Mar 31, 2010 - Varsity announces ‘earn while you learn' scheme
  The University of Mysore, which is initiating major reforms in the academic sphere, will introduce an “earn while you learn” scheme for students. Read More >>

The number of postgraduate seats in various medical colleges in the country is expected to go up by 3,845 in the academic year 2010-2011, beginning in September 2010. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - Court order on PGCET ranking
  A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Mohan Shantangouder on Monday indicated that the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) would have to redo the ranking for Post-Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) in case it was found that the 18 key answers for PG medical courses that had been published by the authorities were found to be wrong. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - IIM-B raises PG course fee to Rs. 13 lakh
  Management seat aspirants to the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) will find that their dream course just got more expensive. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - Manmohan to open consultation on legal education on May 1
  A national consultation on improving the standard of legal education in the country will be held in Bangalore on May 1 and 2, Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily said here on Monday. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - NAAC gives ‘A' grade tag to KLE University
  The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the city- based KLE University with “A” grade. In a press release issued here on Monday, university registrar P.F. Kotur said the peer team of NAAC visited the university in November last and inspected the infrastructure and quality of education being imparted in its constituent institutions. Read More >>

Mar 29, 2010 - St. Aloysius College bags championship
  St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, emerged as the overall champions at the two-day national-level b-school fest “Ettin 2010”, organized by the Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district, said a press release on Sunday. Read More >>

Mar 28, 2010 - University for tie-ups with foreign educational institutions
  Bangalore University is looking for tie-ups with foreign educational institutions for setting up centres of excellence during the forthcoming Global Investors' Meet to be organised by the State Government in June. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - College to celebrate silver jubilee today
  Smt. Saraladevi Satishchandra Agarwal Government First Grade College, which celebrates its silver jubilee on Saturday, stands as a testimony to the fact that that a government-run college can outperform private colleges. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - Four horticultural colleges to come up in State
  The Government plans to start horticultural colleges in Sirsi (Karwar district), Mysore, Hiriyur (Chitradurga district) and in Koppal from this academic year, said Horticulture and Prisons Minister Umesh Katti. Addressing presspersons, he said all preparations were over in this regard. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - College organises marketing mela
  Rural India is often referred to as the world's largest, untapped market by management experts. Based on this understanding, rural marketing, one of the subjects of study for management students, deals with how to sell a product in rural markets. But students of the St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information are working on how to turn this approach around. Instead of learning how to sell fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in rural markets, these students are trying to understand how products produced in rural areas can be sold in urban markets. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - Panel submits report on LLB marks scam
  The one-man committee appointed by Mangalore University to inquire into the alleged manipulation of marks of some LLB students who appeared for the examinations in October-November 2008 has submitted its report to the university, according to Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - University to give thrust to inter-disciplinary approach
  Students of the University of Mysore will never be declared “failed” in future and can aspire to get three degrees in five years of higher learning, including an honours degree which will be introduced from the next academic year. Read More >>

Mar 26, 2010 - Polytechnic to celebrate silver jubilee
  Dr. T.M.A. Pai Polytechnic will be celebrating its silver jubilee here on Saturday. A press release issued here on Thursday stated that the polytechnic was established in 1985 to provide career opportunities to the youth in Manipal and Udupi. Read More >>

Mar 26, 2010 - Three-day tech festival begins
  Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated “Pleiades-2010”, a three-day national-level technical festival hosted by B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, here on Thursday. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - Students hit the road
  Morning walkers got a surprise here on Wednesday when over 3,000 students and teachers of the institutions run by the Vidya Vikas Educational Trust (VVET) hit the road to spread the message of peace and harmony. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - Seminar on economic development and socio-cultural change today
  Society for Indian Medical Anthropology (SIMA) Mysore, an all-India association of anthropologists involved in research on health and disease, will organise a seminar on “Economic development and socio-cultural change in the era of globalisation” Read More >>

Mar 24, 2010 - Questions become answers in D.Ed. examinations
  Strange but true. A group of D.Ed. students from a private institution in Karnataka wrote questions as answers in the answer scripts and also wrote the same answers for several questions. Read More >>

Mar 23, 2010 - Shimoga lawyers oppose Bill on foreign universities
  Members of the Shimoga Bar Association submitted a memorandum to Additional Deputy Commissioner Nirvanappa here on Monday urging the Centre to drop the proposed Foreign Universities Bill, 2010 and the National Education and Research Bill, 2010 as they were “detrimental” to the legal education system in the country. Read More >>

Mar 23, 2010 - Degrees to failed students: action sought against guilty
  Visvesvaraya Technological University's Academic Senate member Rajendra P. Kathariya (Jain) has said that he will demand action against guilty persons responsible for issue of MBA degrees to failed students during VTU's annual convocation held in January this year. Read More >>

Mar 23, 2010 - Seer inaugurates resource centre
  Sugunendra Tirtha Swamiji of Puttige Math inaugurated the Dvaita Philosophy Resource Centre at the Manipal Centre for European Studies (MCES), a constituent of Manipal University, here on Monday. Read More >>

