The government on Friday withdrew its earlier decision to scrap the CET for BDS and the Indian System of Medicine (ISM) courses. The election code of conduct has prevented the government from enacting legislation to cancel CET.
Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda announced on Friday that students who intend to take a seat through the government will have to appear for the Common Entrance Test (CET) in May. Candidates for Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy will also have to appear for the CET test.
Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) officials confirmed that in lieu of the government’s decision, the examination and counselling dates for these courses will be as specified in the application/brochure issued for this year. According to the minister, the Bellary Dental College could fill only three seats out of the 50 last year. The rest of the seats were filled after the local representatives took permission from the government.
Interestingly, the huge vacancy of seats in dental colleges across the State leaves open the possibility that a student, who is willing to take risk, can directly get admitted without opting for CET.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
KARNATAKA CET 2009 DATES ANNONCED
Karnataka Examinations Authority to conduct CET 2009 on April 2009
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test-2009 or Karnataka CET 2009 for admission to Medical and Dental, Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy and Engineering Technology course will be held on 29th and 30th th April 2008 as per the following schedule
DATE | DAY | SUBJECT | MARKS | TIMINGS |
29-04-2009
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WEDNESDAY | BIOLOGY | 60 | 10.30 am to 11.50 am |
MATHEMATICS | 60 | 02.30pm to 03.50 pm |
DATE | DAY | SUBJECT | MARKS | TIMINGS |
30-04-2009
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THURSDAY | PHYSICS | 60 | 10.30 am to 11.50 am |
CHEMISTRY | 60 | 02.30pm to 03.50 pm |
Kannada Language test only for
01-05-2009 | SUNDAY | GADINADU KANNADIGA | 11.00 a.m. |
HORANADU KANNADIGA CANDIDATES | 01.00 p.m |
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Maharashtra MHT-CET 2009 in Early May
The Maharashtra combined common entrance test for engineering and health science degree courses MHT-CET 2009 will be held in the first half of May, reports the Times of India , Pune
“We are yet to finalise the date, but the test will be held either in the first or second week of May,” state director of medical education and research (DMER) W B Tayade told TOI on Tuesday.
The DMER is the competent authority for the MHT-CET, which annually draws more than two lakh engineering, medical and pharmacy degree aspirants from Maharashtra and other states.
Asked about the likelihood of the Lok Sabha polls getting scheduled sometime post-April and its impact on the MHT-CET, Tayade said, “There is no link between the two events.”
“We will not change the exam date, irrespective of the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections,” Tayade said. “We are bound by the Supreme Court order which seeks the entrance test to be held in May.” This puts to rest all speculation about the polls casting a shadow over the entrance exam schedule.
The MHT-CET is widely regarded as the gateway to 174-odd engineering, 58 medical and 118 pharmacy colleges in Maharashtra. Last year, 56,881 engineering seats, 3,785 medical and 3,935 pharmacy seats were up for grabs.
Usually, the months of April and May and the first half of June are the period when a slew of common entrance tests (CETs) get lined up each year.
This year, the CET season begins with the prelims of the All India Pre-Medical Test and Pre-Dental Test (AIPMT/PDT) on April 5; followed by the IIT’s joint entrance exam (JEE) on April 12; the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) on April 26; the Armed Forces Medical College’s (AFMC) entrance exam on May 3; the AIPMT/PDT finals on May 10 and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ MBBS entrance on June 1.
The timing of the CETs in the neighbouring states like Gujarat and Karnataka are also taken into account while finalising the date for the MHT-CET. In the last four years, the MHT-CET has been held either in the second or third week of May.
Source : Times of India
Friday, December 26, 2008
Indian students record highest average GMAT scores
Indian students enrolled for Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (PGPX) in Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have the highest average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 728 among successful candidates, which is the highest in the world. Indian institute has surpassed the prestigious Stanford University which marked the second highest of 725, the highest for any one-year management executive programme in the world . IIM-A’s average GMAT score has shot up from 695.42 in 2006.
