To promote a culture of innovation and research in higher education, the Union government has introduced Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARRIA), Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announcement today.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been focusing on making students set up their own businesses rather than be job seekers, said AICTE advisor Dileep Malkhede on Saturday. “We have been promoting activities such as incubation centre and to promote entrepreneurship we have several initiatives such as giving funds for SC/ST students to start their own businesses,” he said. AICTE has also started having courses on entrepreneurship which has been adopted by universities. He was responding to a question on the nature of current job market where graduates find it difficult to get jobs.

From addressing underemployment among engineering graduates to handing them degrees only on completion of four months of internship, some overarching changes are in the pipeline in technical education in India.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is all set to release the provision of a model exam format to technical education institutes for testing the conceptual knowledge of children.