New Delhi, November 8, 2013
UPSC has announced the results of the written part of the Engineering Services Examination, 2013 held in June, 2013.

The candidature of these candidates is provisional subject to their being found eligible in all respects. The candidates would be required to produce the original certificates in support of their claims relating to age, educational qualifications, community, physical disability etc. at the time of the Personality Test.  They are, therefore, advised to keep their certificates ready and check before hand the requirement of certificates in accordance with the important instructions before appearance in the PT boards available on the website of the Commission.

In accordance with the Rules of examination all these candidates are required to fill up the Detailed Application Form (DAF), which is available on the Commission’s Website http://www.upsc.gov.in and submit the same online.  The DAF will be available on the website of the Commission upto 25.11.20133 till 11.59 P.M.  Important instructions regarding filling up of the DAF and submitting the same online to the Commission are also available on the website.  The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the online Detailed Application Form.  The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Engineering Services Examination, 2013 published in the Gazette of India, dated 06.04.2013, which is also available on the website of the Commission.

After submitting the DAF duly filled in online, the candidates are required to take out a print out of the finally submitted DAF separately and will have to send the printed copy of the DAF duly signed (by the candidate) on each page along with all relevant documents to the Under Secretary (Engineering), Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069, so as to reach the Commission’s Office latest by 29.11.2013. The envelope containing the print out of the DAF submitted online should be super scribed “DAF for Engineering Services Examination, 2013”.   It can also be delivered at UPSC by hand till 29.11.2013 (5.00 P.M.).  In the event of non receipt of ink signed copy of the DAF, the candidature is liable to be cancelled without any further notice.

The candidates are also required to bring the printed copy of the DAF duly signed (by the candidate) along with original documents and a photocopy each thereof at the time of Interview. The instructions for filling up DAF available on the Website along with the Rules of the Engineering Services Examination, 2013, must be read carefully with regard to the certificates that will be produced at the time of Interview. The candidate will be solely responsible for not producing sufficient proof in support of his/her age, date of birth, educational qualification, caste (SC/ST/OBC) and physically disability status.

Interview of candidates who have qualified for the Personality Test are likely to be held in the month of December, 2013 – January, 2014.  The exact date of interview will, however, be intimated to the candidates through Interview Letter / email.  Roll Number wise Interview Schedule will also be made available on Commission’s Website.

No request for change in the date and time of the Personality Test intimated to the candidates will be entertained under any circumstances.

The mark-sheets of candidates who have not qualified, will be put on the Commission’s Website within 15 days from the date of publication of the final result (after conducting Personality Test) and will remain available on the Website  for a period of 60 days.

The candidates can access the marks-sheets after keying in their Roll Numbers and date of birth.  The printed/hard copies of the marks-sheet would, however, be issued by UPSC to candidates based on specific request accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope.  Candidates desirous of obtaining printed/hard copies of the marks sheets should make the request within thirty days of the display of the marks on the Commission’s Website, beyond which such requests would not be entertained.

The result will also be available on the UPSC’s Website http://www.upsc.gov.in.

Union Public Service Commission have a Facilitation Counter at its campus.  Candidate may obtain any information/clarification regarding their examination/result on working days between 10.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. in person or over Telephone Nos.(011)-23385271/23381125/23098543 from this counter.

New Delhi, October 31, 2013
On the basis of the result of the written part of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II) 2013 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 11th August, 2013, candidates with the under mentioned Roll Nos. have qualified for Interview by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of the National Defence Academy for the 132nd Course and for the 94th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 30 July, 2014.

The candidature of all the candidates whose Roll Nos. are shown in the list is provisional. In accordance with the conditions of their admission to the examination, they are required to submit original certificates of Age and Educational Qualification direct to the “Additional Directorate General of Recruiting, Adjutant General’s Branch, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Army), West Block No. III, Wing No.I, R.K Puram, New Delhi –110066.” The candidates must not send the Original Certificates to the Union Public Service Commission. For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the Commission, either in person or on telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 between 10:00 hours and 17:00 hours on any working day. The result is also available at Union Public Service Commission’s Website http://www.upsc.gov.in

The mark-sheets of the candidates, who have not qualified, shall be available on the Commission’s website after fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of the final result. (after concluding SSB Interviews) and will remain available on the web.site for a period of sixty (60) days.