IIM-A was followed by the Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad’s one-year programme which recorded an average GMAT score of 714 for the 2008-09 batch, ranking it third in the world. In 2006-07, ISB’s average GMAT score was 707, rising to 710 in 2007-08.
Unlike the two-year MBA programmes, executive management programmes have a minimum work experience criteria — five to seven years, though those who sign on usually have average work experience of eight to 10 years.
“We look for high GMAT scores, leadership qualities and quality of work experience while evaluating a candidate,” said a spokesperson for ISB, which pioneered the one-year executive management programme concept in india.
Source : Business Standard
Tamilnadu Law College Admission through CET - Madras High Court
Admission of students to the law colleges in Tamil Nadu is to be regulated by holding a competitive common entrance Test (CET), the Madras High Court said on Monday.
Framing a set of measures to restore the glory of the institution and to improve the legal education , the First Bench comprising Chief Justice A K Ganguly and Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla observed that the measures should be strictly implemented in the interest of the students, their parents and the public at large.
The Bench said that admission of students was to be reorganised and if necessary one more law college within the city might be opened. The heritage building of the law college should be renovated and restored to its original stature.
The Bench further said the sanctioned strength of the teaching faculty should be increased. The salary of part-time lectures to be increased from Rs 5,500 to not less than Rs 10,000 per month. The remuneration of guest lecturer/advocate to be increased from Rs 100 per hour with a maximum of Rs 4,000 per month to not less that Rs 500 per hour to a maximum of Rs 10,000 per month.
Friday, December 19, 2008
No GATE Exam for M.Pharma Admissions from 2010 - TOI
Coming 2010, there will be no GATE examination for pharmacy students. 2009 will be the last year when the Indian Institutes of Technology, jointly with the Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, will conduct the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for pharmacy students wanting to pursue their master’s programme.
This may come as a blow to lakhs of meritorious students who have, for years, taken the GATE examination for admission to the two-year MPharm programme in institutes across the country. In a Right To Information application
filed by Vinay Sonawane, a pharmacy student, the IITs acknowledged that they would stop conducting this entrance exam for pharmacy students after 2009. These institutes have always conducted the admission test but have never offered the course.
There are close to 1,000 colleges offering pharmacy courses in India and a GATE-qualified student is entitled to a monthly scholarship of Rs 5,000. Students will now have to queue up in front of private colleges where, academicians fear, admission standards will be compromised.
IIT-Guwahati director Gautam Barua maintained that the institutes’ faculty members were stretched and the IITs and IISc had to depend on faculty members from other pharmacy colleges to conduct the test. “It was getting more and more difficult to ensure that outside faculty members maintained the same standards as ours,” he added.
Similarly, IIT-Roorkee director S C Saxena confirmed that the decision to discontinue the entrance test was taken by the national co-ordinating committee.
GATE is conducted for students wanting to take up master’s in 74 areas, including engineering, architecture and life sciences.
Source : Times of India
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Supreme Court - Vacant OBC Quota Seats to Go to General Category
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the seats remaining vacant after the implementation of 27% OBC quota in central educational institutions, including IITs and IIMs, will go to the general category candidates.
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on a petition from P.V. Indiresan, former Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, for a direction that the 432 vacant seats in SC/ST/OBC categories in the IITs be filled by general category candidates.
A five-judge Constitution Bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justices Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakker, R.V. Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari issued the notice after hearing senior counsel K.K. Venugopal for the petitioner and Solicitor-General G.E. Vahanvati for the Centre.
Mr. Venugopal submitted that as per the April 10 judgment, vacancies in the reserved seats would go to the general category.
He said the court should clarify whether such seats could go to the general category. There were 432 vacant seats which had not been filled and this had created confusion. If these seats remained vacant the infrastructure created in the institutions would go waste, he said. As per the judgment, the vacancies could not go waste.
Mr. Justice Pasayat intervened and told counsel, “What is the confusion? The judgments [of Mr. Justice Pasayat and Mr. Justice Thakker and Mr. Justice Bhandari] have clearly stated that the vacant seats will go to the general category. This is very clear as the intention was the seats should not remain vacant.”
Mr. Justice Bhandari also said that there was no confusion in the judgment.
