Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai has begun processing the nine percent OBC quota for post-graduate and doctoral courses from the current academic year. IIT Mumbai will be implementing the 27 percent OBC quota in three phases following the Supreme Court Order in April. IIT Mumbai ...

The prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad said on Saturday that it will not role back its fee hike. The Board of Governors on Saturday made it clear that there is no question of curtailing the fees. IIM-A Director , Sameer Barua, said that the new fee structure will be implemented ...

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 unveiled its plan to bring in a legislation on ‘Right to Education’ and introduce sex education from standard ninth onwards in the state. The changes, which the state government has revealed, are to be introduced from the ...

The Board of Intermediate Examinations (BIE) of  Andhra Pradesh, which conducts the Inter Examinations in Andhra Pradesh, has released the Intermediate First Year Results on April 23, 2008.

Candidates can know their results by calling 1255225, 22222222 from a BSNL phone in Hyderabad. ...

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is conducting both National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy Examinations on April 20 at 41 centers all over the country. The NDA and Naval Academy exam is held twice a year. The next exam is scheduled for August 17, 2008.
Candidates selected ...

In a significant step for the development of science education, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai and the University of Cambridge have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement will enable IIT Mumbai and Cambridge University to undertake joint research and other related ...

The confusion over ‘creamy layer’ students in the implementation of 27 per cent OBC seat reservation in centrally funded higher educational institutions of India has finally been cleared. It has been decided by the Indian government that it will exclude those OBC students from the ambit ...

The professors of the prestigious IITs and IIMs may soon see a 200 % rise in their salaries. A committee formed by the HRD ministry has recommended raising the salaries of the professors of the IITs and the IIMs by 200%. This is done to bring them at par with the global standards and the ...

Osmania University of Hyderabad has declared its MBA results of 2008. All the candidates who have appeared for the examination can go to the site of the university www.osmania.ac.in and check their respective results. The candidates are required to give their roll number to check the ...

The premier science and technology institute of India, Indian Institute of Technology  (IITs) has fixed the cut off at 10 percent below merit for the OBC students. IIT is set to reserve nine percent seats for the OBC students in the coming academic session 2008-2009 which will exclude the ...

It was decided in a meeting of the joint admission board recently that the seven IITs at Kharagpur, Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati and Roorkee will reserve nine per cent seats for OBC category students in the 2008-09 academic session. On the other hand, 27 per cent OBC ...

The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE), Bhiwani has declared the results for its Class X (Secondary Exam 2008) and Class VIII (Middle Exam 2008), which were conducted in February 2008.

The results would be displayed at the respective schools at 3 p.m. & the candidates can also log on ...

With pressure being put on the IITs to relax the cutoffs marks for the reserved category, entry to the IITs would be further lowered for the SC/ST candidates. While the seats for the general category will remain unchanged, the SC and ST seats will go up by more than 50% in the coming 3 ...

Finally there is some good news for IIM aspirants. IIM Lucknow has decided that it will not hike its course fees. Recently IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore have increased their fee structure, which has received a mixed response. The chairman of the board of governors at IIM Lucknow, ...

About 3.4 lakh students will compete for the 4000 odd seats in the 7 IITs of the country today. The IIT JEE is one of the toughest and most prestigious competitive examinations of the country held every year. The students will try their luck for getting admissions in IITs of Kharagpur, Kanpur, ...

Union HRD minister, Arjun Singh on Friday, 11 April 2008 pronounced that the 27 per cent quota for OBC reservation is applicable to the IIMs and IITs as well. The HRD minister’s statement came in wake of yet another controversy created around the legislation, when a Cabinet minister ...

With the Supreme Court verdict in their hands, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry is keen on a speedy implementation of the ruling. The Supreme Court on Thursday, 10 April 2008 in a historic judgment approved 27 per cent reservation for OBC in higher educational institutions in India. ...

The fee-hike prepared by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) may have been okayed by the Indian government, but it has left the IIMA faculty fuming. The IIMA faculty, most of whom are experts in their own respective spheres, are decrying the sharp unprecedented hike in the fees. The ...

After the IIMs, it is the turn of another Indian premier educational institute, the IITs to hike their fees. After nearly a decade the Indian Institute of Technology raised their fees the last time and so the authorities have approached the government to raise their fees. The HRD ministry confirmed ...