Jun 30, 2010 - Satishchandra is NIMHANS director
  Ending the many months of uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), P. Satishchandra, professor, Department of Neurology, was appointed the premier institute's director on Tuesday. Read More >>

Jun 30, 2010 - Central university launches course in geospatial applications
  The Central University of Karnataka has introduced M.Sc. in Geospatial Applications in Regional Development this academic year. Read More >>

Jun 29, 2010 - Dental colleges have little to smile about
  It appears that dental studies have for long been viewed as the poor relative of medical courses. For four consecutive years, dental colleges have registered a decreasing trend in student intake with 40 to 50 per cent of the seats remaining vacant. Read More >>

Jun 27, 2010 - Diploma course in theatre studies to start on July 1
  The long-cherished dream of the Nataka Karnataka Rangayana to start a one-year diploma course in theatre studies has finally realised. Read More >>

Jun 27, 2010 - Engineering admissions on track
  It's final. All existing engineering colleges in the State have been granted approval by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Forty-three new educational institutions, including engineering and pharmacy colleges, in Karnataka and Kerala have been given the green signal. Read More >>

Jun 26, 2010 - Music varsity to start its activities in ‘Aloka'
  Dr. Gangubai Hangal University of Music and Performing Arts will commence its activities in ‘Aloka', a heritage building in Yelwala, from this academic year Read More >>

Jun 26, 2010 - COMED-K counselling to begin from July 12
  With the Karnataka Examinations Authority deciding to commence the counselling process to select candidates for engineering courses from July 7, the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) has decided to start the first round of its counselling from July 12 Read More >>

Jun 25, 2010 - Imparting holistic and inspiring education
  The academic courses offered by the Central University of Karnataka are refreshingly reflective of the vision embodied in its charter to serve the requirements of the coming generations who opt for higher education in the country. Read More >>

Jun 25, 2010 - Crafting engineers in rural setting
  Rural Engineering College, Bhalki in Bidar district located at the northern tip of Karnataka, established in 1982, is one of the best engineering colleges not only in Karnataka but also in the country. Read More >>

Jun 25, 2010 - VTU-RGUHS pact on research in health sciences
  Two leading universities in the State – the city-based Visvesvaraya Technological University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore — entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the objective of establishing joint research in the broad areas of technology in health sciences. Read More >>

Jun 25, 2010 - KSOU may soon get its own campus
  The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), which is functioning on a 15-acre plot on the University of Mysore campus in Manasagangotri here, may soon get its own campus as the process of identifying land for it has begun. Read More >>

Jun 25, 2010 - CET counselling to resume on July 7
  Putting an end to the uncertainty, the State Government has decided to resume the engineering counselling process on July 7. Read More >>

Jun 23, 2010 - Rural students score with CET coaching via satellite
  It is not just the city-bred students with access to quality coaching centres who are making it to the much-sought-after medical and engineering colleges in the State. Even students from rural areas have come out with flying colours in the recently held CET 2010. Read More >>

Jun 23, 2010 - RGUHS to offer new courses
  The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) will introduce two new courses with a view to encourage research activities among medical professionals and fill vacancies of the post of radiation physicists from the next academic year. Read More >>

Jun 23, 2010 - Railway Medical College facing teething problem
  The ambitious plan of the Indian Railways to set up a Railway Medical College in Mysore is facing a teething problem owing to the paucity of land with the Mysore Division of the South Western Railways. Read More >>

Jun 22, 2010 - New varieties of leafy vegetables released
  Adding to the existing varieties of amaranth and palak, two important leafy vegetables grown in India, the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has released two improved varieties of amaranth and a variety of palak. Read More >>

Jun 21, 2010 - AICTE nod for 14 colleges in State
  Principal Secretary for Higher Education Madan Gopal said here on Thursday that the Finance Department was likely to lift its “economy order” on recruiting teachers to fill vacant sanctioned posts in universities. Read More >>

Jun 21, 2010 - Varsity likely to offer diploma, certificate courses in Tulu
  Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, is likely to offer certificate and diploma courses in Tulu in association with the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy from this academic year. Read More >>

