July 31, 2010 - Results in record time
  Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), which has jurisdiction over 87 law colleges in the State, has announced its second results in a record time of one month and three days. Read More >>

July 30, 2010 - Students Take the Bull by Its Horns
  The controversy over the move to provide a “bullock cart road” through the Gandhi Krishi Vigyana Kendra campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore to the adjacent Judicial Layout reached a critical stage with the students, teachers and employees of the university launching an indefinite agitation on Thursday to protect the university's campus that had been declared as a “biodiversity heritage site”. Read More >>

July 29, 2010 - COMED-K counselling begins today
  The engineering admission rounds for entry to private engineering colleges across the State, conducted by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental College of Karnataka (COMED-K), will commence here on Thursday. Read More >>

July 29, 2010 - BLDE Association to build super-speciality hospital
  To provide better facilities to people in the region and to mark its centenary celebrations, BLDE Association has decided to construct a super-speciality hospital by spending Rs. 30 crore. Read More >>

July 29, 2010 - KSWU inter-collegiate youth festival from today
  The Karnataka State Women's University (KSWU) will organise a three-day inter-collegiate youth festival from Thursday at B.R. Ambedkar auditorium on the university premises with an aim to providing a platform for students to exhibit their talents. Read More >>

July 28, 2010 - Central University announces schedule
  The Central University of Karnataka which had conducted the entrance examination for admission to various courses on July 25 in different centres has announced the detailed admission and counselling schedule for different courses offered by the university. Read More >>

July 28, 2010 - Rush at CET counselling
  The Karnataka Examinations Authority saw the largest turnout ever on Tuesday morning with hundreds of medical and engineering seat aspirants queuing up in front of it. Read More >>

July 28, 2010 - JSS University signs MoU with Australian varsity
  In line with its stated mission to “nurture and develop talents of students and to create applicable knowledge to support social and economic advancement”, the JSS University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with La Trobe University, Australia. Read More >>

July 27, 2010 - NITK girls' football team does it again
  The girls' football team from NITK School, Surathkal, proved unstoppable once again by defeating SDM, Ujjire, 3-0 in the finals of the girls' league of the 14th Independence Cup Tournament on Monday. This is the 13th time that the NITK girls' team has won the tournament. Read More >>

July 26, 2010 - KMAT in 18 centres in State
  The Karnataka Management Aptitude Test, the yardstick for admissions to private quota seats in 130 self-financing MBA and MCA colleges, affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, went held here on Sunday. Read More >>

July 25, 2010 - Kuvempu VC to focus on research
  S.A. Bari, the new Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University, has said that he plans to seek the help of the corporate sector in research activities of the varsity Read More >>

July 24, 2010 - New PG course
  Gulbarga University has decided to introduce a new postgraduate course in environmental science from this academic year. Read More >>

July 23, 2010 - Three seats for Goa students
  Goa Government has invited applications from local students for a three-year diploma course in Handloom and Textile Technology at the Karnataka Handloom Technology Institute, Narsapur, Gadag, which commenced early this month. Read More >>

July 22, 2010 - BU forms to have column for transgenders
  Bangalore University is considering a proposal to include in its application form a category titled “Others” in addition to the existing “Male” and “Female” categories, keeping the transgenders in mind. Read More >>

July 21, 2010 - AICTE accused of bungling engineering admissions
  The intake in no less than four engineering colleges in the State, in branches where 50 seats have been allotted during the ongoing CET counselling round, has been slashed. This is due to the All India Council of Technical Education's regulation that states that colleges cannot exceed the maximum student intake limit of 840 (for colleges older than 10 years) and 540 for new colleges, State Higher Education Minister Arvind Limbavali has said. Read More >>

July 21, 2010 - Engineering graduates still awaiting fee reimbursement
  Having completed their four-year courses in engineering, students passing out of colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) are on a sticky wicket. Read More >>

July 21, 2010 - Rs. 53 crore set aside for Hassan Veterinary College: Belamagi
  Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences Revu Naik Belamagi said the Government had handed over 76 acres to the Hassan Veterinary College and Rs. 53 crore had been set aside for its development, including construction of the college building. Read More >>

July 20, 2010 - Students ignore non-core streams
  At closing time of the engineering admissions on Monday, students holding ranks up to 10,000 in the State's Common Entrance Test had chosen their seats. Shockingly, seats in at least 10 courses were left untouched on Day Six, and seven courses had less than six students opting for them. Read More >>

