Showing posts with label Engineering College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Engineering College. Show all posts
Friday, 23 March 2018
Jurisdiction of state fee regulator over autonomous colleges upheld in SC
Jurisdiction of state fee regulator over autonomous colleges upheld in SC
Jurisdiction of state fee regulator over autonomous colleges upheld in SC
MUMBAI: In a setback for private professionalautonomous colleges, the Supreme Court upheld the jurisdiction of the state Fee Regulating Authority (FRA) over them.
The Supreme Court recently dismissed the special leave petition filed by K J Somaiya College of Engineering that challenged a Bombay high court order bringing autonomous colleges under the purview of FRA.
A division bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Uday Lalit dismissed the petition stating that they “found no reason to entertain the petition”. Somaiya College was one of the first to challenge the FRA jurisdiction in the high court last year. LN Welingkar Institute of Management and Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) followed suit.
On January 25, the high court rejected their contention and ruled that the fees proposed by autonomous colleges for every academic year would be subject to FRA regulation under the Maharashtra Private Unaided Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fees) Act, of 2015.
The colleges had contended that if the law is applied to them, it would snatch their financial autonomy and affect academic excellence.
The fee regulator, established under the 2015 act, is a quasi-judicial body that regulates fees of private and unaided professional institutions. It is currently headed by Justice M N Gilani, a retired Bombay high court judge. An FRA official said that it would regulate the fee structure of not only the upcoming academic session but also of 2017-18 retrospectively if it was not done last year.
After the high court order, Welingkar and SPIT submitted their fee proposals to the FRA, but Somaiya College refused to do so as it had challenged the court order.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/jurisdiction-of-state-fee-regulator-over-autonomous-colleges-upheld-in-sc/articleshow/63421475.cms
Students learn Shivaji’s engineering acumen at Rajmudra Festival
Students learn Shivaji’s engineering acumen at Rajmudra Festival
NAGPUR: While the greatness of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is often celebrated through processions, Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management organized Rajmudra Festival for the third year in a row to discuss his intelligence, skills and innovation to give budding engineers some lessons to learn. The event was held at the college campus on Wednesday and was attended by enthusiastic youngsters, hoping to become better versions of themselves.
Motivational speaker Sumant Tekade conducted a seminar on ‘Modern engineering aspects and administrative management — In Shivajian way’ and unveiled different shades of the brave king’s personality which should be adapted to walk on the path of progress. Atul Guru, an expert on Shivaji’s forts and a member of Durga Pratishthan, was present.
“Shivaji was a go-getter and firmly believed in high result-oriented thinking. He knew how to get the job done in the best manner with limited available resources and give maximum outcome. He was never reluctant to experiment and tried new techniques till he achieved excellence,” said Tekade.
According to him, if young engineers infuse this quality then they can work wonders for the society by using their knowledge to uproot and resolve various issues.
“Considered to be the father of Indian Navy, Shivaji demonstrated great skills in creating his military organization. He realized the importance of having a secure coastline and built a strong naval presence across the coast of Konkan and Goa to protect sea trade,” said Tekade.
The speaker revealed how Shivaji hired a Portuguese naval officer to train the Marathas to get an insight into their technologies in ship building. But when they refused to offer help, he did not fall back and polished the art on his own to such an extent that even the Britishers said that they need to learn from Shivaji’s methods.
With engaging tactics and amusing ways, Tekade grabbed attention of students as they seemed inspired to sharpen their professional expertise.
Shivaji pledged to eradicate all foreign rules and establish Hind Swaraj when he was merely 14 years old. Keeping in mind his long-term goal, he worked for it with a strong and persistent desire. Tekade said, “Each one of you must have your ultimate destination in your head and passionately strive hard to achieve it.”
Smart India Hackathon 2018 from March 30: Javadekar
Smart India Hackathon 2018 from March 30: Javadekar
NEW DELHI: The finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2018 (Software Edition) will be held on March 30 and 31 at 28 nodal centres across the country, announced HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
Smart India Hackathon is the World’s largest Nation-Building Digital Initiative of the HRD ministry and was conceptualized to harness the creativity and energy of bright young students for the development of our nation, the minister said.
Javadekar was hopeful that the solutions given by the students will be helpful in overcoming the challenges faced by various ministries and departments. This year’s initiative has software as well as hardware edition.
The minister said that SIH 2018 had received participation from 27 central ministries/ departments and 17 state governments who have sent more than 900 problem statements. After scrutinizing these problem statements, 408 problems (340 for software and 68 for hardware) were finally selected for the Hackathon and have been put out on MyGov platform.
Smart India Hackathon is the World’s largest Nation-Building Digital Initiative of the HRD ministry and was conceptualized to harness the creativity and energy of bright young students for the development of our nation, the minister said.
Javadekar was hopeful that the solutions given by the students will be helpful in overcoming the challenges faced by various ministries and departments. This year’s initiative has software as well as hardware edition.
The minister said that SIH 2018 had received participation from 27 central ministries/ departments and 17 state governments who have sent more than 900 problem statements. After scrutinizing these problem statements, 408 problems (340 for software and 68 for hardware) were finally selected for the Hackathon and have been put out on MyGov platform.
Javadekar added that SIH - 2018 has received over 17400 teams with participation of around one lakh students of Engineering, Management and MCA. These entries were scrutinized and 1296 entries have been selected for the finals.
In the finals, around 8000 students will attempt to give solutions for the listed 340 software problems. There are prizes to be won for different categories at each centre similar to last year.
Moreover, HRD ministry is also engaging with DST to ensure that selected teams from SIH 2018 could be supported by Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) as startups and DST has responded positively towards these efforts.
Some of the interesting projects of SIH developed by the students include a special pendrive to prevent data theft (for ISRO), Airport crowd management system (for Air India), a platform for North-East artefacts, a gaming solution for health benefits (for Ministry of AYUSH) among others. At least 27 projects will get implemented and adopted by different departments by the end of April or mid May 2018.
In the finals, around 8000 students will attempt to give solutions for the listed 340 software problems. There are prizes to be won for different categories at each centre similar to last year.
Moreover, HRD ministry is also engaging with DST to ensure that selected teams from SIH 2018 could be supported by Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) as startups and DST has responded positively towards these efforts.
Some of the interesting projects of SIH developed by the students include a special pendrive to prevent data theft (for ISRO), Airport crowd management system (for Air India), a platform for North-East artefacts, a gaming solution for health benefits (for Ministry of AYUSH) among others. At least 27 projects will get implemented and adopted by different departments by the end of April or mid May 2018.
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