Jan 31, 2010 - Dental Council of India to launch survey next week
   The Dental Council of India (DCI) will launch a survey next week to create data on dentists-patients ratio, faculties in dental colleges, specialists in dentistry and other issues, said Anil Kohli, president, Dental Council of India. read more

Jan 30, 2010 - ACTA seeks ?clear policy statement? on Unitary Universities
   The Association of College Teachers of Tamil Nadu (ACTA) has urged the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE). read more

Jan 30, 2010 - Recruitment on Saturday and Sunday
   A recruitment campaign for Infosys BPO will be held for the benefit of students of arts and science colleges in southern districts at the Vickram College of Engineering here on January 30 and 31. read more

Jan 29, 2010 - Lack of buildings hits university college students
   Inordinate delay in constructing permanent buildings for Salem Periyar University?s constituent college in Mettur has left about 1,500 students in the lurch. read more

Jan 29, 2010 - Convocation function
   Anna University-Chennai is scheduled to hold the convocation function for the 2008-2009 batch of students on February 19, university officials said on Thursday. read more

Jan 29, 2010 - Certificate courses for urban dwellers in TNAU
   The admission for certificate courses for urban dwellers for 2010 has commenced in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). read more

Jan 29, 2010 - Students told to know strides in bioinformatics
   A three-day national workshop on ?Application on Molecular Modelling and Structural Bioinformatics? organised by the Department of Bioinformatics. read more

Jan 29, 2010 - e-learning simple and wide-ranging
   Rich content created and delivered in suitable levels of accessibility through e-learning, the technology that enables people to learn anytime and anywhere. read more

Jan 29, 2010 - IIMs to give less weightage to CAT from this year on
   After all the hullaballoo over the Common Admission Test, some of the Indian Institutes of Management have decided to rework the formula for selecting candidates. read more

Jan 28, 2010 - New central univs may go for CET
   The 12 new central universities including one in Tamil Nadu set up last year under the Central Universities Act are likely to admit students on the basis of their performance in an all-India common entrance examination from the coming academic year. read more

Jan 26, 2010 - Court orders status quo on deemed varsities
   Coming to the rescue of nearly two lakh students, the Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restrained the Centre from acting against 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition for being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. read more

Jan 26, 2010 - Tandon panel plan to relocate students
   Conscious of the plight of students who have enrolled themselves in ?innovative or emerging? courses of 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition. read more

Jan 25, 2010 - Madras University?s initiative to collect books
   Madras University on Sunday launched an initiative to collect 10 lakh books from households in the city for the Arignar Anna Centenary Library under construction here. read more

Jan 24, 2010 - A mix of fun and learning at Saarang workshops
   There were no bespectacled teachers wielding the rod to silence the classroom. Nor were there any sticklers for discipline giving stern glances when the students break into murmurs. read more

Jan 24, 2010 - A delightful experience for many
   It is all about soaking in the atmosphere of learning, enjoying and the joy of being in college. read more

Jan 24, 2010 - Team spirit, innovation important lessons
   After a team of students failed to get the first prize in a multi-stage rocket competition on the final day of ?Kurukshetra 2010? organised by College of Engineering. read more

Jan 24, 2010 - Ponmudy for abolition of deemed varsity system
   Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy on Saturday welcomed the Union Human Resource Development Ministry?s move to suggest de-recognition of a few deemed universities (DUs) and called for abolition of the system. read more

Jan 23, 2010 - ?Nanotech research must have end value?
   The future direction of research in nanopharmacy, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanotoxicology, nanodrug delivery, nanodrug targeting, nanodevices, nanosensors, nanomagnetism and nanomaterials was identified during a two-day national conference. read more

Jan 22, 2010 - ?Kurukshetra? off to an exciting start
   With nearly 4,000 registering for various events, Day One of ?Kurukshetra 2010,? the annual technical festival of the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. read more

Jan 21, 2010 - Affected varsities seek review of Tandon committee report
   Deemed universities in the State affected by the Centre?s move to derecognise them have sought a review of the Tandon committee report placed before the Supreme Court. read more

Jan 21, 2010 - ?Kurukshetra? to witness battle of brains
   The battlelines are drawn for the fourth edition of ?Kurukshetra?, the techno-management fest of College of Engineering (CEG), Anna University Chennai. read more

