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LLB admissions: Maharashtra CET cell issues revised 2nd list

Mumbai University notice to Jai Hind over WiFi fees; college says it gave refund

According to the notice, inquiry conducted by a varsity committee found credence in a complaint filed around five years ago that said the college had collected ₹1,000 from students as ‘Wifi charges.

Mumbai college students rush to help flood-hit Maharashtra, keep hope afloat

Last week, students from 23 colleges across the city participated in a special drive to collect food, clothing and medicines. The estimated worth of the collected items is ₹25 lakh.

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11% drop in BEd admission numbers in Maharashtra

Lack of employment opportunities for teachers, uncertainty over the structure of the BEd programme, and delay in the admission process has resulted in a slide in demand, experts opine.

September 1 last date to apply for Bar exam, but MU yet to give mark sheets

Around 500 Bachelor of Law (LLB) students are afraid that they may not be able to take the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), the qualifying exam to practice law, due to the Mumbai University’s (MU) delay in releasing the mark sheets of re-evaluation for their fifth-semester exams

Work on Mumbai University’s ₹25-cr centre to study youth movements begins

The ceremony was performed by RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosbale and was attended by state higher education minister Vinod Tawde.

Fee regulator changes norms, PG medical fees may dip in Maharashtra

In a meeting held earlier this month, the state Fee Regulating Authority (FRA) said the money spent by medical colleges to pay stipends to resident doctors will no longer be considered an expenditure.FRA follows an expense-based model to calculate fees.

Mumbai University’s senate members object to proposal for new colleges

The annual plan lays out the locations for the proposed new affiliated colleges, under the university’s five-year perspective plan.

Mumbai University wants to bring 21 new colleges under its purview

The varsity, in its annual plan for the next academic year (2020-21), has provided the slot for a skill development institute at Bhandup-Vikhroli area, while slots for law colleges have been proposed at Juhu, Vile Parle, Dombivli and rural parts of Kalyan taluka.

Thane resident ranks third in final CA exam

Umang Gupta’s parents are CAs too.

Mumbai students raising funds to help in relief works for flood hit people

Student organisations Chhatra Bharati and Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) are collecting money and items of basic necessity from across the state. A team of 20-30 activists will visit the affected areas. “As a responsible citizen, anyone who can go should go.We might not be as capable as the authorities, but we can provide medicinal support”.

1,101 students placed with gross salary Rs.14.11 per annum claims IIT-Bombay report card

IIT-B placement report for 2018-19, the average gross salary offered on the campus increased to ₹14.11 lakh per annum from ₹12.32 lakh, while the average cost to company rose to ₹17.49 lakh from ₹15.69 lakh. The number of students who got placed also rose to 1,101 from 1,086, and the number of offers from core engineering and technology firms increased to 382 from 324.

JBIMS autonomy: 39 management aspirants from Maharashtra move SC

The aspirants, who graduated from the University of Mumbai (MU), were admitted to JBIMS under the 70% home university quota.

Publish fresh merit list: Management aspirants

Several students seeking admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Management Studies (MMS) courses in the state furnished forged mark sheets of two private entrance tests.

Technical institutes to get student grievance redressal bodies

The earlier set of rules, issued in 2012, had only provided for the appointment of a varsity-level ombudsman.

Revised MBA, MMS admissions to begin today in Maharashtra

In the new process, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) in Churchgate will be treated as an autonomous institute, as ruled by the HC in its July 25 verdict. The CET cell has eliminated 184 candidates and cancelled admissions of 25 students from its new All India merit list owing to discrepancies in their entrance exam scores.

Dip in applications for five-year LLB course in Maharashtra

Around 3,023 more students had taken up the state’s entrance test for the course this year, compared to last year. According to the colleges, the delay in the state’s admission process is to be blamed for fewer applications.

Relief for LLB, BEd candidates awaiting their Mumbai University results

The law and teaching aspirants who are awaiting their University of Mumbai (MU) graduation mark sheets can now furnish the gazetted copies - consolidated list of results issued by the varsity - of their scorecard while applying for their respective courses.

Fake mark sheets: Maharashtra’s CET cell eliminates 184 MBA, MMS aspirants off merit list

The state common entrance test (CET) cell eliminated 184 candidates from its All-India merit list for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Management Studies (MMS) courses and cancelled admissions of 25 students owing to discrepancies in their entrance exam scores.

Fake mark sheets issue: Maharashtra removes 184 MBA, MMS aspirants from merit list

Many of these candidates are said to have submitted forged scorecards or entered inflated scores of two private entrance tests – AIMS Test for Management Studies (ATMA) and Management Aptitude Test (MAT) – while applying for admissions.

Mumbai’s Government Law College cancels re-test for practicals, orals

The college issued a notice to this effect last week.

University of Mumbai’s mark sheet delay to cost law aspirants dear?

The varsity is yet to issue the graduation mark sheets, even as the deadline for the LLB admissions is August 5

IIT Bombay decides to implement fellowship hike

The Central government’s department of science and technology (DST) had in January announced a 24% to 35% increase in emoluments given under various fellowships for research in science.

More than 170 MBA aspirants submitted forged results in Mumbai

The issue came to light after the state Common Entrance Test (CET) cell received a complaint about discrepancies in the merit list via email.

Government approves 7 new law colleges under University of Mumbai as LLB finds more takers

Maharashtra government also approves several additional divisions for self-financed courses

LLB, BEd in Maharashtra to get 10% EWS quota, without additional seats

While introducing the EWS quota in January, the Centre had said it would be applied over and above the existing quotas for scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), other backward castes (OBC) and general category.

Dip in applications for UG agriculture courses by 3%: MCAER

According to MCAER data, applications for applications for eight agriculture courses across the state dipped from 64,619 last year to 62,547 this year.

After dropping for years, demand for diploma engineering rebounds

The state directorate of technical education (DTE) has received 66,586 applications for diploma programmes offered at polytechnics across the state – 15% more than the 57,748 students who registered the last year – reversing the trend of the past four years.

113 electronic and telecom engg courses scrapped this year: AICTE

In the last two years, 116 diploma and 144 degree courses related to this branch were shut down.