Feb 27, 2010 - Lightning arc, geocashing and more on IISc. Open Day
  When the lights dimmed at the massive High Voltage Laboratory at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), the visiting school children hushed each other for a spectacle they knew would last no more than a microsecond. Read More >>

district, demanded action against the management of the institute for running the institute without getting due permission from the State Government. Read More >>

Feb 27, 2010 - Encourage private initiative in higher education
  Vice-Chancellor of the Kuvempu University B.S. Sherigara said on Friday that it was difficult to provide quality education unless colleges were strengthened. Read More >>

Feb 26, 2010 - Opposition to transfer of university land mounts
  The opposition to the State Government’s decision to transfer 80 acres of land on the Kannada University campus to the Sri Krishnadevaraya Punaschetana Foundation, constituted by the Government to recreate the glorious era of the Vijayanagar empire, is gathering momentum. Rehamat Tarikere, Dean of the Language Faculty in the university, has submitted his resignation, and the staff of the university have decided to wear black badges on Friday to protest against the Government’s proposed move. Read More >>

Feb 25, 2010 - BU withholds B.Ed. second semester results of 41 colleges
  Cracking down on a large number of B. Ed. colleges for allegedly indulging in irregularities and examination malpractices, the Bangalore University has withheld the second semester results of B. Ed examination of the following 41 colleges. Read More >>

Feb 25, 2010 - Panel to discuss UAS road
  An expert committee constituted by the High Court of Karnataka to look into the issue of a link road passing through the GKVK campus, belonging to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, will hold a meeting on March 3. Read More >>

Feb 25, 2010 - Open Day at IISc.
  The 100-year-old Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) will open its gates to the public on Friday and make its labs and research work accessible to all. The aim is to create interest in Pure Science among school and college students. Read More >>

Feb 24, 2010 - MLAs want IIT in Belgaum
  Belgaum will be considered on priority for the establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) when the Centre takes a decision on the location of the institute in Karnataka, Abhay Kumar Patil, MLA (Belgaum South), has said. Read More >>

Feb 23, 2010 - Pay CET fee before March 3, get form after March 10
  Finally, the long wait is over for students aspiring for having a shot at the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2010 scheduled to be held on April 28 and 29 for admission to undergraduate medical, dental, engineering and Indian system of medicine courses. Read More >>

Feb 22, 2010 - Workshop on adolescent health held
  Adolescent nutrition, mental health, substance abuse and reproductive health were the key issues discussed and debated at the one-day workshop on adolescent health conducted by the Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, for high school teachers in and around Manipal on February 19. Read More >>

Feb 22, 2010 - Controversy over land allotted to music varsity
  With Forest Department claiming its ‘justified’ right over 100 acres land allotted by Revenue Department to Dr. Gangubai Hanagal Music and Performing Arts University, doubts are being raised as to whether academic activities will begin this year. Read More >>

Feb 21, 2010 - Aerofest gets overwhelming response from students
  Aerofest-2010 which concluded here on Saturday received overwhelming response from students in particular and the public in general. Read More >>

Feb 20, 2010 - VTU’s institute to have multi-centric campus
  The Belgaum-headquartered Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has decided to develop the proposed VTU Institute of Advanced Technology (VIAT) as a “multi-centric campus”. Read More >>

Feb 20, 2010 - Faculty development programme at MIM
  The Manipal Institute of Management, in association with National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEB), will be organising a two-week international faculty development programme in teaching entrepreneurship from February 22. Read More >>

Feb 20, 2010 - Institute to conduct elocution and quiz for college students
  The Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies is conducting a series of programmes to inculcate cultural values among youth. The institute also proposes to conduct Karnataka Darshana and Bharata Darshana group tours to places of cultural importance. Read More >>

Feb 20, 2010 - Technical institute to be set up at Bijjangera village
  The Navodaya Education Trust of Raichur has chalked out a Rs.70-crore development programme, including the establishment of a separate technical education campus. Read More >>

Feb 19, 2010 - VTU’s research institute to have multi-centric campus
  The Belgaum-headquartered Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has decided to develop the proposed VTU Institute of Advanced Technology (VIAT) as a “multi-centric campus”. Read More >>

