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After central universities, UGC wants state-run & deemed-to-be institutions to come under CUET

  The regulator said using CUET for admission will save students from taking multiple entrance exams, and will 'in no way hinder' the reservation process. The University Grants Commission (UGC) wants more universities, including those run by the states and deemed-to-be institutions, to grant admissions on the basis of the  Common University Entrance Test (CUET) . This is important in order to streamline the admission process and save students from taking multiple entrance exams, the regulator has said. A week ago, the UGC had announced that all central universities will have to admit students to undergraduate courses based on the CUET and not Class 12 marks, a rule that will come into force from the upcoming academic year (2022-23). On Monday, UGC chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar held a virtual interaction with the heads of several deemed-to-be universities from across the country, and asked them to be a part of CUET. The universities expressed interest, ThePrint has learnt. During ...

NMIMS MBA Placement 2022 - Highest Salary At Nearly 58 Lakhs

  The School of Business Management (SBM) at NMIMS Mumbai has successfully completed the final placement process for the MBA batch of 2022. This year, top brands like American Express, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), GE, Accenture, EY, PwC, Google, Microsoft, and others participated in the 2022 NMIMS MBA placements process. In terms of salaries, NMIMS Mumbai saw a notable 25 percent uptick in the average salary offered, while the highest salary offered increased by two-thirds. Here's a breakdown of NMIMS's MBA placements process in 2022. NMIMS MBA Placements 2022 - Key Salary Highlights The highest salary stood at INR 57.65 lakhs, offered for a Marketing role and increasing by an impressive 66 percent over the previous year The average salary stood at INR 23.07 lakhs, increasing by 25 percent over the previous year The average of the top-50 offers stood at INR 35.03 lakhs, and the average of the top-120 offers stood at INR 30.16 lakhs The averag...

Careers in robotics: What is a robotics PhD?

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  This relatively general post focuses on robotics-related PhD programs in the American educational system. Much of this will not apply to universities in other countries, or to other departments in American universities. This post will take you through the overall life cycle of a PhD and is intended as a basic overview for anyone unfamiliar with the process, whether they are considering a PhD or have a loved one who is currently in a PhD program and just want to learn more about what they are doing.  The basics A PhD (doctoral degree) in engineering or a DEng (Doctorate of Engineering) is the highest degree that you can earn in engineering. This is generally a degree that people only earn one of, if they earn one at all. Unlike a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree, a PhD studying a topic relevant to robotics should be free and students should receive a modest stipend for their living expenses. There are very few stand-alone robotics PhDs programs, so people generally join...

UGC Announces New Undergraduate, Postgraduate Degree Courses

  The UGC has announced a list of new undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses on various streams. New Delhi:   The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced a list of new undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) degree courses on various streams, from Engineering/Technology to Medicine and Surgery, Sports. UGC announced new degree courses on Bachelor of Fashion Technology, Master of Fashion Technology, Bachelor of Sports Management, Masters of Sports Management, Bachelor of Sowa-Rigpa Medicine and Surgery. According to UGC, any degree which is not mentioned in the notification and its subsequent amendment shall be rendered as unrecognised. "Kindly find attached the Gazette of India notification dated October 14, 2021 and March 3, 2022 (English and Hindi)regarding specification of new degrees/duration of some degrees under section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956, for your information and necessary action. It may be ensured that the nomenclature, leading to the award of deg...

UGC draft makes entrance test must for PhD admissions.

  The draft drops the award of M.Phil degree, a year-long programme Candidates who wish to pursue PhD from the next academic year may have to qualify in an entrance exam conducted either by the university or the National Eligibility Test. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has drafted new regulations which make the test mandatory for all candidates, including those joining PhD after undergraduation and postgraduation. The regulations are likely to be implemented by April, said P. Duraisamy, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras and a member of the committee that had drafted the regulations. The draft has been uploaded for comments. The draft had also dropped the award of M.Phil degree, a year-long programme. Universities in the State might not be able to offer M.Phil degree once the UGC implemented the new regulations, Mr. Duraisamy said. Last year, Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi had announced that universities would continue to offer M.Phil degree...

AICTE Announces Online Internship for 20,000 Students in Cybersecurity.