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New Delhi, October 31, 2013
The Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad laid the foundation stone of Doon Medical College at Dehradun and Agriculture University at Sehaspur in Uttarakhand, on Wednesday. He also launched Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakaram, Free Drug Service, National Iron Plus Initiative and National Ambulance Service in the State of Uttarakhand, today. 

Azad today launched a fleet of 220 Ambulances under National Ambulance Service of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). He expressed hope that this initiative will lend strength to referral and emergency transport facility in the State. He said that 13 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) have also been funded under NRHM in the State. The Minister highlighted that NRHM has injected about 18000 ambulances into the health system of the country with the aim of expanding the referral and emergency transport services. 

Speaking at the occasion, Azad said that the aim of the Government is to upgrade and strengthen healthcare systems at all levels across the country to achieve the objective of providing accessible, equitable and affordable health care services to the people. He said that so far more than Rs. 96,000 crores have been released to the States under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and about 54000 new constructions or renovations of public health facilities have been taken up in the country. 

The Minister said that interventions and strategies introduced under NRHM have started showing discernible results and the health indicators are improving consistently. Referring to two significant interventions to improve maternal & child health, Shri Azad said that the Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY) and the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK) have increased the number of pregnant women availing the health facilities. The Minister noted that these services are being made more comprehensive and efficacious to provide best care to the beneficiaries. 

Azad said that in view of the growing incidence of Cancer in the country, the Union Cabinet has recently approved Cancer Programme worth Rs. 4750 crores which aims to set up 20 State Cancer Institutes and 50 Tertiary Cancer Centers. He announced the setting up of one State Cancer Institute (SCI) at Government Medical College, Haldwani and one Tertiary Cancer Centre (TCC) at Himalayan Institute Medical Sciences, Dehradun. 

“Augmentation of human resources is one of cornerstones of our policy and many path breaking initiatives have been taken during the last four years in this direction” highlighted the Minister. He expressed his satisfaction from the fact that these initiatives have led to phenomenal increase in the medical seats. 

Azad stated that MBBS and Post Graduate seats have been increased by 18,412 and 10,093 respectively which marks an increase of 76% and 55% respectively and that 97 new medical colleges have been set up during this period in the country, thus taking the number from 290 to 387. Explaining the importance of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakaram (RBSK), he said that this unique initiative can lay the foundations of a healthy nation as it signals a leap towards universal health coverage. 

The Health Minister said that existing school health program was too weak and under-funded to realize the goal of securing the health of children and this prompted the Health Ministry to come up with a comprehensive and broad-based programme, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakaram (RBSK).The programme aims to screen 27 crore children up to the age of 18 years across the country for 4 Ds i.e Diseases and disabilities, defects and disorders. 

Azad said that all expenses on the treatment and management of specified medical conditions of screened children, up to the tertiary level, will be borne by Union Health Ministry under NRHM. He exuded confidence that this will lead to improvement in the quality of life enabling all persons to realize their full potential. 

Azad also called upon the State Government to consolidate the gains that have accrued so far and make concerted effort to bring down IMR and MMR. 

Present at the occasion were Shri Vijay Bahuguna , the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Harish Rawat, the Union Minister for Water Resources, Shri Surinder Singh Negi, Health Minister of Uttarakhand, MPs and other senior leaders of Uttarakhand. 

Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh along with the representatives of Universities and Colleges of US in Chicago.

Imphal, October 27, 2013
A delegation of Aryans Group of Colleges is on US Trip these days under the leadership of Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group. The Delegation attended the International Conference of 4th Global Engineering Dean’s Council (GEDC) in Chicago, US. The topic of the conference was “Online Digital Education and Transformed Faculty Roles”.

After conference, Aryans Delegation also visited many renowned Universities and Institutes of USA. De Paul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University, Columbia College, East West University, Spertus Institute etc. were some of them.

The Delegation has visited these Universities to find out the difference between the Teaching and Learning pattern there and the pattern we follow in India. The delegation learnt about the Curriculum and the about courses being offered to students in USA. The objective of the trip is to work for possibility of International Collaboration, Technical know how, student exchange Programme etc.

It is to be mentioned that in last few years, Aryans team had visited many universities of South East Asia, Middle East including IMT and SP Jain Business School, Dubai; SASIN Business School, Bangkok; SP Jain Business School, Singapore; Hong Kong etc. The team has also visited some SAARC countries including Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc in the recent years.

