Education News in India

Big Deal 8/Nov/2011
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) along with Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) organised a national level trade symposium at Swissotel in Kolkata, recently. The theme of the event was Realizing India’s Trade Potential. The eminent speakers and distinguished guests ..
Money Matters 8/Nov/2011
XLRI Jamshedpur played host to some of the biggest names in corporate India at its second edition of the annual Finance Conclave, Gnosis 2011 in Mumbai. This year the conclave focused on the role that private equity has to play in our country’s growing economy and was titled ‘Investing in India’s ..
The Printed World 8/Nov/2011
“It really is a microcosm of what is going on in the world,” said, André Schiffrin on the evolution of publishing and its metamorphosis into a gargantuan industry in the present age. The occasion was the first Ravi Dayal Memorial Lecture, organised by the School of Cultural Texts and ..
Practical examinations too count for students of science 9/Nov/2011
Holding a test tube in one hand and an ink filler in the other, T. Praba carefully adds a few drops of iodine to the starch solution. “See, the colour has changed,” she observes, pointing to the liquid that has acquired a new blue-black shade. The experiment helps her test solutions for ..
Medical varsity revokes new rule on minimum pass percentage 9/Nov/2011
Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University on Tuesday revoked its new rule on a minimum pass per cent of 50 in each component. The General Council decided to go back on its decision to up the pass marks for MBBS students, and revert to the old system. It had been decided that every MBBS student ..
UK based skills specialist Bournville sets up South Asia operations .. 8/Nov/2011
Bournville Training and Consultancy, the training and consultancy arm of the renowned Bournville College of Further Education, Birmingham, UK, announced the commencement of its South Asia operations with India as the primary hub. Through this venture, the company will provide a holistic training programme with globally ..
Fee hike clips engineering students dreams 8/Nov/2011
Tuition fees in engineering colleges are soaring through the roof, forcing more students to rely on loans. Data submitted by students to the Directorate of Technical Education shows that close to 50% or over 65,000 of those who joined engineering institutes come from homes where the annual family income ..
School looks online for lessons 8/Nov/2011
In a role reversal of sorts, a city CBSE school is experimenting with the idea of inter-changing classroom and homework. R N Podar School in Santa Cruz will facilitate online lectures to its students, which can be viewed at home. At the same time, teachers will use the online software to monitor the ..
US B-school woos India Inc for jobs 8/Nov/2011
With the American economy looking weak, universities, including the Ivies, are looking to prospective employees in the East. For one, the Yale School of Management is here to woo companies to participate in this year’s recruitment process. Edward Snyder, the B-school’s dean, was in Mumbai on ..
Shikshan Manch fields 'ineligible' candidate for Nagpur University polls 8/Nov/2011
Any election related to Nagpur University seems to get mired in some controversy. This time, when its full-fledged academic council meets to elect three management council (MC) members on Friday, one of the candidates will contest the polls despite the fact that he does not fulfil an eligibility criterion. ..

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