NMC rules make fully-built medical college and hospital must before approval, opens doors to for-profit firms; experts say move could help pvt colleges cluster in profitable areas
SRM Medical College dean explains how exposure to AI, biomedical engineering, data science, community health programmes, and research culture is helping future doctors
IITs are introducing biomedical engineering, med tech and health tech courses in collaboration AIIMS and NIPERs to address the rising demand for indigenous medical devices
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill seeks to set up a higher education regulator replacing UGC, AICTE, NCTE. It is expected in the monsoon session of parliament
Uncooperative states, doctors, funding doubts, even degree and diploma course names complicate NCAHP’s efforts to standardise allied and healthcare programmes
Maharashtra govt has paid lakhs for ‘bogus’ hostels while Dalit students wait years for Swadhar Yojana benefits. CAG blames social justice department’s lax monitoring
Low awareness means many living with specific learning disorders discover their conditions as adults. India has nothing for them – neither tools to assess, nor support
Indians pursue STEM, management, aligning with Germany’s workforce needs but lack of German language proficiency makes wait for jobs longer than that for other nationalities
Reserved faculty posts largely vacant despite mandated SC, ST quotas; just 18% women professors at IITs, NITs, shows education ministry’s AISHE 2023-24 data
Students across institutes waiting for over a year; some told there’ll be no new list. DST INSPIRE is the last of the major scholarships for UG in basic sciences. It was last awarded to 16,687 students