January 07, 2010 01:09 IST
A CAT candidate has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court,asking for the cancellation of the online CAT 2009 and re-introduce the paper-and-pencil format of the exam.
Thu, Jan 07, 2010January 06, 2010 03:42 IST
The Ministry of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises will shortly announce a scheme that will encourage small-scale industries countrywide to hire designers by funding a percentage of their fees...
Wed, Jan 06, 2010January 05, 2010 05:03 IST
Country-brewed liquor from one region of India may soon be available across the country.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010January 05, 2010 03:55 IST
Country-brewed liquor from various regions across the country may soon breach local confinement and be available for any consumer...
Tue, Jan 05, 2010December 12, 2009 03:36 IST
The IIM-Ahmedabads incubation wing is in the early stages of putting together a seed fund to develop social enterprises roughly defined as a business whose main purpose is social good.
Sat, Dec 12, 2009December 10, 2009 04:18 IST
Top officials from two state departments visited the National Institute of Design (NID) campus on Wednesday to meet the team re-designing the state transport buses,and see how it will be more comfortable for commuters and primary schoolchildren.
Thu, Dec 10, 2009December 09, 2009 05:20 IST
None of the nine three-year law colleges in Ahmedabad has the requisite faculty strength as prescribed by the Bar Council of India a survey by an NGO working in the legal education has found.
Wed, Dec 09, 2009December 07, 2009 04:26 IST
An online portal is linking industries and engineering students from across the country by collecting specific engineering problems faced by industries,and putting them up for discussions online for their possible solutions.
Mon, Dec 07, 2009November 27, 2009 02:05 IST
The National Institute of Design (NID) is reaching out to private institutes and government funded colleges in Ahmedabad to keep the spirit of animation alive.
Fri, Nov 27, 2009November 27, 2009 02:03 IST
The three-day international congress of planners and architects at CEPT University concluded on Thursday with a summary of the event expressing general disappointment over the absence of disciplinary focus on the urban poor.
Fri, Nov 27, 2009November 24, 2009 03:52 IST
Over 100 students and professors at the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology University attended Phase I of the six-week workshop on the Sabarmati River Basin,on Monday.
Tue, Nov 24, 2009November 23, 2009 21:24 IST
In the last week of October,746 construction workers attended a five-day camp in Dahod,organised jointly by the government,a labour union and the panchayats to spread awareness about a law that would have fetched them a number of benefits.
Mon, Nov 23, 2009November 18, 2009 05:21 IST
Some of Indias most ingenious innovators do not necessarily step out of the IITs or the IIMs....
Wed, Nov 18, 2009November 18, 2009 02:33 IST
Even as the UGC did not accept its application for deemed university status,the governing council of the National Institute of Design has in principle approved applying for Centre of Excellence status through an act of Parliament.
Wed, Nov 18, 2009November 14, 2009 02:46 IST
A bill most likely to be passed by the Australian Parliament this December is expected to have wide ramifications for Indians wishing to migrate Down Under for studies.
Sat, Nov 14, 2009November 13, 2009 02:28 IST
An online database of engineering projects developed by an IIM-A professor,engineering students and a non-government organization has grown to over one lakh projects in just six months.
Fri, Nov 13, 2009November 10, 2009 03:07 IST
Several anomalies in weather data over western India have been noticed in recent years. Meteorological experts say global warming could be a possible reason behind this.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009November 07, 2009 05:52 IST
Indias premier business management school seems to have endorsed environment friendly and social-inclusive businesses as the future of global business.
Sat, Nov 07, 2009November 01, 2009 03:26 IST
Engineering students in India may soon become full-fledged designers as well,with engineering and design professors considering a proposed curriculum they believe is the most relevant engineering curriculum in these times.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009October 30, 2009 06:03 IST
The Indian animation industry is not doing well although it is generally perceived to be reviving,said delegates at an international student animation festival in Ahmedabad.
Fri, Oct 30, 2009October 29, 2009 00:11 IST
A Robotics start-up incubated at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad is now on a road show. Robots Alive,as the set-up is called,is visiting campuses across the country in the hope of pitching its robotic arm as a learning tool for students to learn how to make robots.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009October 28, 2009 00:03 IST
Two months prior to West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhis opposition to the Centres proposed Rs 1,700 crore Ahmedabad-Dandi highway...
Wed, Oct 28, 2009October 22, 2009 02:31 IST
The new problems that have arisen in the world because of development have provided us with two new opportunities.
Thu, Oct 22, 2009October 16, 2009 05:18 IST
An inquiry has been ordered into reports that an allegedly radioactive contaminated ship from the US has anchored off the Alang coast in Gujarat,Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday....
Fri, Oct 16, 2009October 15, 2009 02:38 IST
A Delhi schoolgirls idea of using human pulse beats to charge electronic devices like cellphones has caught the fancy of Stanford University
Thu, Oct 15, 2009