Engineering topper dreams of space, medical No 1 of heart care

Monday 15 June '09

The Directorate of Medical Education and Research has proposed a Council for Paramedical Courses.

Admission to medical, pharmacy courses on July 17

Saturday 13 June '09

Admission to medical and pharmacy courses is likely to begin on July 17 after the announcement of Maharashtra Common Entrance Test results on June 14.

ICSE, CBSE students anxious over proposed quota for admissions

Friday 12 June '09

As the state government is considering reservation in junior colleges for state board students from this academic year...

Centralised admission to junior colleges will ensure transparency, feel principals

Thursday 11 June '09

The centralised admissions to junior colleges this year is likely to make the procedure more transparent, besides making it convenient, some college principals believe.

IIT-Bombay counsels highest number of candidates this year

Wednesday 10 June '09

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will be counselling the highest number of candidates this year for the IITs across the country.

Admission trial clicks

Monday 8 June '09

It was only a trial run, but students gave it an overwhelming response. They made one lakh hits on the website for online admission to junior college when the government tested it on Sunday.

Lesson learnt: Edu Dept to test website before admission

Saturday 6 June '09

Taking a lesson from last year, when the newly-introduced online application to junior colleges website experienced technical glitches on the first few days of the application season...

Attacks on Indian students Down Under leave them anxious, but not deterred

Sunday 31 May '09

The recent attacks on Indian students studying in Australia have led to apprehensions among city students who are leaving for Australia and other countries for higher studies this year and their parents.

Now, log on to Internet and gain admission to junior college

Thursday 28 May '09

The education department is likely to announce and launch a new website by next week so that students get enough time to get a hang of internet before securing admissions in junior colleges.

Differently-abled student scores 92 %

Wednesday 27 May '09

Almost 10 years ago, when Nagesh and Sukanya Patil enrolled their daughter, who has hearing and speech imparities, in a regular school, many had raised their eyebrows.

CBSE class X results: state records dip in pass percentage

Wednesday 27 May '09

The Chennai region has recorded an impressive pass percentage of 95.6 — first time in 18 years — in the All India Secondary School Examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results announced on Tuesday.

This year, 24 % more students took entrance

Tuesday 26 May '09

A total of 10,035 students have qualified for admission to 8,295 seats at the 15 IITs at Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi...

2 city boys in IIT-JEE all-India top 10

Tuesday 26 May '09

Mumbai showed an impressive performance at the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) with the fourth and sixth All-India Rank (AIR) toppers coming from the city.

Soon, helplines to facilitate online admission

Monday 25 May '09

The state education department is taking all steps to ensure that the online admission procedure to junior colleges is a success.

IITB launches India’s first indigenous GIS software

Saturday 23 May '09

The Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay...

New SSC formula for college admission

Wednesday 20 May '09

The committee appointed by state education minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil to improve the percentile system introduced abruptly in the midst of admission season last year, has come up with a new formula.

Contributing to the country

Monday 20 April '09

At first glance, they may come across as regular college students.

College heads get classes to learn autonomy benefits

Sunday 19 April '09

In a bid to encourage ‘well established’ colleges to opt for autonomy, the state government is organising workshops to explain college principals the process of applying for autonomy and the benefits colleges will get if they become autonomous.

TechConnect: technology transfer programme at IIT Bombay

Sunday 5 April '09

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on Saturday organised a technology transfer programme to acquaint industries about IITB technology that can be useful in their product development and research.

21-pt plan to ensure stress-free examination

Thursday 2 April '09

A Spate of cheating, suicide and forgery cases during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations...

Students to decide level of learning Marathi, English

Wednesday 1 April '09

In a move that could benefit students of standards XI and XII, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has decided to introduce two levels in English and Marathi languages from the academic year 2009-10.

This year, no percentile route for college entry

Monday 30 March '09

Introduced last year by the state government to judge students from various boards of education on a common platform during admissions to junior colleges...

Cimple thinking: IITB makes robot programming child’s play

Sunday 29 March '09

Robots are exciting, but complicated as well for their technology. However, if a group of enterprising engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay...

Race to the Finish

Monday 23 March '09

A student team from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is all set to represent India at the Formula Student competition run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...

8 city students become climate champions

Monday 16 March '09

Fifty-two students including eight from Mumbai have been chosen as Indian ambassadors to the International Climate Champions 2009 programme.