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Smriti Irani was education minister when UoH’s Rohith Vemula died by suicide and JNU students were accused of sedition and imprisoned.
Haryana’s bond policy for MBBS, PG students may force some to take two loans. Many are reconsidering joining its government medical colleges.
Long hours, bullying, lack of support make a difficult programme tougher for medical students. They hope for clear guidelines from the NMC
Even private medical college graduates have to do a year’s rural service. They haven’t signed a bond but aren’t being registered with Karnataka Medical Council.
Teachers from Bangalore University, Mangalore University said the institutions were unprepared for NEP 2020 and didn’t have resources for the FYUP.
The UGC forwarded the ECI’s notifications weeks after the MCC came into force and Vikshit Bharat is part of the poll campaign. Delhi votes on May 25.
CET Trivandrum admission is through KEAM. There are plans to change that, launch MTech courses and raise funds from alumni.
CUSAT Kochi has introduced two tracks in BTech courses. Plus, it plans to launch new MSc, BSc-LLB and executive MBA programmes.
IIT Bombay, Guwahati, Mandi, Kharagpur, Madras, MNNIT Allahabad, PEC Chandigarh have all launched degree courses, many in AI-ML and data science.