July 20, 2010 - PG course in fire safety
  The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore, is offering a one-year, postgraduate diploma in fire safety engineering. Read More >>

July 19, 2010 - CET cell works on Sunday too
  The Karnataka Examinations Authority building, popularly known as the ‘CET Cell', is a desolate haunt on Sundays. Read More >>

July 18, 2010 - Goa government to revamp ITI courses
  The Goa Government has initiated a programme to upgrade industrial training in its industrial training institutes (ITIs). Now, the emphasis will be on training teachers and on imparting multiple skills to students. Read More >>

July 17, 2010 - Students opt for core branches
   Three days into the engineering seat selection process, and the focus continues to remain on Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Science Engineering (CSE), with these two branches emerging the hot favourites of the day. Read More >>

July 17, 2010 - PGCET entrance test tomorrow
  The PGCET entrance test for ME/ M.Tech/ M.Arch/ MBA (Infrastructure Management) courses for the academic year 2010-2011 will be conducted on Sunday (July 18). As many as 13,008 candidates are expected to appear for this examination in 19 examination centres set up across the State. Read
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July 16, 2010 - TANUVAS in a position to venture into cloning
  Making steady progress in stem cell research and its clinical applications, the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is in a position to venture into the realm of cloning. Read More >>

July 16, 2010 - Court rules in favour of diploma students
  Diploma students aspiring for an engineering seat this year through the Common Entrance Test (CET) on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief when the court struck down the new rules relating to lateral entry and upheld the old system. Read More >>

July 15, 2010 - Welcome news: seats in six medical colleges open up
  Medical seat aspirants, who may not have landed a seat of their choice in the first round of counselling held in June, have good news in store. Read More >>

July 14, 2010 - COMED-K: almost a no-show for dental seats
  Only 353 of the 6,534 candidates scheduled to attend the medical and dental admission process for private professional colleges, conducted by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K), turned up here on Tuesday. Meanwhile, one candidate was caught for impersonation. Read More >>

July 13, 2010 - How Bangalore nearly lost IISc.
  The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), which has earned Bangalore its “science city” tag, might well have come to be located in Roorkee had it not been for a single providential factor that made the south Indian city an irresistible option. Read More >>

July 12, 2010 - KIMS to invite Kalam for its golden jubilee celebration in September
  A two-day programme has been chalked out to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), with the governing council deciding to invite the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to the event. Read More >>

July 12, 2010 - COMED-K medical counselling today
  The COMED-K has announced its counselling schedule for medical and dental courses. The first round of admissions to private medical and dental colleges will be held on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, ranks from 1 to 1,500, and on Tuesday, ranks from 1,501 to the last rank will be allotted seats. The venue of the counselling is NMKRV Mangala Mantapa here. Read More >>

July 11, 2010 - Use science for eliminating poverty, IIITians told
  On Saturday, 113 students of the International Institute of Information Technology donned their graduation hats, tassels and gowns, and received their much-cherished Masters degree in Technology. Read More >>

July 11, 2010 - Vice-Chancellor, Registrar cut sorry figure in the open
  A cold war has erupted between Vice-Chancellor of Davangere University, Indumathi, and Registrar P.K. Gowda. This was evident when Higher Education Minister Arvind Limbavali visited the university on Saturday evening. While the Vice-Chancellor has appealed to the Minister to replace the Registrar, the Registrar pleaded with the Minister to instruct the Vice-Chancellor to exercise her mandatory powers and allow him to do his work. Read More >>

July 11, 2010 - Nirani urges KSWU to submit proposal for funds
  Minister for Large- and Medium-scale Industries and district in-charge Minister Murugesh Nirani has urged the Karnataka State Women's University (KSWU) Vice-Chancellor Geeta Bali to submit a proposal for funds required for development activities. Read More >>

July 10, 2010 - New colleges averse to BA, B.Sc. courses
  The managements of some institutions that propose to open new degree colleges from 2010-11 seem to be more interested in “business”. Read More >>

July 10, 2010 - University to serve notices on teachers
  The Syndicate of Mangalore University in its meeting on Thursday decided to issue a show-cause notice to the Principal Investigator of a research project against whom two women researchers have filed a complaint of harassment. The researchers subsequently resigned and opted out of the project. Read More >>

July 09, 2010 - VTU withholds results, students in a fix
  For scores of students who recently passed out of engineering colleges affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), their incomplete mark lists are a cause for worry. Read More >>

