AICTE issued a notice advising people against signing up for online PhDs offered by Edutech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions, saying that such a programme is not recognised by it.

Chandigarh Dec 31 PTI In a major reshuffle the Haryana government Friday issued transfer and posting orders of seven IAS and 63 state civil services officers with immediate effectAmong the IAS officers transferred include Sonepat Municipal Corporation Commissioner Dharmender Singh who will now serve as the special secretary to government Haryana Cooperation Department according to an official statementHaryana Civil Services officers shuffled include Ashima Sangwan Rewari Additional Deputy Commissioner and District Resources Information Officer and District Municipal Commissioner who has been posted as additional secretary to government Technical Education DepartmentNishu Singal sub-divisional officer civil-cum-additional collector Ambala Cantt and estate officer for management of government land in excised area has been transferred as additional director administration Elementary Education HaryanaMamta sub-divisional officer civil Kalka has been posted as district transport officer-cum-secretary Regional Transport Authority PanchkulaGirish Kumar sub-divisional officer civil Brara has been posted as district transport officer-cum-secretary RTA KaithalGauri Midha district transport officer-cum-secretary RTA Ambala has been posted as joint CEO Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority FaridabadSiddarth Dahiya city magistrate Gurgaon has been posted as sub divisional officer civil Rewari PTI SUN TIR TIR

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar on Wednesday virtually released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021.

Bhopal Dec 25 PTI The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed Raghvendra Kumar Singh a 1997-batch IAS officer as the new principal secretary and commissioner of the state public relations Department an official said on Saturday As per a government order Singh who was the principal secretary and commissioner of Technical Education has also been made the managing director of Madhya Pradesh Madhyam a communication platform of the state government Sheo Shekhar Shukla who was holding the charge of principal secretary of the public relations department has been posted as the principal secretary of culture and tourism the official said Sudam Pandharinath Khade a 2006-batch IAS officer who was the commissioner of the public relations department will take charge as the commissioner of health services and controller of food and drug administration the order stated Apart from this Akash Tripathi a 1998-batch IAS officer who was the commissioner of health services and food and drug administration has been appointed as the secretary-cum-commissioner of the technical education department it was stated PTI ADU ARU ARU

Chennai Dec 22 PTI The Madras High Court has directed the Anna University and the Director of Technical Education to allow a student who had absented herself for two years due to illness to continue her studies in the third year of an engineering course and permit her to write the fifth semester exam to be held in January Justice M Dhandapani gave the direction while allowing a writ petition from the student R Nithya recently According to the petitioner the Anna University allotted her a seat in the Electronics and Communication Engineering at a private College at nearby Padur and she completed two years of the course While so she was afflicted with allergic rhinitis which prevented her from attending classes for two years and the college forcefully issued a transfer certificate to her She recovered from the ailment in 2020 and was admitted in July 2021 and thereafter was attending the college regularly As per the advice of the college she paid the fifth semester fee of Rs 2500 for six subjects and three practical exams which would be held in January In spite of payment of the exam fee she did not get her registration number for the same Finally she was told by the University to commence the course from the first year Hence the present writ petition Coming to the rescue of the student the judge referred to the Regulations of Anna University more especially Regulation 51 which prescribed that students who have been enrolled to Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Higher Secondary stream are to complete the course within 14 semester period meaning thereby the students should complete the course within seven years In the case on hand the petitioner had discontinued her studies between April 2018 and mid 2020 for two years and thereafter joined the college for the fifth semester In the interregnum period barring the four semesters completed by her she had not pursued the course for another four semesters in all totalling eight semesters She has two more years of study viz four semesters and if she is allowed to write the examination for the four semesters in all she would be completing only 12 semesters However even as per the mandate of Regulation 51 students from the Higher Secondary stream ought to complete the course within 14 semesters Even if the petitioner is permitted to write the examination at present she would only be in the ninth semester in the overall 14 semesters and therefore she is well within the Regulation prescribed by the University Such being the case rejecting the case of the petitioner for continuance and to write the examination is wholly unsustainable and the same is liable to be interfered with the judge said and directed the University and the college to allow her to write the fifth semester exam within a week PTI COR SA APR APR

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 8 (ANI): A decision to draft the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with foreign institutes to regulate the framework for immigration consultants and IELTS centers in Punjab was taken in the high-level meeting under the chairmanship of Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Technical Education Minister Rana Gurjit Singh.

Kolkata Oct 23 PTI With a focus on experience-based education and hands-on training the West Bengal government has adopted a three-tier model of skilling with vocational training centres at panchayats ITI institutes at blocks and a polytechnic college at every sub-division of the state a minister said on Saturday Technical Education and Skill Development Minister Humayun Kabir said his department is in the process of setting up at least one polytechnic institute in every sub-division of the state The government has identified 495 vocational training centres for upgrading and trying to converge technical education with the labour department to identify district-wise skill gap he said Realising the importance of an experience-based education and hands-on training our department has adopted a three-tier model of skilling with vocational training centres at the panchayat level an ITI at a block level and a polytechnic institute at the sub-divisional level the minister said Addressing the 4th Globalised Education Forum organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce he said the government has earmarked Rs 1285 crore for technical education and training in the current financial year Under the Utkarsh Bangla scheme 185 polytechnic colleges and 283 ITIs have already been operationalised We have identified 495 vocational training centres for upgrading trying to converge our department with the labour one for developing career counselling centres and district skill development plans to identify skill gap and introduce demand-oriented courses in every district of West Bengal Kabir said At present there are 628 vocational training centres in the state which are actively engaged in encouraging students to innovate and present their ideas which could be a step towards future industry-academia partnerships the minister said The state government also wanted to set up centres of excellence in collaboration with industry associations in segments that have high employment potential he said Notably the annual target of imparting skill in the state is around 6 lakh under the institutional and non-institutional mode he said PTI SUS BDC BDC

Mumbai : It’s been a year and a half since pandemic outbreak. Due to COVID19 education had switched to online mode. But now as India might reach 100 crore vaccination mark next week, degree colleges can reopen. Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant announced on Wednesday that colleges will resume physical classes from October 20. Degree colleges will function with 50% occupancy and only for fully vaccinated students. The students who are under 18 vaccination is not mandatory said government resolution on Wednesday evening.

Mumbai : It’s been a year and a half since pandemic outbreak. Due to COVID19 education had switched to online mode. But now as India might reach 100 crore vaccination mark next week, degree colleges can reopen. Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant announced on Wednesday that colleges will resume physical classes from October 20. Degree colleges will function with 50% occupancy and only for fully vaccinated students. The students who are under 18 vaccination is not mandatory said government resolution on Wednesday evening.

Mumbai : It’s been a year and a half since pandemic outbreak. Due to COVID19 education had switched to online mode. But now as India might reach 100 crore vaccination mark next week, degree colleges can reopen. Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant announced on Wednesday that colleges will resume physical classes from October 20. Degree colleges will function with 50% occupancy and only for fully vaccinated students. The students who are under 18 vaccination is not mandatory said government resolution on Wednesday evening.