Education News in India

Need global standards to take on folks in Bangalore: Obama 5/Nov/2009
Washington: US President Barack Obama today announced a USD 4 billion federal educational aid to encourage schools to develop globally competitive standards to help their students take on 'folks in Beijing and Bangalore'. Obama said America's prosperity has long rested on how well its children are educated...
15,000 students celebrates TNOU graduation day 5/Nov/2009
Chennai: About 15,000 students of Tamil Nadu Open University received their graduation certificates from Chancellor Surjit Singh Barnala during the universitys convocation ceremony held at the Centenary Auditorium in University of Madras here on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin and Minister for Higher ..
Free education scheme launched in MU 5/Nov/2009
Chennai: All 72 departments in the Madras university received circulars, inviting applications from students yearning to avail the free-of-cost studying benefit sent by VC. G Thiruvasagam Vice Chancellor, Thiruvasagam had announced earlier that one deserving post graduate student from every department of ..
Only few students pursue higher education: Sibal 5/Nov/2009
Chennai: Kapil Sibal today rued the state of education,saying only a small percentage of students pursue higher education and many graduates do not get proper jobs after completing college. Addressing students and faculty of SSN Engineering College near here after distributing scholarships, he said only around ..
Quotas in PhD admissions sparks a debate 4/Nov/2009
Chennai: University of Madras vice chancellor G Thiruvasagam's proposal to introduce caste-based reservation in PhD admissions in university departments has evoked mixed reactions in a state that has been at the forefront of the reservation movement. This is perhaps the first time a state university is venturing into an ..
German and Indian engineering universities collaborate 4/Nov/2009
Mumbai: Germany´s Federal Ministry of Education and Research today announced the launch of a project under their two year research campaign with India. The project - pmIndia – “Linking High Potentials” aims at interlinking the scientific - technological cooperation between Germany and India in ..
IGNOUs first community college to come up in Kerala 4/Nov/2009
Kerala: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), for the first time in its history, will set up a community college campus in the district. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Anto Antony MP, who took the initiative for the unique project, said that the Pathanamthitta IGNOU ..
Yale varsity to honour Nilekani with Leadership Award 4/Nov/2009
Washington: Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder and chairman of India's Unique Identification Database Authority, is set to become the first Indian to receive Yale university's prestigious Legend in Leadership Award. The award of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute will be presented to ..
Mumbai varsity teachers demand regularisation of services 4/Nov/2009
Mumbai: Nearly 35 teachers and someof the Senate of University of Mumbai today undertook a day-long hunger strike to protest non-implementation of regularisation of services of those who have acquired M Phil degree. However, they called off the strike by evening after the university authorities assured ..
PM asks employees of Visva Bharati Univ to return to work 4/Nov/2009
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed concern over disruption of academic activities at Visva Bharati University and asked the striking employees to return to work, assuring them that an impartial probe would be conducted into their allegations against the university authorities. 'I ..

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