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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...
Prof Mohd Aslam, vice-chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), who was trapped in the Kashmir floods for six days, is back in Delhi. Prof Aslam, his wife and daughter reached Delhi safely on Saturday. Prof...
There is no trace of Mohammed Aslam, vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) who went to Kashmir and his wife to attend a wedding ceremony. “There is still no news of him at this point,”...
TalentSprint, the IT skill development firm, is planning to launch a new vertical for training teachers. In this regard, it has submitted a proposal to the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for an initial...
India has emerged as the least expensive foreign destination for university undergraduate students among 15 countries in a global survey conducted by banking giant HSBC. The survey titled ‘The Value of Education: Springboard for...
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani will chair two-day brainstorming session in a Chandigarh retreat with Vice-Chancellors of 39 Central Universities on September 12 and 13, 2014, to discuss the new higher education vision plan. She has...
Agriculture education is going online in India. Top agricultural research institutions have come together to start the National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture to promote massive open online courses for agriculture professionals. The portal was formally...
In an attempt to explore opportunities in the global marketplace for instructor-led online learning, founder of free sms service Way2SMS, Raju Vanpala, has floated the e education venture ‘LearnSocial’. Using the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)...
In a huge stimulus to Indian students, scholarships worth US $1 million will be provided by US based Global Financial Education (GFS), a digital platform that provides financial education solutions to universities, schools, corporations, libraries and...