The National Institute of Design (NID)&rsquo;s governing council will meet this December to work on its final proposal to apply for the Centre Of Excellence (COE) status through an Act of Parliament. The proposal will be forwarded to Parliament by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

NID to apply for Centre of Excellence status

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It is difficult to discuss Amity University, one of India&rsquo;s private universities, without the mention of its clash with the University Grants Commission. Amity&rsquo;s Chancellor, ATUL CHAUHAN, clears the air on Amity&rsquo;s conflict with the UGC and tells Kalpana Pathak why the university is still a preferred destination for many students.

'UGC had wrong perceptions of its powers'

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has set up a Centre for Case Development by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Western Ontario&rsquo;s Richard Ivey School of Business to enhance case writing capabilities among Indian academia and distribute these cases worldwide.

ISB to help faculty and scholars publish case studies abroad

UK-based Lancaster University has tied up with the G D Goenka World Institute to set up a 68-acre campus in Gurgaon to offer six courses &mdash; three undergraduate courses and three post graduate ones. Around 295 students have taken up their places at the GD Goenka World Institute University and will receive a Lancaster University degree on completion of the course. &ldquo;The undergraduate programmes are BA (Hons) Economics, BA (Hons) Business Economics and BBA (Hons) Business Studies of which the last one is most popular,&rdquo; said Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Professor Paul Wellings.

Lancaster University ties up with G D Goenka

With the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 less than two weeks away, Prometric, the company that will administer the first computer-based CAT, has issued guidelines for students taking the test. The exam will take place between 28 November and 7 December this year.

CAT aspirants to be given a tutorial prior to test

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur, has appointed Rajendra Nargundkar as Director in place of Anwar Ali who took over as Director of IMT Ghaziabad a couple of months ago.

IMT Nagpur gets new director

Foreign universities may be going the extra mile to lure Indian students abroad, but a new report reveals that Indian students who aspire for a Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree continue to find the country an attractive destination for higher studies.

India remains attractive for B-school aspirants

The Australian government has provided over A$8 million to fund the creation of the Australia-India Institute at the University of Melbourne. The institute is a platform to support research, training, executive briefings and policy advice for the benefit of both countries, according to Australia-India Institute Deputy Director John Webb.

Australian institute for research, collaboration

The last 10 days is the time to consolidate and not experiment. Do not try to study anything new at this stage. Instead, focus on revising concepts and chapters you already know.

CAT 2009: Last Minute Tips

On the back of the economic slowdown which saw an uncertain placement season in 2008, students are approaching the one-year executive MBA degree with caution. Their apprehension may not be unfounded since some of the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are seeing a drop in applications with regard to some post-graduate programmes for executives/working professionals.

Execs wary of one-year MBAs

The summer internship placements at XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur, concluded with the entire batch of 240 students of the 2009-2011 batch being placed in reputed Indian and international firms.

XLRI gets Rs 5 lakh highest offer for global summer intern

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) has launched two new initiatives in an effort to encourage entrepreneurship among students. ISB&rsquo;s Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED) has launched the Entrepreneurs Development Initiative (EDI) and Planning an Entrepreneurial Venture (PaEV) to incubate and promote entrepreneurial ventures by students.

ISB launches two initiatives to promote student entrepreneurs

The government, along with the International Finance Corporation, which is a member of the World Bank Group, will soon invite competitive bidding from the private sector to set up a greenfield science and technology university in the country. The university, which will be among the country&rsquo;s first such institutions to use the public-private-partnership (PPP) model, will come up in a rural area, according to sources close to the development.

India to invite bids for technology public-private varsity in rural area

Even as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) nationwide continue to be sore over autonomy and pay revision issues, some of them are launching projects along with global universities to offer students and faculty more opportunities besides collaborative research and development with foreign academic partners.

IITs strike partnerships with global varsities

Education group Amity University plans to expand its presence in the country and abroad by opening more campuses.

Amity University to expand in India, abroad

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been in news for their public outcry regarding the disparity of salaries and the perceived injustice meted out to them by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). However, Professor Surendra Prasad, Director of IIT Delhi told Kirtika Suneja in an interview that there are many issues in the education sector which need to be tackled.

&#39;We can't do without government funding&#39;

When the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) announced that the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) would be held over a period of 10 days, there was some apprehension on whether the difficulty level of the test paper would vary on different days of test. To assuage such fears, the IIMs and Prometric &mdash; the body conducting the test &mdash; are taking steps to ensure that each of the question papers in the 20 sessions of testing are of equal validity.

IIMs to conduct daily CAT scan for 10 days

When Sapna Agarwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)&rsquo;s prestigious Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in 1993, IBM lapped her up. For the next 15 years, the self-confessed workaholic built her career with some of the best companies including IBM, Intel, Red Hat and EMC. In 2009, however, she gave it all up to join her alma mater IIM-B as head of career development services.

Dream jobs lure IIM alumni back to campuses

After more than a month-long protest and token fasting for a day to protest the (modified) Sixth Pay Commission package, the faculty members of premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) appear to have resigned to implement the new pay structure with a few tweaks.

IITs to accept new pay scheme after Council meet

Now the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), too, are seeing positive signs with a number of IT companies wanting to hire more students this year as compared to last year when placements got severely affected by the global slowdown.

Placements pick up at IITs

To avoid a repeat of the Common Admission Test (CAT) paper leak in 2003, the Indian Institutes of Management(IIMs), which conduct the exam usually, spend a tense few months to ensure there are no leaks and glitches. This time around, aided by technology and a professional examination conducting company, the IIMs are confident there will be no security breaches.

IIMs use biometrics to prevent CAT applicants from cheating

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