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July 31, 2007 - All hurdles cleared for counselling: Ponmudy
With the consortium of self-financing
institutions withdrawing the case filed by them in the Supreme
Court against the State Government, all hurdles in the way of
the smooth conduct of this year’s single window counselling
for engineering admissions have been removed, Higher Education
Minister K.Ponmudy, told reporters here on Monday. Read
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July 31, 2007 - Self-financing colleges withdraw petitions
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared
hurdles to admission of students to engineering colleges in
Tamil Nadu by dismissing a batch of petitions filed by self-financing
engineering colleges challenging the Government directive to
surrender 65 per cent of the seats to it. Read
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July 31, 2007 - Varsity campus interviews from August 4
The Anna University, Tiruchi,
will commence its week-long campus recruitment drive for students
in and around Tiruchi on August 4. Read
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July 28, 2007 - Appointment orders given
The Vice-Chancellor of Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Cynthia Pandian, on Friday handed over
appointment orders to 36 students, who were recruited by three
private sector companies in the job fair held on the university
premises recently. Read More
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July 27, 2007 - SFI moves court against fees fixed for three
medical colleges
The Student Federation of India
(SFI) has moved the Madras High Court seeking to declare the
fee structure prescribed by the Statutory Committee for three
private medical colleges in the State as illegal and arbitrary.
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July 26, 2007 - University to revive semester system
Anna University here has decided
to follow semester pattern for its first year programmes. Read
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July 26, 2007 - Seven engineering colleges get autonomy
Seven affiliated engineering colleges
of Anna University, Coimbatore, were given autonomy on Wednesday.
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July 26, 2007 - MCA, BCA admissions under way in IGNOU
Admissions for July’07 session
BCA and MCA programmes of Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU) are currently under way. Read
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July 26, 2007 - Campus interview at TNAU today
The
Directorate of Students’ Welfare of Tamil Nadu Agriculture
University will organise a campus interview in two of its campuses
on July 26 and 27. Read More
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July 24, 2007 - 422 engineering seats filled on Day One
of general counselling
The
first day of general counselling under the single window system
for engineering admissions saw 422 seats being filled from among
the 620 students who attended it at Anna University on Monday.
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July 24, 2007 - Supreme Court hearing today
The
Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up for preliminary hearing,
a batch of petitions filed by self-financing engineering colleges
in Tamil Nadu opposing the provision related to surrender of
65 per cent of the seats to the Government. Read
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July 24, 2007 - University to get new status
Bharathidasan
University is well on its way to becoming a Central varsity.
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July 23, 2007 - Moving ahead in confusion
If
it is admission time to professional colleges in the State,
the court-loving litigants get ready to file a slew of cases.
They raise fundamental issues to the admission process. Read
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July 21, 2007 - Applications invited for M.E. programme
The Department of Computer Science
and Engineering of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University has invited
applications for admission to M.E. Computer Science and Engineering
programme (both full-time and part-time). Read
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July 21, 2007 - Varsity offers new course
The
Bharathidasan University Library will offer MLISc, a two-year
integrated programme, from the current academic year. Read
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July 21, 2007 - Engineering vocational quota seats filled
Engineering seats allotted for
vocational categories under the OC, BC and MBC quota have all
been allocated through single window counselling at Anna University
on Friday. Read More >>
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July 21, 2007 - Applications for B.Ed. course
Applications
for the B.Ed. course will be issued in 19 colleges of education
and two institutes of advanced study in education from July
25 to August 2, according to an official release. Read
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July 20, 2007 - High Court Bench admits petition against
G.O.
A writ petition has
been filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court
challenging a Government Order dated July 4, 2007, introducing
single window system for admitting students for B. Ed. courses
in Government aided as well as self-financing colleges from
the academic year 2007-08. Read
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July 20, 2007 - 264 engineering seats vacant
A
total of 264 seats, including 55 in the seats earmarked for
the open competition and 99 reserved for the Scheduled Castes
in the vocational stream, remained vacant in the self-financing
engineering colleges in the State as on Thursday at 8.30 p.m.
