CEO of Pratham Education Foundation (PEF) Madhav Chavan has been awarded the WISE Prize, which has been likened to a Nobel prize for education". Pratham Education Foundation has also extensively worked in the education in Gujarat especially researching the quality of education here.
The award was ..
Former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal advocated reorientation of the university system, saying too much of affiliated colleges is degrading quality of education.
"There is no point having a university with 800 affiliated colleges, all that the university does is to take examinations and asks for money and ..
The Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIM-R) on Friday held a discussion on the theme 'Revitalizing India's Growth Sentiments' as part of its 4th Foundation Day celebrations. The industry stalwarts and academicians, who gathered at the IIM Rohtak on this occasion explored means to thrust the Indian economy again ..
GMR Aviation Academy (GMR AA), the Aviation Training Arm of GMR Group, has launched its first batch of International Air Transport Association (IATA) courses (three- month part-time) in Travel and Tourism, Airport Operations and Air Cargo at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad.
The ..
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a six-month training programme on Panchakarma therapy, a university statement said on Friday.
The vocational training programme on Panchakarma therapy — an ayurvedic treatment — was launched by IGNOU's Centre for Traditional ..
IIT-Madras, recently in the news for its alleged move to restrict the on-campus movements of girl students, is again in the spotlight: This time for inviting an astrologer to give a lecture on vedic science.
After Amanchi Balasudhakara Sastry, a 'naadi jyothisham' (a form of astrology) expert, ..
The cash-strapped Annamalai University has decided to put on hold a proposal to retrench staff and cut salaries, and will instead approach either the state government for a bailout package or financial institutions for loans to tide over the crisis. The university's syndicate, which met in Chennai on Friday, also ..
After Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya's (MVM) refusal to allow students of private colleges to write exam from the college, Barkatullah University was forced to change their centre to other institutes at the eleventh hour on Friday. The exams are only two days away.
In an official statement, BU exam ..
People across the world who were drawn by the soothing strains of Gurmat Sangeet - the art and science of singing and playing hymns of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the prescribed "raga" - but used to stumble over its finer nuances due to the language barrier, have help at hand. Punjabi University in Patiala has ..
Top policymakers of the education department, along with education minister Bratya Basu, on Friday decided to begin mutual transfers of schoolteachers from March 2013. However, the transfers will be optional.
"We shall look into the number of vacancies available in the applicants preferred location ..