Sheena Sachdeva covers engineering education for the news website and the magazine. Apart from tracking everything from admission to graduation and employment at India's technical schools, she writes extensively on issues of marginalisation, caste discrimination, diversity and gender in education, both in universities and schools. She was previously associated with Financial Express and BW Businessworld in Delhi and reported on startups, fintech and environment. She reports mainly from Kanpur and Delhi.
NIT Kurukshetra students demand elected council, quick re-exams, counselling for teachers
18 Apr 2026
No UGC framework, no scope of AI-free assignments; teachers rethink class assessment with viva voce
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ANRF spent just 61% of its budget for 2025-2026, nothing in first 2 years: Parliament panel report
30 Mar 2026
Central institutions fill over 30,000 posts; SC, ST, OBC ones more slowly: Education ministry data
23 Mar 2026
UP Budget 2026-27: Vocational education funds up 88%; 14 new medical colleges; school outlay highest
05 Mar 2026
Not Just JEE, NEET: Plans for IIT Kanpur - SATHEE go far beyond coaching to ‘routine school support’
26 Feb 2026