Education News in India

US job worries surge as debt-limit issue recedes 8/Aug/2011
Anger at US leaders for taking so long to strike a debt-ceiling deal has turned into high anxiety over jobs and the economy amid growing fears of a new recession. The news that credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the nation's credit rating a notch for the first time ever only added ..
Knowledge is the key to success, says Pitroda 8/Aug/2011
Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Innovation Council Sam Pitroda described knowledge as the key to success in this age. Pitroda, while delivering the fourth foundation lecture organised by Sikkim University through video conferencing from Chicago, described ..
Engineering college files contempt plea 6/Aug/2011
An engineering college, in which Union Minister M K Alagiri is a trustee, filed a contempt petition in the Madras High Court against the Registrar of the Anna University of Technology (AUT) for "willfully disobeying" the court directive to grant affiliation to the college. A Madras High ..
Indian students of Northern Virginia meet Embassy officials 6/Aug/2011
Nearly 70 Indian students of the University of Northern Virginia, which was recently raided by US authorities on charges of fraud, have met Indian Embassy officials here and sought help in continuing their studies in the country. Authorities in the US last week raided offices of the university's ..
20 IIITs to be set up on PPP basis: Govt 6/Aug/2011
Twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) would be established in the country on public private partnership (PPP) basis, government told the Rajya Sabha. "As per the approved scheme, capital cost of each IIIT would be Rs 128 crore to be contributed in ratio of 50:35:15 by ..
HAU to cooperate with US varsity for agri-sector development 6/Aug/2011
Haryana Agricultural University and University of Illinois, Urbana, USA will cooperate mutually for the speedier development of the agriculture sector as also for the capacity building of the faculty and students. An agreement to this effect was reached here over a formal meeting of the ..
Lack of education among Anglo-Indians a matter of concern 6/Aug/2011
Lack of education in the dwindling Anglo-Indian community remained a major concern and All Indian Anglo-Indian Association (AIAIA) was initiating steps to encourage children to enrol their names in schools. A member of Governing body of AIAIA as well as the Jharkhand state ..
HC notice to Education Minister over plea by college body 6/Aug/2011
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has issued a notice to Maharashtra Education Minister Rajendra Darda on a petition filed by an Akola-based society regarding cancellation of permission to run their junior college. A pision Bench comprising Justices Vasanti Naik and Prasanna Varale, while ..
Probe in `bogus' schools for special children ordered 6/Aug/2011
Maharashtra Government has decided to conduct an inquiry into the schools for the deaf, dumb and handicapped which are not functioning properly despite getting Government grants, the Legislative Council was told. "An inquiry headed by an IAS-level officer would be conducted in the matter. Those ..
R&D key for Indian medical devices sector's growth 6/Aug/2011
A two-day international Indo-Japanese conference on "futuristic science", began here to discuss recent advances in science and technology and its transfer between the two countries. Speaking at the conference, co-sponsored by Government of Japan, a leading biomedical technology scientist ..

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