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Our endeavour at the india today Best Colleges Survey, now in its 22nd year, has been to provide readers with all the inputs to make an informed choice from over 50,000 higher education institutes. With this goal in mind, we have made our methodology more stringent this year and widened the net to include many more colleges. We have included new entrants among the top 20 colleges, across all streams, and segregated rankings of public sector and private sector engineering colleges. Reflecting the increasing diversity of career choices, we have included architecture, dentistry and social work streams this year. Our new survey partner, Marketing & Development Research Associates (MDRA), surveyed 988 colleges nationwide and visited 115 colleges to verify ranking parameters. It is of course difficult to talk about colleges…

Retail prices of fuel hit record highs this week, and oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan promised the government would find ways to check the spiral. India is one of the leading importers of crude. Rising prices and a strengthening dollar will adversely impact India’s fiscal and current account deficits. Government sources have been playing down the impact while also insisting that the government has no role in the pricing of oil, with retail prices pegged to daily fluctuations in the global price. But critics have been quick to point out that the excise duties on fuel have been consistently high, even when fuel prices were low. Rupees 76.87 Price per litre of petrol in Delhi on Tuesday, May 22, a record; Rs 84.4 in Mumbai; diesel prices too hit a high…

A horrifying video, tweeted on May 20 by Jignesh Mevani, independent member of the Gujarat legislative assembly, showed a Dalit man being flogged in Rajkot. He was tied to a metal door, while two men took it in turns to beat him with a rod. The man later died. He was beaten, revealed the police report, on the orders of a factory owner. Five people, including a minor, were arrested. The victim, Mukesh Vaniya, and his wife were ragpickers. According to Mevani’s tweet, Vaniya’s wife was assaulted too; both were accused by their attackers of theft. Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh, a Dalit boy was found hanging from a tree. He had been sodomised. A man was arrested. The boy’s father said the murder had resulted from a longstanding dispute over…

BJP president Amit Shah must have thought the May 20 meeting of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance in Guwahatiwould be a welcome break from Karnataka. Instead he faced public protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which locals fear will help Hindu Bangladeshi immigrants get citizenship. Then it was AGP president and cabinet minister Atul Bora warning him not to move the bill while he was on the dais. Trouble, it comes in bagfuls. Sandeep Unnithan with Ashish Misra, Kaushik Deka and Rahul Noronha…

A monthly ration of 15 kilos of foodgrains and a Rs 1,000 monthly stipend for every student in hostel beside an array of unprecedented doles. When Nitish Kumar rained concessions on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on May 8, he was paying back a constituency that’s stood by him by and large. Although some benefits were extended to students from Extremely Backward Classes, Other Backward Classes and minorities, Nitish’s primary focus was on the Dalits. There were cash incentives for SC/ ST students: Rs 50,000 for qualifying the state civil service preliminaries; and Rs 1 lakh for success in the all-India civil services prelims. The aim is to win over educated Dalit youth, increasingly emerging as opinion-makers in the numerically significant community. Interestingly, the doles were announced within a week…

College education in India is a serious investment for all stakeholders. The 2017 Value of Education report by an HSBC survey, which focused on 8,481 parents across 15 countries, found that Indian parents spent a hefty $18,909 (over Rs 12 lakh) towards their children’s school and college education in tuition fees, books and transport. For a country with a per capita annual income of Rs 1,03,219, that’s significant. According to National Sample Survey 2014, private (out-of-pocket) expenditure on education for general courses increased from Rs 2,461 per student in 2007-08 to Rs 6,788 per student in 2014 (a 175.8 per cent rise). As many as 44.81 million—16.6 per cent male and 9.5 per cent female—Indian undergraduate students are too poor to pursue higher education. It’s not difficult, then, to understand…

Iconic alumni “We have a celebrity alumni list—Anita Desai, Shovana Narayan, Mira Nair, Nandita Das among others. Our students are occupying top positions in big corporate houses. The current students are inspired to replicate the success of the alumni and emerge pioneers in their respective fields.” Learning curve “We focus on practical learning. We run bridge courses for laboratory and instrumentation work and rigorous remedial courses to bring these students at par with others who have received good science education earlier. We also impart language skills.” Action hub “There are 25 societies for community engagement, sports, music, theatre, environment and debate. We build soft skills through these societies. There is something liberating in the ambience of the college, and students fall in love with the air of Miranda House.”…

