Mar 31, 2010 - AICTE scrutiny panel to meet from April
   The Regional Scrutiny Committee of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will meet from April 5 to review the documentation submitted by applicants for new institutions. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - 19 autonomous colleges in Bharathidasan University's fold
   With the University Grants Commission (UGC) granting autonomy to the National College with effect from the coming academic year. Read More >>

Mar 30, 2010 - MBA students throw up novel ideas at exhibition on e-business
   First year MBA students of Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) zealously presented an exhibition titled ‘E-xpressions' as part of their e-business course on Tuesday. Read More >>

Mar 28, 2010 - University of Madras to have two ranking lists
   University of Madras will have two ranking lists, one each for students of autonomous colleges and another for all other colleges, Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said on Saturday. Read More >>

Mar 28, 2010 - University's first summer school programme
   Anna University – Tiruchi has announced its first summer school programme focussing on current developments in Biological Sciences. Read More >>

Mar 27, 2010 - Proposal for single portal for all universities cleared
   The Union Cabinet has cleared the Information Technology Ministry's Rs.6,000-crore proposal for setting up a single exclusive portal for linking all universities in the country. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - AICTE receives 79 new applications from State
   Seventy-nine new applications from the State have been received by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for approval to start new institutions. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - Fifteen teaching staff to be appointed in April, says VC
   Recruitment of teaching staff for the Kodaikanal-based Mother Teresa Women's University will be done on two days, April 5 and 6. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - Lecture on styles of architecture
   Christian architecture is a mixture of Byzantine, Gothic and Islamic architectures said Rev. Fr.Vicent, a documentary director here on Wednesday. Read More >>

Mar 25, 2010 - AICTE notifies service condition for teachers
   Technical institutions including universities and deemed universities offering engineering, architectural, catering and allied programmes can no longer appoint those without a PhD degree as professors. Read More >>

Mar 24, 2010 - Implementation of revised approval procedure of AICTE stayed
   The Madras High Court has extended till March 26 the interim stay of the operation of the revised approval procedure of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in respect of existing approved self-financing technical institutions. Read More >>

Mar 24, 2010 - Examination centres for B. Ed. candidates of BU
   The entrance examination for B. Ed. course of the School of Distance Education of Bharathiar University will be held on March 28 at various centres. Read More >>

Mar 24, 2010 - Cyber security may be part of varsity courses
   With information technology developing rapidly, University of Madras vicechancellor G Thiruvasagam has proposed to introduce cyber security as part of the syllabus in some undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Read More >>

Mar 22, 2010 - Proposal for common exam timeframe for all universities in T.N.
   The process to have a common timeframe for all universities in Tamil Nadu for conducting semester examinations and publication of results has been initiated. Read More >>

Mar 21, 2010 - MKU urged to recognise Institute of Gandhian Studies as research centre
   An appeal was made to Madurai Kamaraj University to recognise the Institute of Gandhian Studies and Research in Gandhi Memorial Museum here as a research centre. Read More >>

Mar 21, 2010 - Training for students
   A two-day personality development programme for undergraduate and post graduate students of agriculture and horticulture concluded at the Agricultural College and Research Institute here on Saturday. Read More >>

Mar 21, 2010 - Virginia Tech University to set up campus in Chennai suburb
   Virginia Tech University, one of the oldest in the United States, will be the first foreign varsity to set up campus in Tamil Nadu. Read More >>

Mar 20, 2010 - Open book examination in higher education suggested
   Quality assurance in higher education cannot be measured by examinations. There should be much wider yardsticks to measure quality. Read More >>

Mar 20, 2010 - University plans to open constituent college in Theni
   The Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) plans to establish a constituent college in Theni district. R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor, told members of MKU Academic Council here on Thursday that the college would come up with the support of grants from Central and State Governments. Read More>>

Mar 20, 2010 - Tuition fee waived for PG students
   In a major sop for students, the state government on Friday announced that no tuition fee will be collected for postgraduate courses in government arts and science colleges from the coming academic year. Read More >>

Mar 20, 2010 - Students engineer cultural, literary facets at NITTFEST'10 in Tiruchi
   If creativity keeps commanding new benchmarks, the students of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T) were clearly at it. Read More >>

Mar 20, 2010 - Engineering colleges likely to seek higher quota
   Self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu may seek a larger share of management quota seats in admission to undergraduate courses for the next academic year. Read More >>

Mar 17, 2010 - TN eyes 700 more medical seats in govt-run colleges
   Here is good news for medical aspirants. Tamil Nadu is working on increasing MBBS seats by a whopping 700 in the government colleges. Read More >>

Mar 17, 2010 - ‘Malpractices' lead to cancellation of first semester engineering exam
   Anna University-Coimbatore has cancelled first semester examinations held at the Archana Institute of Technology in Krishnagiri. Read More >>

Mar 16, 2010 - University signs MoU with ICT Academy
   Bharathidasan University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) to function as a nodal institution in its jurisdiction comprising seven districts with 104 Arts & Science and Fine Arts colleges. Read More >>

Mar 16, 2010 - 2-day campus interview at college
   A campus interview is to be conducted at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College on March 17 and 18. Read More >>

