April 30, 2010 - Admission process for TNAU courses begins on May 9
  The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will begin the admission process for its 12 undergraduate programmes on May 9. Read More >>

April 26, 2010 - City students take AIEE Examination 2010
  The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) came as a respite for a majority of students after two major competitive exams, including the IIT-JEE that got over recently. Read More >>

April 25, 2010 - Research institutions urged to reinvent themselves periodically
  Research institutions should reinvent themselves periodically to update their knowledge and keep a close watch on technological developments in other countries. Read More >>

April 25, 2010 - ‘Education streams suffer from problems'
  “Engineering education for the next generation should direct students to master the basics of the scientific method in an integrated way,” said B. K. Chandrashekar, former Education Minister of Karnataka, here on Saturday. Read More >>

April 24, 2010 - Self-financing colleges can function this year: court
  The Madras High Court has allowed existing self-financing engineering colleges to continue functioning as per existing norms during the present academic year. Read More >>

April 23, 2010 - B.E. civil, mechanical courses in Tamil from coming academic year
  Tamil as a medium of instruction will be introduced in B.E civil and mechanical courses in colleges affiliated to Anna University from the coming academic year on an experimental measure. Read More>>

April 23, 2010 - Hall tickets stump engineering students
  Fourth year engineering students got a rude shock on Thursday when they went to their respective colleges to collect hall tickets for the final semester examination scheduled to begin on April 23. Read More >>

April 23, 2010 - Stricter fee-waiver norms for first generation college-goers
  Only students whose grandparents were not graduates will be treated as first generation college goers for the purpose of granting the tuition fee waiver in professional degree courses announced by the Tamil Nadu government. Read More >>

April 22, 2010 - MCI asks college to discharge 150 MBBS students
  After ascertaining that violations in admissions were committed, the Medical Council of India has asked the Chennai Medical College and Research Centre, Tiruchi. Read More >>

April 22, 2010 - No entrance test for PG courses which have few takers
  The University of Madras has decided to abolish entrance examinations for post-graduate courses for which there is poor response. Read More >>

April 22, 2010 - For deemed tag, institute should exist for 15 years
  Family-run private deemed universities will now have to make way for professional vice-chancellors. Read More >>

April 20, 2010 - Bharathidasan University to offer four-year B.S. programme this year
  For the first time in the country, Bharathidasan University will offer four-year B.S. (Bachelor in Science) programmes through its departments and affiliated arts and science colleges from 2010-11. Read More >>

April 20, 2010 - University order set aside
  Setting aside an order of Anna University-Coimbatore in March this year, cancelling the first year B.E. examinations written by students of a technology institution in Krishnagiri. Read More >>

April 19, 2010 - AICTE puts scrutiny of new engineering colleges on hold
  The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put on hold the scrutiny of applications filed by private trusts for starting self-financing engineering colleges and technical institutions in Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2010-11. Read More >>

April 19, 2010 - ‘Insist on quality in education'
  Students should insist on the importance of quality in higher education to survive in this competitive world, said A.K. Pattabiraman, Head, Accreditation Process, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai. Read More >>

April 19, 2010 - IIT-Madras alumni honoured
  It was a heady mix of smiles and nostalgia as a group of IIT-Madras alumni made their way back to the campus to attend the first-ever Distinguished Alumni (DA) day to be held at the institution here on Saturday. Read More >>

April 18, 2010 - Medical college at Tiruvarur to start functioning from this academic year
  Tiruvarur Government Medical College will start functioning from the forthcoming academic year, said Health Minister M. R. K. Panneerselvam here on Saturday. Read More >>

April 18, 2010 - 1.50 lakh candidates turn up for VITEEE
  Out of the 1,57,554 candidates, who had applied for the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)-2010, a total of 1,49,862 candidates, constituting 95%, turned up for the entrance examination held on Saturday. Read More >>

April 17, 2010 - TNAU moves course contents online
   Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, which works on acres and hectares, has ploughed bits and bytes on cyber land to plant its course contents. Read More >>

April 17, 2010 - College for women to be set up in Vyasarpadi
  Sriram Educational Trust will launch a series of initiatives for the benefit of underprivileged students of north Chennai in the next few years in memory of its founder M. E. Devarajan. Read More >>

April 16, 2010 - Finally, panels set up to select VCs for Anna varsities
  Nearly two months after IIT Kanpur board chairman M Anandakrishnan opted out of the search committee constituted to shortlist names for the post of vice chancellor at the Anna University (Coimbatore). Read More >>

April 15, 2010 - Counselling for medical courses scheduled to begin on June 21
  Applications for undergraduate medical and dental courses will be on sale from May 17, Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam announced on Wednesday. Read More >>

April 15, 2010 - Coimbatore engineering colleges seek separate admissions
  More than 130 self-financing engineering colleges in western Tamil Nadu are seeking to conduct a separate admission process for filling up management quota seats for the 2010-11 academic year. Read More >>

April 13, 2010 - 2 new medical colleges may not get MCI nod
  The state’s grand plan to open two medical colleges in Tiruvarur and Villupuram this academic year has suffered a serious setback with the Medical Council of India’s inspection reports pointing to a lack of adequate staff and infrastructure. Read More >>

April 12, 2010 - IMU to set up Maritime Law Department
  The Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai, will enter into an academic collaboration with the Malta-based International Maritime Law Institute in June to provide specialised course in Maritime Law. Besides. Read More >>

April 12, 2010 - Maths “tough” at IIT-JEE
   About 6,000 students took the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) in 12 centres across the city on Sunday. Read More >>

