Education News in India

Teach science in international context 20/Feb/2012
While India has become a good destination for students in Information Technology, banking and management, it is far from becoming one in science and engineering. J.C. Bose National Fellow and Former Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Baldev Raj says technology has become globally ..
IIM-Tiruchi all set to offer FPM 20/Feb/2012
Indian Institute of Management - Tiruchirapalli (IIM-T) that started functioning from this academic year with a strong faculty line-up and impressive admissions is all set to enter the league of well-established IIMs by offering a fully-residential Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), equivalent to ..
Lighting up rural homes 20/Feb/2012
At a time when many States are facing a power crisis, a group of electrical engineering students have taken up an initiative to light up study centres in remote villages in Tamil Nadu with solar power. A batch of students of Lakshya, the E Cell initiative of SSN College of Engineering, went to a few remote villages in ..
CUSAT-CAT date extended to Feb. 29 19/Feb/2012
The Cochin University of Science and Technology has extended the last date for registration for CAT 2012 to February 29. The decision was taken considering the difficulties faced by the students in applying. The time fixed is 11 pm. registrations for under-graduate and post-graduate ..
Students approach Mahatma Gandhi University for its ?grace? 18/Feb/2012
With their final sixth semester exams just a month away, many students in colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University are anxious as they have not yet received the grace marks due to them for excelling in youth festivals, sports, the National Cadet Corps and National Service Scheme. The students who ..
SBI to slash interest rates on education loan by up to 1 pc 20/Feb/2012
The country's largest lender SBI is likely to cut interest rates on education loans by up to 100 basis points (1 per cent), effective Monday. According to sources in the know of the development, the State Bank of India has decided to reduce interest rates on education loans by 25-100 bps across various ..
Performance of ICDS not equal across India: Sen 20/Feb/2012
Economist Amartya Sen today said the performance of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has not been equal throughout the country. "The scheme to develop the state of the country's children is not being run equally in all the states. Some states performed well but a number of states lag behind ..
PM conferred on doctorate degree by IARI 20/Feb/2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was conferred on the doctorate degree by the country's premier agriculture research body Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in recognition of his contributions to the development of the farm sector. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar presented the ..
India-born biologist bags world's 1st major int'l award 20/Feb/2012
India-born biologist Kamal Bawa has bagged the world's first international award for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally. Dr Bawa, distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, will receive the Gunnerus Sustainability Award ..
Puducherry govt plans to start women's university, says CM 20/Feb/2012
Chief Minister N Rangasamy said the government proposed to start a university exclusively for women in the Union Territory. Distributing degree certificates to 620 women graduates at Bharathidasan Government College for Women at its annual convocation here, he claimed Puducherry had been ..

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