Mar 17, 2010 - TN eyes 700 more medical seats in govt-run colleges
   Here is good news for medical aspirants. Tamil Nadu is working on increasing MBBS seats by a whopping 700 in the government colleges. Read More >>

nodal institution in its jurisdiction comprising seven districts with 104 Arts & Science and Fine Arts colleges. Read More >>

Mar 16, 2010 - 2-day campus interview at college
   A campus interview is to be conducted at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College on March 17 and 18. Read More >>

Mar 15, 2010 - Stress on increasing access to higher education
   Vice-Chancellor of Anna University P. Mannar Jawahar has urged engineering graduates to consider teaching as a desirable employment option. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Graduates urged to contribute to development of science
   Scientific knowledge has been generated by the efforts of many scientists over a period of time. This is the information students are getting through their textbooks. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Inter-college technical meet gets under way
   ‘Robolympix,' the second annual national-level inter-college technical meet on robotics got under way at SRM University in Kattankulathur on Friday. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - ‘Techknow 2010' contest
   All India Manufacturers Organisation (TNSB) along with Anna University will organise ‘Techknow 2010', a national contest for students to exhibit their campus projects. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - Campus interview
   About 700 candidates from polytechnics, arts and science colleges and industrial training institutes from in and around Madurai participated in a two-day campus recruitment drive at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College here on Friday and Saturday. Read More >>

Mar 14, 2010 - HRD readies plan to relocate students of deemed varsities
   Coming to the aid of nearly 1.32 lakh students across the country studying in the 44 deemed universities recently derecognised, the human resource development ministry task force headed by P N Tandon has readied an action plan for relocating these students, pending the Supreme Court’s final verdict. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Madras varsity restricts tenure of temporary principals
   Taking a serious view of the number of colleges that are functioning with principals-in-charge, the University of Madras has decided to restrict their tenure to a maximum of six months to ensure that a regular principal is appointed by the time. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - “Many law students write exams in Tamil”
   Around 90 per cent of the law students preferred to write their examinations in Tamil and hence the Government has allotted Rs.20 lakh this year for updating the Tamil textbooks that were prepared about five years ago. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Deemed varsities embark on revamp at Centre’s behest
   Even as the report of the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry’s review committee — now in public domain — has left many deemed universities redfaced, some institutions have embarked on course correction. Read More >>

Mar 13, 2010 - Campus interview
   Manamadurai-based Unity Appliances of the Videocon Group will conduct a centralised campus interview at K. L. Nagaswamy Memorial Polytechnic College here on Saturday to recruit personnel for its factory. Read More >>

Mar 12, 2010 - Engineering course approval deadline put off again
   For the third time in less than a month, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the deadline for engineering colleges in the country to apply for extension of approval of existing courses for the coming academic year. Read More >>

Mar 10, 2010 - Deemed varsity from State scores 0 on grading scale
   One deemed university from Tamil Nadu has scored 0 out of a maximum of 45 on the grading scale prepared by the expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Read More >>

Mar 09, 2010 - Supreme Court extends status quo on deemed universities
   The Supreme Court on Monday extended its interim order of status quo on the Centre's move to de-recognise 44 deemed universities on the basis of the Tandon Committee report. Read More>>

Mar 09, 2010 - University of Madras plans dept of women’s studies
  Students at the University of Madras may soon be able to widen their academic interests with the institution planning to establish a department of women’s studies soon. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - AICTE process runs into rough weather
  The revised approval process of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to improve transparency by asking colleges to upload biometric data of faculty. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - A PhD from Madras varsity just got tougher
  New regulations governing the conduct of doctoral programmes (PhD) which will take effect from July 2010 at the University of Madras will not only raise the eligibility bar for research scholars but also help crack the whip on errant research guides. Read More >>

Mar 08, 2010 - Programme on campus interview held
  The Placement Cell of the Department of Biotechnology of Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi, organised a campus interview programme for final year students. Read More >>

Mar 07, 2010 - Universities continue use of expired NAAC ratings
  For all those planning to join top-ranked institutions, here is a word of caution: Do not go by the publicised rating of the college or the university. Read More >>

Mar 05, 2010 - Students question CAT shortlist criteria
  With shortlists for the group discussion/interview stage for four IIMs announced, some students question the criteria of Class X and Class XII marks used for the process. Read More >>

Mar 05, 2010 - Engg college owners to discuss fee hike
  Owners of self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu are scheduled to meet in Chennai on Saturday to discuss among other things a proposal to seek an increase in the fee structure for BE/BTech. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - IIT-M workshop on film-making
  The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, will conduct a six-day workshop on ‘Imaging cinema: emerging trends in film-making.'. Read More >>

Mar 04, 2010 - B-school grads offered 20-25% more
  Placements in business schools across India are in full swing. But unlike last year, when students were unsure about their job and salary prospects, there is a definite buoyancy this time around. Read More>>

Mar 03, 2010 - Madras University to start affiliation process shortly
  The University of Madras will start the inspection process for affiliating new colleges and courses for the coming year and will complete it by the middle of April, said Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam on Tuesday. Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - Technical and soft skills training for SC/ST engineering students
  Free training will be provided in technical and soft skill development courses for third and fourth year SC/ST students of 34 engineering colleges by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO) in association with the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT). Read More >>

Mar 03, 2010 - MBBS to focus on lifestyle disorders
  With more than 17% of the city’s population having diabetes and an equal number having hypertension, the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has decided to revise its syllabus from the next academic year to focus more on lifestyle diseases. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - College placement drive inaugurated
  The State-level placement drive for the Chennai zone for self-financing colleges affiliated to Anna University was inaugurated on Monday by Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar. Read More >>

Mar 02, 2010 - Higher secondary exams begin
  Higher Secondary examinations began on Monday with students finding the Language Paper I easy and officials reporting no incidents. Read More >>

Mar 01, 2010 - CAT topper from IIT-Madras
  Varun Mangamoori, a student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, has emerged the topper in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009, having scored in the 100th percentile in the results announced on Sunday. Read More >>