Education News in India

Indians now look at Scottish universities 8/Jun/2009
Indian students have started taking a liking to Scotland and its educational institutions mainly because of the high quality research opportunities for post-graduate researchers and guaranteed job opportunities, said officials from four Scottish universities - Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dundee and West of Scotland. ..
More girls to benefit from Mayawati's scholarship scheme 8/Jun/2009
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday decided to include married girls in a scholarship scheme for female students from poor families. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet here, an official spokesman told sources. The scheme provides for disbursement of ..
Blend spirituality with technology 8/Jun/2009
Kochi: Calling upon the engineers in the State to blend spirituality with technology, Padma Bhushan awardee and founder-director of IIM-Bangalore N S Ramaswamy said that engineers should focus on evolving technologies for the betterment of mankind. "There should be a spiritual approach to engineering. It's ..
Simply no takers for basic science 8/Jun/2009
After the success of ISRO’s moon mission Chandrayaan-1, India has proved its versatility in space science by launching two more satellites including one with potential military applications. Even though these inventions give a major boost to our capabilities, the sad part of the story is that new entries into the ..
The Centre for Youth Development and Studies 8/Jun/2009
Bharathidasan University, conducted a five-day residential workshop on communication skills benefiting 40 students, including 25 girls, from 10 colleges in central districts recently. The participants were mostly drawn from economics, commerce and management disciplines. Inaugurating the workshop, ..
University offers PG course in geo-informatics 8/Jun/2009
Gandhigram Rural University offers a two-year M.Sc Geo-informatics programme and a one-year competitive Post Graduate Diploma in Spatial Technologies. Both the programmes are multi-disciplinary in nature and cover digital cartography, remote sensing, digital image processing, GIS, GPS, visual computing, Java and Web ..
School students combat climate change in their own ways 4/Jun/2009
New Delhi: They are young and enthusiastic and their mantra is go green! Apart from being passionately involved, these youngsters are pursuing their own climate change initiatives for a safe and clean environment. Meet Lavanya Julaniya, Rishika Jerath, Siddharth Banerjee, Aman Ahuja and Raja Singh - all active ..
Two Indian students get Canadian scholarships 4/Jun/2009
Toronto: Two Indian doctoral students are among 37 international researchers who have been awarded Canadian scholarships. The two Indian recipients for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for 2009 are Niladri Chattopadhyay, who will pursue cancer research at the University of Toronto, and Atam Kapoor, who ..
Govt probes seat-for-sale scam, may derecognise 2 med colleges 4/Jun/2009
New Delhi/Chennai: The Times of India’s startling expose on Tuesday of medical seats being put on sale for Rs 20-40 lakh by medical colleges in Tamil Nadu has triggered a probe into the scam by the Union government. Both the HRD and health ministries on Wednesday said they were examining the expose, and if it was ..
In a first, HSC board sets up helpline to motivate those unhappy with .. 4/Jun/2009
Mumbai: Nervous about your results? Worried that an 80 per cent won’t get you through to the college of your choice? Relax. For the first time, the state board of education will start a helpline after the results are declared for students who are unhappy with their marks, which will be released on Thursday. The ..

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