Mr. Vahanvati said he would take instructions and file the Centre’s response in two weeks.
In his application Mr. Indiresan said that despite the judgment, it was clear that the IITs, Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University and the HRD Ministry were of the view that the vacant seats in the reserved quota would not revert automatically to be filled by students from the general category and that it would not be possible to further lower the cut-off mark to accommodate more OBC candidates.
The petitioner pointed out that according to the judgment cut-off marks to the extent of 10 per cent could be reduced for reserved candidates but the Central educational institutions had not acted on it.
He sought a clarification that the reserved seats be filled from the general category candidates and a direction to implement the direction on cut-off marks for admission of students in the reserved category.
The Bench posted the matter for further hearing on September 29.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
TIFR plans campus in city
HYDERABAD: The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has decided to set up its campus in the city. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely
to lay foundation stone for the campus soon. This will be the second campus in the country after Mumbai.
TIFR director Mustansir Barma called on chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on October 12 and presented a proposal to set up the campus during the centenary birth year of its founder Dr Homi J Bhabha.
The TIFR, according to official sources, sought about 210 acres of land at the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) for the campus and has projected an investment of over Rs 2,500 crore over a period of 12-15 years.
Barma informed the chief minister that they had preferred Hyderabad for the second campus because of its good national and international connectivity , which met the required benchmark of TIFR.
HCU vice-chancellor Syed E Hasnain was also said to have welcomed the proposal of locating the TIRF on the HCU campus as it would go a long way in making the central university a world-class research hub a la 'Little Boston' and it would not only help students and faculty of the university but would also contribute to the economic development of the state.
The second campus, TIFR feels, would take care of its expansion programmes. It has proposed to set up the institute in two phases, phase I between 2008-2014 and phase II between 2014-2020.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Indians look to America for a new accent on English
India, speaking English with an American accent is no longer the preserve of call centre workers. Children, business people and the elderly here are now seeking a US twang.
The phenomenon has spread from the Indian offshore operations boom in the late 1990s to a wider cross-section of society, whether to help them get on in business, communicate with family State-side or just show off.
In Mumbai, arguably India's most cosmopolitan city, a number of language schools have sprung up offering accent coaching. Mumbaikars are also trawling the Internet looking for tutors to teach them to talk like Uncle Sam.
"About 50 percent of our students want American accents," Raj Oberoi, who runs the Just Talk Institute in the south of the city, told AFP.
Most of his students come from India's middle class, whose numbers have swelled on the back of the country's economic boom, and range in age from seven to 65, he added.
"People want to learn an American accent because they want to study abroad, perhaps they're going on a business trip or they think they'll be able to impress people if they talk with an American accent," he said.
The phenomenon marks a shift in attitude towards English, which was brought to India by its former British rulers and remains an official language, spoken by 90 million people.
Indian English can sound archaic to British ears, with words and phrases that have long since dropped out of usage back home.
But while "the Queen's English" -- or received pronunciation -- is still taught in schools, Americanisms are creeping in, not just in business, as US films, food, fashion and music find favour with young Indians.
Oberoi conceded that a British accent was something to aspire to in the past, and may still be among older people, but that is changing.
The head of English at the University of Mumbai, Dr Ram Badode, noted that there had been a "drastic" change in his students' English, as they looked to the United States for further studies and well-paid jobs.
"In terms of spelling, people are not so sacrosanct about the British or received pronunciation. Now they're open to change. This is a major change in terms of spelling and accent and it's gaining currency," he told AFP.
Judging by the daily queues outside the US consulate in Mumbai, there is no shortage of Indians wanting a taste of the American Dream, despite the current financial turmoil.
Around 1.5 million Indian-born immigrants lived in the United States in 2006, making them the fourth largest immigrant group in the country. More than one third arrived since 2000, according to US government statistics.
Shammi Sharma, 24, works for telecoms giant Ericsson in Mumbai and is one of Oberoi's former students.
"I wanted a US accent because I'm just a guy from a village. Bombay is a metro city. When I came here every second person would talk to me in English. I didn't know the language very well," he told AFP.
