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Calling for the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) to bring their management expertise in national development goals, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani has set out a 13-point agenda for them. Addressing the IIMs’...
Thousands of students from the scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) are yet to reap the benefits of the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) scheme. More than 2,500 SC and ST students from the 2013-14...
After having objected to the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) being run by three institutions a few months ago, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is understood to have permitted the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore...
Only 17,500 out of a total of 68,951 children from poor and economically weaker sections (EWS) and disadvantaged groups have been provided with free books during this academic year, the Delhi government informed the Delhi High Court in...
To beat rampant malnutrition and iron deficiency among children, India has invited global soft drink major PepsiCo to partner with it on research and development of processed food products that can be supplied as part of...
Union minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani has asked all states and Union Territories to lay special focus on education for girls and create a conducive environment for girls to go to schools and complete...
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) model of education looks set to make its way to the schools of Vietnam. In an interesting move, the Vietnamese government has sought cooperation from India to boost the...
President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern over the poor standards of higher educational institutes in India as compared to international standards. Saddened with the absence of any Indian institute in the list of top 200 universities...
India is the fastest growing source of international students to New Zealand, a recent report has revealed. The number of Indian students seeking student visas to New Zealand has witnessed an increase of more than 80...
Chennai-based medical technology company Trivitron Healthcare Private Limited and The University of Tartu, Estonia, have joined hands for scientific cooperation and furthering medical education between India and Estonia. According to the five-year memorandum of understanding signed,...
None of the major institutions of higher learning from India have made it to the Shanghai Rankings of the top universities worldwide. The only consolation was Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science listed at the 327th rank....
The Indian Railways is exploring the possibility of setting up four universities across the country for trained manpower. The railways, which is hailed as the lifeline of the country, currently has only one training institute located...