UNSW Sydney on Dec 8 announced, it has received approval to open a campus in India. The University Grants Commission (UGC) issued the University a ‘Letter of Intent’ during a ceremony in New Delhi, hosted by the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan and attended by Australia’s federal Minister for Education, Jason Clare. UNSW Bengaluru will open in August 2026, enabling …
A delegation from University of Tokyo (UTokyo) led by the Professor (Dr.) Kaori Hayashi, Executive Vice President in charge of Global and Diversity Affairs along with Professor (Dr.) Yujin Yaguchi, Vice President (Global Education) and Director of the Center for Global Education (GlobE); and Professor (Dr.) Satsuki Shioyama, Project Research Associate at GlobE is on a 6-day India tour till …
Gyan Prakash and Bhavyman Sharma, representing Army Public School, Hyderabad, have become champions of the TCS InQuizitive 2025. The national finals, hosted in Mumbai on December 8, after an exciting 12-city journey, brought together the top 12 school teams from across the country for an intense and high-energy contest for the coveted national title. The composure, precision, and ability to stay …
The private university sector in India is still relatively young, having emerged after the liberalisation of the 1990s. While controversies over the past three decades may be seen as part of an evolutionary phase, persistent suspicions of irregularities, corruption, and malpractice undermine the very purpose for which these institutions were established — and further damage their already fragile reputation as …
In a landmark gathering, more than 1,000 alumni of the Vidya Bharati Alumni Council –East Region (Bihar–Jharkhand) residing in Delhi-NCR came together for the organisation’s first-ever “Alumni Sangam 2025” in the national capital on December 7, 2025. The event aimed to unite alumni on a shared platform and strengthen their participation in social service, education, healthcare, leadership development, cultural preservation, …
Tezpur University (esb 1994) in Assam, envisioned as a model employment-oriented, interdisciplinary central university tailored to the needs of the Northeast, is today finding itself in a full-blown crisis of governance. What began as an emotional reaction to the death of beloved Assamese singer Zubeen Garg in mid-September has evolved into a sweeping indictment of the university’s administration. Students, faculty …
