Yogesh Avasthi

An education dept initiative, On-Demand Online Exam System will be introduced in the next academic year for graduate and postgraduate students across the state Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Monday, December 31, 2012 http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2012123120121231003446488ff07ef5f/DEMAND-YOUR-EXAM.html The examination system in Gujarat is set to take a giant leap with the Higher Education Department proposing ‘On-Demand Online Examination System’ (ODOES) for all graduate and post-graduate courses from the next academic year beginning June 2013. Gearing up to introduce the system in the first semester examination in November 2013, the department has sent a circular to all universities and colleges in the state, seeking details of their existing infrastructure to conduct the online test. The department will aid colleges and universities to put in place required facilities for the ambitious project. The decision comes close on the heels of the 12th Five Year Plan projection of 25 per

Council for teacher edu says Calorx BEd degrees are not recognised, making the prospects of about 250 students uncertain; institute says it is a university and can award degrees Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2012122520121225011942597f800316e/Degree-row-clouds-BEd-students%E2%80%99-future.html ) The future of about 250 students of Calorx Institute of Education hangs in balance with the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) holding its certification as unrecognised and Calorx University insisting that it is well within its right to issue degrees. NCTE has issued a public notice declaring that Calorx University “has not been granted recognition for any teacher course by the competent authority”. The council has also written a letter to the university asking it to stop admission to its BA BEd programme and remove from its website the announcement that its course is recognised by NCTE. Despite this, Registrar Shailend

Six-yr-old topples from second floor of Shanti Asiatic. Parents blame incident on negligent authorities who failed to install safety features Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, December 22, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/20121222201212220212192067872e195/Boy-falls-from-school-window.html ) For four days, Vihaan Bhagat fought for his life. The 6-year-old schoolboy had plunged from the second floor room of Shanti Asiatic School where he studies in Class 1. His horrified classmates watched helplessly as he hit the ground, face down. The injured child was rushed to Sterling hospital where the medical staff battled to save his life. His parents who mounted a round-the-clock vigil outside the intensive care unit kept wondering how the school that charged Rs 60,000 as fee from them could overlook the safety of young students. The institute is situated off S P Ring Road. AUTHORITIES TO BE BLAMED Vihaan is finally out of danger but it will take him months to recover from the i

Director claims it is contractor’s mistake, orders for the wall to be pulled down Yogesh Avasthi, Hemington James Posted On Saturday, December 15, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20121215201212150242584218871276f/CEPT-builds-wall-on-public-road.html ) The wall of CEPT University is encroaching on about 10-feet of public road The university which has been working as a consultant for the corporation and helping it utilise public space to the maximum is now being accused of wanting some of that public space for itself. Centre for Environment Planning Technology is constructing a wall near its main gate at Dadasaheb na Pagla. However, it seems that the wall is encroaching on about 10-feet of public road. Construction on walls, on both sides of the gate, has been going on for over a month now. However, Dr Bimal Patel, president and acting director (CEPT) claims he just found out about the encroachment.“I have come to know of the wall. It is the contractor’s mistake.

n a first for the state, images from CCTV cameras installed at Gandhigram railway station can now be accessed from any part of India as it has been inter-linked with high tech rail net facility Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20121212201212120122228116affac39/CCTV-to-track-down-crooks-at-Gandhigram.html ) Reservation at Gandhigram railway station is likely to be a smooth affair with the newly installed closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras keeping an eye on erring employees, touts and any wrongdoings at the station. The images captured by the CCTV cameras can be accessed in any part of the country. With the station linked to the high tech rail net facility, the images can be shared with any other railway station which has such a facility. Any railway officer in any part of the country with rail net facility can access the CCTV footage of Gandhigram using his/her login and password. Even a month-old footage can be acce

Large scale training in patent process pays off; varsity faculty, students have filed for 75 patents in six months and aim to hit century by March next year Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, December 06, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/201212062012120602572596475ed67e7/GTU-set-to-hit-century-of-patents-applications.html )

Dressed in all her finery, Minakshi Sawant went straight from the venue of her marriage to appear for her FYBA semester 2 examination at M G Science Institute Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/201211282012112802104961673aad91f/Straight-from-wedding-venue-to-examination-hall.html ) College students at an examination hall in the city were pleasantly surprised on Tuesday when a bride in full wedding attire was in their midst writing the paper. Soon after exchanging vows, the bride rushed from the wedding pandal in Bapunagar to sit for the examination at M G Science Institute. Sukhramnagar resident Minakshi Sawant is a semester 2 FYBA student of psychology. She is also pursuing a course in psychiatry from a foreign university. She got married to Anshul Patel of Bapunagar as per Hindu tradition on Tuesday morning. The wedding function commenced around 8 am and continued till around 1.30 pm. Soon after the couple tied the knot,

