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Journalist | The Indian Express, Mumbai.

Mumbai, India
Joined September 2010
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From short-term certificates to master’s degrees, IITs are increasingly turning their academic brand and industry links toward a domain once associated more with IIMs: executive programmes.
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The shift has been driven by rising demand for upskilling, growing acceptance of online and hybrid learning after the pandemic, expanding industry partnerships.
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Maharashtra has not held a student union election in more than three decades. In July, thousands of its students were on the street demanding accountability over the NEET paper leak and the absence of a vote on their own campuses is suddenly the question.
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From a murder of a student leader in the year 1989 and a subsequent ban in 1994, its brief revival under the Maharashtra Public Universities Act 2016 and their sudden deferment in the year 2019, since when there has been no discussion on this topic at all.
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Sydenham #college in #Mumbai has formed a dedicated alumni cell for more concentrated efforts of alumni relations, an established practice in institutes such as IITs and IIMs.
Autonomous institutes get flooded with alumni support but there are few examples of Govt colleges getting the much needed alumni support. @NileshShah68 and few others came fwd to support Sydenham college. @Pallavi_Smart reports indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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“I am working toward the day when gender education for children will also include transgender due to which no TG person will ever be bullied, teased or require special rights to be treated as equal,” said Nikita
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A career guidance seminar, which started off with a small Islamic prayer at Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad Arts, Science and Commerce College in Malegaon, led to the suspension of the college principal, who has now been booked by police surl.li/hywfc @IndianExpress
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Strict time restrictions in girls hostels "For safety," they reason. "Are we really safe inside hostels?": ask girls from city hostels, three days after a girl was found dead inside her room on the fourth floor of her hostel in South Mumbai. surl.li/hussz @ie_mumbai
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ALUMNI Day at the @iitbombay : Nine students of the #first ever batch that #graduated in 1962 shared their #stories, jogged #memories — and made the diamond jubilee event unforgettable. Read: bitly.ws/yonQ
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Residents of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule #government Boys’ Hostel run by @mahasjsa in #Jogeshwari have begun a #protest against the “dangerous conditions they are living in” #MumbaiNews indianexpress.com/article/ci… @ie_mumbai @IndianExpress @ieeducation_job
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Death of two individuals, including a minor, at a rehabilitation centre for the mentally challenged in Igatpuri a month ago has brought the special education sector under spotlight. A closer look shows biggest challenge: perspective of society @ie_mumbai @IndianExpress – at Mumbai, India
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According to reports, there is one person with ID among every 50 people. But where do we see them? Why are they confined to homes or special schools alone? The taboo or stigma attached to this has to be removed in order to bring about the change Read: bit.ly/3dL36YG – at Mumbai, India
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