The courses, which also include leadership skills, public speaking and personal development, have helped his confidence, and joked that having a slight US accent was a boost "especially with the girls".
At work, he added: "It helps your clients. Somewhere down the line people don't think that you're foreign or struggle to understand."
Oberoi, an Iowa State University graduate, said that by watching and listening to US television programmes for at least half an hour every day, trying to imitate its sounds and exaggerating the accent helps change speech.
The accountants, doctors, fashion designers, bankers and college students may not sound like native New Yorkers or Californians after the course, he said.
But their spoken English is likely to be more neutral -- making it easier to comprehend for Americans who might struggle with Indian accents, he added.
Americanisation has its critics but Badode sees it as a logical consequence of US world dominance and inevitable that people want a part of it.
"It's a positive thing because we are taking enjoyment by using American accents and spelling," he said, rejecting suggestions that India's rich culture and heritage will be diluted.
But he also offered another view. Sixty-one years after Indian independence it was another way of leaving behind the country's colonial past.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
New course is a win-win for students, university
MUMBAI: The University of Mumbai has tied up with UK varsities to offer a one-year master's courses from next year. Some foreign universities have adopted collaborative arrangements with Indian institutions, mainly deemed universities, to offer programmes where students are taught on a desi campus for a part of the programme but take home a foreign degree. But the University of Mumbai will be the first state varsity to enter into such an arrangement which, incidentally, will reach out to over 5 lakh students.
The university's academic council, which is meeting later this month, is likely to clear the draft curricula for the one-year courses. They include a master's in management, master's in international business, master's in human resource management and master's in medical technology and laboratory management (see box). Affiliated arts, science and commerce colleges will then be permitted to apply to the varsity to offer these courses, which will take off from the 2009 academic year.
Currently, the university has a similar tie-up with the University of Westminster for a course in animation, in which students can start the course on the Kalina campus and then move on to London for the remaining six months and receive a master's degree from there. But this new initiative for the master's courses will allow thousands of city college students to get a degree from a world-class foreign university.
The Mumbai varsity and UK colleges will soon plan details on fees and scholarships. The arrangement, city college principals feel, will allow students to avail of an international education and degree at a lower cost. This, apart from allowing the Mumbai university and its affiliated institutions more flexibility in course-designing at a time when foreign varsities are knocking on Indian gates.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
MU to introduce nine ‘intensive’ postgraduate programmes
The courses will make students ‘ready for the market’, say educationists who studied UK system
The recent visit by a delegation of Mumbai educationists to the universities in the UK, will prove to be a beneficial one for future postgraduate aspirants. The reason — Mumbai University, and some of its affiliated colleges are now in the process of introducing one-year, intensive postgraduate programmes that aim to mould students to become more adept in their respective fields.
The delegation — led by Mumbai Sheriff and HR College principal Indu Shahani, and Mumbai University vice-chancellor Vijay Khole, along with several other college principals — visited UK’s leading educational institutions to observe the top study policies being followed there.
“PG programmes in the UK are being converted from two years to intensive one-year programmes to aid students. So we mulled over the option of starting a similar system here, which will help students tremendously. Subsequently, we are now in the process of developing a total of nine such intensive, and important academic programmes of a one-year duration,” said Khole.
The primary focus is to design courses that are applied practically and make students “ready for the market”.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh was recently briefed about the observations made by the delegation during its UK visit. “We wanted to inform the PM about the intention of our visit, our learning and to receive his opinion on the matter. He was supportive of our suggestions, and stressed the need to implement more skill-oriented courses, and vocational education”, said Ruia College principal, Suhas Pednekar.
Colleges are also helping in developing the courses, with HR College helping to initiate four courses, and Sophia College developing five programmes for the university.
“Several other colleges are helping us in this endeavour. The programmes will have to go through the board of studies, and will have to be presented to the academic council for approval,” said Shahani.
Sophia College principal, Anila Verghese said, that the core content has been developed with the help of the university. “Once approved, they can be implemented from the next academic year. Colleges which want to run the programmes will have to seek the necessary permission from the university,” said Verghese.