Aryans Group of Colleges have already entered into a number of Tie-ups/Collaborations with Foreign Institutions such as Outline System (USA); LSME(London School Of Management Education, London); Fontys University (Netherland); AUPP(Australian Unified Pathway Program, Australia), Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB), Dublin (Ireland) etc., and an international membership of AACSB (Association To Advance Collegiate School Of Business, USA),GMAT and GREIt.

It is believed that adding some of the aspects of the Education of Foreign Universities, into our Educational System can help make a notable difference in the way students are Educated. Meetings like these would help enhance the Educational Quality of the Country which can prove to be a great asset for us.

New Delhi, October 25, 2013
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), an autonomous institute functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, today signed 5 memoranda of understanding with country’s five leading research, academic and business institutions, namely: Indian School of Business (ISB); Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE); Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS); The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) and YES Bank Limited. Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of Corporate Affairs, was present on the occasion.

IICA provides opportunities for research, education, and advocacy and also serves as a knowledge-centre for policy makers, regulators and other stakeholders related to the domain of corporate affairs. The Institute supports the growth of the corporate sector in India through an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach. IICA is also an academy for the Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS) officers. The Minister had an intense interaction with the probationers of the ICLS, discussing their training needs and how IICA’s course modules could be enhanced to cater to everyday practical requirements. Shri Pilot emphasized the importance of gauging and assessing the specific needs of industry and business and stressed on the fact that all the courses should add value to the participants’ potential and ability thereby creating a demand in the Corporate Sector for employees to undergo traini
ng/development at IICA.

 Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO of IICA, stressed upon the need for institutional partnerships saying that it holds the potential to bring together diverse stakeholders for the common goal of advancing knowledge and promoting able corporate governance.

Sachin Pilot also released two books – Business Responsibility India Survey 2013 and Responsible Corporate Engagement in Rural India – A Compendium of Good Practices; an outcome of the bilateral cooperation project between IICA and GIZ on business responsibility.

New Delhi, October 9, 2013
The HRD Ministry will soon launch 50 DTH educational channels. This was stated by the Secretary (HE) Ashok Thakur in New Delhi today. He said these channels will be different from the existing programmes on air including Gyan Darshan as new one will be more interactive.

He said these channels will air programmes which will be live and not pre recorded. Saying that the new initiatives will be one of the largest anywhere in the world of its kind, Thakur said later on the number of the channels will be increased to one thousand. He said that the Ministry has spent more than one billion dollars for ICT. Over 400 universities and twenty thousand colleges have been linked with bandwidth.

He said there is a great potential to increase its usage. Highlighting the potential of the National Programme on National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), the Secretary said that the entire country can be made into a big classroom which will help improve quality of instructions in engineering colleges particularly belonging to the remote areas.

He said that the Ministry may approach AICTE to make on-line education mandatory and integral part of education system. Asking to promote virtual lab, Sh. Thakur said it should be possible to share classes from IITs to other engineering colleges by making the system more user friendly.

Dr. S.S. Mantha, chairman, AICTE focused on promoting quality initiatives in the country. He said that rapid expansion in institutions has led to the decline in quality. The need of the hour therefore is to nurture quality in the institutions.

The one day workshop was organized by the HRD Ministry with AICTE. More than 150 engineering colleges from the National Capital Region of Delhi participated in the programme. 

New Delhi, August 21, 2013
Government on Tuesday introduced two important bills in the Lok Sabha related to formation of a civil aviation authority for administration and regulation of civil aviation safety and to establish and incorporate a university in Uttar Pradesh to provide for avenues of higher education and research facilities to the women.

Minister of State Civil Aviation K C Venugopal introduced the Civil Aviation Authority of India bill amid din caused by legislators demanding United Andhra.

Speaker Meira Kumar allowed the introduction with a voice vote.

Soon after, HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju introduced the Indira Gandhi national university for women bill in the house.

Later the house was adjourned till 11:30 am, after resuming business the again adjourned for 12:00 noon.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for ten minutes soon after its start till 11:20 AM amid demands of reservation by JMM MP Sanjeev Kumar to introduce one community into the OBC fold.

When the house resumed coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal made a statement in Rajya Sabha with regard to missing files related to coal block allocation issue.

Jaiswal said that CBI has registered a case in the matter and is investigating it.

However opposition led by BJP demanded a statement by the Prime Minister and amid uproar caused by them, the chair adjourned the house till 12 noon.