Jan 21, 2010 - ?Saarang? from today
   ?Saarang?, the annual cultural festival organised by IIT-Madras, will begin with a Carnatic concert by M.Balamurali Krishna and a dance performance by Isha Sharvani?s dance company ?Daksha Sheth? here on Thursday. read more

Jan 20, 2010 - Affected students will get their degrees Sibal
   Amid reports of students taking to the streets in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, in protest against the possibility of 44 educational institutions losing their deemed university status. read more

Jan 20, 2010 - Indian higher education suffers from obsolescence Kulandai Swamy
   The single most important weakness of higher education in India is the concentration of students and staff in affiliated colleges rather than on university campuses. read more

Jan 20, 2010 - Madras varsity regional centre in Madurai soon
   A regional centre of the University of Madras will soon be opened in Madurai with the aim of reaching out to students in southern districts. read more

Jan 19, 2010 - 44 institutions to lose deemed varsity status
   The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that 44 institutions including the Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai. read more

Jan 19, 2010 - Varsity maximises technology utilisation
   Thirty five affiliated colleges of Anna University - Tiruchi have so far secured eight MBPS (megabits per second) bandwidth connectivity of 1:1 ratio from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BNSL). read more

Jan 19, 2010 - Madras varsity to make French mandatory
   The University of Madras will be making one foreign language mandatory for postgraduate students from the coming academic year. read more

Jan 19, 2010 - ?Some deemed varsities atrociously scandalous?
   Some of the institutions recommended for non-continuation as deemed universities scored zero on the scoring system adopted by the Tandon committee to judge their quality. read more

Jan 16, 2010 - Cultural fest
   The select teams who took part in the prelims of Milan?10, a national-level cultural fest of SRM University, had a striking commonness. read more

Jan 14, 2010 - American band to feature in Saarang
   It is that time of the year when college students from the city and outside flock to the Indian Institute of Technology ? Madras? lovely campus. read more

Jan 10, 2010 - Anna University ? Tiruchi to test new networking technology shortly
   Anna University ? Tiruchi (AU-T) will be the first in the country to test Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). read more

Jan 10, 2010 - Graduation certificates of 1,200 nursing students withheld
   Provisional graduation certificates of 1,200 students who had completed their three-year diploma in Nursing in 2008. read more

Jan 09, 2010 - 12,000 completion certificates pending with varsity V-C
   Nearly 12,000 certificates for completion of distance education programmes, some dating back to 2004, are pending with the University of Madras for various reasons. read more

Jan 08, 2010 - Forestry students go on hunger strike
   Students of Forest College and Research Institute here went on a hunger strike on Thursday demanding provision of employment for B.Sc Forestry students in the Forest Department. read more

Jan 08, 2010 - After fervour, IIT-M placements fall
   Initial euphoria over the revival of economy and consequent job bonanzas through campus placements is slowly giving way to a sense of unease at the IIT Madras. read more

Jan 07, 2010 - Arts colleges in State get a boost
   Rural students should develop self-confidence to achieve great heights, said R.T. Panneerselvam, Joint Director (Projects and Development), Department of Collegiate Education, here on Wednesday. read more

Jan 07, 2010 - Varsity keen to cultivate, sell medicinal plants
   Bharathidasan University has plans to present an ambitious research plan to the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) for cultivation of medicinal plants on hill areas, manufacture medicines, and commercialise them. read more

Jan 06, 2010 - Convocation of Alagappa University on Saturday
   P. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University said that the 22nd convocation of the Alagappa University would be held on Saturday at the convocation hall in Karaikudi. read more

Jan 04, 2010 - AICTE red card for BE distance mode courses
   In a belated but much-awaited move, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided not to grant approvals for BE/BTech and ME/MTech degree programmes that are offered through the distance education mode by any university or institution in the country. read more

Jan 03, 2010 - ?High expectations from university in biotech?
   The growth of biotechnology in the country is directly linked to Madurai Kamaraj University because of its excellence in the field, V. M. Katoch, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary, Department of Health Research, Government of India, has said. read more

Jan 02, 2010 - Colleges find conforming to UGC norms on faculty eligibility tough
   Self-financing arts and science colleges in the region are apparently finding it tough to conform to the University Grants Commission?s (UGC) norm on faculty eligibility for lectureship. read more

Jan 01, 2010 - ?Use architecture to protect environment?
   Speakers at the four-day annual convention of the National Association of Students of Architecture that concluded on Wednesday urged students to work for the overall development of the society. read more