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Coffee scent can boost performance in math
Good news for coffee lovers!Turns out, smelling a coffee-like scent, which has no caffeine in it, creates an expectation for students that they will perform better on tests.Research at Stevens Institute of Technology revealed that the scent of coffee alone may help people perform better on the analytical portion of the Graduate Management Aptitude Test, or GMAT, a computer adaptive test required by many business schools.The work, led by Stevens School of Business professor Adriana Madzharov, not only highlighted the hidden force of scent and the cognitive boost it may provide on analytical tasks, but also the expectation that students will perform better on those tasks."It's not just that the coffee-like scent helped people perform better on analytical tasks, which was already interesting," said Madzharov.In short, smelling a coffee-like scent, which has no caffeine in it, has an effect similar to that of drinking coffee, suggesting a placebo effect of coffee scent.In their work, ...
Manipur University row: Members of northeast students' body submit memorandum to HRD Ministry
The members of a northeast students' body today submitted a memorandum to the HRD Ministry, seeking removal of Manipur University's Vice Chancellor Aditya Prasad Pandey over allegations of financial irregularities and administrative negligence. The members of the North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) today staged a protest outside the ministry, while a couple of its other members submitted a memorandum to the ministry. "We want the VC to step down. Even if an inquiry committee has been re-constituted, how can there be a fair probe, when the VC is still in office? Since he holds the highest position in the university, he can manipulate people and other essential documents," said Chinglen, a member of the NEFIS. In the memorandum submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the students' body has alleged that the vice chancellor has made arbitrary and illegal donation of Rs 2 lakh from the university's funds to the BJP-backed students' body Akhil Bharatiya ...
Cabinet approves 70 lakh scholarships for minorities
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of 70 lakh scholarships to students from the minority communities under its pre-matric, post-matric and merit-cum-means based schemes till the year 2020.
Manipur University impasse: Student union strike hits normal life
The two-day state-wide general strike called by the Manipur University Student's Union (MUSU) demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey today disrupted normal life with vehicular movement being blocked and business establishments and markets remaining shut. The strike, which began around midnight, is being supported by several other student bodies, including the All Manipur Student's Union, Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur, Manipur Students Federation and Manipur People's Party. A large number of MUSU members came out on the streets of Canchipur area where the university campus is located, and put up bamboo barricades on the roads, the police said. All inter-state, inter-district bus, taxi and auto-rickshaw services were withdrawn and business establishments including markets, hotels and malls were closed, they said. Educational institutions, schools and colleges remained shut, the police said. Large contingents of security personnel have been deployed at ...
2.52 cr minority students availed scholarships: Naqvi
As many as 2.52 crore minority students, half of them girls, availed three scholarship schemes being offered by the government, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today. Naqvi said in Lok Sabha that scholarships are being given for the education empowerment of minority students, including girl students all over the country. All the three scholarship schemes are implemented through the National Scholarship Portal and the disbursement of scholarship is made under the Direct Benefit Transfer mode, which eliminates duplication and leakage, he said during the Question Hour. Naqvi said so far 2.52 crore students belonging to minority communities have availed the scholarships, 50 per cent of whom were girls. The schemes are: Pre-Matric Scholarship for students in class I to X, Post-Matric Scholarship from class XI to Ph.D and Merit-cum-Means based scholarship for professional and technical courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. The minister said ...
Education top priority in ties with India, says Australian envoy at opening of UNSW office
In a major step to take forward its widening outreach to India, including in student recruitment and collaborations in cutting-edge research, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, on Tuesday evening inaugurated its new premises in the Indian capital as Australia announced its intent about making India a major focus of its economic and diplomatic strategy with education as a "flagship sector".