BJP also raised the issue of coal block allocation missing files issue in Lok Sabha. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj demanded statement by the Prime Minister and not by the coal minister.

New Delhi, August 21, 2013
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, here today announced the results of its both types of exams: OMR- based Foundation Programme (new syllabus); and Foundation Programme (old syllabus) which were held in June. In both the examinations girls have secured the top 3 ranks! In OMR-based exa
mination Deepika Sukdev Patra of Pune got the 1st rank whereas in the old syllabus examination Kirthana Nayak Sujir of Mangalore came first.

The results have been released to all the Regional and Chapter Offices of the Institute throughout the country for information of students and general public. In addition to making available results along with subject wise break-up of marks on the Institute’s website — www.icsi.edu the ICSI has extended the facility of downloading of e-result-cum-marks statement by the examinees of Foundation Programme. The results are sent through e-mail by the Institute to such of those students who had registered their requests along with their e-mail IDs on the Institute’s website.

The next examination of CS OMR- based Foundation Programme will be held on Sunday, the 22nd December 2013, for which the last date for receipt of enrolment applications together with requisite examination fee is 25th September, 2013.

IMPHAL AUGUST 17: The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal which was established on 14th Sept., 1972 is imparting quality undergraduate and post graduate medical courses including BDS and B.Sc. Nursing courses.

All sections of people agree that the opening of Dental college on the RIMS campus after 41 years of its existence is an important milestone in the dental care service. All these years aspirants from Manipur, except the 3 to 5 government nominees, had to splurge huge amounts in the private dental colleges to undergo study in dentistry. Only those students whose parents could afford the huge fees could study in private dental colleges in different states.

Now after the establishment of Dental college in Imphal 13 more students from Manipur get admission every year. Like that of medical and nursing colleges the students have to spend very affordable amounts.

However some elements were not obviously amused for their personal reasons. For unexplained reasons some of them feel that Dental college in RIMS was opened in a haste, whatever they intend to mean.

So far people have been getting dental care services from the Dentistry department and it is a fact that the different specialities under the umbrella of Dental
College are yet to be made widely available to the people.

As it is mandatory to develop different departments as a part of the teaching curriculum quality dentalcare services will be made available to the public. These departments have to come up in due course.

With adequate financial back-up from the Union Ministry of Health and family Welfare the RIMS authority has firmed up to bring up Dental college as per Dental Council of India guidelines. There are facilities for various dentures, root canal, cavity, filling and veneering treatments, trauma and ortho treatments and treatment for children below 13 and X-ray and other equipments. Recruitment process for the appointment of Regular of principal, professor, associate professors and faculties for nine departments have been started/advertised and these departments are coming up shortly. In the past the reports of the DCI inspectors regarding the opening of Dental College were not given due attention. It was in the last two years or so that the teething troubles were handled earnestly. Now this college has become a reality despite some obstructions from disgruntled elements.

There is already the second batch of students in this college coming from beneficiary NE states and All India Quota. The Dental College Development Committee under the supervision of the RIMS Director is looking
after essential infrastructures of the college.

The college has started providing quality service in dental care to the people NE region and Manipur in particular at affordable fees.

IMPHAL, August 17, 2013
 The final hearing of the MBBS/BDS entrance test case was held today at the High Court of Manipur.  However, the judgement was not announced and was kept as reserved.

The state Medical directorate had issued a notification on April 19, 2013 notifying that the entrance test for the admission into MBBS/BDS courses for this year academic session will be held on June 9, 2013.

However, after 5753 admit cards were issued, the said entrance test was called off prior to only two days on June 7 from the scheduled date on June 9.

Subsequently, a notification was issued by Director A Bijoy Singh according to which, the candidates of the admission into MBBS/BDS courses will be selected from the merit list of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSC).

10 candidates who have received admit cards for the said entrance test filed a petition at High Court of Manipur challenging the government’s decision of calling off the entrance test. The Court admitted the petition and the case was going at the Court.

The 10 candidates who are the petitioners in this case submitted their arguments to the court while the state government who are the respondents prayed the court to let them submit the arguments on August 16.

With the submission of the arguments by the respondents, the final hearing for the case which started from August 8 was held today.

Meanwhile, the petitioners have maintained that they will approach the Supreme Court if the judgement does not favour them.       

