Pallavi Smart is a Principal Correspondent at the Indian Express Mumbai Bureau. She focuses on a wide range of education-related topics, from policy and governance to issues concerning teachers, parents, and child rights, while also touching on themes like mental health and special needs advocacy. Pallavi's work has been featured in The Indian Express and MSN.
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Pallavi's coverage predominantly focuses on local education-related news and government announcements within Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai. She mainly covers issues related to colleges, universities, and educational policies.
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By: Pallavi Smart
Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said the state had planned this year's Centralised Admission Process (CAP) rounds with the aim of restoring the academic calendar to pre-Covid timelines.
By: Pallavi Smart
The associations alleged that a handful of coaching institutes linked to the ongoing NEET paper-leak controversy have damaged the reputation of the broader coaching industry, which they claim has supported students for decades.
By: Pallavi Smart
The move aims to boost transparency and curb the manipulation of student records.
By: Pallavi Smart
The trend has led to colleges starting newer and more industry relevant professional courses for UG education.
By: Omkar Gokhale, Pallavi Smart
Following intense scrutiny over the NEET-UG paper leak case, the Maharashtra government is set to finalise and table a long-delayed regulatory bill during the upcoming Monsoon Session to monitor fee transparency, overcrowding, and student safety in private coaching institutes.
By: Pallavi Smart
Most of the affected colleges are from interiors of Maharashtra where the process of online centralised admission system for FYJC is very new.
Dr K.P. Dinesh explains how India's first cockroach DNA library could unlock clues to the ancestry, evolution and resilience of an often-maligned insect.
By: Pallavi Smart
While in-service teachers are going to have to clear TET to keep jobs, the deadline is now extended to August 2028.
From opposing retrospective implementation of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to beginning studies for clearing it, in-service teachers from
By: Pallavi Smart
Nearly 1 in 4 female JEE-Advanced candidates cleared the exam in 2026, with qualifying numbers up 89% since 2019
