Masters

IGNOU January 2024: Re-registration extended to Feb 15; details here

The deadline to re-register for Bachelors and Master online and distance learning courses at the Indira Gandhi National Open University without the late fee was January 29, 2024

1st division mandatory in Bachelor's & Master's for IIM directors' post

The Centre has notified new norms for the appointment of directors of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), making it mandatory for applicants to have first class degrees in both Bachelor's and Master's, along with a PhD or equivalent from a reputed institute. Also, the President will now be a "Visitor" to the prestigious B-schools with powers to appoint chairperson of the board of governors, appointment and removal of directors and dissolving the board for not performing duties or complying with visitor's directions. Under the new rules, the eligibility for appointment as an IIM director now will be having a "distinguished" academic record with "first class degree in both Bachelor's and Master's level, and with PhD or equivalent from a reputed institute". Earlier, the criteria used to be a "distinguished academic with PhD or equivalent" and there was no mention of the required division for the degrees. Recently, there was a controversy over the appointment Dheeraj Sharma as ...

Masters is all about Tiger Woods, even with so many subplots

Woods consumes attention at every Masters he plays. It's been that way since the first of his five green jackets he won 25 years ago.

Odisha CPET for admission to master's degree courses to begin on Oct 12

The examination will continue till October 22 with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines, said Higher Education Secretary Saswat Mishra

Danny Willet, an unexpected and worthy Masters winner

Freezing. Light frost on fairways and greens. Sparkling blue, crisp, early morning. Jet contrails crisscrossing the sky before the mild breeze dissipates them. As play commences, a thin cloud curtain is drawn from horizon to horizon, reducing light and wind, and creating near perfect playing conditions. The scoreboard should blush deep red.First off, it was good to speculate for a while that Bernard Langer could or would win. With the high winds, that equalised the advantage that the long driving youngsters had over Langer's experience, considerably abating, those with big booming drives prevailed; in an effort to keep up, Langer lost his rhythm and perished, scoring his worst card of the tournament when it should have been his best. A lot of other players flattered to deceive and pretty soon it looked like a one horse race. Kaufman, overcome at the august company he was in and the burden of being the first rookie with a real chance to win after Zoeller in 1979, simply drifted away to

High winds & mayhem in the offing

The story of the day was four-time major winner Ernie Els's six over on the par 4 on the first hole

And the winner of this year is…?

Anirban Lahiri is in his second year on this tour