April 12, 2010 - National Workshop on Frontiers of Modern Database Technologies
  There are examples and success stories in Information Technology (IT) and non-IT sectors making the database as a trans-disciplinary domain. Read More >>

April 11, 2010 - “Education is a wealth that grows when given”
  Education is an everlasting wealth that grows when given to others, according to Justice V. Ramasubramanian, Judge, Madras High Court. Read More >>

April 11, 2010 - Efforts on to increase access to higher education: Minister
  The State government was taking efforts to increase access for students to higher education through new colleges and augmenting the number of seats in the existing institutions. Read More >>

April 11, 2010 - IGNOU identifies six Tamil Nadu districts for special focus
  The Indira Gandhi National Open University has identified six districts in Tamil Nadu to increase the students' Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education by tapping prospective learners in the age group of 18 to 23 years. Read More >>

April 11, 2010 - “Proposal for 16 new Central varsities”
  Union Minister for Shipping G.K. Vasan on Saturday said the future of India and her progress was in the hands of the youths. Read More >>

April 08, 2010 - Anna University, Kingfisher Airlines sign MoU
  As part of the airline's efforts to “go green,” Kingfisher Airlines Executive Vice President Hitesh Patel on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anna University. Read More >>

April 07, 2010 - Foreign varsities will revitalise education sector: Purandeswari
   Entry of foreign universities into the country will revitalise the education sector, according to D. Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development. Read More >>

April 07, 2010 - University to make ragging redressal panel mandatory
   All colleges affiliated to the University of Madras will have to set up ragging redressal committees from the coming year, Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam said on Tuesday. Read More >>

April 07, 2010 - Medical colleges throw T-shirts out of campus
   In a bid to make medical college campuses in the state ‘sex-less’, the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has proposed a dress code for students. Read More >>

April 07, 2010 - Acquire employable skills, V-C tells engineering students
   P.Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University-Chennai, has said that he is not against students watching television or cinema provided they pay equal attention to studies also. Read More>>

April 07, 2010 - Anna University–Tirunelveli to offer B.E. Geo Informatics from this academic year
   Anna University - Tirunelveli is all set to launch a four-year BE Geo Informatics programme from the forthcoming academic year following increasing demand for qualified young technocrats in space research organisations and allied fields. Read More >>

April 05, 2010 - BE admission in mgmt quota to start in June
   The roadmap for admitting students in undergraduate engineering degree courses under the management quota seats in self-financing technical institutions in Tamil Nadu is ready. Read More >>

April 05, 2010 - Next round of staff recruitments by MKU
   The Madurai Kamaraj University here is gearing up for the next round of staff recruitment and the process is commencing this week. Read More >>

April 04, 2010 - 76 TN institutions found to be flaunting old NAAC grades
   Four universities and 72 colleges in Tamil Nadu, including leading names such as Anna University and the Madras Christian College. Read More >>

April 04, 2010 - Bharathidasan University offers Diploma in Archagar
   Bharathidasan University is offering a new programme named Diploma in Archagar (two semesters). Read More >>

April 03, 2010 - Tamil Virtual University to lose university label
   The State government has renamed Tamil Virtual University, which has been functioning since 2001, as the “International Academy for Internet Tamil. Read More >>

April 03, 2010 - Siddha institute gets more land
   In a move towards promoting traditional medicine, the state government on Friday announced that land would be allocated in Kancheepuram district for use by the National Institute of Siddha (NIS). Read More >>

April 03, 2010 - ONLY A FEW VCS AVAILABLE TO BE PART OF TEAM
   Finding it hard to get academics at the level of vice-chancellors to be on its inspection and scrutiny teams. Read More >>

April 02, 2010 - University students roped in for survey of slums in Tirunelveli
   With a view to improve slums under the Centre's Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme, the Tirunelveli corporation has decided to rope in students of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University to identify the beneficiaries. Read More >>

April 02, 2010 - College ties up with university in China
   The American College here has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a university in China to facilitate academic and cultural exchange between the two institutions. Read More >>

April 02, 2010 - 82,000 more aspirants for IIT-JEE
   The number of students aspiring to enter the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has seen a massive increase this year with more than 4.72 lakh boys and girls registering for the highly competitive Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) scheduled for April 11. Read More >>

April 02, 2010 - Anna Univ goes hi-tech with smart classrooms
   Students of different campuses of Anna University in Chennai are being exposed to a high-tech learning environment with the inauguration of 80 smart classrooms. Read More >>

April 01, 2010 - Counselling for engineering seats from June 28
   Counselling for admissions to engineering colleges in the State will begin on June 28, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy announced here on Wednesday. Read More >>

April 01, 2010 - GCT to issue TANCET applications
   Applications for appearing in the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) of the Anna University will be issued at the Government College of Technology (GCT) from April 1 to 20. Read More >>

April 01, 2010 - From today, education becomes a fundamental right
   On Thursday — April 1 — India will join a group of few countries in the world, with a historic law making education a fundamental right of every child coming into force. Read More >>

April 01, 2010 - Varsities to finish exams by April 15
   All universities in the State other than Anna University will finish their examinations by April 15 from the coming academic year to provide a uniform system for students, a meeting of Vice-Chancellors decided on Wednesday. Read More >>

April 01, 2010 - Deemed univs also make a mark in R&D
   A ranking of leading Indian deemed universities on the basis of scientific research conducted over the past four years would now include at least half a dozen privately-run institutions. Read More >>