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'XLRI's Mumbai campus will focus on finance, Amravati on international partnerships'
Founded in 1949, XLRI Jamshedpur is India's oldest business school and it just celebrated its platinum jubilee. Now, the 75 year-old private institution has hit another growth spurt with new campuses in the works. Its Amravati campus will focus on international collaborations; Mumbai, on finance courses; and in Delhi, an automobile design school is planned. Father S George, S.J., director, XLRI Jamshedpur, spoke to Sheena Sachdeva about upcoming campuses, new courses, placements, partnerships with Indian and international universities and more. Edited excerpts
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November 2024
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The 50 colleges in 5 countries where most Indians go for MBBS abroad
Data on countries and colleges from the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) 2022 - the latest available - shows that most Indians who completed medical degrees abroad and wrote the FMGE went to five countries.
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May 2024
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Foreign medical colleges: Look before you leap
A close look at foreign medical colleges that thousands of Indians have graduated from shows that many are unaccredited, don’t have hospitals or even their own websites
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May 2024
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'Either I clear FMGE or leave the country'
After spending lakhs on MBBS degrees abroad, thousands spend years trying to clear the FMGE. That is the only option for Indian graduates of foreign medical colleges to build a career in India
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May 2024
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Why hundreds of nursing graduates leave India each year
There has been an increase in nursing institutes over the past two decades but policy gaps, lax regulations, poor pay and opportunities are pushing a large number of nursing staff to seek opportunities abroad
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May 2024
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In Kashmir, why NEET and JEE candidates flock to private reading halls to prepare for exams
These are accessible round-the-clock, even on public holidays, have private cabins and booths, kitchen, discussion area and some, even places for napping
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May 2024
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Battling despair and depression in medical school
Long hours, bullying, lack of support make a difficult programme tougher for medical students. They hope for clear guidelines from the NMC
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May 2024
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This father-daughter duo uncovered a scam in NEET admissions in West Bengal
Several generalcategory students had secured admission in medical colleges with forged ST certificates. Ishita Soren spotted the names, and her father followed up
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May 2024
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'Forced to take up bonded labour
There's massive resistance to a state policy in Karnataka that requires even private medical college graduates to do one year's mandatory rural service
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May 2024
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‘A routine circus': PG medical students lobby, move court to get stipends
Despite NMC orders, many medical colleges still seriously underpay resident doctors and threaten them into silence. In government colleges, stipends can be delayed for months
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May 2024
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Why Mizoram wants centre to take over its only medical college
Mizoram got its first state medical college in 2018. In 2023, it asked the union government to take over. Mixed up in this are questions of funding, MBBS seat distribution
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May 2024
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The other Kotas
As exam competition intensifies, coaching hubs are sprouting across small towns and tiertwo cities such as Sikar in Rajasthan, Akola in Maharashtra, and Patna, Bihar
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May 2024
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The bond hurdle
Haryana’s bond policy is a constant source of fear and stress for its MBBS students
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May 2024
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The battle over Delhi University's UCMS
The dual control’ over University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) has slowed expansion of MBBS, PG seats, stalled establishment of new departments, delayed fund utilisation, says a DU EC note. Teachers say a shift to the Delhi government will imply loss of autonomy
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May 2024
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How Delhi's Gautam Nagar became the 'FMGE coaching hub'
Thousands of foreign medical graduates flock to this South Delhi locality, a long walk from AIIMS, to prepare for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination
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May 2024
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How we select the best medical, dental, Ayush, and pharmaceutical institutions
100 medical colleges, 50 dental and pharmaceutical institutions, leading Ayush courses and colleges ranked
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May 2024
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A university dying a slow death
Darjeeling Hills University has students but no permanent vice chancellor, teachers, administrators or a campus
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March 2024
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What state universities are doing with their autonomy
Lucknow University is planning new courses, online and offline, but Madras University is grappling with funding problems
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March 2024
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MIT Art, Design & Technology University
MIT Art, Design, and Technology University: We Dare to Dream and Care to Achieve it | MIT Art, Design, and Technology University: Achieving Excellence Through Diversity for All Mankind | MIT Art, Design, and Technology University: A Community of Lifelong Learners, Responsible Global Citizens, and Champions of our Own Success | MIT Art, Design & Technology University: Successfully pioneering Holistic Development, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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March 2024
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Fewer offers, slimmer packages
Like in engineering colleges, placements at top arts and commerce colleges are also facing a slump
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March 2024
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The rot in research
Delayed fellowships, straitened resources, discrimination, exploitation, poor management Indian researchers have their backs against the wall
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March 2024
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From maths to the wandering mind: What IKS centers are studying
Over 50 IKS centres have come up across education institutions and non-profits to lead research on Indian Knowledge Systems. Here’s what they are studying
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March 2024
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EMPOWERING DIVERSE MINDS ACROSS VARIED DISCIPLINES
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the paradigm has shifted from mere academic excellence to cultivating holistic development and innovation.
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March 2024
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How 'Lady Kim Jong' is forcing Bengal's private teacher training colleges to fall in line
Embarrassed by a notification issued in Assam, the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University (BSAEU) cancelled affiliation of 253 private colleges for breaching regulations
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March 2024
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ADIGHUNGHANAGIRI UNIVERSITY
Sri. Dr. Nirmalanandanatha Ginn turned the vision of Sri. Sri. Sri. Dr. Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji into a reality by establishing the Adichunchanagiri University for providing world class professional education to the rural population.
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March 2024
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CUET: The other side
Delayed admissions, swathes of vacant seats and loss for local students what the CUET exam has meant for universities and why more are now pushing for alternative’ ways of admission
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March 2024
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Discovering Excellence in Education: Navrachana University's Innovative Initiatives
Navrachana University (NUV) stands at the forefront of academic excellence, dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation and learning.
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March 2024
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'There is a need to revamp the CUET'
In February, just 14 years after establishment, the Central University of Himachal Pradesh CUHP), Dharamshala, became one of the eight central universities to be granted graded autonomy by the University Grants Commission UGC). Vice-chancellor Sat Prakash Bansal spoke to Sanjay about the new status, the Common University Entrance Test CUET), implementation of the National Education Policy NEP) 2020, and CUHP’s campuses. Edited excerpts from the conversation
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March 2024
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DAYANANDA SAGAR UNIVERSITY
EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF ENDLESS LEARNING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR PROGRESSIVE GROWTH.
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March 2024
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The ABCs of the APAAR ID
Close to 1,800 academic institutions are on board the Academic Bank of Credit, but only 30% have actually uploaded credit data. As many as 25,000 crore APAAR student IDs have been generated
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