New Delhi:20/4/21: In view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the National Testing Agency (NTA) today postponed the UGC-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for December 2020 cycle (May 2021) Examination scheduled to be held in between May 2 and 17, 2021 across the country. The NTA further stated taking into account the safety and well-being of the candidates and examination functionaries, the UGC-NET ...

Bhubaneswar: All technical institutions including ITIs/Polytechnics/Engineering and Professional Colleges/Technical Universities in Odisha will be closed from April 19 until further orders in view of the COVID-19 situation. The classes and examinations for all courses shall be conducted online. The authorities of the institutions shall take all appropriate measures for conducting classes through online mode to complete the syllabus in time. ...

Bhubaneswar 15/4/21: The students of Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar (BJB) Autonomous College and Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT) today staged a protest demanding online examinations. The students of BJB College said that the Covid-19 positive cases are on rising in the city and they are scared of visiting the campus. The students from UG and PG program raising slogans ...

Balasore:14/4/21: Prof. Dinabandhu Sahoo, Director of the Cluster Innovation Centre and Professor of Botany, the University of Delhi who had assumed charge as the Vice-Chancellor of Fakir Mohan University in December 2020 for the period of four years has resigned after his four-month tenure as Vice-Chancellor of Fakir Mohan University and Chancellor  Odisha governorProfessor Ganeshi Lal has accepted his resignation and ordered till the ...

Newdelhi:14/4/20:The Hon’ble Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting today to review the examinations to be held at various levels in view of the developing Corona situation. Union Education Minister, ShriRameshPokhriyalNishank, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, School, and Higher Education Secretaries, and other top officials attended the meeting. The Prime Minister reiterated that the well-being of the students ...

Bhubaneswar:12/4/21: Odisha Governor and Chancellor of Universities Professor Ganeshi Lal today appointed Prof. Umaballava Mohapatra and Prof. Sanjay Kumar Satapathy as Vice Chancellors of Rajendra University, Bolangir and Kalahandi University, Bhawanipatna, respectively for a period of four years with effect from the date they assume office as such or until further orders, whichever is earlier.  Prof. Mohapatra, Retired Professor of Botany, ...

Newdelhi:12/4/21:Based on the results of the written part of the Engineering Services Examination, 2020 held by the UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION in October 2020 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-April, 2021, the following are the lists, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to various Services/Posts in the Ministries/Departments concerned. 2.    The ...

Cuttack:9/4/21: With Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack is all set to operate as a university from April 28, Governor and Chancellor of Universities Prof Ganeshi Lal appointed the first Vice-Chancellor for the educational institution. The Governor appointed Prof Kamal Jeet Singh as the Vice-Chancellor of Madhusudan Law University for a period of four years with effect from the date he assumes ...

Cuttack:8/4/21: Finally, Madhusudan Law College,Cuttack one of the oldest and premier Law Colleges in Odisha, is all set to officially become a University from April 28. The Law University will have jurisdiction over all Law Colleges across the State, said the State Higher Education department in a notification. As per the notification, the decision to upgrade the law college into ...

Newdelhi:8/4/21:Union Education Minister chaired a high-level meeting on implementation of NEP-2020 in New Delhi today. Secretary, Higher Education, Shri Amit Khare; Secretary, School Education, Smt Anita Karwal, and senior officials of the Ministry were present in the meeting. In pursuance of the goals and objectives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 issued on 29th July 2020 and to assist States ...