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Shashank Sharma from Mohali’s preparatory institute tops NDA entrance exam

June 16, 2017 Loknath Dasentrance, Exam, From, Institute, Mohali’s, NDA, preparatory, Sharma, Shashank, Tops

Over 5 lakh students appeared in the NDA exam for entry to the armed forces this year. Of these, two in the top 10 — including All-India Rank (AIR) 1 Nangal’s Shashank Sharma and Muktsar’s Armaandeep Singh, AIR 8— are from the same institute in Chandigarh. With 25 selections of 41 students who appeared (the exam was held in September), the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), in Sector-77 Chandigarh, a Punjab government institute set up in 2011, has been a consistent success. Twelve of the institute’s students are in…

NIT Srinagar Row: Outstation Students’ Demand For Shifting Institute Rejected

April 11, 2016 SrijitaDemand, for, Institute, NIT, Outstation, Rejected, Row, Shifting, Srinagar, Students'

Police and CRPF deployed at the National Institute of Technology following tension between local and non-local students in Srinagar on Friday. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: Education Ministry officials have rejected the demand of outstation students of NIT Srinagar for shifting the institute out of Kashmir but assured them of addressing their “genuine” issues. A group of outstation students of the NIT met Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar along with officials of Union Human Resource Development ministry last night to discuss the situation at the institute. “The…