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MAKING IT IN SPORTS
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MAKING IT IN SPORTS

Sports are not treated as "extracurricular" activities anymore. About half a dozen sports universities have come up in the past decade and several more are in the pipeline.

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July 2022
'THINK BEFORE SPENDING A SINGLE PENNY'
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'THINK BEFORE SPENDING A SINGLE PENNY'

The declining value of the rupee and rising costs globally have put Indian students studying abroad, or planning to, in an exceptionally difficult position.

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July 2022
Interns Are Often Considered ‘Free Labour'
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Interns Are Often Considered ‘Free Labour'

A student who interned with a law-firm during the pandemic writes about working long hours without a stipend and what they learned from mistakes.

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February 2021
THE LLM PROBLEM
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THE LLM PROBLEM

In January, the Bar Council of India issued a notification putting an end to the one-year LLM programme, leaving students and teachers perplexed.

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February 2021
‘WE MIGHT TAKE A CLUSTER UNIVERSITY APPROACH'
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‘WE MIGHT TAKE A CLUSTER UNIVERSITY APPROACH'

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bengaluru doesn’t need a change in law or court cases to become more diverse, said Vice Chancellor, Sudhir Krishnaswamy. He spoke to Careers360 about how NLSIU, caught in a court case related to reservation of 25% seats for Karnataka students, is working on a system to make it more diverse; expanding to accommodate more students and courses; exploring collaborations with other state universities; and planning to raise funds from alumni.

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February 2021
NOT CROSSING THE BAR
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NOT CROSSING THE BAR

There are dozens of career avenues beyond litigation that do not require a law graduate to qualify the bar exam. Many do not qualify the exam and many choose not to write it.

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February 2021
THE DOMICILE DEBATE
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THE DOMICILE DEBATE

Over the past few years, most states have introduced domicile quotas of varying sizes in NLUs. Students, alumni and former administrators continue to oppose this policy.

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February 2021
SISTERHOOD OF LAWYERS
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SISTERHOOD OF LAWYERS

A forum for women lawyers started by a Symbiosis Law School graduate is helping students and graduates find their feet in the profession.

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February 2021
OUTSIDE THE LAW
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OUTSIDE THE LAW

India’s premier law schools, the National Law Universities, are discussing ways to implement the new National Education Policy. They will need more of everything – funds, infrastructure, teachers.

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February 2021
LAW OF ANOTHER LAND
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LAW OF ANOTHER LAND

The largest number of foreign universities whose law degrees the Bar Council of India recognises is in the United Kingdom. What can you do with a foreign degree in law?

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February 2021
GAINING A PRACTICAL APPROACH
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GAINING A PRACTICAL APPROACH

Online courses train lawyers in newer branches of law, help students gain practical experience and keep other professionals updated on the regulations that govern their sectors.

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February 2021
COVERING NEW TERRAIN
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COVERING NEW TERRAIN

Law schools offer a range of short-term diploma courses for both lawyers, other working professionals and students. Several cover emerging areas of concern such as bioterrorism, GIS and remote-sensing.

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February 2021
Tech Rescue For Engineering Courses In Covid-19
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Tech Rescue For Engineering Courses In Covid-19

Public engineering colleges, including the IITs, had to organise fundraisers, use online labs and reorganise teaching to hold a semester online due to COVID-19.

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September 2020
THE COST OF CLOSING DOWN
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THE COST OF CLOSING DOWN

Shutting engineering colleges has cost cash-strapped state universities large chunks of revenue.

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September 2020
NEW IDEAS, OLD PROBLEMS
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NEW IDEAS, OLD PROBLEMS

What happened to the projects that won prizes in the Smart India Hackathon?

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September 2020
TOWARDS A BIO-DEGRADABLE PLASTIC
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TOWARDS A BIO-DEGRADABLE PLASTIC

A team of three students at NIT Raipur created a material out of starches that could potentially be a substitute for plastic.

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September 2020
STAYING RELEVANT BY UPSKILLING ONLINE
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STAYING RELEVANT BY UPSKILLING ONLINE

Why upskilling is not a matter of choice anymore but of survival.

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September 2020
HOW THEY SHOT UP
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HOW THEY SHOT UP

Despite initial struggle, the eight second-generation IITs set up in 2008 have matured in under a decade. Careers360 looks at how they did it.

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September 2020
BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER
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BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER

Most engineering programmes hope to achieve what Jayashri Ravishankar does. Ravishankar, who teaches at Australia’s University of New South Wales, has found a way to keep a very large and diverse student body engaged by developing “research-led and professionally relevant” strategies that have now been adopted elsewhere. An electrical engineer with a special interest in renewable energy and micro-grids, Ravishankar earlier taught at Anna University, Tamil Nadu for a decade. In 2019, she received a citation from the Australian Awards for University Teaching for ‘Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning’. It acknowledges her as one of “Australia’s most exceptional university teachers”. She spoke to Careers360 about how engineering must be taught so that students are engaged and come out job-ready.

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September 2020
EXPLAINER: THE FIGHT OVER OBC RESERVATION
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EXPLAINER: THE FIGHT OVER OBC RESERVATION

A court battle is on over OBC reservation in the AIQ seats in state medical colleges. What is the controversy about?

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September 2020
BACK INTO THE FOLD
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BACK INTO THE FOLD

How a government programme is helping women in science and tech who have faced a career break get back on track.

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September 2020
AIR, WATER, SOIL: ENGINEERING COLLEGES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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AIR, WATER, SOIL: ENGINEERING COLLEGES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

State engineering colleges are working to address environmental challenges in their backyards.

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September 2020
Online Admissions: Easy For All?
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Online Admissions: Easy For All?

Online admissions have relieved the universities of a huge burden. But the process is less convenient for poor and rural students.

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March 2020
UNIVERSITIES OF THEIR OWN
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UNIVERSITIES OF THEIR OWN

India’s 16 women’s universities are training women to thrive, not just in professions typically associated with women, but also in science and tech.

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March 2020
PROTESTS, POLICE, PUNISHMENT
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PROTESTS, POLICE, PUNISHMENT

Students have been at the forefront of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. They have also been at the receiving end of the state’s efforts to push back.

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March 2020
OUTSIDE LABORATORIES
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OUTSIDE LABORATORIES

Some of the most elite research institutions in the country are engaged in explaining what they do to school children and the public.

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March 2020
MEGA UNIVERSITIES
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MEGA UNIVERSITIES

The five largest universities in India have 4,209 affiliated colleges and centres among them.

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March 2020
IMPERMANENT STAFF
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IMPERMANENT STAFF

What does having thousands of ad hoc appointments mean for a public university, its teachers and students?

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March 2020
GOING DIGITAL
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GOING DIGITAL

The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala is becoming a ‘digital university’. The digital world will dictate what it teaches and how.

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March 2020
BEYOND TECH
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BEYOND TECH

The IITs have begun the transformation from premier science and tech schools to multidisciplinary institutions

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March 2020