FORE School awarded for industry centric curriculum
At the recently held "The EduMeet 2018 & Education Excellence Awards" at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata' organized by ASSOCHAM India, Dr. Jitendra K. Das, Director at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, referring to autonomy and regulations in higher education said that Higher education beyond K12 level, should have limited regulations and governance.Talking on futurism of education and the need of a complete disruption in existing education system, Dr. Das said, "Why should the autonomy and set of regulatory guidelines be different for Government-run institutions compared to the private ones when the output and delivery parameters i.e. offering quality education, great learning experience and imparting employability skills to the students, are same for both types of institutes."Incidentally, the seats offered by government institutes in engineering or MBA courses is less than 15% of the total graduating students opting for the courses. Dr. Das, referring to the grants, most of it which
Lack of knowledge of Hindi causes trouble while in Delhi, says
Stressing the importance of learning more languages, Puducherry Welfare Minister M Kandasamy has said his inability to communicate in Hindi has caused him a lot of inconvenience during his visits to the national capital. "One should know all languages and more particularly Hindi," the minister candidly pointed out during the debate on demands for grants to his departments in the Assembly yesterday. "Lack of knowledge and ability to speak in Hindi causes trouble while I am in Delhi for meetings" he said. Earlier, referring to the difficulties faced by students, DMK MLA Geetha Anandan said students from Karaikal had to travel to Puducherry to take online tests for admissions to Industrial Training Institutes. Besides, they were expected to have knowledge of Hindi language, she said. Intervening Anandan, Kandasamy said, "one should know all languages and more particularly Hindi.. In my own case I find it difficult to communicate while in New Delhi and meeting my party ...
CM welcomes probe against Manipur University VC
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday asked students to cooperate with the Centre's fact-finding committee constituted to probe allegations against the Vice-Chancellor of Manipur University, Prof Adya Prasad Pandey.He said, "I appreciate the Central government's concern. Javadekar has constituted fact-finding committee to investigate allegations against Vice-Chancellor of Manipur University. Request students and concerned people to cooperate with the government in the investigation and let University function for larger interest."On Tuesday, the Ministry of Human Resource Development had reconstituted a three-member fact-finding committee to assess the allegations against the Vice-Chancellor of Manipur University.The Manipur University Students' Union (MUSU) has been on a strike demanding the removal of the University Vice President following allegations of administrative negligence and financial irregularities.Earlier on July 12, the Centre had formed a fact-finding ...
Meerut: University introduces scarf-ban to avoid trespassing
In order to restrict the entry of unknown people inside the campus, Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut has imposed a ban on the usage of scarves by women to cover their face.This is the first time such a decision has been taken by any university, which also led to a major backlash.Reflecting on the same, the Proctorial Board of the University said that it was an important move as the entry of unknown people was deteriorating the college's atmosphere.Meanwhile, college authorities claimed that several unknown people were caught inside the premises in the past, who failed to show identity cards when they were asked for verification.The authorities said that women covering their faces made it difficult to distinguish between college students and outsiders.Speaking to ANI, Chief Proctor Alka Chaudhury said, "A lot of girls were found from outside. Classes have not started yet, and a lot of unknown students were being found loitering the campus. At present, we are leaving them ...
Centre reconstitutes committee to probe allegations against Manipur University
The Ministry of Human Resource Development reconstituted a three-member fact-finding committee on Tuesday to assess the allegations against the Vice-Chancellor of Manipur University, Prof Adya Prasad Pandey.The Manipur University Students' Union (MUSU) has been on a strike demanding the removal of the University Vice President following allegations of administrative negligence and financial irregularities.Earlier, the Centre had formed a fact-finding committee on July 12, comprising of a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court and an HRD member."The fact-finding committee would be free to devise its own procedure for conducting the enquiry. However, while formulating the final conclusion, the committee would rationally consider the response of the concerned persons in accordance with the principles of natural justice," an official statement read.It also stated that the committee can visit the university and its various offices, inspect ..
HC orders varsity to refund fees to 8 students
The Madras High Court has directed a university to refund fees collected from eight students and to pay them Rs 25 lakh each as compensation within 45 days for admitting them under the NRI quota when they had not appeared for the NEET and thereby, spoiling their career. Justice S Vaidyanathan, who gave the directive when a batch of writ petitions from V S Subeeksha and others came up for hearing, also directed the Saveetha University to return their original certificates. The judge was disposing of petitions from the students, seeking to quash the January 22 order of the Dental Council of India, directing the university to discharge 13 students admitted under the NRI category, who had not written the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The students pursuing their second-year course at the Saveetha Dental College affiliated to the university. The judge said though the relief sought for by the students cannot be granted, they had already completed two years of study in the ...
Delhi HC to hear Kanhaiya's plea against fine on Wednesday
The Delhi High Court will hear on Wednesday former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar's plea challenging a fine imposed on him by a high-level JNU panel in connection with a 2016 incident in which anti-national slogans were raised on the campus.
IIT-Kharagpur, AIIMS ink MoU to boost research programmes
With an aim to promote interaction and collaboration between two premier institutions of the country -- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) -- signed a memorandum of understanding here on Tuesday.