Collector issues notice to varsity for putting centre to commercial use, says Ahmedabad Education Trust had given the land on which centre stands strictly for educational use Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Sunday, November 25, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/20121125201211250438427784290b11e/GU-in-soup-over-use-of-convention-centre.html Gujarat University has landed in a controversy yet again. Ahmedabad District Collector recently issued a notice to the varsity for using the convention centre for non-educational purposes, a deviation from the purpose with which it was donated land by Ahmedabad Education Trust in 1957. Earlier this year, the varsity raised many eyebrows by giving away its swanky convention centre, spread over 2,50,000 sq feet, to a private agency for a paltry annual fee of Rs 7.5 crore. The decision was taken by the syndicate following a tender process. The idea was that the university would get a certain amount every year while the party that was awarded the

After info panel’s order, GU showed photocopies of TYBA answer sheets to two students unhappy with the results, but placed stickers on marks scored for individual answers Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20121121201211210158388203d944c6f/Can-show-you-answers-not-marks.html A sticker placed on the marks scored So, Gujarat University can play pranks, too. Just that this one may stir up a hornet’s nest. After intervention by Gujarat Information Commission, GU finally showed photocopies of the answer sheets to two TYBA students who were dissatisfied with their scores. But the episode turned out to be a damp squib. In what came as a shock to the students, GU had pasted stickers on the marks given to them for each answer, saying they can go through their answers but cannot be shown the marks! That defied the purpose behind the students seeking access to their answer sheets. And all this, after the students paid Rs 80 a

While adulterated food abounds in market in festive season, a Food and Drugs Dept testing van fails to detect any case though it has checked 1,500 samples for a month across state Yogesh Avasthi, Hemington James Posted On Monday, November 12, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/201211122012111201513954878a4cd75/Stop-before-you-gorge.html The idea of launching the testing van is to make people conscious of having healthy food, say officials of Food and Drugs Department. The van has been travelling to various districts since its launch in Navratri All food stuff sold in the state is absolutely fine and you may gorge on it. A Food and Drugs Department van launched specifically to catch adulteration in food has tested 1,500 samples from across the state for over a month and found all absolutely fine and fit for human consumption. If only circumstances could be as rosy. A municipal corporation team seized and destroyed 3300 kg of food stuff across the city three days ago. Anoth

Cairn Energy Pvt Ltd offers pay package of Rs 8.8 lakh each to two students, the highest in L D Engineering’s history Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Sunday, November 11, 2012 http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20121111201211110239316738ff41015/Fewer-placements-better-packages.html It was survival of the fittest at L D Engineering placements this year with just 20 per cent of students finding favour with companies in the first phase. Last year, before Diwali, around 40 per cent students of L D found placements. This year, of the 1,100 students who sat for placements, a little over 200 were placed in the 18 companies that had come for campus interviews. The brighter side is that in the history of L D’s placements, the highest pay packet of almost Rs 9 lakh was offered this year. Last year, the highest package offered was Rs 5.75 lakh per annum by Reliance Refinery. Cairn Energy Pvt Ltd, a company that has come for the first time at L D for placements, has selected two students — Ne

GU, GTU send their women basketball teams to Gwalior without confirmed rail tickets to compete in the zonal tourney; 28 players will reach venue today and begin medal quest tomorrow morning Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, November 06, 2012 http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2012110620121106021257806d1ca7335/Go-get-medals;-so-what-if-you-travel-1000-km-standing.html Go a thousand kilometres standing, compete against the best, and bring back medals. This is the mantra of the state’s two leading varsities -- Gujarat University and Gujarat Technological University. They have sent their 16-member teams on a nearly 24-hour train travel without any confirmed ticket to Gwalior to participate in West Zone Inter-University Basketball (women) tournament from November 7. Girls and their parents wouldn’t speak for fear of being victimised, but it does not take any genius to empathise with the 28 players and four officials accompanying them. They have to brave the 1029-km train travel witho

--> In this season of election, staff members including peons of Bhavan’s R A College of Science create a record of sorts by electing a principal through a secret ballot Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, November 03, 2012 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/20121103201211030123408049508873/Peons-vote-to-elect-a-college-principal.html In a rather debatable first in the history of higher education in state, staff members of a college elected their principal on Friday. The ‘electoral college’ included peons, administrative staff and teachers. The trustees of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R A College of Science in Khanpur needed a principal as they felt the performance of the principal in charge was not up to the mark. Besides, with the trust preparing to celebrate 75 years of its existence in a big way, office-bearers were looking for new dynamism at the top, according to trust secretary Mukesh Patel. What they came up with was an innovative first in appointment of