IIT JAM 2019: Online correction window opens

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October 25, 2018

The window for correcting the online application form of Joint Admission Test (JAM) 2019 has been activated. Candidates aspiring for the exam are allowed to do corrections in exam centre, category and gender in their online application till October 30 through the official website — jam.iitkgp.ac.in.

IIT JAM 2019 exam will be conducted on February 10 in two sessions. The Computer Based Test (CBT) will be for admissions of students to M Sc (four semesters), joint M Sc-Ph D, MSc-PhD dual degree, etc. programmes at the IITs and integrated Ph D degree programmes at IISc.

IIT JAM 2019 Syllabus

The syllabus will comprise of various topics such as BL (Biological Sciences), BT (Biotechnology), GC (Geology), MS (Mathematical Statistics), CY (Chemistry), PH (Physics) and MA (Mathematics).

IIT JAM 2019 Examination schedule

Session-I: 9 am to 12 pm — Biological Sciences (BL), Mathematics (MA), Physics (PH)

Session-II: 2 pm to 5 pm — Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG), Mathematical Statistics (MS).

IIT JAM 2019 Eligibility criteria

Educational qualification:

The aspirant should hold a bachelor’s degree in any stream from any recognised college or university
They must have scored a minimum 55 per cent marks for general and OBC-NCL candidates. For SC, ST and PwD categories, it is 50 per cent
Those students who are in the final year of their qualifying exam can also apply
Age limit: There is no age restriction and the candidate can be an Indian national or a foreigner

IIT JAM 2019 Important dates

Commencement of Online registration: September 1, 2018
Online registration ends: October 10, 2018
Admit card availability: January 4, 2019
Mock test link availability: January 10, 2019
JAM 2019: February 10, 2019
Result announcement: March 20, 2019

India doubles its presence in QS Asia Ranking 2019

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October 25, 2018

Indian higher education institutes have doubled their presence in the 2019 edition of the QS Asia Rankings, but none made it to the top 20.

In an official press statement released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on Wednesday, India has the third largest number of universities and institutes (75), after China (112) and Japan (89), in the Asia Rankings. Out of 75 institutes, there are 40 new Indian institutions in the ranking.

Bettering its position by 1 place from last year, IIT-Bombay is ranked 33 and is the top Indian Institute in QS Asia Ranking 2019. The other institutes from India in the ranking are IIT-Delhi at 40th position, IIT-Madras at 48th position, Indian Institute of Science at 50, IIT-Kharagpur at 53 and IIT-Kanpur at 61. Delhi University and IIT-Roorkee are also among the Indian institutions in the top 100 list.

“With forty new universities ranked and fourteen moving up the table, India is making good progresses in this analysis…. Since India has to cater principally for its rapidly growing student population, it has domestic priorities which results in it lagging behind in the international faculty and students’ indicators. Its leading institutions are well-liked by employers and respected by academics internationally: nine Indian universities place among the top-100 for these two indicators,” Ben Sowter, research director at QS, said.

National University of Singapore has been assessed as Asia’s best university, followed by University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University, Tsinghua University and Peking University, in that order.

QS Asia Ranking 2019: Nine Indian varsities among top 100

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October 25, 2018

With the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT- Bombay) as the top Indian institute in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2019, eight other varsities from India made it to the top 100.

In the latest rankings, IIT-Bombay is ranked 33 with no Indian institute among top 10 Asian institutes.

The National University of Singapore has been assessed as Asia’s best university, followed by University of Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University, Tsinghua University and Peking University.

The other institutes from India in QS Asia Ranking 2019 are IIT-Delhi at 40th position, IIT-Madras at 48th position, Indian Institute of Science at 50, IIT-Kharagpur at 53 and IIT-Kanpur at 61. Delhi University and IIT-Roorkee are also among the Indian institutions in the top 100 list.

As per a QS release, there are 75 universities from India in the top 500 Asia list.

Universities in QS ranking have been assessed on parameters like academic reputation, employer reputation, student-faculty ratio, international faculty and students, staff with PhD, papers per faculty and citations per paper, among other parameters.

Top 10 Asian University

1) National University of Singapore (NUS)

2) The University of Hong Kong

3) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

3) Tsinghua University

5) Peking University

6) Fudan University

7) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

8) KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

9) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

10) Seoul National University

NASSCOM to train students online

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October 24, 2018

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is planning to make available its online skilling platform Futureskills for college students as well.

The move of not for profit tech services industry will provide training to students in emerging technologies beyond member companies.

Futureskills offers training in Internet of Things (IoT), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Virtual Reality, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing and 3D printing, among others. NASSCOM through the platform has started the courses around three months ago and now has 2,00,000 participants from its member companies.

It is expected that the Futureskills will make these courses available to colleges from July next year. Initially, NASSCOM may carry out a pilot with a few colleges. The current subscription model for the courses offered is also likely to be replicated for the courses.

