Class of ’10 tests new ground

Thursday 28 May '09

The state government has decided to introduce Marathi as a compulsory subject in non-Marathi schools in class 1 from this academic year (2009-’10). The state government came up with a resolution in this regard on Tuesday.

Soon, health and physical education in CBSE curriculum

Wednesday 20 May '09

Students of class I to X of the Central Board of Secondary Education will soon get lessons in health hazards posed by aerated drinks and fake medicines and benefits of yoga and health-related topics in schools.

Clock struck

Wednesday 20 May '09

Newspapers mean more than information and raddi for artists Amruta Katariya and Soniya Gandhi.

Panels take a look at right age for pre-school

Wednesday 13 May '09

Any informal education before a child reaches the age of three-and-a-half years could be considered illegal.

Now, a library dedicated to boost entrepreneurship

Thursday 7 May '09

With an aim to boost entrepreneurship amongst technology innovators, Venture Centre, the technology business incubator of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) has set up a library dedicated to intellectual property...

Begins with report on community work in villages

Monday 4 May '09

The University of Pune has finally decided to conduct a social audit of its colleges, beginning with the Vice-Chancellor’s pet project Samarth Bharat Abhiyan.

Firm platform to help women employees grow

Tuesday 28 April '09

With more than 1,200 women employees, Persistent Systems Ltd recently introduced a platform called Prerana for professional growth of female employees.

After police rap on foreign students, colleges say steps already in place

Sunday 26 April '09

After the Foreign Registration Office of Pune Police issued guidelines to city colleges that have to be followed before granting admission to foreign students...

Missing or wrongly spelt names: Many say they could not vote

Saturday 25 April '09

A day after Pune Lok Sabha constituency recorded the lowest turnout, many citizens complain of missing or misspelt names because of which they could not exercise their voting right.

First-time voters make the mark despite low

Friday 24 April '09

Although it was celebration time for first-time voters in the city, not many were positive that the system would change for the better after this election.

No rush for identity cards among voters either

Thursday 23 April '09

Many of the 11 distribution centres of voters’ identity cards saw meagre attendance by wannabe voters on the last day for collecting the cards.

Mission education: Kashibai Nawale Engg College students take to villages

Wednesday 22 April '09

Nikhil Pathare, who hails from Bhambura village in Ahmednagar district, is the first boy from his village to complete an engineering course.

Now, Maharashtra finds place in library at Milton Keynes

Saturday 18 April '09

Maharashtra has become the only state in India to find place in the central library of Milton Keynes, a large town in north London.

city engineering colleges may hold campus interviews in July and Dec

Thursday 16 April '09

Considering the pressure from engineering students and parents, engineering colleges in the city are contemplating on holding campus placements for the batch that will pass out in 2010 in July as well as December.

On Google pitch, young voters are not bowled over by celebrities

Thursday 9 April '09

Considering that more than 40 per cent voters in India are youth, Google India has launched an official community, The Voice of Youth, on its social networking site Orkut.

Placement gloom in engg colleges

Sunday 5 April '09

With clouds of economic slowdown looming large over campus placements, about 50 engineering colleges in the city are now desperately seeking placements for their students.

UoP’s CET may get further pushed to June

Saturday 4 April '09

The University of Pune first ever entrance exams for Bachelor of Business Administration...

Digital Braille libraries unfold a new world for these students

Thursday 2 April '09

The shortage of Braille books will now matter less for visually-impaired students in Pune and nearby areas, with the installation of digital Braille libraries by city-based voluntary organisations working for the blind.

Amid slump, women engineers get a fillip from IT majors

Wednesday 1 April '09

It seems that global economic meltdown has brought some good news for women in the IT sector.

Demand for female engineers surges

Tuesday 31 March '09

IT majors in India have expressed their wish to employ only women engineers from the 2009 batch.

Slowdown effect: campus recruitment takes a six-month hit

Tuesday 31 March '09

The meltdown has officially hit campus recruitment. Placements for the 2010 batch are likely to be postponed to December, six months behind the usual schedule.

Jobs lost, music only ray of hope for team of 12 visually impaired

Wednesday 25 March '09

Ismail Attar, in his late 20s, was working with a harnessing unit, Mindas Limited, in Chakan that supplied vehicle parts to manufacturers.

Beauty beats slowdown beast, maintains growth rate

Tuesday 24 March '09

The grooming and beauty industry in India has been growing over the years and the trend has been kept alive despite the economic slowdown.

Soon, railway porters may use ligther trolleys; thanks to MIT student

Wednesday 18 March '09

While most of us are used to the sight of railway porters pushing heavy luggage trolleys, Sabyasachi Kundu, an undergraduate student of MIT Institute of Design has gone a step further and designed a lighter trolley for the convenience of the porters.