Jun 20, 2010 - Varsity gives one last chance to old postgraduate students
  The Academic Council of Karnatak University on Saturday resolved to give one last chance to old students, mainly those of non-semester courses, to improve their marks in the postgraduate examinations. Read More >>

Jun 19, 2010 - Varsity seeks action against lecturer
  Mangalore University has written to the State Government that a lecturer at the Government First Grade College in Car Street here has been found guilty of manipulating marks of some students who appeared for the LLB examinations in October-November 2008. It has sought disciplinary action against the teacher Stephen Quadros. Read More >>

Jun 19, 2010 - CET counselling likely to resume in July
  The admission round for the engineering seat selection is likely to commence in the first week of July as the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has assured the State Government that it will give approval for engineering colleges by June 28. Read More >>

Jun 18, 2010 - Varsities may be allowed to recruit teachers to fill sanctioned posts
  Principal Secretary for Higher Education Madan Gopal said here on Thursday that the Finance Department was likely to lift its “economy order” on recruiting teachers to fill vacant sanctioned posts in universities. Read More >>

Jun 17, 2010 - Temperance Board ties up with State Law University
   The Chairman of Karnataka State Temperance Board, Sachidanand Hegde, has said that the board and the Karnataka State Law University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a movement and to form a task force to support its [board] de-addiction programme. Read More >>

Jun 17, 2010 - Engineering admissions in Karnataka postponed
   The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has postponed indefinitely the admission round for the engineering seat selection scheduled to begin on June 18 as the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has not yet approved any engineering colleges in the State for the academic year 2010-2011. Read More >>

Jun 16, 2010 - Principal Secretary inspects university
   Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary for Higher Education, visited Davangere University here on Tuesday and held a meeting with university officials including Vice-Chancellor Indumathi. Read More >>

Jun 16, 2010 - Resource centres for disabled to come up in four varsities
   This academic year, resource centres for students with disabilities will be set up in four universities in four divisions in the State — Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Mysore. Read More >>

Jun 15, 2010 - IISc. scientist gets Chevalier award
   Shyamala Mani, an Associate Professor at the Centre of Neurosciences, Indian Institute of Science, was conferred the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques (Knight of the Order of Academic Palms) at the Alliance Français de Bangalore here on Monday. The award was presented by Dominique Causse, the Consul General of France. Read More >>

Jun 15, 2010 - B.Ed. students demand results
   Karnataka Janapara Vedike, B.Ed Vidyarthi Poshakara Hitarakshna Samithi will be holding a protest demonstration on Tuesday on the premises of Jnana Bharathi demanding the Bangalore University to announce the withheld results of Second Semester B.Ed examinations of 41 colleges held in December 2009 Read More >>

Jun 13, 2010 - University to act after Syndicate meeting
   With the State Government directing the University of Mysore to file a criminal case against the former Vice-Chancellor J. Shashidhara Prasad, the controversy surrounding violation of norms while recruiting teaching and non-teaching staff has taken a new turn. Read More >>

Jun 13, 2010 - Every district needs an agricultural college
   Underscoring the importance of education and research for the agriculture sector, Karnataka Krishi Mission Chairman S.A. Patil recommended that an agriculture polytechnic college be set up in every district. Read More >>

Jun 13, 2010 - Efforts on to streamline legal education
   The Directorate of Legal Studies of the Bar Council of India (BCI) has initiated several measures to streamline legal education, in an effort to meet international educational standards and improve the competence of advocates in the country. Read More >>

Jun 12, 2010 - Inspection of medical colleges soon, says Minister
   Devi Shetty from Bangalore will inspect the medical colleges in Shimoga, Raichur and Bidar districts before June 20, Minister for Medical Education Ramachandra Gowda has said. Read More >>

Jun 12, 2010 - Wayanad looks forward to veterinary varsity
   The Ordinance that was passed by the Left Democratic Front government on Wednesday to set up a veterinary university on the campus of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookode, near Vythiri, in Wayanad gives fresh hope to the residents, especially the dairy farmers in the hilly district. The proposed university would be set up in the lush green surroundings of the veterinary college, spread in 90 acres, according to the ordinance. Read More >>