She said that since the programmes will be of a 12-month duration, while developing the curriculum, the focus will be on quality.
“Utmost care was given to ensure that there is no compromise on quality,” said Verghese.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
40% of SC/ST faculty posts in Central universities vacant
Mumbai: Even after four decades of reservation, over 40 per cent of SC/ST lecturer posts are still lying vacant in 19 Central universities. Out of the total number of 4,887 posts sanctioned by the University Grants Commission, there are only 629 SC/ST lecturers belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. This leaves a backlog of 471 as per the 2007-08 data sourced from the UGC under the Right to Information Act.
The poorest record is of the Banaras Hindu University, where out of 155 SC lecturer posts and 74 ST posts, only 86 and 24 have been filled.
Being a minority institution, the Aligarh Muslim University is exempt from reservation. But there is no SC/ST lecturer in the institution in spite of a listed requirement of 193 faculty members from these groups.
According to the Union government’s rule, the percentage of reservation in Central Universities is 22.5 — 15 for the SCs and 7.5 for the STs.
Extrapolation of the data based on these figures shows that the SC/STs still remain poorly represented in higher education. With 629 SC/ST lecturers, their representation is only 12.8 per cent, way below the 22.5 per cent mark, out of the 4,877 posts sanctioned in the Central universities. The “UGC has failed to ensure effective implementation of the reservation policy in the Central universities and grantee institutions which are deemed-to-be universities,” states the UGC guidelines document.
Readers and professors
As you move up the cadre, from lecturer to Reader and professor, you will see that the number of SC/STs starts dwindling sharply. A majority of the universities have zero SC/ST Readers and professors. Sixteen of the 19 Central Universities have no SC professor and 17 have no ST professor. Part of the reason could be that till recently, reservation was applicable only at the entry level post of lecturer. It did not apply to promotions and for higher posts. The UGC guidelines of 2006 mandated 22.5 per cent reservation for Readers and professors as well. But two years later, the hiatus remains intact.
Not much has changed in the past few years, despite the awareness among authorities of the dismal implementation of quota. “I am not surprised at the figure,” says Prof. R.K. Kale from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, who himself has questioned, in the academic journal University News, the feckless implementation in the Central Universities. “It is a slow process,” he admits, although with a note of assurance that the UGC is taking a keen interest in overseeing strict implementation of the reservation policy.
Data from State universities and colleges affiliated to them opens yet another can of worms. State universities follow State-level quota figures.
UGC figures for 53 State universities show a backlog of around 50 per cent. Quite a few of them do not have SC/ST lecturers, let alone professors and Readers.
While academics admit that posts lying vacant is a cause for concern, none of the authorities, at the Centre or at individual college levels, has any punitive power. Although the UGC claims to have upped the ante, the absence of clear deadlines, complex procedures, bureaucratic apathy and, above all, entrenched casteist attitudes make enough pathways for circumventing the law with impunity.
At present, a number of qualified SC/ST teachers, even from remote towns, are battling with the system against unjust contract-based appointments, abrupt termination orders and unfounded rejections by the interview panel, while denial of opportunities continues. In this scenario, the usual refrain of ‘candidates not available’ or ‘candidates not suitable’ rings hollow.
Source :Hindu
Friday, August 29, 2008
CAT eludes BMS students again
Students of the third year bachelor of management studies (BMS) are up in arms against the Mumbai University. For the past two years, the varsity has scheduled the fifth semester exams on dates that clash with the CAT.
Students said they were missing out on a chance to apply to good institutes for further studies. “It is known that nearly 70% of TYBMS students attempt the CAT to enter into the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs). The exam is always held on the third Sunday of November. But thanks to the university’s poor planning, BMS students do not have time to prepare for their CAT,” said Parag Chitale, visiting faculty in various colleges.
While CAT is scheduled on November 16, TYBMS students have their fifth semester exams from November 10 to 15. “This hardly gives us time to prepare for the most important entrance exam. Moreover, this is not the first time the university has been conducting exams simultaneously with CAT,” said Anurag Korti, a student of Lala Lajpat Rai College.
