Sankar Kumar Som: New director of IIT Kharagpur
Professor Sankar Kumar Som is the new director of IIT Kharagpur. Som had joined the institute in 1976 as a faculty in the mechanical engineering department and then became the dean of under graduate studies of IIT-KGP. He will now be the officiating director as well as the dean of under graduate studies. Professor Som is succeeding Damodar Acharya. More...
Brigadier Syed Ahmad Ali appointed as AMU’s new pro-vice chancellor
Brigadier (Retired) Syed Ahmad Ali has been appointed as the pro-vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The announcement was made by Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (retired) Zameer Uddin Shah. Brigadier Ali More...
Punjab Government to appoint 665 ITI Instructors
The Punjab State Government has decided to appoint 665 instructors who will soon fill the vacant posts across the state. The Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will also get requisite infrastructure to enable More...
Dr. Surajit Mitra appointed as IIFT Director
Dr. Surajit Mitra Dr. Surajit Mitra has been apponited as the Director for Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. An Ex-secretary, Government of India, Mitra has assumed the charge after K T Chacko demitted More...
UGC to implement 10 yr fixed term for college principals
The University Grants Commission is likely to implement a fixed 10 years tenure for college principals. In a recently held meeting the review panel constituted by the commission has recommended the fixed tenure More...
Prof. Indranil Manna has been appointed as the new Director of IIT-Kanpur
Prof. Indranil Manna Prof. Indranil Manna has been appointed as the new director of IIT-Kanpur. President of India in his capacity as Visitor of the premier institute has approved Manna’s appointment. The tenure More...
IIT Alumnus appointed as the Director of Nitte Management Institute
Prof K. Sankaran IIT-Kharagpur Alumnus, Prof K. Sankaran has been appointed as the new Director of Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district. He did his PhD from Kent State University, More...
Dr. Surjit Singh Pabla appointed as President of JECRC University
JECRC University is a private university located in the city of Jaipur. The JECRC Foundation established twelve years ago to promote education in engineering, science, management, pharmacy and pure & applied More...
RC Sobti becomes first VC of DAV University
R C Sobti Professor R C Sobti, the former vice-chancellor of Panjab University has been appointed as the VC of DAV University, located at Jalandhar. The university would be a deemed universit. A decision in this More...
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao: Chancellor of AP’s GITAM University
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao Founder-president of GITAM University MVVS Murthi appointed Koneru Ramakrishna Rao in his place, as the Chancellor of GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh. It is for the first time that a deemed More...