Institutions

Odisha approves start-up policy, wants at least 1,000 in 5 years

The Odisha Start-up Policy (OSP), 2016, will be unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at an investors meet in Bengaluru next month.

PhD thesis for sale! Available at a corner store near IIT-D and JNU

In an open market outside the boundary wall of IIT Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, shops that look like printing outlets, sell thesis and dissertations for a sum as low as 20,000 rupees. This is not the only market if you are willing to pay for a readymade thesis.

We'll try and restore the dignity of Parl: Sushma Swaraj

"During the current Lok Sabha there has been a decay of institutions which can prove fatal for democracy. Not one, but a number of institutions have become victim to such mindset of this government," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said.

B-schools to oppose UGC bid to curb autonomy

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Leading business schools are likely to oppose a move of the UGC to affiliate them with state-run universities, which will curtail their autonomy, a delegation of management institutions has said. Deans and chairmen of B-schools offering post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM), described the Dec 23 University Grants Commission (UGC) proposal as retrogade, similar to the December 2010 notification issued by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which was suspended by the Supreme Court.