MAKAUT VC says core engineering branches like civil and mechanical engineering seeing decline in interest, computer science, IT still popular; aims to improve NIRF ranking
Despite Rs 4,895 crore spent on National AYUSH Mission, ayurveda, homeopathy graduates face job shortages, turn to allopathy

BASLP is one of the emerging allied health science courses, but with just 2,500 graduates for India’s 63 million with hearing loss, experts call for more awareness
NCAHP still new, private bodies with official-sounding names have been ‘affiliating’ institutes offering allied health sciences, paramedical science, nursing diplomas and degrees
Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth focuses on student-led research while implementing NMC’s CBME policy. Dean Rekha Arcot speaks on MBBS fees, teacher recruitment reforms, new ranking system
Medical aspirants use BSc nursing as last resort, says St. Stephen’s Hospital College of Nursing principal; more boys now looking at the profession