Education News in India

MCI, Health Ministry on war path 5/Jan/2011
The Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India and the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry seem to be heading for a showdown with the former refusing to withdraw the two notifications for holding common entrance tests for graduate and post-graduate courses in medicine. The Ministry on Monday ..
Debate on ethics for teachers set to get louder 5/Jan/2011
Should a code of ethics be thrust on schoolteachers? Will it make sense in the current environment of school education? The debate would get louder in the weeks to come as every State government sits down to discuss a draft code for teachers before finalisation. A four-member committee of the National ..
Not refunding caution deposit to student is deficiency in service: forum 5/Jan/2011
A city District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held that the act of an engineering college in not refunding the caution deposit amounts to deficiency in service. A Bench of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum – Chennai (South) consisting of V.Gopal, President and Y.Malliga and L...
Childrens Science Congress unveiled at Chennai 4/Jan/2011
The 18th Childrens Science Congress was unveiled on Jan 4th at the SRM campus in Kattankulathur, Chennai, by the Indian born Nobel Laureate, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. Earlier, on the previous day, Jan 3rd, the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 98th Indian Science Congress at the same venue ..
India should lead world again in science: Stalin 4/Jan/2011
M K Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, while attending the 98th Indian Science Congress at the SRM University said that India led the world in science more than 1,000 years ago and the time has come to lead the world again. Stalin said, “More than 100 Fortune 500 companies have set up ..
IGNOU at par with international institutions: VC 4/Jan/2011
V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor of The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), has said that the institution is at par with other national and international institutions of higher learning. Pillai said that IGNOU has established itself as a national resource centre and a provider of ..
Code of conduct for central universities soon: Sibal 4/Jan/2011
Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, speaking at the inaugural session of the 98th Indian Science Congress, said that the central government is planning to introduce a code of conduct for central universities to bring about transparency and autonomy with accountability through self-regulation. He ..
Indian scientists should think big and out of the box: PM 4/Jan/2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Indian scientists to "think big" and "out of the box" for scientific advancement and innovations in the country. Speaking at the 98th Indian Science Congress Singh said, “The time has come for Indian scientists to think big, think out of the ..
From passion to profession 4/Jan/2011
Veteran Bharatanatyam exponent Chitra Visweswaran says: “When I was at my peak, exclusive dance festivals sponsored by individual corporate houses and corporate events featuring classical Indian dance were fairly frequent. No compromise was called for. But today, corporate events are quite another cup of tea...
Get ready for the battle of brains' 4/Jan/2011
Call it the mighty confluence of thoughts with just the right mix of academics and industrial knowledge, or a yearly clash of the best of the student world. It is historic, and it is back again, this time with more rigour, revelations and resounding ideas. The techno-management fest of Chennai College of ..

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