New Delhi, August 16, 2013
The Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan proposes to put a ceiling of maximum number of colleges to be affiliated to any university to two hundred. The proposal has been submitted following several State Universities having a large number of colleges affiliated to a single university. For example Osmania University has 901 colleges affiliated to it while 811 colleges are attached Pune to University. Rashtrusant Tukadoji Maharaj University Nagpur has 800 colleges with it and Rajasthan as well as Mumbai University have 735 and 711 colleges attached to them. The average number of affiliated colleges per university is 300. This phenomenon impugns upon the academic quality of the University. It is imperative that States create more universities so that affiliation does not result in large number of colleges being tied academically to one university.

The one lakh crore rupees scheme when implemented will lead to setting up and upgradation of new colleges and universities. The scheme may also facilitate increased number of students from secondary to higher education.

The Rashtriya Uchchatar Flagship Abhiyan is a new centrally sponsored flagship umbrella scheme aimed at providing strategic funding to State higher and technical institutions. States will develop comprehensive state higher education plans that utilize an interconnected strategy to address issues of expansion, equity and excellence together. Central funding will be linked to academic, administrative and financial reforms of state higher education. 

Agartala, August 14, 2013
50,000 girl students in Tripura living below the poverty line would get a bicycle each free as an incentive to reduce the school drop out rate, CM Manik Sarkar said.

"The state government has decided to give some incentives to girl students to reduce drop out rates. 50,000 girl students living below poverty line will get bicycles free of cost in addition to existing benefits like free text books," Sarkar told reporters in Agartala on Wednesday.

Girl students in Class XI and XII with a family income less than 1.25 lakhs per annum would get the benefit.

The total financial implication for the scheme would be Rs 15 crore per annum on the state exchequer.

August 14, 2013
The Union Public Service Commission will be conducting the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2013 on 8th September, 2013 (Sunday) at 41 Centers all over India as per notification dated 25th May, 2013. The e-Admit Cards of admitted candidates for this E http://www.upsc.gov.in which may be downloaded. Letters of Rejection  to the candidates stating reason (s) for rejection have already been sent  through email provided by the candidates.  In case of any difficulty faced by the candidates for downloading e-Admit Card, they may contact the UPSC Facilitation Counter on Telephone Nos. 011-23385271, 011-23381125 and 011-23098543 on any working day between 10.00 AM and 5.00 PM. The candidates can also send Fax message on Fax No. 011-23387310.  The candidate may note that no paper Admission Certificate will be sent by post.
xamination have been uploaded on the Union Public Service Commission Website

 The candidates may note that ,in case the photograph is not printed or available on the e-Admit Card, they may  carry three (3) identical photographs (one identical photograph for each session) alongwith proof of identity such as Aadhar Card or identity Card or Voter Identity Card or Passport or Driving License and printout of e-Admit Card at the venue of the Examination.

MOBILE PHONES BANNED
(a)    Mobile Phones, Calculator or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises, where UPSC Examination is being conducted.  Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action against the concerned candidates including ban from future Examinations / Selections.
(b)   Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones / pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping cannot be assured.

New Delhi, August 14, 2013
The University Grant Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have asked Universities and Technical Institutions to introduce Cyber Security and Information Security as a subject at the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate levels. This was stated by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha today.

He said that based on the recommendations of the Task Force on the National Security System constituted on the direction of the Cabinet Committee on Security, the UGC has requested the Vice Chancellors of all the Universities to ensure that Cyber Security/ Information Security is introduced as a subject in the universities and technical institutions at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels. AICTE has intimated that following the recommendations of the the Task Force, it has made provisions in the Approval Handbook that out of the two divisions allotted at the Post-Graduate and Post-Diploma levels, one shall be on Cyber Security or in Cyber Security related courses in the Computer/ IT branches of Engineering/Technology.

The Courses on this vital field have been started in 34 institutions at 15 States and one Union Territory.

This was stated by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question today. 

New Delhi, August 14, 2013
Based on the result of the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Written Examination, 2012, held by the Union Public Service Commission on 11th November, 2012 and the Personality Test held in July 2013, the following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to:-

• Border Security Force; 
• Central Reserve Police Force;
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police;
• Sashastra Seema Bal.
• Central Industrial Security Force;

    A total number of 345 candidates have been recommended for appointments which include 160 General, 101 Other Backward Classes, 56 Scheduled Castes and 28 Scheduled Tribes candidates.