Mar 15, 2010 - Stress on increasing access to higher education
   Vice-Chancellor of Anna University P. Mannar Jawahar has urged engineering graduates to consider teaching as a desirable employment option. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Graduates urged to contribute to development of science
   Scientific knowledge has been generated by the efforts of many scientists over a period of time. This is the information students are getting through their textbooks. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Inter-college technical meet gets under way
   ‘Robolympix,' the second annual national-level inter-college technical meet on robotics got under way at SRM University in Kattankulathur on Friday. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - ‘Techknow 2010' contest
   All India Manufacturers Organisation (TNSB) along with Anna University will organise ‘Techknow 2010', a national contest for students to exhibit their campus projects. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Campus interview
   About 700 candidates from polytechnics, arts and science colleges and industrial training institutes from in and around Madurai participated in a two-day campus recruitment drive at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College here on Friday and Saturday. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - HRD readies plan to relocate students of deemed varsities
   Coming to the aid of nearly 1.32 lakh students across the country studying in the 44 deemed universities recently derecognised, the human resource development ministry task force headed by P N Tandon has readied an action plan for relocating these students, pending the Supreme Court’s final verdict. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Madras varsity restricts tenure of temporary principals
   Taking a serious view of the number of colleges that are functioning with principals-in-charge, the University of Madras has decided to restrict their tenure to a maximum of six months to ensure that a regular principal is appointed by the time. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - “Many law students write exams in Tamil”
   Around 90 per cent of the law students preferred to write their examinations in Tamil and hence the Government has allotted Rs.20 lakh this year for updating the Tamil textbooks that were prepared about five years ago. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Deemed varsities embark on revamp at Centre’s behest
   Even as the report of the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry’s review committee — now in public domain — has left many deemed universities redfaced, some institutions have embarked on course correction. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Campus interview
   Manamadurai-based Unity Appliances of the Videocon Group will conduct a centralised campus interview at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College here on Saturday to recruit personnel for its factory. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - Engineering course approval deadline put off again
   For the third time in less than a month, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the deadline for engineering colleges in the country to apply for extension of approval of existing courses for the coming academic year. Read More >>

Mar 10, 2010 - Deemed varsity from State scores 0 on grading scale
   One deemed university from Tamil Nadu has scored 0 out of a maximum of 45 on the grading scale prepared by the expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Read More >>

Mar 09, 2010 - Supreme Court extends status quo on deemed universities
   The Supreme Court on Monday extended its interim order of status quo on the Centre's move to de-recognise 44 deemed universities on the basis of the Tandon Committee report. Read More>>

Mar 09, 2010 - University of Madras plans dept of women’s studies
  Students at the University of Madras may soon be able to widen their academic interests with the institution planning to establish a department of women’s studies soon. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - AICTE process runs into rough weather
  The revised approval process of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to improve transparency by asking colleges to upload biometric data of faculty. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - A PhD from Madras varsity just got tougher
  New regulations governing the conduct of doctoral programmes (PhD) which will take effect from July 2010 at the University of Madras will not only raise the eligibility bar for research scholars but also help crack the whip on errant research guides. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - Programme on campus interview held
  The Placement Cell of the Department of Biotechnology of Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi, organised a campus interview programme for final year students. Read More >>

Mar 07, 2010 - Universities continue use of expired NAAC ratings
  For all those planning to join top-ranked institutions, here is a word of caution: Do not go by the publicised rating of the college or the university. Read More >>

Mar 05, 2010 - Students question CAT shortlist criteria
  With shortlists for the group discussion/interview stage for four IIMs announced, some students question the criteria of Class X and Class XII marks used for the process. Read More >>

Mar 05, 2010 - Engg college owners to discuss fee hike
  Owners of self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu are scheduled to meet in Chennai on Saturday to discuss among other things a proposal to seek an increase in the fee structure for BE/BTech. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - IIT-M workshop on film-making
  The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, will conduct a six-day workshop on ‘Imaging cinema: emerging trends in film-making.'. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - B-school grads offered 20-25% more
  Placements in business schools across India are in full swing. But unlike last year, when students were unsure about their job and salary prospects, there is a definite buoyancy this time around. Read More>>

Mar 03, 2010 - Madras University to start affiliation process shortly
  The University of Madras will start the inspection process for affiliating new colleges and courses for the coming year and will complete it by the middle of April, said Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam on Tuesday. Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - Technical and soft skills training for SC/ST engineering students
  Free training will be provided in technical and soft skill development courses for third and fourth year SC/ST students of 34 engineering colleges by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO) in association with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT). Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - MBBS to focus on lifestyle disorders
  With more than 17% of the city’s population having diabetes and an equal number having hypertension, the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has decided to revise its syllabus from the next academic year to focus more on lifestyle diseases. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - College placement drive inaugurated
  The State-level placement drive for the Chennai zone for self-financing colleges affiliated to Anna University was inaugurated on Monday by Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - Higher secondary exams begin
  Higher Secondary examinations began on Monday with students finding the Language Paper I easy and officials reporting no incidents. Read More >>

Mar 01, 2010 - CAT topper from IIT-Madras
  Varun Mangamoori, a student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, has emerged the topper in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009, having scored in the 100th percentile in the results announced on Sunday. Read More >>