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July 20, 2007 - Supreme Court stays Madras High Court ruling
on medical counselling
The
Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Madras High Court judgment,
excluding those who were admitted to various professional courses
last year from participating in this year’s medical counselling,
in spite of their selection in the rank list for admissions.
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July 20, 2007 - Bench upholds single judge’s ruling
A Division Bench in the Madurai
Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday upheld a single
judge’s ruling that grandchildren of freedom fighters
are not eligible for allotment of medical seats under the special
quota. Read More >> |
July 20, 2007 - Vacancies in MK University courses
Vacancies are available in various
post-graduate and M. Phil courses of Madurai Kamaraj University
for academic year 2007-08. Candidates who want to join these
courses can contact the Head of the respective department in
person on or before August 3, according to a press release from
I. Singaram, Registrar. Read
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July 19, 2007 - No CET for law
The
Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Madras High Court judgment
that directed the Tamil Nadu Government to hold a Common Entrance
Test (CET) for admission to five-year or three-year courses
in the eight law colleges in the State for 2007-2008. Read
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July 19, 2007 - Engineering admissions counselling begins
Counselling for this year’s
engineering admissions through the single window system began
here on Wednesday with special quotas such as physically handicapped,
sports, vocational stream and other States taken up. Read
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July 19, 2007 - Confusion over engineering counselling
After having spent all of Wednesday
along with his daughter camping outside Anna University, where
counselling for engineering admissions is being held, K. Selva
Kumar will now return to his hometown Vellore a frustrated man.
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July 19, 2007 - Putting knowledge gained to good use
Two final year information technology
students from a private engineering college in Tambaram have
constructed a keyboard which, they say, could help visually
challenged persons operate computers with ease. Read
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July 18, 2007 - Private medical college counselling subject
to outcome of appeal
The
Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that counselling for
admission to the private self-financing Chettinad Medical College
to be held on Thursday would be subject to the outcome of the
appeal filed by the college challenging the Madras High Court
ruling on sharing of seats in private medical colleges. Read
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July 18, 2007 - Vacation of stay on medical fee structure
sought
The Tamil Nadu
Government has sought to vacate the stay on the fee structure
fixed for three private medical colleges by the Permanent Committee
for the Fixation of Fees in Self-Financing Professional Colleges.
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July 18, 2007 - Court declines to stay counselling
The Madras High Court on Tuesday
declined to stay the centralised counselling for admission to
engineering admissions, and reserved its orders on a public
interest litigation petition. Counselling is scheduled to commence
on July 18. Read More >>
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July 18, 2007 - Engineering counselling to start today
Single window counselling for
admission to engineering colleges in the State is all set to
commence on Wednesday, Anna University Vice Chancellor D. Vishwanathan
said here on Tuesday. Read
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July 18, 2007 - TNAU UG courses begin today
Formal
admission for the 12 undergraduate programmes of the Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University and its constituent colleges will begin
on Wednesday. Read More >>
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July 18, 2007 - Faculty strength drops in Madurai Kamaraj
University
The faculty
strength of Madurai Kamaraj University has worsened with 11
more teaching staff retiring from service on June 30. Read
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July 18, 2007 - A policy that will result in revenue loss
to Bharathidasan University
The
State Government’s steadfast adherence to its policy not
to permit territorial universities to offer M.Phil. programmes
through correspondence from the current academic year would
reflect in a substantial revenue loss to Bharathidasan University.
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July 17, 2007 - Counselling for dental courses
Counselling
for vacancies in self-financing medical colleges and the Government
Dental College will be held on Thursday. Read
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July 17, 2007 - Madras varsity, British institute join hands
The British Institute of Technology
& E-Commerce (BITE) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the University of Madras for offering one-year, fast track
post-graduate programmes. Read
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July 15, 2007 - Rank list for lateral admission released
The rank list of candidates, who
have applied for admission to second year B.E/B.Tech Courses
for diploma holders and B.Sc. degree holders under the lateral
entry scheme (2007-08) is available at the Directorate of Technical
Education, Chennai. Read More
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July 15, 2007 - Government to move court over medical fee
structure
The State Government
will move the court to bring down the fees in self-financing
medical colleges, according to Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran.
