digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
After the revival of Nalanda University, Bihar has turned its attention to development of Vikramshila University. This is marked as another seat of Buddhist learning. Announcing this during his visit to Bhagalpur, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan...
Odisha government is planning to set up a university dedicated to fisheries and veterinary science studies. “The colleges under the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), which are dedicated to these subjects, will now fall...
US chip maker Intel and Indian firm Metis Learning has jointly launched a tablet priced at Rs.9,999. The tablet is targeted at children in 2-10 age group. “The technology landscape is changing in India. Tablets can...
There has been a mixed response from states to the Centre’s proposal to increase the duration of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Master of Education (M.Ed) courses from one year to two years. At a meet...
Dismayed by a submission by the Directorate of Education (DoE) stating that it does not have any concrete data on the number of students enrolled in government aided schools or the number of teachers required, the...
Micromax the largest Indian handset manufacturer that holds second position in India with 14 per cent of the market share is exploring its foray into education content, a week after Samsung India launched learning solution for...
Amarjeet Sinha, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Orders to this effect were issued on Monday, September...
The Supreme Court has come down hard on the Ministry of Human Resource Development for its “intrusive attitude” and “unwarranted interference” in the functioning of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The bench led by Chief Justice...
Mumbai based Mahindra Group plans to invest one percent of the group’s net profit in educational initiatives as part of the group’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. This was announced by Ananda Mahindra, Chairman and Managing Director...
A comprehensive plan will be developed jointly by the University of Cambridge and Indian government to improve the standards of primary education in India. The University of Cambridge will help frame programmes that will help in...
Infosys Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of India’s second largest IT exporter Infosys has constituted a corpus of Rs 30 crore for Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). The corpus will be used to enhance faculty...
HRD minister Smriti Irani has asked vice chancellors of central universities (CU) to encourage digital initiatives to facilitate higher education. This includes free online courses to citizens under the Digital India initiative of SWAYAM (Study Webs...