Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad

Assistant Editor at The Times of India

Special Correspondent @timesofindia, Views are personal. Email: [email protected]

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Pharmacy courses not a fallback option anymore

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: Engineering or medicine? It's the eternal question in many Telangana households once Class 12 results are out. But there has been a silent third option — pharmacy — which has now begun attracting more students than before. Courses such as Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm) and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) are emerging as serious contenders, offering a blend of science, patient care, research, and global career opportunities.
Hyd institutes turn to Australia, Germany as students rethink studies in US

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: With an increasing number of students now apprehensive about going to the US for master's degrees, institutes in Hyderabad, including universities, are more aggressively exploring options to tie up with colleges in countries such as Germany, Australia, and New Zealand to provide higher education opportunities to engineering students. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH), for instance, recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with state universities in Germany.
Caught inflating marks, autonomous colleges told to check papers again

5 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

NewsCity NewsHyderabad NewsCaught inflating marks, autonomous colleges told to check papers againTrendingHyderabad: Marks of hundreds of engineering students are likely to be revised after the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) directed autonomous colleges that had artificially inflated marks, to re-evaluate papers using normalisation. College managements have been warned of being stripped of their autonomous status if the practice continues.
Colleges hire stopgapfaculty for JNTU audit

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: Ahead of the Fact-Finding Committee (FFC) inspection by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH), colleges are lining up to hire ‘temporary faculty' to meet requirements. These faculty members are being hired solely to present them to the FFC so that the colleges can secure affiliation for the next academic year. They will be dismissed soon after the inspection.
Opt AI only if you have flair for it

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: Want to build robots, create smart assistants, or develop apps that ‘think' on their own? A degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI) might just be your calling. Once a niche, AI has rapidly become one of the most sought-after courses in engineering colleges across Telangana — and demand is only growing. Since the introduction of emerging tech courses in 2020, AI has steadily gained traction.
Autonomous colleges under JNTU scrutiny for inflating marks

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: A sharp rise in the number of engineering students securing distinction marks across Telangana has raised eyebrows — not for academic excellence, but because of alleged grade inflation in autonomous colleges. Officials from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) flagged unusually high scores in some colleges that gained autonomous status in recent years.
Parents upset over police school charging high fees

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

TrendingHyderabad: A day after being inaugurated by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, the Young India Police School (YIPS) came under fire after a section of parents pointed out how it was violating govt norms (as per GO 91) by collecting admission fees of up to 20,000. According to the order issued in 2009, the maximum that private schools can collect for admission fee is 5,000.
Students team up with counsellors to correct career trajectory

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: For decades, students were expected to follow a well-trodden path — become a doctor, an engineer, or join the family business. Career advice usually came from parents, relatives, or society at large, leaving little room for exploration. But that's changing. Today, students in Classes 10 and 12 are actively seeking help from professional career counsellors to discover what they're truly interested in — and where they're most likely to succeed.
COUNSELLING: A CRUCIAL STEP MISSED IN PURSUIT OF DREAM CAREER

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

Hyderabad: At 32, despite holding a PhD, Divya* is still searching for her true passion. She has spent years trying to fulfil her parents' dreams, hoping it would bring them happiness — but it hasn't helped her find direction. She pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in marketing, tried her hand at Zumba, and has now taken up flying — but she still hasn't settled on a career path. "I did a PhD in marketing strategies because it was my mother's dream to earn a doctorate, but she couldn't.
CBSE schools make Telugu must as 2nd language, parents livid

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Nirupa Vatyam

TrendingHyderabad: The state govt's diktat on compulsory teaching of Telugu till class 10 has put students in a pickle in several schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). These schools, including some top ones in the city, have now made Telugu as the sole second language and stopped offering Hindi, Urdu etc., from the academic year 2025-26. This despite the CBSE not giving any orders on implementing the state's direction on Telugu.