adminComments Off on Mumbai University results: 3.25 lakh answer sheets yet to be evaluated
While the Mumbai University (MU) has scheduled the result declaration date for the undergraduate courses today, that is, July 31, it seems the varsity will miss the deadline. Of the 477 examinations that the MU conducted in March and April this year, the results of 340 courses are pending. Even as… Read more »
adminComments Off on Mumbai University misses results deadline again, wants 5 more days now
WITH OVER 2.94 lakh answersheets yet to be assessed, the University of Mumbai missed the Monday deadline set by Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor Ch Vidyasagar Rao. The future of over 4.5 lakh students is now uncertain with the university saying it needs at least five more days to come out… Read more »
adminComments Off on Mumbai University result delay: Students fear losing year, jobs, overseas seats
A FINAL-YEAR engineering student, who has been selected for a Masters in Business Administration course in the UK, has spent the past two weeks making rounds of the University of Mumbai, writing applications for an early declaration of results lest she lose the seat. “I had to submit my marksheets to… Read more »
adminComments Off on SPPU comes to Mumbai University’s rescue, dedicates 50 teachers for paper assessments
As the University of Mumbai (MU) struggles with paper assessments, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has come to its rescue by dedicating a team of 50 professors to conduct assessments. Of the 477 examinations, the results of 340 courses were pending till July 30. In a desperate attempt to meet… Read more »
adminComments Off on Mumbai University results to release by August 5: Chief Minister
The Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the Assembly on August 1 that theresults of the Mumbai University (MU) will be out by August 5. The MU results were initially sloted to release on July 31, a deadline announced by the Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao earlier. Due to delay in declaring… Read more »
adminComments Off on ‘Hopeless system’: Mumbai University’s economics school head retires voluntarily amid crisis
Even as University of Mumbai struggles to meet the July 31 deadline for announcing the delayed results of examinations, senior officials are abandoning the university. Neeraj Hatekar, head of department, Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy, has decided to opt for voluntary retirement, calling the problems at the university… Read more »
adminComments Off on Mumbai University results 2017: 90% answer sheets evaluated as deadline ends
The evaluation of 90% answer sheets of the Mumbai University (MU) has been done so far, as the deadline, set by Chancellor and Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, to declare results of all examinations ends on Monday. Over three lakh answer sheets were yet to be assessed, according to a statement… Read more »
adminComments Off on Mumbai, get fitter: Nutritionists reveal the truth behind diet and food myths
In the era of Internet and information overload, we can be easily misled and misinformed. We are surrounded by myths about certain foods and more often than not we believe whatever we read without questioning it. For example, “granolas and flavoured yogurt are healthy” or “salt only increases the risk… Read more »
adminComments Off on For the University of Mumbai, at 160, it’s time to introspect
A liberal education aims at the ‘making of men’, said Sir Raymond West, vice-chancellor of the University of Bombay, speaking in the convocation address in July 1882. “It [education] is not to be diverted into a process of manufacturing human tools wonderfully adroit in the exercise of some technical industry,… Read more »
adminComments Off on On Mandela Day, Mumbai girls get hygiene kits, sanitary pads
The South Africa Consulate on July 18 commemorated Mandela Day by distributing packaged hygiene kits to school girls that contained sanitary napkins, soap, hand towel, sanitizer, toothpaste and toothbrush. The Consulate along with the Nargis Dutt Foundation, an NGO, also provided 176 of these girls with a year’s supply of… Read more »
