Education
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AIM retools for IIM Guwahati era
Northeast's oldest MBA institute shifts focus to tech programmes and entrepreneurship, plans to launch BSc data science and five-year integrated BCA-MCA course as Assam prepares for its first IIM
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November 2025
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'Continuous learning, adaptibility key'
Brainware University in West Bengal is reimagining management education to meet the evolving needs of a rapidly changing business world. Saileswar Ghosh, professor and HOD, Management, speaks to Pritha Roy Choudhury
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November 2025
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'Social impact' programmes grow despite tepid job scene
Changing government sector and civil society organisations boost public policy and development management programmes even as jobs get hit by fund cuts and regulations
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November 2025
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‘Aim to make India a global education hub, again’
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon has been granted Category 1 Graded Autonomy by AICTE, a recognition that strengthens its academic independence, enabling it to onboard up to 20% foreign faculty and students, and launch new programmes without prior approvals. Avanish Kumar, dean, School of Public Policy & Governance and Accreditations & Rankings, and co-chairperson (New Initiatives), MDI Gurgaon, during a conversation with Pritha Roy Choudhury, explains what this milestone means for the institute – from greater academic freedom and innovation in curriculum design to its evolution into a multidisciplinary university. Edited excerpts:
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November 2025
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'50% of ISB Hyderabad students should get some scholarship'
This year, Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad made its “most significant” course launch in years – a Postgraduate Programme for Young Leaders – in line with the trend of more leadership positions going to the young.
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November 2025
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India's top 100 Management Schools
For Careers360's 2026 B-school ranking, we evaluate and rank 100 public and private management institutions and rate over 550. A new section looks at new-age and highly-specialised branches
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November 2025
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'Knowledge of one specialisation no longer enough'
In 1983, the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship (SIMSREE) branched out of Mumbai’s Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, the first modern commerce education institution in Asia.
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November 2025
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'B-schools are not placement agencies'
Indian business schools focus too much on placements and not enough on curriculum and expansion, believes Subir Verma, director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi. He spoke to Aeshwarya Tiwari about placements, management school rankings, changes at FSM and why Indian B-schools need to focus more on Indian businesses. Edited excerpts:
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November 2025
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Fresh campus, courses, curriculum – IRMA enters a new era
In April, the Indian government set up the “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University on a foundation laid by the famed Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) in Gujarat. Now, IRMA is a school within the fledgling central university which, in its inaugural year, has launched three programmes. Saswata Biswas, director, IRMA and dean, School of Cooperative Management, speaks to Sheena Sachdeva about the transition, curriculum, expanding beyond Gujarat, broad vision and more. Edited excerpts:
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November 2025
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43 NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES; MBBS COUNSELLING DELAYED
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 43 new institutes to start the MBBS programme in the academic year 2025-26, while increasing the overall undergraduate medical intake by 11,125 - a more than 9% growth over last year's 1,17,750.
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November 2025
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IIM Admissions: The case for common counselling
Newer IIMs are experimenting with common, 'single-window' admission counselling. Students wish all 21 would come together
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November 2025
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'Time for specialised MBA education is here'
Rakesh Mohan Joshi, vice-chancellor of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - a deemed university shared that the new foreign campus in Dubai, being built at the Expo City, will be operational from the next academic session. During an interaction with Shradha Chettri, he also spoke about how the value of general MBA is declining and why institutes need to focus on specialised management disciplines. Edited excerpts from the conversation:
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November 2025
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'Entrepreneurship is where India's real future lies'
After nearly two years without a permanent director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has entered a new phase under the leadership of Professor Alok Kumar Rai, former vice-chancellor of University of Lucknow. During a conversation with Pritha Roy Choudhury, he talks about introducing AI-driven programmes and strengthening entrepreneurship while addressing emerging challenges in management education. He also shares his views on rankings, financial autonomy, and the evolving purpose of MBA education in a rapidly changing industrial landscape. Edited excerpts:
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November 2025
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Medical colleges hike fees
Private deemed universities have continued to raise the fees for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, with the overall cost of education at the majority of these institutes now anywhere between Rs 1 crore and Rs 2 crore, and even higher in some instances.