The number of vacancies reported for Border Security Force is 94 (49 General, 25 Other backward Classes, 14 Scheduled Castes and 06 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Reserve Police Force is 168 (85 General, 45 Other backward Classes, 25 Scheduled Castes and 13 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force is 28 (15 General, 07 Other backward Classes, 04 Scheduled Castes and 02 Scheduled Tribes); Sashastra Seema Bal is 14 (09 General, 03 Other backward Classes, 01 Scheduled Castes and 01 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Industrial Security Force is 80 (41 General, 21 Other backward Classes, 12 Scheduled Castes and 06 Scheduled Tribes). Appointment to various Services shall be made by the Government in  accordance to number of vacancies available and due consideration to the provisions contained in the Rules for the Examination.
The candidature of the candidates with the following Roll No.s is provisional:

020535	055643	021961	010284	153430	004565	261080	213381
232146	112096	003916	070018	127498	148096	103309	172709
170910	032068	028364	243230	188395	103532	141250	004215
203756	156517	155193	234026	094194	214043	025707	112574
237088	059844	070663	083503	217258	105034

IMPHAL, August 14, 2013
The fate of the MBBS/BDS entrance test candidates of the state for the academic session 2013 still remains uncertain.

The hearing for the case which started on
August 8 with a Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice N Kotiswar of High Court of Manipur hearing the case has now been adjourned till August 16.

The hearing for the case  was held in the evening session of the High court today.

Even though the 10 candidates who are the petitioners in the case submitted their arguments on time to the court, the concerned officials of the state government who are the respondents prayed to the court for the submission of their argument on August 16 which was accepted.

It may be mentioned here that the Medical directorate had issued a notification on April 19, 2013 that the entrance test for the admission into MBBS/BDS courses for the academic session 2013 will be held on June 9th, 2013.

However, it was called off a day ahead of the scheduled date following a state cabinet decision according to which, the candidates for the MBBS/BDS courses will be selected from the merit list of NEET conducted by CBSE.

10 candidates who had received admit card for the said entrance test had challenged the cabinet decision at the High Court of Manipur. The proceedings for the case is still going on at the court.

However, the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has already started their session for the course a few days ago.

New Delhi, August 13, 2013
The HRD Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju inaugurated the Conference on ICT for School Education in New Delhi today. On this occasion he launched the National Repository of Open Education Resources (NROER). Addressing the Conference he said that the school education has in the recent times witnessed immense growth. Having promised our children the right to education, leveraging technology is important to expand school system.

The Minister of State for HRD, Dr. Shashi Tharoor said that Ministry of Human Resource Development is continuously working towards inclusiveness of Education. In order to make education inclusive, the use of ICT would be quite beneficial. Although technology may not replace the teacher yet it will make teaching more attractive.

The Secretary for Higher Education Mr. Ashok Thakur said that ICT initiative is not only promoting school but teachers as well as students also. He said that at present we are connecting 400 Universities and 20,000 Colleges through ICT highways.

The Secretary for School Education and Literacy Mr. Rajarshi Bhattacharya said that ICT which is developed by NCERT will improve teaching quality at school level.

Over 200 delegates from the Government, NGOs and the private sector are participating in a two-day Conference in Delhi. The National Conference brings together a variety of stakeholders- policy leaders, practitioners, researchers, implementation agencies and developers of content to examine the policy in the light of their insights and impressions, identifying gaps in the system and suggesting a roadmap for implementing the policy.

The Conference aims to evolve a roadmap for using ICT into schools and help teachers and children make best use of the opportunities that ICTs provide. Based on National Curriculum Framework, the ICT Curriculum for teachers and students intends to provide a holistic introduction to ICT in education. The National Repository is a collaborative platform which proposes to bring together the best of digital resources for different subjects domains, across different stages of the school system and in different languages.

Some of the issues to be taken by the Conference are ICT for education : Exploring the potential; Implementing the national policy on ICT for school education in India : Challenges and Issues; Showcasing ICT practices – Going Beyond computer Literacy; Showcasing ICT practices – learning from state/ BOOT partners/NGO Experience; e-Governance Mission Mode programme in school education.

This Conference is being organized by MHRD and NCERT. 

New Delhi, August 13, 2013
On the basis of the result of the written  part of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) 2013 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 14th  April 2013, candidates with the under mentioned  Roll Nos. have qualified for interview by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for Admission to  Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of the National Defence Academy for the 131st  Course and for the 93rd  Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from  December, 2013.

