India’s proposed National Research Foundation will shake up the scientific landscape to encourage a culture of research. India’s proposed National Research Foundation will shake up the scientific landscape to encourage a culture of research.
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If physics undergraduates studying electromagnetic waves take a break over the next few days to try and grasp how the gau mata radiates an “aura of mystical power”, none will be more pleased than the higher education regulator.
Medical students can do their bit by devoting themselves to analysing the therapeutic properties of the “panchgavya, a mixture of cow’s milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung”.
The University Grants Commission wants all university and college students to take an online test on the cow’s miraculous abilities, to be held by a government body on February 25. The exam is open to all citizens.
Centre s Moves to Alter Status Quo Worry IITs and IIMs
While IITs have expressed an inability to introduce BTech courses in Indian languages immediately, the education ministry has moved to erode the autonomy of IIMs.
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New Delhi: Moves by the Centre to alter status quo at the IITs and IIMs have caused consternation among stakeholders of the premier institutions, according to reports.
At the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), teachers and officials are “worried” about the decision to introduce BTech programmes in Indian languages from the next academic year.