Feb 19, 2010 - Six colleges sign pact with KSIA, IIMM
  Six educational institutions jointly signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Kanara Small Industries Association (KSIA) and the Mangalore branch of the Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM) at a function here on Wednesday. Read More >>

Feb 19, 2010 - University students cook beef, have a feast
  Bangalore University students were in the mood for a feast. Only this one was for a cause: to protest the proposed amendment to the Cow Slaughter Bill. Read More >>

Feb 18, 2010 - Aerofest 2010 from tomorrow
  Aerofest – 2010, jointly organised by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and the BLDEA’s P.G. Halakatti College Engineering and Technology, will be inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University H.P. Khincha here on Friday. Mr. Khincha will also deliver the keynote address. Read More >>

Feb 17, 2010 - Name for music varsity triggers row
  Naming the Music University in Mysore after renowned Hindustani vocalist Gangubai Hangal appears to have triggered a controversy with a group of Carnatic musicians expressing their displeasure over the proposal. Read More >>

Feb 16, 2010 - BBMP steamrolls court order on UAS
  The ongoing hearing in the Karnataka High Court over the contentious link road through the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Bangalore campus has not quite deterred the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) from making rapid progress on the project. Read More >>

Feb 16, 2010 - Keerti tops university by bagging nine gold medals
   Keerti Ganapath Hegde of the Vijayanagar Institute of Management in Bellary has secured the highest number of gold medals among students of Gulbarga University who appeared for the examinations conducted in the academic year 2008-09. Keerti Ganapath Hegde has bagged nine gold medals by securing the highest marks in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) examination. Read More >>

Feb 14, 2010 - India’s visage at St. Joseph’s
   St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) here witnessed a scene of cultural integration on Saturday with the commencement of Visages 2010-Festival of Cultures, the 25th edition of its two-day annual intercollegiate competition. Read More >>

Feb 12, 2010 - IHM to be established in Shimoga city
   K. Jothiramalingam, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Government of Karnataka, said a tourism course would be introduced by the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), which has been established by the Government of India, Ministry of Tourism. Read More >>

Feb 11, 2010 - VTU programme
   The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) conducted Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship Opportunity programme on its Jnana Sangam campus here on Wednesday. Read More >>

Feb 10, 2010 - Universities should be governed by one Act: committee report
   A committee constituted to suggest amendments to the Karnataka State Universities Act has, in its report submitted to the Government here on Tuesday, recommended that all universities of the State irrespective of the disciplines be brought under a common Act. Read More >>

Feb 10, 2010 - Colleges to offer application forms free of cost
   Here is good news for students seeking admission to degree courses in Bangalore from the coming academic year. Read More >>

Feb 10, 2010 - Teachers must identify talent in students, says Rama Jois
   Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Rama Jois has said that teachers have a crucial role in shaping the future of students. He was speaking at the valedictory function of the “Seventh South India IT Akshay Pratibha” competition for schoolchildren at the BVB College of Engineering and Technology here on Sunday. Read More >>

Feb 10, 2010 - Access AIISH’s library anytime, anywhere
   The library and information centre at the All-India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), which boasts a collection of 17,000 books on communication disorders, can now be accessed digitally. Read More >>

Feb 10, 2010 - Train students to face competition at global level
   Chairman of the PES Group of Institutions M.R. Doreswamy, MLC, said here on Tuesday that there was a need to train students at primary and secondary levels itself to face competition at the global level with confidence. Read More >>

Feb 09, 2010 - Universities’ role decisive in nation-building: former CJI
   “Universities have an enormous and a decisive role to play in re-building India”, said the former Chief Justice of India, M.N. Venkatachalaiah. Read More >>

Feb 09, 2010 - KSOU opposes Mysore varsity’s decision
   Terming the University of Mysore’s move to reintroduce correspondence courses “unacceptable”, Vice-Chancellor of the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) K.S. Rangappa on Monday said a representation would be made to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Read More >>