BENGALURU 1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CHRIST 2. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS) 3. KRISTU JAYANTI COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 1. LOYOLA COLLEGE 2. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) DELHI 1. SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 2. HINDU COLLEGE 3. LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN HYDERABAD 1. ST FRANCIS DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) 3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE AND PG COLLEGE KOLKATA 1. GOENKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2. J.D. BIRLA INSTITUTE 3. BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU SURENDRANATH COLLEGE MUMBAI 1. MITHIBAI COLLEGE 2. K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE 3. KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE PUNE 1. SYMBIOSIS COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE 2. NESS WADIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 3. ST MIRA’S COLLEGE FOR GIRLS COIMBATORE 1. SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND…

1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, Pilani 2 B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Bengaluru 3 MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Manipal 4 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Mesra, Ranchi 5 THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Patiala 6 VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Vellore 7 SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Majitar, Sikkim 8 P.S.G. COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Coimbatore 9 K.J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Mumbai 10 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pune…

1 MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES New Delhi 2 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Lucknow 3 MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES Manipal 4 POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES Rohtak 5 FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, BHU Varanasi 6 NAIR HOSPITAL DENTAL COLLEGE Mumbai 7 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL Mumbai 8 GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL Nagpur 9 CHRISTIAN DENTAL COLLEGE Ludhiana 10 SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL Dharwad…

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION New Delhi 2 A.J.K. MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA New Delhi 3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD Hyderabad 4 XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS, Mumbai 5 SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Udupi 6 SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION Pune 7 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru 8 SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEPARTMENT, SOPHIA SMT MANORAMA DEVI SOMANI COLLEGE, Mumbai 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA Bengaluru 10 MANORAMA SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION Kottayam…

1 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING & NUTRITION, New Delhi 2 WELCOMGROUP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION, Manipal 3 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED NUTRITION, Mumbai 4 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru 5 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED NUTRITION, Hyderabad 6 BANARSIDAS CHANDIWALA INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, New Delhi 7 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED NUTRITION, Chennai 8 DEPARTMENT OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CHRIST UNIVERSITY, Bengaluru 9 ARMY INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT & CATERING TECHNOLOGY, Bengaluru 10 INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED NUTRITION, Lucknow…

“SICSR, BEING A MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, BELIEVES IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF ITS CURRICULUM DELIVERY. IT HAS A ROBUST ACADEMIC DELIVERY ENGINE, AND HAS BEEN THE PRIME MOVER IN UPDATING CURRICULUMS IN EMERGING AREAS” DR LALIT S. KATHPALIA, DIRECTOR, SICSR AVG ANNUAL SALARY OFFERED PRIVATE TOP 10 2,86,485 TOP 25 2,58,109 There is no government college in Top 25 colleges 5 HOT JOBS AFTER BCA 1 ASSOCIATE ANALYST 2 SYSTEM ANALYST 3 TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL 4 SOFTWARE TESTER 5 WEB DEVELOPER…

1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY New Delhi 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Mumbai 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Bengaluru 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Chennai 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Patna 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Hyderabad 7 PEARL ACADEMY New Delhi 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Kolkata 9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Gandhinagar 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY Bhubaneswar…

1 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (TISS) Mumbai 2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, DELHI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI Delhi 3 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (AUTONOMOUS) Kochi 4 MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Chennai 5 LOYOLA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Thiruvananthapuram 6 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) Bengaluru 7 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA New Delhi 8 MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Chennai 9 FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK, MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA Baroda 10 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY Varanasi…

Q. What took you so long to do a Marathi film? When I left for the US, the Marathi film industry wasn’t very developed. Also, I had been busy working for the Hindi film industry. When I came back, the Marathi industry had grown so much. Though the films are made on a limited budget, they are rich in content. This is evident in filmslike Killa, Gulabjaam and Sairat. Q. Do you think your film Bucket List has a pan-Indian appeal? The story is relatable. It is about a woman who discovers herself through a bucket list and how she changes people’s perceptions about her. Thanks to subtitles, there is no language barrier now. Q. Your co-star Renuka Shahane says that you are ageing backwards. What’s the secret? Love for…