Mar 22, 2010 - University to utilise services of retired teachers
  The Karnatak University, Dharwad, has proposed to utilise the services of retired teachers for teaching and in research activities from the next academic year. Read More >>

Mar 21, 2010 - Rs. 1 crore released to math for opening a students' hostel and vedapatashala
  Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has ordered release of Rs. 1 crore to Sujnanaprabhu Vishvabrahmana Mahasamsthana Math to build and run the Vishvakarma Students Hostel and Vedapatashala and a memorial for Jakanachari, who built Somanathapura, Halebid and Belur temples. Read More >>

Mar 21, 2010 - Commercialisation of medical education decried
  Surgeon Arvind Patel expressed concern at the commercialisation of medical education and underlined the need for the Government to start medical and nursing colleges. Read More >>

Mar 20, 2010 - Come out with new ideas, students told
  Chief Executive Officer of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat C. Shikha has urged engineering students to challenge the traditional thoughts and beliefs and come out with ideas and inventions that would benefit society. Read More >>

Mar 18, 2010 - Organisations set deadline on varsity
  Sanjay Patil, first-time BJP MLA from Belgaum Rural, has confessed to the failure of political leadership in the district in general and Belgaum city in particular to make common cause with a movement seeking upgrading Kittur Rani Chennamma Postgraduate Centre of Karnatak University Read More >>

Mar 17, 2010 - Report: deemed varsities violate UGC guideline
  The guideline of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to conduct a common entrance test for selection of students for admission to deemed universities has been ignored by many institutions. Read More >>

Mar 17, 2010 - St. Aloysius College seeks freedom in academic matters
  In response to a report that appeared in these columns on Tuesday, Swebert D'Silva, Principal, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, and A.M. Narahari, Registrar of the college, have said that Mangalore University has raised two issues: the college is not following the regulations relating to autonomy and the registration fee has not been paid to the university. Read More >>

Mar 15, 2010 - Four more deemed varsities under scanner
  Four private deemed universities of the State have now been put under the scanner for not maintaining the required standards even as six other institutions are set to lose their deemed university status subject to the order of the Supreme Court. Read More >>

Mar 15, 2010 - Varsity confers honorary doctorate on seven
  Kuvempu University conferred honorary doctorate degrees on seven distinguished persons at its 20th annual convocation held at the Jnana Sahyadri campus here on Sunday. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - Kannada varsity land will not be given to trust
  Bowing to the opposition from academics, writers and Opposition parties, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday decided against transferring land from Kannada University in Hampi to the Vijayanagara Revival Trust for developing a theme park and also setting up a research centre on the erstwhile Vijayanagara king Sri Krishnadevaraya. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - General championship for Jain College
  Students of the city-based Jain Group of Institutions' Jain College bagged the general championship at the State-level IT Quiz organised by Shri Jagadguru Murusavirmath's Women's Business Administration College in Hubli on March 9. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - Deadline set for Government to identify land for music varsity
   The inability of the district administration to identify land for the newly-formed Dr. Gangubai Hanagal Music and Performing Arts University has become a major hurdle in starting the academic activity. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - Spectre of funds crunch haunts Kuvempu varsity
  Kuvempu University is likely to face financial difficulty with a good number of colleges under its jurisdiction being brought under the new university in Davangere. Read More >>

Mar 11, 2010 - Students take a stand for peace
  Students of St. Aloysius College took out a peace march from the college campus to the Deputy Commissioner's office on Wednesday to draw attention to the growing communal discord in the city. Read More >>

Mar 11, 2010 - Rs. 3.78-cr. deficit budget for Mangalore varsity
  The Academic Council of Mangalore University approved a Rs. 3.78-crore deficit budget for the university for 2010-11 at its meeting here on Wednesday. Read More >>

Mar 11, 2010 - Agricultural and horticultural varsities Bills passed
  The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the University of Agricultural Sciences and University of Horticultural Sciences Bills 2009 after incorporating suggestions made by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj while returning the same to the State Government. Read More >>

Mar 11, 2010 - CET forms only next week
  Students waiting to have a shot at the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2010 for admission to professional courses will have to wait for some more days for their brochure-cum-application forms. Read More >>

Mar 10, 2010 - New college to give thrust to horticulture
  The announcement of a new horticultural college for the district, which is the second largest producer of horticultural produce in the State, has come as a shot in the arm for horticultural activities. The setting up of the new college was announced during the presentation of the State Budget on Friday by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. Rs. 5 crore has been allocated for the project. Read More >>

Mar 10, 2010 - Kannada University employees thank Governor for support on land issue
  The teaching and non-teaching staff of Kannada University have expressed their gratitude to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who is also the Chancellor of the university, for reportedly directing Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to rescind the order transferring 80 acres of university land to the Sri Krishnadevaraya Punaschetan Prathisthan. Read More >>

Mar 10, 2010 - Complaint against varsity
  The Karnataka State Biodiversity Board has been urged to conduct an inquiry into the functioning of the University of Agricultural Sciences-Dharwad (UAS-D) and its partners Mahyco and Sathguru with regard to violations of Biological Diversity Act, 2002, in the development of Bt Brinjal. Read More >>

