Education News in India

Non-free software bad for students, says Richard Stallman 25/Jan/2012
Free software guru Mr Richard Stallman on Tuesday urged educationists to abandon proprietary software in schools and colleges “as it defeats the very purpose of education.” “A child between 10 and 13 who has a natural talent for computer programming needs to read and write a lot of codes...
Renewing hope 24/Jan/2012
Among the increasing number of youth organizations and social groups that have cropped up in current times, only a handful have managed to raise pertinent issues, ensure their motives are genuine and continuously take meaningful actions. One such initiative comprising enterprising volunteers is called ..
CII, Yi launch winning techpreneur lecture series 24/Jan/2012
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Young Indians (Yi), the youth wing of CII, has launched a lecture series on 'Winning Techpreneur' in collaboration with the C K Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management (CKSVIM). The seven-lectures series where eminent speakers from the industry will take ..
Pop talk 24/Jan/2012
Life is all about the bowing down to the present moment. Flashes of instants are what make life special. In other words, for artist Trishla Jain, living the moment is what matters. Jain has been painting since she was seven and the artist in her soaked in more colours when she went to Stanford University ..
Financial Literacy Programme for Students 24/Jan/2012
In a booming economy such as Indias it is imperative for its citizens to be financially adept. Keeping this idea as their driving motto, India Infoline (IIFL) kick started their financial literacy campaign dubbed as Financial Literacy Agenda for Mass Empowerment (FLAME). The programme which targets various sections of ..
Open Air Schooling 24/Jan/2012
Take an early morning stroll at Carter Road, Bandra, Mumbaiand you will see a group of five volunteers teach over 40 underprivileged children every day. A routine that began in the year 1997, this school for street children, slum kids and children of construction workers was the brainchild of GL Singh and Jyoti Kalle, a ..
Indian overseas students shifting towards different courses 25/Jan/2012
With trends changing across the world, preference of students was also shifting towards several new specialised courses in fine arts, science, health, hospitality and bioinformatics of late, AAAOE said. Apart from the regular choice of courses in computer sciences, engineering and management, Indian ..
Training programme for budding Historians 24/Jan/2012
In a bid to cater clear guidelines to the budding scholars of Historical Research, a training programme was conducted in Sir Theagaraya College of Chennai. The Training programme on 'Historiography and Research Methodology' supported by Indian Council of Historical Research(ICHR) was organised by the ..
China emerging as top medical studies centre for India, world 24/Jan/2012
China is emerging as a major global hub for medical education as it boasts of more than 630 higher learning institutions from the stream with 1.76 million students, including thousands from India. The medical institutes included over 280 colleges and over 350 secondary schools, the Chinese Ministry ..
Bharath varsity Director receives award of excellence from ABET, USA 24/Jan/2012
Dr. M. Rajani, Director of Research & Development at Bharath University recently bagged an award of excellence in the Institute for the Development of Excellence in Assessment (IDEAL), a highly prestigious program assessment plan in ABET, USA. She was one of 37 participants who partook in the program ..

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