Education News in India

HCL opens centre in Washington, to create 400 jobs in 2yrs 22/Sep/2011
IT firm HCL Technologies opened a new Global Delivery Centre in Redmond, Washington, where the company will initially invest USD 4 million (about Rs 19 crore), leading to the creation of 400 jobs over the next two years. The new centre will support the company's continued global expansion plans and ..
HC notice: VCs of 6 Bihar varsities seek President's intervention 22/Sep/2011
Vice chancellors of six universities in Bihar whose appointments have been challenged in the high court approached President Pratibha Patil for her intervention on the issue. The Patna High Court had earlier this month issued notices to the Bihar Governor the Chancellor asking him to explain by ..
Uttarakhand to set up two engineering colleges for women 22/Sep/2011
The Uttarakhand government will set up two engineering colleges for women in the state in view of growing interest of girls in technical education. During a review meeting, state technical education minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said a new engineering college would be opened in Pithoragarh ..
Govt approves for vocational courses in classes IX and X 22/Sep/2011
The government is understood to have given its nod to a programme which seeks to impart vocational courses in classes IX and X across the country. According to HRD Ministry sources, the National Qualification Vocational Framework (NQVF) was given clearance by the Cabinet which met last week. ..
Red tapism hurting biotechnology industry in India: Shaw 22/Sep/2011
Expressing concerns over the bureaucratic bottlenecks involved in conducting clinical research and trials in biotechnology sector in India, the industry experts appealed to the regulatory authorities to stick to the "rule book" rather than "subjectivity". According to Kiran ..
Stir against engineering colleges fee hike 21/Sep/2011
Students of two engineering colleges in the Vasai-Virar belt protested against the steep hike in fees for the current academic year. Second-year students of Vartak Polytechnic Institute, Vasai, complained that the fees had been raised from Rs 48,000 to Rs 60,000 without prior notice. Students allegedly ..
MU gives out 90L in grants 21/Sep/2011
Mumbai University (MU) has provided Rs 90 lakh in research grants to teachers from various disciplines in affiliated colleges for ‘minor research projects’. Grants have been given to 326 teachers in more than 100 colleges in the MU jurisdiction, which includes Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg...
Op against bogus pupils to help state save 1K cr 21/Sep/2011
Ever since Rajendra Darda took over the reins of the crisis-ridden school education department, his office was flooded with complaints pertaining to bogus students in aided and unaided private schools in the state. Most of his predecessors had tried to rectify the issue in the past but had failed due to mounting ..
Coming soon: Virtual classrooms 21/Sep/2011
In a bid to ensure that students from rural areas are not deprived of quality education, the school education department has set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) which will enable video-conferencing throughout Maharashtra. Initially, education offices across the state will be connected via the network. At later ..
MAT scores 1,800, beats CATs 155 21/Sep/2011
Even about a decade ago, when the entrance test market was a crowded one, the Common Admission Test (CAT) was an institution, an unquestionable leader. Not only was it the passport to the elite IIMs, which conducted the test, but about 150 other Indian and foreign management schools accepted CAT scores. But over time, ..

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