Ahmedabad: The Sola Police on Wednesday arrested Harshal Sureshchandra Lahiri, one of the seven accused linked with embezzlement of ₹5 crore from Nirma University, and secured a three-day police remand for further investigation. The fraud came to light after an internal audit revealed that over ₹5 crore had been siphoned off over a two-year period from accounts meant for student activities and book refunds. According to the FIR filed on November 14 at the Sola High Court Police Station, the...Read More

Ahmedabad: A massive financial fraud has come to light at Nirma University after an internal audit revealed that over ₹5 crore was siphoned off from student activity and book-refund accounts over a two-year period. As per the FIR filed with Sola High Court Police Station, the prime accused, Prakash Ranjitbhai Thakor, who was entrusted with operating the university’s student-activity bank accounts, allegedly orchestrated the scam with the help of six associates. According to the complaint f...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Union government today released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings of the country’s top colleges this year, and several Gujarat institutions such as IIT Gandhinagar, IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat University, PDEU, and SVNIT have shined in these rankings. In the overall category, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) became the only institute from the state to secure the 39th rank with a score of 57.01. Additionally, IITGN has also secured the...Read More