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July 15, 2007 - Efforts on to introduce MD courses in diabetology,
non-communicable diseases
Efforts
are on to introduce two MD courses, one in Diabetology and the
other in Non Communicable Diseases, at Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical
University, its Vice-Chancellor Meer Mustafa Hussain said on
Friday. Read More >>
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July 15, 2007 - Medical university renews its claim on institute
Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
has once again staked a claim to take over the A.L. Mudaliar
Post Graduate Institute for Basic Medical Sciences (ALMPGIBMS),
currently affiliated to the University of Madras. Read
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July 14, 2007 - Supreme Court to hear SLP on July 17
The Supreme Court will take up
for preliminary hearing on July 17 a special leave petition
(SLP) challenging the Madras High Court judgment on sharing
of seats in private medical colleges. Read
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July 14, 2007 - More government engineering colleges planned
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
has suggested opening more engineering colleges in the State
to overcome the challenges posed to the fulfilment of the objectives
of social justice in education, Higher Education Minister K.
Ponmudy said here on Friday. Read
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July 14, 2007 - Recruitment drive on July 16 and 17
A recruitment drive for students,
who passed out in the year 2006-07, will be conducted at the
Vickram College of Engineering at Enathi in Sivaganga district
on July 16 and 17. Life Business Projects, a Delhi-based firm,
will conduct the State-level recruitment drive on the college
campus. Read More >>
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July 13, 2007 - Order on seats surrender struck down
Provisions of a State law, mandating
surrender of seats by unaided professional colleges, and admission
for management quota seats on the basis of marks in qualifying
examinations and through centralised counselling, were struck
down by the Madras High Court on Thursday. Read
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July 13, 2007 - Spot admission for certificate courses
Spot admission for certificate
courses through the distance education mode will go on till
July 20 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Read
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July 13, 2007 - Varsity sanctions special quota for sportspersons
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
has sanctioned a special quota of 2 per cent for sportspersons
who seek admission in undergraduate and post-graduate courses
in the affiliated colleges and also in the university departments
even if they secured only minimum qualification mark (pass mark).
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July 12, 2007 - Surrender of seats: court reserves orders
The Madras High Court on Wednesday
reserved its orders on a batch of writ appeals on the surrender
of seats by unaided professional colleges, and management quota
admissions through centralised counselling on the basis of marks
in qualifying examinations. Read
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July 12, 2007 - “Freedom fighters’ grandchildren
not eligible to MBBS special quota”
Grandchildren
of freedom fighters are not eligible to allotment of medical
college seats under the special quota, the Madurai Bench of
the Madras High Court ruled on Wednesday. Read
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July 12, 2007 - University to entertain free seat applications
Bharathiar University has extended
the last date for receipt of filled-in applications from “deserving”
students, who wish to pursue higher education at the university
free of cost, to July 20. Read
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July 11, 2007 - Stay on MBBS counselling vacated
The Madras High Court on Tuesday
vacated the stay on counselling for medical and dental course
admissions, after the State Government agreed to restore the
rules of previous years, as per which students admitted to any
other professional course were barred from applying for MBBS/BDS
courses. Read More >>
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July 10, 2007 - No medical/dental counselling today
Counselling for admission to MBBS/BDS
courses will not be held on Tuesday, with the Madras High Court
restraining the authorities from proceeding with the process.
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July 10, 2007 - First phase of MBBS counselling begins
The first phase of counselling
for admissions to MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu began on Monday with
Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran handing over allotment
letters to first ten rankers at the Directorate of Medical Education,
here. Read More >> |
July 10, 2007 - Orders on surrender of seats tomorrow
The Madras High Court, hearing
writ appeals on the surrender of seats by unaided professional
colleges to the Government quota and the mode of admission of
students for management quota, has said orders would be delivered
on Wednesday. Read More >>
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July 09, 2007 - Another season of discontent
Tamil
Nadu was known for its systematic and scientific system of admissions
to professional colleges over the years. After scrapping the
earlier marks+interview system, the State introduced the well-planned
system of Plus- Two marks + the Common Entrance Test (CET),
followed by a Single Window System of admissions through counselling
sessions. Read More >>
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July 07, 2007 - Court not to interfere with MBBS, BDS counselling
The Madras High Court on Friday
declined to interfere with the counselling process for MBBS/BDS
admissions, scheduled to commence on July 9. Read
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July 07, 2007 - Court’s query to unaided colleges
The Madras High Court has sought
to ascertain from the association of unaided professional colleges
the consequences of the court striking down the State legislation
mandating surrender of seats by unaided colleges and centralised
counselling for management quota seats. Read
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July 07, 2007 - Spot admissions begin at Bharathiar University
Spot admission is on at Bharathiar
University and 80 of its study centres in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
and Karnataka, for 90 courses in the distance education mode.