“Our first goal was to train the employees of member companies. So far, we offered training for B2B. July-August is when we want to take it to the colleges. We may pilot with some colleges and are in discussion with them,” said Amit Agarwal, CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skill Council, Nasscom,.

He also said, “The primary objective of Futureskills is to train people at member companies and the people who could be recruited by them.”

MHRD constitutes panel for feasibility study of IITs’ autonomy

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October 24, 2018

The Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) has set up a seven-member committee, under former IIT-Kanpur chairman M Anandkrishnan, to explore the feasibility of reducing Government’s control over the 23 IITs.

The committee also having directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) located in Kharagpur, Madras, Bombay, Delhi and Kanpur, is expected to submit its report in two months.

The committee is most likely to suggest changes in the composition of the Board of Governors (BoG) of IITs. As per Section 11 of the IIT Act, the board has nine members, all of whom are either directly or indirectly nominated by the government. In contrast, as per the new IIM Act, each IIM has 15 members of which five represent the institute’s alumni.

“Some of the best engineering schools abroad have bigger boards representing diverse voices and experience. They also have a strong alumni presence. The IIT boards are small and their composition is controlled by the government. There no room or provision for alumni either,” said a committee member.

In addition to that, the committee will also examine to empower the board to amend the institute’s statutes that govern day-to-day functioning. Currently, no amendment, repeal or addition to the statutes is possible without the approval of the President, who is the Visitor of all IITs.

It is also expected that the will also seek feedback from the IIMs on their experience under the new IIM Act before finalising its report. “We need to know if there are any lessons in there for us,” the above member added.

Need to address gaps in education ecosystem: President

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October 24, 2018

Stressing upon the need to have a holistic vision for boosting quality in higher education system in the country, President Ram Nath Kovind has urged the educational institutions to address existing gaps within the edu-ecosystem of the country.

“Even today, 46,144 students from 166 countries are studying in India. The breadth of Indian higher education is appreciable. However, the fact is that there are still gaps in quality which deter the country from attaining world-class excellence,” the President said while delivering a speech at the 15th convocation ceremony of the Symbiosis International University.

The President said the Government has taken a decision to promote and support 20 institutions of higher education as ‘institutes of eminence‘ to grant them recruitment and curricula flexibility to reach best-in-class global standards.

Lauding the girls’ performance in higher education, he said that as the President he made a conscious effort to visit universities and educational institutions across the country to meet and interact with students and future thought leaders of the country.

“One of my findings has been that the academic performance of girl students tends to exceed that of boys. Today too, of the nine gold medals awarded at this convocation, six have gone to graduating girls. This is commendable and a happy sign for our society,” he said during the ceremony held on Tuesday.

Urging students to use education to help fellow citizens, the President added, “Your education gives you responsibility to help those less-privileged and less-fortunate how you choose to do this is entirely up to you. But remember that your empathy for fellow citizens is as much a test of your scholarship as your mark-sheet or your degree.”

Around 13,000 EWS category seats remain vacant in Delhi private schools

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October 23, 2018

Around 13,000 nursery seats which were reserved for children from economically weaker sections (EWS) in private schools in the 2018-19 academic session remain vacant in the national capital, reveals the latest report by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).

In the wake of the aforementioned news that has brought major embarrassment to private schools in Delhi, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has asked the state to provide the data about vacant seats under the EWS category in entry-level classes in private schools.

“I have asked the states to provide data about vacant EWS seats and then we will analyse what can be done to ensure the candidates under the category can make the best use of the available provisions”, said Prakash Javadekar, HRD Minister.

According to the DCPCR report, despite Govt’s persistent push for the cause [of EWS], 74 private schools did not admit even a single student under the EWS category in the last two academic sessions. Of the total 48,122 seats which are available, only 35,500 seats have been filled in Delhi private schools.

In another related report, parents of this category have complained that the private schools in Delhi have not provided free books, stationery, and uniforms to their children. This comes in direct violation of the RTE Act (2009), as per which, the schools are supposed to provide such facilities to the deserving students.

CAT 2018 admit cards to be released on 24th October

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October 23, 2018

The admit cards for the Common Admission Test (CAT) will be released on Wednesday (24th October) on its official website i.e. www.iimcat.ac.in.

This year’s CAT examination to be conducted by Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta will be held on Sunday, November 25 in 147 cities across the country in two sessions.

Pertaining this, the exam authority has already released a tutorial to understand the format of the test which is now available on the CAT website.

Exam pattern of CAT 2018

This year, the total duration of the examination will be three hours and candidates will be allotted 60 minutes for answering questions in each section. Worth noting is, this time, students will be restricted to switch from one section to another.

Questions in the CAT 2018 will comprise of three sections, which are as follows:

1) Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

2) Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

3) Quantitative Ability

Successful candidates who clear the exam will be eligible for admission to management courses, including PGP, PGDM, PGPEM, EPGP, PGPBM, PGPEX, at the IIMs and other management colleges across the country.