Another student said, “Since the university doesn’t give us time to prepare for CAT, we have no option but to waste a year and appear for it after finishing graduation. Several students in my class haven’t even bothered to fill up the CAT forms.”
In 2007, while the CAT was held on November 18, the TYBMS exam ended on November 19. “The university never schedules the TYBCom and CA exams together. Then why are BMS students treated inconsiderately? The ideal time for the exams would be the first week of November,” added Chitale.
When contacted Vilas Shinde, controller, examination department, said, “We were unaware of the CAT exam dates. The students should have notified us and we would have looked into the schedule.”
Cannot take mobiles into exam hall: HC
The Bombay High Court, saying that it is “no minor lapse”, on Thursday directed the Mumbai University and academic institutions to ensure that students do not take mobile phones inside examination halls.
“Parents and students should know that no such device should be allowed in the examination hall and if any student is found with it, he/she may lose an academic year and invite severe punishment,” justices PB Majumdar and Amjad Sayed ruled.
Counsel for the university Rui Rodrigues told the court that all examination authorities inform students that mobile phones are not allowed in examination halls and directions are mentioned on hall tickets and the question and the answer sheets.
The judges insisted that “No mobile phones please” should be displayed outside examination halls in bold and parents should make sure that their children do not go to examination halls with their mobile phones. The judges, however, said such cases of cheating were unheard of about 10-15 years back.
DNA was first to report the case of Karuna (name changed), 19, a first year Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) student at SK Somaiya College, Vidyavihar, who had first moved court in June after she was debarred by her college for carrying a cell phone into the examination hall. Karuna, who was taking her second year examinations in March, took her ATKT paper after that. In her application, Karuna had said in her anxiety before her paper, she forgot to leave her cell phone, which was in the pocket of her jeans, before entering the examination hall. The Unfair Means Enquiry Committee (Umec) had declared her attempt to the paper as null and void. She had contended that the committee did not give her a hearing and the court passed an order in her favour on June 11 asking the Umec to hear her and take a decision.
Umec’s decision did not change. Karuna’s counsel Joaquim Reis said she gave the phone to the supervisor 10 minutes after the paper commenced, realising her mistake.
Advocate for the college KK Jadhav said the phone was confiscated by the supervisor and not surrendered by her.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
West Bengal may abolish JEE
The West bengal state higher education department might consider doing away with the joint entrance examination (WBJEE) if Tamil Nadu's decision to abolish JEE for engineering and medical courses is upheld by the Supreme Court, Reports the Statesman.
Mr Sudarshan Roychoudhury,State higher education minister, today (july 21, 2008) said in the Assembly that they are keeping a tab on the issue taken by Tamil Nadu to abolish the JEE for engineering and medical. He said the decision has been okayed by the Tamil Nadu High Court but the matter is now pending at the Supreme Court.
“It is a good proposal to consider admission on the basis of merit in engineering and medical courses. But there is a problem too. There are a number of councils which hold higher secondary examinations. It is difficult to bring a parity in all these examinations,” said Mr Roychoudhury.
However, the higher education minister informed the Assembly that he would put forward a proposal to do away with the age bar in medical entrance test in the review meeting of the JEE board this year. The minister said this while replying to a question raised by Mr Manas Bhunia of the Congress in which he asked why the state has imposed an age bar in the medical entrance test when the Medical Council of India has no such preconditions.
The minister said they do not have any plan to bifurcate the JEE board and set up two separate boards to hold engineering and medical entrance tests separately. He added that the state government has taken a series of steps to stop irregularities that were taking place in JEE. The minister also informed the Assembly that police are still investigating the JEE racket case that was exposed by Kolkata Police last year.
