HYDERABAD: Prof Sunaina Singh of the Department of English, Osmania University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) and she will be taking charge on Monday. The Eflu has been facing a number of problems, including severe shortage of teaching staff, due to the absence of a regular vice-chancellor for the past two years.Incharge vice-chancellor Prof R Amritavalli confirmed Prof Sunaina Singhs appointment. We received...
08:53 AM, May 14, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Archeological museum at the premises of the Directorate, Archaeology and Museums, Gunfoundry, is set to open by the end of March 2012.The museum which has been closed for over a year-and-a-half due to restoration activities is expected to open soon unless the department fails to achieve its target.Once opened for public in January 2009, the museum building was later closed down in November 2011.The state of...
07:52 AM, Feb 27, 2012
HYDERABAD: The comprehensive dossier and management plan for the Qutub Shahi monuments in Hyderabad (Golconda Fort, Qutub Shahi tombs and Charminar) has been submitted to UNESCO through the Archaeological Survey of India for their recognition as World Heritage Sites. The dossier was sent well before the deadline of Feb 1, Prof P Chenna Reddy, Director of State Archeology and Museums, confirmed. He also said that the State government had given...
10:44 AM, Feb 17, 2012
HYDERABAD: Even as the vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) asserted on Tuesday that there is no discrimination in the university, gay poet and professor at the varsity, Hoshang Merchant, stuck to his guns and said it was insinuated to him that his course is not useful. There is no discrimination against anyone in our university!, said vice chancellor Prof Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, reacting to the allegation made by Prof...
09:05 AM, Jan 18, 2012
HYDERABAD: The University of Hyderabad in a sudden move has proposed to increase hostel fees paid by students by about 250 per cent. The budget proposed at the 67th Academic Council meeting on Wednesday included proposals for the increase in order to mobilise more internal resources. The move comes after a letter from the University Grants Commission dated October 5, 2011 addressed to the UoH registrar expressed its inconvenience to...
08:52 AM, Nov 17, 2011
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