Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Off-beat courses get popular in 2019

Hindustan Times Pg 13, 27/02/2019

10 mantras for the success of startups

Times of India Pg 13, 26/02/2019

IIT-D new PhD programme to strengthen India's global brand

Times of India Pg 12 (Education Times) 25/02/2019

In PG engineering courses in Maha, women almost equal men

Times of India Pg 02, 25/02/2019

कृत्रिम प्रज्ञेच्या शाखा

Loksatta Pg 08, 25/02/2019

पदविसाठी ३० टक्के गुण पुरेसे?

Loksatta Pg 01, 24/02/2019

Haffkin Inst & IIT-Bombay to start incubation center shrotly

DNA Pg 03, 24/02/2019

अभिमत विद्यापिठांसाठीचे निकष कठोर

Loksatta Pg 04, 22/02/2019

दशकभरात अवघे १२ प्रबंधच 'शोधगंगा' वर

Loksatta  Pg 03 & 12, 22/02/2019

4 months on, students wait for MU's ATKT exam results

Hindustan Times Pg 04, 22/02/2019

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

भविष्यात कौशल्यालाच महत्व: श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी अभियांत्रिकी महाविद्यालत चर्चासत्रात मान्यवरांचे मत

Sakal Pg 03 ( Navi Mumbai), 20/02/2019

अभियांत्रिकी महाविद्यालयांचा प्रवेश क्षमतेत घट

Loksatta Pg 04, 20/02/2019

Smart start: New startups are offering students lessons in how to turn an idea into a compony


Niche courses in health, tech, AI are catching on

Hindustan Times Pg 13, 20/02/2019

Teachers asked to assess MU papers again

Hindustan Times Pg 04, 20/02/2019

Jobs are increasing in data science, cyber security

Hindustan Times Pg 17, 19/02/2019

3 more Mumbai colleges get UGC Autonomy

Hindustan Times Pg 01 & 10, 19/02/2019

Is EdTech shifiting gears

Times of India Pg 10, 18/02/2019

योग्य विद्यापीठ कैसे निवडाल?

Sakal Pg 10, 18/02/2019

India's school textbook content needs a rethink

Hindustan Times Pg 12, 18/02/2019

35% teacher's post vacant: Central universities report card

Hindustan Times Pg 07, 18/02/2019

भूगर्भातील पाणीसाठा मोजून दुष्काळाची पूर्वसूचना: मुंबई आयआयटीच्या विद्यार्थ्यांनी तयार केले उपकरण


Maharashtra Times Pg 1 & 6, 17/02/2019

एकच अभ्यासक्रम पूर्ण करण्यासाठी विविध विद्यापीठांत शिकता येणार?

/Loksatta Pg 04, 17/02/2019

16K of 49K MU students pass exams after re-evaluation

Hindustan Times Pg 04 16/02/2019

Friday, 8 February 2019

Tech colleges failing quality tests will be shut in 4 years: AICTE Chairman

Tech colleges failing quality tests will be shut in 4 years: AICTE Chairman

AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe gives his perspective on the challenges and way forward for technical education institutes

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is looking to improve the quality of technical education in the country. BusinessLine reached out to AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe to get his perspective on the challenges and way forward for technical education institutes. Excerpts:
What are the steps the AICTE is taking to improve the quality of technical education?
In the last three years, around 600 colleges of sub-standard quality have been shut. The poor ones are getting closed on their own but the AICTE is helping institutes which fall under the mediocre category by supporting them. Keeping this in consideration, the technical body has also come up with a mentoring programme. The aim is that one good institute should mentor 10 more institutes. The AICTE is also focussing on a quality test so in the next four years if the college fails to improve its quality it will be closed.
How do you think the 10 per cent EWS quota will impact the institutes?
In general, it will not have much impact but it will help the students who come under the lower income group to get admissions in better quality institutions.It will help students who cannot afford to go to high end coaching classes. With this move, talented students will get into good institutes.
What are the challenges faced by the technical education in India?
It is a two way problem — institutions and industry. So firstly, the institutions have to understand that they need to improve their curricula, teaching-learning process, practical hands-on training, examination reforms. To rectify this problem, the AICTE is advocating the open book exam. The other is, more industry participation in the institute and to overcome it now, it is mandatory for institutes to set up industry-institute participation cell to bridge the gap between industry expectations and academic offerings.
How can India become a hub of technical education in the coming days?
The initiatives that the AICTE has taken will bring a change, earlier the role of AICTE was to only give approval. It never mentored the institutes and lifted their quality, and a positive change can be seen with these. In terms of innovation, we stood at 81 rank five years ago, today we stand at 57. We are moving forward to be among the top technical education places globally.

All teachers must craft their skills for the tech age

Hindustan Times Pg 17, 06/02/2019

Leading institutes must create research culture for the growth of science

Hindustan Times Pg 06/02/2019

Maha topped list of tech colleges barred from admitting students

Hindustan Times Pg 04, 06/02/2019