72,294 students admitted to private schools under RTE: Guj to HC
Private schools admitted 72,294 students from the weaker sections of society under the Right to Education Act, the state government told Gujarat High Court today. Responding to a PIL filed by activist Chandravadan Dhruv over a delay in the process of admission under the RTE Act, the government told the division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi that for 1,12,265 seats available for the year 2018-19, a total of 1,87,660 applications were received. "After scrutiny, 1,25,784 applications were confirmed and approved by respondent authorities. A total of 3,097 applications were rejected, out of which 2,208 were rejected on the ground of 'fake income certificate' as these certificates were not issued by the Mamlatdar," the state government told HC. The state government informed court that it would proceed against the erring applicants. Private schools admitted 72,294 students from the weaker sections of society under the Right to Education Act, it said. The ...
HRD Ministry reconstitutes fact-finding committee to inquire into allegations against Manipur varsity VC
The HRD Ministry has reconstituted a fact-finding committee to inquire into the allegations of administrative negligence and misutilisation of funds by Manipur University vice chancellor Aditya Prasad Pandey, an official order from the ministry said today. The Centre, on July 12, formed a fact-finding committee, comprising a representative of the UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, to probe the allegations against Pandey, but the agitators refused to cooperate with the panel and called the move a "ploy to undermine their democratic movement". Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh welcomed the reconstitution of the committee and appealed to the students and the teachers to call off the agitation. "I would like to thank the ministry for constituting the fact-finding committee to probe the allegations. We hope that it will do justice and get to the bottom of the issue," he told reporters. Singh requested the Manipur University Students' Union (MUSU), Manipur University ...
DU announces sixth cut-off list
The Delhi University announced its sixth cut-off list today with most of the prominent colleges closing admissions for the general category students. Science stream students of the general category can apply for BSc (Honours) Biomedical Science, Botany, Zoology, Computer Science in some of the off-campus colleges like Acharya Narendra Dev Collge, Aryabhatta College, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, etc. Students of Humanities in the general category can apply for BA (Honours) Economics to Kirori Mal College which has annoubced a cut-off of 96.25 per cent for the course. Miranda House has announced a cut-off of 96.25 per cent for BA (Honours) English while Ramjas College has announced a cut-off of 94.25 per cent in BA (Honours) English. The varsity threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses on May 15. The registration for these courses ended on June 7. The first cut-off list was announced on June 19. The total
Students face discrimination over political ideologies in Lucknow univ: SP
The Samajwadi Party today sought the Uttar Pradesh Governor's intervention in admission of eligible students to Lucknow University's post graduate courses, alleging discrimination against them for their political ideologies. The SP made the demand during a meeting of its delegation with Governor Ram Naik. The delegation also asked the Governor to ensure timely student union elections in the varsities across the state. The delegation comprises SP leaders, including party's National Secretary Rajendra Chowdhury, MLC's Rajpal Kashyap, Sunil Yadav Sajan and Ahmad Hasan. "The students are discriminated for their political ideologies. 28 eligible students were not given admission in PG courses in Lucknow university due to which their future will be affected. The students, sent to jail on fake charges, should be released, and seminars, meetings, discussions should not be banned in campuses," the SP MLC Rajpal Kashyap said. They also demanded holding of student union polls in universities ...
Govt renews appointment of Prof Sahasrabudhe as AICTE chairman
The central government has renewed the appointment of Prof D Sahasrabudhe as the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved renewal of appointment of Sahasrabudhe till he attains the age of 65 years, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. He was appointed to the top post of the country's technical education regulator in July 2015. Prof Sahasrabudhe has in his illustrious career of over 30 years held several important academic, research and administrative positions.
Honeywell Science Experience programme launched in Hyd
Agastya International Foundation and Honeywell India today announced the expansion of their experiential science education programme to cover government schools in four more cities, including Hyderabad. The Honeywell Science Experience for students and teachers of government schools would now cover schools in Hyderabad, Chennai, Madurai and Mysuru. The programme had earlier been launched in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Delhi and Pune, a release said. As part of the programme, Honeywells not-for-profit entity, Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), is supporting 25 science centres, 35 mobile science labs, and 3,000 student mentors, benefiting more than 1,35,000 students and 783 teachers across all these cities. Agastya International Foundation Chief Operating Officer K Thiagarajan said here that "Today we are reaching out to more than 200 schools through our diverse set of programmes. We are aspiring to set up a Creativity Campus in Telangana in the next 2-3 ...