Mumbai gets authentic luxury Swiss chocolate at its doorstep with the Geneva-born Du Rhône Chocolatier setting up shop in the city. Since 1875, when Monsieur Pertuiset inaugurated his chocolaterie at 2, Rue du Rhône in Geneva, the brand’s delectable chocolates made in authentic Swiss style have vetted palates the world over from New York to Taipei. The luxury collection of handcrafted chocolates is said to have made it to the dessert platters of Winston Churchill, JK Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier. With their India flagship store opening at Peddar Road, Mumbai can get a taste of some of the best handmade pralines, truffles and moccas. AT facebook.com/DuRhoneIndia/…

Royal Feast Ramadan Kareem, the month-long Ramzaan food festival at Deccan Pavilion promises to be nothing short of a feast, with a wide spread of traditional Hyderabadi delicacies making for a sumptuous evening treat after the break of the fast. The festival also entails a contest in which guests will be invited to share their family's treasured heirloom recipes, with the top three winning prizes and the chef making them on the final day. On Till June 16 At ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet…

A lot of the authors’ good work is undone by the sweeping, often perception-based, generalisations they make It’s a legitimate question: why is India so dirty? Undaunted by the complexities of waste in India, historian and writer Robin Jeffrey and anthropologist Assa Doron team up again, to write this book. It’s a 360 degree appraisal of India’s waste crisis—broken into seven chapters. Researching a significant breadth of writing and data, they conclude: there’s a lot of waste in India because we consume differently and more; we are also more numerous; the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, they believe, hasn’t quite cleaned up India; the caste system continues to bear the brunt of urbanisation; and people are key. So, what’s new? For one, a lot of data and reference—the chapter notes and bibliography…

“Indian history is replete with scientists, mathematicians, physicians, chemists, metallurgists, surgeons, astronomers and innovators who significantly advanced human knowledge... India gave ‘zero’ and ‘binary system’ to the world. Our ancient surgeons could do complicated surgeries, including plastic surgery and cataract surgery.” Vice-president VENKAIAH NAIDU, at an awards function, indulged in familiar Hindutva chest-beating, exaggerating an illustrious history to draw convoluted conclusions about Indian relevance in the present. No one can deny Indians through history have made vital contributions to the furthering of knowledge. But isn’t it time for our leaders to come up with more recent examples?…

15% Dalits in Bihar electorate, as big as the Yadavs (15%), the single largest caste grouping in the state 22 Dalit sub-castes in Bihar, of which 21 are classified as Mahadalitscourtesy Nitish, 2007. This April, Paswans were also included NITISH’S OUTREACH By and large, Dalits have backed Nitish since Lok Sabha 2009, though they dropped him in 2014. With Ram Vilas Paswan in tow, the NDA will hope to win back the Dalits ...AND RJD’s COUNTER Of the 38 SC reserved seats in Bihar, Lalu Prasad’s RJD won 14 (the highest) in 2015. It now has the support of Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM) and Uday Narayan Choudhary, who quit the JD(U) early May over atrocities against Dalits. Their support will likely bolster RJD’s appeal among Dalits. The party is also…

Arts ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, DELHI Science MIRANDA HOUSE, DELHI Commerce SHRI RAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, DELHI Engineering INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI Architecture DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY—ROORKEE, ROORKEE Medical ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI Dental MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI Law NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU Mass Communication INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MASS COMMUNICATION, NEW DELHI Hotel Management INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, CATERING & NUTRITION, NEW DELHI Bachelor of Business Administration SVKM’S NMIMS ANIL SURENDRA MODI SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, MUMBAI Bachelor of Computer Application SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH, PUNE Fashion Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (NIFT), NEW DELHI Social Work TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MUMBAI…

