Education News in India

American online courses getting popular in China 17/Jan/2011
Online courses from top US universities are becoming popular among Chinese who cannot afford to go overseas to study but still want to learn. According to the China Daily, the students can now go online for free courses from top American varsities on the Chinese website 163.com. The ..
Soon, 50 centres of excellence in frontier disciplines 17/Jan/2011
Within the next six years, the Indian government plans to establish as much as 50 centres of excellence in frontier areas of science and technology. A committee headed by scientist C N R Rao has shortlisted 35 proposals from 30 institutions and 15 more will be added later. They will be ..
UK visas to get quicker and cheaper 17/Jan/2011
British Prime Minister David Cameron promised to make the system of issuing visas to Indians quicker and cheaper. Speaking to UK tourism industry representatives on the need to increase Britain's revenue from tourism, Cameron said, "Measures to help the industry would be speeding up the process of ..
IGNOU to offer several culinary and catering courses 17/Jan/2011
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is all set to offer a host of degree and diploma programmes in catering, culinary arts, and food production, a varsity official said. The courses will be offered by the university's upcoming Institute of Culinary Arts. Aspiring canditates can enroll ..
Bridge the gap 17/Jan/2011
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, has launched a two-year postgraduate diploma programme in Management - Development Sector and Social Entrepreneurship. Talking about the need for such a course, Binod K Das, associate faculty, Development Sector and Social Entrepreneurship, said that ..
Tech-know-logy 17/Jan/2011
A student's life today predominantly revolves around technology. Gone are the days when notes were taken down in class, when projects were hand written and tests had to be taken in examination halls. We have stepped into an era where study material is handed out through electronic mail and online examinations test ..
Live virtual classes for chartered accountants 17/Jan/2011
The launch of live virtual classes by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) envisages a range of benefits for the student community. The classes will commence from February 1. "This initiative shall be reckoned as one of the historic steps undertaken by the board of studies of the institute," ..
IITs to play a bigger role 17/Jan/2011
The Institutes of Technology (Amendments) Bill, 2010, will make it mandatory for all the 15 IITs in the country to provide training, facilitate study visits, share laboratories and resources with other technical institutions in their respective zones. The council of IITs has already given a go-ahead to ..
Lessons with Robots 17/Jan/2011
As a first year student at IIT, Bombay, Gagan Goyal witnessed the first robotics competition of his life. That is when he realized the potential of such a competition in terms of inspiring students to think out-of-the-box and come up with innovative ideas. This experience inspired Goyal to set up Think ..
Principles of Innovation 17/Jan/2011
There is an emphasis on generating 'big ideas' in the corporate and business fraternity the world over. "However, the emphasis in terms of turning these ideas into actual breakthrough products, services and process improvements is clearly not adequate," says Vijay Govindarajan, founding director, Centre for ..

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