 The candidature of all the candidates, whose Roll Nos. are shown in the list , is provisional. In accordance with the conditions of their admission to the examination, they are required to submit original certificates of Age and  Educational Qualification direct to the   “Additional Directorate General of Recruiting, Adjutant General’s Branch, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Army), West Block No. III, Wing No.I, R.K Puram, New Delhi –110066.”   The candidates must not send the original certificates to the Union Public Service Commission. For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation counter near Gate C of the Commission, either in person or on telephone numbers 011-23385271/011-23381125 / 011-23098543 between 10:00 hrs and 17:00 on any working day.  The result is also available at Union Public Service Commission website http://www.upsc.gov.in .

The mark-sheets of the candidates, will be put on the Commission’s website within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of the final result (after concluding SSB Interviews) and will remain available on the website for a period of sixty (60)) days.

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IMPHAL, August 9, 2013
The fate of the Manipur MBBS/BDS candidates for the academic year 2013 is still uncertain. On April 19, 2013, the Medical Directorate, Govt of Manipur had made an official notification that the Manipur MBBS/BDS entrance test would be held on June 9, 2013. Admit cards for the entrance test were issued to 5753 candidates.

However, the said MBBS/BDS entrance test was cancelled by a decision of the State Cabinet. Instead, the MBBS/BDS selection would be made from the CBSE conducted NEET merit list which was published in the local dailies on June 7, 2013 it said.

In the mean time, ten candidates out of the 5753 candidates who got admit cards for the entrance test challenged the decision of the State Cabinet by filling a petition at the High Court of Manipur on June 10, 2013. The Court had admitted the petition and its necessary proceedings were going on in the Court till date.

Although the High Court of Manipur has fixed a date for the hearing of the case on August 6, 2013, it was rescheduled on August 8 for final hearing while the Court has directed to those interested parties in the case to submit their argument before August 7, 2013.

As the case was enlisted in the ‘cause list’ of the court today, the hearing of the case started. However, the Court adjourned the hearing till August 14, 2013 as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur, Abhay Manohar Sapre was on leave and will return here on August 13.

It is noteworthy to mention here that Regional Institute of Medical Sciences has already begun MBBS/BDS session for the academic year 2013 while the 30 seats of Manipur quota is now lying vacant and all the state seats of the Jawaharlal Nerhu Institute of Medical Sciences are also laying vacant.

Kolkata, August 9, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced reservation in higher education in the state for minorities while attending Eid prayers in the city's Red Road.

"We want youths and children from minority communities to advance in studies and become doctors, engineers and professionals in different other fields," Banerjee said, stating that reservation of seats would be introduced in higher education from 2014 educational curriculum.

She also announced that other avenues of business would also be made available to the minorities including opening of shops and other such small scale enterprises in the districts.

The chief minister attended the largest Eid prayer gathering on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis.

Prayers were held at other places too including at Nakhoda Masjid, the largest mosque in the city. Eid-ul Fitr marks the culmination of month-long fasting and prayer during the holy month of Ramzan.

People of all hues, from little children to aged persons adorned in new dresses, attended the Eid prayers followed by ritual hugs.

Eid was celebrated with fervour in other parts of the state also. In Darjeeling Hills, which has been affected by an indefinite bandh called by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha demanding a separate state, the celebrations remained subdued.

New Delhi, August 7, 2013

The Department of Space (DOS) has established an endowed fellowship at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, USA in the memory of Dr. Satish Dhawan a distinguished alumnus of the Institute and former Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, DOS. Dr. Satish Dhawan fellowship will provide an opportunity to one meritorious student from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) to pursue Post Graduate programme in Aerospace Engineering.

The Fellowship programme will begin from the winter session starting from September 2013.

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prim Minister’s Office Shri V.Narayansamy gave this information in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today. 

IMPHAL, August 7, 2013
The Under-Secretary of the Higher & Technical Education, Govt of Manipur has made an office memorandum on August 5, 2013 saying that the functioning of the various aspects of Higher Education Departments including Colleges, Principals, Teaching Faculty, Students, etc has been under observation with concern for sometimes now.

The office memorandum continued that there is an urgent need to improve the general functioning of the Higher Education Department through focus on assigned roles and tasks so as to regain the congenial atmosphere essential for education, through a system of proper respect and regard to the rules and regulations, procedure and decorum etc with giving due consideration for prestige and appreciation of the important role performed by each of the various stakeholders in the Higher Education sector with a view to improve their efficiency and streamline it in the interest of the students and public interest in general, it said.