Mar 09, 2010 - Varsity name proposal dropped
  The State Government has dropped its proposal to name Tumkur University after Dr. Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Math, Tumkur. Read More >>

Mar 09, 2010 - Surge in number of requests for CET application forms
  The number of professional course aspirants in the State is on the rise. With at least 11,000 additional candidates placing requests for CET 2010 application forms, the number of candidates this year stands at 1.35 lakh, compared to1.24 lakh applicants last year. Read More >>

Mar 09, 2010 - MGM College to celebrate diamond jubilee
  Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) College, the oldest institution in the district, will be celebrating its diamond jubilee from March 12 to 15. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - Setting standards in medical education
  Women are realising their ability to set educational, career, and economic goals for themselves and achieving them. This is definitely worth celebrating and cheering. D. A. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - Institutions asked to impart citizen-making education
  High Court Judge Subhas Adi has said that most institutions have failed to produce true citizens, which is why they need to sit down and think of a future course of action. Read More >>

Mar 07, 2010 - NIMHANS, U.K. college to evolve better training methods
  Over the years, practice of psychiatry has changed. Apart from different kinds of treatment for psychological disorders, advances have been made in understanding psychiatry. Read More >>

Mar 07, 2010 - VTU issues MBA degree to ‘failed' students
  In a shocking and unprecedented occurrence, the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) awarded MBA degrees to “failed” students at the annual convocation held on January 7. Read More >>

Mar 06, 2010 - Huge leap in NLSIU annual grant
  The State budget has increased the annual “maintenance fund” allocation to the National Law School University of India (NLSUI) from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 1 crore. Read More >>

Mar 06, 2010 - Women dominate KSOU medal list
  Women dominated the list of gold medal and cash prizes presented at the 10th annual convocation of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) here on Thursday. Read More >>

Mar 05, 2010 - Be inquisitive, Vice-Chancellor tells students
  Gulbarga University Vice-Chancellor B.G. Mulimani advised students to be inquisitive and have the zeal to pursue their goals. He was speaking after the inauguration of the last of the series of National Science Day lectures, organised by the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy and Dr. P.S. Shankar Pratishthan, at V.G. Women's College here on Thursday. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - Jois to deliver Mysore varsity convocation address tomorrow
  The 90th convocation of the University of Mysore will be held at the Crawford Hall here on March 5 at 11 a.m. Of the 17,791 candidates who will receive various degree certificates, 9,715 (54.60 per cent) are women. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - Varsity has not denied permission to stage play
  Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore V.G. Talawar on Wednesday clarified that the university had not denied permission for staging a nine-hour play based on “Malegalalli Madumagalu” of Kuvempu in the surroundings of the Kukkarahalli Lake, which is under the university Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - Special lecture marks National Science Day
  The Regional Institute of Education (RIE) here celebrated National Science Day on Tuesday, which was marked by a special lecture on “Biodiversity of animals”. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - University land transfer opposed
  The district unit of the All-India Democratic Youth Organisation has appealed to the State Government not to transfer any land belonging to the Kannada University, Hampi, for establishing a theme park there. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - Protest mars varsity convocation
  Tumkur University's third convocation was held here on Wednesday. Even as the convocation was progressing at the varsity's new campus on BH Highway Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - Ruckus over handing over of varsity land
  The Legislative Council witnessed pandemonium for over 20 minutes on Wednesday over the Government's decision to hand over 80 acres of land on the Hampi campus of Kannada University to a private organisation, Vijayanagar Punashetana Pratishtana Trust. Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - Teachers decry CET fee increase
  The increase in fees fixed for the Common Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses and the partial fee concession announced by the State Government for students joining engineering courses has come in for criticism from teachers. Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - 10th annual convocation of KSOU tomorrow
  The 10th annual convocation of the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will be held at the Senate Hall on the Manasagangotri campus on Thursday at 4 p.m. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - CET for central varsities from this year?
  The newly established 13 central universities across the country under Central Universities Act in 2009 are planning to adopt a national-level common entrance test to admit students for the academic year 2010-11, said Professor A.M. Pathan, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka (CUK), on Monday. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - Training students to crack job interviews
  Here is good news for students of north Karnataka, especially those from professional colleges. Although academically good, they often face problems with regard to communication and in developing the right attitude while facing interviews. Read More >>

Mar 01, 2010 - CAT results out but ‘server issues’ pose a hurdle to students accessing marks
  The results of the Common Admission Test, the qualifying examination for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management, are out. However, like every year, students experienced difficulties in accessing their scorecards due to “server issues” all day. Read More >>

Mar 01, 2010 - Call to include dental services under NRHM
  Anil Kohli, president of the Dental Council of India, has urged the Union Government to include dental services under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Read More >>

Mar 01, 2010 - Students to be encouraged to take to adventure sports
  Students, who are pursuing vocational courses in Appaji Industrial Training Institute in the industrial township of Wadi in Chitapur taluk in Gulbarga district, demanded action against the management of the institute for running the institute without getting due permission from the State Government. Read
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