BENGALURU 1. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) 2. MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 3. ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI 1. LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 2. MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 3. STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) DELHI 1. MIRANDA HOUSE 2. HINDU COLLEGE 3. ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE HYDERABAD 1. ST FRANCIS DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 2. ST ANN’S COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS) 3. ST JOSEPH’S DEGREE & PG COLLEGE MUMBAI 1. MITHIBAI COLLEGE 2. ST XAVIER’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 3. KISHINCHAND CHELLARAM COLLEGE PUNE 1. SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE 2. ABEDA INAMDAR SENIOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE 3. MIT ARTS, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE KOLKATA 1. RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYAMANDIRA 2. VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE MADHYAMGRAM 3. BARRACKPORE RASTRAGURU SURENDRANATH COLLEGE CHANDIGARH 1. GOSWAMI GANESH DUTTA SANATAN DHARMA COLLEGE 2. POST GRADUATE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR…

1 ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS) New Delhi 2 CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL (CMC) Vellore 3 ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE (AFMC) Pune 4 MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE (MAMC) New Delhi 5 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (JIPMER) Puducherry 6 KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Lucknow 7 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY Varanasi 8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (UCMS) Delhi 9 LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE New Delhi 10 KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SETH GORDHANDAS SUNDERDAS MEDICAL COLLEGE Mumbai…

Dental informatics and e-learning: Dental education has opened up to application of computer and information sciences to improve dental research, teaching methodology and practice. Dental schools have developed sophisticated simulation laboratories that take advantage of virtual reality technologies to teach preclinical skills, and the use of electronic teaching tools and learning environments. Integration of soft skills: Dental students are oriented towards improving personal qualities, such as communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving, leadership, teamwork and lifelong learning. Comprehensive dentalcare: Students in dental institutes are oriented and trained to understand the overall dental needs of patients. This includes incorporating traditional treatments as well as ensuring prevention and early detection. Evidence-based dentistry: Students are oriented towards use of scientific evidence to guide decision-making. This requires application of relevant scientific data related…

› For the first time in the 30-year history of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, the undergraduate council is headed by an institute alumnus (Prof. Rahul Singh) › Academic honours for 20 students for emerging toppers in their classes, a first-time initiative to motivate students › Maintained its winning streak in international moot court competitions, such as Jessup and Manfred Lachs › NLSIU is pioneering a consortium of law schools across the country to pool talent and resources apart from exchange learnings and research work › Focusing on emerging issues, like cyber security, internet privacy, artificial intelligence, DNA profiling and genetic engineering…

Community radio “Our community radio and research centre imparts highly advanced training to students, supporting them in terms of content, resource generation and technology to set up their own community radio stations.” Health journalism “Two years ago, along with the UNICEF, Oxford University and Thomson Reuters Foundation we designed India’s first public health communication course, Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP). This programme is now an integral part of all our courses.” New media “We have a department of new media that imparts training on various topics, from mobile to drone journalism. The armed forces and state governments send their officers to be trained at IIMC.” Language journalism “No other institution gives the kind of push that we do to language journalism. We have programmes in Urdu, Odia, Marathi and Malyalam…

Empathy “That is translated into action by reaching out.” Be upfront “There will be multiple expectations from the clients; one needs to be clear about what can be delivered and what cannot.” Resilience “To be able to deal with various issues. The ability to admit when something has gone wrong and be transparent with all stakeholders.” Collaborative “Instead of trying to do everything by oneself or the organisation, find creative ways to work with other NGOs and, if possible, government agencies.” Analyse “In any situation, come to grips with the main issues along with the client before rushing to solutions.” Aim for self-sufficiency “Over a period of time make the clients not depend on the agency. Very often some social workers for their own needs create a dependency syndrome.” The…

Get your free credit report (one free a year) directly from the bureau Check for any error which could either be identity-related or financial transaction-related Write to the bureau at registered address or raise dispute online Wait for credit bureau to rectify error or for credit institution to respond to dispute If the bank/ financial institution accepts the error, then correction is made and ‘Under Dispute’ flag removed If not, then contact lender/ bank who has submitted information Check e-mail from bureau. Corrected report should come in 30-45 days…

