IIT Hyderabad: Surge in international offers; Microsoft, Goldman Sachs top chart

• The students secured 271 offers from 96 companies by the end of the first phase of campus placements
• Top recruiters included Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Jaguar Land Rover, Eaton, BNY Mellon, Bajaj Auto and TSMC

IIM Indore achieves 'triple crown' with EFMD accreditation

• IIM Indore has become the second management institute in India to get accreditation from three major global institutions
• There are only 90 business schools worldwide which have the triple crown

IIT Kharagpur students get ₹15 lakh average salary; 51 international job offers

• IIT Kharagpur job offers were the highest this placement season
• On an average, IIT Kharagpur students got an annual salary package of ₹15 lakh

IIT Kharagpur announces scholarships for Australian students

• IIT Kharagpur conducts joint doctoral programs with several world-class Australian universities
• In addition to Australia, IIT Kharagpur is also setting up joint doctoral programmes with University of Auckland in New Zealand and the University of Alberta in Canada

IIT Madras campus placement: 34 students bag international job offers

• Micron Technologies gave 17 job offers to IIT Madras for their Singapore office
• A total of 848 students have already been placed at the end of first phase of campus placements

IIT Kharagpur students bag 40 internship offers, 36 jobs at Honeywell

• Honeywell said it will continue to invest in training and research projects at IIT Kharagpur
• The company has given internship and job offers both in India and the US

UGC norms on minimum qualifications for teachers' may be amended: HRD ministry

The ministry said after the amendment all the ad-hoc/temporary/contract teachers with requisite eligibility, and have taught/have been teaching in the current academic session in the university/Institution/college would be short-listed for the interview for permanent positions

DU teachers strike over fear of losing jobs

• DUTA demands withdrawal of a 28 August circular that they believe has the potential to jeopardize the career of some 4,000 ad-hoc teachers
• The strike has the potential to impact year-end semester exam of tens of thousands of students

DU teachers' association indefinite strike over guest teachers appointment

• The strike might affect the ongoing examinations in the varsity as the DUTA has urged all teachers to stay away from exam duties
• The DUTA said it will organise a massive protest and gherao the vice-chancellor

Four IIITs already offering dual degree courses: HRD minister

Twenty IIITs established under the Public-Private Partnership are yet to introduce dual degree courses

ISB claims 1,383 job offers to its students on Day One of placement season

• The premier B-School claimed that its students bagged an average salary of ₹26.15 lakh per annum
• ISB, which has two campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali, said this year’s final placement got a better response than previous season when 1,194 offers were made

XLRI's new campus near Gurgaon to start from next year with 120 MBA students

• XLRI’s Delhi-NCR campus is located in Jhajjar district, 25 km away from Gurgaon
• This will be XLRI's second campus after Jamshedpur

UGC prepares directives to regulate fees charged for private universities

• The UGC has prepared a set of directives to regulate fees charged by private universities, including the capitation fee
• A final decision will be taken after receipt of comments from them, said the HRD Minister

3 IIT Roorkee students get ₹1.54 crore job offer from US firm

• A total of 406 job offers were made on the first day of the placement session, which will continue till 15 December
• The offers were made during the ongoing annual campus placement session which started on Monday

CBSE class X, XII exam pattern to change from 2019-20 session

• CBSE will reduce the number of questions in its class X, XII exams from 2019-20 session
• Internal assessment will count for 20 per cent marks in subjects in which there is no practical assessment

102 job offers made as placement season at IIT-Madras begins

• The total number of companies registered for Phase I placement season is 227
• The offers recorded an increase from 85 during Session I of last year at IIT, Madras

Gauhati varsity offered 21 unapproved courses; 74,000 students' career at stake

• The Gauhati University had submitted multiple false affidavits to the UGC, assuring the commission that it will not start any new distance course without approval, said the CAG findings
• The findings of the CAG was tabled during the ongoing Winter Session of the Assam Assembly

Nursery admission in Delhi schools begins tomorrow

• The first and second lists of selected children will be out on 24 January and 12 February respectively
• The admission process will conclude on 16 March

Delhi nursery, KG admission: Get school forms from tomorrow

• Admissions for nursery, KG and class 1 in private Delhi schools will begin from tomorrow
• You need to pay a registration fee of ₹25

India has far fewer researchers than China, US, says think tank

• India has 216.2 researchers per 1 million inhabitants against 1,200 in China and 4,300 in the US, says report
• India spends less than 1% of its GDP on R&D, while South Korea spends 4.23%, and China 2.11%