In email to about 5,000 donors, Kansas says their contributions are safe

Kansas assures donors their money is not misused

Wearing convocation gown ‘barbaric colonial practice’: Ramesh

BHOPAL - Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday caused a flutter at a ceremony here Friday by terming the wearing of the traditional convocation robe as a “barbaric colonial practice” and removed the ceremonial gown he was wearing.

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Traditional convocation gown ‘barbaric’: Ramesh

BHOPAL - Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh Friday termed the wearing of the traditional convocation robe as a “barbaric colonial practice” and called for wearing a simple dress instead.

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West beckons students despite foreign varsity bill

NEW DELHI - The government may be keen to allow foreign varsities to set up independent campuses in India but many students say they would still prefer to go abroad for higher education as the exposure counts and the overseas degrees may be of greater value.

IIM-Shillong first B-School to webcast convocation

SHILLONG - The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Meghalaya is set to be first business school in the country to webcast its first convocation ceremony live April 3.