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July 06, 2007 - MCI nod for counselling in three medical
colleges
The Medical Council
of India has given the Tamil Nadu Government the go-ahead to
conduct counselling for MBBS admissions to three colleges that
were not given the clearance earlier, Health Minister K.K.S.S.R.
Ramachandran said on Thursday. Read
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July 06, 2007 - High Court not to pass interim order
The Madras High Court on Thursday
said it would not pass any interim order on the writ appeal
preferred by the association of unaided professional colleges
against a single judge order, upholding the State Government’s
stand on surrender of seats by unaided colleges and admission
of students to management quota. Read
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July 06, 2007 - State Government directed to submit MBBS/BDS
admission details in court
The
Madras High Court has directed the Government to furnish the
MBBS/BDS admission details in court on Friday. Read
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July 06, 2007 - First free seat of Bharathiar University
gets filled
Rekha J. will
pursue a postgraduate degree in Animal Biotechnology at Bharathiar
University free of cost. A graduate of Animal Science and Biotechnology
from the Emerald Heights College for Women, Udhagamandalam,
Rekha topped the university in her subject. She is the first
candidate to be selected to pursue a degree at no cost, Vice-Chancellor
of Bharathiar University G. Thiruvasagam told The Hindu. Read
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July 06, 2007 - Varsity to offer B.Ed. in Tamil medium soon
The Centre for Distance Education
(CDE), Bharathidasan University, is likely to introduce B.Ed.
under Tamil medium from the current academic year. Read
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July 05, 2007 - Engineering counselling from July 18
Counselling under the single window
system for this year’s engineering admissions under the
government quota would begin on July 18, Higher Education Minister
K. Ponmudi said in a press release on Wednesday. Read
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July 05, 2007 - Order on seats surrender by unaided colleges
challenged
The July 2
order of a single judge, upholding the constitutional validity
of a State legislation and a Government Order on surrender of
seats by unaided colleges and admission of students for management
quota seats through the single window system, has been challenged
before a Division Bench. Read
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July 04, 2007 - Medical and dental courses counselling from
July 9
Counselling for
medical and dental degree courses will begin on July 9 and end
on July 16, Health Minister KKSSR Ramachandran said on Tuesday.
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July 03, 2007 - Engineering rank list released
The
decks were cleared for this year’s engineering admissions
on Monday with Anna University releasing the rank list, following
the High Court’s go-ahead on the State government’s
order on surrender of seats by self-financing institutions.
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July 03, 2007 - Three medical colleges recognition withheld
The Medical Council of India has
withheld recognition for three Government Medical Colleges in
Tamil Nadu – Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore,
Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam, and Theni
Government Medical College – and one private medical college
– Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanyakumari.
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July 03, 2007 - Law directing unaided colleges to surrender
seats upheld
The Madras
High Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of a
State legislation and a consequent Government Order directing
the unaided professional colleges to surrender a certain percentage
of seats to the State quota and also to follow centralised counselling
for admission for management quota seats. Read
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July 03, 2007 - 29 students attend counselling for admission
to engineering courses
Twenty-nine
students took part in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination-2007
Central Counselling that began at the National Institute of
Technology-Tiruchi on Monday. Read
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July 03, 2007 - Demand for agriculture courses in TNAU high
With the Common Entrance Test
getting scrapped and more students aspiring for medicine and
engineering, one would have thought agriculture-related courses
would not have takers. Read
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