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    UGC eases hiring contract teachers, opens V-C post to non-academics too
    (The Indian Express, 2025-01-07) The Indian Express
    In a major overhaul of the process of appointment of leaders in higher education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued new rules Monday which effectively give Governors in states broader powers in appointing Vice-Chancellors and opened the position to industry experts and public sector veterans, thus breaking from the tradition of selecting only academicians. According to government sources, if approved as is, the new regulations will give Chancellors greater control over Vice-Chancellor selection. This will likely have significant ramifications for Opposition-ruled states such as Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Kerala, where the government and Governor (who serves as Chancellor of state universities) are currently locked in disputes over the top academic appointment process. The new draft regulations — titled ‘University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2025’ — have also removed the cap on contract teacher appointments. The 2018 regulations had limited such appointments to 10 per cent of an institution’s total faculty positions. The new rules will be finalised after the higher education regulator receives public feedback on the draft. “The Chancellor/Visitor shall constitute the Search-cum-Selection Committee comprising three experts,” the new regulations state. Earlier, the regulations mentioned that the selection for the post of Vice-Chancellor should be through proper identification by a panel of 3–5 persons formed by a Search-cum-Selection Committee but did not specify who would constitute the committee.
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    Over 1,800 students graduate from BITS Pilani:
    (The Indian Express, 2024-11-12) The Indian Express
    BITS Pilani held its convocation at the Pilani campus, where degrees were conferred across BE, MSc, ME, and PhD programmes to 1,832 students. In total this year, 15,681 degrees have been awarded by the institute including all campuses, programmes, and WILP programmes. Highlighting their focus on diversity in STEM, 3,893 women graduated this year. The event was graced by illustrious dignitaries such as Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO of Micron Technology, and Dr S. Somanath, Chairman of ISRO, who awarded degrees, emphasising BITS Pilani’s strong ties to industry and academia. BITS Pilani also reported a growth in PhD enrolment, with a CAGR of over 20 per cent in the last five years, now standing at over 2050, out of which 42 per cent are female scholars. Additionally, during FY 2023-24, the institute approved 72 research projects worth Rs 81.33 crore, demonstrating its commitment to enhancing research competitiveness. Furthermore, BITS Pilani filed 121 new patent applications in the same year, contributing to a total of 419 filed patents and 107 granted patents to date.
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    BITS Pilani launches Design School in Mumbai; admissions begin on Feb 26
    (The Indian Express, 2024-02-16) The Indian Express
    The Birla Institute of Technology And Science (BITS) Pilani on February 15 launched BITS Design School (BITSDES) in Mumbai. BITS Design School will introduce a four-year, residential, bachelor of design (honours) programme in the academic year 2024-25, followed by a master’s degree programme and a faculty development programme for design educators over the next two years. Admissions for the new design school will begin on February 26 2024 for the founding class who will be taught by international visiting faculty and a marquee Indian faculty trained at the top design schools in the world. In the second year of the programme, students can choose from the five streams offered for specialisation – Physical Product Design, Digital Product Design (UI/UX), Human Centred Design, Experience Design, and Visual Design.