Education News in India

TNAU bags ICAR institution award 20/Jul/2011
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has been awarded the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award for the year 2010. The award, instituted by Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), was received by TNAU vice-chancellor, Dr Muruges Bhoopathi from union Agriculture ..
IIT Kanpur welcomes new students 20/Jul/2011
The new students were welcomed by the authorities of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur during the orientation programme on Tuesday. The students were accompanied by their parents and guardians. Though the orientation programme will continue till July 23, the students of both the undergraduate and ..
GWU hosts law school delegation from IIT Kharagpur 20/Jul/2011
The prestigious George Washington University Law School has hosted a delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur this month. IIT-Khargpur's Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law delegation, which included Professor Uday Shankar and ten law students, attended seminars, lectures, ..
IITs have lost old sheen, says Narayana Murthy 20/Jul/2011
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are no longer the quality institutions they were in the 60s and 70s, said chief mentor of Infosys N R Narayana Murthy while speaking at IIT-Gandhinagar. Murthy encouraged students to become strategic learners and restore the lost glory of the IITs. ..
Role reversal in Andhra Pradesh: Students to evaluate teachers 20/Jul/2011
State schools will see a role reversal in their classrooms soon. Starting this academic year, students will be asked to evaluate the performance of teachers. As per a decision taken by the department of school education, students of both private and government schools will be allowed to evaluate the ..
Rajasthan move to boost tech education 20/Jul/2011
To boost education standards, the state technical education department has come-up with many initiatives — from allocating grants to changing decade-old rules. A move that could see a complete makeover of government polytechnic colleges is granting Rs 35 crore for college development. Rs 1 crore ..
Parents in a bind over lack of books 20/Jul/2011
Parents of students awaiting the Samacheer Kalvi textbooks are wor ried that a further delay in distribution of books will lead to loss of more school days. "The children have been going to school without textbooks for more than a month and they have only been taught topics of general knowledge," said K ..
MoI issue: Govt's claim of 90% pupils opting for English challenged 20/Jul/2011
Educationist Pandurang Nadkarni, who has filed a petition challenging a recent cabinet decision on the medium of instruction, stated before the high court of Bombay at Goa on Tuesday that the government's claim that 90% of students have opted for English as the medium of instruction in government-aided primary school is ..
Sports policy a step away from implementation at GU 19/Jul/2011
The state sports policy is just one step away from being implemented in the Goa University and its affiliated colleges. The policy has been recently granted approval by the university's executive council and is now awaiting the governor's nod. Nearly 8,000 students are set to benefit from the policy's implementation.<br ..
Autonomous status sought for ICMC 20/Jul/2011
The State Association of Medical and Dental College Teachers (SAMDCOT) has demanded autonomous status for Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) at Shimla on the analogy of the apex medical institute of PGIMER, Chandigarh. Addressing mediapersons, general secretary of SAMDCOT, Dr Rajesh Kashyap, said on ..

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