Immense scope for research in Biotechnology
Research areas in Biotechnology include genomics, bioinformatics, plant and animal biotechnology, medical biotechnology, environment and biodiversity, biofuels, product and process development, bio-instrumentation, human resource development, and biosafety. Attention should be laid on aspects such as enhancing the knowledge base, generating highly skilled human resource, nurturing leads of potential utility, and bringing bio-products to the marketplace. The wide network of bioinformatics...
IISc scholars writes open letter to PM demanding hike
The students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his speech at the Indian Science Congress, where he urged “scientists and researchers to explore the mysteries of science, not of government procedures.” With the promise of a 55 per cent hike – given in October 2014 – yet...
AMU suspends classes after death of student from swine flu
Aligarh Muslim University closed till Feb 25 over swine flu Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aligarh-muslim-university-closed-till-feb-25-over-swine-flu/1/419269.html The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has suspended its classes till February 25 following death of a girl student and seven suspected cases of the swine flu among students. As per a university official, its affiliated institutions will also remain closed. To prevent spread of the viral disease, all events...
India, Sri Lanka sign MoU for Nalanda University
India, Sri Lanka ink MoU on Nalanda University and cultural cooperation India and Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of Nalanda University. The MoU would facilitate Sri Lanka's participation in the Nalanda University Project. The MoU was signed by the foreign secretaries of the two nations, S. Jaishankar and Chitranganee Wagiswara. The two sides also signed an...
MHRD team visits Andhra Pradesh to select tribal university site
Committee checks land for tribal university The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) site selection committee for establishment of the tribal university visited various places in Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts. The team, headed by Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, joint secretary in the HRD ministry, visited two sites in Sabbavaram mandal of Visakhapatnam district and two more sites in Kothavalasa and Vizianagaram...
UGC NET holders ask varsities to end practice to appoint non NET PhD holders
UGC NET holders ask varsities to end practice to appoint non NET PhD holders 'Stop Posting PhD Holders Sans UGC NET as Teachers' The University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) rank holders have urged universities and colleges to end the practice of appointing PhD holders without NET qualification as teachers alleging large-scale irregularities in the award of doctorates. The UGC...
Govt abandons plan to open vocational university
The government of India has scrapped Labour Ministry’s proposal to open a national vocational university to better regulate the more than 11,000 industrial training institutes in the country. Labour and employment minister Bandaru Dattatreya had announced the plan to open the university in his home state, Telangana. “It will be an umbrella body,” the minister had said on 4 December,...
I&B Ministry planning to establish Communication University
country’s first Communication University The Information and Broadcasting ministry is planning to establish the country’s first Communication University within three years and a consultation process in this regard will be initiated shortly. As part of the consultation process, the first seminar will be held in the first week of next month. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is learnt to have given...
Zoologists to write to UGC, MHRD for review of dissection guidelines
A group of zoologists from Mumbai University along with zoologists from nine other universities in Maharashtra have decided to write to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to review its guidelines on dissection according to the Wildlife Protection Act. At a two-day symposium organised by Mumbai University’s Board of Studies (BoS) in...
VNSG University allegedly violates UGC Guidelines on sexual harassment
The Veer Narmad South Gujarat University's (VNSGU) decision to form of a four-member committee to investigate the complaints of girls students against a physical training teacher is alleged to be violation of University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines. As per the guidelines, complaints of harassment to girls by male faculty should be inquired by women's cell. But the varsity has ignored...