FASHION WISE Juhi Godambe A look at Juhi Godambe’s eponymous blog throws vibrant images of the 24-year-old blogger dressed in designer wear from Gucci and Hermes, reviewing products by Estee Lauder and getting her hair coloured with L’Oreal. In three years, her fashion, travel and beauty blog, which started out as a hobby, has attracted leading luxury and fashion brands and a host of followers. “It all correlates because beauty and fashion go hand in hand and I love travelling and taking pictures wherever I go,” she says. Among her first projects were with the Lakme Fashion Week and Jabong and her candid reviews and attractive pictures caught on with followers who number more than 2.3 lakh on Instagram and she has over 50,000 monthly unique visitors to her blog.…

If you live in Bandra and are looking for a good collection of wine for your next dinner outing, you needn’t have to travel too far. The just-opened 266 The Wine Room and Bar by Chef Sahil Arora and Riddhi Merchant, offers an expansive range of wines that complement the modern European cuisine on offer. The focus is on freshly sourced local ingredients and some of the dishes include caramelised fig salad, Caprese salad and lotus stem crisps. Their signature specialties are the 266 Charcuterie and Cheese Board, Chicken Two Ways, Braised Lamb Shanks and Gnocchi Gorgonzola that pair well with the wide range of wines. The décor is warm and inviting with private arched booths, pastel green sofas and walls with a wine cork box. Remember to add your…

The trendy highstreet online fashion brand, FancyPants, has recently opened its store in Juhu. Their current line has a collection of denim wear, smart bustiers, twin-sets and jumpsuits with accessories that include belt bags, sleek tinted sunglasses and evil eye bracelets. Sisters Jankee and Stuti Desai set up the brand as a pop-up in 2013 and caters to the needs of “stylish young women, looking for the best in latest trends that are easily accessible”. The sisters plan to curate weekly wardrobe edits at the store to ensure that everything is in keeping with the latest international trends. PRICE 999 and 6,000 AT 4th Floor, Pace House, Road number 1, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle West…

With the mercury rising by the day and nutritionists advising light diets, the Rolling Pin has an all-new salad bar with DIY salads. The dressings are a treat here with options like parmesan garlic, creamy Italian and orange ginger. They also have gluten-free falafel and organic veggies such as babycorn, purple potato and spring onion. For moments of indulgence, the bar also has 10 different types of cheeses from buffalo mozzarella to Burrata and Emmental. AT The Rolling Pin, Lower Parel…

1 SPICE OF LIFE To commemorate Telangana Formation Day on June 2, The Dining Room at Park Hyatt has put together a traditional Telangana spread. Chef Najrul revisits conventional Telangana recipes and has come up with dishes that are themed around the rich variety of spices that the cuisine of this region is known for. ON till June 3 PRICE Rs 1,500 plus taxes per person AT Park Hyatt, Road No 2, Banjara Hills TEL 49491222 2 FIT FOR KINGS Take your pick from traditional haleem joints in the old city during the month of Ramzaan or indulge with SodaBottleOpenerWala’s Gyarah Handee Haleem, featuring 11 different varieties of haleem reminiscent of Charminar eateries. Drawing recipes from home chefs, the spread comprises mutton, chicken and prawn haleems besides experimental fare with…

Fashion Police Weeks of assiduous, deliberate non-clicking still somehow resulted in my being aware of pretty much everything anyone needed to know about that wedding in London last weekend. Our own news channels’ exhaustive coverage of the fallout from the Karnataka elections was a welcome distraction. But there was some Indian interest in Harry-Meghan’s nuptials. Priyanka Chopra, India’s ambassador in the glitzy corridors of mediocre American entertainment, attended the wedding as a friend of the bride. On Twitter, Jaya Jaitly, the has-been politician reborn as handicrafts czar, lamented that it was sad Chopra did not “represent a free and independent India” in a sari rather than dressed “like a British aristocrat at Ascot”. Chopra “was the only Indian in #RoyalWedding2018” read one withering response, “I guess you should be proud…

