Education News in India

CIPET wing to come up near Madurai 12/Oct/2009
Madurai: The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers will establish a wing of the CIPET at Idayapatti near Madurai. Announcing this at the centenary celebrations of former Home Minister P. Kakkan at his birthplace Thumbaipatti near here, Union Minister M.K. Alagiri said that the Central Institute of Plastics ..
In sync with the employees 12/Oct/2009
It was once known as the personnel management and dealt only with payrolls and the disbursements of benefits to employees. But today, personnel or Human Resource Management encompasses all aspects of human relations in an organisation. As Prof. Kajari Mukherjee, Human Resource Management (HRM), IIM-C, points out, ..
Defining excellence 12/Oct/2009
Dynamic, diverse, high quality, affordable and globally recognised — is how Canada describes its education system. With a large network of colleges and universities Canada is well-known for innovation and educational excellence in a variety of areas. Canadian universities are endowed with world-class ..
Trying to make the right moves 12/Oct/2009
Once a popular destination for Indian students, Australia has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, at least as far as education is concerned. With the embattled AUS $15.5 billion overseas student industry in Australia bracing for rough times, a lot of brouhaha has taken place what with the Australian ..
A tough call indeed 12/Oct/2009
The Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is appalled at the quality of teaching in the country. He said that the absence of quality teachers is one of the biggest challenges facing the nation today. “Unless we have quality teachers, we will not have quality students.” Teachers, Sibal feels, must be trained so that ..
Number crunchers 12/Oct/2009
A mountain of debt, a sea of corporate laws, and in their midst, the ebb and flow of the Indian stock market — the commercial world is truly a man-made wonder. However, for the vast team of professionals, who systematically dissect these figures and laws, and run this hub of activity, it’s all in a ..
DU to offer 'first' dual degree programme 12/Oct/2009
Delhi University will soon be collaborating with France to offer a dual-degree programme in nuclear science. The department of physics and astrophysics, DU, which launched an MTech in nuclear science and technology last year, will be tying up with seven French institutions to offer the dual-degree. ..
World university rankings 12/Oct/2009
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has entered the world’s top 400 according to the 2009 Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, which were released last week. The new addition takes the number of Indian higher education institutes in the top 400 to six. In another case of ..
Times School convocation 12/Oct/2009
Celebrating 25 years of its establishment, the Times Centre for Media Studies held a joint convocation ceremony for the outgoing 54 students of its 11th batch of marketing and the 34 students of its sixth batch of journalism. The enthusiastic crowd comprising students, parents, faculty members and guests of ..
National commission on libraries to be set up 12/Oct/2009
In order to reform the Libraries and Information Services (LIS) sector in India, the government has decided to set up an autonomous National Commission on Libraries. The decision comes after recommendations made by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC). “The NKC had recognised public libraries as an important ..

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