Feb 09, 2010 - KSOU to soon begin recruitment of staff
   The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will soon begin the long-awaited recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff, which was delayed for various reasons. The appointment of 97 non-teaching staff had run into controversy, thereby delaying the selection process. Read More >>

Feb 09, 2010 - KSOU may be developed on IGNOU model
   The professionalism of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in running courses may be adopted in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) to bring correspondence courses under distance education mode on a par with regular courses of conventional universities. Read More >>

Feb 07, 2010 - Students do college, State proud
   A 22-member team from the P.G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology has brought laurels to the institution, the district and the State by winning the first prize at BAJA ASIA, SAE-2010, an international four-wheeler racing competition organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, recently. Read More >>

Feb 07, 2010 - College resonates as alumni reconnect
   The sprawling campus of the Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering here was abuzz with activity on Saturday as a large number of alumni came here to celebrate the Golden Jubilee Alumni Meet. Read More >>

Feb 07, 2010 - Law results announced in record time
   Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) has announced the results of the first examination (LL.B First Semester) conducted by it, in a record time of 20 days. The results were announced on Friday and also uploaded on the official website of the university, www.kslu.ac.in. Read More >>

Feb 06, 2010 - State for another term to Nagaraja at NIMHANS
   The State Government has written to Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad asking that D. Nagaraja continue as “In-charge” Director of NIMHANS till the appointment of a new Director. Read More >>

Feb 05, 2010 - UAS sets up bio-fuel info centre and lab
   Efforts to encourage bio-fuels in the State got a boost with the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore setting up a “Bio-fuel Information Centre and Lab”— said to be the first of its kind in the country — providing complete technology, right from cultivation of bio-fuel plants to production of bio-diesel. Read More >>

Feb 05, 2010 - Students to protest
   Students will stage a protest in front of the office of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) at Brahmavar in Udupi district on Saturday against frequent power shutdowns. Read More >>

Feb 04, 2010 - CET likely to include students from outside Karnataka
   Managements of private engineering colleges, which were once unanimous in their demand for a separate admission process, seem to be a bitterly divided lot. Read More >>

Feb 04, 2010 - Guest lecturers begin indefinite dharna
   Guest Lecturers and Assistant Lecturers working under the jurisdiction of Karnatak University began indefinite dharna in front of the administrative office building of the university here on Wednesday to press for their various demands. Read More >>

Feb 03, 2010 - State delaying NIMHANS chief appointment?
   The controversy surrounding the selection of a new Director for NIMHANS has turned murkier with the State Government yet to nominate a member to the search and select committee that will finalise the candidate for the coveted post. Read More >>

Feb 03, 2010 - Case against college management in suicide case
   The Vidyaranyapura police have registered a case against Sambhram College management in connection with the suicide of an MBA student Pushpanjali at the hostel on January 30. Read More >>

Feb 03, 2010 - UAS hands over three acres of land to CMC
   The University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS) representative N.A. Prakash handed over three acres of land that belongs to the UAS on Tuesday to the Madikeri City Municipal Council (CMC) authorities for the construction of a private bus-stand. Read More >>

Feb 02, 2010 - Status quo on medical admissions
   Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda said that status quo will be maintained on the seat sharing formula between the State Government and private medical colleges in the State. He said that the fee structure too is unlikely to see any changes. Read More >>

Feb 01, 2010 - Kharge for another medical college in Gulbarga
   Union Minister for Labour and Employment M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday urged Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to sanction a Government Medical College in Gulbarga to fully utilise the facilities available in the existing Government Hospital and the 500-bed new hospital coming up in the city. Read More >>

Feb 01, 2010 - Journalism students battle it out
  Siddharth College of Mass Communication, Tumkur, emerged as the overall champion in the first “Rainbow Media Fest” organised by the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Karnatak University. The event concluded in Dharwad on Saturday. Read More >>

Feb 01, 2010 - Dispute over allotment of land to music university
   Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University which is supposed to begin functioning a few months from now is facing several problems. Read More >>

Feb 01, 2010 - Students get a taste of astronomy    Students of degree colleges from Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Hassan districts attended a two-day State-level astronomy programme held here on Friday and Saturday. Read More >>