UTTAR Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched a mole hunt recently to find out who in his office was leaking information to former CM Mulayam Singh Yadav. The hunt was sparked off by his May 16 meeting with the senior SP leader, who requested that his and Akhilesh’s 4 and 5, Vikramaditya Marg, bungalows be allotted to two senior SP leaders. Yogi was clearly taken aback by the request as the estate department had received the Supreme Court directive for all former CMs to vacate their government-allotted bungalows only the day before and was yet to issue notices. The hunt zeroed in on two private secretaries and one review officer in the CMO. All three were removed.…

The Indian press release had no mention of US sanctions policies, or of Iran and JCPOA. The wording on terrorism and Afghanistan, too, was thin Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s informal summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin on May 21 was well-timed for several reasons. It balanced the earlier informal summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping. If a long-term strategic view of relations with China motivated the Wuhan summit, arresting the perceived drift in India-Russia relations through an in-depth informal exchange necessitated the Sochi summit. The annual India-Russia summits include a one-on-one meeting, but time constraints prevent a wide-ranging exchange of views. In both Wuhan and Sochi, ensuring the success of the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China would have been on the agenda, especially in view of differences…

He’s done it. Chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is close to completing his grand scheme of doling out an unprecedented, no-questions-asked Rs 4,000 per acre to each of Telangana’s 5,733,000 farmers. Rythu Bandhu scheme (RBS), the agricultural investment support plan rolled out on May 10 at Chelpur in Huzurabad, covers 10,067 villages across 30 districts excluding urban Hyderabad. Farmer-owners received personalised cheques and new Aadhaar-linked pattadar (ownership) passbooks. The rollout was preceded by months of preparation. It included updating of land records for some 24 million of the 29 million acres of farmland in the state. The 100-day ‘land purification’ exercise done last year verified some 14 million acres as cultivable. Meant exclusively for landowners, tenant farmers get nothing. At the May 10 inauguration, Rao announced that with effect from…

With nearly 50,000 institutes for higher education, this 22nd annual edition of India Today Group’s ranking of best colleges in India intends to make critical career decisions simpler for aspirants based on rich information and data. The completely revamped methodology by Delhi-based research agency MDRA intends to set several milestones. For the objective ranking, MDRA carefully selected more than 112 attributes in each stream to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons of colleges. These performance indicators were clubbed into five broad parameters—‘Intake Quality & Governance’, ‘Academic Excellence’, ‘Infrastructure & Living Experience’, ‘Personality & Leadership Development’ and ‘Career Progression & Placement’. The colleges were evaluated based on the current year’s data. The ranking tables also give parameter-wise scores obtained by colleges to provide deeper insights into key aspects of decision-making…

1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Guwahati 2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Delhi 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Indore 4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kharagpur 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Allahabad 6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Roorkee 7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Ropar 8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-BOMBAY, Mumbai 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kanpur 10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Bhubaneswar…

1 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, IIT ROORKEE Roorkee 2 SIR J.J. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Mumbai 3 DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, BIT Mesra, Ranchi 4 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Manipal 5 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & EKISTICS, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, New Delhi 6 SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE Bhopal 7 SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE Mysuru 8 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE Gurugram 9 SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY Hyderabad 10 BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Bengaluru…

› “The dental healthcare facility will very soon augment its services and bring newer specialties, such as special care dentistry, forensic dentistry and comprehensive dentistry within the commoners’ reach. The institute will add nearly 100 state-of-the-art dental chairs to the already existing 170 to make it the largest public dental facility in the country.” › “The commendable collaborative effort has given stupendous outcomes in patientcare (for instance, the mobile dental care service) and research innovations, such as the development of India’s first indigenous tissue bank and implant.” › “The Maulana Azad Dental Institute also accentuates in its training pattern newer specialties such as digital dentistry, features that are believed to transform the face of dentistry in the coming decade.” › “The training programmes emphasise on quality control protocols for practice,…

› “A decade ago, ‘fast fashion’ was the trend. Now, the focus is on ‘slow fashion’ and hand-done things. Slow fashion takes time to be produced, is laborious and is what you don’t wear and throw, but wear and save.” › “Earlier, fashion education was considered more to be a vocational study, to be done in polytechnics. But now, it is not so.” › “Earlier, whatever the teacher said was taken and accepted by students. But now, with students exposed to so much information available to them on their mobiles and other digital devices, the challenge for teachers is to be ready and in tune with the changing times and needs of the students. Our faculty carries their expertise and sensitivity to the classrooms.”…