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November 2025
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Why all 4 pillars of education matter
Translation: A quarter of knowledge comes from the teacher, a quarter from one's own effort, a quarter from peers, and the final quarter through experience over time.
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August 2025
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AI IN EDUCATION REVOLUTIONISING TOWARDS EDUCATION 4.0
AI has the power to transform the educational landscape of today, solving some of the biggest challenges of modern-day education. The transition from conventional teaching and learning methods to an AI-enabled or tech-enabled learning is observed in many domains of study, including secondary to senior secondary education as well as college education.
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August 2025
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Introspection, contemplation as important as 'outwardfocused inquiry' in learning
NEP offers an opportunity for Indian educators to blend intuitive wisdom with modern teaching to transform classrooms into holistic learning spaces, write the CBSE secretary and a Delhi Government school leader
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August 2025
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Promises vs Provision: Public funding in NEP 2020 framework
Five years after NEP's launch, India's education spending stagnant at 4.1% of GDP - far below the promised 6% - while declining scholarships, fund shift towards elite institutes, and rising student debt challenge the policy's vision of inclusive education
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August 2025
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Education's Heroes
In India, education is shaped not only by policies and institutions but also by the people who refuse to accept inequality as the norm. They come from courtrooms, laboratories, medical colleges, village squares, and city streets, bound by a belief that learning must be a right for all, not a privilege for a few. Some take on entrenched systems through litigation and advocacy; others create small but lasting change through libraries, community classrooms, and grassroots campaigns.
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August 2025
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Relevance of engineering in the age of AI
Which college? Which branch? These questions plague millions of students entering higher education every year.
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August 2025
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NEP 2020 How Far Have We Come?
The business of policy-making for education is the business of nation building.
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August 2025
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Learning beyond the classroom
In every age, engineering has been the engine of transformation.
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August 2025
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'We operate on trust, but there are consequences for dishonesty'
Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman of National Educational Technology Forum (NETF), the executive committee of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and National Board of Accreditation (NBA), speaks with Aeshwarya Tiwari about the reforms in accreditation bodies, global accreditation standards, NIRF rankings, 'One Nation One Data' initiative, and more. Edited excerpts below
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August 2025
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India needs 10 times the number of audiologists it has
The Bachelor of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology degree can open many career avenues, its placement records are stellar and salaries, generous. It needs better promotion
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June 2025
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‘New B Pharma syllabus has specialisations, job-focus’
Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), the apex body for pharmacy education and the profession in the country, is revamping the undergraduate B Pharmacy course curriculum after a decade. Deependra Singh, chairperson, education regulation committee, and member, PCI spoke to Sheena Sachdeva about the new additions in curriculum, specialisations, the doubling of pharmacy colleges post-Covid and more. Edited excerpts:
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June 2025
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INDIA'S BEST medical, dental, AYUSH and pharma institutions
100 medical colleges, 50 dental and pharmaceutical institutions, leading AYUSH courses and colleges ranked
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June 2025
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The promise of allied health sciences
There are opportunities in the medical field beyond MBBS and nursing. Allied health sciences have millions of jobs and are evolving with new technologies but 'go unnoticed'
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June 2025
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'90% are first-generation graduates'
Ajeya Jha, vice chancellor of Arunachal University of Studies, one of the first private universities in the northeastern state, shares how the university has been catering to the first generation learners of the remote area since 2012. Speaking to Shradha Chettri, Jha explains how NAAC follows a very rigid system which then makes universities like his difficult to get a good score. He also spoke about the challenges of NEP implementation. Edited excerpts:
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June 2025
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Company Secretaries: Shaping Corporate Governance in India Inc.
The changing paradigm of Corporate Governance demands that businesses adopt policies and frameworks that integrate sustainability into corporate strategies and decision making.
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June 2025
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Scope Global Skills University
Scope Global Skills University (SGSU) is Central India's First NEP and NSQF Aligned Skills University in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 2023, under the UGC 2F Act it is a part of the AISECT Group, a leading education and skill development organization.
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