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Higher Education Secretary Deepti Gaur Mukherjee has been given the additional charge of Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) by the Ministry of Education. The additional responsibility took effect on August 12, 2026, and will...
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi has reviewed a proposal to continue the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Scheme for the next five financial years, from 2026-27 to 2030-31. Joshi chaired a meeting with senior officials of the...
Dr. Bhooma VG (IRPS, Retd.) has been selected as the Vice-Chancellor of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation (AIPSI) in Mauritius. AIPSI, formerly known as the Civil Service College, Mauritius, was jointly...
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is aligning school syllabi, textbooks and learning materials with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 through the National Curriculum Frameworks for the Foundational Stage and School Education....
Telangana saw a decline of 1,969 government schools in 2025-26, while the number of private schools increased by 771, according to UDISE+ data. Over the past decade, government-school enrollment in the state fell by 8.2%, from...
The Centre has appointed 1993-batch IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee as Secretary of the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education. She will succeed Vineet Joshi, who has been shifted to the Ministry of...
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi chaired a meeting with the Secretary and senior officials of the Ministry of Education to review key issues related to the National Testing Agency (NTA). During the meeting, officials discussed areas...
Rajasthan’s emerging higher education story is not defined only by the number of colleges and universities operating across the state. It is increasingly being shaped by a more important question: how can education prepare students for...
Punjab has emerged as the top-performing state in the NITI Aayog School Education Quality Index 2026, overtaking Kerala in school education performance. Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains announced the development on August 7 during a...
The Union government has approved Rs 1,763.7 crore for Telangana under the Samagra Shiksha scheme for 2026-27, with the Centre contributing Rs 960.4 crore and the state government providing Rs 640.26 crore as its matching share....
IIT Bombay Professor Karthikeyan Lanka has been selected for the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Award 2026 for his contributions to Earth sciences, with a particular focus on agricultural drought research. IIT Bombay...
The IndiaAI Mission has launched the AIKosh University Engagement Programme at Chitkara University to promote AI innovation, research and responsible AI adoption in higher education. The initiative aims to encourage students, researchers and faculty to leverage...