Hrushikesh Senapaty appointed as new director of NCERT

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has reported that Senapaty has appointed as new Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Earlier, he was heading the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal (a constituent unit of NCERT), as its principal.
An alumnus of BJB College in Bhubaneswar and Devi Ahilya Bai University. He joined RIE (Bhopal) in 1997 as Associate Professor. Subsequently, he worked with RIE in Bhubaneswar as professor, before coming back to Regional Institute of Education(RIE), Bhopal as its principal in 2012.

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According to a report in Press Trust of India, the statement said, "His area of specialisation has been teacher education and Information and Communications Technology in Education (ICTE). He is also a UNESCO expert on ICTE from India. In addition to many areas concerning school education, he has also worked on integration of ICT into 'Constructivist Theory of Learning' to bring a paradigm shift in the teacher education practices."
NCERT was established in 1961 by the Government of India, with headquarters located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi. It is set up to help and advise the central and state governments on academic matters related to school education.

Kashmiri migrants get 2 seats, 10 % relaxation at PU

Besides creating two additional seats, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, has decided to relax eligibility by 10 % marks for students from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) educational institutions in all recognised higher education institutions of the university.

The decision was taken at the PU syndicate meeting on Monday. The decision was taken following a letter from University Grants Commission (UGC) in which, as a part of the special scholarship scheme for J&K, UGC had requested all the universities of the country to create two seats under supernumerary quota.
The syndicate also approved relaxation and concessions to J&K students in admission to PU from the next session.

JEE Advanced 2014 registrations to begin May 4

JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Advanced 2014 will be conducted on May 25, 2014, while the results will be declared on June 19, 2014.
The registrations process for the same will commence from May 4, 2014 and will continue till May 9, 2014 (between 10 am to 5 pm). Eligible students need to register online at http://jeeadv.iitkgp.ac.in.
The admit cards for the exam will be issued between May 11 to May 24, 2014 and aspirants who come across any discrepancy in the admit card are supposed to inform about the same to the Chairman - JEE Advanced. The last date to report any such issue is May 22, 2014.
Only top 1, 50,000 students who would appear for JEE Main 2014 will be eligible for JEE Advanced 2014.