Jun 11, 2010 - CET seats: State assurance to anxious MBBS aspirants
   The State Government on Thursday has assured MBBS aspirants that all the seats earmarked for the CET quota will be available this year and in all likelihood the admissions for 413 of the 1,872 CET seats in five medical colleges will be completed in the casual vacancy round. Read More >>

Jun 11, 2010 - Medical admissions under way
   Medical seat aspirants, who turned up bright and early at the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) premises here on Thursday, had a long and tense day. Read More >>

Jun 11, 2010 - Polytechnics to be sent notices on poor infrastructure
   Director of Technical Education H.U. Talawar has said that the department has decided to issue show cause notices to private and aided polytechnics where infrastructure is found wanting. Read More >>

Jun 11, 2010 - Revanna accuses Government of neglecting education sector
   Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Minister H.D. Revanna has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of neglecting the education sector in the last two years. Read More >>

Jun 10, 2010 - CET counselling in Hubli from today
   The R.H. Kulkarni Memorial Auditorium, located on the campus of BVB College of Engineering and Technology, is all set for CET counselling. Read More >>

Jun 09, 2010 - CET counselling from tomorrow
   The Common Entrance Test counselling by the Karnataka Examinations Authority will begin at the Sahyadari College of Engineering and Management at Adyar here on Thursday. It will end on August 31. Read More >>

Jun 08, 2010 - State students top COMED-K rank list
   In an interesting trend, no less than 90 per cent of the top 100 engineering ranks and 61 per cent of top 100 medical ranks in the Under Graduate Entrance Test (2010) were bagged by students from Karnataka. Read More >>

Jun 08, 2010 - Medical, horticultural colleges proposed in Kodagu
   A proposal to establish a medical college and a horticultural college in Kodagu has been submitted to the State Government, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly K.G. Bopaiah has said. Read More >>

Jun 08, 2010 - Varsity adopts new evaluation system
   Mangalore University has switched over to a new system of evaluating answer scripts of undergraduate and postgraduate examinations from this month. Read More >>

Jun 06, 2010 - Engineering college teachers demand AICTE pay scale
   Engineering college teachers, who have been pressuring the State Government to implement the revised AICTE pay scale, will meet on June 22 to decide the next course of action. Read More >>

Jun 06, 2010 - NIT students want CGPA to be recognised
   A group of students from the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, Surathkal, has appealed to the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) and the State Government to recognise the Cumulative Grade Point Average System (CGPA) followed by the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science. Read More >>

Jun 05, 2010 - Workshop on trends in security
   The International School of Information Management (ISIM), University of Mysore, will conduct a workshop on “Intelligence and Security Informatics” from June 17 to 19 with a focus on emerging trends in security-related areas. Read More >>

Jun 04, 2010 - Air University likely in Bangalore
   Bangalore is likely to get an Air University, which will offer a wide range of courses related to aviation such as flying, aerospace engineering, air traffic control, airport infrastructure and management, among others. Read More >>

Jun 04, 2010 - University staff stage protest
   Members of the Karnatak University D-Group Employees Association, the Association of Retired Non-Teaching Staff, the Association of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Non-Teaching Staff and the Association of Karnatak University Non-Teaching Staff staged a black badge protest at the university on Thursday to press for their various demands. Read More >>

Jun 03, 2010 - CET admissions: 130 students qualify for disabled quota
   For the first time ever, two dyslexic students were declared eligible to be admitted under the quota for persons with disabilities at the medical examination conducted for physically-challenged students at the Karnataka Examinations Authority here on Wednesday. This medical test precedes the seat allocation process to professional colleges across Karnataka. Read More >>

Jun 03, 2010 - Veterinary varsity flouted recruitment norms: report
   Regional Commissioner Rajneesh Goel, who inquired into the alleged irregularities in appointments and promotions in the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University in Bidar, has come to the conclusion that the university has violated various rules and procedures prescribed by University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) and State Government. Read More >>

Jun 01, 2010 - Gulbarga students highlight dangers of tobacco use
   Pictures and paintings depicting the dangers of consuming tobacco teamed with meaningful street play by students of Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College marked World No Tobacco Day here on Monday. Read More >>

Jun 01, 2010 - Deemed varsities turn down plea for government quota seats
  The National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Goa will start functioning from its temporary campus in the Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi, from the 2010-2011 academic year. Read More >>