Mumbai: In a heartfelt and reflective speech, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, paid tribute to his mentor and former professor, the renowned scientist and academic Prof. M M Sharma. Speaking at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai during the launch of Prof. Sharma’s biography, Divine Scientist, Ambani announced a grant of ₹151 crore to the institute. He also shared how profoundly Prof. Sharma influenced his life and contributed to India’s i...Read More

Gandhinagar: A controversy has erupted involving IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN), raising concerns about the increasing ideological influence within the Humanities departments of India’s premier technical institutions, on which the government spends huge money of tax payers. Scores of internet right handles on microblogging platform X (formerly twitter) have urged centre's Education Ministry to intervene. This controversy surrounding IIT Gandhinagar and its Humanities Department sparked off  after...Read More

Gandhinagar:  The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar, has released the provisional answer keys for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination, February/March 2025, Science Stream. The answer keys are for the subjects of Mathematics (050), Chemistry (052), Physics (054), and Biology (056). These keys cover question paper set numbers 1 to 20, and are available in Gujarati, Hindi, and English mediums. The provisional answer keys are accessible on the board'...Read More

Bhavnagar: An incident of ragging has come to light at Bhavnagar Medical College, where three junior students were allegedly subjected to physical and mental harassment by their seniors. The college administration has taken swift action, suspending four seniors involved in the incident. According to police complaints filed by the victims, the interns, identified as Dr. Man Patel, Dr. Naren Chaudhari, Dr. Balbhadrasinh Gohil, and Dr. Milan Kaklotar, allegedly abducted the junior students in a ca...Read More

Vadodara: One questionable appointment by the government, and controversies are not stopping at Vadodara's heart-like prestigious Maharaja Sayajirao University (MS University). Tainted former Vice Chancellor Vijay Srivastava whose appointment was challenged by a senior professor in the High Court and who resigned just before his end of term has not vacated the official bungalow of the Vice Chancellor of MSU yet. Now the local Lok Sabha member has intervened and asked Srivastava to vacate the bun...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government plans to establish Gujarat Institute of Technology (GIT), modelled on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Rs. 100 crore allocation has been made to establish GIT in the budget for FY 2025 presented by Finance minister Kanubhai Desai on February 20th. The budget of Education department also mentions provision for setting up the Gujarat International Education City. The budget drafts also mentions provision of Edu-City in Surat's HSR Zone as suggested in th...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government will build 10 new government colleges, provision for which is made in the annual budget of 2025-26. Constructions of colleges proposed in the budget include Govt. Arts & Commerce College at Ghogha, Science College at Veraval, Arts & Commerce College at Sojitra and Vanthali, and Science College at Tharad. While these will be the new colleges, a number of other works of construction and repair of buildings are proposed for existing colleges across the st...Read More

Ahmedabad: Reacting to the attempts to create controversy by a section of the media and left-leaning ecosystem over the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event at the venue, which is Gujarat Vidyapith, the RSS today in a statement said that the scheduled event is going to be held over five themes, and those trying to create controversy should say which of these themes, if any, contradict Gandhi’s philosophy. And which of them is inappropriate for a prestigious institution like Gujarat Vidyapit...Read More