of the law relating to environmental protection and women rights.

CLAT can be Conducted in Regional Languages

The National Testing Agency, NTA, told the Delhi High Court that it can conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in regional languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, and others. NTA filed an affidavit and conveyed its stand in response to a petition seeking the conduct of CLAT-2024 not only in English but also in regional languages.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad asked NTA to file an affidavit on the issue, observing that when entrance examinations for medical and engineering courses can be held in regional languages, why not CLAT, which is conducted only in English?
On the same, NTA informed the court that it has a pool of experts and translators for preparing question papers in multiple languages, and if it has to conduct the upcoming test in regional languages, it could possibly be held sometime in the third or fourth week of January 2024, considering the minimum time of four months required for the preparation.

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