Source - The Statesman
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
All the universities in Maharashtra and their contact details
| S.No. | Name of Institution | Concerned Authority VC: Vice Chancellor Reg:Registrar |
| 1. | Amravati University Amravati-444 602 E-Mail: amuni@mah.nic.in | VC: 91- 721- 662373 Reg:91- 721- 662173 FAX:91- 721- 662135 |
| 2. | Dr. Babasahb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad 431 004
| VC: 91 -240- 331069 Reg: 91- 240- 334104 FAX: 91 -240 -334291 |
| 3. | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University PO Goregaon, Lonere 402 103, Distt. Raigad | VC: 91 -2410- 50101 Reg:91- 2410 -50381 FAX: 91 -2410 -50440 |
| 4. | Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Krishinagar, Akola 444 104 | VC: 91- 724- 58365 Reg:91 -724- 58372 FAX: 91- 724 -58219 |
| 5. | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 E-Mail: director@ganga.admin.iitb.ernet.in | VC: 91- 22 -5783488 Reg:91 -22- 5783645 FAX: 91- 22- 5783480 |
| 6. | Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Waghele Banglow, Mouda Road Turn, Ramtek Road, Ramtek 411 106 | VC: 91 531298 |
| 7. | Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth Distt. Ratnagiri, Dapoli 415 712 | VC: 91 -2358 -82064 Reg:91- 2358 -82065 FAX:91 -2358- 82074 |
| 8. | Maharashtra University of Medical Sciences Anand Valley Gangapur Road, Nashik 422 005 | VC: 91 -253- 54343 Reg: -- do -- FAX: 91- 253 2620502 |
| 9. | Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Wardha, Camp: C-2/43, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi 110 011 | VC: 91- 11- 3381708 Reg: -- do -- FAX:91- 11- 3387319 |
| 10. | Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri 413 722, Distt. Ahmednagar E-Mail: ysnerkar@mpkv.ren.nic.in | VC: 91 -2426- 43208 Reg:91 2426 -43216 FAX: 91 -2426- 43302 |
| 11. | Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parbhani 431 402 E-Mail: vc@mau.ren.nic.in | VC: 91 -2452 -23002 Reg:91- 2452- 23801 FAX:91 -2452- 23582 |
| 12. | University of Mumbai M.G.Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 032 Home Page: www.mu.ac.in | VC: 91 -22- 2656789 Reg:91- 22 -2656913 FAX: 91- 22 -2652832 |
| 13. | North Maharshtra University P.B.No.80. Umavinagar Jalgaon 425 001 | VC: 91- 257- 222181 Reg:91- 257- 222185 FAX: 91 -257- 222183 |
| 14. | University of Pune Pune 411 007 E-Mail: puvc@unipune.ernet.in | VC: 91- 212- 353868 Reg:91- 212 -357388 FAX: 91- 212 -353899 |
| 15. | Shivaji University Vidyanagar, Kolhapur 416 004 | VC: 91 -231- 656222 Reg:91 -231- 658268 FAX: 91- 231- 656133/359433 |
| 16. | SNDT Women's University 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road, Mumbai 400 020 E-Mail: sndt@bom2.vsnl.net.in | VC: 91- 22 -2014775 Reg:91- 22 - 2031879 FAX:91 -22 -2018226 |
| 17. | Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University Gautami nagar, P.Box No.87, Vishnupuri Nanded 431 603 | VC: 91 -2462- 26847 Reg:91 -2462 -21441 FAX: 91 -2462- 26119 |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Eight more new IITs approved this year
Eight more new IITs approved - As many as eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) would be set up in the country during the current academic session to impart high quality technical education, reports the Economic Times
The new IITs would come up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 6,080 crore, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a meeting of the Union Cabinet.
With the creation of new IITs, high quality technical education will become accessible to bright students as hardly two per cent of about three lakh students, who appear in the Joint Entrance Examination could get admissions in them, he said. The Cabinet also approved creation of 30 faculty posts per year in the first three years of establishment of each of the new IITs, besides approving the posts of a director and Registrar. A decision was also taken to raise the grade of all existing IIT Directors to Rs 26,000 (fixed) from Rs 25,000 now.
The IITs of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat would commence their classes for about 120 students each for B.Tech programmes through temporary campuses and would be mentored by IITs of Madras, Guwahati and Bombay respectively.
