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Grace marks for women, transgenders reduced

Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has made significant changes in its deprivation point model — a unique feature of its admission policy which facilitates entry of students, especially women, from backward regions of the country ... The parameters are ... (See box). “We realised there was very low representation of students from backward regions in MA and MPhil, and also of women ... We’ll correct it,” said Prof Patnaik....

Commerce faculty claims Keswick lucidity prize two years in a row (University of Cape Town)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Cape Town). Commerce faculty claims Keswick lucidity prize two years in a row. 15 April 2016. The Keswick Prize for Lucidity is awarded annually to a third- or fourth-year student in any technical field for the most lucid and jargon-free essay on that subject ... Ferrandi was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship late last year and will be heading off to the University of Oxford to complete a two-year MPhil in economics ... (noodl....

Pre-2009 qualified PhD holders welcome UGC’s new guideline

Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
UGC's decision to exempt candidates who have registered for MPhil or PhDs prior to July 11, 2009, from qualifying NET exam, has brought relief to thousands of PhD holders in the state ... According to a recent UGC decision, candidates registered for MPhil and PhD prior to July 11, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET or SLET for recruitment and appointment of assistant professor....

For the villages, it has always been Gurugram

Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
Gurgaon. From highrises to urban villages, residents are still coming to terms with Gurgaon being renamed Gurugram, a day after the announcement. Urban, corporate Gurgaon may be still a bit gob-smacked, but the real surprise is the 'Khari Boli population', who swore by the Sanskritised renaming ... Rohtas Kumar Vashisht of Silokhera village, an MPhil in History, said, "The name of the area was earlier Gurugram ... ....

Young bongs flaunt their bangaliana this nababarsha

Edit The Times of India 13 Apr 2016
Kolkata. What does Poila Baishakh mean to the young Bengalis of Kolkata who take pride in their cosmopolitan lifestyle? TOI gets four Bengalis from different cross-sections of the city to flaunt their Bangaliana on Naba Barsha today. The Bong Connection.. While Deepanjana Sarkar is an IT professional, Rajarshi Middya is a PhD scholar from Jadavpur University ... Deepanjana ... Yes ... When I was doing my MPhil in France, I did Hanuman Puja there ... ....

HEINEKEN Appoints new Chief Corporate Relations Officer (Heineken NV)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. Heineken NV). 13-04-2016 . 17.46. Amsterdam, 13 April 2016 - Heineken N.V. today announces the appointment of Blanca Juti as Chief Corporate Relations Officer from May 16, 2016. Ms Juti will succeed Sean O'Neill who will return to the UK after 12 years in the Netherlands ... He leaves with our great thanks and best wishes.' ... Press enquiries. John Clarke. E-mail ... Tel ... E-mail ... 1990 Master of Philosophy (MPhil), University of Cambridge, UK....

HEINEKEN Appoints new Chief Corporate Relations Officer (Heineken Holding NV)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. Heineken Holding NV). 13-04-2016 . 17.46. Amsterdam, 13 April 2016 - Heineken N.V. today announces the appointment of Blanca Juti as Chief Corporate Relations Officer from May 16, 2016. Ms Juti will succeed Sean O'Neill who will return to the UK after 12 years in the Netherlands ... He leaves with our great thanks and best wishes.' ... Press enquiries. John Clarke. E-mail ... Tel ... 1990 Master of Philosophy (MPhil), University of Cambridge, UK....

Big Thanks to Paul and Daisy Soros for Reminding Me About What Makes America Great!

Edit Huffington Post 13 Apr 2016
If you are reading this article, there is a 99% chance that your family immigrated to this country during the last 524 years. And they did so because there was an alluring freedom - opportunities that they were not able to pursue in whatever country they came from ... Aisha Saad, JD at Yale ... Born in Nigeria; came to the US at 2; BS from Yale; MPhil in biochemistry as Gates Cambridge Scholar; Working Group on New TB Drugs Fellow ... ....

Gautam Buddha University holds first convocation for 3 batches

Edit The Times of India 13 Apr 2016
Greater Noida. Six students winning the chancellor's gold medal and 60 others bagging the vice-chancellor's medal were among 1,352 who were awarded degrees at the first convocation at Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida on Tuesday ... The students getting degrees were from integrated programmes like BTech-MTech-MBA, BBA-MBA, MA, MSc, MPhil and PhD ... ....

UGC relaxes rules for recruitment of faculty

Edit Indian Express 13 Apr 2016
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani. Express photo by Renuka PURI ... The decision was taken at UGC’s meeting Monday and announced by Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani the same evening ... Share This Article. Related Article ... The UGC has also relaxed norms allowing female and differently abled research scholars eight years, instead of the current six years, to complete their PhD degrees and three years, instead of two, to complete MPhil degrees ... ....

MPhil course on LGBT in Gujarat

Edit Deccan Herald 12 Apr 2016
At a time when society continues to stigmatise transgenders, Gujarat University’s School of Social Sciences has now introduced a course for the students of MPhil to sensitise them on sexual minorities ... “One of the subjects in MPhil has to be research based and we change the syllabus every three years ... Various forums ... “I used to be wary of transgenders,” Neha, an MPhil student, said ... ....

Women to get more time for MPhil, PhD

Edit The Times of India 12 Apr 2016
Acting on suggestions made by HRD minister Smriti Irani last week, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday decided to relax criteria for women and disabled candidates pursuing MPhil and PhD degrees. Women and those with more than 40% disability will now get a year extra to complete their MPhil papers and two years more to submit PhD theses....

UGC restores validity of pre-2009 PhD, MPhil degrees with riders

Edit Deccan Herald 12 Apr 2016
In a major relief to a large number of students, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has restored the validity of PhD and MPhil degree of those who acquired it before 2009, but with certain riders ... The commission also approved relaxation in number of years given to women and special students to complete MPhil and PhD programmes as well as ......
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