After due consideration, 16 points procedures are laid down for strict & immediate compliance of all concerned in the Department of Higher Education with immediate effect without fail, it said.

New Delhi, August 6,2013 Based on the results of the written examination of Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination 2012 held by Union Public Service Commission in December 2012 followed by Personality Test in June 2013, a list of 31 candidates  [16 General (including 01 PH2), 08 Other Backward Classes, 05 Scheduled Castes and 02 Scheduled Tribes], in order of merit, who have been recommended for appointment for the Indian Economic Service against 31 vacancies [16  General, 08  OBC, 05 SC and 02 ST] including 01 vacancy each reserved for PH-2 & PH-3 and a list of 21 candidates  [10 General, 09 Other Backward Classes, 02 Scheduled Castes], in order of merit, who have been recommended for appointment for the Indian Statistical Serviceagainst 38 vacancies [16  General, 07  OBC, 10 SC and 05 ST] including 02 vacancies reserved for PH-1 & 1 vacancy for PH-3. 2.       The candidature of the Roll Nos 4071 & 5575 (IES) and 1957 & 7731 (ISS) is provisional. 3.       The figures shown before the names in the list indicate the Roll Number of the candidates. 4.       UPSC has a “Facilitation Counter” near “C” Gate of its campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their examination/recruitments on working days between 10:00 hrs. To 17:00 hrs in person or over telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 from this Counter.     Result will also be available on the UPSC Website, i.e., http://www.upsc.gov.in. Marks-sheets of candidates, who have not qualified, will be put on the Commission’s Website within 15 days from the date of publication of the final result and will remain available on the Website for a period of 45 days.                     IES/ISS EXAMINATION,2012    S.NO.               ROLL NO                  NAME INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE 1                            000086                   SAKET MALVIYA 2                            002708                   RAHUL KUMAR RAKESH 3                            009503                   ANSHU SHARAWAT 4                            007523                   ANUSREE RAHA 5                            012305                   AAKANKSHA ARORA 6                            008398                   DIVYA SHARMA 7                            006550                   SATVIK DEV 8                            002379                   AARATHI L R 9                            001196                   RAGHAV BHATT 10                          008867                   SHALINI GUPTA 11                          001551                   REEMA JAIN 12                          013045                   PRERNA SHAHI 13                          011760                   GAURAV KUMAR JHA 14                          006181                   M RAHUL 15                          006825                   SHALINI MAHAJAN 16                          010172                   NEHA YADAV 17                          008395                   VIJITH KRISHNAN K 18                          010005                   AMIT SAHU 19                          014514                   PUNIT KUMAR 20                          005575                   NEERAJ KUMAR 21                          004195                   SATINDER KUMAR 22                          004071                   SHINDE ASHISH ASHOK 23                          006607                   KAMINI TANDEKAR 24                          007118                   HARISH KUMAR KALLEGA 25                          002319                   DIPAK KUMAR DAS 26                          006420                   RABI RANJAN 27                          007276                   JAGDISH KUMAR 28                          001772                   GAURAV KATIYAR 29                          007186                   VIJAY KUMAR 30                          007132                   PAUSIANMUANG TUNGLUT 31                          010680                   NG YIRMAYAI INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE 1                            002431                   MONICA KUMAWAT 2                            007139                   SRIJAN ACHARYA 3                            000420                   ARCHANA SHUKLA 4                            002318                   GUNJAN VERMA 5                            001678                   AQSA ILAHI 6                            002621                   RINKI GUPTA 7                            001036                   GAIKWAD KIRTI NANDKISHOR 8                            003961                   RONY JOSE KOKKAD 9                            003323                   PUSPENDRA SINGH 10                          007988                   MANVI AGARWAL 11                          003073                   PALLAVI AGRAWAL 12                          001957                   SHIV BALAK VERMA 13                          005633                   SACHIN KUMAR YADAV 14                          007725                   NAVDEEP SINGH 15                          001606                   DEEPAK KUMAR 16                          001815                   VIKAS NIGAM 17                          000039                   KUWAR ALOK SINGH YADAV 18                          007731                   RITU 19                          003426                   SUNIL KUMAR PATEL 20                          006134                   JITENDRA KUMAR VERMA 21                          007474                   VINEESH P P CONCLUDED (UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION)