IIT Delhi UG Admission 2013 will be based on New JEE

The IIT Delhi will offer admission to Under Graduate Courses 2013 on the basis of new JEE. The IIT council has accepted the new format with recommendation that either a student should be among top 20 percentile scorer
or he / she should have scored minimum 60% at the board examination to be eligible to write JEE Advanced. The council also recommended that the syllabus for JEE Main and JEE Advanced should be identical. For 2014 admission onwards the council agreed upon setting up a committee to look into the currenttly proposed admission process through JEE. It is to be noted that by now all IITs are agreed to offer admission into under graduate programs 2013 on the basis of new JEE. While admission into 2014 its likely that IITs will come up with certain recommendations.

Oxford to digitize Shakespeares Plays

The buzz is that, the University of Oxford has launched a fund raising initiative to digitize the First Folio 1623, i.e. First Edition of William Shakespeare's plays and make it available online.
In May last First Folio was shown to noted Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan during his visit. It's very rarely shown to visitor due to worn conditions. The campaign by Oxfords Bodleian Library is called Sprint for Shakespeare. Nearly 1000 will be digitized and fund will also be raised to stabilise and protect the First Folio.

Top 50 Universities in India 2012

Following listed Rank Wise of Top 50 Universities in India based on Reputation, Academic Quality, Faculty Quality, Research / Projects, Infrastructure and Placement. This listing is according to India Today Ranking of Top 50 Universities in India 2012.

1. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Website: www.bhu.ac.in
2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Website: www.jnu.ac.in
3. University of Delhi, New Delhi; Website: www.du.ac.in
4. University of Calcutta; Kolkata; Website: www.caluniv.ac.in
5. University of Madras, Chennai; Website: www.unom.ac.in
6. University of Mumbai, Mumbai; Website: www.mu.ac.in
7. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; Website: www.uohyd.ernet.in
8. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Website: www.iisc.ernet.in
9. Jadavpur University, Jadavpur; Website: www.jadavpur.edu
10. Osmania University, Hyderabad; Website: www.osmania.ac.in
11. Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam; Website: www.andhrauniversity.info
12. Panjab University, Chandigarh; Website: www.puchd.ac.in
13. Bangalore University, Bangalore; Website: www.bub.ernet.in
14. SNDT Women's University, Mumbai; Website: www.sndt.ac.in
15. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; Website: www.jmi.ac.in
16. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; Website: www.amu.ac.in
17. University of Mysore, Mysore; Website: www.uni-mysore.ac.in
18. Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai; Website: www.mkuniversity.org
19. MS University of Baroda, Vadodara; Website: www.msubaroda.ac.in
20. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Website: www.gndu.ac.in
21. BITS Pilani, Pilani; Website: www.bits-pilani.ac.in
22. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry; Website: www.pondiuni.edu
23. University of Allahabad, Allahabad; Website: www.allduniv.ac.in
24. University of Lucknow, Lucknow; Website: www.lkouniv.ac.in
25. North Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Website: www.nehu.ac.in
26. Gauhati University, Gauhati; Website: www.gauhati.ac.in
27. University of Kerala, Thiruvananthpuram; Website: www.keralauniversity.edu
28. Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune; Website: www.bharatividyapeeth.edu
29. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; Website: www.kukinfo.com
30. Sri Venkteshwara University, Tirupathi; Website: www.svuniversity.in
31. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla; Website: www.hpuniv.nic.in
32. Karnatak University, Dharwad; Website: www.kud.ernet.in
33. Anna University, Chennai; Website: www.annauniv.edu
34. Bharathiar University, Coimbatore; Website: www.b-u.ac.in
35. Goa University, Goa; Website: www.unigoa.ac.in
36. Sardar Patel University, Vallabah Vidyanagar, Gujarat; Website: www.spuvvn.edu
37. Awadesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa; Website: www.apsurewa.nic.in
38. Kakatia University, Warangal; Website: www.kuwarangal.com
39. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Ernakulam; Website: www.cusat.ac.in
40. Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata; Website: www.rabindrabharatiuniversity.net
41. Bharthidasan University, Tiruchirappalli; Website: www.bdu.ac.in
42. Nagpur University, Nagpur; Website: www.nagpuruniversity.org
43. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; Website: www.uniraj.nic.in
44. Utkal University, Bhubneshwar; Website: www.utkal-university.org
45. Mahan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur; Website: www.mlsu.ac.in
46. Patna University, Patna; Website: http://puonline.bih.nic.in
47. Amravati University, Amravati; Website: www.sgbau.ac.in
48. Assam University, Silchar; Website: www.assamuniversity.nic.in
49. Jiwaji University, Gwalior; Website: www.jiwaji.edu
50. Nagarjuna University, Guntur; Website: www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in