The three IITs of Rajasthan, Punjab and Orissa will start their classes in the campuses of their mentor IITs at Kanpur, Delhi and Kharagpur respectively, while the IITs at Indore and Himachal Pradesh will begin their sessions from the academic session 2009-10.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Over 26,000 jr college seats still vacant in Mumbai | Admissions starting from Monday 21st July
MUMBAI: Of the 1.29 lakh students who cleared class X from Mumbai, only around 1.03 lakh have managed to secure a seat in a city college.
The good news though is that after the fifth merit list, there are still 26,115 vacant seats in junior colleges in Mumbai, including top cityones like Ruparel, Ruia, N M, Mithibai and Podar. The break-up is-5,944 arts seats, 6,133 science seats and 14,038 for commerce.
Of the 410 colleges in Thane, the deputy director of education has collated figures for vacant seats in 286 colleges. The figure works out to 15,925. In Raigad, there are about 871 vacant seats. The second round of admissions will begin on Monday for those who have not yet secured a seat in any college.
The department will open three guidance centres in Mumbai, nine in Thane and one in Raigad. In Thane, over 1.02 lakh students have cleared class X and there are 1.01 lakh seats in all (including the 141 new colleges). Despite this, there are still well over 16,000 vacant seats in Thane. "This is because a lot of Thane students seek admission to Mumbai colleges," said the education officer.
Source:Times Of India
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Govt decides to open extra divisions in juniour colleges in Mumbai
At a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, the government said that it was determined to go ahead with the 70:30 quota rule for the 2008-09 academic year, despite the fact that the circular was sent to the colleges after the first merit list was released. Colleges that don’t comply will be penalised, state education minister Vasant Purke reiterated. Other points discussed were:
Extra divisions: Colleges will be allowed to open extra divisions so that their overall tally meets the 70:30 quota.
Two districts in Mumbai: As per the rule, 70 per cent of a college’s seats must be kept for students in its district. Mumbai is divided into two districts - city and suburbs.
70:30 in future lists: If colleges have not paid attention to the quota in the first two lists, they will have to in lists they release later.
New admission committee: A cabinet subcommittee, headed by the CM has been formed to oversee admission-related problems.
New colleges: 154 proposals to start colleges in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad were sanctioned. These 154 colleges will have 226 divisions and will accommodate 18,000 to 20,000 students. Of these divisions 55 will be in Mumbai, 154 in Thane and 17 in Raigad.
More divisions: The state government has given its nod for 556 new divisions in existing colleges, of which 40 divisions are in Mumbai, 111 in Thane and 35 in Raigad.
Source:mumbai mirror
Day after 70:30 put on hold, city junior colleges resume admissions | 70:30 Rule to be implemented next year
Mumbai, July 15 A week after the admission process was temporarily stayed by the Bombay High Court, colleges in the city resumed admitting students on Tuesday, after the Maharashtra government had informed the High Court on Monday that it would not implement the 70:30 rule during admissions in junior colleges this academic year.
The High Court had stayed the admission process last week after a petition was filed against the admission formula according to which 70 per cent of the seats will be filled with students from the same district as the college. While all colleges carried on with admissions of students selected in the third merit list, few put up the fourth merit list. Dadar-based Kirti College principal M Kekare said that all seats in his college except those in the reserved category had been filled up after the third list. “Every year we put up five lists. However, this year we had to stop at just three. This is because of the good results of tenth standard and a high pass percentage.”
Mithibai College, Vile Parle put up only Science and Arts list. According to principal Dr Kiran Mangaonkar, the college would not put up a fifth list. Colleges which implemented the 70:30 rule in the second or third lists have decided not to redo the lists and have carried on with the admissions of selected students.
Meanwhile, the delay in the admission process which will subsequently delay all the important activities including exams in this academic year has college principals worried. Kekare said, “We are tensed because we will have to manage the workload. Our junior college usually begins on July 10. I do not know as to when we will be able to start junior college classes this year.”
Schedule:
* July 15- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the third merit list, 5 30 pm- display of fourth merit list
* July 16- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the fourth merit list, 5 30 pm- display of fifth merit list
* July 17- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the fifth merit list
