Deemed universities allowed to get rid of their ‘deemed’ tag

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), which paves the way for admission to top technology institutions like the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), will be held on April 25 next year. The exam would be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After 400 of its pilot reported sick, Jet Airways on Tuesday sought the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) intervention into the crisis. Earlier, issuing a press statement after 130 flights of Jet Airways were cancelled as a large chunk of pilots failed to report for work protesting against the sacking of two of their colleagues, Jet Airways says that the pilots strike would be deemed illegal as per the Industrial Disputes Act.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's international carrier Air India (AI) has come to the relief of Jet Airways passengers, after Jet had to cancel over 130 flights when 400 pilots failed to show up for work. The AI management decided to offer its services to Jet Airways passengers.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - TERI University, associated with the think tank The Energy and Resources Institute, is starting two new courses this academic year, its tenth since getting deemed university status. The university, located here, is starting a specialised MBA programme on business sustainability, which will produce people able to manage businesses in such a way that natural resources do not get used up, chancellor R.K.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the government is considering setting up autonomous colleges independent of universities. Addressing a meeting of principal secretaries and secretaries of higher education from various states here, Sibal said: "The government is thinking in terms of allowing the setting up of autonomous colleges." The minister's day-long interaction with the officials was his first initiative to evolve a consensus of the states for reforms in the education sector.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has directed all University Grants Commission (UGC) recognised varsities to launch their own websites and make readily available all information sought by students and aspirants. After a meeting chaired by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal here Friday, a ministry statement said the central government is concerned about certain practices being adopted that could damage the credibility of the entire university system.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Human Resource and Development D Purandeswari on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that University Grants Commission (UGC) has started reviewing the functioning of deemed universities on a government direction. Purandeswari also said that HRD ministry has ordered an evaluation of the functioning of the deemed universities by an independent team of experts, which has been separately nominated by the government.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is probing the "spurt" in permissions granted for setting up deemed universities and examining whether they are following the norms laid down for them, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday. "We have set up a committee.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Keeping its promise to boost higher education in India, the union budget 2009-10 Monday allocated the sector over Rs.40 billion more than the last fiscal, including a package of over Rs.10 billion for the implementation of quota for other backward castes (OBCs). The higher education budget for the current fiscal has been pegged at Rs.15,429 crore (Rs.154.29 billion) including a planned allocation of Rs.9,600 crore.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday unveiled a slew of legislative, policy and administrative initiatives for the education sector during the first 100 days of the government. Some of the major moves are as follows: Legal * To enact the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education bill.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - HRD Minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday that the government has decided that it will not accept any further applications of aspiring deemed universities and would conduct a thorough review of the functioning of such universities. "The ministry will set up its own committee, which will visit the deemed universities.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday issued show-cause notices to two institutions in Tamil Nadu after media reports said their officials were seeking Rs.20-40 lakh for admission. The government also put in abeyance all proposals from private institutions seeking the status of "deemed-to-be" universities.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The human resource development (HRD) ministry Thursday issued show-cause notices to two institutions in Tamil Nadu after media reports said their officials were seeking Rs.20-40 lakh for admission. In a decision with far-reaching implications, the government also put in abeyance all proposals from private institutions seeking the status of "deemed-to-be" universities while asking the University Grants Commission (UGC) to review the performance of the existing ones.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australia's universities have joined the Australian Government in condemning the recent attacks on Indian students living in Australia. Dr Glenn Withers, Chief Executive of Universities Australia, the peak body representing 38 of Australia's universities, expressed his sincere regret at the reports of attacks on Indian students studying in Australia.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 15 more central universities, in addition to the existing 20, will be set up and start functioning from next year, the government said Thursday. The decision was taken at a two-day conference here during which vice-chancellors of the 15 new central universities presented their plans before the University Grants Commission (UGC) - the regulator of these institutions.