The results for the CAT are usually released in the second week of January.

CAT 2018 score is valid only till December 31, 2019 and will accordingly be made available on the website.

Post intimating the students about the CAT examination results, each IIM shortlists successful candidates for the second stage of selection. Often the next stage of selection process includes a Written Ability Test (WAT), Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI).

Education system needs a complete overhaul: Venkaiah Naidu

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October 23, 2018

It is a matter of concern that we are turning out lakhs of students each year from the portals of our colleges with emphasis only on theoretical knowledge, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday, adding that “we are merely adding numbers and not individuals with critical minds”.

Speaking during the ninth convocation of Lovely Professional University (LPU), in Phagwara, Punjab, he said: “Of course, there are islands of excellence like the IITs, IIMs and the IISc. But that’s not enough if India has to emerge as a knowledge hub and a major economic power in the coming years.”

“There is a need to completely overhaul our education system. We cannot allow the status quo to continue. We need to change the system and the change has to be for good,” the Vice-President stated.

During his speech, the vice president quoted Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and mentioned education as the main instrument for socio-economic transformation of the nation that lays the foundation for building a knowledge society. He said, “Education is an investment, an educated individual will indeed serve the society.”

The Vice-President said though there were islands of excellence in education sector like the IITs, IIMs and the IISc in India but these were not enough if India had to emerge as a knowledge hub and a major economic power in the coming years.

Grieved with Indian institutes’ poor performance in various global rankings, the vice president referred 2019 Times Higher Education’s global ranking and said, “No Indian University has figured in the top 200 institutions. While IISc is ranked 251 and IIT Indore figures at 351, other Indian Institutions are ranked between 401 and 1001. These rankings underscore the need for higher education institutions to improve the standards by leaps and bounds to make them globally competitive.”

Stating that the time has come for universities to forge organic links with industries and impart skills to students in accordance with the requirements of the industry, he said: “Although, some universities are acting in this direction, it is not enough and there is a need for paradigm shift in teaching and learning methodologies of our universities to enable the students face global competition effectively and with confidence.”

“India is a young nation with 65 percent of the population under the age of 35 years. We are placed in a uniquely advantageous position as compared to many other nations which have ageing populations, he added.

Suggesting the solutions for the challenges faced by the Indian education system, the vice-president advocated increasing the number of institutions and universities to meet the growing demand of students seeking higher education and to realise India’s target of a gross enrolment ratio of 30 percent by 2020.

He said, “This would translate into an additional 10 million students, of which private universities and institutions are expected to provide education to about six million students.”

“But simply an increase in numbers without ensuring quality would be detrimental to national interests. We need to restore India’s ancient glory as a prime destination of quality higher education. India was once known as ‘Vishwaguru’ and ours universities were international centers of excellence,” he further stated.

Referring Punjab as the Golden State of India, the vice president said he was happy to be in the State endowed with nature and with people of indomitable spirit, exemplary valor and zest for life.

Applauding the entrepreneurial and hard working nature of Punjab’s people, Naidu stated that the region is renowned for export of sports goods, hand tools and leather goods.

He also referred the region as largest NRI belt of North India and a fast emerging hub of education in the state.

The vice-president congratulated the university students who have excelled in the pursuit of academic, cultural and sports activities and all the graduating students for their accomplishments.

He also congratulated LPU for being a young university with enthusiasm and innovative spirit for its commitment to provide quality education and prepare students to face the challenges of the global society in the 21st century.

Delhi’s 5,800 schools to be evaluated

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October 23, 2018

Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has finalised a school evaluation tool has for a comprehensive evaluation survey of schools in national capital to prepare a “School Development Index”.

The survey is expected to commence in December this year. Around 5,800 schools administered, aided and regulated by the Directorate of Education, the three municipal corporations, the New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment Board will be evaluated under the survey. The evaluation will be based on three themes — safety and security, teaching and learning, community participation and social integration.

The evaluation tool — A document prepared by the Adhyayan Foundation will break the conventional broad parameters into assessable criteria. For instance, the areas of enquiry under the theme of safety and security are — hazardous spaces and materials; safety assessment, safe building and furniture; disaster/emergency response; verification of personnel and supervision; preventive measures; monitored entry and exits; awareness of child rights and workplace safety for women; adult support; safe student culture building; medical facility; student health diagnosis and records; cleanliness; mid-day meal; and menstrual hygiene.

Each area of enquiry will be further broken into minute criteria, against which each school will be graded from level one to level four. While level one denotes the most room for improvement level four represents most satisfactory performance. The levels are not relative. Each level corresponds with a specified set of parameters.

According to DCPCR, the exercise is not meant for penalising schools in case of any shortcomings rather it is supposed to enable them to attain best practices within each criterion. The final report based on the evaluation survey is expected to be ready by May 2019.

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