Campus Digest

New Delhi, May 2: IT firm Infosys will hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years and open four centres in the US in a bid to woo the Trump administration, which has been critical of outsourcing firms for unfairly taking jobs away from US workers. The first of the four innovation centres for new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will open in August in Indiana

New Delhi, Mar 20: Delhi is the fake Capital with 66 colleges -- the highest for any state in India – offering engineering and other technical courses without the regulator"s permission. There are 279 such technical institutes in the country. Simply put, these schools don"t have the authority to grant degrees. Education certificates issued by such colleges are nothing but a piece of paper. The

Mar 18: According the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) more than 60% of eight lakh engineering students graduating from technical institutions remain unemployed. Putting these figures in other perspective means loss of 20 lakh graduates every year. The tales of engineering graduates doesn"t end here. Less than 1% of engineering student participate in summer internship and only 15%

New Delhi, Mar 2: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said the Centre will establish five world-class institutions to provide better education in technical, medical, ayurveda and unani fields to students belonging to the minority communities. "A high-level committee working to chalk out a framework for these institutions will soon submit its report (in this regard)," the Minister of

New Delhi, Feb 22: The result of civil services main examination 2016 was declared today by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Personality test of the successful candidates is likely to commence from March 20. The civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages - preliminary, main and interview - to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian

New Delhi, Jan 30: After the admission process, the mechanism for marking and tracking attendance of students at Delhi University is set to go online with the varsity planning to launch a mobile application for the purpose. The University had last year set up a seven-member committee which has been working on a mobile application to ensure accountability and transparency. "The project has been

New Delhi, Jan 16: Should girl students get reservation in IITs? A panel has recommended reservation for girl students in IITs. According to the panel, the reservation for girls will address the issue of slump in the number of female students entering the prestigious institutes. 20 per cent supernumerary seats for girls? The committee is learnt to have suggested creating up to 20 per cent

Mumbai, Jan 14: Anagh Agarwal, a student of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, aims to get into Harvard University to pursue a major in economics. A good SAT or ACT (American College Testing) score — standardised examination for admission to US colleges — would have been enough to secure admission to the Ivy League institute, but the 16-year-old has gone ahead and aced the exams with perfect

New Delhi, Jan 1: Soon MBBS pass outs from government as well as private medical colleges will have to clear the National Exit Test (NEXT) to be able to practice as a registered medical practitioner. The provision is part of a bill drafted by the ministry of health on the basis of reforms suggested by a high-powered committee led by Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya to address concerns

New Delhi, Dec 8: Employees are expected to see an average 10 per cent increase in salary in 2017, lower than 10.3 per cent rise this year, and after taking inflation into account, the hike would be a paltry 4.8 per cent, says a report. According to Korn Ferry Hay Group 2017 Salary Forecast, India salary growth is pegged at 10 per cent, while real wages are expected to rise by 4.8 per cent.