NEET, JEE to be conducted online, twice a year

The engineering and medical entrance exams -- Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination -- would now be conduced online and twice a year by the newly......

TopperSpeak: How to crack GATE 2014

Ashish Mittal who topped the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering last year shares his study secrets and strategies that helped him optimise his score. Less than 30 days away, last minute......

5 NRI kids among '08 US Presidential Scholars

Five non-resident Indian kids have been selected to be the 2008 Presidential Scholars, the US government's highest honour for high school seniors. Ravi N Sankar, Ishna A Sharma, Mythili K Iyer,......

SC case: B-schools seek compromise

Management institutes, which dragged the All India Council for Technical Education to the Supreme Court, now wish to withdraw their case. But the AICTE is in no mood to relent.Last February, the......

IT hires non-engineering students to cut cost

While the $60-billion information technology industry is recovering from the impact of global recession, companies are increasingly hiring non-engineering graduates with an aim to tame attrition......

The amazing story of Magarpatta

Satish Magar is an interesting combination -- he comes from a political, land-owner background but had an urban, Western education. He then opted for agricultural college, but went on to find a......

How India can be the global KPO king

Part I: Why India can be global knowledge economy leader In Part I of this article, I put forth the vision that India can become a leader in the global knowledge economy by 2010. In this part, I......