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NIPER Mohali director on PCI course revamp: ‘Curriculum overhaul important, want to make it industry-relevant’

NIPER Mohali holds on to MBA in pharmaceutical management, says it’s the most in-demand pharmacy course; plans more management-oriented courses.

‘NEET bringing MBBS rejects into nursing courses, exam should only be for medical colleges’

Medical aspirants use BSc nursing as last resort, says St. Stephen’s Hospital College of Nursing principal; more boys now looking at the profession

‘What do I get?’: Underpaid guest teachers bear the load as Odisha universities reel from faculty shortage

Over 1,300 posts across 17 Odisha state universities are vacant; guests teachers are having to deal with immense workload despite poor pay and career uncertainty

Karnataka scraps facial recognition plan for govt school attendance amid row over data privacy concerns

Karnataka government withdraws AI attendance system that would have also streamlined mid-day meal scheme; parents question app viability in resource-strapped schools

Allied health sciences have millions of jobs but ‘go unnoticed’ in craze for MBBS

Allied healthcare professionals are in demand and the fields – optometry, physiotherapy, medical laboratory technology and dozens more – are evolving with new technologies

NFSU expands to 10 campuses in 15 years, but can it ease India's forensic science crisis?

Despite NFSU’s rapid growth and 124 courses from BSc forensic science, BTech to PhD on offer, India struggles with 1,300 vacant posts across 26 labs

‘Don’t know how NMC permitted’: New medical colleges started without faculty or equipment, say students

NEET Counselling: Online study; dining in libraries; sharing a room with 7 others; space, cadaver, teacher shortage – life for medical students at some of the 380 new medical colleges

‘Beard like clergyman’: NEET SS aspirant moves NMC as hospital asks him to shave, quits seat fearing trouble

Muslim doctor from Jammu and Kashmir alleges lack of religious freedom at KMCH over beard policy; NBEMS orders joining but aspirant quits DrNB seat

Farm to Bakery: College of Agriculture Pune’s bakehouse a hit; leads to plans for baking technology courses

Phule Bakers, making a profit within two years of establishment, is set for expansion; encouraged, College of Agriculture Pune will add baking technology to the BSc Agriculture course

Study Abroad: Mere 38% Indian students in US are women; gender gap worse only in Bangladeshi, Saudi groups

Indians form the largest group of international students in the US but among the top 10 nationalities, it has one of the worst gender gaps, shows SEVIS data over 5 years