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Pichai also talked about education and In November, as per the report, the (Institutions Deemed to be Universities)
start-ups while answering students and Karnataka State Higher Education Regulations, 2010 which were
teachers. When a student asked that Council had come up with a plan to amended in the year 2014 and 2015.
why there was lesser number of non- rank and rate universities.
computer science students working for As per Clause 7.0 of the UGC (Institu-
Google, he replied by saying, "Follow The UGC directive to institutions read, tions Deemed to be Universities) Regu-
your dreams and work where you "The best learning experience in the lations, 2010, the Deemed to be Uni-
want. ideal environment is the ultimate ob- versities are required to maintain a
jective of every institution. This objec- minimum level of infrastructure facili-
We do hire non -computer science tive becomes more highlighted when ties, have adequate number of aca-
graduates from languages majors, his- institutions are constantly adjudged on demic programmes and should be fi-
tory, commerce and engineering. De- the basis of excellence in teaching and nancially viable.
veloping softwares is just a part of it". learning, excellence in research and
innovations and excellence in engage- IIM-L partners with
Pichai also announced that Google is ment". Harvard Business School
planning to train 2 million developers
over the next three years and will be The Commission has zeroed in on sev- The Indian Institute of Management,
collaborating with around 30 universi- eral parametres that will be used to Lucknow (IIM-L) has entered into an
ties in India. rank institutions under NIRF. institutional alliance with the Harvard
Business School.

UGC to rank all higher UGC asks Deemed Univer- The collaboration happened following
education institutions in sities to submit compli- two IIM-L professors visiting HBS to
India ance reports attend a faculty workshop on
'Microeconomics of Competitiveness'
The University Grants Commission The Union Human Resource Develop- held at the Institute for Strategy and
(UGC) has said that it plans to rank all ment Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani in a Competitiveness, HBS.
educational institutions in the country, written reply to a Rajya Sabha question
in a move that has upset other regula- said that Deemed Universities are Under the alliance, IIM-L like HBS, will
tory bodies. Reportedly, the UGC asked by the University Grants Com- offer an elective course on
rankings will cover private colleges and mission (UGC) to submit compliance `Microeconomics of Competitiveness'
universities as well. reports in respect of the deficiencies to students of different programmes
pointed out by the UGC Expert Com- from academic session 2016-17. The
The UGC has already prepared a Na- mittees. course will be taught by Prof Ashutosh
tional Institution Ranking Framework Kumar Sinha and Prof Sanjay Singh of
(NIRF) for varsities and colleges, and In order to regulate the process of dec- IIM-L. At present, the MOC course is
has issued instructions to all institutions laration of Institutions as Deemed to be being taught at SP Jain Institute of
to take part in the ranking exercise. Universities, preventing institutions of Management and Research, Mumbai.
dubious quality from being so declared,
The UGC move has not gone down well and further to maintain quality of Not only this, IIM-L, will be able to
with other regulatory bodies like the higher education imparted by Deemed use the Harvard expertise in cluster
AICTE (engineering), MCI (medical), to be Universities, the University Grants development at local government level
NATA (architecture) etc. Commission (UGC) has notified the UGC too.

Chennai rains leave technology companies marooned

IBM, Cognizant, Infosys and other technology companies with significant presence in Chennai have been forced to
relocate key personnel and functions to neighbouring Bengaluru and other cities to avoid disruption to business due to
the Chennai flood. Companies had to set up makeshift camps in their offices with mattresses and temporary shower
stalls and deploy boats for rescue and in-campus transportation.

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