Diversity and multiculturalism “In terms of income and affluence, region and religion, culture and food practices, who you are and how you see the world, and engaging with different genders.” Extreme pedagogical innovation “There’s autonomy to decide, design and customise courses looking at the needs of society. It is not always authoritative and lecture-mode as students are partners in the unfolding of the course. It’s a diverse pedagogy, which defines, decides and shapes the curriculum.” Exposure to field reality “Either through field work or engagement with field action projects. From the second week in the course students are sent to different agencies, communities, slum localities and rural areas. They start questioning their privilege, identity as well as approach towards poverty.”…

2 MAY WORLD ASTHMA DAY A REVIEW OF CLINICAL trials by Queen Mary University of London and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 2017, has found Vitamin D supplementation to be effective in reducing asthma attacks 30 per cent drop in rate of attacks that need steroids 50 per cent drop in hospitalisation risk due to asthma attacks 8 MAY WORLD THALASSEMIA DAY In April 2018, US biotech company Bluebird Bio announced positive results in clinical studies of its LentiGlobin gene therapy. Of 22 patients, 15 lived without transfusions for two years or longer. For the rest, transfusion volume decreased. Expected in the market in 2018 as a final cure for transfusion-dependent ß-thalassaemia. 12 MAY WORLD CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY Dutch researchers have found a clue to the…

Twenty four years and 64 outlets later, the renowned Mango Tree restaurant has come to India choosing Juhu for its flagship outlet in the country. Led by founder and chef-owner Pitaya Phanphensophon, the brand is known for serving authentic Thai food with a modern contemporary twist, so there’s a lot that Mumbai’s food lovers can look forward to. A spacious chic lounge welcomes you into the restaurant with a bar that’s adorned with a backdrop of red jars that are traditionally used to store local brews. Here, of course, the jars only add to the décor. With comfortable couches and upbeat music, it’s a good place for casual conversations, innovative cocktails and quick snacks that set the mood for a sit-down dining experience as you are led to your table.…

Even as Mumbai turns into a denser concrete jungle with high rises coming up, Mumbai girl Smita Shirodkar, 34, is helping the city stay green with terrace and balcony gardens. While trying to put to use a plot of land outside her factory in Goa, Shirodkar stumbled upon the concept of organic farming. Impressed by the small garden patches outside the factory workers’ cottages that had "hundreds of lemons hanging from a tree", she decided to grow her own urban garden, fertilised only by compost. After she got her first harvest in November 2011, Shirodkar urged her friends to join her in founding Earthoholics. Together they promote urban agriculture and sustainable practices. Earthoholics launched their first organic kitchen gardening workshop in 2011 and subsequently Shirodkar introduced the Nature Bazaar, a…

In a first, The Beer Café, India’s largest alco-beverage chain has launched ‘URBar’, a virtual bar which allows patrons to reserve and consume their favourite brands. This mobile application allows you to explore from a wide selection of alco-beverage, pre-pay and stock them in ‘URBar’. This latest "wallet for your drinks" is pretty easy to use. Just log in to The Beer Café’s mobile app, click on the ‘URBar’ icon and reserve your favourite drink in form of bottle (for spirits), keg (for draught beer), or case (for bottled beer). Not only do patrons get a privilege to buy their favourite brands at a special price but also benefit from one price across the nation. So what are you waiting for? DETAILS thebeercafe.com/urbar…

Enjoy a musical evening with sitarist Chirag Katti and his fusion ensemble Sitar Rhapsody. The group with a keyboardist, bassist, saxophonist, drummer and a table player blends compositions based on Indian classical music played through sitar, to create a unique, classy contemporary sound, that is not only engaging but also high on energy. The band features fine young musicians besides Katti—Dharmesh Maru, Manas Chouwdhary, Jigar Shah Rupak Dhamankar and I.D. Rao. ON May 31 TIME 9 p.m. PRICE 749 to 1,499 AT The Quarter, The Royal Opera House TICKETS insider.in…