Education News in India

Indian varsities may soon match Oxbridge, says US expert 3/Feb/2010
London: Amidst major funding cuts in British universities, a top US academic has told a London audience that India and China could soon build institutions that match Oxford and Cambridge. Professor Richard Levin, president of Yale University, said increasing focus in India and China on higher education ..
India at No. 9 spot in Science and Technology map: Prithviraj 3/Feb/2010
Hyderabad: India has now climbed to No. 9 spot in the world's Science and Technology map this year. With it's output of S&T systems growing at a significant 12 per cent as against the global average of just four per cent it has reached this spot. "We have overtaken Spain this ..
A career switch for rescue 1/Feb/2010
Angeli Qwatra’s professional credentials are strikingly different. She is a rescue management expert with national and international experience in the field of emergency aid measures. She is the founder head of Philathrope, an NGO empowering communities, individuals and corporates working with Unesco on an ..
Learn Chinese to tap benefits of bilateral collaboration 1/Feb/2010
Kolkata: India and China will increasingly collaborate in the education sector and to take advantage of the situation, it is essential for the young in the country to learn Chinese, a top official of the neighbouring country said here today. There will be enhanced cooperation between ..
Sankara Nethrayala ventures into education sector 1/Feb/2010
Chennai: Health service provider Sankara Nethralaya today said it would set up an academy to offer certificate and fellowship programmes for personnel working in various eye hospitals across the country. The aim of the programme is to equip ophthalmologists, optometrists, ..
Glaxo Smith Kline to axe 4,000 employees: Report 1/Feb/2010
London: Britain's biggest drug company, Glaxo Smith Kline, is all set to axe up to 4,000 more jobs as part of its restructuring plan, media report says. "Glaxo Smith Kline, is to axe up to 4,000 more jobs as part of its plans to restructure its workforce and focus increasingly on ..
India looking to top Aussie panel to address Indian concerns 1/Feb/2010
London: India is looking to a top panel set up by Australia to address the concerns of Indian students, who have been targets of spate of attacks there, the External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said. "The high-level Group must have been now formed and I will have ..
Bihar to upgrade 2,400 middle schools to high schools 1/Feb/2010
Patna: Bihar plans to upgrade 2,400 middle schools into high schools to provide students the opportunity to complete higher education near their homes, officials said on Monday. Sources in the Human Resource Development (HRD) department here said the state government plans to increase the number of high ..
Summer placements pick up at management institutes of IIT 1/Feb/2010
Mumbai: With `green-shoots' in the economy beginning to emerge, India Inc is gearing-up for a round of recruitments, especially from campuses. Campus recruitments had witnessed a slowdown in the last year, following the global economic meltdown. However, ..
Sibal defends scrapping of class 10 boards 1/Feb/2010
New Delhi: Kapil Sibal, the Union HRD minister justified scrapping of Class 10 board examinations, stating that government is trying to conceive a comprehensive evaluation system. "To ascertain the performance of the child, he or she must go through a continuous process, spread the horizon of ..

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