Uncertainty may shroud their deemed status with the apex court yet to deliver its final verdict. However, admissions to nearly 50 per cent of deemed universities blacklisted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) are on in full swing.
Sundar Kumaraswamy, vice-president for Enrollment Management, University of Dayton, in an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, says the addition of foreign institutions in India will help provide Indian students more options.
Max India founder and chairman Analjit Singh is in talks with four foreign universities to set up a medical college in the country.
To be set up under the PPP model, the 20 institutes will offer undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes.
Schools in West Bengal would be able to implement the "25 per cent poor children per class" quota under the Right To Education Act only from academic year 2011. A few schools, however, are organising afternoon classes for the children to meet the quota as early as possible.
The offers range from $2,500 to $3,500 per month.
Cigarettes to hotel major ITC entered the consumer products business in 2007. In three years, it has managed to corner a two per cent market share.
Cashing in on the interest generated in the three-dimensional world by films like Avatar, consumer electronics companies like Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic are gearing up to cajole Indian consumers to buy a 3D TV set
A couple of days earlier, IIM Ahmedabad said it would hike the fees for its two-year PGP course.
Salary offers during the ongoing final placements continue to be a matter of concern at the Indian Institutes of Technology.
With the two new Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket teams bringing in Rs 3,235 crore (Rs 32.35 billion) as auction price, advertising agencies and IPL franchisees expect the tournament to give a good push to the Rs 23,000-crore (Rs 230 billion) advertising sector this year.
Just when you thought dual-SIM handsets would suffice, manufacturers are planning to offer triple and even multi-SIM handsets.
The devil is in the detail for the real estate sector. Though the Budget gave sops to home buyers in the form of tax savings and interest rate subvention, it quietly brought back service tax on lease rentals in the Finance Bill.
While 2009 placements saw a 20-50% dip in salaries, the institutes are optimistic this time, even though salaries and number of offers per student are yet to touch 2007-08 levels.
Entertainment content (movie and music) will be 10-15 per cent more expensive, following the proposals of the Finance Bill 2010.
The IIMs were just recovering from the uproar over technical glitches during the CAT. Now, at least five students have filed applications under the right to information law.
At the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), where post-graduate programme (PGP) placement starts on March 4, a sense of anticipation and optimism is in the air.
Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business says it plans to provide graduates from other B-schools guidance and financial support for interesting entrepreneurial ideas as part of its strategy of finding and grooming entrepreneurs.
Final placements at IIM-Ahmedabad start this Saturday, while IIM-Indore and IIM-Lucknow will begin the process next week. IIM-Bangalore (IIM-B) and IIM-Calcutta (IIM-C) will start their final placements from March 4.
Institutes are seeing many first-time recruiters for lateral placements. Not only are they expecting more offers, but higher salaries, too.
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