July 09, 2010 - A momentous occasion for these students
  It was a momentous occasion for students of M.Sc. (Food Technology) and Postgraduate Diploma in Flour Milling Technology of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) who bagged awards, medals, scholarships and certificates here on Thursday. Read More >>

July 08, 2010 - Same number of engineering seats as last year
  The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has retained the engineering colleges intake in the State on a par with that of the previous academic year, thus paving the way for commencement of counselling for engineering admission from July 14. Read More >>

July 08, 2010 - Outdated software hits students
  The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found several deficiencies in the application of software and computer services by Bangalore University Read More >>

July 07, 2010 - UAS withdraws permission for road
  The controversy surrounding the construction of a link road through the campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) on the Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK) premises here took a new turn when the UAS said it has withdrawn permission for the construction of the road. Read More >>

July 07, 2010 - Choice-based scheme for PG courses gets nod
  Pending Government approval, the decks have been cleared for the introduction of the choice-based credit semester system for postgraduate courses in Mangalore University, which allows students of one stream to study one of the prescribed subjects of another stream. An arts student will henceforth be able to study a commerce subject, if he/she wants to. Read More >>

July 06, 2010 - Counselling for admissions to engineering courses postponed
  The State Government on Monday put off till July 14 the counselling, which was earlier rescheduled to start on July 7, for admission to engineering courses following incomplete information on approval granted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to 37 engineering colleges that has resulted in reduction of 6,012 seats in comparison to last year's intake. Read More >>

July 06, 2010 - 1,980 seats on offer in new colleges
  All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has approved seven new engineering colleges in the State thus adding over 1,000 seats to the number of seats to be offered under the government quota through the Karnataka Examinations Authority. Read More >>

July 05, 2010 - BU Sets Up Panel to Improve Quality of Study Material
  Bangalore University is taking steps to address the issues that had tarnished the image of its Directorate of Distance Education and Correspondence Courses. Read More >>

July 05, 2010 - Fresh uncertainty over resumption of engineering counselling
  Fresh uncertainty hangs over the resumption of counselling for admission to engineering colleges slated for July 7 with managements of several institutions seeking a postponement in view of the reduction in the number of seats approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Read More >>

July 05, 2010 - Helping students make the right choice
  In a move to help graduate and postgraduate students, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, recently published a 360-page Career Guide book. Read More >>

July 05, 2010 - Milagres College to be opened on Wednesday
  Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University T.C. Shivashankara Murthy will inaugurate the first degree college of the Milagres Group of Institutions, Milagres College, at Hampankatta here on Wednesday, a release said. Read More >>

July 04, 2010 - IITs, IISc. will help realise our goals
  Institutions of higher learning and research such as Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Science and centres of atomic research will ensure that we attain our goals of attaining a top global position in a decade and a half, said the former Union Minister for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes. Read More >>

July 04, 2010 - University to start distance education programmes
  The new Vice-Chancellor of Gulbarga University, E.T. Puttaiah, has said that his major objectives include generating more resources by starting distance education programmes and outreach programmes and laying more stress on applied research programmes Read More >>

July 04, 2010 - Cardiac care camp for poor begins at KIMS
  A fifteen-day free angiography and angioplasty camp organised by the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital began here on Saturday on the hospital premises, with a formal inauguration. Read More >>

July 03, 2010 - Hanchinal takes charge as Vice-Chancellor of UAS
  Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal formally took charge as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) here on Friday. Read More >>

July 02, 2010 - Women researchers allege harassment at university
  Two women researchers who were working on a project in Mangalore University have resigned because of alleged harassment by their principal investigator. Read More >>

July 02, 2010 - Maheshappa takes over as Vice-Chancellor of VTU
  H. Maheshappa, who has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Belgaum-based Visvesvaraya Technological University by the Governor and Chancellor H.R. Bhardwaj on Wednesday, assumed charge here on Thursday. Read More >>

July 02, 2010 - AICTE accords approval for two colleges
  The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has given approval for the first-ever College of Engineering for Women in north Karnataka region, which will be started in Gulbarga city. The institution will be run by the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardhak Sangha. Read More >>

July 01, 2010 - Maheshappa named Vice-Chancellor of VTU
  H. Maheshappa, Principal of Cambridge Institute of Technology, K.R. Puram, Bangalore, has been appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum. He will succeed incumbent P.H. Kincha. Read More >>

July 01, 2010 - Vice-chancellors appointed for agricultural varsities
  The appointment of Vice-Chancellors to the two prestigious agricultural universities of the State was made on Wednesday. Read More >>