The estimated $3-bn Vedanta University was to start Phase-I by mid-2011 but is facing stiff opposition from locals.

Vedanta may shift varsity to southern states

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Having taken charge as Dean of the Noida campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), Archana Shukla has her work cut out for her &mdash; right from consolidation to the handling of faculty crunch. Though she has been associated with the institute for the past 13 years, Shukla tells Chitra Unnithan that the task is challenging. She discusses some of her plans for the campus in an interview.

Q&A: Archana Shukla, Dean, Noida campus, IIM Lucknow

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group promoted venture capital (VC), Reliance Venture Asset Management (RVAM), has forged a strategic collaboration with two prestigious universities &mdash; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University &mdash; by sponsoring their entrepreneurship competitions and start-up programmes.

Reliance ADA VC firm ties up with MIT, Stanford

With the economy looking up, companies appear to be loosening their purse strings and sponsoring more executive training. The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), for instance, are expecting more participants and better revenues from their executive education programmes.

IIM executive education courses gather steam

The quality of management education in the country could dip with merit taking a back seat, if this practice goes unchecked, caution experts.

New B-schools even 'buy' management students

This year, many aspiring engineering students are worried they may find it difficult to get a seat in the coveted Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The merit lists &mdash; recently released by the IITs after the joint entrance examination (JEE) results &mdash; reveal that the entry bar across categories, both for open and reserved ones, has risen.

Higher IIT entry bar troubles students

It will be at least two years before they get their own campus. Yet, there&rsquo;s a lot of excitement among the faculty members who will be teaching at the country&rsquo;s only Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Mandi, to be nestled in the lowermost climatic zone of the serene Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh.

New IITs aim high from transit camps; lay stress on research

Courses will be comparable to that of overseas institutes to help student exchange programmes.

IIMs updating curriculum...

Ever since the Supreme Court upheld implementation of 27 per cent OBC reservation in Central Education Institutions (CEIs), the need for sufficient infrastructure in terms of faculty, classrooms and residential blocks has been troubling the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). With the new academic year having begun, some IIMs have expedited the expansion process at their campuses.

IIMs gearing up to accommodate quota needs

The story would, perhaps, be told differently when the Indian Parliament finally allows foreign universities to set up campuses in the country (the Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry And Operations) Bill was tabled in Parliament this May).

UK, New Zealand, Australia lose sheen as student destinations

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have historically had a minuscule representation of girls. This year, however, things are set to change. With the intention of creating more global and Indian women business leaders, IIMs have admitted a record number of girl-students for their flagship post-graduate programme (PGP).

Girl student count at IIMs set to increase

To be set up under the PPP model, the 20 institutes will offer undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes.

Govt to open doors for IIITs

NIIT University recently launched its MBA programme called NU-MBA and commenced admissions for its first batch. The programme, which NIIT touts as the &lsquo;new age MBA&rsquo;, aims to groom the new age CEO for 2020 by imparting holistic training in a broadbased intellectual environment, according to Rajendra Pawar, founder of NIIT University. Kirtika Suneja caught up with him to know more about the programme and progress of the university that was launched in September last year.

'We will offer what a knowledge society needs'

Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has confirmed that its second campus will come up in Kundapur village of Chitradurga district in Karnataka. The institute added it is still deliberating over the proposal received from the Andhra Pradesh government for a campus and has not yet taken a call on whether it will look at a third campus.

IISc's second campus to come up in Karnataka

Hundreds of students, who get admitted to the two-year post graduate programme (PGP) at many Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) this year, will have the stamp of approval from alumni of the respective institutes.

IIMs expand alumni role to assist in admissions

The aim is to reduce pressure and conduct placements in a relaxed manner.

IIM bangalore, Calcutta may change placement process

US-headquartered Georgia Tech University, which offers post graduate and research programmes, has revived its bid to set up campuses in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. A delegation that met Chief Minister K Rosaiah recently assured it would make efforts to start classes this year from temporary premises.

Georgia Tech revives plans for AP campuses

Year 2009 was disastrous for management schools. Tier-II B-schools bore the brunt of the whiplash of the global recession. Even the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian School of Business (ISB) were not spared the rod. Major recruiters stayed away from the campus and many IIMs and even ISB had to defer the placement season.

Management school placements end on good note

With the joint entrance examination (JEE) results scheduled to be announced on May 26 this year, IIT aspirants and coaching institutes have mixed opinions on the errors which crept in this year&rsquo;s question papers.

IIT-JEE takers sweat over exam results

The University of Dayton, which has accepted 87 international students, thus exceeding its internal target by 65 per cent, is planning to enroll more students from India. While the institute is not &lsquo;rushing&rsquo; into setting up a campus in India, it is exploring ways to expand its existing partnerships and create innovative affordable programmes to meet India&rsquo;s needs. Sundar Kumaraswamy, vice-president for Enrollment Management, University of Dayton, in an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, says the addition of foreign institutions in India will help provide Indian students more options.

'Foreign universities will need to adapt  to Indian sensitivities'

Students unhappy with their scores in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 plan to move the Supreme Court.

Unhappy students move SC

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