Musab Qazi

Mumbai

Journalist, Founder and Editor at MahaScholar.com

Education Reporter at Free Press Journal (India)

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Full-time teachers, stipends out of criteria

2 days ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

Unlike general and technical education institutes, there's no mechanism for assessing medical colleges. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)Musab Qazi | May 12, 2025 | 05:26 PM ISTTwo years after it prepared a draft framework for the accreditation and ranking of medical colleges in collaboration with the Quality Control of India (QCI), the National Medical Commission (NMC) has come up with another outline for evaluating them.
Fight for AIIMS Delhi seat changes MBBS admissions for disabled candidates

1 week ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

NEW DELHI: In a landmark ruling this month, the Supreme Court (SC) directed that Kabir Paharia, a student with multiple half-grown fingers, be admitted to MBBS at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS Delhi) in the upcoming 2025-26 academic session.
CoAP nixes placement forum following 'meddling' charges

1 week ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

PUNE: The College of Agriculture Pune (CoAP) nipped in the bud an initiative by some of its former and current students to boost the employment prospects of the institute's graduates. The group had sought to create a forum associated with the college, named “AgriConnect”, that would improve campus placements by connecting students with alumni and industries as well as developing job-oriented skills.
Can BTech graduates rely on ‘new-age’ tech courses?

1 week ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

NEW DELHI: In 2019, in a bid to correct the oversupply of engineering graduates and ballooning vacant seats in technical colleges, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the apex regulator for the discipline, announced an unprecedented freeze on starting new engineering institutes or courses.
New AICTE rules help diploma engineers get a second shot at BTech

2 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

NEW DELHI: Arjun Paramanik, a 47-year-old plant manager at the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), had to drop out after finishing his diploma in mechanical engineering in 1998. Despite having an adequate score for admission to BTech, the Asansol (West Bengal) resident couldn't study further as his Railways-employed father's income wasn't enough to finance his and his two siblings' higher education.
Aadhaar chaos leaves MBBS aspirants anxious

2 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

MUMBAI: With less than a week to go for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025 exam, several candidates are gripped with confusion and anxiety as they have been asked to provide their Aadhar details for verification.
NEET admission for physiotherapy; ‘Dr’ title, 1-year internship for grads

2 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

NEW DELHI: Physiotherapy graduates in the country can now attach a ‘Dr’ to their names, but with a ‘PT’ suffix to distinguish themselves from medical graduates and PhDs. Also, admission to physiotherapy courses will be mandatorily through the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET UG). The students will also be required to undergo a year-long internship following their graduation – like in MBBS – extending the duration of the course from the usual four and a half years to five years.
Post-NEP, AI driving biggest MBA transformation

2 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

MUMBAI: BITS Pilani, one of the premier private universities in the country, began its school of management (BITSoM) in January 2021 in Mumbai. It has recently moved to the institute’s new campus in Kalyan on the outskirts of the city. During an interaction, BITSoM dean Saravanan Kesavan talks about integrating MBA curriculum with AI, diversity on campus and his outlook on placements. Edited excerpts:Are there any changes being made to the MBA curriculum post-National Education Policy (NEP)?
New Maharashtra body will frame common curricular framework for universities

3 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will set up a body to develop a mechanism for students to shift from one university to another while carrying the credits they earned – a key provision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The advisory body, named Maharashtra State Academic and Research Council (MahaSARC), will create academic equivalence across various programmes offered by different universities in Maharashtra.
‘Core engineering branches are seeing a revival’: ICT Mumbai VC

3 weeks ago | news.careers360.com | Musab Qazi

MUMBAI: Established as the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT) under University of Mumbai in 1933, the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT Mumbai) has transformed into a public deemed university, known for research in chemical engineering and allied fields. In this interaction, ICT vice-chancellor Aniruddha Pandit talks about the institute’s new courses, revival of core engineering streams and research funding. Edited excerpts:What are some of ICT’s new academic initiatives?