Chetan Chauhan is National Affairs Editor. A journalist for over two decades, he has written extensively on social sector and politics with special focus on environment and political economy.
Articles by Chetan Chauhan
IAF may let pilots go to Govt airlines
The move aims to keep the IAF flock together in wake of the civil aviation boom, reports Chetan Chauhan.
Updated on Apr 12, 2006 11:10 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Cabinet secy sends back Mandal-II proposal
IN AN unexpected move prompted by the Election Commission's intervention in the matter, the Cabinet Secretariat has returned the HRD Ministry's controversial proposal for reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions with the advice that it be run through the poll panel as it happens to be election time.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 01:42 PM IST
None | CHETAN Chauhan and JAI Raina, New Delhi
Quota in colleges goes up to 49.5 pc
The institutes will include the IITs, IIMs, NITs and 20 central universities, including DU.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 09:23 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Arjun tells EC: Quota pc not fixed
HRD Minister has denied the Election Commission's charge that he violated the model code of conduct for elections.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 09:23 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Mandal-II proposal sent back by cabsec
IN AN unexpected move prompted by the Election Commission's intervention in the matter, the Cabinet Secretariat has returned the HRD Ministry's controversial proposal for reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions with the advice that it be run through the poll panel as it happens to be election time.
Published on Apr 11, 2006 01:44 AM IST
None | CHETAN Chauhan and JAI Raina, New Delhi
Cabinet Secretariat returns quota proposal
The move appears to be a damage-control exercise to buy time, report Chetan Chauhan and Jai Raina.
Updated on Apr 17, 2006 11:11 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan and Jai Raina, New Delhi
If Mandal-I was battled out in the streets, Mandal-II is being fought in cyberia
STRIKING A defiant note, HRD Minister Arjun Singh has denied the Election Commission's charge that he violated the model code of conduct for elections by announcing the plan for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in centrally-funded higher-education institutes.
Published on Apr 10, 2006 11:48 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Mandal-II is being fought in cyberia
STRIKING A defiant note, HRD Minister Arjun Singh has denied the Election Commission's charge that he violated the model code of conduct for elections by announcing the plan for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in centrally-funded higher-education institutes. He said the talk of another Mandal-type reservation -- first reported in the Hindustan Times -- was not new. Also, the government had not decided on the percentage of reservation.
Updated on Apr 10, 2006 12:38 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
IIT plans go for toss
Sources said IIMs have limited plans to increase intake in order to maintain high standards and the faculty crunch.
Updated on Apr 19, 2006 04:01 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
College quota goes up
The new quota regime will be applicable to the IITs, IIMs, NITs and central universities, writes Chetan Chauhan.
Published on Apr 08, 2006 02:21 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Quota in colleges goes up to 49.5 p.c.
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT has decided to introduce a quota for other backward classes in the higher-education institutes funded by it. The institutes will include the IITs, IIMs, NITs and 20 central universities, including DU.
Published on Apr 06, 2006 01:41 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
College quota goes up
The new quota regime will be applicable to the IITs, IIMs, NITs and central universities, writes Chetan Chauhan.
Published on Apr 06, 2006 02:37 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Quota in colleges goes up
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT has decided to introduce a quota for other backward classes in the higher-education institutes funded by it. The institutes will include the IITs, IIMs, NITs and 20 central universities, including DU.
Published on Apr 06, 2006 01:19 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
When saviour turns predator
A study in Chennai has found that as many as 42% of school kids are sexual abuse victims, writes Chetan Chauhan.
Published on Mar 31, 2006 04:01 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
42% Chennai kids are sexually abused
As per a study, in most of the cases, culprits are either close kin or family members, reports Chetan Chauhan. Monster at home | What could be the reasons?
Updated on Mar 31, 2006 04:55 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Religious beliefs in NE slow down literacy drive
It is not only poverty-ridden children who are a problem for managers of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. Even religious beliefs of certain sects in the north-eastern states is keeping children away from schools.
Published on Mar 25, 2006 11:53 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Cabinet grants NITs autonomy
With Indian technology industry booming like never before, the government has decided to upgrade 20 National Institutes of Technology into full-fledged technical universities.
Published on Mar 24, 2006 02:09 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
IIMs and BPOs: The new success story
The traditional recruiters at the Indian Institutes of Management have a new competitor the BPO sector and upcoming Indian companies. The gainers of course are IIM graduates, who are bagging the best offers with an average salary hike of 8-10 per cent.
Published on Mar 22, 2006 01:11 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Tech schools land in trouble
Professional education institutions could be in trouble if the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has its way.
Published on Mar 16, 2006 01:54 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, Mumbai
AICTE spells trouble for institutes
Professional educational institutes could be in trouble as AICTE has announced its new norms.
Published on Mar 16, 2006 01:35 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
AICTE spells trouble for institutes
Professional educational institutes might have to close shop or slash courses as the new AICTE norms stipulate that no technical educational institute can operate in the country without the council's nod and land of its own.
Updated on Mar 16, 2006 01:34 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
IIM alumnus prefer soccer over bank
For the diehard fans of Indian Football, Satyajit Sadanandan, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, can be of some hope. Sadanand aims to develop football on the business model of European clubs.
Updated on Mar 11, 2006 01:20 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
IIM graduate refuses job for soccer
Is a better business model the answer to Indian football's troubles? Satyajit thinks so, reports Chetan Chauhan.
Updated on Mar 11, 2006 10:55 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
One for the road: New highways
If you?ve travelled on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, you?ll know what the FM has in store for Delhiites heading out of the city.
Published on Mar 01, 2006 01:36 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan (Hindustan Times), New Delhi
KVs ignore rules to please HRD
Kendriya Vidyalayas are admitting children recommended by the HRD than of Central Govt employees.
Updated on Feb 27, 2006 04:48 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
KVs ignore rules to please HRD bosses
Kendriya Vidyalayas are admitting fewer wards of Central government employees who should ideally be taken in as a priority. KVs are accommodating more students recommended by the Ministry of Human Resource Development .
Updated on Feb 28, 2006 01:07 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
?Elite? entrants in KV benches
Call it what you will it ? success of the Kendriya Vidalayas or interference of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, but the fundamental priorities of the Kendriya Vidalayas appear to be changing, and fast.
Published on Feb 27, 2006 02:44 AM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
More girls in classrooms: Survey
The survey shows that the rate of girls leaving schools has declined more than that for the boys.
Published on Feb 24, 2006 05:00 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
More girls in classrooms: Survey
In a country with a high rate of foeticide, even a small step taken to improve the lot of the girl child is a positive development. And if it is in the field of education, then it sounds even better.
Updated on Feb 24, 2006 05:12 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi
Govt to send every child to school
The Centre has decided to introduce the Right to Education Bill in the budget session of Parliament, even though the unaided schools are opposing its implementation. Sources say the Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved the revised draft.
Published on Feb 23, 2006 12:05 PM IST
None | Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi