Contents
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National Rankings
6 Editorial
Presidential attention to cause of higher education in the
country
5, 12
Spotlight
SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY Holds maiden convocation
Study reveals almost half of Indian children admit to
meeting or wanting to meet a stranger they first met online
Cover Story
OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
By Next Academic Session
In April 2016, India will publish its first-ever national
rankings of institutions of higher education after the
ministry of human resources development announced
the national institutional ranking frameworks for
15-16
News Updates
Jindal University convenes BRICS Higher Education
Conference
'King's College' opens in Rohtak next year
1000 British students to intern at TCS
New Website on Climate Change
Aspiring Minds partners with Ringier to launch AMCAT
across Africa
Engineered plastics from IIT Delhi?
ORION EDUTECH LAUNCHES 'VIDYARTHI SCHEME'
Book on 'The President of India and the Governance of
Higher Education Institutions'
National Competition for Budding Managers by PHD
Chambers
17
Guest Column
Investment Banker's career progression
13-14
Interview
Sandy Hooda, co-founder of Vega schools
24
Campus Buzz
Next Education holds school leaders workshop
Pathways Aravali celebrates UN Day
MBTA conducts India's first ever Ball Boys & Girls Hunt
IIM Kozhikode fest Backwaters- 2015
Conference on BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS
EU-AIU workshop
9th Indo-German Students' Exchange Programme 2015
Dusshera Bash at SRS International School Faridabad
Texas Instruments Science and Technology Quiz 2015
Student hacker duo win award
Haryana student wins Bradman Foundation Scholarship
Rukmini Devi School innational finals of TCS IT Wiz 2015
Telenor Youth Forum in Norway
Rural Illumina: MDI Special
National Safety Science Quiz 2015 won by TN students
VIBGYOR High School, Goregaon, wins Don Bosco Inter
School Basketball Tournament 2015
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Curriculum November 16 2015
engineering & management streams. In a related
development, which may raise interest level in rankings
further, Times Higher Education World University
Rankings, London will publish BRICS university
rankings, which would be revealed in New Delhi on
December 2, 2015
8 NEWS
Committee Headed by T.S.R. Subramanian to Frame
New Education Policy constituted
State-specific higher education index by FICCI-EY
E-Pathshala, Saransh, Shaala Siddhi Portals/ Mobile
APPS from Ministry of HRD
Jayant Krishna appointed interim CEO of NSDC
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports constitutes All India
Council of Sports Council
“IMPRINT” roadmap for Engineering & Technology
Challenges
Review Committee To Look Into Non-net And Net
Fellowships
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India Skills...Special Series
iQor India inks pacts with ESSCI, Centum Learning
Mphasis to train 500 underprivileged youth
TS likely to introduce “IT Skill Education” from Class 9
17.79 million skilled workforce in Handlooms and
Handicrafts Sector needed by 2022
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Announcements/others