  The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) – along with the IT firm Cisco – has announced 20,000 virtual internship opportunities in the field of cybersecurity. The internship program is going to run for two months and is exclusively for students in their second and third years, who are pursuing a degree in engineering.  The AICTE-Cisco internship program aims to increase employment opportunities for potential students by training the students through the ins-and-outs of the cybersecurity domain.   Who Will be Conducting the AICTE Internship 2022? AICTE has launched the virtual internship programme along with Cisco and NASSCOM Future Skills Prime. The program is being run as a part of the digital skilling initiative taken by AICTE in association with NASSCOM Future Skills Prime. However, the virtual internships will be provided to 20,000 applicants via Cisco Networking Academy.  AICTE Internship 2022 – Details To be eligible for the internship opport...

AWS (Amazon Web Services) in collaboration with INTEL will organize the 4th National Web Series on NEP 2020

  Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from All India Council for Technical Education! We are happy to inform you that AWS (Amazon Web Services) in collaboration with INTEL will organize the 4th National Web Series on NEP  2020- "East Edition" to bring awareness of NEP-2020 on March 24, 2022 from 3:00pm to 4:15pm. It is our proud privilege to inform you that for the premier event that Shri  Dr. R K Ranjan Singh, Honorable Union Minister of State for  Education and External Affairs, GoI, will be the Chief Guest and Dr.Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Hon'ble Chairman, AICTE, MoE , India will be the Guest of Honor of this event. After completing its three National Web Series; 1st Premier Virtual Event of  National Web Series on NEP 2020: North India's Plenary Session on April 16, 2021 ,  2nd Premier Virtual Event of  National Web Series on NEP 2020: South India's Plenary Session  on August 11, 2021 and 3rd National Web Series on NEP  2020- "West India's ...

MPSTME Monday Morning Chronicle.

  From Vice Chancellor's Desk  Research    ●    Vikram Kulkarni (Department of Information Technology) co-authored a paper titled "Power and Delay Efficient Haar Wavelet Transform for Image Processing Application", Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, Vol. 31, No. 8 (2022) 2220001, SCI Expanded, IF: 1.3.The proposed Haar wavelet architecture is implemented in gate-level Verilog HDL and synthesized with UMC 90-nm technology using Cadence RC compiler. When compared to the existing designs, the proposed Haar DWT architecture synthesis results show a reduction in latency of 32.32% and 31.46% of circuit area.   https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218126622200018 ,      The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, MPSTME in association with the Electronics and Telecommunication Department organised U’lectro 2022 – An inter-college project display competition on 15 th March 2022, which was designed to showcase the technical s...

University Grants Commission plans to dilute major subject.

  Under the proposed curriculum, students will pursue courses of 160 credits, of which 48 credits will be allotted to the study of the major (formerly 'honours') subject. The University Grants Commission has proposed a new curriculum for undergraduate programmes under which only 30 per cent of the students’ workload will relate to their subject of specialisation, down from the current 73 per cent. Some academics said this would “dilute” the quality of undergraduate programmes, with the new graduates lacking rigour or in-depth knowledge in their purported areas of specialisation. The UGC has sought feedback from stakeholders by April 4 on its draft “framework and credit system for four-year undergraduate programme” (FYUGP), which is to replace the choice-based credit system (CBCS) introduced in 2015. Under the proposed curriculum, students will pursue courses of 160 credits, of which 48 credits will be allotted to the study of the major (formerly “honours”) subject. The CBCS all...

1st National Moot-Court Competition by SVKM’s NMIMS School of Law, Navi Mumbai [Apr 23-24] (Prizes worth Rs 34K): Register by Mar 11

  NMIMS School of Law, Navi Mumbai is organizing its 1st National Moot Court Competition, to be held online from April 23 to 24, 2022. About the Organiser NMIMS has over the last 35 years grown from a management institute offering a single product namely MBA education to a Deemed to be University offering multiple products through separate schools in Business Management, Pharmacy, Technology Management & Engineering, Hospitality, Architecture, Science, Commerce, Economics, and Law. The School of Law offers students with prospective firsthand learning, allowing them to fully imbibe the knowledge of Law with exposure to Critical Thinking, Legal Writing, Moot Courts. The School of Law apart from this.  Abut the Moot Competition The SVKM’s NMIMS School of Law First National Moot-Court Competition, 2022 is the first edition of the Moot-Court Competition organized by School of Law, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai. The event aims to construct a producti...